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re: Most Beautiful SEC Campus
Posted on 12/29/10 at 7:22 pm to tylerdurden24
Posted on 12/29/10 at 7:22 pm to tylerdurden24
Well I guarantee you no other SEC school has a campus like this:
UGA Costa Rica
UGA Costa Rica
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Posted on 12/29/10 at 7:23 pm to JoLeUGA
I know people who studied abroad there...
Posted on 12/29/10 at 7:27 pm to Wincrimson
About the difference between LSU and Alabama.
Alabama has a more consistent architectural aesthetic, though they do have some inconsistency, as can be expected. The architectural disparity on LSU's campus is more significant, for two reasons. The first is that Middleton Library ruins the aesthetic of the landscape architecture. The second reason is that the new buildings on campus, CEBA and Turead, don't make any attempt to fit into the main architectural aesthetic.
I'd argue that the natural scenery on LSU's campus is better than Alabama's because of the lakes and old oaks. Alabama does look quite lovely in springtime though.
Both schools have pretty bad unions in my opinion, and the fountain in front of the Ferguson Center is quite pointless in my view.
Alabama has a more consistent architectural aesthetic, though they do have some inconsistency, as can be expected. The architectural disparity on LSU's campus is more significant, for two reasons. The first is that Middleton Library ruins the aesthetic of the landscape architecture. The second reason is that the new buildings on campus, CEBA and Turead, don't make any attempt to fit into the main architectural aesthetic.
I'd argue that the natural scenery on LSU's campus is better than Alabama's because of the lakes and old oaks. Alabama does look quite lovely in springtime though.
Both schools have pretty bad unions in my opinion, and the fountain in front of the Ferguson Center is quite pointless in my view.
Posted on 12/29/10 at 7:30 pm to crazy4lsu
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Both schools have pretty bad unions in my opinion, and the fountain in front of the Ferguson Center is quite pointless in my view.
Well, it actually looks pretty cool when it's on, but it was such a waste of $100,000. They only turn it on when they're having big student recruitment days on campus, and it's broken all the time.
Posted on 12/29/10 at 7:33 pm to RMFTBama
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Well, it actually looks pretty cool when it's on
It would alright if they had a basin where you could sit. Most times I saw it I felt like it was a gigantic waste. What I liked about LSU's quad was that it was inclusive, so people were drawn into it. Bama's quad moves outward, drawing people to its periphery.
Posted on 12/29/10 at 7:45 pm to crazy4lsu
Ole Miss has some buildings (mostly built in the 1970's that look out of place) The building codes were changed in the 1980's that mandates every new building must have columns. (this has helped)
Posted on 12/29/10 at 7:46 pm to Toddy
1. LSU
...the rest
Seriously, who doesn't get tired of looking at just another generic red-brick southern campus?
LSU's northern italian architecture is one of only two examples in the country. The other one is Stanford.
Add in the Mississippi River, the golf course, the campus lakes, and the million dollar homes surrounding the campus, and it's a slam dunk win for LSU.
Even if you don't agree LSU's is the 'most beautiful', you'd objectively have to agree it's the 'most unique'.
BTW, this is a rehash of last year's thread on this same subject:
Prettiest campus in the SEC
...the rest
Seriously, who doesn't get tired of looking at just another generic red-brick southern campus?
LSU's northern italian architecture is one of only two examples in the country. The other one is Stanford.
Add in the Mississippi River, the golf course, the campus lakes, and the million dollar homes surrounding the campus, and it's a slam dunk win for LSU.
Even if you don't agree LSU's is the 'most beautiful', you'd objectively have to agree it's the 'most unique'.
BTW, this is a rehash of last year's thread on this same subject:
Prettiest campus in the SEC
Posted on 12/29/10 at 7:52 pm to tylerdurden24
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What point would you be making by saying UGA barely beats out Tech and State? That you haven't seen any of those three campuses recently?
Jamie Lee Curtis is more attractive than Rosie O'Donnell and Whoopie Goldberg.
But she is nowhere close to hot.
Posted on 12/29/10 at 7:54 pm to Toddy
LSU is ugly IMHO
Posted on 12/29/10 at 7:56 pm to hehatedrew
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University of Oregon in Eugene.
Stanford and UW have the nicest campuses in the Pac 10
Posted on 12/29/10 at 8:03 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
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Add in the Mississippi River
Yes, nothing says "beautiful" like the dirtiest river in the country.
The chemical factory really adds a...erm...corndog-ish smell to the atmosphere, too. I guess that's nice.
Posted on 12/29/10 at 8:05 pm to RMFTBama
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The chemical factory really adds a...erm...corndog-ish smell to the atmosphere, too. I guess that's nice.
Makes for some nice sunsets.
Posted on 12/29/10 at 8:08 pm to Toddy
This is an off season topic.
Ole Miss has been in the off season for a month and a half, so it makes sense...
Ole Miss has been in the off season for a month and a half, so it makes sense...
Posted on 12/29/10 at 8:08 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
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TigersOfGeauxld
sorry, LSU is not #1 b/c yall have the hood bordering your campus. trashy IMO
Posted on 12/29/10 at 8:09 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
You forgot the Indian mounds and our real fricking tiger in his 3 million dollar home
Posted on 12/29/10 at 8:10 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
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sorry, LSU is not #1 b/c yall have the hood bordering your campus. trashy IMO
thread isn't entitled "Most beautiful SEC Campus surroundings" it's "Most Beautiful SEC Campus"
Plus I get good prices on my shite with the hood so close
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Posted on 12/29/10 at 8:13 pm to memphisplaya
The prettiest view on any SEC campus, by far, is the southen exposure off Arkansas' campus into the Boston Mountains of the Ozarks.
The second prettiest view on any SEC campus is the easten exposure off Arkansas' campus to Mt. Sequoyah and Dickson Street.
The second prettiest view on any SEC campus is the easten exposure off Arkansas' campus to Mt. Sequoyah and Dickson Street.
Posted on 12/29/10 at 8:15 pm to wmr
again , it's about the buildings not the surroundings... you still have plain old boring buildings.
We have a clock tower with IIII all the way around instead of IV
because there was a Roman god that's name started with IV so they never liked to use that for the number 4
little history for you right there
We have a clock tower with IIII all the way around instead of IV
because there was a Roman god that's name started with IV so they never liked to use that for the number 4
little history for you right there
Posted on 12/29/10 at 8:16 pm to wmr
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The prettiest view on any SEC campus, by far, is the southen exposure off Arkansas' campus into the Boston Mountains of the Ozarks.
The second prettiest view on any SEC campus is the easten exposure off Arkansas' campus to Mt. Sequoyah and Dickson Street.
Too bad the campus sucks.
Posted on 12/29/10 at 8:21 pm to Wincrimson
That's fine, I'll give you credit for re-stating your comment about UGA, Tech and State in the form of a decent analogy, but I'm still curious as to whether or not you've visited any of those three campuses within the last year. No rush, just wondering
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