Since it is now "offically" closed and slated for DESTRCUTION -
Did any BB&Bers reside there?
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Since it is now "offically" closed and slated for DESTRCUTION -
Did any BB&Bers reside there?
''Don't be a bad dagh..."
7th floor, lookin out towards the softball field
Bring down Neilson next!
Add bars and you have a prison.
Top floor, Room 1101. We had a swarm of wasps above the ceiling tiles. Every now and then, one would drop down and get us while we were sleeping.
Caruthers 4th floor, then 3rd floor, then 2nd floor for more than two years. I learned the lower down you were in the building, the easier it was to move in and out at the beginning/end of the year without the elevator. I've been stuck in the elevator in Caruthers twice, and Neilson once for good measure, too (I lived on the seventh floor of Neilson).Originally Posted by Dwayne From Minden
That really was a terrible facility. Lots of good memories, but a terrible building.
Yep, Three years in the cider block palace. Sixth floor corner room overlooking the parking lot and Mitchell.
Nielson 417 for my freshman year. Next to the elevator which did not work half of the time. Some friends of mine put a bunch of skoal spit, water, dirt, etc... under our door one night when my roomate and I were not there. We found out who it was. Some friends playing a joke. We got one of 55 gallon drums used as a garbage can, emptied it, filled it about 3/4 full of water. Went to what we thought was their room, leaned it on the door, knocked, and hauled a$$. Well, it wasn't their room, we went down 1 room too far. It was 2 big OL for the football team. To this day, that is the fastest I have ever run in my life. I guarantee you I was running a 4.0 flat in the 40. They never found out who did it. We ruined their carpet, basically, anything that was on the floor. 40 gallons of rushing dirty water in a room. Man, the memories...
Neilson does need to come down, although I think dorm life should not be as easy as it is getting. Dorm life is supposed to dorm life. I have lots of good memories/stories from Neilson. Today's kids want a freaking luxury apartment coming out of high school. You gotta earn your keep.
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Unfortunately, most of the parents want them to have that luxury apartment too. Just in the last three years, high school kids are so much more spoiled by their parents. I was spoiled to a point too but my dad had me in a dorm and I enjoyed it although I was ready to get out
I was in Neisen 1110. I was at the top of the tower, it was great. Luckily, the elevators held up all but one time in my memory. I think dorm life is the way. It builds character and toughens you up a bit to get you ready for life on your own. It is just a sign of the times, though, people keep getting more pussified as the world keeps spinning. All my grandparents and old uncles and aunts lived hard lives, picking cotton and losing digits, fighting in every war, you get the point. I forgot where I was going, but life is much easier, and we can all be thankful for that. We do need new housing, but I dont know aobut the luxury suites (if you can call them that).
Neilson 808 for one year, then Cottingham for 3 years (including during the Cott Fire), and 3 months in Hutt 4-something (because of the Cott Fire).
All things considered, Cottingham was still, far and away, the best dorm. I hated the Neilson elevators. People were always lighting stuff on fire in there. And some jerk even threw up in there once (I can neither confirm nor deny that that jerk was me. :-P )
You were there for the fire too? I was there, asleep in my boxers, and i had to run out without my glasses and in my boxers and a tight white. That was a bad night, but not as bad as the guys who got their crap burnt. It was definitely the best dorm I ever stayed in, especially since i was on the 11th floor in Neilsen.
I barely made it out with a pair of pants and flip flops. If my roommate hadn't been awake I don't know how long I would have slept. But yes the best of my dorm years were in Cott.
I lived in Neilson 1115 in '98 when the fire alarms went off. We were studying for finals and thought it was another drill so we just locked the door until our RA beat it down and told us it was real. We walked down 11 flights of stairs with a cascading waterfall following us due to the sprinkler system and spent the next few hours at Johnny's Pizza. We got out of finals for three days which was nice.
For 6 weeks in the Summer of 1981...the cockroaches were literally a swarming mass!
I'm an asshole! What's your excuse?
Cott 207. Ran out in my shorts and a tshirt. No shoes, no glasses...
Luckily, my roommate's friend let me borrow his sandals and glasses to go to class and get advised the next day.
My roommate was awake, and woke me up, and when we ran out, we left the door open. So all our stuff got smoke damaged pretty bad. Had to wash my clothes like 5 times to get the smell out. Wound up throwing away quite a bit of suff too. I think the worst part was having to move to Hutt for 3 months though. :-P I'm just glad no one was hurt too badly.
8th floor neilson (1yr), 2nd of cott (1yr). i don't remember the fire so, i guess that was the year after a moved off campus. never lived in caruthers but i had friends that did...and i pitied them...and i lived in neilson at the time. good ridence to it. anybody up for tailgating the demolition?
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