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re: Tell me interesting stories/facts about your SEC campus.
Posted on 4/18/12 at 8:59 pm to Henry Jones Jr
Posted on 4/18/12 at 8:59 pm to Henry Jones Jr
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What were they used for?
A lot of rumors/myths, but they are now used for electrical other utilities.
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Posted on 4/18/12 at 8:59 pm to NBamaAlum
It wasn't until a few years ago that Auburn got plumbing. Boy that was a pretty big deal when the state dug main sewer lines from Auburn all the way to Tuscaloosa.
Posted on 4/18/12 at 8:59 pm to RebelNutt48
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Ole Miss has some of those too.
Tha frick? Where? I must see them.
Posted on 4/18/12 at 9:00 pm to NBamaAlum
The Old Main Dorm was built back in the late 1800s and was once the largest dormatory in the country. It burned to the ground in 1959 and the bricks that were able to be salvaged were used to build the Chapel of Memories.
Posted on 4/18/12 at 9:01 pm to Henry Jones Jr
They are hard to explain. In the circle....you will see vent type metal things in the ground. They are hard to explain, but you can open them and squeeze down into the tunnel. But don't get caught.....you can get into some serious trouble.
Posted on 4/18/12 at 9:01 pm to Duckie
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tunnels
Arkansas has 'em too. Former Chancellor John White talked about them with me yesterday actually
Posted on 4/18/12 at 9:02 pm to AnimalA10
During the civil war Ole Miss ordered a new telescope for our observatory. It was delivered by train and stolen by union invaders who then sent it to the University of Michigan. To this day, in one of their old observatories, it remains with the 'University of Mississippi'
still engraved in it.
Those bastards will not give it back.
still engraved in it.
Those bastards will not give it back.
Posted on 4/18/12 at 9:02 pm to Porker Face
Yeah but your's are for meth distribution
Posted on 4/18/12 at 9:03 pm to olemissfan26
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During the civil war Ole Miss ordered a new telescope for our observatory. It was delivered by train and stolen by union invaders who then sent it to the University of Michigan. To this day, in one of their old observatories, it remains with the 'University of Mississippi'
still engraved in it.
I had a class in the top of that observatory. It was awesome. Very old building.
Posted on 4/18/12 at 9:03 pm to olemissfan26
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During the civil war Ole Miss ordered a new telescope for our observatory. It was delivered by train and stolen by union invaders who then sent it to the University of Michigan. To this day, in one of their old observatories, it remains with the 'University of Mississippi' still engraved in it. Those bastards will not give it back.
Someone needs to get on that
Posted on 4/18/12 at 9:04 pm to Porker Face
Also, the north tower on Old Main is taller than the south tower because the reconstruction government in Arkansas at the time wanted to insult the southerners who had just lost the war. North is on the right
Posted on 4/18/12 at 9:04 pm to olemissfan26
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During the civil war Ole Miss ordered a new telescope for our observatory. It was delivered by train and stolen by union invaders who then sent it to the University of Michigan. To this day, in one of their old observatories, it remains with the 'University of Mississippi'
still engraved in it.
solid second post. And I had forgotten about that story. I though it ended up at Northwestern though.
Posted on 4/18/12 at 9:04 pm to olemissfan26
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Those bastards will not give it back.
Still pisses me off too
Posted on 4/18/12 at 9:05 pm to memphisplaya
Ole Miss holds one of the largest Blues archives in the world.
Posted on 4/18/12 at 9:06 pm to RebelExpress38
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RebelExpress38
Might want to get rid of that gif as your sig or the admins will take your avi and sig privileges away.
Posted on 4/18/12 at 9:06 pm to memphisplaya
I'll talk to my people and see what we can do about that.
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Posted on 4/18/12 at 9:06 pm to NBamaAlum
Also our Animal Industries building. It's just lectures space today, but it used to be where they slaughtered animals (in the basement) on campus. One night a guy slipped and fell on a saw, cutting his artery, and then bled to death trying to get out. To this day, it's supposed to be haunted, and there's a file full of all kinds of supernatural sightings and phenomenons.
Posted on 4/18/12 at 9:07 pm to NBamaAlum
Also, there's a hole in the top left corner to the doors of the Lyceum. Not sure if this is true or not but the hole was supposedly caused by a bullet that was shot at James Meredith when he was walking in to enroll at the university.
Posted on 4/18/12 at 9:08 pm to NBamaAlum
The "old part" of the SAE house is a bomb shelter for the city of Starkville.
Posted on 4/18/12 at 9:08 pm to NBamaAlum
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