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Game Changer [1926]
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Harcombe/Union/Johnstone
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Apr 10, 2024, 11:16 AM
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I know all of the above were supposed to start being torn down in January. I have not been to Clemson this calendar year. Anybody been over and see what's going on?
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Hall of Famer [8516]
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Re: Harcombe/Union/Johnstone
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Apr 10, 2024, 11:44 AM
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Was just on campus Monday and they have started the demolition.
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Game Changer [1747]
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Re: Harcombe/Union/Johnstone
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Apr 10, 2024, 11:50 AM
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I work on campus. It’s scheduled to be finished sometime in 2025. They’re cleaning out the buildings and demolition is in early stages. It’ll be a green space on campus when it’s complete. Lots of good memories there!
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Tiger Spirit [9273]
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Glad to hear it will be green space***
Apr 10, 2024, 12:01 PM
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Top TigerNet [32816]
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green space = football parking :)***
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Apr 10, 2024, 1:52 PM
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Freshman [2]
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Re: Harcombe/Union/Johnstone
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Apr 10, 2024, 12:16 PM
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Any idea if there will be a surplus sale for any of the Johnstone items? (Mainly interested in my old door!)
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Orange Blooded [2468]
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Re: Harcombe/Union/Johnstone
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Apr 10, 2024, 12:39 PM
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Hmm... I wonder if you can get that Johnstone smell out of stuff.
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Heisman Winner [81868]
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Soak it in beer. Oh, wait a minute.....
Apr 10, 2024, 3:55 PM
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Heisman Winner [81868]
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I wouldn't mind owning a bowling pin from the Student Union bowling alley.
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Apr 10, 2024, 3:57 PM
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I was on some league winning teams the very first year they opened the bowling alley. Guess which year is the ONLY ONE with winners not represented on the plaques inside the Student Union?
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Game Changer [1926]
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They sold the bowling alley
Apr 11, 2024, 8:11 AM
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not sure about the pins. I know the guy that bought the actual lanes.
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Orange Blooded [2257]
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Re: I wouldn't mind owning a bowling pin from the Student Union bowling alley.
Apr 11, 2024, 10:23 AM
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Former employee here. A good portion of the bowling equipment was bought back from our supplier. Whatever was left went to the state auction system/surplus warehouse. As others have alluded to, all bowling equipment is now gone. Out of curiosity, I’ve been watching the state auction/surplus website and haven’t seen anything listed yet. But keep your eyes peeled and something may pop up. After the very last shift, my coworkers and I got to bring home some “souvenirs”. I’ll value those just as much as I do my ring.
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Tiger Spirit [9890]
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Re: Harcombe/Union/Johnstone
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Apr 10, 2024, 1:53 PM
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I want the sink that I used to pee in all the time, and repurpose it into an actual urinal for my house.
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Legend [6710]
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Re: Harcombe/Union/Johnstone
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Apr 10, 2024, 10:28 PM
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Been there done that 😆
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Game Changer [2008]
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After the initial project to remove Johnstone,
Apr 11, 2024, 6:21 AM
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I got a room number plate from one of the doors. It wasn't my actual room, but it's still neat to have.
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Orange Blooded [2426]
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Hall of Famer [8516]
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Re: Harcombe/Union/Johnstone
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Apr 10, 2024, 12:57 PM
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Yeah. Looked like they were working on the inside. I can only imagine the amount of asbestos in that complex.
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Tiger Spirit [9938]
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West campus doesn't look much like it did when I was there
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Apr 10, 2024, 12:09 PM
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anymore (87-91), except for the venerable old P-Plant, the Quad, and the classic Shoeboxes, though I imagine those will come down, too, in the next 10-12 years or so, if not sooner. Pretty soon all that will be left on west campus is the P-Plant and the Calhoun House.
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Tiger Spirit [9308]
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I've heard shoeboxes will be gutted and remodeled like the
Apr 10, 2024, 1:53 PM
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high rises on east campus.
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National Champion [7289]
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Re: Those Poor Displaced Roaches ---
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Apr 10, 2024, 12:13 PM
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Where are they to go if there is no more Johnstone????????????? 🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️
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Tiger Titan [47998]
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LOL!***
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Apr 10, 2024, 12:13 PM
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Tiger Titan [47998]
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It's a few decades overdue. Good riddance.***
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Apr 10, 2024, 12:13 PM
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Tiger Spirit [9890]
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Re: It's a few decades overdue. Good riddance.***
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Apr 10, 2024, 8:44 PM
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I’m cutting and pasting this exact post when we finally make a basketball coaching change.
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Orange Beast [6363]
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Re: Harcombe/Union/Johnstone
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Apr 10, 2024, 12:13 PM
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I be sad. But you can’t stop progress. I had many a meal in Harcombe and many a midnight snack, I met many friends on Johnstone D5 hall back in the day. I’ve often wondered if any are on Tigernet.
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Standout [209]
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Re: Harcombe/Union/Johnstone
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Apr 10, 2024, 12:35 PM
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Johnstone C3
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Tiger Spirit [9273]
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B9***
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Apr 10, 2024, 12:39 PM
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Re: D3******
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Apr 10, 2024, 3:00 PM
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Re: D2,,,,,,,,,,***
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Apr 10, 2024, 7:50 PM
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Dynasty Maker [3413]
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F1***
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Apr 10, 2024, 8:12 PM
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Top TigerNet [29304]
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Re: F1***
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Apr 10, 2024, 8:21 PM
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C8
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Game Changer [1626]
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E4 RULES!!!***
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Apr 10, 2024, 8:27 PM
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Head Coach [975]
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Re: E4 RULES!!!***
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Apr 10, 2024, 8:32 PM
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Agreed. E442 was where I spent my first two years at Clemson. 15 seconds to Harcombe or the post office or to go shoot some pool. Good times.
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Orange Blooded [2544]
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Orange Blooded [2468]
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Re: Harcombe/Union/Johnstone
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Apr 10, 2024, 12:38 PM
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I think I was on D5 Fall'86 and Spring '87.
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Orange Beast [6363]
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Re: Harcombe/Union/Johnstone
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Apr 10, 2024, 12:40 PM
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I left about a decade before you arrived. Hope you took good care of it.
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Trainer [44]
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Orange Beast [6363]
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Re: Harcombe/Union/Johnstone
Apr 10, 2024, 5:16 PM
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Hey. I was D5 in 74-75 as well.
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Dynasty Maker [3582]
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F4, at the end of the Annex hallway
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Apr 10, 2024, 2:02 PM
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I wish I could remember the room number.
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Paw Warrior [5018]
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Re: Harcombe/Union/Johnstone
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Apr 10, 2024, 12:53 PM
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Goodbye, old Union office.
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D3 fall72/spring73***
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Apr 10, 2024, 1:14 PM
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Heisman Winner [81868]
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B9 fall '72. "Old" F4 '73 thru '76.
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Apr 10, 2024, 4:01 PM
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Johnstone Hall. It was Unik.
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Scout Team [153]
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Apr 10, 2024, 1:48 PM
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D6 '76-80. Facing Death Valley, Hartwell, and the mountains right over the driveway into interior of facility. Best view on the whole campus. Remember holding up numbered cards as the coeds were walking underneath, feel bad about pelting the poor meter lady just doing her job, sunning/drinking beer on the ledge, and using neighbors dorm rooms if they left their windows open when they went home for the weekend. Throwing frisbees down the hall knocking down the asbestos insulation until you couldn't see the other end. Soaping the floors and slip/sliding the entire length. Good times!
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Dynasty Maker [3440]
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Re: Harcombe/Union/Johnstone
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Apr 10, 2024, 1:57 PM
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A8 and A8 annex my freshman and sophomore years in the early 80’s. My gawd they looked pretty rough then. I can’t imagine what they look like now. Definitely an interesting place to live. Had gun racks with curtains over them for closets and a sink in the room 😆
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Re: Harcombe/Union/Johnstone
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Apr 10, 2024, 2:16 PM
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Willgolf4food - your traditions lived on! Carried on the work beginning in 81. Was across the hall but lots of time spent “on the ledge” from your side of things.
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Asst Coach [833]
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Re: Harcombe/Union/Johnstone
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Keg parties with pull tab flyers posted in the post office and around campus; girls drank free!
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Dynasty Maker [3229]
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Re: Harcombe/Union/Johnstone
Apr 10, 2024, 3:05 PM
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Blow all that #### up🤣
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Re: Harcombe/Union/Johnstone
Apr 10, 2024, 8:26 PM
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D6
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I Once Hit a 2 Iron Punch Shot 70 Yards Down Johnstone E6
Apr 10, 2024, 8:27 PM
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In Hindsight it coulda kilt someone
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Tiger Spirit [9890]
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SAD!!!!
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Apr 10, 2024, 8:43 PM
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And then they ask me for money.
Hell no!
I don’t even recognize my school anymore.
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Orange Blooded [2257]
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Re: Harcombe/Union/Johnstone
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Apr 10, 2024, 11:38 PM
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Long time lurker, saw this thread and had to become a first time poster lol. I started working at the URC in the summer of 2021 and stayed until the very end when the university shut us down in May of last year.
The 4 pool tables were relocated to dorms. Our ping pong tables were on life support and were going to the dumpster. In terms of bowling equipment (shoes, bowling balls, pins, pinsetters, spare parts, etc.), a few things were kept for archives, but our supplier got first dibs on everything else. Whatever was left after they got what they wanted went to the state auction system/surplus warehouse in Springdale near the airport.
Plans for demo started pre 2010, but the 07-09 recession put it on the back burner. They finally resurfaced some time between 14-16 and again between 19-21. The BoT finally voted in October of 22. Part of the reason why demo kept getting put off had to do with the foundation of Holmes. The wall with the mural that ran next to the walkway that went behind the lanes is a part of the foundation system for Holmes, and if they knock it down, they put the north side of Holmes at risk of collapsing. So they have 2 options that they've pondering over the last several years. #1 Come up with a way to keep the wall or #2 build a new foundation system for the north side of Holmes then demo the wall.
The fate of the URC, and the Union in general, was inevitable, but it still hurts. It was my home away from home. I spent more time there than anywhere else on campus, and many others did too. I always enjoyed it when the old timers would come in and share stories about grabbing a beer at Edgar's then hitting the lanes, along with the other activities they participated in while at the URC (if those walls could talk lol). Once again, another piece of Clemson history has fallen to the almighty dollar. "Recreational Greenspace" is code for IPTAY parking.........which is code for moolah. As of now, the university has no intentions of building a new student union, which makes Clemson the only major university in the southeast without one. We were an enterprise of the PRTM department via Leisure Skills, we weren't trying to make a profit. Everything was $1 but we did make a decent chunk from private reservations. We routinely stayed slammed pack between students, people from the community and weekly clubs (bowling club, billiards club and ping pong club). On-campus students aren't happy because they now have even less options of things to do, especially if they don't have a vehicle. It's either Fike or DT now. And community members feel like the university is burning bridges with them between this and losing swimming access at Fike. Anyway, I digress. This post is way longer than I intended it to be, sorry about that.
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Tiger Spirit [9890]
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Great insight. And memories. Thanks for sharing.***
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