Skip to content
Randy & Roxanne Mills
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Blog
  • Contact Us
  • Books
    • Summer Wind
  • Articles
    • Co-Authored Articles
    • Articles by Randy
    • Articles by Roxanne
  • An Almost Perfect Season

Tag: Oakland City College

Bringing Audiences to Their Feet: Oakland City College and the Evolution of Early Basketball in Indiana

January 30, 2022 Randy Mills

In 1891, James Naismith was tasked by his employer at the Y.M.C.A. International Training School at Springfield, Massachusetts, to come…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: News Filed under: Early Indiana basketball, Evansville High School, Evansville Y.M.C.A., History of Basketball, Oakland City College, Y.M.C.A.

A Tale of Two Swords

September 23, 2019 Randy Mills

I would be the first to admit my lacking an appreciation for plays, my lack of an appetite for such…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Human Interest Filed under: drama club, Oakland City College, oakland city college drama club, occ drama club, theater, theatre

Don’t you be going into any caves: The First Year College Adventures of a Southern Illinois Farm Boy

September 3, 2019 Randy Mills

It was fifty years ago this week, but seems like only yesterday. I was the first of my parents’ children…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Human Interest Filed under: college, College in the 70's, History, Oakland City College, OCC

Our Love Won’t End: The tragic death of Corvette keyboardist Mike Blythe

July 29, 2019 Roxanne Mills

Oakland City Indiana’s very own rock band, The Darndest Things, as well as most other area garage bands in the…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Human Interest Filed under: 1960s, Corvettes, local band, Mike Blythe, music, Oakland City College

Oakland City College and me Fifty Years Ago

July 24, 2019 Randy Mills

It will be fifty years ago in early September of 2019 that I, a scared seventeen-year-old teenager from southern Illinois,…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Human Interest Filed under: 1960s, 1970's, Age of Aquarius, Oakland City College, Oakland City College durring the Age of Aquarius, Oakland City University, OCC, OCU, The Scent of Rebellion is in the Air

The Walkout

October 15, 2018 Randy Mills

Digging through the artifacts in the Oakland City University library archives can be enlightening, sometimes dredging up little mysteries to…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Human Interest Filed under: History, Oakland City College, Oakland City University, OCC, OCU, Otis Johnson, school newspaper, walkout

Record Breaking Scores and Reckless Abandon

May 2, 2018 Randy Mills

Record Breaking Scores and Reckless Abandon: Remembering a College Roommate, the Early Seventies, and an “Undefeated” OCC Football Team In…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Human Interest Filed under: 1970's, College in the 70's, College Life, Dorm Life, Football, Oakland City College, OCC, Reminisces
Copyright © 2023 Randy & Roxanne Mills — Uptown Style WordPress theme by GoDaddy