Comments on: Wawa Editorial and the Aftermath http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/482/ Helping imagine a great college town for a great university Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:30:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: 3g http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/482/comment-page-1/#comment-188828 3g Fri, 08 Oct 2010 04:06:55 +0000 http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/482/#comment-188828 HA. See how all of this has worked out now? HA. See how all of this has worked out now?

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]]> By: Kevin Fallon UM '93 http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/482/comment-page-1/#comment-49446 Kevin Fallon UM '93 Sat, 13 Oct 2007 15:38:58 +0000 http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/482/#comment-49446 Hey, look at the bright side, at least they gave some publicity to both East Campus and Rob/David and RTCP in the last issue of Terp magazine. That was pretty cool. Hey, look at the bright side, at least they gave some publicity to both East Campus and Rob/David and RTCP in the last issue of Terp magazine. That was pretty cool.

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]]> By: David Daddio http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/482/comment-page-1/#comment-49008 David Daddio Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:53:58 +0000 http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/482/#comment-49008 "I wonder why the university does not take the easy step of slapping a couple of big signs on the east side of Route 1 with sample renderings, saying something like “Coming soon… See eastcampus.umd.edu” Very, very ironic that you say this considering we were just discussing how long it takes for anything to get done in CP. Indeed, Rob and I brought up the very same idea to John Porcari way way back during the RFP process and nothing ever materialized. We brought it up again to Doug Duncan before the summer. We can't even get shovels for a sign... (my guess is that they want as few people involved in the public participation process as possible.) “I wonder why the university does not take the easy step of slapping a couple of big signs on the east side of Route 1 with sample renderings, saying something like “Coming soon… See eastcampus.umd.edu”

Very, very ironic that you say this considering we were just discussing how long it takes for anything to get done in CP. Indeed, Rob and I brought up the very same idea to John Porcari way way back during the RFP process and nothing ever materialized. We brought it up again to Doug Duncan before the summer. We can’t even get shovels for a sign…

(my guess is that they want as few people involved in the public participation process as possible.)

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]]> By: Jesse Blitzstein http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/482/comment-page-1/#comment-48980 Jesse Blitzstein Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:09:41 +0000 http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/482/#comment-48980 Yeah Kevin I totally agree with your comments. The students of now are inevitably the alum of the future and one would hope that all or most would care about the university, the city, and the state long after they graduate. I was back this past weekend for my first football game as an alum (a nice win over Georgia Tech by the way!) and besides feeling a little weird, I also felt some pride in my school and some curiosity as to how/if things had changed both on campus and in the city. Unfortunately, I think Bob's personal insight above again shows just how long the process of change can take. But hopefully that sense of "stewardship" that Kevin describes can be cultivated and students both past and present will see that the betterment of College Park is in their interest regardless of how long it takes. Oh and Kevin, I spent a lot of my time at UMD at the rec center, thanks for paying for it! Yeah Kevin I totally agree with your comments. The students of now are inevitably the alum of the future and one would hope that all or most would care about the university, the city, and the state long after they graduate.

I was back this past weekend for my first football game as an alum (a nice win over Georgia Tech by the way!) and besides feeling a little weird, I also felt some pride in my school and some curiosity as to how/if things had changed both on campus and in the city.

Unfortunately, I think Bob’s personal insight above again shows just how long the process of change can take. But hopefully that sense of “stewardship” that Kevin describes can be cultivated and students both past and present will see that the betterment of College Park is in their interest regardless of how long it takes.

Oh and Kevin, I spent a lot of my time at UMD at the rec center, thanks for paying for it!

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]]> By: Colin Phillips http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/482/comment-page-1/#comment-48771 Colin Phillips Wed, 10 Oct 2007 02:50:21 +0000 http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/482/#comment-48771 Hear, hear, Kevin. I share Kevin's surprise at how many people have not yet heard about the developments in the pipeline, East Campus in particular. I wonder why the university does not take the easy step of slapping a couple of big signs on the east side of Route 1 with sample renderings, saying something like "Coming soon... See eastcampus.umd.edu". People certainly spend enough time stuck in traffic there that they would notice. Hear, hear, Kevin.

I share Kevin’s surprise at how many people have not yet heard about the developments in the pipeline, East Campus in particular. I wonder why the university does not take the easy step of slapping a couple of big signs on the east side of Route 1 with sample renderings, saying something like “Coming soon… See eastcampus.umd.edu”. People certainly spend enough time stuck in traffic there that they would notice.

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