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cincibuck
You kids stay off my lawn!
Name the dim little beat/hippie bar two doors north of the North 'berg.
I loved the place... smoky, wood floors, a marathon chess game going on and the juke box had everything from Wooly Booly to Take Five to Scotch and Soda to Buckeye Battle Cry to Swan Lake... walk in the door, order up a beer and the sounds of Ella Fitzgerald floating in the air. I wanna go back to Ohio State...
I loved the place... smoky, wood floors, a marathon chess game going on and the juke box had everything from Wooly Booly to Take Five to Scotch and Soda to Buckeye Battle Cry to Swan Lake... walk in the door, order up a beer and the sounds of Ella Fitzgerald floating in the air. I wanna go back to Ohio State...
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ORD_Buckeye
Wrong glass, Sir.
What was the largest donation to Ohio State.
Hint: it's kind of a trick question, so don't assume the easy answer.
Hint: it's kind of a trick question, so don't assume the easy answer.
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CleveBucks
Serenity now
Larry's is south of the new Northberg. I have a feeling he's asking about the old Northberg.
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cincibuck
You kids stay off my lawn!
Things I don't want to know: they tore down/moved Larry's? Is this all part of the new campusgate?
Ord, go back to our discussion about enrollment... and after dealing with Tibor and t-buck I find myself strongly in support of higher standards... amazing how schools such as UC and OSU are, "under a tight budget" but they have the money for multi billion dollar projects like this. The money sure as hell isn't going to adjuncts and teaching professors.
Back to trivia: Who is Maude Ormsby and why is she famous?
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ORD_Buckeye
Wrong glass, Sir.
Larry's was still there last time that I was in Columbus.
Buildings are funded entirely seperately from the education subsidy. Any state funds for buildings are done in the biennial capital appropriations bill, so it's impossible for Ohio State to pull money that's earmarked for the "instruction subsidy" and use it for new construction.
Maude Ormsby was the cow that was elected homecoming queen.
The largest donation by the way, since nobody attempted, was Ralph Mershon's bequest of 7 million dollars in 1952 used to build Mershon Auditorium and found the Mershon Center. In 2005, dollars its value was 51.6 million dollars. Wexner's mid-80's donation of 25 million for the Wexner Center is 47 million when adjusted to 2005 value. Speaking of Wexner, I read a rumor that he just bought a Picasso at auction for 45 million and donated it to the Wexner Center. Is that true?
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According to Wikipedia, he did this in 1999.
In 1999, Wexner paid $45.1 million for the Picasso "Nude on a Black Armchair", and donated it to the Wexner Center for the Arts. Wexner is reported to own other Picasso paintings, and is considered have one of the 50 largest art collections in the world.
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CleveBucks
Serenity now
The "new" Northberg is in the building next to Donato's. Larry's is still in the same place, just south of BW's, which is south of Donato's.
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cincibuck
You kids stay off my lawn!
How could there be a "new" North 'berg? The slimy stairway down to that dank cellar, Woody in the glass cage and those years of accumulated beer, smoke and piss gave it it's own reverse panache. On Friday afternoons I would find a table filled with people I had never met before and we'd all end up singing dirty Limericks, ending with the infamous, Aii, yi, yi, yi, in China they never eat chili... Funny, I seldom went there after freshman year, but it always held a warm spot in my heart.
I thought of the Mershon gift (he says now) but then thought it might be the old Neil estate. I think they gave the land.. or sold the land... on which most of the University sits... which brings about my next question... The Kappa Sigma fraternity house is the old Neil residence. What historic feature still resides in the bowels of the Kappa Sig house?
Oh, and Ord was correct about Maude.
I thought of the Mershon gift (he says now) but then thought it might be the old Neil estate. I think they gave the land.. or sold the land... on which most of the University sits... which brings about my next question... The Kappa Sigma fraternity house is the old Neil residence. What historic feature still resides in the bowels of the Kappa Sig house?
Oh, and Ord was correct about Maude.
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