Visiting UW, what should i see?

anon94785555
Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:29:43 +0000

Don’t bother with the zoo on the way to the arboretum- it is a shadow of its former self. Walking from campus through the arboretum and back is a long trek- the area with flowering trees and shrubs must be beautiful now as we’ve had an early spring.

A walk on State St near campus is worth your while- good restaqurants there of many kinds. Do take time to check out University Bookstore, a major private store with textbooks et al- grab any free magazines/newspapers near the entrance. A walk along the lakeshore path from the Memorial Union to the Lakeshore dorms and beyond to Picnic Point is nice.

Dropping in on any libraries around campus or classroom buildings in fields that interest you- perhaps the Memorial, Helen C White (College), Steenbock and/or Engineering libraries depending on which end of campus you might live on or which major you have in mind. You might catch the Computer Science DoIT (dept of information technology) center on Charter/Dayton end of the building before 5 pm weekdays for any questions about computers.

Observatory Drive from behind Bascom Hall to the Lakeshore dorms gives you a great view of Lake Mendota.

Art at the Chasen in Elvejem- near Park and University or other museums if you need indoor time killers.

A lot of my post is a repeat of Descartesz- you can get Babcock ice cream at hthe Unions if it is closed.

Spend some time with a campus map to familiarize yourself with it. You can get walking distances from dorms to various campus places on the housing dorm web pages.