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Post by aggiejazz on Mar 24, 2007 18:04:33 GMT -5
I recently started watching "Flip this House" on TLC there are some really great landscaping architects on the show and I think A&T needs to hire one of them.
I was on Norfolk State Campus today and I must say A&T's landscaping looks a lot better than what is on NSU campus. What's amazing there is a neighborhood adjacent to the campus where the landscaping looks pretty good.
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Post by truthseeker on Mar 26, 2007 15:20:12 GMT -5
expanding the campus around "T" would also help... last yr. at the track meets you had people calling our campus ghetto based on what they saw in the salem st. area...
why can't agriculculture & landscaping help with campus beauty??? and not only that... the athletic fields also... i see the softball coach doing all kind of work to the field!!! i'm like... she has got to be the only coach in the country who has to take care of the playing surface.... when does she have time to recruit??? her home life ... what home life... shes mowing grass or dragging the field in her spare time!!! does she get a seperate check for being the grounds crew also???
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Post by aggiebred09 on Apr 16, 2007 1:04:55 GMT -5
I mean its really not that bad...People all the time are talking about the cleanliness of our campus....Every morning i see the white guy out by Craig picking up trash and later edging the sidewalk. You also have to remember that we've grown alot and we have had to cut down some of the trees around campus....I think they did a good Job of keeping the trees in that used to be in the back of Scott Hall....I think we just complain to much...Nothing makes negro's happy. If its really that bad, dig up some of ya yard and bring it down East Market. Hey youngster that's straight BS. It's not about being happy, it's about understanding what excellence looks like and obviously you don't. If you accept less than what can be achieved then that's what you will get. You have to train your eyes to see what it's looking at. We're not talking about trash, were talking about landscaping, green fresh and manicured. Look at the picture in this post and train your damn eyes to see your campus looking that way. The school's ad campaign says 'Expect More'. Then do it. I brought a Executive Vice President of our company to campus. I saw the look on his face as we walked by brown spots and straw and crap instead of bright green grass. There's no excuse other than us not thinking it's important. Aggiebred09, your blindness(and others like you) to the problem is the reason we're even in this thread. Is it better? Yes. Is it anywhere near what it should be? No. Maxwell with all do respect to the angry elderly, but i do think that even though our campus does need some improvements in landscaping, what we have now is great compared to some of the other campuses i have visited. Hell I'm sure you've been around the back of the union facing the stadium as well as through the middle off Aggie Village. I mean were not the Biltmore but dayum at least it ain't paper and beer cans scattered across the yard (except for the ones yall negros leave after homecoming). But alas if my views are so naive and you set on the fact that our campus needs to aspire to excellence. You are welcome to supply the turf, and donate a few trees yourself, unless that is you are satisfied by complaining on a message board. You know we are all about Alumni building up our institution after they leave and with all you advice I'm sure you could implement some ACTION.
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Post by DOOMS on Apr 16, 2007 7:58:38 GMT -5
I'd be interested to know what campuses are worse.
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Post by 4XLAGGIE on Apr 16, 2007 9:51:18 GMT -5
I'd be interested to know what campuses are worse. Coppin State ;D ;D ;D
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Post by Aggie Monster on Apr 16, 2007 11:05:55 GMT -5
I've seen plenty that are worse. Especially black schools. We dont compare to some of the smaller white campuses because they are easier to keep up. Everyone has their bad spots, but I love the improvements and so does everyone that I talk to after they visit A&T
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Post by Maxell on Apr 16, 2007 11:16:56 GMT -5
Hey youngster that's straight BS. It's not about being happy, it's about understanding what excellence looks like and obviously you don't. If you accept less than what can be achieved then that's what you will get. You have to train your eyes to see what it's looking at. We're not talking about trash, were talking about landscaping, green fresh and manicured. Look at the picture in this post and train your damn eyes to see your campus looking that way. The school's ad campaign says 'Expect More'. Then do it. I brought a Executive Vice President of our company to campus. I saw the look on his face as we walked by brown spots and straw and crap instead of bright green grass. There's no excuse other than us not thinking it's important. Aggiebred09, your blindness(and others like you) to the problem is the reason we're even in this thread. Is it better? Yes. Is it anywhere near what it should be? No. Maxwell with all do respect to the angry elderly, but i do think that even though our campus does need some improvements in landscaping, what we have now is great compared to some of the other campuses i have visited. Hell I'm sure you've been around the back of the union facing the stadium as well as through the middle off Aggie Village. I mean were not the Biltmore but dayum at least it ain't paper and beer cans scattered across the yard (except for the ones yall negros leave after homecoming). But alas if my views are so naive and you set on the fact that our campus needs to aspire to excellence. You are welcome to supply the turf, and donate a few trees yourself, unless that is you are satisfied by complaining on a message board. You know we are all about Alumni building up our institution after they leave and with all you advice I'm sure you could implement some ACTION. Listen. There are folk on campus now whose job it is to keep the landscaping done but their standard of quality is too low. And so is yours. FYI, I've emailed the Vice Chancellor of Facilities. And guess what no response. In this case it's about priorities more than money. And in case you forgot this is an agricultural school. There should be untapped student resources to help keep the campus beautiful. To paraphrase AI: We talking about GRASS, man. GRASS. I mean we talking about GRASS. Not a new building, but GRASS. GRASS.
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Post by Maxell on Apr 16, 2007 11:25:52 GMT -5
I've seen plenty that are worse. Especially black schools. We dont compare to some of the smaller white campuses because they are easier to keep up. Everyone has their bad spots, but I love the improvements and so does everyone that I talk to after they visit A&T Well I've been to plenty better. I love the improvements, too. But look at your comparisons. Read it again out loud to yourself. You will then understand the thinking that allows us to accept a lower standard of quality.
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Post by Aggie Monster on Apr 16, 2007 11:44:02 GMT -5
i'm not excepting a lower standard, just stating facts. Our campus is just as nice looking as Duke or UNC, but not as nice looking as say.... Elon or Catawba because they have small yards. it's easy to keep a private schools campus beautiful. you dont have city trash to deal with most of the time. You cant tell me From 29 to the book store doesn't look good. Now get back behind the football field and up pass the bowl and that's a different story. Those are public/residential areas. Cant do much about that. Everything can always look better, but what will satisify EVERYONE? We could take over "The Grove" and people would still say "Man, Summit is ghetto looking" Why cant T do something about that.
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Post by Bigboy on Apr 16, 2007 12:17:45 GMT -5
There has been a lot of construction going on at A&T for the last six years or more, making it difficult to complete beautification plans. Beautification projects should be up and going in the near future. Plus A&T was offered, about 2 or 3 years ago, the chance to purchase the property at the corner of Market and Benbow Rd. where the church is now, and the Hayes Taylor YMCA at the corner of Market and Dudley Street. If A&T decides to make the purchase of those 2 properties I am sure that beautification of those corner spots will or should be a priority.
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Post by aggiebred09 on Apr 17, 2007 0:06:13 GMT -5
I Co-Sign...We can only do so much at a time without the other suffering....Lets think about this "Grass"...Every year around this time, they reseed every inch on grass on the yard, and it truly does look nice around August and September. But the high traffic areas between holland bowl and the quad get trampled by over 11k students every semester. The only solution would be to put up borders everywhere, but then NEGROS would complain about not being able to walk on the grass. We did plant trees around a couple of spots, but it will be 10 to 15 before they add to the beautification around the yard. We got to take care of things one at a time and honestly I would rather see 4 buildings go up then worry about some cow food under my feet. Yes the grass might bring students in but the buildings are where they pay to go...
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Post by aggiejazz on Apr 17, 2007 7:32:29 GMT -5
We got to take care of things one at a time and honestly I would rather see 4 buildings go up then worry about some cow food under my feet. Yes the grass might bring students in but the buildings are where they pay to go... You can't be serious about this last statement. Both landscaping and the building go hand-in-hand and keeping up the landscape doesn't mean you lose a building. I know some students are hardheaded but if the administration and SGA make it a priority in the term of Aggie Pride means a beautiful campus you will make progress over time. I am realistic you can't do it in a year. It will take time. Oh yea, this was a pet peeve of mine when I attended A&T and the adminstration answer was they didn't have enough money and the students were walking on the grass anyway.
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Post by Tee-Sharp on Apr 17, 2007 8:15:03 GMT -5
Among HBCUs I think we have one of the better campuses but it can be greatly improved. Old, large trees like the ones in the Delaware picture can’t be grown overnight but the planting of new ones and manicuring will go a long way to improving the look of our campus. The campus looks much better than when I was a student, however there are some issues keeping it from reaching its full potential. - The Priority 4 land acquisition and subsequent development will do wonders for beautifying and adding “completeness” to the campus. The area I’m referring to can be viewed on this link fac.ncat.edu/engineer/land_acquisition.html My guess is that A&T is years away from acquiring these properties but whenever it is developed, keeping the older trees should be a priority. - Completing the grassy mall which is supposed to extend from the un-built clock tower to the new science building. This would destroy the ugly parking lot by the student union and help beautify the back of Cooper and Price Halls. I know parking on that side of campus is an issue. The parking deck that was proposed for that area got shifted to central campus. That’s not too far of a walk. - Whenever the new education building is complete, something needs to be done about Hodgin Hall. Either renovate and take out all those ugly air conditioners or tear it down. - The chain link fence around the stadium area needs to go. UNC-Charlotte has a soccer complex with an impressive brick wall around it. That’s the type of landscaping border needed there. I know…money. These are just a few issues I see that can help the look of the campus.
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Post by Bigboy on Apr 17, 2007 8:55:37 GMT -5
I know for a fact that Renick had plans to do something with the fence around the stadium but just like the renovation of the press box it all left when he left. Not saying that it would have ever been done but he did have plans. Maybe we can share our concerns with the new administration.
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Post by Maxell on Apr 17, 2007 12:05:27 GMT -5
Just waiting for June.
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