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Phi Psi Russ...What Else Can You Think Of About FSU?
Florida State University is the oldest continuous site of higher education in the state of Florida. In 1865, cadets from what was then the military academy marched south to engage Union forces at the Battle of Natural bridge, saving Tallahassee as the only capitol of the old Confederacy not captured during the Civil War.
Four hundred years ago, Spanish missionaries recorded details of a ball game played among villages of Creek and Seminole Indians. The game was played between teams on a field with goal posts at each end (I am not making this up) and points were scored when one team put the ball into one of the goal posts. This game was played either exactly on the site or very near the site of what is today Doak Campbell Stadium at FSU.
Burt Reynolds (Phi Delt) and Lee Corso (ATO) were football stars here, as was the late Robert Urich (Lambda Chi).
Singer Rita Cooledge was an AGD here. Miss Hathaway of The Beverly Hillbillies (Nancy Kulp) was Tri-Delt here. Jim Morrison of the Doors was an FSU student (not a fraternity guy).
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