O'Donnell Closing

[Litehouse]

West went until at least '93, they kept it open until the renovations at Schroeder were finished.

[keefe]

the renovations at Schroeder were finished.

Is this when they painted over the album artwork on 10?

On a par with Nazi book burnings, frankly

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

You could say that.    FWIW, MU leased floors in a fleabag motel around 23rd and Wisconsin during the autumn of 1987.    IIRC, Dahmer made one of his first kills on the upper floors while MU was leasing 3 of the lower floors.

O'Donnell was where the Freshman chicks lived my Freshman year at McCormick.

I remember the temporary dorm up on 26th Street & Wisconsin Ave.  It had the name of West Hall.   I knew a guy who had to live there.  ("I am Everett from Vest."  Could not pronounce the W.) 
I think it was a former Holiday Inn and there was a VFW on the first floor of the building where students found a way to go and drink on occasion.   
Marquette eventually sold to some group who planned to open like a Mediation School.

[LloydsLegs]

In the early 80's, what is now Straz was the YMCA, and MU had a few floors. Everybody said it was a major dump.

It was, in the same way most every MU dorm room is/was a dump (except maybe the West in the mid 80s). 

But it's our dump so you better not say anything bad about it.

[LloydsLegs]

O'Donnell was where the Freshman chicks lived my Freshman year at McCormick.

I remember the temporary dorm up on 26th Street & Wisconsin Ave.  It had the name of West Hall.   I knew a guy who had to live there.  ("I am Everett from Vest."  Could not pronounce the W.) 
I think it was a former Holiday Inn and there was a VFW on the first floor of the building where students found a way to go and drink on occasion.   
Marquette eventually sold to some group who planned to open like a Mediation School.

Yep- best thing about the West were the quads (huge rooms for 4).  Made the trek down WI ave many a night for great parties "at the quad."

[keefe]

It was, in the same way most every MU dorm room is/was a dump (except maybe the West in the mid 80s). 

But it's our dump so you better not say anything bad about it.

McCormick Hall on a Sunday morning was like a Roman vomitorium.

What always killed me was the weak-bellied punks who would puke in the drinking fountains (bubblers for the WI types.) And taking the stairs there was always running a maze of trash, empties, and hurl.

I understood that some guys were just sprouting their drinking wings but why they had to share the previous night's stew of SAGA mystery meat, PBR, and Real Chili with everyone was a mystery to me. For Christ's sake the sh1tters were just 10 feet away from where the spewed their guts out in the hallway.

[Jay Bee]

West went until at least '93, they kept it open until the renovations at Schroeder were finished.

Yep.. I think '92-93 was the last year of West.

[WarriorFan]

McCormick Hall on a Sunday morning was like a Roman vomitorium.

What always killed me was the weak-bellied punks who would puke in the drinking fountains (bubblers for the WI types.) And taking the stairs there was always running a maze of trash, empties, and hurl.

I understood that some guys were just sprouting their drinking wings but why they had to share the previous night's stew of SAGA mystery meat, PBR, and Real Chili with everyone was a mystery to me. For Christ's sake the sh1tters were just 10 feet away from where the spewed their guts out in the hallway.

From what I remember in late 80's in McCormick the sh1tters on my floor were usually out of commission by about noon on Saturday, so Saturday night's side effects usually ended up just about anywhere else.  Had to go to Helfaer, across the street to Engineering, or up to a "study floor" to find a functioning toilet.  As for O'Donnell, I always thought it was about 10x nicer than McCormick. 

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

From what I remember in late 80's in McCormick the sh1tters on my floor were usually out of commission by about noon on Saturday, so Saturday night's side effects usually ended up just about anywhere else.  Had to go to Helfaer, across the street to Engineering, or up to a "study floor" to find a functioning toilet.  As for O'Donnell, I always thought it was about 10x nicer than McCormick.

I don't know about better, but I also don't think anyone claims McCormick to be a 5 star hotel either. The only reason they have to keep it around is because it holds over a third of the freshman class.

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

OD is only going to be closed for one year. They're not tearing it down, they're keeping it livable even though nobody will be living there.

[keefe]

OD is only going to be closed for one year. They're not tearing it down, they're keeping it livable even though nobody will be living there.

Are they replacing the mattresses? There must be three generations of student DNA teeming in those things...

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

Are they replacing the mattresses? There must be three generations of student DNA teeming in those things...

They changed all the furniture in all the dorms for my freshman year in fall of 2011. That included putting drywall over all the closets in McCormick an just using wardrobes instead.

[keefe]

From what I remember in late 80's in McCormick the sh1tters on my floor were usually out of commission by about noon on Saturday, so Saturday night's side effects usually ended up just about anywhere else.  Had to go to Helfaer, across the street to Engineering, or up to a "study floor" to find a functioning toilet.  As for O'Donnell, I always thought it was about 10x nicer than McCormick.

I remember we used to scrounge all of the toilet rolls from the McCormick sh1tters on our way to the Arena. (The smarter among us had a spare roll for morning after a game needs.)

The decline of Marquette basketball in the '80's was highly correlated with Marquette banning toilet roll tossing at games. I think that it was Houston who posted that he heaved one roll past midcourt. Impressive.

[Chicos' Buzz Scandal Countdown]

Is West Hall the same building as Mashuda is today?

[StillAWarrior]

Is West Hall the same building as Mashuda is today?

No.  West was another five blocks West on Wisconsin.  It was at the corner of 25th and Wisconsin on the Southwest corner of the intersection.  I lived in West my sophomore year and Mashuda my junior year.  Mashuda was pretty good too.

[Litehouse]

Wasn't West Hall between 26th & 27th?  The Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare was built on the site after the building was torn down.  The SW corner of 25th & WI is that concrete Methodist church that was always there, and the US Bank is next door.

I was in Mashuda 93-94 and thought it was great, an old Howard Johnson, huge rooms with private bathrooms in each room.

[StillAWarrior]

Wasn't West Hall between 26th & 27th?  I was in Mashuda 93-94 and thought it was great, an old Howard Johnson, huge rooms with private bathrooms in each room.

You are correct.  I took a quick look at the map, and picked the wrong block.

And I really liked Mashuda too.  The rooms that overlooked the Pabst Mansion were great with a bathroom and a walk-in closet.  I think they called them "parlor" rooms or something like that.  I vaguely remember that the closet had another sink/mirror in it, but I might be confusing it with something else.

[keefe]

I think they called them "parlor" rooms

That has a very specific meaning in some parts of the world...

[Litehouse]

And I really liked Mashuda too.  The rooms that overlooked the Pabst Mansion were great with a bathroom and a walk-in closet.  I think they called them "parlor" rooms or something like that.  I vaguely remember that the closet had another sink/mirror in it, but I might be confusing it with something else.

Yep, that whole wing that ran north/south were "parlor" rooms on both sides.  A little bigger than normal with the extra sink set-up in the closet.  The east/west wing had slightly smaller rooms without the extra sink.  I always heard stories of people sneaking into the old pool area that was locked off, but never made it there myself.

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

Yep, that whole wing that ran north/south were "parlor" rooms on both sides.  A little bigger than normal with the extra sink set-up in the closet.  The east/west wing had slightly smaller rooms without the extra sink.  I always heard stories of people sneaking into the old pool area that was locked off, but never made it there myself.

Mashuda or Carpenter are the two sophomore dorms that get filled up last now a days.

[real chili 83]

Wasn't Mashuda a Holiday Inn?  They converted it when I was there if I recall correctly.

[keefe]

Mashuda or Carpenter are the two sophomore dorms that get filled up last now a days.

Back in the day a self-respecting sophomore demanded lodging at the Schroeder. That first taste of coed living, however tame, was the prize. Anyone who had to do the walk of shame at 2359 at McCormick knows of what I speak...

[rocket surgeon]

Wasn't Mashuda a Holiday Inn?  They converted it when I was there if I recall correctly.

yes.  what was the holiday inn/dorm on 26th or 27th street called?  that was like living in the boondocks, but one of the nicer dorms at the time-that was all it had going for itself...and it was coed.  chit, it better have been coed, campus was a long way to go to get some heyna, eh'na?

[Jables1604]

Anybody remember The Ambassador Hotel? I remember that as a freshman when my dad brought me out in the Fall of 1986 he stayed there for one or two night. Pretty sure he's still mortified at what he saw...and he came of age in the 60s. Someone told me that it's actually a respectable place now. That may be true but I prefer to remember for what it was back then.

[Jables1604]

My bad. Just read the whole thread re: The Ambassador.