New $49.5 mil dorm at ISU

[JSmoove]

Helser should go eventually, but would need to finish the plan at UDA with another building around the edges and finally giving UDA some green space in the middle.

I remember being told we were the last residents of that building... in spring 2004.

Fall '06 my freshman year class was the first one to be put back in Helser after it sat vacant for a year or so. Just had the north side open that was closest to the UDCC that year. The south half was closed still because of the water heater being antiquated. Eventually that got replaced and the whole thing was reopened in '07. Pretty sure ISU's enrollment hasnt stopped increasing since then.

 

[mj4cy]

Fall '06 my freshman year class was the first one to be put back in Helser after it sat vacant for a year or so. Just had the north side open that was closest to the UDCC that year. The south half was closed still because of the water heater being antiquated. Eventually that got replaced and the whole thing was reopened in '07. Pretty sure ISU's enrollment hasnt stopped increasing since then.

My freshman year was 03-04 and I lived in Helser. At the end of the year we were told Helser was no longer going to be in use so we blew all of our social/community funds on a big pizza party.

 

[Dandy]

I wonder when Helser will finally be phased out.

My sister-in-law will be a freshman next year and she was assigned Helser and she's NOT HAPPY about it. I just have to tease her endlessly about it because she gets pretty worked up just thinking about it.

 

[CyArob]

Helser should be a historical monument.

 

[JSmoove]

My sister-in-law will be a freshman next year and she was assigned Helser and she's NOT HAPPY about it. I just have to tease her endlessly about it because she gets pretty worked up just thinking about it.

I don't care if you are in the most **** suite style dorm room or Helser, your experience hinges on what you and your floor mates make of it. If you end up with a bunch of lame-o's, like my brother did when he lived on Elwood floor in Helser, go explore the other floors. There's always at least one floor that knows how to have a good time.

 

[JSmoove]

Helser should be a historical monument.

I stupidly didnt buy the dorm shirts made available for purchase that had a plan view of Helser with the words "Helser, the Pinnacle of 1950's Architecture" on the front.

 

[RedlineSi]

I stupidly didnt buy the dorm shirts made available for purchase that had a plan view of Helser with the words "Helser, the Pinnacle of 1950's Architecture" on the front.

I want one of those.

 

[CyberJJJ]

I was an undergrad in the 80's and lived in RCA in Linden. We had three people in a 2 man room ( not counting girlfriends) for 2 years which is what led me to moving off campus for more room. It was generally end of first semester before all the poor blokes in te,p housing in the basement were moved to permanent housing. Now enrollment is several thousand higher.

 

[Haverhill]

I had always heard that Friley was going to be extended westward to replace Helser, which was going to be used as a Union Drive Courtyard. That was in 2008 when I heard that. I bet that is still the plan, but probably on hold until the current growth becomes the norm and situated better.

 

[boone7247]

I lived in Helser my freshman year, 99-00 got kicked out cause we were in the part that got demolished for the new food court. They told us then that Helser would be gone in two years from that. So '02-'03 ish. The fact that kids still live there is great. The old dorms were awesome, the new dorms were to knew for my liking, really didn't give me the sense of the college experience. I did however move into Friley for 00-01, that was fun.