@exlibris97 I’m sorry if I offended you - I did not mean to do so.
I guess what I was getting at is that many older U of C alums look back at their time at the College with a sort of “we got through all that back then, it was hard so it must have been good for us etc.” Kind of like how Marines talk about bonding in the rigors of boot camp.
And sure, it was great academically, no doubt about it. I had a friend visit me who was attending Georgetown at the time, and he was in awe at how much more intellectual (and difficult) the U of C was. Georgetown didn’t even compare.
Maybe life was better for you at Woodward Court. I was stuck out at the Shoreland, and it was an alienating experience.
I guess I’m just saying that we don’t need to fear the changes that have happened in the 15-20 years. I welcome them. My friends who dropped out of the college with depression in the 1980s certainly would have welcomed them. The biggest change, perhaps, is building nice large dorms close to campus, so that everyone can have more of the Woodward Court campus-centered experience rather than the Shoreland “what am I even doing here” experience. But so many other changes have come about that are so positive for the lives of the students, it’s almost impossible to count them all.
I guess I just don’t understand all the handwringing. And I’m not talking about you personally. Many alumni posters on here have expressed concerns that something is “being lost.” I just don’t see it. I just see something really good getting even better.