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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: Chairman of the Board Date: February 23, 2013, 9:10 am
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Thanks jag did some reading on it. Never heard of it. I also
found this
HTML http://www.sbindependent.org/campus-mythology/
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: Chairman of the Board Date: February 23, 2013, 9:26 am
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Heard this one when I was a kid but never at sb
HTML http://smithtown.patch.com/blog_posts/long-islands-legends-and-myths-marys-grave<br
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: jaghatai Date: February 23, 2013, 8:05 pm
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The myth of the physics basement...
There are underground tunnels that connect Harriman, the Physics
building, and the ISC. According to legend, of course, the
basement of the building actually stretches completely
underneath the physics green. They completed the basement, then
ran out of money to build the rest of the building on top of it,
so they put the lawn there until they could finish it. The
university officials were embarassed about it and covered the
whole thing up and sealed the section off. The finished section
has a few entrances and typically it's used by the professors
for "special projects" that aren't covered by their grants.
Those projects occasionally emit stuff that aren't healthy,
which is why you see random brown patches on the lawn at weird
times.
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: Chairman of the Board Date: February 25, 2013, 8:38 am
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I got to campus early for the lax game so i walked around
campus- again, the place is 75x better than it looked 15 years
ago.
I did however walk in between Harriman Hall and Old Chem and
there is a giant rusted chemical tank that needs to go or at
least be covered up. Awful. I think its the VDG accelerator.
Please, paint it.
There are many quads both academic and dormitory that they
really should just wipe out the concrete and put grass. How
much can this cost? And the ongoing maintenance- a few
landscapers- its worth the money.
I remember when my mother dropped me off, the first day of my
freshman year. And there was dirt everywhere. Even on the
concrete. And my brother asked- hey mom whats all that green
paint on the dirt? We thought they were trying to hide it.
Turns out it was hydroseeding. They could use even more of that
today.
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: ecasadoSBU Date: February 25, 2013, 12:08 pm
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To be honest. When I came in back in 2007 the campus landscaping
was beautiful due to the 50 year celebration. There was not
construction back then. The area between Old
Chem-Chemistry-Physics-Recreation center has undergone a lot of
construction lately which explains how ugly the area looks. I
agree that they need to get rid of the damn tank. The area looks
crowded and getting rid of the tank (or at least hiding it)
would help.
Stony Brook is undergoing a large scale construction period so
it's going to take a while before we see the campus as clean and
as beautiful as it looked back in 2007
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: ry1nik Date: February 25, 2013, 12:31 pm
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This may have already been mentioned on the Board....sorry if
repeating...but the most infamous symbol of the university back
in the 1970s was the "Bridge to Nowhere." It was considered a
symbol of all that ailed Stony Brook back in the 1970s. The
state didn't allocate enough money to connect the Library with
the Union back then, so the bridge stopped about half way
between the two buildings. It was left like that for quite a few
years. If I recall correctly, Billy Joel even mentioned it in an
interview (kind of as a joke) back then after he had played at
SBU.
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: Chairman of the Board Date: February 25, 2013, 1:00 pm
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HTML http://www.ic.sunysb.edu/Clubs/educasia/StonyBrookStories/index.html<br
/>
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: Chairman of the Board Date: February 25, 2013, 1:02 pm
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HTML http://www.stonybrook.edu/sb/traditions/gone.shtml
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: Chairman of the Board Date: February 25, 2013, 1:04 pm
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HTML http://alumniandfriends.stonybrook.edu/page.aspx?pid=633
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
By: ecasadoSBU Date: March 20, 2013, 4:21 pm
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How are we going to deal with the community. Getting more bad
press from the town:
Stony Brook Residents Want Rental Rules Enforced For College
Students
HTML http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/03/18/stony-brook-residents-want-rental-rules-enforced-for-college-students/
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