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STAR
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posted 18 October 2001 05:32 PM

Who else would complain about this other than a U of T student?! You don't realize how big this campus is until you have one class on the very east side and the other on the very west... and only 10 minutes to get from one end to the other. If you are wondering distance wise how far it is... think Bay Street to Spadina. That is soooo NOT a ten minute walk! Right now it's not that bad, but I know I'm gonna hate it once winter comes.
Anyone else have to mission across their campus?

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Victor Von Mediaboy
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posted 18 October 2001 05:34 PM

My school (U of Windsor) was pretty small, so I didn't really have this problem. Many of my friends went to Carleton. They didn't even have to go outside in the winter, thanks to the tunnel system.

Michelle might be able to offer some sympathy since Queen's is pretty spread out.

Any Western students on Babble? That campus is pretty massive.

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Michelle
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posted 18 October 2001 06:02 PM

You know, I was SO lucky last year. I had six different classrooms (three courses, each with a tutorial). Four of them were in one building, and the other two were in buildings nearby.

This year I have four locations to get to. Two are on one end of the campus, and two are on the other end. But luckily, on each day I only have two classes, and the two from each side are paired together one right after the other. No jogging for me.

[ October 18, 2001: Message edited by: Michelle ]

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'lance
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posted 18 October 2001 10:04 PM

I went to U of T, but luckily my classes were generally fairly close to each other. I certainly never had to go from Bay to Spadina -- at most, from St. George to Victoria College.

UBC is also fairly big, but most of the academic buildings are in the same general area, and again I was lucky anyway.

(Edited to add: STAR, I just looked at your profile. I started U of T in the year you were born. I'm going to go home now. I could use a drink).

[ October 18, 2001: Message edited by: 'lance ]

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Jared
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posted 20 October 2001 08:39 PM

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UBC is also fairly big, but most of the academic buildings are in the same general area, and again I was lucky anyway.

It doesn't seem nearly as big as it looks on maps though. I refuse to pay for parking (torrential-downpour days nothwithstanding); instead, I park along Marine Drive on the south section of campus. This means covering essentially the entire campus on foot in a north-south direction, and it takes only around twenty minutes. It's a nice walk.

Which reminds me, isn't your garden-variety student supposed to the the stereotypical financial sad-sack? How can these people afford to pay the costs related to their vehicles (insurance, gas, etc), and then over three dollars a day for parking five days a week?

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'lance
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Babbler # 1064

posted 21 October 2001 01:08 AM

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Which reminds me, isn't your garden-variety student supposed to the the stereotypical financial sad-sack? How can these people afford to pay the costs related to their vehicles (insurance, gas, etc), and then over three dollars a day for parking five days a week?

That struck me when I moved from Toronto to Victoria in '89.

In Toronto almost no-one I knew, student or recent graduate, drove. Costs were prohibitive, and no-one really needed a vehicle anyway, except for moving.

In Victoria, I worked for the UVic Student Society, so again I hung out mostly with students or recent graduates. A fair proportion drove. I never felt I needed a car (and anyway I took a 30% pay cut to move to Victoria -- quality of life, doncha know). But they both seemed to need it and to manage it OK.

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JCL
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posted 23 October 2001 01:16 AM

U of Manitoba has a tunnel system for about 75% or so of its campus. Red River College has a tunnel system as well. More like a plaza level of the campus.

Michelle - As for all that walking, well, guess one would get their daily exercise routine in. Save that money from a gym membership and buy yourself a wollipop.

From: Winnipeg. 35 days to Christmas yet no snow here. | Registered: Sep 2001 | IP: Logged

Michelle
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Babbler # 560

posted 23 October 2001 01:28 AM

Gym membership comes with the student fees, so I ain't savin' nuttin.

Besides, I don't have to walk far anyhow. With my luck, next year I'll have to pay for my 2 years of good luck in spades. Oh well. No sense borrowing trouble.

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andrean
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Babbler # 361

posted 23 October 2001 10:59 AM

I went to York for seven years during which time I became expert at the 'duck and weave' required to get from one class to another.

The York campus is rather huge, though confined to one general area - it's not like U of T, which kind of blends into the city, there's a very clear break between "on campus" and "off campus". The challenge at York was not necessarily the distance from one class to the next, but the number of other human beings that stood in your way. 50,000 students at York! At least half of them walking opposite you at any given time. And don't even get me started on the wind! It could be still day all over southern Ontario and the wind would still be blowing on the York campus. Some days, it felt like you were being blown back two steps for every step forward.

My punctuality was uneven at best; even when I was teaching, I think my students waited on me more often than I waited on them. This was, of course, the fault of the campus design. It had nothing to do with my ability to get places on time.

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