OT: If you lived on campus, where did you live?

[JMick]

I remember watching it burn X-Lot night ‘09.

Is that what finally did it in? I also heard that they had a sewage leak during a party and everyone got covered in sewage waste

 

[TRest]

Well hello again. Did you work there? I'd usually finish the cartoon for the next day at night and ride my bike through the dark to drop it off. Rarely worked more than a day ahead.

Yep, one of your dorm buddies may have been another editor, heavy blonde guy, kind of a Chris Farley type. I was in the back corner upstairs, sometimes with a six pack in the desk drawer on Thursday nights.

 

[TRest]

Is that what finally did it in? I also heard that they had a sewage leak during a party and everyone got covered in sewage waste

Was everyone too impaired to get out of the way? How does that even happen?

 

[CL82]

Mud pit walking paths were a big part of UConn life during the late 1970's into the mid 1980's. I remember the old "Bedlam Hall" comic strip from the Daily Campus where someone pick up a a hat from the path, and found one of his student friends underneath in the mud. Definitely captured the aura of UConn at the time.

Hahaha I remember that comic!

 

[Sibeerian]

Yep, one of your dorm buddies may have been another editor, heavy blonde guy, kind of a Chris Farley type. I was in the back corner upstairs, sometimes with a six pack in the desk drawer on Thursday nights.

With the initials JB? He suggested I draw something for the paper... no Bedlam Hall without JB.

 

[BlueandOG]

90-91: Morgan in Towers
91-92: Crawford D in South (RIP)
92-93 and 93-94: Hartford in the Jungle
94-95: Brock in Alumni

Breaks in the Sigma Chi house on Whitney Rd (RIP) and X lot (RIP)

 

[BusbySuites]

Their website says they've been around for over 10 years and I literally never heard a mention of them. They have a Wikipedia page and everything.

The only fake frat I knew about was Chi Chi. Do they still do their beer crawl?

ya crawl and stumble

 

[TRest]

With the initials JB? He suggested I draw something for the paper... no Bedlam Hall without JB.

Check your inbox at the top of the page.

 

[Sibeerian]

Mud pit walking paths were a big part of UConn life during the late 1970's into the mid 1980's. I remember the old "Bedlam Hall" comic strip from the Daily Campus where someone pick up a a hat from the path, and found one of his student friends underneath in the mud. Definitely captured the aura of UConn at the time.

Mud pit walking paths were a big part of UConn life during the late 1970's into the mid 1980's. I remember the old "Bedlam Hall" comic strip from the Daily Campus where someone pick up a a hat from the path, and found one of his student friends underneath in the mud. Definitely captured the aura of UConn at the time.

Mud pit walking paths were a big part of UConn life during the late 1970's into the mid 1980's. I remember the old "Bedlam Hall" comic strip from the Daily Campus where someone pick up a a hat from the path, and found one of his student friends underneath in the mud. Definitely captured the aura of UConn at the time.

 

[Husky25]

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That hadn't changed as late as the late 90's. So many students wore blue jeans with brown cuffs, you'd swear Abercrombie sold them as a clothing line.

 

[T-Squared]

Early ‘80’s:
Sherman House - 2 years (was all male then, we were consistently on some kind of probation that eventually led to the school changing the dorm to co-ed)
Keller House - 3 years

 

[AreBee1969]

I feel like these house names must be changed every few years because I’ve never heard of most of them. I do remember a red house but for all I know it could have been a different house painted red.

I worked with a guy right after I graduated in '91 and we talked one day for a couple hours about our experiences in "RedHouse", "White House", "Stone House", etc. When he mentioned "Pink House" I got confused. Turns out he thought I was talking about Central and I thought he was talking about UCONN.

 

[Mano]

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Did you all dress like Christmas elves back then?

 

[TRest]

Did you all dress like Christmas elves back then?

We also tied an onion on our belts....

 

[ZenConn]

I moved to CT after graduating and getting a job here. Then went to UConn for grad school. I never lived on campus. But my son's roommate at UConn claimed my son lived at Ted's. Where is that dorm?

Dad?

 

[Get a Job]

Same one as far as the squatting goes

Edit: I clearly don't know how to Boneyard. I am replying to the question of how many girlfriends.

 

[Get a Job]

Yeah, I graduated in 2013 and Northwest was Northwest and North was still called “The Jungle” but in an almost ironic way (?)

From '03 to '10, I never heard Northwest referred to as The Frats. During that same time, it seemed everyone knew that North was once called the Jungle, but I never heard it actually referred to as such, except by alumni.

 

[wheelerdog]

Wheeler C, Carriage House, Maplewood ( and one summer in the little house next to Huskies)

 

[Husky25]

"Frats." Not, "The Frats."

The question is why? Apparently it went dry and Freshman-Only at some point after I graduated.

What were the consequences of bringing booze through the front door? No tolerance? One and Done? Were their dogs at the gates or something?

Beyond all that, it just doesn't make sense that a complex going by a certain nickname for so long and then all of a sudden, That nickname it becomes Voldemort. It's like Brent Mussburger saying, "We're coming to you liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive, from Michigan Stadium..." after decades of calling it The Big House.

 

[Get a Job]

Can't speak to the why, but unfortunately I can tell you about consequences (in 2004 at least) of getting caught with booze. They slap you on the wrist the first time, and after that the punishment can be up to and including removal from housing.

 

[ColchVEGAS]

I was at Uconn from 05-09 and never heard Northwest called anything other than Northwest or Freshman dorms. All the frat houses at that point were up by Towers.

You got in no more trouble getting caught with booze in Northwest as anywhere else. First time alcohol and drug class, 2nd offense I think they just took away housing options for you.

 

[jkfer98]

2016-17 Shippee 2nd floor
2017-18 Busby 3rd floor
2018-19 Mansfield Apartments
2019-2020 Celeron

 

[DOZE860]

there are at least two red houses. I also saw a single house change names 4 times so they definitely do vary. The only ones I know that have had their names for a long time are the Dime, Puke House and Mushroom House

when i was there, there was red house was between Huskies and Teds, that a Jewish frat stayed at , i DJed a party there one night.. but i want to say there was another house that was referred to as red house. rugby house was next to farmer browns lot, but was torn down sometime in 00-01. I remember there was a blue house on the corner of hunting lodge and birch rd, that got raided because of monthly packages from Amsterdam.. Also there was a brick house on hunting lodge

 

[JMick]

when i was there, there was red house was between Huskies and Teds, that a Jewish frat stayed at , i DJed a party there one night.. but i want to say there was another house that was referred to as red house. rugby house was next to farmer browns lot, but was torn down sometime in 00-01. I remember there was a blue house on the corner of hunting lodge and birch rd, that got raided because of monthly packages from Amsterdam.. Also there was a brick house on hunting lodge

brick house was still a thing when I was there 2010-2014 but I think they stopped throwing parties

Red House when I was there was like two little houses(I think?) just past hunting lodge on the right.

 

[T-Squared]

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Bedlam Hall !!!

 

[Milo65]

I was at Uconn from 05-09 and never heard Northwest called anything other than Northwest or Freshman dorms. All the frat houses at that point were up by Towers.

You got in no more trouble getting caught with booze in Northwest as anywhere else. First time alcohol and drug class, 2nd offense I think they just took away housing options for you.

That’s funny because I never heard Frats or The Jungle referred to as Northwest or North. It was always Frats and The Jungle. I also remember Kegs on the grad field during homecoming at Memorial Stadium. Those places don’t exist anymore, because I’m old!

 

[dbmill]

Yes. You made me go back and look at everything I posted here before admitting this is me. Thanks, it's cool that so many people have held on to that book.

Easy decision to hold onto the book. The strip was easily the funniest comic that the Daily Campus put out during our time there, and the strip captured the feel of UConn during that time period quite well. It helps us remember what campus life was like. Besides, I'm a bit of a classic film buff, so I can't forget the business about playing quarters with death. As for my wife, after the mud pit comic, her favorite was the ducks flying south for the winter to the other side of Mirror Lake.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

when i was there, there was red house was between Huskies and Teds, that a Jewish frat stayed at , i DJed a party there one night.. but i want to say there was another house that was referred to as red house. rugby house was next to farmer browns lot, but was torn down sometime in 00-01. I remember there was a blue house on the corner of hunting lodge and birch rd, that got raided because of monthly packages from Amsterdam.. Also there was a brick house on hunting lodge

I definitely remember hearing brick house. I also remember cops leading groups of people from campus to Hunting Lodge. I bet that it’s tougher to cross than the Mexican border these days.

 

[Kathy]

Starting in 1975
Jungle 1.5 years
Batterson .5 years
Willington Oaks 1 year
Lastly Ashford Park Apartments

 

[boog204]

West was the only place I lived on campus. I loved that dump. Lived in Troy then Alsop, lucked out both times and did not have a roommate.

When were you there? Really loved it there the first two years. Everything started to change when South opened and they shut down the little dining hall.