Four Years Later

After four years there, one could say I'm pretty familiar with U of I. Having said that, there are going to be things that I do and don't miss about campus.

A few of the things I will miss:
1.) Being able to order food at pretty much any time
2.) The types of food you could order at said times: chinese, cookies, calzones, gyros, burgers, mexican, subs, and the ubiquitous pizza
3.) Food specials at different places and/or nights around campustown
4.) Thirteen, yep thirteen, bars within a ten minute walk of each other:
co's, kam's, station, gully's, clybourne; firehaus, legends, murphy's, white horse, bar louie, illini inn; brother's, joe's
-the first "semicoloned" group is easier with carding, and the crowd reflects that; next group has a little older crowd and are more hang-out type places; last group is a pretty good mix of everything
5.) An abundance of places to take naps in the union
6.) Illinois basketball from the 2004-2005 season (go Deron!)
7.) Somehow running into the same people when walking around a campus of 40000
8.) I've been missing this since they disappeared in 2005: some church giving out free hot dogs after-hours on daniel between 3rd and 4th
-combine this with bonnie jean's across the street, and i had some good drunk food back in sophomore year

This next list actually is from a friend. My own comments are in brackets. Except for #5 (no idea what she's talking about) and #6 (never had it happen), I pretty much agree with her.

Things I actually won't miss about the U of I Quad and campus:
1. People that stop and chat in the middle of a pathway
2. People that decide to hold hands and kiss while walking, thus veering directly into you
3. People that walk in groups of 5 to 10 straight across so there is no way that anyone else can walk near the sidewalk
4. MCB majors getting forced into lectures at the most run down buildings and rooms on campus
[Lincoln, Foellinger, NHB for our core classes]
5. The "information on non-violent eating" and "information on animal cruelty" guy
6. Large groups of people that decide to play frisbee in the middle of the day when lots of people are sitting outside on the quad, thus forcing you to play monkey in the middle involuntarily
7. Classmates that speak at full volume behind you during lecture
8. Professors that don't really speak English very good ;-)
9. Fear of a j-walking ticket - seriously?
10. Driving [up] I-57 several times a year...
[11. UI/Chambana parking prices and tickets]
[12. Dorm living. Bleh.]

Yep, that covers most of it. Heh, my likes list deals with eating, drinking, and sleeping. My dislikes list deals with school and associated activities. I'm sure this'll hold true to an even greater extent in a few months.