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OT - How different is campus since you were there?

I think the field house was strill there when I was in Storrs for a class.
 
Had a ski slope with a tow rope when I was there. Off Horsebarn Hill Rd,
Ceiling paint was flaking off and snowing down inside Castleman Building. Steam was cranking and windows open on April days. That was tough not to daydream. The ladies had already shed their winter garb. Good baseball at JOC Field.
 
Back in my day, we had to walk to the dairy bar over horse barn hill. Uphill both ways.

And we had some great jalapeno mac and cheese.




I didn't go to UConn for undergrad
 
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TMB4405 said:
I am in your age demo. Forst two years we were wrapped in plastic wrap.
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Legend had it that they (UCONN Engineers) didn’t factor the weight of the books in so that’s why bricks were falling off. I also remember there being a huge pool of water on the plaza level of the library for days after a good amount of rain.

Knew some engineering majors and some mentioning average exam scores being around 50 and 20-30 point curves so that always tracked for me.
 
I visited a few months ago to look around the whole campus. I have been to Gampel many timess but usually am only around the sports complex and at night. I was a student there in the 1960s. The campus is in many ways unrecognizable from then. Mostly impressive for anyone new to it, missing a lot of the green and open spaces that existed in the 60s especially behind the old field house from North Eagleville Rd. all the way up to the new sports complexes, behind the Student Union, the buildings next to the Towers dorms that was a wide open field where we Towers guys played football and softball. Sadly, while the ice cream is still great, the current dairy bar set up is far more generic and less cozy than it used to be.

The shopping areas off campus are totally different and way better All in all, a very big change over the years mostly impressive but losing a bit of the breathing space. People new to it won’t notice the difference.
 
The only place to eat on weekends was Subway. And if you dare buying one, you better scoff it down or be prepared to share it with 20 people
 
Was there yesterday for the hockey game (I actually liked the arena), and am an ‘04 graduate. The campus is incredibly different from just 21 years ago. Ted’s is still there (but expanded with a new covered patio like portion to the side), but Huskies/Civic Pub are gone. Not a big fan of Huskies now in downtown, it’s more of a restaurant type feel which is fine - but not what we all remember. McMahon, Northwest, North, Towers, Alumni and East campus all seem the same with some minor renovations. South campus was “new” for me back then, but now that’s even “old” as they put a whole new dorm smack in the middle of the quad. It makes no sense and is quite ugly in my opinion and completely took away the quad. X-Lot is forever gone as there’s a huge building there now. I heard where Sgt Peps/Civic Pub was is going to be torn down for apartments.

Love downtown Storrs though, wish we had those amenities. The Student Union is much better also, and weird seeing the old “outside” portion while being inside.

Overall, it’s a beautiful campus but looks a lot diff than just 20 years ago.
 
I was there in the late 90’s……definitely miss shredding at the open blues jam at Husky Blues
 
Deepster said:
The first time I was up there where my daughter was 21, she asked if we wanted to grab a pregame drink at Ted's. As we walked in, she said "You've been here before, right?" LOL.

I pointed to the men's room and said "The last time I was here, I took a leak in the garbage can in there." She said "Why would you do that?" and I said "Because there were two guys whizzing in the toilet, one at the urinal and one at the sink. The garbage can seemed like the next logical spot."
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I never peed in the garbage can in the men's room at Ted's. But my wife has.
 
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Taco said:
Legend had it that they (UCONN Engineers) didn’t factor the weight of the books in so that’s why bricks were falling off. I also remember there being a huge pool of water on the plaza level of the library for days after a good amount of rain.

Knew some engineering majors and some mentioning average exam scores being around 50 and 20-30 point curves so that always tracked for me.
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Even tougher without calculators. Never enough time to work the problems through. Purposeful. Imagine doing four blackboards of Fourier series. Lost a lot of classmates along the way..
 
We played our freshman intramural championship game on the green synthetic main basketball court in the field house. Won that. They moved the playoff games back to the wood courts. Beat the Indy house, lost to a frat team in the finals. Was a good game, but as usual, they were bigger. Our tallest player was only 6’1”.
 
It is kinda crazy to think back to how campus used to be. I was there 98-02 and it was kind of a dump tbh. You had a couple of nicer spots with Horsebarn Hill and by the lakes, but most of the buildings were old and literally falling apart, the roads and their orientation were a disaster, there was little parking other than random parking lots far away, and the "amenities" were few and far between. After the 99 title, you started to see how enhancements with the "new" South, the Chem building with that club sign, and I think there was a new business building, maybe? You go back now, and it looks like a real college campus and environment. That being said (and I mentioned this in another thread), I have students who are attending High Point and SEC schools, and it's still a night-and-day difference.
 
alexd said:
It's amazing what $4.9 billion can do.
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Well, you know what they say, $4.9 billion here, $4.9 billion there and eventually you're talking about real money...

For what it's worth "old" South campus was awesome. 60 person dorms, 20 on the floor, mostly alternating between men's and women's floors. Each dorm had its own cook and its own dining hall. It made for a great family atmosphere.

(Plus, as a freshman, I can remember getting out of the shower, calling downstairs to the cook for an omelette, slapping it between a couple of slices of toast, grabbing a cup of coffee and hiking across campus for my morning classes. It was terrific.)

No doubt "(new)" South campus is more attractive and more modern but I doubt it is a better experience than the old dorms offered.
 
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CL82 said:
Well, you know what they say, $4.9 billion here, $4.9 billion there and eventually you're talking about real money...

For what it's worth "old" South campus was awesome. 60 person dorms, 20 on the floor, mostly alternating between men's and women's floors. Each dorm had its own cook and its own dining hall. It made for a great family atmosphere.

(Plus, as a freshman, I can remember getting out of the shower, calling downstairs to the cook for an omelette, slapping it between a couple of slices of toast, grabbing a cup of coffee and hiking across campus for my morning classes. It was terrific.)

No doubt "(new)" South campus is more attractive and more modern but I doubt it is a better experience than the old dorms offered.
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South campus, in my day, was female only. McMahon was female in north tower, male in south. Jungle was mostly male except for 3 female only on lower east end (only remember Fairfield was one, because that's where I watched the first draft lottery).
 
boog204 said:
It is kinda crazy to think back to how campus used to be. I was there 98-02 and it was kind of a dump tbh. You had a couple of nicer spots with Horsebarn Hill and by the lakes, but most of the buildings were old and literally falling apart, the roads and their orientation were a disaster, there was little parking other than random parking lots far away, and the "amenities" were few and far between. After the 99 title, you started to see how enhancements with the "new" South, the Chem building with that club sign, and I think there was a new business building, maybe? You go back now, and it looks like a real college campus and environment. That being said (and I mentioned this in another thread), I have students who are attending High Point and SEC schools, and it's still a night-and-day difference.
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Chem building opened in Fall 1996. South opened in 1998.
 
In the early 70s, South Campus was a hotbed of "streaking." There was kind of a path between the mostly female dorms, streakers would run down that path and soon the windows would fill up. The sound of the onlookers cheering and yelling would bounce around and echo up and down between the dorms.

I can safely say, that south campus is much different now.
 
CL82 said:
For what it's worth "old" South campus was awesome. 60 person dorms, 20 on the floor, mostly alternating between men's and women's floors. Each dorm had its own cook and its own dining hall. It made for a great family atmosphere.

(Plus, as a freshman, I can remember getting out of the shower, calling downstairs to the cook for an omelette, slapping it between a couple of slices of toast, grabbing a cup of coffee and hiking across campus for my morning classes. It was terrific.)
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Had the same experience in Towers. Small dorm cafeterias were the best thing on campus.
 
uconnfan68 said:
South campus, in my day, was female only. McMahon was female in north tower, male in south. Jungle was mostly male except for 3 female only on lower east end (only remember Fairfield was one, because that's where I watched the first draft lottery).
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When I was there, it was mostly coed with only Stowe (all male) and Crandall (all female) being single sex dorms. Being able to walk up or down a flight of stairs to reach the girls' floors was... convenient.
 
Excalibur said:
Chem building opened in Fall 1996. South opened in 1998.
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I was absolutely there for day one of "new" South. I could've sworn that the Chem building opened when I was there, too? Hmm. There's a lot of UConn, which is slightly hazy or spinning, as it was.

Excalibur said:
Had the same experience in Towers. Small dorm cafeterias were the best thing on campus.
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I lived in West and my first semester we had a small cafe on the 1st floor. Our chef, Steve, was the nicest guy ever (and the single most powerful whistler in human existence), and it was like having a personal cook. He'd make you made-to-order omelets, and if you weren't feeling the "meal" for dinner, he'd whip you up something else.
 
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CL82 said:
When I was there, it was mostly coed with only Stowe (all male) and Crandall (all female) being single sex dorms. Being able to walk up or down a flight of stairs to reach the girls' floors was... convenient.
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I'll one-up that... The dorms in West were "L" shaped. One part of the L was male, the other female. So no stairs at all. Just one awkward, stumbling turn to paydirt.
 
CL82 said:
Well, you know what they say, $4.9 billion here, $4.9 billion there and eventually you're talking about real money...

For what it's worth "old" South campus was awesome. 60 person dorms, 20 on the floor, mostly alternating between men's and women's floors. Each dorm had its own cook and its own dining hall. It made for a great family atmosphere.

(Plus, as a freshman, I can remember getting out of the shower, calling downstairs to the cook for an omelette, slapping it between a couple of slices of toast, grabbing a cup of coffee and hiking across campus for my morning classes. It was terrific.)

No doubt "(new)" South campus is more attractive and more modern but I doubt it is a better experience than the old dorms offered.
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Yes! Family style dining was great and I did the same for breakfasts. Tom was our cook’s name and he was awesome. Great memories
 
Campus is much more in line with a flagship university. But even with Downtown Storrs it’s still lacking amenities. I think part of the issue is that while the school is rural, it’s only 20ish minutes form bigger suburbs so a lot of staff, professors, coaches live in those towns. So most Storrs stuff is focused fully on students and they only have 8 months to make money. Other rural universities are the only big employers and towns nearby so they get more stuff. University Park PA has a lot more than Storrs.
 
Chuck said:
Campus is much more in line with a flagship university. But even with Downtown Storrs it’s still lacking amenities. I think part of the issue is that while the school is rural, it’s only 20ish minutes form bigger suburbs so a lot of staff, professors, coaches live in those towns. So most Storrs stuff is focused fully on students and they only have 8 months to make money. Other rural universities are the only big employers and towns nearby so they get more stuff. University Park PA has a lot more than Storrs.
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Why wouldn’t it? There are 50k students there vs just over 20k at UConn.
 
Excalibur said:
Had the same experience in Towers. Small dorm cafeterias were the best thing on campus.
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agreed - 60 dorm mates ate dinner together Mon - Thurs. 2 years as a resident and 2 years as a waiter for a free meal plan
 
I’m just glad they’ve finally knocked down those old frat houses that were used for offices between Arjona/Montieth and South.

And everything else has looked great. What is that huge building taking up what was part of X lot, across the street from hilltop dorms?
 
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