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UAB Hospital's organ transplant program is among the best in the nation, particularly for kidney transplants.
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Brooks and Dunn’s “Neon Moon” is about a old bar called “Stowes” that Kix used to go to a lot while he was at Tech. Sadly the bar is no longer there.
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(10-06-2021 08:50 PM)Techfan01 Wrote:  Brooks and Dunn’s “Neon Moon” is about a old bar called “Stowes” that Kix used to go to a lot while he was at Tech. Sadly the bar is no longer there.

That is really interesting, one of my favorite songs.
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RE: Interesting things your school is known for
As for Rice, here are just a few tidbits....

The New York Yankees once were tenants of Rice.
Rice has become the owner of an interesting collection of real estate holdings, over the years--a result of donations from alumni. None of them was more distinctive, or unusual, than The House that Ruth Built. Rice once owned it
Yankee Stadium for years a Rice crib

President Bush staged his administration's crowning event at Rice.
The 1990 Economic Summit of Industrialized Nations held its plenary sessions and ceremonial events on the Rice campus, as President Bush hosted Margaret Thatcher, Helmut Kohl and other international dignitaries.
Rice’s Summit Conference

One of college football's most famous plays -- a Rice touchdown.
Alabama's Tommy Lewis came off the bench to tackle Owls' Dickie Maegle en route to awarded 95-yard TD run in 1954 Cotton Bowl.
Washington Times feature story about the big play

The Rice coach they named the trophy after.
John W. Heisman coached the Owls from 1924 to 1927. It was his last coaching job before taking over management of the the New York Downtown Athletic Club. Later, they had a little trophy they named after him.
Heisman, as in the trophy

"Why go to the moon? Why does Rice play Texas?"
In October, 1962, John F. Kennedy made one of the major policy addresses of his administration before 35,000 in Rice Stadium. "Not because they are easy," JFK said, "but because they are hard."
JFK announces moon program at Rice Stadium

Ohio State, Alabama and Notre Dame all rolled into one.
The Rice '66 NBC College Bowl team blew away the competition, and set all-time records for the brain game.
Nerd Juggernaut

Rice Stadium is one of two remaining on-campus stadia to have hosted a Super Bowl.
On January 12, 1974, the Miami Dolphins defeated the Minnesota Vikings 24-7 in Super Bowl VIII in Rice Stadium.
Old Stanford Stadium and the Sugar Bowl are gone, Rice’s on campus crib still here


And some lagniappe....Rice's most notorious, famous, wildest, horniest, richest alum: Howard Hughes
Wild facts about Howard Hughes
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My guess is that we have the flattest campus in America.

And the band will take anyone.
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There’s a Country Song called “Tina at the Teardrop” or some stuff like that that is about a bar right on the Wayne/Mingo County line. Lol
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(10-06-2021 08:50 PM)Techfan01 Wrote:  Brooks and Dunn’s “Neon Moon” is about a old bar called “Stowes” that Kix used to go to a lot while he was at Tech. Sadly the bar is no longer there.

No more Stowe's??? Dern!

Remember all the stories about the old hospital above Stowe's being haunted. We snuck in there one night, saw lots of weird stuff, but no ghosts. Of course, we had been in Stowe's for awhile, so might have just not seen the ghosts. 04-cheers
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(10-06-2021 12:41 PM)ECUGrad07 Wrote:  Hot women, really great parties/tailgates, Vince McMahon, & Sandra Bullock.

Also a good medical school, nursing school, school of education, etc.

But mostly hot women, lots of booze, and the best BBQ in the world.

Yes you do! That's why my parents wouldn't let me go to ECU, they were afraid I would flunkout in the first semester.
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(10-07-2021 11:43 AM)Herd-in-ATL Wrote:  
(10-06-2021 12:41 PM)ECUGrad07 Wrote:  Hot women, really great parties/tailgates, Vince McMahon, & Sandra Bullock.

Also a good medical school, nursing school, school of education, etc.

But mostly hot women, lots of booze, and the best BBQ in the world.

Yes you do! That's why my parents wouldn't let me go to ECU, they were afraid I would flunkout in the first semester.
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They were afraid you'd impregnate first semester. COGS02-13-banana
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(10-06-2021 01:25 PM)49RFootballNow Wrote:  
(10-06-2021 12:58 PM)loki_the_bubba Wrote:  William Marsh Rice was murdered by his valet.

Lovers Quarrel?


It was about getting his hands on the $$$$$ that became the original endowment.


I think he wanted to blow it all on athletics, or something silly like that
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(10-06-2021 02:07 PM)ghostofclt! Wrote:  
(10-06-2021 01:50 PM)FIU4Ever Wrote:  
(10-06-2021 01:21 PM)THUNDERStruck73 Wrote:  
(10-06-2021 01:14 PM)pilot172000 Wrote:  
(10-06-2021 01:10 PM)FIU4Ever Wrote:  FIU was built on the site of an abandoned airport and the control tower still remains.

That's pretty frickin awesome.

They use it as the stadium’s press box and luxury suites.

Haha, It actually houses FIU's Veteran and Military Affairs. [Image: 14860112264_d076f0868a_b.jpg]

This was it in 1971
[Image: 74607620_2417566215150233_68198258273964...e=6183FA64]

This is from 2004
[Image: 2198991085_1b24880c14_b.jpg]

clt may need to visit the tower on friday

There must be 1,000 flights from CLT to MIA daily....don't stay in sweetwater, stay at JW Marriott on Brickell Avenue then Uber to sweetwater, you will thank me later.
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RE: Interesting things your school is known for
About 15% of all NASCAR engineers are Charlotte graduates. Many of our Motorsports Engineering graduates go to work in the normal automotive industry, but racing is what it is known for.

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RE: Interesting things your school is known for
Rice also has at least 2 alumni on the world's richest people list -- #177 John Doerr (12.4 billion net worth) and #404 Brian Armstrong (6.5 billion). Neither really has given much to the Rice athletic department but I think Doerr has given a bit? (he's definitely given quite a bit to Rice in general - Armstrong is just 39 years old so someone needs to convince him athletics needs a donation). There may be some other Rice people on the list too (like some of the Dan Duncan heirs).

Here's the latest Forbes list if you want to search for your alums.

https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/
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(10-06-2021 09:01 PM)Ewglenn Wrote:  
(10-06-2021 08:50 PM)Techfan01 Wrote:  Brooks and Dunn’s “Neon Moon” is about a old bar called “Stowes” that Kix used to go to a lot while he was at Tech. Sadly the bar is no longer there.

That is really interesting, one of my favorite songs.

It was one of my favorite bars.....03-banghead
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(10-07-2021 03:53 PM)FAU Connoisseur! Wrote:  
(10-06-2021 02:07 PM)ghostofclt! Wrote:  
(10-06-2021 01:50 PM)FIU4Ever Wrote:  
(10-06-2021 01:21 PM)THUNDERStruck73 Wrote:  
(10-06-2021 01:14 PM)pilot172000 Wrote:  That's pretty frickin awesome.

They use it as the stadium’s press box and luxury suites.

Haha, It actually houses FIU's Veteran and Military Affairs. [Image: 14860112264_d076f0868a_b.jpg]

This was it in 1971
[Image: 74607620_2417566215150233_68198258273964...e=6183FA64]

This is from 2004
[Image: 2198991085_1b24880c14_b.jpg]

clt may need to visit the tower on friday

There must be 1,000 flights from CLT to MIA daily....don't stay in sweetwater, stay at JW Marriott on Brickell Avenue then Uber to sweetwater, you will thank me later.

clt doesn’t stay at Marriott properties
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https://cpm.charlotte.edu/

clt says Charlotte is home to one the worlds best centers for metrology, Working with dimensional tolerances on the order of 10 parts per million or better.

very helpful to measure the fiu crowd.
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(10-07-2021 05:05 PM)ghostofclt! Wrote:  
(10-07-2021 03:53 PM)FAU Connoisseur! Wrote:  
(10-06-2021 02:07 PM)ghostofclt! Wrote:  
(10-06-2021 01:50 PM)FIU4Ever Wrote:  
(10-06-2021 01:21 PM)THUNDERStruck73 Wrote:  They use it as the stadium’s press box and luxury suites.

Haha, It actually houses FIU's Veteran and Military Affairs. [Image: 14860112264_d076f0868a_b.jpg]

This was it in 1971
[Image: 74607620_2417566215150233_68198258273964...e=6183FA64]

This is from 2004
[Image: 2198991085_1b24880c14_b.jpg]

clt may need to visit the tower on friday

There must be 1,000 flights from CLT to MIA daily....don't stay in sweetwater, stay at JW Marriott on Brickell Avenue then Uber to sweetwater, you will thank me later.

clt doesn’t stay at Marriott properties

Understood...stay at the Conrad...it's .2 miles from the Consulate of Argentina in Miami. Very nice people.
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(10-06-2021 01:10 PM)FIU4Ever Wrote:  FIU was built on the site of an abandoned airport and the control tower still remains.

This is ghost rider requesting a fly by....
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(10-07-2021 05:25 PM)Tech80 Wrote:  
(10-06-2021 01:10 PM)FIU4Ever Wrote:  FIU was built on the site of an abandoned airport and the control tower still remains.

This is ghost rider requesting a fly by....

Negative ghostrider, the pattern is full
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(10-07-2021 04:10 PM)Nugget49er Wrote:  About 15% of all NASCAR engineers are Charlotte graduates. Many of our Motorsports Engineering graduates go to work in the normal automotive industry, but racing is what it is known for.

[Image: Army%20car%20%2812%29%20cropped.jpg?itok=WoxMGctB]

Very cool
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