James M. Lancaster (1950- ) received his undergraduate degree in 1972, his master's degree in 1974 and his doctoral degree in 1985, all from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG). He was hired as assistant dean of students in 1974 and retired as associate vice chancellor of student affairs in 2002. Lancaster discusses social life on campus and the strong women leaders'both students and administrators'during the seventies. He recalls racial tensions between blacks and whites, creation of the Neo-Black Society, and the cafeteria workers' strike in 1969. He describes the lessening of restrictions for residential students, loss of old traditions and acquisition of new ones and development of the Greek system on campus. He explains the role commuting students played on university development and the change in graduate student status over the years.