<p>dbwes</p>
<p>I don’t disagree with anything you are saying and have been following the development of the school closely from afar. My last visit to the school was in 1979 when I attended a friend’s wedding in Milwaukee. My reunion is this summer and I look forward to seeing how things have changed. When I was a freshman we were really an urban school. There was little to nothing to distinguish the campus from the rest of the city. The side streets were closed, buildings torn down and the mall was built during my sophomore year. The library expansion and language building were brand new and I watched the construction of the the theater and rec/tennis center which both opened the year after I graduated.</p>
<p>I was speaking more of MU now getting national attention and seeing applicants (and matriculants) from more distant states. When I was at MU the top states represented in the student body were in order; WI, IL, NY, NJ, and OH. I haven’t seen those stats in recent years but it would be interesting to see if the representation of NE states is growing again with MU now being part of the Big East conference.</p>