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re: Tell me more about LSU
Posted on 12/7/10 at 4:51 pm to aggiegirl2005
Posted on 12/7/10 at 4:51 pm to aggiegirl2005
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-To thank Texas A&M for its assistance during World War II, the US Army designated Reveille a 5 star Cadet General.
can't respect a student body that worships a dog.
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Posted on 12/7/10 at 4:54 pm to geauxaddai
"One of the most famous incidents involving Mike IV occurred on November 28, 1981. About 1:00am, Dr. Bivin got a call from the LSU police. "Mike's out," they said. "Mike who?" he asked. The police responded, "Mike the tiger. He's out in the middle of North Stadium Drive." It seems some pranksters had cut the chain to the outer door and the lock to the inner door, releasing the dangerous cat. Mike was wandering around the north end of the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. He ended up in the Bernie Moore Track Stadium. Mike attacked a small tree along the way and appeared to be enjoying himself. After three tranquilizers, Mike was returned to his cage and awoke the next morning with no ill effects. "
Holy crap. I saw Mike about a month ago, curled up asleep in his favorite corner.
I realized LSU was a former military school but I had no idea it had such a decorated military past. Kudos.
Holy crap. I saw Mike about a month ago, curled up asleep in his favorite corner.
I realized LSU was a former military school but I had no idea it had such a decorated military past. Kudos.
Posted on 12/7/10 at 4:54 pm to jdg91878
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It's also near impossible to have anything close to a rational, intelligent conversation with LSU fans.
Posted on 12/7/10 at 4:59 pm to LSUDad
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Do they still have the Steakhouse in Snook?
they did about 1.5 years ago
Posted on 12/7/10 at 4:59 pm to LSUDad
LSUDad - aah a firefighter! I love the firefighting camp in College Station. We always got interesting groups from all over the world who came to learn there - you'd run across them out and about on Northgate all the time.
Brayton
Haven't lived in Texas in a while, so not sure if the steakhouse is still there!
Brayton
Haven't lived in Texas in a while, so not sure if the steakhouse is still there!
This post was edited on 12/7/10 at 5:00 pm
Posted on 12/7/10 at 4:59 pm to LSUDad
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It's also near impossible to have anything close to a rational, intelligent conversation with LSU fans.
I'd have taken this as a compliment.
Posted on 12/7/10 at 5:00 pm to ksayetiger
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Do they still have the Steakhouse in Snook?
Complete with chicken-fried bacon!!!
Posted on 12/7/10 at 5:05 pm to aggiegirl2005
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-A lot of people don't realize that A&M is a federal military college, like the Citadel or VMI.
Wrong, they are state supported military schools. Not Federal.
Posted on 12/7/10 at 5:05 pm to LSUDad
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In 1853, the Louisiana General Assembly established the Seminary of Learning of the State of Louisiana near Pineville, Louisiana.
The institution opened January 2, 1860, with Colonel William Tecumseh Sherman as superintendent.
A year later, Sherman resigned his position after Louisiana became the sixth state to secede from the Union, on January 26, 1861.
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The current LSU campus is located on 2,000 acres (8.1 km²) just south of downtown Baton Rouge.
A majority of the university's 250 buildings, most of which were built between 1925 and 1940, occupy a 650-acre (2.6 km²) plateau on the banks of the Mississippi River.
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The Olmsted Brothers Firm of Brookline, Massachusetts, designed the current campus around 1921 when LSU was planning to move its campus from downtown Baton Rouge.
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For reasons unknown, the Olmsted Brothers firm was dropped from the project, and an architect named Theodore Link, who was well-known for designing Union Station in St. Louis, Missouri, took over the campus master plan.
Link collaborated with Wilbur Tyson Trueblood on the project, but remained faithful to the campus that the Olmsted firm had designed.
Unfortunately, Link died in 1923 before the plan was completed. New Orleans architects Wogan and Bernard completed Link’s work and the campus was dedicated on April 30, 1926.
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Although the Olmsted firm had originally envisioned a Spanish or Mexican style design for the University, Link designed the campus with tan stucco walls, red-tiled rooftops, and extensive porticoes in an attempt to emulate the architecture of Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio.
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LSU’s campus is also known for the 1,200 live oak trees that shade the ground of the university. During the 1930s, landscape artist Steele Burden planted many of LSU’s live oaks and magnolia trees, which are now valued at over $50 million.
Many of the azaleas, crepe myrtles, ligustrum, and camellias planted in the quadrangle were added to the campus in the 1970s.
Through the LSU Foundation’s “Endow an Oak” program, individuals and groups are able to endow live oaks across the university's campus.
Thomas Gaines, author of The Campus as a Work of Art, praises LSU's landscaping as "a botanical joy" and lists it among the 20 best campuses in the United States.
LSU Wiki
Posted on 12/7/10 at 5:06 pm to aggiegirl2005
Thats something else we have in common. LSU has some sort of firefighter school, as well, off of Nicholson.
Posted on 12/7/10 at 5:06 pm to aggiegirl2005
Like what?
Posted on 12/7/10 at 5:06 pm to aggiegirl2005
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Tell me more about LSU
Posted on 12/7/10 at 5:08 pm to LSUTiger205
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Wrong, they are state supported military schools. Not Federal.
State supported yes. But it is designated by federal law as a senior military college, one of six (A&M, VMI, Citadel, Va Tech, Norwich, & NGCSU). I phrased that poorly in my first post.
Senior Military Colleges
This post was edited on 12/7/10 at 5:13 pm
Posted on 12/7/10 at 5:10 pm to aggiegirl2005
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Although the Olmsted firm had originally envisioned a Spanish or Mexican style design for the University, Link designed the campus with tan stucco walls, red-tiled rooftops, and extensive porticoes in an attempt to emulate the architecture of Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio.
It is a very beautiful campus, I will give you that.
Posted on 12/7/10 at 5:11 pm to aggiegirl2005
LSU
A&M
A&M
Posted on 12/7/10 at 5:13 pm to aggiegirl2005
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It's so they can always know the score inside of Kyle Field.
They're already dead. Why put them through all that misery every saturday?
Posted on 12/7/10 at 5:13 pm to aggiegirl2005
Norwich is a private school, but still state supported. I have several Marine friends who went there.
All the other ones you listed are state supported military universities.
What makes a "Federal Military University/Academy" different is that commissing isnt optional.
All the other ones you listed are state supported military universities.
What makes a "Federal Military University/Academy" different is that commissing isnt optional.
Posted on 12/7/10 at 5:15 pm to graychef
Boy is that an old pic. But I get where you're going with this.
Posted on 12/7/10 at 5:17 pm to aggiegirl2005
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LSUDad - aah a firefighter! I love the firefighting camp in College Station.
It is a good one.
Anyone of yall know Joe Tortorice?
Posted on 12/7/10 at 5:23 pm to TigerStripes06
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can't respect a student body that worships a dog.
If the U.S. Army can, I can.
I can't respect a student body that worships a JUCO QB with a sexual assault charge.
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