Marquette University to build $96 million dormitory, demolish McCormick

[Sharpie]

5th floor (I think) - 03-04. Great memories. RIP.

[Herman Cain]

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.

[StillAWarrior]

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.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

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. 

[Knight Commission]

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.

[StillAWarrior]

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.

[warriorchick]

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.

[79Warrior]

How 'bout a 20 ft. fence surroundin' campus, hey?

Trump can pitch in?

[Tugg Speedman]

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!



The only downside is if they screw it up

[Warrior Code]

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.

[jsglow]

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.   

[ChicosBailBonds]

We putting athletes in here because recruiting is so bad....aiinnaa?

[Coleman]

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.

[Warrior Code]

Accurate

[warriorchick]

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.

[Warrior Code]

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.

[Slim]

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.

[AccredoJoe]

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.

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

I find it interesting how McCormick was most of your first choices. I think it was my 3rd and I still got stuck there.

[Coleman]

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.

[RJax55]

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.

[mu03eng]

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.

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

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.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

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.

[🏀]

McCormick was my first choice, Carpenter was my last. Ended up there anyway.