On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 23:11:57 -0600, Jay Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The University of Minnesota is one of the few land-grant universities located in the middle of an urban setting. SNIP On the other hand, the University of Connecticut is located in rural northeastern Connecticut, nestled in amongst ancient weathered foothills, whitewashed congregational churches, and picturesque hamlets. UConn has a wonderful, warm, nurturing collegial atmosphere that the U of M cannot hope to match. Who gets the better college experience? -----------snip Jay--Hop on a transit way bus on Washington Ave., right below your building and get off on the St. Paul Campus. You'll be able to buy cheese and ice cream made from milk produced (partly) by cows on campus, occasionally see a run away calf, watch the barns get ready for the spring school tours to give city kids a look at baby lambs and chicks, enjoy the aroma of freshly fertilized fields north of campus, watch the plant trials develop over the summer as the landscape plants across from Mullin's Woods mature, watch the corn/bean rotation--I'm not sure which is next-- all nestled among a bunch of drumlins (or whatever), alongside old Lutheran stone and brick churches, with unique architecture that creates the wonderful ambience of the hamlets of University Grove, Hampten Park and St. Anthony Park neighborhoods. Don't forget the thrill of seeing a recovering hawk or eagle being exercised to develop enough wing strength to be returned to the wild You will find the atmosphere on the St. Paul Campus to be that of a smaller college. I've attended both, and know whereof I speak. More people know each other by name, nod to each other on the sidewalks, are more likely to know other people in their classes and take classes together with the same people over and over. If, however, St. Paul Campus ain't enuf for ya, hustle on out to Chanhassan to the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum and you'll get a whole 'nother load of country living and the University environment and that place sports a University apple development concern also. Spring sales of plants, fall sales of apples and apple products and wonderful country life to walk around, drive around, picnic in. We ARE lucky enough in Minneapolis (and St. Paul) to have an accessible "taste of country" just a bus ride away (and it's University bus and they are still running). The St. Paul Campus DOES give city dwellers a nearby escape to the country (don't overlook all the pocket gardens created by non-facilities staff and faculty in competition with the grounds facilities people. It's a great win-win-win competition. Meanwhile the Minneapolis campus gives kids fresh off the farms and small towns of rural Minnesota a taste of life in what is arguably the finest cultural center of North America. Kids attending the U can have it all. Then he wrote: A creek is a brook A subway sandwich is a grinder And a liquor store is a package store. And Nutmeggers will stare at you blankly if you offer them hotdish for dinner, a bar for dessert, or lutefisk as an appetizer. ----- Well, I suppose they could learn the language if we took the trouble to teach them. They seem intelligent enough otherwise. (JOKE!) Emilie Quast SE Como and University of Minnesota (BTW: lutefisk is NOT an appetizer fish. It's a main dish, right along with the spicy little Swedish meatballs that are supposed to accompany it to the table. --This Kraut learned to appreciate the "fisk" from her Czech auntie, by the way.) REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
