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MUScoop => Hangin' at the Al => Topic started by: Coleman on May 02, 2016, 03:44:01 PM
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RIP Beer Can. I've loved you well
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"You've reached your 3 ARTICLE LIMIT for this 30 day period."
Oh newspapers who went online, you have so much to learn.
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Can somebody please explain Lovell's bangs?
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"You've reached your 3 ARTICLE LIMIT for this 30 day period."
Oh newspapers who went online, you have so much to learn.
Chrome Incognito browsing is nice
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It wasn't when I was there but isn't McCormick now kind of retro cool kind of like that sweet pic of Al, Rick, and Hank sporting bell bottoms?
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It wasn't when I was there but isn't McCormick now kind of retro cool kind of like that sweet pic of Al, Rick, and Hank sporting bell bottoms?
No, it looks incredibly dated. Like a lime green leisure suit worn by your creepy uncle that has a flattop and a porn 'stache
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No, it looks incredibly dated. Like a lime green leisure suit worn by your creepy uncle that has a flattop and a porn 'stache
Like all the kids are sporting now....
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It's more like those macramé bucket hats made out of old Schlitz or PBR cans. Retro cool? Yeah. But only in really small doses.
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But now how will freshmen know they are being punished for being freshmen???
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But now how will freshmen know they are being punished for being freshmen???
Right, gotta build character somehow, hey?
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When was McCormick built?
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When was McCormick built?
1968
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No, it looks incredibly dated. Like a lime green leisure suit worn by your creepy uncle that has a flattop and a porn 'stache
You know what else looks dated? The Star Spangled Banner. The Liberty Bell. The Holy Sepulchre. The Coliseum. Should we tear these all down in the name of shiny new things? Where is Marquette's sense of heritage? Sense of the holy?
Some things are worth saving
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Some things are worth saving
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Pictured: Not one of them
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Some things are worth saving
Yep McCormick ain't one of them
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But now how will freshmen know they are being punished for being freshmen???
It's weird that when I come across things from my childhood they are always smaller in reality than I remember.
I am guessing Room 1012 in McCormick is actually slightly bigger than I picture in my mind now. I swear it seemed like you could touch both walls standing in the middle of the room.
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It's weird that when I come across things from my childhood they are always smaller in reality than I remember.
I am guessing Room 1012 in McCormick is actually slightly bigger than I picture in my mind now. I swear it seemed like you could touch both walls standing in the middle of the room.
Depends which side of the pie you were on. Closer to the door, absolutely you could touch both walls. Near the window it was quite a bit wider.
I'm fairly certain there are prisons built with more comfortable rooms.
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Pictured: Not one of them
I was being facetious if you couldn't tell
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No, it looks incredibly dated. Like a lime green leisure suit worn by your creepy uncle that has a flattop and a porn 'stache
I agree with this analysis.
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i would bet if they did an auction for the room #'s, and/or the doors with the room #'s they would make some nice coin
$1000 for room #910-God knows what all went on behind that door before 10pm week nights, 12 on weekends? or was it 1 a.m. on weekends? hell, if ya weren't done by 10, you were missing out on some good drinkin time anyway
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I was being facetious if you couldn't tell
I couldn't.
You got two of us, so I guess you were being multi-facetious. ;)
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Good news.
I can get behind MU on this.
Great memories, but what an eyesore.
Penthouse 1987-88 McCormick
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No, it looks incredibly dated. Like a lime green leisure suit worn by your creepy uncle that has a flattop and a porn 'stache
Chick, how do you know what a porn 'stache looks like?
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If MU wants to hold a raffle with the winner getting to detonate this piece of crap, I would pay big bucks for tickets.
FYI - Freshman year sixth floor, 1981 McCormick Alumni
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The old BMU was described very well as " a Chevy showroom" and now they plan to rid West Wisconisn of the Beercan? Oh man, I can't take it. All five of my dad's sons lived there as freshmen in the 1980s.
I do wonder about this over educated PC "architect". "Such a center would be holistic, offering spiritual and mental guidance in addition to fitness options such as a gym." she said." Yeah, get your yoga down, but actually learn about Ignatius of Loyola and Jacques Marquette and what it means to be Catholic today?
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The old BMU was described very well as " a Chevy showroom" and now they plan to rid West Wisconisn of the Beercan? Oh man, I can't take it. All five of my dad's sons lived there as freshmen in the 1980s.
I do wonder about this over educated PC "architect". "Such a center would be holistic, offering spiritual and mental guidance in addition to fitness options such as a gym." she said." Yeah, get your yoga down, but actually learn about Ignatius of Loyola and Jacques Marquette and what it means to be Catholic today?
Huh?
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Chick, how do you know what a porn 'stache looks like?
From the character on "Orange is the New Black".
That's my story and I am sticking to it.
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If MU wants to hold a raffle with the winner getting to detonate this piece of crap, I would pay big bucks for tickets.
FYI - Freshman year sixth floor, 1981 McCormick Alumni
Most of my McCormick friends back in the day were on the 12th floor, which was a designated "study floor". Most of them stayed there sophomore year as well.
Amount of shenanigans that went on: Almost none.
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I call first dibs on the ice cream machine!
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I call first dibs on the ice cream machine!
Sorry bro, that was my rivals screen name.
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I call first dibs on the ice cream machine!
Get in line for that one. I would use a meal swipe just for the ice cream. (we did have unlimited though)
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Sorry bro, that was my rivals screen name.
I paid for that lapsed domain name.
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Craigslist has the Round Mound going for $450 a night for Alumni weekend. MU throwing in a glass brick from the Lanche.
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#303
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#1117, 1986-87. Those were good times.
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928, 1996-97.
actually met the old lady there freshman year. We were conducting "experiments" to see how many floors down you could hear a 25 lb dumbbell dropped from the top bunk (the answer was the 3rd floor). FryboyChick lived in 828, and didn't find us very funny.
We also hung a giant floor pot, that fell from the ceiling in the dining room out the window, on the safety bar outside the window. by the next morning, it had slid all the way down to the top of the window of the 8th floor. Admin had to cut the screen out of the 8th floor window to get the thing down.
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Get in line for that one. I would use a meal swipe just for the ice cream. (we did have unlimited though)
That ice cream machine picked up more oversized packages than a fork lift during Christmas season at the Amazon Distribution Center on Rte. 142.
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Very sad. McCormick has personality. In fact, it has about 35,000 personalities - those of all of us who lived there over the years. I'd hate for it to be replaced by another "cookie cutter" no-style concrete and glass structure. Why can't it be renovated and modernized?
I'm very glad I took my kids there last summer - to show them where I lived in 86-87 - and I dislike the part of getting old where key parts of my personal history disappear from the landscape.
Best McCormick memory? Sealing the 3rd floor bathroom drains and doors, flooding it 4 feet deep, and making our own indoor swimming pool. I think both RA's were gone that weekend...
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Very sad. McCormick has personality. In fact, it has about 35,000 personalities - those of all of us who lived there over the years. I'd hate for it to be replaced by another "cookie cutter" no-style concrete and glass structure. Why can't it be renovated and modernized?
I'm very glad I took my kids there last summer - to show them where I lived in 86-87 - and I dislike the part of getting old where key parts of my personal history disappear from the landscape.
Best McCormick memory? Sealing the 3rd floor bathroom drains and doors, flooding it 4 feet deep, and making our own indoor swimming pool. I think both RA's were gone that weekend...
I heard it can't be "renovated and modernized" because of the extensive water damage that took place on the third floor in 1986 or 1987....
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You can't renovate it because there's only so much you can do with pie shaped rooms in a round building.
We had some fun, not indoor swimming pool fun but there were some good times. Stealing someone's clothes from the bathroom holding the door shut then throwing the clothes on a girls floor. Someone (still don't know who) made a penis mural that covered the entire door entirely out of post it notes. Sitting in folding chairs out in the hallway after hearing some "activities" behind closed doors, etc.
And we were a calm floor, you shoulda seen the 4th floor my freshman year. Most disgusting place I've ever seen.
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1205
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You can't renovate it because there's only so much you can do with pie shaped rooms in a round building.
We had some fun, not indoor swimming pool fun but there were some good times. Stealing someone's clothes from the bathroom holding the door shut then throwing the clothes on a girls floor. Someone (still don't know who) made a penis mural that covered the entire door entirely out of post it notes. Sitting in folding chairs out in the hallway after hearing some "activities" behind closed doors, etc.
And we were a calm floor, you shoulda seen the 4th floor my freshman year. Most disgusting place I've ever seen.
I think you mean 3rd floor. That's the one I was on (same year as you) and it was total chaos. Broken windows, the hallway getting trashed every weekend, food/puke all over the bathroom, all of the signs getting torn down. Whatever the janitor was getting paid was not nearly enough. Lots of great memories though. Schroeder the next year just wasn't the same.
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Goodbye old beer can. Like a stale bottle of Pabst, you were an integral part of the college experience at Marquette. I'm sure that if your walls could talk, you'd be Marquette's Animal House.
My eyes first caught Ms. Dgies at McCormick. And, no, she didn't drink the punch at the party that night.
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If I see one more former RA make some BS comment on social media like 'Want to demolish it? Remove the RAs for a weekend!' I'm going to lose it.
Are RAs at every school just as conceited, arrogant, bigheaded, immodest, know-it-all, overbearing, pompous, smug, stuck up, swollen-headed, and vainglorious as Marquette RAs were/are? At least from 04-08?
This excludes are particular radio producer that happened to be a RA.
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If I see one more former RA make some BS comment on social media like 'Want to demolish it? Remove the RAs for a weekend!' I'm going to lose it.
Are RAs at every school just as conceited, arrogant, bigheaded, immodest, know-it-all, overbearing, pompous, smug, stuck up, swollen-headed, and vainglorious as Marquette RAs were/are? At least from 04-08?
This excludes are particular radio producer that happened to be a RA.
720. 2004-2005
Our RA was awesome, super laid back...let us have the run of the place. Of course the stuck up hall director fired him by Christmas break. That woman was bent on ruining the college experience, and in return we generally made her life miserable. Who chooses to live in a college dorm once you are no longer in college? Besides our floor's RA, your observation is spot on.
Too many good times in McCormick to list. And honestly most of them are just better left unsaid. I really will miss it. 16th and Wisconsin will never be the same.
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720. 2004-2005
Our RA was awesome, super laid back...let us have the run of the place. Of course the stuck up hall director fired him by Christmas break. That woman was bent on ruining the college experience. Besides our floor's RA, your observation is spot on.
Too many good times in McCormick to list. And honestly most of them are just better left unsaid. I really will miss it. 16th and Wisconsin will never be the same.
Pretty sure I know who you are if your user name matches your real name.
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Pretty sure I know who you are if your user name matches your real name.
It doesn't. At all.
But I lived in McCormick the same year as you, so we probably do know eachother.
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It doesn't. At all.
But I lived in McCormick the same year as you, so we probably do know eachother.
Didn't actually live in McCormick, but same time period. Just horrid RAs across the staff.
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RA's.
Rocky was pretty damned good.
RIP
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I might have smoked more grass in my RA's room than any other room in Schroder except 2.
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I was an RA in OD back in the day. I've met my fair share of high and might d-bag RAs. But to be honest, I've met my fair share of high and mighty d-bag non-RAs. Pretty much encountered them at the same rate among the two sides. If anything, my time as an RA mellowed me out. I like to think I wasn't one of the d-bags. Hey Bagpiping Boxer, how'd I do?
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I am guessing Room 1012 in McCormick is actually slightly bigger than I picture in my mind now. I swear it seemed like you could touch both walls standing in the middle of the room.
The from footprints on the two walls I would say the middle of the room was exactly the width of a pair of spread female appendages.
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I was an RA in OD back in the day. I've met my fair share of high and might d-bag RAs. But to be honest, I've met my fair share of high and mighty d-bag non-RAs. Pretty much encountered them at the same rate among the two sides. If anything, my time as an RA mellowed me out. I like to think I wasn't one of the d-bags. Hey Bagpiping Boxer, how'd I do?
I worked with TAMU those two years. Hoping I'm one of the non-d-bags.
But you know who is d-bags? People who destroy property, flood hallways, draw penises all over everything. If you did that, it's no wonder your RAs hated you and it's no wonder the HD tried to make your college experience miserable. Make a little noise, have a few small parties, be a reasonable human being, and no one bats an eye.
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I worked with TAMU those two years. Hoping I'm one of the non-d-bags.
But you know who is d-bags? People who destroy property, flood hallways, draw penises all over everything. If you did that, it's no wonder your RAs hated you and it's no wonder the HD tried to make your college experience miserable. Make a little noise, have a few small parties, be a reasonable human being, and no one bats an eye.
+1
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If you're hoping you weren't a douche, you likely were.
And yes, people that create destruction are bad.
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If you're hoping you weren't a douche, you likely were.
First year, probably. Second year, as TAMU said, mellowed me out
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If MU wants to hold a raffle with the winner getting to detonate this piece of crap, I would pay big bucks for tickets.
FYI - Freshman year sixth floor, 1981 McCormick Alumni
Now you're talking Heisy!
Like selling bricks from the 'Lanche.
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I remember one night a wing mate was so drunk and still some how made it back to McCormick and into the elevator. On the way up, he passed out leaning against the doors so when they opened on 9, he just fell out.
Instead of helping him, someone instead pulled out masking tape and marked the floor in front of the elevator like it was a crime scene. He laid there until an RA came by and grabbed some to help drag him to his room.
The tape line remained for the rest of the weekend.
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Chico may remember them. We had these guys everyone called the "Lushbusters". When someone passed out horribly drunk they pulled out magic markers and would draw on them.
Someone did eventually catch up to them......
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84-85, 727. Fairly generic drunken stupidity.
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I heard it can't be "renovated and modernized" because of the extensive water damage that took place on the third floor in 1986 or 1987....
Also at some point, building new is cheaper than remodeling old. We have some residence halls on our campus that were built in the late 60s, and we have found that tearing down and rebuilding is about the same as remodeling them the way we want them remodeled.
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Also at some point, building new is cheaper than remodeling old. We have some residence halls on our campus that were built in the late 60s, and we have found that tearing down and rebuilding is about the same as remodeling them the way we want them remodeled.
Sultan, you missed chick's joke. SOMEBODY has to chuckle at her joke. Goodness knows old sourpuss me ain't doing it.
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I call first dibs on the ice cream machine!
Gotta think Wojo already has a bid in on that, given the stuff's success on the recruitin' trail.
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I remember one night a wing mate was so drunk and still some how made it back to McCormick and into the elevator. On the way up, he passed out leaning against the doors so when they opened on 9, he just fell out.
Instead of helping him, someone instead pulled out masking tape and marked the floor in front of the elevator like it was a crime scene. He laid there until an RA came by and grabbed some to help drag him to his room.
The tape line remained for the rest of the weekend.
What year? This sounds familiar.....
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84-85, 727. Fairly generic drunken stupidity.
84-85, 403....can still smell the morning vomit in the stairwells...
Revisited a few years ago when my daughter was looking at MU....compared to other universities McCormick as a dorm is atrocious..most non-MU alum parents in our touring group looked around like...wtf is this place?!
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Also at some point, building new is cheaper than remodeling old. We have some residence halls on our campus that were built in the late 60s, and we have found that tearing down and rebuilding is about the same as remodeling them the way we want them remodeled.
Yeah, I was joking, but seriously, McCormick is probably the most cheaply-built building on campus. Schroeder is made out of brick and granite. McCormick looks like it was made out of flattened 12-pack cartons. It's one of those buildings that looks kinda cool when it was first built, but quickly turns into a piece of crap - like the Thompson Center in downtown Chicago.
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I worked with TAMU those two years. Hoping I'm one of the non-d-bags.
But you know who is d-bags? People who destroy property, flood hallways, draw penises all over everything. If you did that, it's no wonder your RAs hated you and it's no wonder the HD tried to make your college experience miserable. Make a little noise, have a few small parties, be a reasonable human being, and no one bats an eye.
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Seriously though, I never destroyed property, generally was respectful of other folks, just good old-fashioned harmless college shenanigans that the hall staff was bent on interrupting.
Examples:
-Random room raids the minute after girls are no longer allowed on your floor (1 am)
-Seeing you with a red cup in the hallway and then searching your room for alcohol and forcing you to dump out 2 perfectly good handles of $10 whiskey, even though said red cup was filled with water.
-Demanding that you attend the official sober events like Bingo at the Annex
-Acting like you have some sort of real authority instead of seeing yourself as a resource for residents
Not all RAs were like this, but there seemed to be a string of them during my years at MU (2004-2008). I'm sure it was because the Hall Directors were generally the least fun human beings ever born, and they made the hiring decisions.
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Also at some point, building new is cheaper than remodeling old. We have some residence halls on our campus that were built in the late 60s, and we have found that tearing down and rebuilding is about the same as remodeling them the way we want them remodeled.
831 '87-'88
This is very true. And given some of the unique challenges presented by that building, I honestly think the best case scenario for a remodel would be an "ok" dorm. Tear it down. Build a couple nice new dorms. Use the prime real estate wisely.
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Use the prime real estate wisely.
Yeah, I am curious what the plan is. Between the old Jes Res and McCormick, that's a lot of open land around the AMU.
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Yeah, I am curious what the plan is. Between the old Jes Res and McCormick, that's a lot of open land around the AMU.
Honestly, I hope they keep most of that space green. It would go a long way in making MU feel more like a traditional college campus. Continue building on the east and west ends of campus to expand the campus footprint and put in as much green space in the middle as possible. That seems to be the direction.
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Honestly, I hope they keep most of that space green. It would go a long way in making MU feel more like a traditional college campus. Continue building on the east and west ends of campus to expand the campus footprint and put in as much green space in the middle as possible. That seems to be the direction.
I agree with this analysis.
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Honestly, I hope they keep most of that space green. It would go a long way in making MU feel more like a traditional college campus. Continue building on the east and west ends of campus to expand the campus footprint and put in as much green space in the middle as possible. That seems to be the direction.
Maybe they can close Wisconsin Avenue! Wouldn't that be a great idea? I bet that would go over well!!!
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720. 2004-2005
Our RA was awesome, super laid back...let us have the run of the place. Of course the stuck up hall director fired him by Christmas break. That woman was bent on ruining the college experience, and in return we generally made her life miserable. Who chooses to live in a college dorm once you are no longer in college? Besides our floor's RA, your observation is spot on.
Too many good times in McCormick to list. And honestly most of them are just better left unsaid. I really will miss it. 16th and Wisconsin will never be the same.
509, 99-00
We had an awesome RA freshmen year(sophomore year in East was like night and day....though I think we drove that guy to quit), he'd let us get away with just about anything that couldn't be immediately detected from another floor.
I remember one time a guy was making a beer run into the hood where his ID worked better and he went around taking orders. RA ordered 2 6packs, all told I think the guy had orders for like 4 cases to bring back. I don't remember the whole story as to why he was only able to get 2 cases bought and back to the dorm....but that led to some squabble over how we were going to split everything up. RA walked into the common room, grabbed his 2 6 packs and when we protested said "power has it's privileges and you guys will get me in trouble one of these days so I'm getting while the getting is good." then walked out. Loved that guy.
We got a little bit of revenge by stacking our empties in front of his door in the middle of the night so he had a wall to walk into in the morning.
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What year? This sounds familiar.....
It was either autumn 1987 or spring 1988. Any date more exact other than my freshman year McCormick is a little fuzzy....
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84-85, 403....can still smell the morning vomit in the stairwells...
Revisited a few years ago when my daughter was looking at MU....compared to other universities McCormick as a dorm is atrocious..most non-MU alum parents in our touring group looked around like...wtf is this place?!
I hear you on this one. I've been looking at schools with my son (including MU), and have been somewhat disappointed at how MU compares in terms of how nice the facilities and campuses are at some of these schools (e.g. SLU, Dayton, Xavier). Dorms, cafeterias and rec centers have been so impressive. As much as I have great memories from McCormick, MU does need to upgrade some of the facilities to stay current and competitive. I know several kids who in the past five years who were deciding between SLU, MU and Dayton, and most chose SLU or Dayton. This stung a bit and I wondered why...having seen some of the campuses, and significantly the aid/scholarships available, I can understand the trend somewhat, though my strong bias is still towards MU.
The green space on campus is a huge selling point. It is water well under the bridge at this point, but it would have been a game changer had the vote gone through as anticipated on closing Wis Ave years ago.
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If I see one more former RA make some BS comment on social media like 'Want to demolish it? Remove the RAs for a weekend!' I'm going to lose it.
Are RAs at every school just as conceited, arrogant, bigheaded, immodest, know-it-all, overbearing, pompous, smug, stuck up, swollen-headed, and vainglorious as Marquette RAs were/are? At least from 04-08?
This excludes are particular radio producer that happened to be a RA.
I thought most of my RAs at Marquette were fine...but then again I didn't cause too much trouble. My RA first semester freshman year ('87) was among a group that got fired early in the year and all got great fraternity style sweatshirts - "XRA". My RA Junior year at Mashuda was one of my friends from my McCormick floor -- great guy. Honestly have no recollection of who my RA at West was sophomore year, so he must have been pretty good.
It's coming full circle, though...my son is going to be an RA next year. I think he'll be decent and pretty much leave people alone. I'm just happy to be saving $7000.
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Almost all RA's are complete dorkbaits.
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Honestly, I hope they keep most of that space green. It would go a long way in making MU feel more like a traditional college campus. Continue building on the east and west ends of campus to expand the campus footprint and put in as much green space in the middle as possible. That seems to be the direction.
I think that's the plan for now, especially between 16th and the 14th walkway. Personally, I might move the Fr. Marquette statue over there building an appropriate approach and sitting area. Not sure the existing sculpture is quite big enough but you get my point.
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First year, probably. Second year, as TAMU said, mellowed me out
You just broke free of that Res Life brainwashing, good for you.
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I think that's the plan for now, especially between 16th and the 14th walkway. Personally, I might move the Fr. Marquette statue over there building an appropriate approach and sitting area. Not sure the existing sculpture is quite big enough but you get my point.
The University Architect was quoted saying 'wellness and fitness center'. BOO.
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Seriously though, I never destroyed property, generally was respectful of other folks, just good old-fashioned harmless college shenanigans that the hall staff was bent on interrupting.
Examples:
-Random room raids the minute after girls are no longer allowed on your floor (1 am)
-Seeing you with a red cup in the hallway and then searching your room for alcohol and forcing you to dump out 2 perfectly good handles of $10 whiskey, even though said red cup was filled with water.
-Demanding that you attend the official sober events like Bingo at the Annex
-Acting like you have some sort of real authority instead of seeing yourself as a resource for residents
Not all RAs were like this, but there seemed to be a string of them during my years at MU (2004-2008). I'm sure it was because the Hall Directors were generally the least fun human beings ever born, and they made the hiring decisions.
All of this and more. Seemed like the RAs were looking more to get you than to look out for you, Cura Personalis.
The Hall Director at Mashuda had to be the biggest crapstain I've ever run across to this day.
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3rd floor, 89-90.
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05-06, 913.
And, fwiw, my freshman year RA is about to be my best man, so some of them are decent.
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All of this and more. Seemed like the RAs were looking more to get you than to look out for you, Cura Personalis.
The Hall Director at Mashuda had to be the biggest crapstain I've ever run across to this day.
My hall director asked what I wanted to do after graduation (I told her grad school) and then proceeded to tell me that she could tell I would never get accepted to grad school, because I drank.
Of course, I graduated Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude, with a double major and a minor from MU and got a full-ride graduate fellowship. All while increasing my alcohol consumption and general level of tomfoolery each year while cruising through my studies at MU.
I'm sure there were lots of good RAs back in the 70s and 80s, and even some good ones once in a while now. But there seems to have been an attitude that has pervaded Residence Life that drinking is truly evil. It is as annoying and self-righteous as anything I ever encountered.
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Maybe they can close Wisconsin Avenue! Wouldn't that be a great idea? I bet that would go over well!!!
I was and am pro closing Wisconsin Avenue. Would up our ranking in US News.
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How 'bout a 20 ft. fence surroundin' campus, hey?
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My hall director asked what I wanted to do after graduation (I told her grad school) and then proceeded to tell me that she could tell I would never get accepted to grad school, because I drank.
Of course, I graduated summa cum laude with a double major and a minor from MU and got a full graduate fellowship. All while increasing my alcohol consumption and general level of tomfoolery each year at MU.
I'm sure there were lots of good RAs back in the 70s and 80s, and even some good ones once in a while now. But there seems to have been an attitude that has pervaded Residence Life that drinking is truly evil. It is as annoying and self-righteous as anything I ever encountered.
HA!
I had to write a letter as an apology once about how bad drinking is and how my life would be effected. It was not that at all, but instead highlighted the most notorious, successful drinkers in history. Never got any feedback. I even invited the person reading the letter to join me for a beer on my 21st birthday.
The C-U-N-T at Carpenter confiscated a Coors Light sign when I was at class and then proceeded to break it. Of course, it wasn't Res Life's responsibility.
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You know what else looks dated? The Star Spangled Banner. The Liberty Bell. The Holy Sepulchre. The Coliseum. Should we tear these all down in the name of shiny new things? Where is Marquette's sense of heritage? Sense of the holy?
Some things are worth saving
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I always thought it looked like it belonged in Chicago - between Clybourn Ave and Halsted Street on the north, North Larrabee Street on the west, Chicago Avenue on the south, Hudson Street on the east. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabrini%E2%80%93Green_Homes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabrini%E2%80%93Green_Homes)
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I had to write a letter as an apology once about how bad drinking is and how my life would be effected. It was not that at all, but instead highlighted the most notorious, successful drinkers in history. Never got any feedback. I even invited the person reading the letter to join me for a beer on my 21st birthday.
What a great idea. I wish I would have thought of this. I had to write similar letters and just lied through my teeth about how I'd never do it again. I respect your integrity.
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I was an RA in OD back in the day. I've met my fair share of high and might d-bag RAs. But to be honest, I've met my fair share of high and mighty d-bag non-RAs. Pretty much encountered them at the same rate among the two sides. If anything, my time as an RA mellowed me out. I like to think I wasn't one of the d-bags. Hey Bagpiping Boxer, how'd I do?
One of my McCormick RAs is now the Provost at Loyola University of Chicago.
Argument that was made to us was "if you're going to do _____, be discrete!"
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Room 1210
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One of my McCormick RAs is now the Provost at Loyola University of Chicago.
Argument that was made to us was "if you're going to do _____, be discrete!"
Seriously. That's what most people didn't understand. Most RAs are desperately trying to avoid finding any rule violations. Its a ton of pain in the ass paperwork. Just don't break a rule so obviously that if the RA doesn't address it, they get in trouble. And don't destroy property or be a douchebag in general. Follow those guidelines and a vast majority of RAs will get along with you.
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I hear you on this one. I've been looking at schools with my son (including MU), and have been somewhat disappointed at how MU compares in terms of how nice the facilities and campuses are at some of these schools (e.g. SLU, Dayton, Xavier). Dorms, cafeterias and rec centers have been so impressive. As much as I have great memories from McCormick, MU does need to upgrade some of the facilities to stay current and competitive. I know several kids who in the past five years who were deciding between SLU, MU and Dayton, and most chose SLU or Dayton. This stung a bit and I wondered why...having seen some of the campuses, and significantly the aid/scholarships available, I can understand the trend somewhat, though my strong bias is still towards MU.
The green space on campus is a huge selling point. It is water well under the bridge at this point, but it would have been a game changer had the vote gone through as anticipated on closing Wis Ave years ago.
That is why they are doing this. The upgrades to campus over the last 15 years have been amazing - engineering, dentistry, law, library, the boulevards, the future indoor lax/soccer thing, etc. The obvious holes are the Rec Center, primary freshman dorm, and business. I would bet anything that the next big announcements will include a new rec center and a new business school.
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The University Architect was quoted saying 'wellness and fitness center'. BOO.
http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/blog/real_estate/2016/05/marquette-university-to-build-96-million-dormitory.html (http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/blog/real_estate/2016/05/marquette-university-to-build-96-million-dormitory.html)
Master planning efforts thus far have shown that a wellness and fitness center could be the best use of that site, said Marquette University architect Lora Strigens. Such a center would be holistic, offering spiritual and mental guidance in addition to fitness options such as a gym, she said.
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Room 515. Future wife was in 1216. Sign of the times though, halls are a big draw for students and McCormick was a pit then and a pit now, albeit a pit with personality. I'm sure anyone who lived there in the 90's will never forget Linda and Norm in the cafeteria. The fact Linda could remember everyone's name was amazing. Such a sweet woman!
Bittersweet times with O'Donnell being (potentially) shuttered as well. I was an RA there as a sophomore. I get what people are saying about RA's, my HD actually told us to be "Little Hitlers" to start the year. Eventually I just said to hell with that and just told residents "don't be stupid" and helped them sneak girls in overnight. I did the job for free room and board and a single room, I admitted that to my HD. I lasted one year.
I remember being so jacked when I got my McCormick room assignment during the summer. Later on, my buddies and I used to do sports trivia every Thursday back at home during the summer between HS and MU and the guy who ran it selected us to be in a tournament. I said "sorry, I'm going to college next week, Marquette University." He exclaimed "that's where I wanted to go, they have that giant keg dorm! But when I was on a tour with my parents the elevator door opened and these guys got off with a keg so my mom vetoed it." He comped our dinner that night.
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http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/blog/real_estate/2016/05/marquette-university-to-build-96-million-dormitory.html (http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/blog/real_estate/2016/05/marquette-university-to-build-96-million-dormitory.html)
Agree that MU needs a new wellness center. Disagree that that would be the best site for it. Really hope that is left as open space.
They should just completely renovate the existing rec center. Close it down over a summer, and do the rest in phases. That is a perfect location for a wellness center.
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Honestly, I hope they keep most of that space green.
and put in as much green space in the middle as possible. That seems to be the direction.
Schroeder Beach when the sun would come out and temps get to 60.
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Room 515. Future wife was in 1216. Sign of the times though, halls are a big draw for students and McCormick was a pit then and a pit now, albeit a pit with personality. I'm sure anyone who lived there in the 90's will never forget Linda and Norm in the cafeteria. The fact Linda could remember everyone's name was amazing. Such a sweet woman!
Bittersweet times with O'Donnell being (potentially) shuttered as well. I was an RA there as a sophomore. I get what people are saying about RA's, my HD actually told us to be "Little Hitlers" to start the year. Eventually I just said to hell with that and just told residents "don't be stupid" and helped them sneak girls in overnight.
I remember being so jacked when I got my McCormick room assignment during the summer. Later on, my buddies and I used to do sports trivia every Thursday back at home during the summer between HS and MU and the guy who ran it selected us to be in a tournament. I said "sorry, I'm going to college next week, Marquette University." He exclaimed "that's where I wanted to go, they have that giant keg dorm! But when I was on a tour with my parents the elevator door opened and these guys got off with a keg so my mom vetoed it." He comped our dinner that night.
Linda was the best!
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Yeah, I was joking, but seriously, McCormick is probably the most cheaply-built building on campus. Schroeder is made out of brick and granite. McCormick looks like it was made out of flattened 12-pack cartons. It's one of those buildings that looks kinda cool when it was first built, but quickly turns into a piece of crap - like the Thompson Center in downtown Chicago.
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I think the building is held together with bong resin and dried semen....
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HA!
I had to write a letter as an apology once about how bad drinking is and how my life would be effected. It was not that at all, but instead highlighted the most notorious, successful drinkers in history. Never got any feedback. I even invited the person reading the letter to join me for a beer on my 21st birthday.
The C-U-N-T at Carpenter confiscated a Coors Light sign when I was at class and then proceeded to break it. Of course, it wasn't Res Life's responsibility.
Is it called Residence Life now? We called it ORAL...Office of Residence Life, back in the olden days. For good reason.
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5th floor (I think) - 03-04. Great memories. RIP.
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How 'bout a 20 ft. fence surroundin' campus, hey?
I am not pro fence as I think that would project something different than closing off Wisconsin avenue. Fordham is in a pretty bad neighborhood and needs one. We can live without the fence . They have a nice fence at High Point University which is kind of like a Las Vegas resort style university in a bad neighborhood.
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They have a nice fence at High Point University which is kind of like a Las Vegas resort style university in a bad neighborhood.
Visited High Point last fall when dropping my son off nearby...it's an "interesting" place.
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Visited High Point last fall when dropping my son off nearby...it's an "interesting" place.
For some reason from what I've heard, it's become a trendy college pick for students from Southern New England lately.
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I am not pro fence as I think that would project something different than closing off Wisconsin avenue. Fordham is in a pretty bad neighborhood and needs one. We can live without the fence . They have a nice fence at High Point University which is kind of like a Las Vegas resort style university in a bad neighborhood.
Seton Hall has one.
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For some reason from what I've heard, it's become a trendy college pick for students from Southern New England lately.
Having visited, I have few doubts why it's a trendy pick for students. Having visited (and researched), I wonder a bit about why it's a trendy pick for their parents. Beautiful campus, though. I'll give them that. I found it vaguely unsettling in a strange way. Made me think it should be renamed Stepford University.
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Seton Hall has one.
So does SLU. But Marquette made a conscious decision not to put up a fence. They want to be part of the community, not to wall themselves off from it.
And closing off Wisconsin Avenue is a horrible idea. Imagine what the crime rate would be if the bad guys knew the closest police car (or any traffic/witnesses, for that matter) was always at least 2 blocks away.
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How 'bout a 20 ft. fence surroundin' campus, hey?
Trump can pitch in?
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Now you're talking Heisy!
Like selling bricks from the 'Lanche.
When MU does this to McCormick, it will be a good day.
It might even raise the schools US news ranking!
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The only downside is if they screw it up
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517. I was lucky because I submitted my paperwork later than was suggested to get first choice, but still managed to sneak in somehow.
My roommate and I took the doors off our closets and laid them across our bunks. On one side was the futon and the other was the tv and stereo, with our mattresses on the floor. We had essentially lofted our living room. Tour guides used to stop by all the time to show prospective students that even though the room was small, one could still get creative with use of space.
Also, not to derail the thread, but I was there for about ten minutes when I first heard the use of "bubbler" and I knew life would never be the same.
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517. I was lucky because I submitted my paperwork later than was suggested to get first choice, but still managed to sneak in somehow.
My roommate and I took the doors off our closets and laid them across our bunks. On one side was the futon and the other was the tv and stereo, with our mattresses on the floor. We had essentially lofted our living room. Tour guides used to stop by all the time to show prospective students that even though the room was small, one could still get creative with use of space.
Also, not to derail the thread, but I was there for about ten minutes when I first heard the use of "bubbler" and I knew life would never be the same.
Interesting technique ahead of it's time. I'm not sure when lofting became the norm in essentially all dorms but it certainly utilizes the available space much better. I remember designing a Cobeen quad for my daughter many years ago that was quite efficient. Unfortunately, the roommates on the other side who had a slightly less attractive room reconfigured the whole thing while she was gone on a service trip in Spring. It was awful, but she survived the final 5-6 weeks.
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We putting athletes in here because recruiting is so bad....aiinnaa?
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517. I was lucky because I submitted my paperwork later than was suggested to get first choice, but still managed to sneak in somehow.
My roommate and I took the doors off our closets and laid them across our bunks. On one side was the futon and the other was the tv and stereo, with our mattresses on the floor. We had essentially lofted our living room. Tour guides used to stop by all the time to show prospective students that even though the room was small, one could still get creative with use of space.
Also, not to derail the thread, but I was there for about ten minutes when I first heard the use of "bubbler" and I knew life would never be the same.
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Accurate
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517. I was lucky because I submitted my paperwork later than was suggested to get first choice, but still managed to sneak in somehow.
My roommate and I took the doors off our closets and laid them across our bunks. On one side was the futon and the other was the tv and stereo, with our mattresses on the floor. We had essentially lofted our living room. Tour guides used to stop by all the time to show prospective students that even though the room was small, one could still get creative with use of space.
Also, not to derail the thread, but I was there for about ten minutes when I first heard the use of "bubbler" and I knew life would never be the same.
The best loft ever was one custom-built for Schroeder by a couple of buddies of mine. It fit perfectly around the sides of the entire room, and the ladder was operated by a switch and went up and down like a drawbridge. For the piece de resistance, they had a model train that ran around the perimeter.
Before you ask, yes, one of them was an electrical engineer, and yes, they were nerds.
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The best loft ever was one custom-built for Schroeder by a couple of buddies of mine. It fit perfectly around the sides of the entire room, and the ladder was operated by a switch and went up and down like a drawbridge. For the piece de resistance, they had a model train that ran around the circumference.
Before you ask, yes, one of them was an electrical engineer, and yes, they were nerds.
I just said daaang out loud, like Joe Dirt.
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1126 77-78
My daughter stayed there 2010-11.
Some of my best friends, that I still talk to weekly, were in rooms 1121, 1123, 1124. and 1125.
McCormick was a huge reason I love Marquette - I hate to see it go.
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Was housed elsewhere but I do remeber Earl tatum shooting hoops outside constantly and of course many barforama's when I went to parties there. Too much free beer.
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I find it interesting how McCormick was most of your first choices. I think it was my 3rd and I still got stuck there.
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I find it interesting how McCormick was most of your first choices. I think it was my 3rd and I still got stuck there.
Wasn't my first choice either. I picked South Hall...short-lived, all boys dorm (I think it was only a dorm for 3 or 4 years from like 2003-2007, then converted to apartments) of about 100 guys with ensuite bathrooms right by the rec center. Loved the location near the rec center and having my own crapter.
Ended up at McCormick and thankful I did.
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I find it interesting how McCormick was most of your first choices. I think it was my 3rd and I still got stuck there.
3rd choice as well. However, I knew that it was extremely unlikely that I would get my top choices, so essentially I picked it.
I'm sad to read of its demise, though it is a complete crap hole.
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It was my first choice, mostly because it was co-ed and I wasn't interested in staying in a building only filled with dudes.
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It was my first choice, mostly because it was co-ed and I wasn't interested in staying in a building only filled with dudes.
I didn't even put OD on my list it was Abbotsford, Masuda, McCormick double, McCormick triple.
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I didn't even put OD on my list it was Abbotsford, Masuda, McCormick double, McCormick triple.
OD wasn't on my list either. Spent my freshmen year in Abbottsford. When I became an RA, I wasn't given a choice and was placed in OD. Two of the best years of my life. Would have never expected it, but the camaraderie and brotherhood in that hall made it a better experience than any other hall on campus. Even if we had to share unnatural carnal knowledge*ng pink tiled bathrooms.
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McCormick was my first choice, Carpenter was my last. Ended up there anyway.
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Wasn't my first choice either. I picked South Hall...short-lived, all boys dorm (I think it was only a dorm for 3 or 4 years from like 2003-2007, then converted to apartments) of about 100 guys with ensuite bathrooms right by the rec center. Loved the location near the rec center and having my own crapter.
Ended up at McCormick and thankful I did.
Wow. I've never heard of it. Located?
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Wow. I've never heard of it. Located?
525 N 17th. Back side of the rec center near the Clybourn intersection. Now Studio 523, one of Schulhof's apartment buildings. I was part of the last freshman class to live there in 2005-2006. Which (not coincidentally) was also the year Abbotsford opened to underclassmen.
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I moved into McCormick when it opened. Didn'the have rats or roaches so we were happy. However, a circular building makes no sense at all and was it noisey. Just surprised that MU has a spare $100M to blow on a new building.
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I moved into McCormick when it opened. Didn'the have rats or roaches so we were happy. However, a circular building makes no sense at all and was it noisey. Just surprised that MU has a spare $100M to blow on a new building.
My guess is that they have crunched the numbers and have determined they can cash flow with what they can charge the students.
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My guess is that they have crunched the numbers and have determined they can cash flow with what they can charge the students.
Could also probably re-direct some endowment earnings (not principle, obviously)
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Could also probably re-direct some endowment earnings (not principle, obviously)
Interest rates are low...finance the sumbitch
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Interest rates are low...finance the sumbitch
What they're doing for part of it.
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I am sure it's not too late to donate enough money to get it named after you.
Scoop Hall, anyone?
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525 N 17th. Back side of the rec center near the Clybourn intersection. Now Studio 523, one of Schulhof's apartment buildings. I was part of the last freshman class to live there in 2005-2006. Which (not coincidentally) was also the year Abbotsford opened to underclassmen.
Funny, I lived in Studio 523 my junior year in 13-14
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I am sure it's not too late to donate enough money to get it named after you.
Plus, it is a great way to keep your name alive... Vic McCormick had a hell of a run.
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Plus, it is a great way to keep your name alive... Vic McCormick had a hell of a run.
Plan B - name it after Father Wild.
It would be the most awesomely-named dormitory on the planet.
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Plan B - name it after Father Wild.
It would be the most awesomely-named dormitory on the planet.
Ha, the Bob Wild dorm. Sounds like something out of animal house.
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Ha, the Bob Wild dorm. Sounds like something out of animal house.
Better yet, just plain old Wild Hall.
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Interest rates are low...finance the sumbitch
Yeah they are bonding it against future housing payments. Pretty much what every organization does.
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I am sure it's not too late to donate enough money to get it named after you.
Scoop Hall, anyone?
Heck, since the mods are paying, let's go all out.
Rename it every year with the winner of the meme tournament.
I want my kids staying in Walking Boot Hall freshman year, and 5 Years to Evaluate a Hire Hall sophomore year.
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Heck, since the mods are paying, let's go all out.
Rename it every year with the winner of the meme tournament.
I want my kids staying in Walking Boot Hall freshman year, and 5 Years to Evaluate a Hire Hall sophomore year.
And who wouldn't want to live in It's Happening! Hall?
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Better yet, just plain old Wild Hall.
I always liked Wild Tower.
Side note, at my grad institution, there was a residence hall called Weed Hall. They were just asking for it.
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My recollection, such as it is now (Arts 68, Law '71), was that McCormick was originally designed to be a full circle. However, there was an apartment building on the NE corner of 16th and Wisconsin, and the owner refused to sell. So the building was redesigned to build around it, thus its current shape. There were plans, I believe, to build a twin tower just north of McCormick, which never materialized.
Circular buildings were something of a rage in those days, for example the Pfister Hotel and several circular buildings in north Milwaukee. And of course those twin towers in downtown Chicago.
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Better yet, just plain old Wild Bob Wild Hall.
FIFY
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My recollection, such as it is now (Arts 68, Law '71), was that McCormick was originally designed to be a full circle. However, there was an apartment building on the NE corner of 16th and Wisconsin, and the owner refused to sell.
That had to have been one small apartment building.
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When did freshmen start getting to request where they lived? I feel like I was only asked about a quiet room and smoker/nonsmoker.
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When did freshmen start getting to request where they lived? I feel like I was only asked about a quiet room and smoker/nonsmoker.
I got to put a preference down in 1986.
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From what I remember, 10 11 and 12 were study floors one could request. I was on the 11th floor back in 1983. Now I feel old..... Can't believe the place went co-ed or did it?
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Plan B - name it after Father Wild.
It would be the most awesomely-named dormitory on the planet.
Something tells me they won't name it after a living Jesuit. If Wild passes before completion (I have no idea what his health situation is) I think Wild Hall makes a ton of sense, given his contributions to the university.
If they choose to give each tower its own name, they can't ignore Father Naus as the namesake of the other tower. The man spent like 40 years at Marquette, many of those in a residence hall. I've been hoping since he passed that he would get some recognition on campus.
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From what I remember, 10 11 and 12 were study floors one could request. I was on the 11th floor back in 1983. Now I feel old..... Can't believe the place went co-ed or did it?
12 was certainly a study floor back in the day.
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When did freshmen start getting to request where they lived? I feel like I was only asked about a quiet room and smoker/nonsmoker.
They don't ask about smoking any more now that it is banned inside the building.
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If they choose to give each tower its own name, they can't ignore Father Naus as the namesake of the other tower. The man spent like 40 years at Marquette, many of those in a residence hall. I've been hoping since he passed that he would get some recognition on campus.
The Naus House. Love it!
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My recollection, such as it is now (Arts 68, Law '71), was that McCormick was originally designed to be a full circle. However, there was an apartment building on the NE corner of 16th and Wisconsin, and the owner refused to sell. So the building was redesigned to build around it, thus its current shape. There were plans, I believe, to build a twin tower just north of McCormick, which never materialized.
Circular buildings were something of a rage in those days, for example the Pfister Hotel and several circular buildings in north Milwaukee. And of course those twin towers in downtown Chicago.
My recollection is that in the Vic Mic lounge (good times in there ;D)there was a photo of Victor McCormick in front of the drawing of what was to be the McCormick Hall twin towers, with the second being where the AMU is. I do not remember if the building was fully circular.
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They don't ask about smoking any more now that it is banned inside the building.
Q: Do you smoke after sex?
A: I don't know. I have never checked.
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Crazy to me that an 18 year old kid would request an all-male dorm.
You WANT to be in an all-male dorm? nh?
Dick Strong Tower has a nice ring to it...
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The best loft ever was one custom-built for Schroeder by a couple of buddies of mine. It fit perfectly around the sides of the entire room, and the ladder was operated by a switch and went up and down like a drawbridge. For the piece de resistance, they had a model train that ran around the perimeter.
Before you ask, yes, one of them was an electrical engineer, and yes, they were nerds.
Must been one of those 6th floor hairy wet cats.
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I moved into McCormick when it opened. Didn'the have rats or roaches so we were happy. However, a circular building makes no sense at all and was it noisey. Just surprised that MU has a spare $100M to blow on a new building.
Left over from Crean's soccer stadium donation, ai na?
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Crean Sucks Hall, hey?
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Something tells me they won't name it after a living Jesuit. If Wild passes before completion (I have no idea what his health situation is) I think Wild Hall makes a ton of sense, given his contributions to the university.
If they choose to give each tower its own name, they can't ignore Father Naus as the namesake of the other tower. The man spent like 40 years at Marquette, many of those in a residence hall. I've been hoping since he passed that he would get some recognition on campus.
Wild-Naus Hall !?! perfect
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If I see one more former RA make some BS comment on social media like 'Want to demolish it? Remove the RAs for a weekend!' I'm going to lose it.
Are RAs at every school just as conceited, arrogant, bigheaded, immodest, know-it-all, overbearing, pompous, smug, stuck up, swollen-headed, and vainglorious as Marquette RAs were/are? At least from 04-08?
This excludes are particular radio producer that happened to be a RA.
You got real close before that last line. Real close.
You had great RA's! Give them some credit.
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I worked with TAMU those two years. Hoping I'm one of the non-d-bags.
But you know who is d-bags? People who destroy property, flood hallways, draw penises all over everything. If you did that, it's no wonder your RAs hated you and it's no wonder the HD tried to make your college experience miserable. Make a little noise, have a few small parties, be a reasonable human being, and no one bats an eye.
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My recollection is that in the Vic Mic lounge (good times in there ;D)there was a photo of Victor McCormick in front of the drawing of what was to be the McCormick Hall twin towers, with the second being where the AMU is. I do not remember if the building was fully circular.
Da fuq is the Vic Mic lounge?
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Crazy to me that an 18 year old kid would request an all-male dorm.
You WANT to be in an all-male dorm? nh?
Dick Strong Tower has a nice ring to it...
Yeah idk I took a tour, everyone living there said it was amazing, and I drank the Kool Aid. I also had a high school girlfriend I was convinced I would marry so what good was chasing MU tail? Funny now that I think about it.
Again, thankful I ended up in McCormick
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Yeah idk I took a tour, everyone living there said it was amazing, and I drank the Kool Aid. I also had a high school girlfriend I was convinced I would marry so what good was chasing MU tail? Funny now that I think about it.
Again, thankful I ended up in McCormick
Living in OD was amazing and shaped in many ways who I am and the course of my life.
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Da fuq is the Vic Mic lounge?
The lounge down the hall to the right of the entrance and elevators.
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12 was certainly a study floor back in the day.
It was in 87-88 when I lived there, too, but I'm not sure how much actual studying got done.
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Yeah idk I took a tour, everyone living there said it was amazing, and I drank the Kool Aid. I also had a high school girlfriend I was convinced I would marry so what good was chasing MU tail? Funny now that I think about it.
Again, thankful I ended up in McCormick
good thing they don't use the last name first when naming dorms der hein'a. you'd have to beat the girls back with a stick from getting in there, although a recent international study has shown that size(not of the dorms) only matters somewhat. i'm sure ya'll know how the rest of the story goes
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From what I remember, 10 11 and 12 were study floors one could request. I was on the 11th floor back in 1983. Now I feel old..... Can't believe the place went co-ed or did it?
9 was study floor also. At least it was in 1987.
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You got real close before that last line. Real close.
You had great RA's! Give them some credit.
I didn't actually have you though, we merely adopted you and ignored our regularly assigned RA.
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9th floor was not a study floor in 1996.
I've got 5 bones towards Wild Hall.
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Hearing "study floor" and "McCormick" in the same sentence makes me laugh.
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So the press release said that freshmen and sophomores are going to be in that building.
I am going to go out on a limb here and predict that they will move the Honors program from Straz to here, and those will be the only freshmen that live there. If I were MU, there would be no way I would let rando frosh move in and trash a brand new building.
So, what's going to be the new freshman party dorm? Carpenter? Schroeder?
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So the press release said that freshmen and sophomores are going to be in that building.
I am going to go out on a limb here and predict that they will move the Honors program from Straz to here, and those will be the only freshmen that live there. If I were MU, there would be no way I would let rando frosh move in and trash a brand new building.
So, what's going to be the new freshman party dorm? Carpenter? Schroeder?
Schroeder has always been sophs, would be surprised if it went frosh. If the new building is basically replacing the population of Straz (honors frosh and sophs), I would expect that Straz will become frosh...along with Abbottsford, Carpenter, Cobeen and O'Donnell. Mashuda, Carpenter (I believe Carpenter has always been a good mix of frosh/soph), Schroeder (and new dorm) would be the sophs dorms.
Just a guess.
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One thing I never realized until I left Marquette and started working for other universities is how rare the sophomore live on requirement is. It is also uncommon for universities to not allow juniors or seniors to live on campus. It is also uncommon to have freshman only and sophomore only buidlings. Marquette residence life is very unique. I wonder if some of those things will start to change as they move forward.
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One thing I never realized until I left Marquette and started working for other universities is how rare the sophomore live on requirement is. It is also uncommon for universities to not allow juniors or seniors to live on campus. It is also uncommon to have freshman only and sophomore only buidlings. Marquette residence life is very unique. I wonder if some of those things will start to change as they move forward.
Does Marquette still have co-ed floors? That is also pretty unique these days.
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One thing I never realized until I left Marquette and started working for other universities is how rare the sophomore live on requirement is. It is also uncommon for universities to not allow juniors or seniors to live on campus. It is also uncommon to have freshman only and sophomore only buidlings. Marquette residence life is very unique. I wonder if some of those things will start to change as they move forward.
That would be really terrible for the students. It is bad enough that there is a mad scramble for apartments in October of their sophomore year. Imagine having to worry about that as a freshman. You have barely been on campus a month, you haven't even figured out who your friends are, and on top of all the other stressors of adjusting to college life, you have to find a place to live for the following year?
I am pretty sure that there are no plans to change the sophomore requirement. If there were, they would just knock down McCormick and not bother to replace it with anything.
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That would be really terrible for the students. It is bad enough that there is a mad scramble for apartments in October of their sophomore year. Imagine having to worry about that as a freshman. You have barely been on campus a month, you haven't even figured out who your friends are, and on top of all the other stressors of adjusting to college life, you have to find a place to live for the following year?
I am pretty sure that there are no plans to change the sophomore requirement. If there were, they would just knock down McCormick and not bother to replace it with anything.
Oh I agree about the freshman live on requirement, that should never change IMHO. But I could see the sophomore requirement changing so the university could increase enrollment without building new housing. Don't know if that will ever be in the cards.
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Schroeder has always been sophs, would be surprised if it went frosh. If the new building is basically replacing the population of Straz (honors frosh and sophs), I would expect that Straz will become frosh...along with Abbottsford, Carpenter, Cobeen and O'Donnell. Mashuda, Carpenter (I believe Carpenter has always been a good mix of frosh/soph), Schroeder (and new dorm) would be the sophs dorms.
Just a guess.
Schroeder as a Sophomore dorm. I got a story with that one.
My 9th Floor McCormick wing mates along with a few 12th floor people who hung us with decided we would all pick rooms on 9th floor of Schroeder Hall. Of course where anyone ended up depended on your lottery pick. (One group of guys decided to pick a triple in McCormick instead.) Most of the group had decent picks and picked a room on the right wing of the building. Myself and another friend had terrible lottery numbers and fortunately managed to get on 9th floor but the far left wing. We both ended up with unknown roommates who happened to be Juniors. We couldn't figure out what the heck Juniors were doing in Schroeder?
My roommate was whacked. He constantly blared country music which is the only form of music I can't tolerate. He installed this huge lighting apparatus over his desk that was so bright we dubbed the "Milwaukee lighthouse." The weekend gatherings were in Schroeder, so one of the McCormick triple friends would stash beer earlier in the week in my room. He came to pick-up one Friday evening and I wasn't back from class yet and the Junior roommate told him "Well that can't be my roommates because he's not 21 yet, and that would be against dorm policy!"
My friend across the hall, his Junior roommate rarely even came to his dorm room. His roommate rarely even slept in his bed. We hatched a plan for the never there Junior to switch with me. When my friend finally caught up with him, he knew who my roommate was and thought him a nut and refused to move in with him. However, he did agree to move to upperclassmen housing. Maybe Carpenter was the upperclassmen housing? Problem solved.
By October 1, I relocated across the hall with my friend. My short-term roommate didn't understand why either despite explaining we were good friends from McCormick Hall.
The other part I could not understand was there were a few freshmen on our 9th floor in Schroeder? Why?
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Does Marquette still have co-ed floors? That is also pretty unique these days.
They did when I graduated in 2011. I haven't heard anything about it changing. But you're right, definitely uncommon, even among religious universities. The gendered visiting hours is also an archaic rule IMHO.
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So the press release said that freshmen and sophomores are going to be in that building.
I am going to go out on a limb here and predict that they will move the Honors program from Straz to here, and those will be the only freshmen that live there. If I were MU, there would be no way I would let rando frosh move in and trash a brand new building.
So, what's going to be the new freshman party dorm? Carpenter? Schroeder?
I'm betting Schroeder goes freshman, why give freshmen anything nice plus it is the most "protected" and centrally located of the dorms.
East and new McCormick would then be sophomores and maybe honors freshmen, everything else stays the same.
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Oh I agree about the freshman live on requirement, that should never change IMHO. But I could see the sophomore requirement changing so the university could increase enrollment without building new housing. Don't know if that will ever be in the cards.
I think Chick's point was(and I agree with it) that to secure sophomore, non-dorm housing overwhelmed freshmen would need to start doing that in a month after they show up on campus.
I made a bunch of friends on the 5th floor of McCormick over my freshmen year and we all decided to get a floor on east sophomore year and it was ridiculously awesome....wouldn't have happened had I had to make decisions in October.
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I'm betting Schroeder goes freshman, why give freshmen anything nice plus it is the most "protected" and centrally located of the dorms.
Location is a good point.
Disagree on the other point.
Half the reason for a new dorm is stay competitive in wooing freshmen who are expecting top-notch living facilities. I'd be surprised if they have a shiny-new dorm and then tell visiting prospective students they won't be able to live there.
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That would be really terrible for the students. It is bad enough that there is a mad scramble for apartments in October of their sophomore year. Imagine having to worry about that as a freshman. You have barely been on campus a month, you haven't even figured out who your friends are, and on top of all the other stressors of adjusting to college life, you have to find a place to live for the following year?
I am pretty sure that there are no plans to change the sophomore requirement. If there were, they would just knock down McCormick and not bother to replace it with anything.
My employer started letting sophomores live off campus a few years ago as enrollment has increased. About 70% choose to still live on campus. Most simply don't want to live off campus...or their parents want them to.
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Thinking about this, it would make everyone's life a lot easier if MU just opened up all dorms to all sexes and years (freshmen and sophomores).
Leave half the space in each dorm for freshman and half for sophomores. Floors are still by gender. If you really want, leave one all-boys and one all-girls dorm, Cobeen and OD, otherwise, just open everything else up. You can do honors floors or nursing floors or whatever in any dorm you want.
Just let people pick the dorm they want to live in by lottery, and leave it at that. I'm pretty sure this is how it works almost everywhere else.
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Location is a good point.
Disagree on the other point.
Half the reason for a new dorm is stay competitive in wooing freshmen who are expecting top-notch living facilities. I'd be surprised if they have a shiny-new dorm and then tell visiting prospective students they won't be able to live there.
If waiting until their sophomore year to move into the nice dorm is a deal-breaker, then that kid has serious issues with delayed gratification, and I am not sure he would be the kind of student Marquette would want. They would already have the problem of not being able to let every freshman live there, so what is the difference?
Give the nice dorm to the kids who, statically speaking, are way less likely to trash it.
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If waiting until their sophomore year to move into the nice dorm is a deal-breaker, then that kid has serious issues with delayed gratification, and I am not sure he would be the kind of student Marquette would want. They would already have the problem of not being able to let every freshman live there, so what is the difference?
Give the nice dorm to the kids who, statically speaking, are way less likely to trash it.
This
Basically, if a student is picking a school based on how nice their freshmen dorm could be they have an issue with long term planning and not a great fit for what MU should be pulling in.
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I'm anticipating little change in the rules when the new towers open in '18. Do note that some dorms do combine Frosh/Soph now. Mashuda comes to mind. As to how those dorms will be allocated, anyone's guess.
Over the years the university has received feedback regarding the relative success of the current model. I'd not anticipate any change in the rule requiring Sophomores to live in university student housing. It may be that upperclassman housing is expanded but with several new apartments as well as fraternity/sorority houses coming online that's that might not be the case.
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If waiting until their sophomore year to move into the nice dorm is a deal-breaker, then that kid has serious issues with delayed gratification, and I am not sure he would be the kind of student Marquette would want. They would already have the problem of not being able to let every freshman live there, so what is the difference?
Give the nice dorm to the kids who, statically speaking, are way less likely to trash it.
By this, you mean this, right?
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If waiting until their sophomore year to move into the nice dorm is a deal-breaker, then that kid has serious issues with delayed gratification, and I am not sure he would be the kind of student Marquette would want. They would already have the problem of not being able to let every freshman live there, so what is the difference?
Give the nice dorm to the kids who, statically speaking, are way less likely to trash it.
The difference is huge. If you are touring and the guide says that freshmen can live in a brand new, well-appointed building, vs. living in Carpenter Tower or Schroeder, its going to have a huge appeal.
I'm not going to get into it about whether its right or wrong or the "type" of student for MU. If you have a brand new facility, you need to use it to woo students. If that means an honors only dorm for freshmen and regular sophomores, that's fine, but you need to use it as a lure for incoming freshmen.
By the way, sophomores are just as likely to damage a building as freshmen. Schroeder maintained just as much damage from our floor as McCormick did. Do you think 18 year olds undergo some drastic transformation in a span of a few months?
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They did when I graduated in 2011. I haven't heard anything about it changing. But you're right, definitely uncommon, even among religious universities. The gendered visiting hours is also an archaic rule IMHO.
Yea, that visiting hours thing needs to go, it never stopped people anyways. I was with my sister doing a college visit at Iowa and almost every dorm there had Coed floors. When I would go visit Illinois and SIU I would always stay with my female friends and it was never an issue. It's just silly to be honest.
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That would be really terrible for the students. It is bad enough that there is a mad scramble for apartments in October of their sophomore year. Imagine having to worry about that as a freshman. You have barely been on campus a month, you haven't even figured out who your friends are, and on top of all the other stressors of adjusting to college life, you have to find a place to live for the following year?
I am pretty sure that there are no plans to change the sophomore requirement. If there were, they would just knock down McCormick and not bother to replace it with anything.
For us (class of '10), you had to apply around Labor Day weekend to get the best apartments. By November, a lot of places that weren't signed for would offer deals to get you in. It was stupid.
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For us (class of '10), you had to apply around Labor Day weekend to get the best apartments. By November, a lot of places that weren't signed for would offer deals to get you in. It was stupid.
It was rough. I didn't think I was going to come back my junior year so I had to do a mad scramble in June to find somewhere to live. Luckily found a decent studio but theres definitely thay stress.
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Imagine having to worry about that as a freshman. You have barely been on campus a month, you haven't even figured out who your friends are, and on top of all the other stressors of adjusting to college life, you have to find a place to live for the following year?
I remember that a key requirement for filling out our ten man house roster was the "Does he have a killer stereo?" criterion. Lack of a proper sound system could be overcome by the "He has a hot girlfriend" factor.
In the College of Engineering the former was almost always a given while the latter was somewhat more problematic.
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Schroeder was frosh and sophs back in the day.
Some sophs were nuts. Keefe, remember the kid on 10N....dad was a 3 star admiral. He got caught firing a roman candle down the hallway one day. He also had a samurai sword, and ran down the hallway slicing a few ceiling tiles.
Ahhhh, those were the days.
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Schroeder was frosh and sophs back in the day.
Some sophs were nuts. Keefe, remember the kid on 10N....dad was a 3 star admiral. He got caught firing a roman candle down the hallway one day. He also had a samurai sword, and ran down the hallway slicing a few ceiling tiles.
Ahhhh, those were the days.
Pete Eggert. Crazy mofo.
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Yup.
Had some killer 901's though.
He also had a decibel meter in his room. He could get the sound up to 120 decibels with ease. The amp would start clipping at about 125.
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If waiting until their sophomore year to move into the nice dorm is a deal-breaker, then that kid has serious issues with delayed gratification, and I am not sure he would be the kind of student Marquette would want. They would already have the problem of not being able to let every freshman live there, so what is the difference?
Give the nice dorm to the kids who, statically speaking, are way less likely to trash it.
I was given a tour of Schroeder as a HS senior (1993) as it was just renovated. I never saw the inside of McCormick until MU Preview but I knew I wanted to live there. The same thing happened at other schools - I saw the renovated or new dorms which were actually for upperclassmen. I guess it's a carrot: "come here and eventually you'll get to live here."
One thing I remember from a tour at Evansville, 23 years later, was how the phone in the renovated dorm was on a swivel - it was shared between two neighboring rooms. I thought that was rather strange.
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8 pages about dorms and no "superbar" post from WadesWorld. Are we in the hidden section of scoop? FWIW I care 0% about where this topic is posted. Carry on.
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Well...I haven't seen it mentioned in this thread...but apparently O'Donnell will not be open next year...
http://www.marquette.edu/orl/res/reshalls/odonnell.shtml
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Well...I haven't seen it mentioned in this thread...but apparently O'Donnell will not be open next year...
http://www.marquette.edu/orl/res/reshalls/odonnell.shtml
I think you're the last to know rock.
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Can we get back to everyone's drunken debauchery stories at McCormick, ai na?
I can't wait for Carpenter Tower to close down so that I can share some of those ::crickets::
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I think you're the last to know rock.
When did the dining hall on O'D close?
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When did the dining hall on O'D close?
I thought it was like 05 or 06
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Can we get back to everyone's drunken debauchery stories at McCormick, ai na?
I can't wait for Carpenter Tower to close down so that I can share some of those ::crickets::
We would sneak kegs in boxes that computers came in....couldn't do it too frequently because nobody replaced a tower computer every weekend, even in 1999
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I think you're the last to know rock.
Perhaps, but there were at least a few posts (not by me) mentioning how O'Donnell would be used in the future
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Perhaps, but there were at least a few posts (not by me) mentioning how O'Donnell would be used in the future
It's only be temporary closed, not permanent.
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Tell you one thing, going from McCormick to Straz from freshman to sophomore year was quite the change. Though I enjoyed my stay in Straz much more. Better room, better roommate, better food.
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I thought it was like 05 or 06
Decent guess. Perhaps as late as 07-08. Replaced by the 'man cave'.
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When did the dining hall on O'D close?
2008. The year before I became an RA.
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Decent guess. Perhaps as late as 07-08. Replaced by the 'man cave'.
This is correct. Loved the man cave.
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This is correct. Loved the man cave.
Man cave?
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Man cave?
They replaced the od cafeteria with a rec room. Giant HD projector, surround sound, Xbox 360, ps3 (both new at the time), bean bag chairs, air hockey, Foosball, ping pong, and pool table. It was named the man cave.
Only room that was air conditioned too
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How many different dorms did you guys bang in?
Living in a coed dorm made life much easier, a'iina?
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They replaced the od cafeteria with a rec room. Giant HD projector, surround sound, Xbox 360, ps3 (both new at the time), bean bag chairs, air hockey, Foosball, ping pong, and pool table. It was named the man cave.
Only room that was air conditioned too
Some referred to OD with this term for a different reason.
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We would sneak kegs in boxes that computers came in....couldn't do it too frequently because nobody replaced a tower computer every weekend, even in 1999
Funny....when I was in Schroeder, I actually had my PC in the big box, bringing it in to the building, and was stopped by the DRs thinking it was a keg.
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How many different dorms did you guys bang in?
Living in a coed dorm made life much easier, a'iina?
Mccormick, Schroeder and mashuda.
Didn't waste my time in cobeen. Stayed away from OD. nh.
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How many different dorms did you guys bang in?
Living in a coed dorm made life much easier, a'iina?
McCormick, Mashuda, OD. Campus Town is owned by MU so does that count too?
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I was given a tour of Schroeder as a HS senior (1993) as it was just renovated. I never saw the inside of McCormick until MU Preview but I knew I wanted to live there. The same thing happened at other schools - I saw the renovated or new dorms which were actually for upperclassmen. I guess it's a carrot: "come here and eventually you'll get to live here."
One thing I remember from a tour at Evansville, 23 years later, was how the phone in the renovated dorm was on a swivel - it was shared between two neighboring rooms. I thought that was rather strange.
I lived in Schroeder 93-94 which was the first year it fully reopened after the renovation. It was really nice. Clean, updated bathrooms, beds already lofted, really nice cafeteria. The only problem were the jackasses who pulled like 15 fire alarms during the course of the year. Also at some point an emergency fire hose in the stairwell was broken into and turned on on the 9th floor causing water damage all the way to the 3rd or 4th floor. I lived on 10 so we didn't have to deal with that but the phone lines got messed up (no cellphones for the most part) and you would pick up your phone to make a call and there would be random people already talking. Was occasionally fun to listen in on though.
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I lived in Schroeder 93-94 which was the first year it fully reopened after the renovation. It was really nice. Clean, updated bathrooms, beds already lofted, really nice cafeteria. The only problem were the jackasses who pulled like 15 fire alarms during the course of the year. Also at some point an emergency fire hose in the stairwell was broken into and turned on on the 9th floor causing water damage all the way to the 3rd or 4th floor. I lived on 10 so we didn't have to deal with that but the phone lines got messed up (no cellphones for the most part) and you would pick up your phone to make a call and there would be random people already talking. Was occasionally fun to listen in on though.
A water main broke in Schroeder this past year and flooded like the first 3 floors really bad. To make matters worse I think it was at like 3 am too.
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Can we get back to everyone's drunken debauchery stories at McCormick, ai na?
I can't wait for Carpenter Tower to close down so that I can share some of those ::crickets::
carpenter tower 912 if this rooms a rockin....great times
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One thing I never realized until I left Marquette and started working for other universities is how rare the sophomore live on requirement is. It is also uncommon for universities to not allow juniors or seniors to live on campus. It is also uncommon to have freshman only and sophomore only buidlings. Marquette residence life is very unique. I wonder if some of those things will start to change as they move forward.
since i lived in waukesha, we changed my boys status to commuters starting their sophomore years to get then out of that requirement. they then lived in apartments soph thru graduation.
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A water main broke in Schroeder this past year and flooded like the first 3 floors really bad. To make matters worse I think it was at like 3 am too.
Story I heard was that some chick turned on the fire hose. Ruined lots of kid's electronics. Half the hockey team stayed at my kid's apartment as a roomie was on the team.
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Story I heard was that some chick turned on the fire hose. Ruined lots of kid's electronics. Half the hockey team stayed at my kid's apartment as a roomie was on the team.
My room at Tower flooded over Christmas break sophomore year and I had to second the spring semester at the Y. I had a triple at Tower and though the Y was not great, I made out better than my roommates, who were both shipped back to McCormick to room with freshmen. Had my own room and no real security, so that part was good for me and my girlfriend, but not the same as living in a real dorm.
One lasting memory of my freshman year in McCormick on 8 was that there was mice and whenever one of us caught one for some reason we hung them by their tails from the Exit sign near one entrance off the elevators. We had quite the collection going before someone (staff?) finally took them down.
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With all due respect, I hope this line of posting stops here.
alright alright alright. i deleted it. delete your quote and we're good.
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It's more like those macramé bucket hats made out of old Schlitz or PBR cans. Retro cool? Yeah. But only in really small doses.
God help me, I remember those.
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God help me, I remember those.
So you mean they are no longer popular? Asking for a friend...
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But now how will freshmen know they are being punished for being freshmen???
Back when the YMCA was still the YMCA, I transferred in from MU's freshman floor at the YMCA at the start of the second semester and got the roommate who had three roommates transfer out of the room on him during the first semester. That's punishment.
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As many of you know know, Straz (the old Y) is a coveted res hall these days. Very nice inside. And unless you're an engineer or nurse, not a bad walk. I'd say everyone's last choice right now is Mashuda. Agree Chitown?
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In '77 McCormick was all male. After freshmen year a dozen of us, pooled our lottery numbers and picked 6 rooms on 8 North Schroeder. 801 - 806. Two of the guys had previously caused a lot of trouble so the Hall Director made those two guys live next to him on the first floor.
Just before the semester started our RA on 8N got his girlfriend pregnant and had to drop out of school. They never replaced our RA for the entire year, the just had the RA from 8S do double duty.
We soon learned the windows on the first floor were removable. We could put the kegs through the first floor window and straight to the elevator - we didn't even have to pass the front desk from there. And didn't have an RA. We had 15 kegs in the first 20 days of sophomore year. We were definitely not more mature then we were as freshmen.
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In '77 McCormick was all male. After freshmen year a dozen of us, pooled our lottery numbers and picked 6 rooms on 8 North Schroeder. 801 - 806. Two of the guys had previously caused a lot of trouble so the Hall Director made those two guys live next to him on the first floor.
Just before the semester started our RA on 8N got his girlfriend pregnant and had to drop out of school. They never replaced our RA for the entire year, the just had the RA from 8S do double duty.
We soon learned the windows on the first floor were removable. We could put the kegs through the first floor window and straight to the elevator - we didn't even have to pass the front desk from there. And didn't have an RA. We had 15 kegs in the first 20 days of sophomore year. We were definitely not more mature then we were as freshmen.
That sort of efficiency suggests a certain kind of maturity.
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In '77 McCormick was all male. After freshmen year a dozen of us, pooled our lottery numbers and picked 6 rooms on 8 North Schroeder. 801 - 806. Two of the guys had previously caused a lot of trouble so the Hall Director made those two guys live next to him on the first floor.
Just before the semester started our RA on 8N got his girlfriend pregnant and had to drop out of school. They never replaced our RA for the entire year, the just had the RA from 8S do double duty.
We soon learned the windows on the first floor were removable. We could put the kegs through the first floor window and straight to the elevator - we didn't even have to pass the front desk from there. And didn't have an RA. We had 15 kegs in the first 20 days of sophomore year. We were definitely not more mature then we were as freshmen.
Around '77, a floor at Schroeder suffered a lot of damage to the hallway walls and nobody would squeal about who did it and everyone on the floor ended up paying for the damage. Was that you guys?
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Anybody live on 5th McCormick 78-79.
I worked for MU cleaning dorms the following summer. You guys left a mess.
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I didn't actually have you though, we merely adopted you and ignored our regularly assigned RA.
I don't even know who our actual assigned RA was. I remember MUJivitz signing off on a few PTM/Titan room renovations.
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Does anyone from '77 remember this actually happening? I mean, Steve Rushin heard it second hand, so I'm curious if that's how it went down...
"When I arrived at Marquette University in 1984, there were TV lounges on every floor of McCormick Hall, the cylindrical, high-rise, all-male freshman dorm that resembled--in shape, smell and construction materials--a 16-ounce beer can. But the TV lounges were bereft of TVs. This owed, we were told, to a single night seven years earlier when Al McGuire led Marquette to the national basketball championship in Atlanta. Residents of McCormick, in downtown Milwaukee, celebrated by throwing their TVs out the windows. It must have been a beautiful tableau, and one that Led Zeppelin would have envied: the sky black with falling TVs, a Biblical rain of Zeniths."
http://www.si.com/vault/2003/04/07/340988/milwaukees-finest
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As many of you know know, Straz (the old Y) is a coveted res hall these days. Very nice inside. And unless you're an engineer or nurse, not a bad walk. I'd say everyone's last choice right now is Mashuda. Agree Chitown?
Yup, it's a mad rush for McCabe, Straz and Schroeder, just based on your personal preference. McCabe had the best triples, Straz had the best doubles and Schroeder is well, Schroeder. Thank god I got like the 3rd best time because my roommate got one of the worst. Mashuda and Carpenter are far and away the last dorm choices for sophomores.
I did spend quite a bit of time in Mashuda my Sophomore year because one of my best friends lived there and she never wanted to make the mile walk over to Straz and remember thinking it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it to be. That being said, my roommate and I had an awesome room layout and setup and I wouldn't have changed thay at all. Room 515 looking straight out at the memorial statue and the Wisconsin Club.
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Yup, it's a mad rush for McCabe, Straz and Schroeder, just based on your personal preference. McCabe had the best triples, Straz had the best doubles and Schroeder is well, Schroeder. Thank god I got like the 3rd best time because my roommate got one of the worst. Mashuda and Carpenter are far and away the last dorm choices for sophomores.
I did spend quite a bit of time in Mashuda my Sophomore year because one of my best friends lived there and she never wanted to make the mile walk over to Straz and remember thinking it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it to be. That being said, my roommate and I had an awesome room layout and setup and I wouldn't have changed thay at all. Room 515 looking straight out at the memorial statue and the Wisconsin Club.
McCabe?
When I was there for sophomores it was Schroeder or bust. I had an early time but was going to be an RA so some guys paid me to use it to get them a room in Schroeder. East was considered purgatory. The only time I went there was for Bob's Barbershop (RIP, Bob). It closed my junior year due to declining enrollment.
I lived in Mashuda for a semester and loved it since we had our bathroom and air conditioning and the biggest rooms on campus. a
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McCabe?
When I was there for sophomores it was Schroeder or bust. I had an early time but was going to be an RA so some guys paid me to use it to get them a room in Schroeder. East was considered purgatory. The only time I went there was for Bob's Barbershop (RIP, Bob). It closed my junior year due to declining enrollment.
I lived in Mashuda for a semester and loved it since we had our bathroom and air conditioning and the biggest rooms on campus. a
Bob's Barbershop closed? Or is someone else running it now?
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Bob's Barbershop closed? Or is someone else running it now?
Bob passed last year.
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Yup, it's a mad rush for McCabe, Straz and Schroeder, just based on your personal preference. McCabe had the best triples, Straz had the best doubles and Schroeder is well, Schroeder. Thank god I got like the 3rd best time because my roommate got one of the worst. Mashuda and Carpenter are far and away the last dorm choices for sophomores.
I did spend quite a bit of time in Mashuda my Sophomore year because one of my best friends lived there and she never wanted to make the mile walk over to Straz and remember thinking it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it to be. That being said, my roommate and I had an awesome room layout and setup and I wouldn't have changed thay at all. Room 515 looking straight out at the memorial statue and the Wisconsin Club.
Not any more. Flipped usage with Humphrey. Upperclassmen and athletes now. My kid had an incredible double in McCabe. Uuuuuge. Overlooked the new engineering building. Absolutely beautiful. Had he been allowed, he would have gladly stayed.
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Bob passed last year.
I think it is still open though. I recall glow jr. talking about the not-unattractive chick that cut his hair there.
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I think it is still open though. I recall glow jr. talking about the not-unattractive chick that cut his hair there.
Ha, never got my haircut there but I know exactly who he's talking about. Would always see her when I would walk by to go to the rec plex.
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I think it is still open though. I recall glow jr. talking about the not-unattractive chick that cut his hair there.
She cut my hair once. That was enough.
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Not any more. Flipped usage with Humphrey. Upperclassmen and athletes now. My kid had an incredible double in McCabe. Uuuuuge. Overlooked the new engineering building. Absolutely beautiful. Had he been allowed, he would have gladly stayed.
I thought Humphrey was apartments....like bedrooms, kitchen, living room, etc....which is why it was for upper classmen...
Did they change the room layouts? Or are they giving apartments to underclassmen now?
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I thought Humphrey was apartments....like bedrooms, kitchen, living room, etc....which is why it was for upper classmen...
Did they change the room layouts? Or are they giving apartments to underclassmen now?
They are changing it up over this summer. Humphrey is going to dorm rooms.
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If they choose to give each tower its own name, they can't ignore Father Naus as the namesake of the other tower. The man spent like 40 years at Marquette, many of those in a residence hall. I've been hoping since he passed that he would get some recognition on campus.
If you're interested in supporting this cause, please join our Facebook group "MU Alums for Father Naus Hall" https://www.facebook.com/groups/268069610205578/?pnref=story
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So we putting athletes in this dorm to offset the TERRIBLE recruiting because we are SLU?
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Bob passed last year.
RIP Bob. A good man. I didn't know. I used to go there often. Bob's daughter Chris cut my hair and did a good job. Her friend Jenny also cut hair there and would cut mine when Chris wasn't around. Bob basically had one style of cutting hair, bald, and come back in 3 weeks. Not for me, lol. Bob was always good for a joke, scoop and a story. All very nice people.
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RIP Bob. A good man. I didn't know. I used to go there often. Bob's daughter Chris cut my hair and did a good job. Her friend Jenny also cut hair there and would cut mine when Chris wasn't around. Bob basically had one style of cutting hair, bald, and come back in 3 weeks. Not for me, lol. Bob was always good for a joke, scoop and a story. All very nice people.
Peace to the shoe shine guy too (Carl?). Shorter black dude.
One of the first times I went to Bob & Earle's, there were a few of us that went together. My friend had some jacked up hair. At age 19 he was balding, but had this curly, almost white-guy afro thing on his head. Jacked up hair, and we as his friends always let him know his hair looked eff'd up.
So, we go to Bob & Earle's... he hops into the chair, and Bob goes, "what the unnatural carnal knowledge do you want me to do with this?!"
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Peace to the shoe shine guy too (Carl?). Shorter black dude.
Not Carl...Calvin.
Good dudes. Frequented the old Y many times for a shave and a hair cut...and a shine. My wife would call him "Bob the job" because she wasn't thrilled with the haircuts, but found him very funny.
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Not Carl...Calvin.
Good dudes. Frequented the old Y many times for a shave and a hair cut...and a shine. My wife would call him "Bob the job" because she wasn't thrilled with the haircuts, but found him very funny.
Yes!
Carl (maybe with a K?) was the Marriott Food Services guy at the time.
With Bob it was, "Cut it short." Simple directions, I still give my barber the same instruction to this day.
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I'll be honest. I don't know how Bob's stayed in business during my tenure, it was almost always empty when I walked by.
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I'll be honest. I don't know how Bob's stayed in business during my tenure, it was almost always empty when I walked by.
You go to some expensive salon, hey?
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You go to some expensive salon, hey?
Salon, yes. Expensive, probably more than the average male haircut but hey, you get a haircut thay you like and you just keep going back.
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Salon, yes. Expensive, probably more than the average male haircut but hey, you get a haircut thay you like and you just keep going back.
How much do you pay?
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Bob's clientele was a combination of downtown office workers, University administration, coaches, all departments, current students, alums living in Milwaukee or Chicago metro areas. Very frequently Bob would know of something that happened or was going to happen related to Marquette or a Marquette alum. Earl was around until the very early 1990's. Then the shop moved within the same building. Calvin was around for a few more years after that. Chris and Jenny gave "normal" haircuts. Having lived in various cities around the country, and Internationally, I have yet to find a place where I have felt as comfortable getting a haircut.
McCormick was great for its location, and great that it became co-educational. Shorter walk for practices and classes, Union. Triples were especially good. Friends were made easily. It's been long overdue to be torn down and replaced. Great memories. Food was frequently not good. Whenever I visited a different school in another state I was always amazed how much better their food was than MU. Hopefully Marquette does well with the new project at that site.
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This seems like a pretty solid idea:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/MUAlumsForFatherNausHall/?fref=nf
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Bob's clientele was a combination of downtown office workers, University administration, coaches, all departments, current students, alums living in Milwaukee or Chicago metro areas. Very frequently Bob would know of something that happened or was going to happen related to Marquette or a Marquette alum. Earl was around until the very early 1990's. Then the shop moved within the same building. Calvin was around for a few more years after that. Chris and Jenny gave "normal" haircuts. Having lived in various cities around the country, and Internationally, I have yet to find a place where I have felt as comfortable getting a haircut.
McCormick was great for its location, and great that it became co-educational. Shorter walk for practices and classes, Union. Triples were especially good. Friends were made easily. It's been long overdue to be torn down and replaced. Great memories. Food was frequently not good. Whenever I visited a different school in another state I was always amazed how much better their food was than MU. Hopefully Marquette does well with the new project at that site.
The food was never good at McCormick.
During my tenure in the mid 2000s Cobeen was the best, and Straz and Schroeder were close behind. McCormick and Mashuda were terrible.
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I imagine it all had to do with anecdotal stuff about which dorm had better food.
The food coming in is all the same. Same chicken cutlets, same salsbury steak, same spaghetti and meatballs. Same generic Lucky Charms. Same salad, etc, etc.
It's all very likely cooked the same. Maybe the difference is staffing, how quickly they replace the lettuce when it gets low.
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I imagine it all had to do with anecdotal stuff about which dorm had better food.
The food coming in is all the same. Same chicken cutlets, same salsbury steak, same spaghetti and meatballs. Same generic Lucky Charms. Same salad, etc, etc.
It's all very likely cooked the same. Maybe the difference is staffing, how quickly they replace the lettuce when it gets low.
menu was a huge difference.
McCormick had overcooked burgers and subpar pizza everyday and one entree.
Schroeder had all that plus an awesome build your own taco/burrito station similar to a Chipotle/Qdoba feel.
Cobeen had 3 or 4 different entrees, plus a really good soup and salad bar, etc.
Staffing was also a big difference. For some reason McCormick always had the people who didn't know how to make an overeasy egg or an omelette that would stay together.
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I imagine it all had to do with anecdotal stuff about which dorm had better food.
The food coming in is all the same. Same chicken cutlets, same salsbury steak, same spaghetti and meatballs. Same generic Lucky Charms. Same salad, etc, etc.
It's all very likely cooked the same. Maybe the difference is staffing, how quickly they replace the lettuce when it gets low.
There was actually a literal price difference between the halls when I was there. I don't remember the exact numbers but at McCormick Sodexho only spent 10 cents per plate. At Schroeder they spent 25 cents per plate. So in theory, the food was at different levels at different halls.
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There was actually a literal price difference between the halls when I was there. I don't remember the exact numbers but at McCormick Sodexho only spent 10 cents per plate. At Schroeder they spent 25 cents per plate. So in theory, the food was at different levels at different halls.
You're saying that Sodexo (that's the way they spell it now), only spent between 10-25 cents per meal? I am calling BS on this. I used to work for one of their major competitors (in the Accounting Department, no less), and there's no way.
And I wouldn't be surprised that Schroeder gets a larger per-person expense budget. They are what's called Destination Dining, which means that you can only swipe there once per meal period. At McCormick, you could literally eat there a dozen times a day.
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You're saying that Sodexo (that's the way they spell it now), only spent between 10-25 cents per meal? I am calling BS on this. I used to work for one of their major competitors (in the Accounting Department, no less), and there's no way.
And I wouldn't be surprised that Schroeder gets a larger per-person expense budget. They are what's called Destination Dining, which means that you can only swipe there once per meal period. At McCormick, you could literally eat there a dozen times a day.
I was part of a student committee that worked with Sodexho. Those were the numbers Sodexho gave us. Now I don't know what they included in that number. That could have been they literal ingredient cost and not included the cost of people, utensils, etc.
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I was part of a student committee that worked with Sodexho. Those were the numbers Sodexho gave us. Now I don't know what they included in that number. That could have been they literal ingredient cost and not included the cost of people, utensils, etc.
Even if it was only food, that would mean that Sodexo could buy it for 90% less than what it would cost at the grocery store. That's not the case. I am telling you I have seen the actual numbers.
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You're saying that Sodexo (that's the way they spell it now), only spent between 10-25 cents per meal? I am calling BS on this. I used to work for one of their major competitors (in the Accounting Department, no less), and there's no way.
And I wouldn't be surprised that Schroeder gets a larger per-person expense budget. They are what's called Destination Dining, which means that you can only swipe there once per meal period. At McCormick, you could literally eat there a dozen times a day.
Re: Schroeder, that wasn't the case when I was there 10 years ago. In theory, all res hall dining was supposed to be equal and cost the same to the student.
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Cobeen cooked with extra Virgin olive oil.
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All this talk about "destination dining" and burrito bars, etc. is really funny to those of us who were there in the late 80s.
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All this talk about "destination dining" and burrito bars, etc. is really funny to those of us who were there in the late 80s.
There wasn't a burrito bar in Schroeder in 2011 so I'm just as confused as you are.
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Cobeen cooked with extra Virgin olive oil.
Only the first semester
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There wasn't a burrito bar in Schroeder in 2011 so I'm just as confused as you are.
This would have been in 2005-2006
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This would have been in 2005-2006
There was, but I thought it was only Tuesdays and Thursdays.
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There was, but I thought it was only Tuesdays and Thursdays.
You could be right about that.
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Cobeen cooked with extra Virgin olive oil.
And McCormick used palm oil, hey?
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The burrito bar in Schroeder ended in 2008. Italian food only now
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And McCormick used palm oil, hey?
Bingo.
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Some news from last night via reliable sources. OD will be fully renovated (no exact timetable or budget) and 18th Street is expected to become a pedestrian walkway analogous to old 11th Street with removable posts for vehicle access during move-in/move-out. Good plan. Note that I've long heard this isn't an option on 13th for Schroeder/Abbotsford because of the hospital.
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Some news from last night via reliable sources. OD will be fully renovated (no exact timetable or budget) and 18th Street is expected to become a pedestrian walkway analogous to old 11th Street with removable posts for vehicle access during move-in/move-out. Good plan. Note that I've long heard this isn't an option on 13th for Schroeder/Abbotsford because of the hospital.
The former Limo driver in me wondered if this is gonna be a good thing or a pain in the ass for LIMOs