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Posted on 1/29/11 at 8:05 pm to Tolbert1906
Posted on 1/29/11 at 8:05 pm to Tolbert1906
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florida's main campus is larger than the 2000 acres they state.
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UF has a 2,000-acre campus...
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Posted on 1/29/11 at 8:22 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
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6. Alabama at 1,176 acres. This includes recently purchased adjacent land containing Bryce Hospital.
I didn't think there would be five more schools in the SEC with larger campuses, but we're not an agriculture or rural school either.
Posted on 1/29/11 at 8:31 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
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Posted on 1/29/11 at 9:58 pm to CapstoneGrad06
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I didn't think there would be five more schools in the SEC with larger campuses, but we're not an agriculture or rural school either.
We're not rural, and our Ag labs, facilities, and research stations are not included in the main campus size since they are off campus.
Posted on 1/29/11 at 11:43 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
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We're not rural, and our Ag labs, facilities, and research stations are not included in the main campus size since they are off campus.
I think all schools have Ag labs and shite that are off campus and not included. I know we did when I took Botany. We had to drive like 30 minutes to get to our "field lab"...
Posted on 1/29/11 at 11:45 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
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We're not rural, and our Ag labs, facilities, and research stations are not included in the main campus size since they are off campus.
I wasn't saying that LSU was rural. I was referring to Ole Miss and Mississippi State. And LSU and Auburn are both ag schools, and those tend to be larger in campus size.
Posted on 1/30/11 at 4:17 am to CapstoneGrad06
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Isn't the University trying to buy up land around the strip and west of Bryant - Denny?
Yeah, and the fricking Nazi's booted "The Booth" and "Cheap Shots" from The Strip. They even attempted to demolish The Strip in order to construct a parking garage, but that idea was short lived...
By the way, didn't "The Booth" reopen in downtown recently???
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Posted on 1/30/11 at 5:39 am to TigersOfGeauxld
Some of the campuses on your list includes all of the campuses around the state and others are only the main campus.
For Arkansas you just have the main campus in Fayetteville. For LSU you have all of the campuses in the state.
The current LSU campus is located on 2,000 acres (8.1 km²) just south of downtown Baton Rouge. A majority of the university's 250 buildings, most of which were built between 1925 and 1940, occupy a 650-acre (2.6 km²) plateau on the banks of the Mississippi River. Other campuses in the LSU system include the LSU Agricultural Center, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, University of New Orleans, LSU at Shreveport, LSU at Eunice, LSU at Alexandria, and the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans. In addition, LSU owns and operates the J. Bennett Johnston, Sr. Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices (CAMD), which is a 1.3 GeV synchrotron radiation facility.
For Arkansas you just have the main campus in Fayetteville. For LSU you have all of the campuses in the state.
The current LSU campus is located on 2,000 acres (8.1 km²) just south of downtown Baton Rouge. A majority of the university's 250 buildings, most of which were built between 1925 and 1940, occupy a 650-acre (2.6 km²) plateau on the banks of the Mississippi River. Other campuses in the LSU system include the LSU Agricultural Center, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, University of New Orleans, LSU at Shreveport, LSU at Eunice, LSU at Alexandria, and the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans. In addition, LSU owns and operates the J. Bennett Johnston, Sr. Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices (CAMD), which is a 1.3 GeV synchrotron radiation facility.
Posted on 1/30/11 at 6:02 am to liferedeemed
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For LSU you have all of the campuses in the state.
I really think you misread that badly. If I had included ALL of LSU's campuses and facilities, the total acreage would be in excess of 10,000 acres.
LSU's main campus is 2,000 plus acres from the Mississippi River to the LSU Lakes, South Gate to North Gate.
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LSU is located on more than 2,000 acres of land in the southern part of Baton Rouge, bordered on the west by the Mississippi River.
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The University's more than 250 principal buildings are grouped on a 650-acre plateau, which constitutes the main part of campus.
LSU Campus Information: Quick Facts
The 650 acres is the original campus, centered around the Quad and the Memorial Tower. Almost smack dab center of the total existing campus.
Go back and read it again.
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Posted on 1/30/11 at 6:04 am to CapstoneGrad06
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And LSU and Auburn are both ag schools, and those tend to be larger in campus size.
Our campus was designed before the Ag school was integrated.
Posted on 1/30/11 at 7:49 am to TigersOfGeauxld
Lol! That includes the golf course and everything down to Brightside. I bet it includes the GRSI Ave incubator as well.
I am pretty sure most of the other schools don't have a golf course, and levies included in their campus number.
For reference, I noticed that Arkansas didn't include RoadHog Park, Razorback Gardens, Tyson Track Complex, the Razorback Ticket office and Baum stadium in their numbers.
Great list, nice discussion, but unfortunately, not the same basis. Oh, also included in LSU's numbers: LINK /
I am pretty sure most of the other schools don't have a golf course, and levies included in their campus number.
For reference, I noticed that Arkansas didn't include RoadHog Park, Razorback Gardens, Tyson Track Complex, the Razorback Ticket office and Baum stadium in their numbers.
Great list, nice discussion, but unfortunately, not the same basis. Oh, also included in LSU's numbers: LINK /
Posted on 1/30/11 at 12:47 pm to liferedeemed
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Lol! That includes the golf course and everything down to Brightside
Yes, and if LSU chooses to build a golf course on the original 2,000 plus acres awarded it by the legislature, then that's their right and their choice.
The fact remains that main campus comprises 2,000 contiguous acres. From the Mississippi River to the LSU lakes, North Gate to South Gate. You can walk to all four cardinal points and never leave LSU's campus.
In year's past, there was even talk of relocating the golf course farther away to an off campus location to make room for new construction.
I believe you'll find very few schools have an on campus golf course. LSU may well be the only one in the SEC with one, unless Florida has one as well.
Posted on 1/30/11 at 1:18 pm to jatebe
Wow. Those old Alabama buildings were beautiful. What a damned shame they were destroyed.
The U of Ark campus is relatively compact. It is more like an urban campus, only not in an entirely urban setting. The feeling of being on campus is that you are on an Ozark mountaintop, and Fayetteville is just perched on the other hillsides adjacent. Other than the steep hills (which build strong legs!) its very walkable.
While parking can be a bitch, I like that we have a lot fewer sprawling parking lots on our campus than most seem to have. We garage, out of necessity.
There's a big Ag area a couple of miles north of the campus, which might be something some other schools include in their main campus. And Baum and the Indoor Track and associated parking lots aren't technically a part of campus, although they are just 1/4 mile south.
The U of Ark campus is relatively compact. It is more like an urban campus, only not in an entirely urban setting. The feeling of being on campus is that you are on an Ozark mountaintop, and Fayetteville is just perched on the other hillsides adjacent. Other than the steep hills (which build strong legs!) its very walkable.
While parking can be a bitch, I like that we have a lot fewer sprawling parking lots on our campus than most seem to have. We garage, out of necessity.
There's a big Ag area a couple of miles north of the campus, which might be something some other schools include in their main campus. And Baum and the Indoor Track and associated parking lots aren't technically a part of campus, although they are just 1/4 mile south.
Posted on 1/30/11 at 1:32 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
here is a really cool land area calculator. lsu's contiguous campus is about 1400 acres, including golf course and that big lake.
LINK
uf's campus does have a golf course. florida's campus is also the most heavily-wooded of the sec campuses, especially the central campus area around lake alice and the woods north of there.
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uf's campus does have a golf course. florida's campus is also the most heavily-wooded of the sec campuses, especially the central campus area around lake alice and the woods north of there.
Posted on 1/30/11 at 1:51 pm to Tolbert1906
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lsu's contiguous campus is about 1400 acres, including golf course and that big lake.
Not sure what your saying here, but LSU is still located on same 2,000 plus acres awarded it by the state legislature back in 1924.
Edit: Used the same site on UF's campus and also got around 1400 acres, well short of the 2,000 acres UF claims. Clearly, the software has an error margin built into it.
Again, from the Mississippi River, to the LSU Lakes, North Gate to South Gate. All LSU. All contiguous.
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florida's campus is also the most heavily-wooded of the sec campuses
Link? UF says they have 900 buildings in about the same campus size as LSU. You're saying they have more trees as well? As well as an on campus golf course? Does not compute. Something has to give here.
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Posted on 1/30/11 at 2:13 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
quote:you only need to look at a satellite map to see the heavy vegetation. the area around lake alice is undeveloped and protected, so naturally it's going to be very densely-filled with trees. LINK
Link? UF says they have 900 buildings in about the same campus size as LSU. You're saying they have more trees as well?
also, that land area calculator seems to be fairly accurate, just double-checking their calculations.
Posted on 1/30/11 at 2:36 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
Vandy has a beautiful Campus!
Posted on 1/30/11 at 2:44 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
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5. Ole Miss at 1,200 acres. This figure does not include the marijuana farm and other acreage. Still a very respectable size, and larger than most fans probably expect it to be.
Most people don't realize that campus goes all the way to the Softball/Soccer fields, down towards the intramural fields and across to Campus Walk which is now owned by the university. It is just not close to any education building so people don't think about it.
Posted on 1/30/11 at 3:21 pm to BradPitt
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By the way, didn't "The Booth" reopen in downtown recently???
Yes. Not too far from Innis Free.
Posted on 1/30/11 at 3:59 pm to Tolbert1906
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you only need to look at a satellite map to see the heavy vegetation. the area around lake alice is undeveloped and protected, so naturally it's going to be very densely-filled with trees. LINK
also, that land area calculator seems to be fairly accurate, just double-checking their calculations.
"fairly accurate"? There seems to be a large margin of error, and may be attributable to something as simple as not taking into account the curvature of the earth, or failing to calculate the topography correctly.
I did find that the more pins you put on the map, the more accurate the calculations are. The problem is zooming in to try and find the campus contours accurately. LSU's campus is very irregular and it's not easy to tell where it ends in places.
As far as trees go, LSU's lakes are on the periphery, while Florida's takes up space in the middle. So more land area in the LSU campus than Florida's. And more trees on the land.
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You didn't answer my question about the 900 buildings. That works out to about a building every other acre, which doesn't compute based on what you say about the trees, the lake, and the golf course.
In any case, each school has these figures listed, and I'm sure they know better than anyone how much ground they have to care for.
This post was edited on 1/30/11 at 4:29 pm
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