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re: Did Huey P Long build the Stadium Dorms?
Posted on 2/6/23 at 1:40 pm to Tall Tiger
Posted on 2/6/23 at 1:40 pm to Tall Tiger
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It must have been like Parris Island minus the drill instructors.
good way of putting, not too far off, maybe more like that Clint Eastwood movie where he is a DI and has all of those misfits he shapes up and takes them Grenada
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Posted on 2/6/23 at 1:57 pm to 777Tiger
The common areas had windows that looked out on the ramps inside the stadium. Theoretically you could get access that way although they were probably locked. At a game we went to when I was a youngin I peered in one of those windows. There was a poor guy in the little lounge area trying to study.
Posted on 2/6/23 at 1:58 pm to jbgleason
Yes and also dug the LSU lakes to keep Southern on the bluff
Posted on 2/6/23 at 1:59 pm to Honkus
Say what you want about HPL but he would have gotten the Loop built.
Posted on 2/6/23 at 2:19 pm to 777Tiger
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the stadium was wide arse open for anyone who wanted to go in
Early 90s. I walked right in no problem and had dirty sects on the fifty.
Posted on 2/6/23 at 2:20 pm to touchdownjeebus
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had dirty sects on the fifty.
emphasis on dirty, I'll bet half of the LSU alumni has done that
Posted on 2/6/23 at 2:23 pm to 777Tiger
I’m okay with this.
Posted on 2/6/23 at 2:24 pm to touchdownjeebus
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I’m okay with this.
I even did on the 50 of the Bernie Moore for good measure
Posted on 2/6/23 at 2:38 pm to jbgleason
The last few years of use the dorms had AC window units because the Special Olympics were held on campus in the '80's. They didn't want the special olympians to bake in the summer heat but were fine having generations of male LSU students bake their asses off.
One of the funniest stories I have read on this topic from this board was about a guy describing how he rode to Baton Rouge with his dad, mom and girlfriend to move into the stadium dorms his freshman year. They moved him in and his dad, mom and girlfriend rode back home leaving him there. He called his dad a few days later and he told him that is mom and girlfriend cried the whole trip home because it was so bad.
One of the funniest stories I have read on this topic from this board was about a guy describing how he rode to Baton Rouge with his dad, mom and girlfriend to move into the stadium dorms his freshman year. They moved him in and his dad, mom and girlfriend rode back home leaving him there. He called his dad a few days later and he told him that is mom and girlfriend cried the whole trip home because it was so bad.
Posted on 2/6/23 at 4:03 pm to Broyota2
West stadium, 5th floor, fall 1980. No AC, Radiators for heating in cold weather. No elevator. We had a hallway bathroom that had a stadium shower with two shower heads and no wall between them. The toilets had a waist-high divider wall between them, with no door.
A testament to procrastination in filling out your housing application, it was both retched and glorious
A testament to procrastination in filling out your housing application, it was both retched and glorious
Posted on 2/6/23 at 4:15 pm to Broyota2
South stadium..not bad...
Posted on 2/6/23 at 4:15 pm to Broyota2
South stadium..not bad...
Posted on 2/6/23 at 4:58 pm to jbgleason
ALLEN: Is that a raincoat?
BATEMAN: Yes, it is. In '87, Huey released this; Fore!, their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is "Hip To Be Square". A song so catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity and the importance of trends. It's also a personal statement about the band itself. Hey, Paul!
BATEMAN: Yes, it is. In '87, Huey released this; Fore!, their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is "Hip To Be Square". A song so catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity and the importance of trends. It's also a personal statement about the band itself. Hey, Paul!
Posted on 2/6/23 at 5:01 pm to neilh
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this is NeilH
You still live there?
Posted on 2/6/23 at 5:55 pm to 777Tiger
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Speaking of those dorms, are there any old timers on here that lived in those? Always curious of what that was like.
I didn't live in them but had friends that did, they were the ghetto of dorms, old, run down, no AC, but known for some absolute wild arse debauchery
Me too. Never lived in Stadium, but had friends that did. They also kicked students out on game days and locked the big outside gates. Makes sense b/c you wouldn't want the general public roaming the halls, but sucks if you didn't get a ticket to the game.
Posted on 2/6/23 at 6:06 pm to mdomingue
Sounds like Shawshank.
Posted on 2/6/23 at 6:09 pm to 92Tiger
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sucks if you didn't get a ticket to the game.
in my day your student ID was your ticket but if I lived there I'd be wanting to GTFO for a a night or two over the weekend
Posted on 2/6/23 at 6:33 pm to Havoc
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Sounds like Shawshank.
Except I didn't have to crawl through 500 yards of shite to get out, just go down 5 flights of stairs.
Posted on 2/6/23 at 6:48 pm to Broyota2
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Speaking of those dorms, are there any old timers on here that lived in those? Always curious of what that was like.
Lived in North stadium. The thing I hated most was the booming announcements early on game day, to come move our vehicles out of stadium parking
Also, came home late one night at the end of the Thanksgiving break. As I approached my stairwell, I heard very unusual noises. Very unusual. Since I had parked close, I just backed my way to my car and got inside. After a few minutes, Mike the Tiger wandered out from the stairwell.
Eventually more people started showing up to their dorms, so we were escorted to the stairs, and told to stay in our rooms
Posted on 2/6/23 at 7:51 pm to RobbBobb
Cousin did, not me. Remember hearing the pounding of the construction going on due to the building of the upper west. And hot as frick.
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