Well, this is exciting!
Showing posts with label Internet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Internet. Show all posts
Sunday, 12:03 am
Miss the SciLi already? Become its friend!
Though it's unlikely the SciLi will get down with you over break, now might be a good time to reconnect.
Sunday, 10:54 am
Sketch comedy group Out of Bounds pays homage to everyone's favorite fortress in "SciLi State of Mind."
"Concrete building that's made of concrete / There's nothing that's fun here / You're in the SciLi"
In typical fashion, Brown-Secure is unable to handle an upload of the full video. So click here for more.
And don't think the beloved Frisc didn't get a few shout outs … "If your work is like dayum / Open till the A.M."
Sunday, 3:05 pm
Though this is arguably the only source you should ever look to for Friscobservations, a few other Web sites are worth referencing, if only for the fact that they confirm many of the theories found here.
- "The new Friedman Study Center in the SciLi has made going to study there so social, loud and, frankly, impossible that you might as well be going to a frightening 1970s nightclub." —2007 opinions column in The Brown Daily Herald
- "I am looking at the northwest corner right now and there is enough open floorspace for a 20 person yoga class. Maybe more furniture will be coming soon. ... One of the new types of chair is rather uncomfortable. ... An area in the middle of the basement that is sectioned off with dividers made of metal slats. I like the idea of dividers but they are ugly and look like jail cell bars. Also, the entire area is poorly lit, which is too bad, because it is one of the few places in the study center with lots of chairs. ... There is still only one toilet in the bathroom." —angsty blog posting, circa 2007
- "There’s only one bathroom for each sex, so there’s always a long line. Someone’s always talking on his or her cell phone, despite the posted decibel levels. And there’s often a shortage of available computers in the clusters." —blog post about lovable libraries
Friday, 11:04 pm
Somewhere in the depths of the Interwebz, it was discovered that the Class of 1960 organized a winter breaks trip two years ago. And where did they go? To the Frisc.
The alums validated so many of the theories that have been postulated on this blog that it felt compulsory to share.
The SciLi is referred to as a place to "study and 'be seen' !" Once inside the building, the touring group explored the various noise zones of the basement. (Ok, in theory, there is a difference.)
They took the noise indicators so far as to call the 50 decibels the "talking zone." I'm sorry, but in 50+ years, has no one learned — 50 DECIBELS IS NOT THAT LOUD.
