Have you ever wondered how Eckerd partied back in the day? As the 2026 spring semester comes to a close, rewind into the past to see how previous Eckerd students partied on campus. Let\u2019s dive into the Eckerd yearbook archives and see how students have let loose over the years.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the 1999 yearbook, the page labeled \u201cLiving it Up\u201d mentions \u201cNu Around the World.\u201d The page wrote that this annual party was unregistered, meaning our beloved Omega Around the World party started at Nu.<\/p>\n
Eckerd Yearbook Archives, 1999<\/p>\n
In the Eckerd Library archives, a yearbook from 1994 reveals all the daytime fun and nightlife from students. Similar to our Dorm Olympics now, a photo of the Funlympics included a flipper race where students wore diving flippers and snorkel masks to race against each other on the field.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Eckerd Yearbook Archives, 1994<\/p>\n
In the same yearbook, a page labeled \u201cZeta Halloween 1993\u201d displayed students in creative group and solo costumes who competed in a Halloween costume contest. Zeta didn\u2019t always host the Zeta Zoo but previously was the host for the Halloween party.<\/p>\n
Eckerd Yearbook Archives, 1993<\/p>\n
The 1981 yearbook included a homecoming event called \u201cGuys & Dolls,\u201d where men dressed in 1920s style flapper wear, and women dressed in 1920s style suits and hats complete with faux bears and pearls for the \u201cladies.\u201d It looks similar to Eckerd\u2019s Kappa Ball tradition after the Spring Ball, where guys wear their date\u2019s dresses and women dress in lingerie.<\/p>\n
Eckerd Yearbook Archives, 1981<\/p>\n
In the 1991 yearbook, a page of pictures labeled \u201cDelta Boxer Shorts Party\u201d showed men dressed in lingerie and delicate lace with robes while some sport boxer shorts with no shirts. Women in the picture also seem to participate in the theme dressing in boxer shorts too. Even more entertaining, the \u201cBlakely Auction\u201d page shows men dressed in their finest attire posing and performing for students at this party. The endgame of this party theme seems to be left unsaid.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Eckerd Yearbook Archives, 1991\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Have you ever wondered how Eckerd partied back in the day? As the 2026 spring semester comes to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":273265,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[1209,202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-273264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-culture","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}