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(09-17-2017 05:54 PM)BroncoPhilly Wrote:  

(09-17-2017 05:42 PM)Bronco14 Wrote:  1.) Yes, air conditioning could probably be passed on. Really only hot in September.

2.) I believe Eldridge/Fox were actually un-occuiped when I was a student not that long ago. (and then they 're-opened' to house students when Hojke/Bigelow were under construction). Could probably get away with less rooms.

3.) A better idea might be to just get rid of the idea of Valley dorms (because they're so far away from the rest of campus and are on mountainous hills) and have updated dorms in the heart of campus, like replace the Burnhams with modern dorms. That'd be stupid to do at this point, though, with the new cafeteria in the Valleys. Really, they should have renovated/modernized the main cafe in Hojke/Bigelow instead of building a brand new one in an isolated part of campus with old dorms right next to it.

4.) Definitely agree on good parking and activity areas like basketball courts or volleyball nets.

Anyone know if students like the new Hojke/Bigelow? Realistically they could just use a lot of the concepts from those dorms.

They renovated Bigelow? That was the first dorm I stayed in in Spring, 1973. Spent another year there then went into West Campus Apartments with one year in Spindler Hall (it was a no-food residence hall in 1975/76).

Would like to see what they did to Bigelow. It was a good dorm in that it was close to classes-it was part of the Hoejke, Henry, Bigelow and Ellsworth complex-we all shared a cafeteria. Bigelow and I think Henry were all men when I was there, Hoejke and Ellsworth were all women.

They tore Bigelow down and built a new structure in its place. Huge new modern dorm...