Saturday, Emily, Brad, and I walked all around campus and reminisced about each building!
Warning: This is a very long post with lots of pictures. It may be boring for anyone other than Rhodes graduates!
First, we passed "The Rat" which is one of two on-campus eating places. I can't remember why it is called The Rat but what a horrible name for a place to eat!
We ate here most frequently during Freshman year and it has a lot of good memories spent lingering at those big tables. However, the food was horrible and I do not miss that at all!
Next, we passed Palmer Hall and the Bell Tower. Here, we had various classes including English and Life classes.
Right next to Palmer Hall is Burrow Library. This was the campus library while we were in school. However, during all 4 years, the new 34 million dollar library was under construction. Unfortunately, it did not open until the year after we graduated. But, after walking through both buildings, we all decided that we loved the Burrow Library! It also holds great memories of time spent studying but also socializing at large library tables surrounded by books! I wish I had a picture of how it used to be inside.
To the right of the library is the Row of Oaks and Buckman Hall. I think the Row of Oaks was the original entrance onto campus.
Emily, Brad, and I all spent a lot of time in Buckman. Both the Business (Brad and El) and International Studies (Em) Departments and classes were in this building along with the computer labs.
Brad and I only had one class together throughout college even though we had the same major. It was Senior Seminar and in this classroom!
Brad was a very focused student. He hated it when I used to write him notes during class and doodle, both of which I loved to do! (I was also a good student and always maintained that doodling and note passing helped me stay awake!)
Here is one of Emily's main IS classrooms.
Next, is a picture of the walk I used to make a lot Freshman year from Buckman back to my dorm, Trezevant Hall.
On Tuesdays and Thursdays, I would walk through Townsend Hall where Brad lived and talk to him since our freshman dorms connected. We met on New Year's Eve of Freshman year, but this was when I first got to know Brad one-on-one, and I always enjoyed talking to him. He was a good friend and I knew even then that he was trustworthy and very loyal! One day I will write out our entire story:)
His room is the window on the first floor above the green electrical box!
Front entrance of Townsend Hall
Below is the courtyard and hallway that connected our dorms.
Here is a picture of my dorm room from the back. I can't remember which window is mine exactly but I think it is the third or fourth one from the right on the first floor.
Emily had the best freshman door room that she shared with Mary Jane! They lived in Robinson Hall and had the four windows just above the wording that overlooked one of the main parts of campus!
Jonathan lived in Blount Hall. I have a picture of his dorm room because so many of my memories from Freshman year happened in his room pre-partying with all of our friends before bus parties! The sorority and fraternities would host bus parties at various bars in Memphis and provide buses for the students to ride on to and from the party!
Jonathan's room was the two windows just about the ivy on the right!
Like I said in the previous post, all of our closest friends lived in the townhouses our Sophomore year! Here is a picture of 4 out of the 5 townhouses that I took for my photography class in college!
During Junior and Senior year, Emily, along with three other friends, lived in East Village, an apartment style dorm for upper class men. Here are a couple of shots of each side of East Village.
Deana, Lauren Jackson, and I lived off campus at 1952 Tutwiler! It was just four houses down from campus!
Brad lived at 225 Hawthorne with Kevin and Bill, but unfortunately, I don't have a picture.
While at Rhodes, Emily and I were KD's. The house still looked and smelled the exact same (which isn't necessarily a good thing:))!
During my Senior year, I worked at Java City, the on-campus coffee shop! Here is the building where Java City used to be along with the mailroom.
On the back side of the coffee shop was the Rhodes Bookstore. Now, the bookstore takes up the entire building.
Here is the music building, Hassel Hall where I took my one required fine arts class. Emily took piano lessons here.
Finally, here are a few shots of the new and spectacular library!
Unfortunately, I missed shots of the BCLC and the fraternity houses. The BCLC included the awesome Rhodes gym where I worked out, the Lynx Lair where I ate lunch all the time, the pool, and the basketball gym where we watched games!
