Calling people who actually know something about OU Dorms

[TUSooner]

Daughter #1 is admitted to OU. She's undecided, so far, but we got a "housing contract" and there are some choices.
Miz Scarlett, I don' know NUTHIN' 'bout no OU dorms. Anybody out there know about this stuff? :confused:
What's good, bad, to avoid, to beware of, to seek?

The choices are.
Towers (qualifies for so-called "scholastic floor")
Quads (Cate Center, includes "Academic Art Community" which I think she qualifies for))
Sooner Housing Center

I'd make it a poll, but I'd rather have comments, intelligent ones, if possible. :rolleyes:

TIA.

[SicEmBaylor]

What's an academic art community?

[12]

I like how TU was fully aware of the advice he would receive here as he was typing.

[JohnnyMack]

I'd make it a poll, but I'd rather have comments, intelligent ones, if possible. :rolleyes:

One time, when I lived on Walker 11, we stole the couch out of the common area down on 9 so we could put in our room and have somewhere comfy to watch TV. Got busted. :sadpanda:

[nmsoonergirl]

I lived in New Cate when it was the Honors Dorm (we didn't have a fancy Academic Art Community) back in those days. The rooms there were smaller than the others on campus, and there were community bathrooms, but I really, really loved it. Smaller than the towers, and closer knit (back then--this was back in 89).
My sophomore year I lived in upper level housing in Old Cate--older than new Cate (hence the name), but bigger rooms.
I'd reccomend the academic thing--back when I was young and in college, there were some perks that went along with living there (easier enrollment, ect).

[slickdawg]

I don't know **** about OU dorms, so I can't help you out. :D

[TopDawg]

Check ya PM.

[PhxSooner]

I lived in Walker in 1990. The rooms were suites with a shared bathroom. I liked it better than having community bathrooms. I passed on the "academic" floor, but my husband lived there. He said it was just a bunch of geeks on a floor together.:rolleyes: Not sure what Sooner Housing Center is.

If you're going to be there before she has to commit, ask for a tour of the various rooms. If not, go Walker!:D

[Ardmore_Sooner]

Ok I lived in Walker Tower ast year, and absolute loved it. Met a ton of people had a ton of fun. My girlfriend lives on the "scholstic floor" of Walker this semester. It is always quiet and it seems like noise is never quite a problem like it was for me. It could be the scholastic thing or it may be she lives by a bunch of girls...... who knows. Walkeris great because you have "Xetra" a store downstairs to buy everything you need while the other towers have restraunts, ie Adams has Burger King and Couch has a sandwich place. I know that the Towers are much nicer than the Quads. Hope this helps and good luck!

[12]

Wow, honest advice on Teh Oval.

[sooner_born_1960]

I lived in Adams in '78. I recall a lot of drinking and all night card games. This was pre-innerweb, so our porn came via a magazine. I hope that helps.

[Jimminy Crimson]

Towers on a regular floor. It'll be a much better experience.

[fadada1]

Check ya PM.
oh, like you freaking know!!!!

[TUSooner]

I lived in Adams in '78. I recall a lot of drinking and all night card games. This was pre-innerweb, so our porn came via a magazine. I hope that helps.
Thanks, gramps. If I want to know about tepees, sod houses, and log cabins, I know to ask you. :D



Actually, I'm older than you are. :O

[rufnek05]

i just moved out of the dorms last year. i lived in walker 2 and it was awesome. met all my current roommates on my floor. but i have a scewed perception. OUr RA kicked ***. we drank on the floor all the time and he would give us heads up when rounds were coming up. i suggest the Towers just because i had a lot of fun. and skip the geek floor, that'll be a drag. i liked the towers a lot more than Cate. Cate was cool if u don't mind having a tiny room and sharing a bathroom witht he whole floor. there are a lot of "hippie" or "artistic" people that live in Cate. but i liked the towers a lot. they were just redone and are nice. and it's harder to get a member of the oppisite gender into your room after hours in the towers, i found that as a dissapointment. it depends if she likes her privacy or not.
towers, 1-2 persons per room. 2-4 people share a bathroom.
Quad is older and gets really hot because the A/C, well doesn't work. thats about all i can think of

[fadada1]

I lived in Walker in 1990. The rooms were suites with a shared bathroom. I liked it better than having community bathrooms. I passed on the "academic" floor, but my husband lived there. He said it was just a bunch of geeks on a floor together.:rolleyes: Not sure what Sooner Housing Center is.

If you're going to be there before she has to commit, ask for a tour of the various rooms. If not, go Walker!:D
where'd ya live???

i lived on the penthouse for 2 years (89-91). 12W!!!!

i was also an RA (when i went back after military service). So was topdawg (but he wasn't in the military... slacker). cate is nice because you can get out of bed at 8:29 for an 8:30 class (and still be 30 seconds early). community baths and less social atmosphere are the drawbacks. Walker and couch seem to be the most fun, imo. more of a social atmosphere on a daily basis... and you seem to get to know more people.

[SicEmBaylor]

Are the OU dorms coed and if so by floor or by room?

Actually, I think I know the answer. I had a couple of friends that lived in one of those giant towers and if I remember correctly it was coed by floor but I can't remember.

[fadada1]

Are the OU dorms coed and if so by floor or by room?

Actually, I think I know the answer. I had a couple of friends that lived in one of those giant towers and if I remember correctly it was coed by floor but I can't remember.
the upperclass floors (unless they've changed) were co-ed by suite. no sharing of bathrooms. most of the other floors are co-ed by wing (one wing is male, other wing is de ladies).

[silverwheels]

I lived in Walker. My roommate and I got the first alcohol citations at OU after the campus went dry a couple of years ago.


Try to get her into Couch.

[rufnek05]

the upperclass floors (unless they've changed) were co-ed by suite. no sharing of bathrooms. most of the other floors are co-ed by wing (one wing is male, other wing is de ladies).

still that way

[fadada1]

still that way
thought so. as if you can trust a sophomore anymore than a freshman.

[rufnek05]

thought so. as if you can trust a sophomore anymore than a freshman.

yeah. well at least the sophomores know what they are doing. hey oo

[Frozen Sooner]

I lived in Adams, Walker, Cate, and the Cate Hovels. Believe it or not, the Cate Hovels were the most fun.

Of course, then I lived in the fraternity house. Which was more fun then all of them.

[tommieharris91]

Get her into a regular dorm. If she's in any other doem, she won't meet many people, and that's kinda what she needs to do once she gets into OU?

[fadada1]

yeah. well at least the sophomores know what they are doing. hey oo
you just keep thinking that;)

[Beef]

I was in Walker in '89. Good times. Most of my friends lived in Adams, though. We lowered one of my pledge brothers down the trash shute to get some beer an RA made us throw down there. Good times.

[fadada1]

I was in Walker in '89. Good times. Most of my friends lived in Adams, though. We lowered one of my pledge brothers down the trash shute to get some beer an RA made us throw down there. Good times.
like i asked phxsooner, where'd you live in walker?

[PhxSooner]

where'd ya live???

i lived on the penthouse for 2 years (89-91). 12W!!!!


I was on 4E 1990-91. I used to go up to 12 with a friend every now and then. I remember that Clark had a picture up in his window of him attempting to use the toilet in an, um, unusual manner. Never expected that from an RA! (I was naive.;) ) Of course, the fact that Clark is now a dean or something...:eek:

[fadada1]

I was on 4E 1990-91. I used to go up to 12 with a friend every now and then. I remember that Clark had a picture up in his window of him attempting to use the toilet in an, um, unusual manner. Never expected that from an RA! (I was naive.;) ) Of course, the fact that Clark is now a dean or something...:eek:
you're referring to "sky dump". my one roomate (we lived in the tri-suit) perfected/invented that. clarke is now the VP of student affairs. he was my RA for the first 2 years i was in walker (and a fellow RUF/NEK). i talk to him every so often. hard to believe that was 18 years ago.

who was your friend?

[OUstudent4life]

Lived on 4W (national merit geek floor) freshman year ('97-98)...then lived in Cate (Davis) Soph year, then out to apartments. The NM floor can be...well...good and bad. It's generally not quite as loud as some floors, but my year (and I can see this happening alot) it was full of a TON of people that had little social interaction before moving in, and it got, well, crazy. Fun, definitely, but I liked Cate more my Soph. year. Secret to Cate center = try to get a level 1 room, next to the RA. RA's have their own bathrooms, to the "community" bathroom for your floor becomes yours and yours alone.

Apartments were better, though. Not having to buy a parking permit and catching the bus everyday = fun...at least in my mind, 'cause that's how I got to know my future wife :D.

[PhxSooner]

you're referring to "sky dump". my one roomate (we lived in the tri-suit) perfected/invented that. clarke is now the VP of student affairs. he was my RA for the first 2 years i was in walker (and a fellow RUF/NEK). i talk to him every so often. hard to believe that was 18 years ago.

who was your friend?
Allison...can't remember her last name.:O She was a sophomore that year and lived in a tri-suite on 10E.

Wow. I feel old.

[PhxSooner]

And I got out of the dorms as fast as possible. I was much happier in a townhouse at Riverbend.

[soonersweetie]

Lived in Walker 9W in 85-86. It was a blast. Except for the water balloon fights, didn't care too much for those.

Note-they have a great basement (where the laundry room is)to escape to when there are tornado warnings. Been there done that a few times :)

[Okla-homey]

I know nothing about OU dorms, or any other dorms for that matter, but I know my kid has been happy in a furnished apartment with three other girlios. They have a kitchen, a washer and dryer, free innerweb and the utes are part of the package. Also a designated parking spot, which is huge. It's a dang site cheaper than the dorms too...at least at Auburn. Your mileage may vary.

[SicEmBaylor]

Everyone should stay in a dorm for at least their freshman year. Overall it's a positive learning experience. I'm glad I did now.

[TopDawg]

Hey for all you old-timers...you should see how spoiled the students are now with their meal plans. Last year OU Food Services was ranked in the Top 10 among college and university food services in the nation. I think we're #1 (definitely top 3) among public schools.

4 words say it all: Unlimited La Baguette Desserts

[jrsooner]

Adams was okay... there for a year back in the 80s.

If she has 2 friends, and can score the tri-suite in Walker it's great. I had one for 2 years. Do they still have the tri-suites???

[TopDawg]

In fact, as crazy as this sounds, you could do a lot worse when going out for dinner.

Every now and then the wife and I decide we're going out to eat at "the caf".

[SicEmBaylor]

I was always pretty satisfied with our dining services. I'm not sure how OU does it, but our cafeterias are set up sort of like a mall food court. You've got a mexican place you can go to, a subway shop, pizza, hamburger place, etc.
Plus a desert and breakfast bar with cookies, blue bell, cake, etc. And of course everything is all you can eat.

I went to visit a friend of mine at OSU and it was a traditional style cafeteria like you'd find at most high schools. You ate what they served you as you went down the line and the food was the most disgusting *** **** I'd ever laid eyes on (I couldn't eat it).

[snp]

Towers on a regular floor. It'll be a much better experience.

This is the best advice. Peace and quiet are easily found by going to the library or one of the studying rooms in the dorm. I was in Couch and thought it was the best.

Adams has a longer walk for parking than Walker or Couch.
Couch and Walker are 4 hallways per floor, which means more friends. The seperate towers in Adams kinda confines the hallway.
Couch has a decent eating place in the bottom, Adams has Burger King. Something no freshman eats no sooner than a year after leaving the dorm.

My advice is go Couch. But then again, I was kicked outta the dorms and suspended from the university for a year on my last night in the dorms. on the other hand, I also pulled off a slip-n-slide in my hallway.

[TopDawg]

I was always pretty satisfied with our dining services. I'm not sure how OU does it, but our cafeterias are set up sort of like a mall food court. You've got a mexican place you can go to, a subway shop, pizza, hamburger place, etc.
Plus a desert and breakfast bar with cookies, blue bell, cake, etc. And of course everything is all you can eat.

Couch Cafeteria has:

A stir-fry line. You pick the ingredients, they prepare it for you.
A bbq line. You pick the type of meat (usually brisket, hot links, burger or chicken) and the sides. You can also get steak any day of the week if you use two meals or pay a little extra.
A mexican food line. I think you can choose the ingredients and they make the burrito/enchilada for you. Not quite sure on that one.
A sandwich bar where you make it yourself.
A "traditional" line that is more cafeteria-like and usually serves...I dunno...more "homestyle" stuff?
An impressive salad bar.
A brick oven pizza oven with pizzas served buffet style (think CiCi's but better) and a pasta line where you can make your own or prepare your own and then have them bake it.
Chick-Fil-A...yes, all you can eat.
A greek food line. It's good but, no, it's not Greek House.

And then the dessert line which has the all you can eat La Baguette desserts.

[TopDawg]

But that's just the cafeteria. If the cafeteria is closed you can still use your meals at the fast food restaurants around campus. So if it's 2:01 and the cafeteria just closed, you can use "meal exchange" at Burger King and get a Whopper combo or something like that. Restaurants to choose from:

Burger King (with an ice cream shop...for you old timers, this is where Oliver's used to be)
Couch Express
Block and Barrel (sandwiches and homestyle cooking)
Taco Mayo (2 locations)
Wendy's
Crossroads (with great hamburgers and lots of other stuff)
Sbarro's
Chick-Fil-A
Wong Key
Quizno's

What am I leaving out? Isn't there something else in Cate that I'm forgetting?

[Petro-Sooner]

Couch Cafeteria has:

A stir-fry line. You pick the ingredients, they prepare it for you.
A bbq line. You pick the type of meat (usually brisket, hot links, burger or chicken) and the sides. You can also get steak any day of the week if you use two meals or pay a little extra.
A mexican food line. I think you can choose the ingredients and they make the burrito/enchilada for you. Not quite sure on that one.
A sandwich bar where you make it yourself.
A "traditional" line that is more cafeteria-like and usually serves...I dunno...more "homestyle" stuff?
An impressive salad bar.
A brick oven pizza oven with pizzas served buffet style (think CiCi's but better) and a pasta line where you can make your own or prepare your own and then have them bake it.
Chick-Fil-A...yes, all you can eat.
A greek food line. It's good but, no, it's not Greek House.

And then the dessert line which has the all you can eat La Baguette desserts.

Good grief!! I wish I had done at least a year in the dorms here. Then again its prolly for the best. I would have blimped out if its an all you can eat caf. I may have to try it once.

[SicEmBaylor]

Couch Cafeteria has:

A stir-fry line. You pick the ingredients, they prepare it for you.
A bbq line. You pick the type of meat (usually brisket, hot links, burger or chicken) and the sides. You can also get steak any day of the week if you use two meals or pay a little extra.
A mexican food line. I think you can choose the ingredients and they make the burrito/enchilada for you. Not quite sure on that one.
A sandwich bar where you make it yourself.
A "traditional" line that is more cafeteria-like and usually serves...I dunno...more "homestyle" stuff?
An impressive salad bar.
A brick oven pizza oven with pizzas served buffet style (think CiCi's but better) and a pasta line where you can make your own or prepare your own and then have them bake it.
Chick-Fil-A...yes, all you can eat.
A greek food line. It's good but, no, it's not Greek House.

And then the dessert line which has the all you can eat La Baguette desserts.

That sounds more or less like ours except we don't make the sandwiches and stuff ourselves, we just choose what kind of sandwich.

I don't believe we have a greek place though and the Chick-fil-a is at the SUB and not in the individual cafeterias. The rest of it though sounds spot on.

They started allowing the use of meal plan points at some of the non-dining facility places like the on-campus Chilis in the Taj Garage and the Quiznos and stuff at the SUB. I think they did that, in part, because our dining halls don't open for dinner on Sundays in order to "encourage Baylor students to go to church on Sunday evenings and spend that meal in fellowship."

[TopDawg]

Good grief!! I wish I had done at least a year in the dorms here. Then again its prolly for the best. I would have blimped out if its an all you can eat caf. I may have to try it once.

It seriously is worth going to. I think you can get lunch there for $6.

Back when I was a freshman, I got excited when it was chicken-finger day and the biggest amenity to me was the Slushie machine.

[jrsooner]

Back when I was a freshman, I got excited when it was chicken-finger day and the biggest amenity to me was the Slushie machine.I just remember the nights at Pinocchios slugging down the breadsticks to make up for the dinner at the cafeteria. :)

[tommieharris91]

Sure, you eat a lot, but the food goes right through you though. I loved it there, but I was put on an upperclassmen floor for my frosh year (Walker 11). I made friends on other floors though, some I still talk to 4 years later.

[TopDawg]

I just remember the nights at Pinocchios slugging down the breadsticks to make up for the dinner at the cafeteria. :)

Pinocchios. :(

[LilSooner]

Hey for all you old-timers...you should see how spoiled the students are now with their meal plans. Last year OU Food Services was ranked in the Top 10 among college and university food services in the nation. I think we're #1 (definitely top 3) among public schools.

4 words say it all: Unlimited La Baguette Desserts


You can thank my daddy for all that fine eating. OU is one of his accounts. In March I get to go hang out with Stoops and the gang at the Coaches Luncheon, because I have the best daddy in the whole wide world.

Back on subject. In 99 I was 10 E and it was the absolute best especially the whole coming in at 6 o clock in the morning and having drag my dunk *** up 10 flights of stairs because the elevators were always broken.

[Fraggle145]

I lived in Wlker on the National Merit floor... The lesson I learned. Dont live on the Academic floor. Meet your roommate before you live together. I was out trying to get drunk and laid like freshman do and i had the biggest tool of a roommate ever. he would get mad if I cam in after 10 when he was sleeping with his fatass gf. they had my schedule down and would hump between my classes, which was considerate, but that meant they would also eat all of my candy (at least she would) when they got done... god they sucked. My neighbors one was in the band, which meant loud bad music all of the time and the other was trying to save my soul every day. Everyone else I met in the dorms was cool for the most part, but i would recommend Adams or Couch. The cafeteria is great and so is baskin robbins, but watch out for the freshman 15. :eek:

[proud gonzo]

towers

[usmc-sooner]

I could tell you about Walker Tower, 5th floor in 90

[TheHumanAlphabet]

I was a Walker 8 Ball - You know, get honor and stay honor...

It was a blast, but alas, about half the people on the honors floor flunked out for, to much women, booze and freedom from home...

Not me however...

Being back in 1978, we were corrupt, we had wimmin on the floor as well, divided by the elevator lobby. I actually had some aggie try to convince me we were evil and that aggie was morally superior becuase they didn't have coed floors. No wonder sheep are endangered there...

[GottaHavePride]

Heh. You people knocking the National Merit floor of Walker obviously did not live there the year I lived there (fall 98 - spring 99). It wasn't particularly quiet that year - in fact it was more likely to be one guy blasting horrible ska on his stereo to try to drown out the gay dude blasting Phantom of the Opera on HIS stereo, then two other guys deciding to add o the chaos with some Mexican Techno and/or VooDoo Glow Skulls (which is technically ska, but I just like to call it bad...)

Oh, there were games of paintball played late at night on Walker 4E. Until one of the guys built a paintball shotgun. Actually I suppose "mortar" would be a more accurate term. All I know is I heard someone yell "FIRE IN THE HOLE!" and then the last half of the north wing of 4E was painted yellow. Good times.

At some point I think we stole all the furniture from either Walker 8 or Walker 12.

[Kels]

The remodeled rooms in Couch are nice. Walker is OK. I spent four years on Muldrow 2 myself. She might like the Jeff House. The have the best lounges in the Bud, and their food is a higher quality IMO.

Most of our students live in the Towers. It's a lot of fun. Sign her up for one of the Towers.

[SicEmBaylor]

Post some pictures of these places.

[TopDawg]

Sign her up for one of the Towers.

NO! Make her do it.

But, yeah, towers are cool.

[soonerboomer93]

I lived in Walker my freshman year, then lived in cate later on

Walker was nice for a freshmen because of the suites, and there is a reason Walker 4 is now an academic floor

Cate was also nice as an upperclassman. The rooms are single, with the drawback being the 1 bathroom per floor. However, having windows that open was nice...

[soonerboomer93]

Heh. You people knocking the National Merit floor of Walker obviously did not live there the year I lived there (fall 98 - spring 99). It wasn't particularly quiet that year - in fact it was more likely to be one guy blasting horrible ska on his stereo to try to drown out the gay dude blasting Phantom of the Opera on HIS stereo, then two other guys deciding to add o the chaos with some Mexican Techno and/or VooDoo Glow Skulls (which is technically ska, but I just like to call it bad...)

Oh, there were games of paintball played late at night on Walker 4E. Until one of the guys built a paintball shotgun. Actually I suppose "mortar" would be a more accurate term. All I know is I heard someone yell "FIRE IN THE HOLE!" and then the last half of the north wing of 4E was painted yellow. Good times.

At some point I think we stole all the furniture from either Walker 8 or Walker 12.

Yes, it's good to know the Walker 4 tradition was continuing at that time :D

[PhxSooner]

So when did Walker 4E become the guy side? I lived on it in 90, but my brother was on it in 93. He was in a room with the lovliest cabbage rose wall border.:D It took him the entire year to try to get it down.

[def_lazer_fc]

It seriously is worth going to. I think you can get lunch there for $6.

Back when I was a freshman, I got excited when it was chicken-finger day and the biggest amenity to me was the Slushie machine.
i believe that damn slushie machine was broken my entire freshman year, so i never got to experience it's magic.

[Fraggle145]

Heh. You people knocking the National Merit floor of Walker obviously did not live there the year I lived there (fall 98 - spring 99). It wasn't particularly quiet that year - in fact it was more likely to be one guy blasting horrible ska on his stereo to try to drown out the gay dude blasting Phantom of the Opera on HIS stereo, then two other guys deciding to add o the chaos with some Mexican Techno and/or VooDoo Glow Skulls (which is technically ska, but I just like to call it bad...)

Oh, there were games of paintball played late at night on Walker 4E. Until one of the guys built a paintball shotgun. Actually I suppose "mortar" would be a more accurate term. All I know is I heard someone yell "FIRE IN THE HOLE!" and then the last half of the north wing of 4E was painted yellow. Good times.

At some point I think we stole all the furniture from either Walker 8 or Walker 12.

Dude I lived there the year before! it was bad. Although you could find people you could pay to so your homework (my gf at the time paid a guy for a report once) ;)

[soonerboomer93]

So when did Walker 4E become the guy side? I lived on it in 90, but my brother was on it in 93. He was in a room with the lovliest cabbage rose wall border.:D It took him the entire year to try to get it down.

I was on 4W in 93. I'm not sure when it became all male though.

[sooneron]

I was Cate back in the stone ages when it had no AC. It sucked. I quicky got a gf in Walker. I should have ended that when it got cool enough to stay at my place. I liked having the space. The bonus was that my roommate was NEVER there, yet he had an abundance of beer signage- the ultimate sign of coolness freshman year. I think we had something like 15 signs.

[sooneron]

My sister will be a freshman at OU next year and has been asking me where to shack up. I was in the dorms 21 years ago!

[OUDoc]

Lived in Adams (McCasland 11th floor ---1101, I think) in 1986-87 school year. Apparently from this thread, the geeks lived in Walker (actually, that was the case back then as well ;)). It was okay. The fraternity house was better.

[1stTimeCaller]

Couch 911W, 1997-1998. My roommate was from henryetta, mom's idea to let the University choose my roommate. He stayed one Friday night the entire school year. He also brought 3 grams of crystal meth and an 8ball or two of coke in hopes that I would help him sell it.

One suitemate was from Dallas, Oak Cliff. The other was from some small farming community.

The first floor was BET live every night past 9pm and the ringleaders lived on my hall.

I hated it. The next year I moved into Doc's fraternity house.

[BajaOklahoma]

I was on Walker 5E - many, many years ago.
Lil Baja was in McCasland 2 years ago. She was on the quiet floor, with a bunch of older girls. I think the RA makes a huge difference in the way you perceive the experience. Her RA now lives in Dallas and they still get together sometimes.
Also, send her to Camp Crimson.

[sooneron]

Lived in Adams (McCasland 11th floor ---1101, I think) in 1986-87 school year. Apparently from this thread, the geeks lived in Walker (actually, that was the case back then as well ;)). It was okay. The fraternity house was better.
:dean: and ama nip!

:pop:

[Phil]

Dorms. Heh. Oldnslo was my RA on one of the floors I lived on in Walker Tower my freshman year. Actually, I think it was 8 for the first semester (geek floor). Full of dorks from Bartlesville for some reason and I couldn't stand it or my potluck roomie. Bailed to 9 and a single room and was much happier. Which wasn't very happy.

[SicEmBaylor]

Your dorm experiences must have been a lot different than mine. I wouldn't want to do it again (I don't think), but it definitely wasn't horrible.

I kind of enjoyed it actually.

[yermom]

i was in Couch, i think 913 W in '94-'95

my roommate was randomly assigned, but we are good friends still, i just got off the phone with him earlier tonight...

i had a blast in the dorms, but i got pretty lucky. there are a handful of people i still keep in contact with

my friends lived on Walker 4, it seemed fairly cool. at the time Walker was nicer, but now i think Couch has caught up. i was in Couch the first year it reopened and i don't think we even had a change machine for the laundry machines

[rufnek05]

the food was awesome, meal plan kicked ***. i miss it a lot. and at the end of spring break we had lots of meal exchanges that were left over, so we had a FEAST!

[def_lazer_fc]

i was in couch.

it was me and my best friend from high school. we were placed at the end of the hall which meant we didn't share a bathroom with anybody else (which was a HUGE bonus). we only got the cops called on us once. i think we had a party during finals week. room next to us could smell weed i think. the cops show up and tell us to get rid of the alcohol so we just throw away the empty cans, and being good officers of the law, they take our trash for us. great service.:D

[def_lazer_fc]

the food was awesome, meal plan kicked ***. i miss it a lot. and at the end of spring break we had lots of meal exchanges that were left over, so we had a FEAST!
i used to go clean up at the c store with my left over meal points. grape soda and pistachios for days!

[SoonerStormchaser]

From someone who lived in Couch in 2001-2002...here would be my choices from experience:
1. Sooner Center (by far the best)
2. Towers (fire alarms suck at 3 am, especially when you live on the 12th floor)
3. Cate (hope you like COMMUNITY BATHROOMS)

[TopDawg]

I think the RA makes a huge difference in the way you perceive the experience.

Yes. True. Students should get to know their RA as soon as they can. Even if you don't become close, it's good to have them as a resource.


Also, send her to Camp Crimson.

Yep!

[fadada1]

freshman year - 89: 12W with rockin' clarke stroud as RA.
soph year - 90: 12W tri-suite with rockin' clarke stroud. lived in the "b-hive" (all our first names started with a "B"... thus, "b-hive")

freshman year, we had a meeting with the center coordinator in october. she was none too pleased with our antics. she said we had set the record for citations for an entire year... and it was only october. everyone had at least one (mostly for noise and/or alcohol). problem was, most of us were from out of state, and no mode of transportation. i think 55 of the 70 on the wing were NOT from oklahoma. we had nowhere to go... so we enjoyed the weekends. five of us were from NY, 3 from michigan, 3 from NJ, etc... i think our citation record is still in tact.

i was the RA on 2W (walker for the 98-99 year). had a great time in walker. had an upperclass floor in adams for the spring 98 semester. very different in adams... much quieter.

[fadada1]

Yes. True. Students should get to know their RA as soon as they can. Even if you don't become close, it's good to have them as a resource.

i still keep in touch with a few of the guys from when i RA(ed). i still keep in touch with stroud every now and then. i hear your guys tried to send you down the trash chute:D

[TopDawg]

Tried? It happened 4 times!

I still keep up with some of my fellas too. Even some of the girls from when I was an RA in Adams.

[yermom]

From someone who lived in Couch in 2001-2002...here would be my choices from experience:
1. Sooner Center (by far the best)
2. Towers (fire alarms suck at 3 am, especially when you live on the 12th floor)
3. Cate (hope you like COMMUNITY BATHROOMS)

oh man, i almost forgot about the fire alarms

[sooner518]

i lived in Walker on the "scholastic floor" on 8 West in 2001-2002. It was maybe a little nerdier, but really I didnt think it was THAT much different from other floors. I guess alot of the kids would play Counterstrike all the time. But I met some of my best friends on that floor. We were the kids who were smart, well-adjusted and not nerdy so we kind of gravitated away from the Counterstrike dorks. I would imagine there are plenty of people like that on the scholastic floor.

If I were you, I'd go with either Walker or Cate. Cate is a little older and there is a possibility of getting a room with no air conditioning (I think all of those non-AC rooms are upper-class floors though). Cate has community bathrooms but I think the rooms themselves are roomier and better set up. Plus, you can open the windows in Cate. It seems like its easier to meet people in Cate. But you said its your daughter going there, so she will probably want her own bathroom so the community bathrooms might not be a good idea for her.

Stay the hell away from Adams like the plague. That place is a hellhole and with a Burger King right downstairs, the freshman 15 is right around the corner.

Couch isnt so bad, its just kind of a crappier version of Walker. and its farther away from everything

I would pass on the Honors dorm as well. If she is really smart and wants some kind of smart person area, stick with the scholastic floor in Walker.

So I would suggest,
Walker>Cate>Couch>Honors>Adams

I freakin loved the dorms. I mean, it kinda sucks not having your own space, but my most fun year of college was definitely my freshman year.


Hope that helped

[TopDawg]

Couch isnt so bad, its just kind of a crappier version of Walker. and its farther away from everything



I know it's only been 5 years since you were there, but this has changed. I mean, the crappier part. Not the farther part. Of course, it IS closer to the pool, the cafeteria, the CCE, the baseball stadium and the LNC. :D

There's really not a whole lot of difference between the towers, but I'd choose Couch and Walker over Adams if given the choice.

[snp]

So I would suggest,
Walker>Cate>Couch>Honors>Adams

No way. Honors should be the last option. Couch and Walker are the same except Couch has been remolded and is a little nicer.

More people in the towers and you'll meet way more people.


My sister will be a freshman at OU next year and has been asking me where to shack up. I was in the dorms 21 years ago!

Heh, you must've been outta college for a while. Shack up means something totally different now ;)

[sooner518]

I know it's only been 5 years since you were there, but this has changed. I mean, the crappier part. Not the farther part. Of course, it IS closer to the pool, the cafeteria, the CCE, the baseball stadium and the LNC. :D

There's really not a whole lot of difference between the towers, but I'd choose Couch and Walker over Adams if given the choice.
hmm the last time I was in Couch was probably a year and a half ago and I still felt it was kinda crappy. but I may just be biased. I always just felt like Walker was nicer and more a part of the campus whereas Couch was just kind of way the hell out there.

[Harry Beanbag]

Walker 9W in '90-'91 for me. My roommate was pretty studious and I think I annoyed him quite a bit, but I had a good time. The worst part was the two guys in the adjoining room constantly smoking clove cigarettes so we always had the sickly sweet smell billowing up under the bathroom door.

I remember one of my buddies down the hall and me coming back one drunken early morning, and as we stepped off the elevator on the 9th floor I dropped my damn keys down the elevator shaft. :( We took the elevator back down and opened the doors between the basement and the 1st floor so I could crawl down in the shaft to get my keys back while he kept the doors open.

[fadada1]

Walker 9W in '90-'91 for me. My roommate was pretty studious and I think I annoyed him quite a bit, but I had a good time. The worst part was the two guys in the adjoining room constantly smoking clove cigarettes so we always had the sickly sweet smell billowing up under the bathroom door.

I remember one of my buddies down the hall and me coming back one drunken early morning, and as we stepped off the elevator on the 9th floor I dropped my damn keys down the elevator shaft. :( We took the elevator back down and opened the doors between the basement and the 1st floor so I could crawl down in the shaft to get my keys back while he kept the doors open.
i had a good friend (still a great friend) that lived on 9W that year. i was up on 12W (as previously mentioned).

[IronSooner]

I was in Walker 9W back in '99-'00. It wasn't all that nice, but not bad either. Had friends in Couch, which was pretty much the ghetto. Walker had something like 4 elevators, but one was broken all the time. Floor 5 was the National Merit floor, and those dorks always took the elevator instead of walking, which ****ed off the rest of us on the higher floors. My floor wasn't all that social, but that's just one wing of one floor.

I looked at the honors dorms, but they were much smaller than the towers. The rest of the dorm seems nice, I had a class in there at one point, the rooms are just really cramped.

I also had friends in Adams, who got two dedicated elevators per tower (much better setup IMO) and were upstairs from BK. At least 2 of them vowed never to eat there again after freshman year.

I'd probably go with Adams 1st and Walker 2nd, and get bunk beds so you get more floor space. We had collapsible chairs and movie nights periodically with our tons of floor space. Definitely worth it.

[Harry Beanbag]

i had a good friend (still a great friend) that lived on 9W that year. i was up on 12W (as previously mentioned).


Who was it? There were only 4 or 5 guys that I really hung out with and remember anything about.

And yeah, there was some sky dumping happening on the 9th floor as well. :) :O

[TopDawg]

hmm the last time I was in Couch was probably a year and a half ago and I still felt it was kinda crappy. but I may just be biased. I always just felt like Walker was nicer and more a part of the campus whereas Couch was just kind of way the hell out there.

Like SNP said, Couch's rooms have been renovated and Walker's haven't. I think by next year they'll all be renovated and maybe then Walker will "re-pass" Couch, but for now I'd take Couch over Walker.

And as far as distance goes...it's just across the street. The north goal line is closer to the fieldhouse than the south goal line, too...but it's not THAT big a difference. :D

[snp]

Like SNP said, Couch's rooms have been renovated and Walker's haven't. I think by next year they'll all be renovated and maybe then Walker will "re-pass" Couch, but for now I'd take Couch over Walker.

And as far as distance goes...it's just across the street. The north goal line is closer to the fieldhouse than the south goal line, too...but it's not THAT big a difference. :D

Complaining about the distances between the two is hillarious. I could throw a baseball from Couch and knock out a window several stories up. They're very close.

[soonerboomer93]

3. Cate (hope you like COMMUNITY BATHROOMS)

for me, the community bathrooms weren't that bad, especially since my floor only had a few people on it. Besides, you get the bonus of housekeeping cleaning them daily...

[TopDawg]

for me, the community bathrooms weren't that bad, especially since my floor only had a few people on it. Besides, you get the bonus of housekeeping cleaning them daily...

Good point...don't underestimate the housekeeping benefit. As an RA, I saw some pretty disgusting bathrooms when I went through and did room checks at the end of the year. I'm convinced that the guys were actually dirtier after showering. Of course it's less of a concern for girls who tend to be cleaner anyway, but it's nice to have someone else taking care of that for you.

[TopDawg]

Complaining about the distances between the two is hillarious. I could throw a baseball from Couch and knock out a window several stories up. They're very close.

Yeah. Plus, the distance that Couch is from the classrooms is just about cancelled out by its proximity to the three biggest parking lots.

[setem]

I will be at OU next fall and I am looking for a roomy!















I am sure your daughter has an account with soonerspace. Go here and they have a housing section.

[rufnek05]

the showers in the towers can be pretty nasty. i'm OCD about clean bathrooms, and i about had an aneurysm when i moved in. everytime i took a shower i wore shower shoes. great investment

[Kels]

the showers in the towers can be pretty nasty. i'm OCD about clean bathrooms, and i about had an aneurysm when i moved in. everytime i took a shower i wore shower shoes. great investment

A friend of mine actually did have an aneurysm while in the shower right before finals in Dec. '90. He was on W6 I believe. His roommate found him dead in there. It was a freak deal, not because of the lack of cleanliness in the bathroom.

Anyway, your comment brought back a few memories of Jay . . . :(

Sorry to be a downer.

[OUTromBoNado]

I lived in Walker. My roommate and I got the first alcohol citations at OU after the campus went dry a couple of years ago.


Try to get her into Couch.

Couch Center all the way. That's why I met NormanPride and OUWxGuesser. We raised some serious hell in that building. Let's see if I can remember them:

1) The giant drunken party that we threw...and got busted for...after beating Nebbish in 2000.
2) Taking someones birthday cake and flinging it down the hall at people.
3) Playing baseball and kickball in the hallway.
4) Nerf gun fights.
5) Taking the doorknob off our Flood Advisor's room.
6) Tying people peoples' doorknobs together.
7) Throwing a printer catridge full of ink at the wall and watching it splatter. The painted over the stain, but you can still see it today on Couch 5 East.
8) Sending a 20" TV down the garbage chute at 2:30am.
9) Kicking a hole in the wall.
10) Building "Chairhenge." NP, if you've got the picture, post it.

[TheHumanAlphabet]

Couch Center all the way. That's why I met NormanPride and OUWxGuesser. We raised some serious hell in that building. Let's see if I can remember them:

1) The giant drunken party that we threw...and got busted for...after beating Nebbish in 2000.
2) Taking someones birthday cake and flinging it down the hall at people.
3) Playing baseball and kickball in the hallway.
4) Nerf gun fights.
5) Taking the doorknob off our Flood Advisor's room.
6) Tying people peoples' doorknobs together.
7) Throwing a printer catridge full of ink at the wall and watching it splatter. The painted over the stain, but you can still see it today on Couch 5 East.
8) Sending a 20" TV down the garbage chute at 2:30am.
9) Kicking a hole in the wall.
10) Building "Chairhenge." NP, if you've got the picture, post it.

I could post something about my time in Walker, but I'm not sure if the time limit for prosecution is over...;)

[OUTromBoNado]

If you live in the towers at OU, stay away from floors 10-12. They are designed to peel away if hit directly by a tornado. YWIA.

[fadada1]

our favorite past times on 12W:

-superglueing anything that could be superglued to the floor
-TPing a room with about 20 rolls
-skydump
-hallball (a 2-man game we invented - had a full blown tourney one weekend)
-water fights of epic proportion (2-3inches of water on the entire floor)
-wastecans filled with water, leaning up against the doors (remember, the doors open inward).
-filling one of the BIG trash cans with water and leaning it up against a door.
-waking up one morning to see EVERY door had a can of water up against it (classic)
-beam and coke while listening to ELO and playing mario bros.
-banging on the pipes in the ceiling - the entire building could hear it.
-dropping the big study table (rarely used) from a vertical position - the top 6 floors could hear/feel it.

[Ardmore_Sooner]

http://photos-381.ak.facebook.com/ip001/v14/228/64/9616284/n9616284_30662381_8558.jpg

http://photos-410.ak.facebook.com/ip001/v14/228/64/9616284/n9616284_30662410_474.jpg

My suitemate always locked his door from that day forward...... :D

[fadada1]

that's awesome.

when and where was that? some of those guys look familiar.

[Petro-Sooner]

LOL Wow. I'll never forget my dorm days at nsu. Good times.

[Ardmore_Sooner]

Walker 2W last year. My suitemate always left his room unlocked, so a friend of mine and I went and collect leftover Oklahoma Daily's for about 4 days and voila! Of course a fist fight almost occured the very next day, but o well. :D

[fadada1]

Walker 2W last year. My suitemate always left his room unlocked, so a friend of mine and I went and collect leftover Oklahoma Daily's for about 4 days and voila! Of course a fist fight almost occured the very next day, but o well. :D
that's where i was the RA. i sure hope some of those guys aren't from 98-99!!!!

[sooneron]

I would like to thank TD for the info formally. Kudos!

[fadada1]

I would like to thank TD for the info formally. Kudos!
TD molests collies!!!

:D

[sooneron]

Am I old for NOT remembering Couch? I think that was postal housing in those days.

[sooneron]

TD molests collies!!!

:D
preevert!:texan:

[Harry Beanbag]

Am I old for NOT remembering Couch? I think that was postal housing in those days.


That's the way I remember it. I think we're just old. :(

[rufnek05]

http://photos-381.ak.facebook.com/ip001/v14/228/64/9616284/n9616284_30662381_8558.jpg

http://photos-410.ak.facebook.com/ip001/v14/228/64/9616284/n9616284_30662410_474.jpg

My suitemate always locked his door from that day forward...... :D


JT? i'm in that pic. that should tell you who i am

[Ardmore_Sooner]

I already knew who you were awhile back dude.

[rufnek05]

haha. i still remember when u filled his bath tub with ice. classic

[TopDawg]

That's the way I remember it. I think we're just old. :(

95-96 was the first year it was completely opened up for students

[TopDawg]

I would like to thank TD for the info formally. Kudos!

you're welcome

[TopDawg]

My suitemate always locked his door from that day forward...... :D

One day we stacked (mostly) empty coke cans about half the way up the door of my suitemate's room while he was in class. You could hear him come in from out in the elevator lobby. The "mostly empty" cans were the ones that really ****ed him off.

[soonerboomer93]

just remember, you're not really having fun until they put your floor on lockdown


24 hour quiet time, no visitation, extra RA rounds during the evenings, campus police rounds at night...

[Ardmore_Sooner]

just remember, you're not really having fun until they put your floor on lockdown


24 hour quiet time, no visitation, extra RA rounds during the evenings, campus police rounds at night...

What the heck did you guys do?

[soonerboomer93]

oh, bringing beer on to the floor was the best, we just had to give the RA some if he caught us with it.

In cate it was even easier. I had a n00b for an RA. He saw me with beer, but apparently wasn't clear on the drinking rules and told me no alcohol allowed, I just told him I was 21 and he left me alone...

[sooneron]

Yep Cate was like Tijuana as far as underage drinking was concerned.

[soonerboomer93]

What the heck did you guys do?

alot, and then some, and then some more. The real straw breaker, that just made housing absolutely mad was messing with the fire alarms. Someone got ****ed off about all the 3 am fire alarms in the spring of 94 (and they were happing weekly if not multiple times a week for a while) and punched holes in the speaker of every alarm on the floor. they also did a few other things to them, with the univeristy kept having to replace them and securing them different ways. They spent quite a bit replacing every alarm on 4W-left multiple times.

We didn't actually ever flood the hall (too badly). Actually one of the greatest pranks was taking some squid jerky and hiding it in the heating pipes. That was rank after a couple days, especially since they couldn't find the source for almost 1 month.

[soonerboomer93]

Yep Cate was like Tijuana as far as underage drinking was concerned.

the easiest part for me is that I was a supervisor over in the C-Store so all the Cate RA's knew I worked for housing and never gave a **** about what I did. I had a lot of citations my freshman year, most of them I got out of by appealing to cate. After that, when I lived in Cate, not a single one.