Sonoma State University
ITEMS IN TIME CAPSULE

1. Cossack memorabilia: The Cossack has been SSU's athletic mascot since the University began in 1961, but in spring 2002 a group initiated by the Associated Students voted to change the mascot to the Seawolves. This was subsequently approved by University president Ruben Arminana.

2. Entertainment Weekly 4/5/02: features the 74th Academy Awards when Halle Berry became the first African American woman to win the Oscar for best actress.

3. Condom: This is one of the many methods of birth control available in 2002. Condoms also reduce the risk of spreading sexually transmitted disease and AIDS, a world-wide epidemic with no cure at this time. Have you found one yet?

4. Zip Disk: this is a computer disk used to store 100 times more information than a floppy disk.

5. 40th Anniversary items: in celebration of our 40th anniversary we have created various memorabilia.

6. 2 mice/mouses (one everyone calls the "hockey puck" mouse and a plain Applie/Macintosh mouse): these are used to navigate on a computer.

7. CSU Union mug: many of the faculty of the California State University system belong to a union called the California Faculty Association.

8. Beanie Baby: these were a popular item at this time period. People amassed huge collections of different Beanie Babies.

9. Duck Feather: this is to represent our campus lakes and the wildlife in them. It's from one of the ducks that lived near the campus lakes (commonly called the Duck Ponds).

10. Tennis Ball & Baseball: these two items represent some of the sports we have on campus which are: Men's Soccer, Men's Basketball, Baseball, Women's Soccer, Women's Basketball, Softball, Volleyball, Men's Tennis, Women's Cross Country, Women's Tennis and Women's Track & Field.

11. SSU Pennant

12. "I Survived Pile Driving at SSU" T -shirt. While building the Jean and Charles Schulz Information Center, which opened in Fall 2000, the campus community was constantly bombarded with the noise of driving 600 pilons into the group to support the building. The University threw a party for the residential students, who were most disturbed from their sleep, and gave away these t-shirts. See the "signing of the last pile"
photo in the scrapbook. More than 100 students, faculty and staff signed the final pile before it was driven into the ground.

13. Charlie Brown picture: the creator of the comic strip "Peanuts," Charles Schulz and his wife Jean Schulz (an SSU alum) generously donated funds ($5 million) to help SSU grow.

14. Cell phone: this is a portable phone. Cell phones were owned by almost everyone at almost every age.

15. JUMP flashlight: JUMP (Join Us in Making Progress is one of the over 101 clubs on campus

16. GMC pen: The University had these pens made as souvenirs for the groundbreaking ceremony of the Green Music Center

17. STAR 4102: an issue of the student newspaper

18. Insights, Spring '02: an issue of the alumni magazine

19. Post-It Notes: Anew invention in the past 20 years. What did we do BEFORE Post-Its?

20. New IMAC brochure: new computer information book

21. Newsweek 9111101 and New Yorker magazine 9124101: recap of devastating September 11 bombing of the Twin Towers in New York.

22. Backstreet Boys CD: a popular band especially with young girls. The Bakstreet Boys, and their counterpart In Sync, were the first of the "boy" bands.

23. PowerBook laptop: a portable computer. Cost in 2001/2001, about $1800. 24. Diet Pepsi can.

25. SSU flag. This design was unveiled in 2002 for the first time.

26. Technology High School grand opening video. The Tech High belongs to the Cotati Rohnert Park School District, but is on the SSU campus.

27. 40th anniversary history brochure.

28. CSU application on floppy disk (not commonly used. Most students apply on-line through a system called CSU Mentor)

29. Project Censored radio show CD: Project Censored is a nationally recognized organization that highlights the top 25 most under-covered important news stories.

30. BlueBook, Scantron: materials used for test taking. Old, even to us, but still useful.

31. Congressional recognition from Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey.

32. Christo brochure: a world-known artist know for his outdoor exhibits.

33. SSU catalog 2000-02: course catalog

34. CSU application, 2001/02. Paper

35. Glamour magazine 01/02: some ideas of fashion, celebrities and concerns of the day.

36. Experts guide, 2002

37. Events Calendar, 2002

38. NewsBytes (employee newsletter) 3/25/02-4/8/02

39. Green Music Center newsletter. Still need approximately $19 million in fund raising in order to start building.

40. Winter Olympics article: San Francisco Chronicle 2001

41. SSU viewbook: sent to all potential students

42. Lifelong Learning Institute tabloid, 11/15/01: we now have students on campus from high school, college, and in retirement years.

43. Women's Voices 10/01 : A gay/lesbian/bisexual newspaper from this area.

44. San Francisco Bay Guardian 9/15/01.

45. Blue Zoo T -shirt. The Cossacks' booster club was called the Blue Zoo.

46. Schulz Information Center bookmark commemorating its opening.

47. DVD of video clips of SSU's history from 1962-1970.

    
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