Tob, something tells me that I either know you or know of you (more likely).
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I wanted to live in the armpit of campus because I was a Governor's Scholar, and I was trying to shake the associated nerdy stigma by living in the hell-hole. That, and private rooms were cheap there, and having my own room was what I really wanted.
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I don't blame you. I had 2 roommates during my first year at the newly-remodeled West. We had to throw one out b/c he wouldn't do anything about his horrible body odor. My other roommate was alright, but he was a bit strange...maybe more than a bit. Last I heard before I left, he had become a CA at North. *shakes his head*
Did living at South ever get to you at all? Especially when most upperclassmen move off campus or to Myers after the first 2 years.
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Plus, being on the ground floor (due to the slope of the hill in back), it was very easy to smuggle in alcohol through someone's window.
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I was on 7 in west, so it was a bit more tricky...especially since the CA lived on my floor. We would take the elevator up to 8 (No CA there) and slip down one of the stairwells to alcoholic freedom.
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Ahhh yes.. picked up some mighty-fine women there. Actually, I much preferred the "White House".. were you there before they got busted?
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Never went there, but heard of it plenty. Refresh my memory...was that the old TKE house on N. Sprigg towards Broadway?
There was also "the corner" (the house on the SW corner of Sprigg and Normal)...lots of crazy shit there. And the old Phi Sig house. And the Pike House. And then there was that joint over in Illinois, near the Crackle, that kept getting busted by the police.
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Yeah, I'd heard the rumors about making Playboy's top-ten party college list, but I never believed them!
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I don't know about any top-ten lists, but that place was party central apparently. It was like Carbondale is now (or at least how I remember Carbondale in the mid-90s).
All in all, my time in Cape wasn't too bad, particularly my last semester there. There are times when I wish I would have stayed there for the full 4 years, but I'm not one for regrets. UMSL had a much better psychology program, and I think going back to St. Louis set me up for my adventures out here. It's all good.