^^ It can be quick sometimes. But especially at the beginning of the semester, its unusable.

12/10/2007 10:24:30 PM

^^I'll have to use that starbucks line some time. I know a few carolina people that it would really fit well for.

lol @ liberal arts colleges.

12/10/2007 11:18:34 PM

they pretty much just need to

SHUT THE FUCK UP

we roll deep in the brick

bitches

12/10/2007 11:43:45 PM

i've been to a few of the other colleges on the list and they didn't seem all that ugly to me, except rutgers, it is a shithole and should be #1

12/11/2007 12:26:33 AM

drexel isn't as bad as everyone says imo, mainly b/c it's still in the middle of philly. you can just look at upenn's buildings instead and you don't even know it.

and they have some new buildings that are pretty fresh.

12/11/2007 12:27:41 AM

yeah I don't really give a shit about how supposedly ugly we are, i like the look of the brickyard

I will agree that Centennial is worlds better than that slum they call Daniels. It just feels ancient and very much in disrepair.

12/11/2007 12:31:36 AM

i love the bricks.

i have to of course. theres no other choice.

However, if i didnt go to NCSU, i would probably agree with the survey that NCSU has a shit ton of ugly bricks.

and Ive been to Arizona State fwiw... its an ugly fucking campus. Objectively -- much uglier than NCSU. Its also in an ugly fucking suburb, in one of the ugliest fucking cities in the United States. but got-damn theres a more than enough scantily clad drop-dead hot chicks running around there to make you go blind. I ain't never seen such a sight in my life. Better than UCLA even.





[Edited on December 11, 2007 at 12:38 AM. Reason : ]

12/11/2007 12:32:21 AM

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"North Carolina State University- Brick, brick, brick, brick…it should be their fight song. "

Shit had me rolling. Sorry, but it did.


It does kinda look like 1930s Chicago.

12/11/2007 12:36:42 AM

and the problem is?

I've always liked NCSU's campus, between the older buildings and the newer ones, the trees and how its right ON a traintrack.

12/11/2007 12:50:42 AM

^i hate the damn train. dumb choke points everywhere and you have to go around your elbow to get to your asshole.

12/11/2007 12:51:58 AM

Would it kill 'em to use some stone once in a while?









Or block?



Or even concrete?

12/11/2007 12:55:40 AM

I <3 our bricks. If you ask me we need more bricks.

We need a brick factory on campus, made out of bricks of course.

12/11/2007 1:46:58 PM

shut the fuck up dummy

12/11/2007 1:51:39 PM

^^There are so many in the state, that's why we use it so much!

12/11/2007 1:53:56 PM

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"State's campus would look 10x better if they hadn't felt the need to put roads and parking spaces EVERYWHERE. I really think that's one of the difference between State and UNC....Carolina has grassy quads. We have roads going everywhere and way too much on-campus parking. You can have convenience (park right next to the building, at least if you're faculty) or you can have scenery (a very large percentage of folks at UNC have to use park-and-rides). Pick one. Their buildings aren't that much prettier than ours. It's the landscaping and the roads that make a difference."

thats because most of their campus was built before cars were invented

[Edited on December 11, 2007 at 2:13 PM. Reason : kjhg]

12/11/2007 2:12:17 PM

http://www.ncsu.edu/nso/traditions/campus/bricks/bricks.htm

12/11/2007 2:22:36 PM

I don't care, I like the bricks. If shit goes down I know I can chuck a brick at something. At UNC a hand full of grass/dirt ain't going to do nothing.

12/11/2007 2:38:35 PM

at least we don't have some gay name for the exterior skin of our buildings

like HOKIESTONE or DUKE STONE

or some other stupid, churched-up shit

12/11/2007 3:38:49 PM

the brick sculptures do look like ass

12/11/2007 5:02:09 PM

Can you honestly tell me that a few buildings on State's campus would not look better with some of those ^x9 on the exterior walls?

12/20/2007 11:47:14 PM

the bricks are a mark of tradition at state, the reason we have them is due to a surplus after the civil war, not many schools can even say that they were built pre-civil war. the bricks are awesome and at least its classy and original.

poe needs to be torn down however.

12/21/2007 12:11:04 AM

too easy

12/21/2007 12:12:31 AM

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"thats because most of their campus was built before cars were invented"

slayed.

12/21/2007 12:16:34 AM

^^^ Um. . .four things--at least:

1. So every building has to be brick? I mean, you didn't like any of the block or stone that I posted?

2. A lot of buildings have been built at State since the Civil War period.

3. Civil War: 1861-1865. NC State University: established 1887. The bricks were in "surplus" for 22 years?

4. According to State's own Web site, at least some bricks came from the following place:

Quote :

"What is known about the bricks is that the original bricks for Holladay Hall were donated by the state prison and built by the inmates. Regardless of the reasons, the NC State bricks give campus a unique and consistent look that leaves a lasting impression on anyone who walks through campus."

http://www.ncsu.edu/nso/traditions/campus/bricks/bricks.htm

[Edited on December 21, 2007 at 12:25 AM. Reason : .]

12/21/2007 12:18:02 AM

i don't really care that the buildings are brick--whoever decided to make the fucking sidewalks brick needs to catch an ass-whoopin'

12/21/2007 12:19:58 AM

^^next you'll be wanting to lay sod in the brickyard

12/21/2007 12:21:47 AM

^^ Agree.

^ WTF? NO--I WOULD SIMPLY LIKE TO SEE A FEW BUILDINGS THAT AREN'T FUCKING BRICK!!!1

[Edited on December 21, 2007 at 12:23 AM. Reason : .]

12/21/2007 12:21:53 AM

Harrelson.

/end

12/21/2007 12:22:44 AM

Quote :

"i don't really care that the buildings are brick--whoever decided to make the fucking sidewalks brick needs to catch an ass-whoopin'"

i honestly think if, when planning, they had the foresight to put in a 2'-3' wide strip of grass/plantings/shrubs/flowers along most of the sidewalks either between the road and the sidewalk, or the sidewalk and the road, the campus would have a totally different feel to it. just that little bit of green to break up the monotony of the brick would have a huge effect to the aesthetic appeal of the school.

another thing - for all the knocking the bricks on our campus take, why doesn't anyone ever go after the (in my eyes) biggest unsightly problem (and probably the easiest to correct): the fucking mulch/dirt areas. i swear, for being a school with a damn turfgrass program, you'd think we would find a way to get grass to grow where we want it. instead, they just put down mulch in huge areas (see: along dunn ave. across from reynolds & the coliseum deck) twice a year and call it done. why can't we spring for some damn grass seed?

[Edited on December 21, 2007 at 12:31 AM. Reason : []

12/21/2007 12:30:02 AM

i'm actually glad i got my degree before engineering moved to centennial. even though centennial may be prettier than engineering row, you can't get a sense of tradition out there. i like the bricks and i like the old campus. i may be biased though.

12/21/2007 12:52:47 AM

^^ Probably not a bad idea--as long as they don't take up even more parking spaces just to plant a few scrub trees.

12/21/2007 1:21:07 AM