<p>Even in the winter?</p>
<p>How are the facilities?</p>
<p>I am sure the horseshoe is unreal… lol</p>
<p>but please anyone with any insight.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>I just got in as a transfer.</p>
<p>Scott Bennett, a former librarian at Yale University, is one of the best-known consultants to colleges and librarians on library design. Read what he said:</p>
<p>[Buildings</a> & Grounds - Ohio State U.'s Library Renovation Is ‘Stupendous,’ Says a Leading Consultant - The Chronicle of Higher Education](<a href=“http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Ohio-State-Us-Library/7988/]Buildings”>http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Ohio-State-Us-Library/7988/)</p>
<p>Also on youtube</p>
<p>[YouTube</a> - iMix - The New Library](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak7FEQjxqBY]YouTube”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak7FEQjxqBY)</p>
<p>Other new major facilities included but not limited to RPAC (top-notch student activity center), the brand new student union (over 300,000 sq ft.) to be opened in the next a few month, the B & Z renovation (Jenning Hall) for college of biosci, new biomedical research facility, the $1 billion new teaching hospital on campus, wexner art center renovated for exhibition, Sullivant Hall expansion to host world’s largest cartoon museum, newly renovated Haggerty hall for one of its kind - Industrial, Interior, and Visual Communication Design studio, new knowlton architecure school building right across from relatively new Fisher college of business campus & Schottenstein Value City Arena nearby, with on-going dormitory renovation…,etc., just to name a few. </p>
<p>Winter? It’s definitely not as cold as say, Cleveland or Michigan. Plenty of on and off-campus activities year round at the Gateway, Short North & Arena Districts. Columbus is still booming in spite of the economy. Also, don’t forget to check out the constantly expanding up-scale Easton Town Center!! </p>
<p>[America’s</a> Best Places to Find a Job 2009 - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://www.usnews.com/money/careers/articles/2009/08/21/americas-best-places-to-find-a-job-2009.html?PageNr=2]America’s”>http://www.usnews.com/money/careers/articles/2009/08/21/americas-best-places-to-find-a-job-2009.html?PageNr=2)</p>
<p>In short, I will have to say that TOSU does maintain most of its facility in great shape, even for the older buildings. Check these video clips out on youtube:</p>
<p>University Campus:
YouTube - The Ohio State University</p>
<p>The Word on Columbus:
YouTube - The Word on Columbus</p>
<p>Easton Town Center:
YouTube - Easton Town Center</p>
<p>Arena District:
YouTube - Arena District</p>
<p>G’Luck & Go Bucks!! :)</p>
<p>Sorry but I’d have to say tOSU is probably the least attractive campus in the Big Ten.</p>
<p>The most scenic spot on campus next to the Oval</p>
<p>Beat Meatchicken Week:</p>
<p>[YouTube</a> - Mirror Lake 2008](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U63hzEALNtE]YouTube”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U63hzEALNtE)</p>
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<p>Still ugly. Sorry.</p>
<p>^^^ So long as it’s better than UM, I am fine!! :)</p>
<p>[Michigan</a> will be among the poorest states for years, study says | freep.com | Detroit Free Press](<a href=“http://www.freep.com/article/20091112/NEWS06/911120445/?imw=Y]Michigan”>http://www.freep.com/article/20091112/NEWS06/911120445/?imw=Y)</p>
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<p>Agreed and Columbus is unattractive as well. And boring.</p>
<p>Are we talking about the campus or the entire city of columbus?!</p>
<p>Aerial</p>
<p>[campus</a> on Flickr - Photo Sharing!](<a href=“http://www.■■■■■■■■■■/photos/smailtronic/2066367530/]campus”>http://www.■■■■■■■■■■/photos/smailtronic/2066367530/)</p>
<p>Sheezch… (some comments are WAY harsh…)</p>
<p>Okay, being in the Columbus area myself, let me say that OSU’s campus isn’t the greatest, or worst, but it is livable and quasi-urban. </p>
<p>The “collegetown” on High sucks, but the Short North down the street makes up for that. Columbus itself is an awesome city, with many great attractions, a lively core city, safe neighborhoods, and… Easton and Polaris, both of which are awesome.</p>
<p>German Village in town is really cool, too, and is very German. The Book Loft is a must-see, an awesome book store that takes up a whole city block. Many Fortune 500 companies are in the city, and it is a financial hub.</p>
<p>Have to agree with Novi, pretty unremarkable </p>
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<li><p>Horseshoe looks like the USS Alabama; gray and drab, without the cool gun turrets…paint “60” in white at the curved end and it would look even more so. There are only about 30,000 student tickets. Including satellite campuses, there are 65,000 students who try for them at $32 a pop. good luck </p></li>
<li><p>No real cohesion; 60’s dorm here, Enormous RPEC over there, old field house here, new arena there, 70’s building here, 90’s building trying to look like 1890s over there.</p></li>
<li><p>The Oval? Nice if you like grass and walkways </p></li>
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<p>Sparkeye, you may want to be careful poo poo’ing Michigan’s misery:
[Behr</a> plant, 900 jobs, health benefits at risk](<a href=“http://www.daytondailynews.com/business/behr-plant-900-jobs-health-benefits-at-risk-404487.html]Behr”>http://www.daytondailynews.com/business/behr-plant-900-jobs-health-benefits-at-risk-404487.html)</p>
<p>Note, that is the LAST plant in the area according to the story.</p>
<p>The campus is not pretty. And the neighborhood is really scary.</p>
<p>^^ I know the state of Michigan (nearly 1-million job loss!) well enough, having lived there nearly a decade myself. In fact, I was personally appreciated for the decade long support of landing the F-RIB by MSU a few months back. Nonetheless, thanks for the reminder, BaghDAD. You all must understand that it is the “Beat Michigan Week.” And even when it is not, I would only ‘respond’ when Blue fan(s) ‘stop-by’ TOSU thread. Peace! :)</p>
<p>P.S. 9 out of 10 people that I’ve shown the picture of Big House & The Shoe who are not affiliated to both schools prefer Ohio Stadium both in aesthetics and functionalities.</p>
<p>I would urge you to give the campus and city of Columbus a good look. The facilities are top notch-the new library is amazing. In terms of safety around campus, as with any large urban area, there is crime. For students, the sports scene is great. If you have other interests, The Wexner Center is a great example of cultural offerings. The weather is pretty moderate-it’s Nov. 17 and we hit 66 degrees today!</p>
<p>It’s the Paris of Central Ohio</p>
<p>^What???</p>
<p>Anyways, this is blatantly incorrect:</p>
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<p>This is in Dayton, a good hour away from C-Bus and not even in the same metro area. Behr has also never had a presence in Columbus (or Dayton, for that matter) since it moved into the plant at the start of the Decade. The plant was a former Chrysler auto plant, and Delphi and GM were big in town, not Behr, and each had employment of 15,00+ in Dayton in their heyday.</p>
<p>I would agree that insulting MI based on the economy is definitely a low blow. U Mich has absolutely no problem in placing grads no matter where they wish to go, and the upper peninsula is quite possibly the most beautiful region in this nation. Like it or not, Detroit is still a powerhouse and its metro has some of the incest, most livable areas imaginable (again, for Detroit haters, I strongly urge them to check out the Somerset Collection in Troy.)</p>
<p>^^^Summer Set (SS)… Did you actually go in and checkout the scence in the ‘rich wing’ of SS? Where all the Gucci, LV, Tiffany stores are located at? The business is “very dead” even on the wkend!! The last time I was there (every 6 months or so) visiting friends who live in W. Bloomingfield and attended Cranbrook Kingswood, all told that these days, the shoppers at SS are mostly ‘Window Shoppers’ and do the actual shopping mostly at the ‘regular wing’ on the other side of the skywalk. So far as I am concerned, sorry to say that these days, SS is not much different from say, the Twelve Oaks Mall in Novi or Tuttle Crossing in C-bus in terms of the functionalities. And FYI, Troy is not near downtown detroit by any stretch, with the rush hour traffic, it can take up to an hour or more. It is almost the same distance as AA to Detroit I think. Even though some might call it the ‘metro / outskirt’ due to its newer city development status, it is located at the northern end of the ‘miles.’ </p>
<p>In fact, next time I suggest you to take Woodward Ave. north bound (as an attempt to avoid I-75 or 696 rush hour traffic) from Detroit and turn right on Big Beaver Rd to get to SS. And while you drive through Telegraph or Woodward Ave., I advise anyone to check out those luxury dealerships on both sides of the road. The sales people will tell you how dire the economic situation has been for the local businesses. Also, in case you don’t already know, for decades, most residents in these affluent townships (Birmingham, Beverly Hills, Troy…,etc) do try to avoid setting their foot into downtown detroit after dark due to safety concerns unless necessary (mostly work). On the other hand, I do not observe similar atmosphere on the wkend at C-bus at the downtown districts. People from all the nearby cities such as Worthington, Dublin or the outskirt Hilliard would genuinely love to come into the city for leisure on regular basis. A side note: I almost got robbed in Greentown on my last visit with friend(s) just walking on the streets in Detroit. In general, downtown C-bus is not perfect but far FAR safer than downtown Detroit imho.</p>
<p>“U Mich has absolutely no problem in placing grads no matter where they wish to go”… That is a strong statement that I wish it’s true… My beloved cousin, whose a Michigan graduate (history/poli sci double major) with a JD from U of Detroit Mercy has been out of the job for 2 years, even though he had plenty of internship experiences, and frankly, quite a few of his Umich friends are not doing much better either! </p>
<p>In short, make no mistake, I also bleed Green & White (MSU alumnus here!!) and wish MI all the best!! So, no need to mock or label me otherwise, I was merely ‘responding’ to the fun provoking blue fan(s) in the best manner I can. As I alluded above, I want MI to do well economically as it also benefits OHIO if not the entire Rust Belt (a symbionic - interlocking relationship between these two states, especially for the neighboring cities such as Cleveland, Akron and Toledo). However, Detroit needs to reinvent itself and focus not only in the auto industries (that’s a whole new subject!). Finally, I really really really want Motown to bounce back economically ASAP if not for the sake of my new GM stocks! Anyways, enough of my rant. Go Detroit & Go Bucks! :)</p>
<p>^^^It’s 1:35 PM and tOSU still sucks. It’s been FOREVER (no need to count the days) since tOSU beat Michigan academically. Just a play on words that the folks in C-bus seem to be obsessed with.</p>
<p>“On the other hand, I do not observe similar atmosphere on the wkend at C-bus at the downtown districts. People from all the nearby cities such as Worthington, Dublin or the outskirt Hilliard would genuinely love to come into the city for leisure on regular basis.”</p>
<p>Congrats! Mention another half dozen names and you have the total amount of suburbs around C-bus. It’s no mystery that Columbus has annexed land for decades as it grew. Cities like Cleveland and Detroit, which have been land-locked for generations never had this luxury. For example C-bus covers over 212 sq. miles while Detroit only encompasses 139 sq. miles and Cleveland even less than that at 78 sq. miles. Trust me, if C-Bus were landlocked in like Cleveland has been for a hundred years, they very well could be experiencing similar problems. Cities like Columbus, Indianapolis, Houston, Phoenix, Las Vegas, etc. are not enclosed by natural boundaries like water or state lines. By the way, it’s spelled “Somerset.”</p>
<p>rjkofnovi covered it for me.</p>
<p>Anyways, for the sake of not having this turn into a city-data style fight thread, Ohio State’s not exactly chopped liver, but it really can’t compare to UMich at the undergraduate level. I think most can agree with that statment.</p>
<p>Being an urban activist, I HATE referring to suburbs to defend a city like I did here, but Detroit’s gems lie beyond her borders for the most part. Think of places like Dearborn and the Ford attractions, the old money style of the Grosses, Bloomfield Hills, and Royal Oak, the absolutely amazing city that is Ann Arbor, and a foreign country right across the shore. Detroit has problems, but even with them there is still so much there that sets it apart and makes it wonderful.</p>
<p>Sticking just to OSU, I think it’s about average for a state flagship and has added some very topnotch facilities in the last 10 years or so. The central campus is very nice.<br>
Columbus which I covered for business for about 5 years (my first big buy was the Huntington Center downtown). It has some very nice renovated areas and is generally in better shape than most large midwest cities due to a diverse economy and moderate crime. I think most would find it very livable.</p>