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  Sentimental Journey

   • j********o@***.com
     15/01/2001 12:50:16 UTC

     I visited Stony Brook last night. I went out to the last Anniversary,
     but

     didn't have time to prowl the campus. As it was Intercession (and after

     midnight), I wasn't able to visit all the places I wanted to - indeed,
     one of

     the most important no longer exists, that being the bus-stop behind
     Central

     Hall, approximate location of the "Chocolate Cake Incident," which was
     pretty

     much when I lost all hope (and which may in fact have been a disasterous

     miscommunication that ruined my only hope, rather than the confirmation
     of my

     inevitable doom!)

     I was able to get into Harriman (not that this was my Forum), and while
     the

     lights were on in the book room, both doors were locked. I did explore
     the

     attic and roof for the first time while I was there. I couldn't get into

     Hendrix, and I didn't even try the mutated Central Hall, but I looked in
     the

     window of Whitman 1A and got into (Roosevelt) Stage XII C - I wish I'd
     had a

     marker to say hello to the current inhabitants of the room I shared with
     Doc

     (and he with Carlo before me). I hung out in the Stage XII Cafeteria
     building

     where we used to game - I notice the mail room is gone: where do they
     get

     their mail now?

     I was able to enter Light and Medium Engineering - remember that they
     had a

     big-pixelated image of Abe Lincoln that only came into focus for a
     distance:

     now they've added images of the staff, which includes Gary 7 (Dr.
     Halada)!

     Amusing.

     It looks like the new Asian studies building is almost complete, and
     they've

     ripped up the parking lot, etc., behind Heavy Engineering (the one
     denizen I

     communicated with indicated that they were adding an extension). I was
     struck

     by how much bigger some parts of campus seem. I don't remember there
     being

     enough space for that giant "target" circle in center campus. They seem
     to

     have added a lot of parking all over the place. I drove around until I
     finally

     got the hang of that new features, like the bus loop road that I am
     prone to

     confuse with the Engineering Loop. I drove around MSRC.

     Coming home, it started to pour, and fast traffic materialized, so there
     was a

     refreshing sense of danger and challenge that capped the trip off
     nicely.

     Gorno

       • h*****l@**.com
         17/01/2001 07:05:56 UTC

         Every I-CON I notice something different about the campus. I feel
         out of

         place, of sorts. Everything is familiar yet not familiar. I remember
         the way

         things were. I get to reminisce all the times I've had, the bad
         along with the

         good, and there was good :-).

         I fondly remember the daily Cosmic Encounter games, Mystic Wood,
         Bughouse

         Chess, and all Saturday gaming. I remember video nights, cataloguing
         parties,

         and Forum meetings on Tuesdays. I remember when I had a lot more
         interest in

         the logbook than I do now ;-).

         As I see the current Forumnites talking and hanging out I miss when
         I did it

         with my Forumite generation. I miss Tony. I miss Arun. I miss Chris
         Dykman.

         Even those of less friendly persuasion but with whom I eventually
         made peace

         with.

         I miss the college life and want to go back, but alas that cannot
         be. I must

         suffice with the three days of ICON.

         Jerry Katz