ATTN: CF ISU Students

ornryactor · 03-01-2007, 08:48 PM

Originally Posted by clones_jer

not that I've been there recently, but by "significantly further south" you mean like 300 ft right? From what I understand Friley and the new building basically make a "U" surrounding Helser with a little gap inbetween - and isn't Helser half of what it used to be? I swear I was told most of it was gone.

They demolished one wing of Helser plus some of the main hallway when they built the Union Drive Community Center four years ago, but most of the building is still there. It sounds like every year for the last decade they've said they were going to tear Helser down, and every year for the last decade Helser has had hundreds of students living there because Friley and the suites can't nearly hold everybody. Enrollment will have to drop before Helser gets demolished, I think.

Here's a map of the UDA area:

http://www.fpm.iastate.edu/maps/clos...380&layer=base

Yeah, by 'significantly further south' I meant 300-500 feet, but that's pretty significant in terms of a building's length. You can see from the map that if Friley were to reach all the way around to the land that the suites are on now, that would be a very large addition to the building.

Cyclone62 · 03-01-2007, 08:53 PM

Originally Posted by aeroclone

I didn't know of a huge snowball fight last year, but there was one when I was living in Helser in 2001-2002 that was probably on that scale as well. The thing that I remember most about that was that some people built a piece of male anatomy out of snow on the hood of a DPS car that was parked there at the time. It was about 6 feet tall, it was quite amazing. It was a good time.

Yea, '01-'02 sounds about right from what I remember of the story. Last year, I heard of maybe a 200 person snowball fight, but nothing of the one I was told about. The one I'm thinking of, there was a ton of collateral damage to cars and windows. I think the snowball fight may have gotten broken up, but I'm not sure.

I know it most likely won't happen but... I can dream can't I? No literary theory? Ohhhhh, I'm getting excited just thinking about not having to go to that class.

clones_jer · 03-01-2007, 08:55 PM

cool, thanks for the map - it all makes much more sense now.

and unfortunately it looks like the crow crap trees must still be there on the south end of the former field...

cstrunk · 03-01-2007, 09:16 PM

Sorry guys, or gals, but it looks like this "blizzard" is not living up to the hype - in the Ames area. We'll be lucky to end up with 3-4", more likely 2-3" which will definately not be enough to cancel school... I'm very surprised they canceled afternoon classes, especially when nothing had even happened yet besides rain. Far worse storms have hit town and we've had school.

jbhtexas · 03-02-2007, 12:05 AM

Originally Posted by ornryactor

That 2,000-person snowball fight? That was definitely last year. It was some Saturday afternoon, when it dumped snow late Friday/early Saturday. Basically all of the UDA area came out and joined in- it was awesome! But yeah, I'd be down for a snowball fight.

Back somewhere during the period of the late 80's to mid 90's when I was at ISU, there was a huge snowball fight between the residence hall students who lived around Linden on the north side of Lincoln Way and the Frat kids on the south side of Lincoln Way. I wasn't a member of a frat, and I didn't live in a residence hall, but I happened to be walking over in that area on the north side of Lincoln Way, so I threw some snowballs at the frat kids. Lincoln Way became unpassable due to snowball fire, so the cops had to come in and shut it down...

crash_zone · 03-02-2007, 12:16 AM

yep. snow is kinda weak at this time. plan on class tomorrow

AirWalke · 03-02-2007, 12:18 AM

I only have one class in the morning, but it'd be really nice it if it were cancelled!

mike4cy · 03-02-2007, 12:32 AM

Drat, 8:00 stat lab and Finance 330 test here I come.

ornryactor · 03-02-2007, 12:51 AM

Dang it. I have a huge midterm at 10:00 that I was really, really, REALLY hoping would be postponed even until Monday... *cries*

Well, sleep is for the weak, anyway. Right? Right?

Nuts.

mike4cy · 03-02-2007, 07:54 AM

Classes are on are normal. Thankfully one of my professors emailed us and said that it is stupid to have class today and canceled. So check your email and WEB CT!

herbiedoobie · 03-02-2007, 08:43 AM

Originally Posted by ornryactor

They demolished one wing of Helser plus some of the main hallway when they built the Union Drive Community Center four years ago, but most of the building is still there. It sounds like every year for the last decade they've said they were going to tear Helser down, and every year for the last decade Helser has had hundreds of students living there because Friley and the suites can't nearly hold everybody. Enrollment will have to drop before Helser gets demolished, I think.

Here's a map of the UDA area:

http://www.fpm.iastate.edu/maps/clos...380&layer=base

Yeah, by 'significantly further south' I meant 300-500 feet, but that's pretty significant in terms of a building's length. You can see from the map that if Friley were to reach all the way around to the land that the suites are on now, that would be a very large addition to the building.

Damn! That means that every place I lived while at ISU back in the 80s has been torn down. (Storms, Helser, Walnut Str., old house in the Fareway parking lot and Hillsdale Trailer Park.) I must be the Kiss Of Death for homes.

cyclonekj · 03-02-2007, 09:24 AM

Originally Posted by herbiedoobie

Damn! That means that every place I lived while at ISU back in the 80s has been torn down. (Storms, Helser, Walnut Str., old house in the Fareway parking lot and Hillsdale Trailer Park.) I must be the Kiss Of Death for homes.

Or you threw some killer parties. Seriously, man, where was my invite?