Student union upgrades

[slimz]

This looks nice, but the current union is already the nicest union I've visited. Have you guys been to KU's? LMFAO at that garbage heap.

Others I have been to:
Tulane- Small but very nice, pretty sweet food options and is open late nate.
Penn State- Amazing, but so is every other building on their campus
MU- Similair to our current one, better food options
ISU- Similair to our current one, nothing special

How many of those unions have bowling alleys and $1 beers?

ISU has a hotel in theirs.

[Rage Against the McKee]

http://www.k-state.edu/yourunion/gallery.html#

The interior of that looks very similar to what it does now.

Yeah, it looks great now and it will still look great after the update.

[Rage Against the McKee]

This looks nice, but the current union is already the nicest union I've visited. Have you guys been to KU's? LMFAO at that garbage heap.

Others I have been to:
Tulane- Small but very nice, pretty sweet food options and is open late nate.
Penn State- Amazing, but so is every other building on their campus
MU- Similair to our current one, better food options
ISU- Similair to our current one, nothing special

How many of those unions have bowling alleys and $1 beers?

ISU has a hotel in theirs.

I'm glad ours doesn't.

[PowercatPat]

I like the way we go from a Nissan R35, to a Mercedes S class, to a 2003 pontiac grand prix.

It's actually pretty realistic. Have you seen the cars the Asians drive? Unbelievable.

[ednksu]

I like the way we go from a Nissan R35, to a Mercedes S class, to a 2003 pontiac grand prix.

It's actually pretty realistic. Have you seen the cars the Asians drive? Unbelievable.

These Asian kids are KILLING it; Cayenne GTS, Panamera, and various Audis (love the A/S5s). I wish I hailed from a communist country.

[ednksu]

This looks nice, but the current union is already the nicest union I've visited. Have you guys been to KU's? LMFAO at that garbage heap.

Others I have been to:
Tulane- Small but very nice, pretty sweet food options and is open late nate.
Penn State- Amazing, but so is every other building on their campus
MU- Similair to our current one, better food options
ISU- Similair to our current one, nothing special

How many of those unions have bowling alleys and $1 beers?

ISU has a hotel in theirs.

I'm glad ours doesn't.

LHRMIQ.  I've heard the reason why we don't have a top 10 program in Hotel and Restaurant Management is because we don't have them 'on campus'.

[ChiComCat]

ISU's hotel looks like crap.  I guess when your grads are going to run motel 6's or whatever, they can get applicable experience there.

I didn't go to the HRM school at KSU, but I think their requirements for intern/externships suck.  Most of the people I have worked with from there have incorrect expectations of what their job post-college will consist of.

[Stevesie60]

This looks nice, but the current union is already the nicest union I've visited. Have you guys been to KU's? LMFAO at that garbage heap.

Others I have been to:
Tulane- Small but very nice, pretty sweet food options and is open late nate.
Penn State- Amazing, but so is every other building on their campus
MU- Similair to our current one, better food options
ISU- Similair to our current one, nothing special

How many of those unions have bowling alleys and $1 beers?

ISU has a hotel in theirs.

I mean, you could throw a rock and hit the hotel across the street from the Union. Underground tunnel to it? That'd be fun.

[Cartierfor3]

Too bad you can't see it from the street because they dorked up my campus with that stupid parking garage for all the fat lazys who don't walk to class.

[Emo EMAW]

Nebraska's union sucks, FWIW.

[star seed 7]

i hate the grade school look to our union.

totally with pete that they should look to how great hale is.

[bones129]

Too bad you can't see it from the street because they dorked up my campus with that stupid parking garage for all the fat lazys who don't walk to class.

Agreed. Never should have happened.

[wabash909]

Our union blows ass in its current 1982 state.  Great to see it being modernized.  And while the students are throwing their money around like drunken sailors on campus improvements, next up a bus system.

[mocat]

I need to tell everyone to shut up right now. Also whoever mentioned the panamera car, you especially need to shut up about that garbage car man

[ednksu]

I need to tell everyone to shut up right now. Also whoever mentioned the panamera car, you especially need to shut up about that garbage car man

lol wut? I think you missed the point of the post.

[ShellShock]

I'm not sure why everyone wants all this flashy glass all of the sudden. IMO, there isn't a classier look than limestone and our campus has many buildings that are gorgeous. As a poster above mentioned, Hale should be the basic blueprint for how to make a building look good.

[CNS]

I'm not sure why everyone wants all this flashy glass all of the sudden. IMO, there isn't a classier look than limestone and our campus has many buildings that are gorgeous. As a poster above mentioned, Hale should be the basic blueprint for how to make a building look good.

Buildings like Hale are like, really expensive.

[ShellShock]

I'm not sure why everyone wants all this flashy glass all of the sudden. IMO, there isn't a classier look than limestone and our campus has many buildings that are gorgeous. As a poster above mentioned, Hale should be the basic blueprint for how to make a building look good.

Buildings like Hale are like, really expensive.

I fully understand that aspect of this project because i'm in the AEC industry. A cornerstone building that has arguably some of the most exposure on campus (due to tours, etc.) should be one of the nicest and cleanest looking. It's money well spent in any capacity when it's your money making building to prospective students/parents/athletes.

[CNS]

Is it money well spent?   I mean, I thought attendance has been climbing like crazy to the point where there isn't near enough dorms for new frosh.   

Maybe spend a bunch of money on a bunch of really nice new dorms. 

If I was 17/18 and they showed me our union, then showed me a really nice dorm that would be mine next year, I wouldn't be able to care less about the union.

[eastcat]

Had we kept Old Stadium/Ahearn as the focal point of our athletics dept. that corner of campus would be absolutely elite.

[ShellShock]

Is it money well spent?   I mean, I thought attendance has been climbing like crazy to the point where there isn't near enough dorms for new frosh.   

Maybe spend a bunch of money on a bunch of really nice new dorms. 

If I was 17/18 and they showed me our union, then showed me a really nice dorm that would be mine next year, I wouldn't be able to care less about the union.

I'm not saying that dorms aren't important, because they are very much so. A new dining/dorm facility similar to the Derby complex is in the works, so hang with me on that aspect. Other than the dorms, there is one place that all tours go through and that is the Student Union. It's close to the new guest/visitor center and will be one of the nicer student unions i've seen if it all goes as planned. It's also within a stones throw of the alumni center. I've toured/designed many, many buildings such as this and it's important that we do this one right and not screw it up like we did during the last renovation.

Had we kept Old Stadium/Ahearn as the focal point of our athletics dept. that corner of campus would be absolutely elite.

I also agree. It's a shame we let that aspect of our history and campus decline like we have. On the brighter side, the new welcome center will be a nice fresh touch to that portion of campus.

[Belvis Noland]

Isn't a new dorm already slated?  Financing in place?

[eastcat]

Isn't a new dorm already slated?  Financing in place?

Planned yes, Financed no.

I think they were ready to propose it when projected campus enrollment jumped again and they opted to go back and increase the size.
I have heard it is going where Kramer dining center currently is.

[EuroCat]

The Student Union is OK.  I just wish it weren't ugly as crap on the South Side.  It's the gateway to campus; first building a lot of visitors see.  I see an aesthetic facelift as a good thing.

This

[bones129]

The Student Union is OK.  I just wish it weren't ugly as crap on the South Side.  It's the gateway to campus; first building a lot of visitors see.  I see an aesthetic facelift as a good thing.

This

Definitely this.