Yeah. It's all shiny, new, and overpriced now.

Place was a dump when we went there, and we loved it. Johnstone's crappy walls and gas chamber showers, barf in the sinks, no doors on the stalls, Harcomb's rubber steaks (that was a treat BTW), shoeboxes, Edgars, Old bookstore in a dungeon, old buildings with peeling paint, musty smelling dark library, etc. We all LOVED IT!!

I see "study space" is an issue now. I know the bottom floor of Cooper, in a corner, in a desk, was where I always studied. Johnstone was impossible to study in. Honestly, I was happier living in Johnstone than this large and new house today, fwiw. Then I upgraded from Johnstone to Golden Woods off campus.

Not sure I like all these pampered kids in modern dorms, with all the amenities they have today. I'd imagine it's a less social place in the dorms now than in the past. I'd just assume my sons stay in a crappy Johnstone dorm, take classes in a crappy old building with peeling paint, with the same professors, for $5k a year. I'd be fine with that.

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Aug 8, 2018, 2:29 PM [ in reply to It's kind of weird going there these days....... ]

it ever was emotionally, but let's be totally honest here...outside of football games and an occasional jaunt around town in the off-season to buy swag, I'm just not going to go bar hopping with students. Even though I hate to see 'my' Clemson go away, I'm still quite happy that the leadership is looking to expand and improve the school, the brand, and the value of the degree.

What's happening around town is a reflection of what's happening at the school. Clemson has become a boutique school that attracts kids that are interested in a great education, generally from a higher socioeconomic level, and all too often from very affluent and celebrity families. Even if it WAS the same little Mayberry with crappy dorms and a mid-tier education, I'm just not sure that middle-aged RH Tig is still gonna go whoop it up downtown until he vomits in front of Tiger Town Tavern just after closing. The school and the town are successfully playing to the demographic that they need to in order to raise the overall brand.

We're the generation raising the kids that demand these things, so we're actually partly to blame. I have the same inner conflict seeing 'my' Rock Hill fade away, but common sense tells me it's for the greater good. I may not particularly like it, but I at least understand it.

Hey, at least we're not SC State and have to send someone down to the title loan store once a week to pawn university vehicles in order to keep the doors open, right?

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I found this interesting, but I think CU is going overboard

That roundabout will totally #### up football

Definite problems.

check out ES-27

Glad I downloaded the high-res version for that...

It's kind of weird going there these days.......

This is the sense I get from every generation I've talked to

The campus changed more in the first 10 years after I

yep, we're in the same era.

I'm class of 99. Dad was class of 65. Dad's dad was class

You went to school in the late 2000's. You were

2000-2006 here. I was in the middle of all the big changes

At least they can drop the soap in the shower and not worry

I'm not anti-expansion, but I'd like to see it done in an

I agree with all of this***

that's a great description of the CLEMSON i remember...

HUMBLE BRAG INCOMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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My connection to the university and the town is no less than

Who are you and what have you done with RH Tig.

I KNEW I COULD STRIKE YOU OUT ON MY CURVE BALL.***

is the fountain kaput?***

I don't like change either.

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