No, I didn't attend Ohio State, but the feelings of Buckeye pride are starting to sink in the longer we live here. OSU just hosted the grand opening of its new $180 million student union building and I can't wait to go take a tour. There's nothing like beautiful architecture, art, history, and about 50 different dining options at your fingertips to inspire awe. Apparently the building incorporates much of the material from the old Ohio Union, features faculty and student art, is Green and LEED certified (they have a special machine that breaks all the garbage down into pellets to fertilize other areas), sports lots of student meeting areas and is the home of multiple spectacular ballrooms. I'm getting giddy just thinking about it!
Love those gleaming floors...
The view from outside.
Now if only I knew where to park on campus to access said structure. Any tips? I think we might make the pilgrimage down next week in conjuction with the festivities for the opening of the Multicultural Center, as well as to see special exhibits at the new OSU Library and the Wexner Center for the Arts. I've been wanting to see those for a while as well.Have you been in the new Ohio Union or Library yet? What were your impressions? If you're not a Buckeye, what's the best or unique feature of the campus you attended or one you have visited? I will never forget the smell of the fresh cedar mulch and the blooming dogwood trees on the HBS campus in spring.
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J really wants our next date to be to the new library. He brought home the brochure and everything. Maybe it will just be a campus tour--wanna make it a double? There's a visitors garage within easy walking distance to the union. I think you can access it from High St. but I'm not sure. I just know the back road from J's building. Fun!!!
We went to the library recently and it was beautiful! I absolutely loved it. I didn't even know about the student union, but now I want to go.
When we were in Cinci last week, we visited the Univ. of Cincinnati. The campus is very tight, all the buildings are close together; it was different. But one feature we thought was really cool (and I don't even love football) was that the football stadium was smack in the middle of campus and it was dug down into the ground. You could see into it from all the surrounding buildings. That was really cool to see. Talk about a fun football game... Just thought I'd share.
Wow, that student union building makes the Wilk look like a trash heap! (It kind of is though, to be honest. Well, outdated to say the least.) Sounds like OSU got a pretty sweet overhaul of a lot of buildings, though. Next time I come to visit you guys I would be very interested to go tour the campus. Maybe I'll transfer!
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