Twenty-nine years ago this week, an event occurred that, in 2003, might be considered just a tiny bit out of the ordinary. There were "occasional outbreaks of privates" at the five college campuses, according to The Amherst Student. The week before, UMass broke a national record when around 400 men and women congregated in a celebration of nudity. On the previous Thursday, a crowd of 300, without a piece of cloth amongst them, gathered at the "staid Mount Holyoke" to enjoy a weekend of "nude frolicking in the five college area."

Visiting Professor of Anthropology Lois Beck believed the streaking was "[a] very healthy thing … perfectly respectable people without hair and beards … yet they're out there streaking." She also thought that it was "very important that it's not just men ..."

Not all professors were amused, disgusted or even interested in the event. Matthew Holdreigth, a professor of English, stated flatly, "Questions like this bore me."

Streakers were seen in such varied and unexpected locations as the Smith College Library, a Zumbyes concert, Mount Holyoke, on the corner of routes 9 and 116 and running the cross-country trail in the bird sanctuary.

George Thibeault '75 said there were two reasons behind his antics. "I'm really just a pervert at heart, but the other reason was streaking for impeachment of the president."

Clearly Thibeault took his cause to heart, running completely naked through the science center. Looking back on the event, he stated that "After hours and hours of classes there it was bizarre to see my naked reflection on the walls and windows."

In another nude event, a group of unidentified, unclothed bodies took to spray paint, possibly hoping to be immortalized as they scrawled "Streak '74 " across a campus structure in fluorescent orange. The paint may have long since been removed, but it'll probably be a while before the images and memories of that week are forgotten by the participants and witnesses.