SMU living

SMUnick · Post by **SMUnick** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 4:42 pm

Where did all of you alum/students live when attending SMU??? I think I am going to be in Boaz hall, but I'm not quite sure yet...(also any frats etc.)

PonyPower · Post by **PonyPower** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 10:32 pm

Welcome to SMU (and to PonyFans.com).

I lived in Boaz Hall my freshman year, and it was great -- I couldn't believe that each floor was coed! My sophomore year, it was on to Snider Hall (just north of the QuackShack .... a.k.a. the infirmary). From there on, it was a series of the many apartments near campus, mostly across Greenville Avenue in the various complexes that make up The Village -- tons of SMU students live there. Extremely fun place to live.

Diamond Girl · Post by **Diamond Girl** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 11:12 pm

Welcome to SMU! When I was there, there was still the freshman and upperclass quads. The freshman quad was down by Meadows Museum, and the upperclass quad was by the quack shack. I lived in Morrison/McGinnis freshman year, Snider Hall as a sophomore, Daniel III apartments (which were next door to the DG house) junior year, and in the DG house as a senior. Snider was best; the DG house was the worst.

MrMustang1965 · Post by **MrMustang1965** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 12:19 am

My wife says Boaz Hall was known as 'the party dorm'...so much so that you had to put down a security deposit to cover any damages! Of course that was from 1974-1978. :roll:

Post by **SmooPower** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 12:46 am

I lived in Shuttles, Virginia, Snider, Mary Hay and a fraternity house while at SMU. I spent a lot of time at Letterman Hall (when all the art people were there), Boaz (friend was a RA), and Morrison/McGinnis (had a friend there). I'd go into more detail but I'm tired.

EastStang · Post by **EastStang** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 8:21 am

I lived in Boaz freshman year, was an SA in Boaz my sophomore year, and lived in Daniels my junior and senior year.

KnuckleStang · Post by **KnuckleStang** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 11:49 am

Freshman: Mary Hay
Soph: fraternity house
Jr: apartment at Preston Rd. & Yale--sucked
Sr: La Alta apartments (conveniently located in walking distance to Parkit Markit), which I believe are now defunct, or at least they're not called La Alta anymore. I tell you what...Looking around at my obscenely tiny NYC 1 BR, it sure is depressing to think that senior year I shared a huge 3 BR apt. with 2 other guys, each paying somewhere around $165/mo. We had a freaking swimming pool, for crying out loud, with a volleyball net. Booze, chicks, and more booze. Good gawd, them was the days.

HixsontoLeVias · Post by **HixsontoLeVias** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 1:34 pm

Diamond Girl....my sister was a DG..what years were you there?? I was [deleted] III.....Snider Basement....Spanish Steps Apt.....ATO house.

mustangkip · Post by **mustangkip** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 3:12 pm

I am another former Boaz hall resident. Class of 83. I loved it there and I pleged with Lambda Chi.

MrMustang1965 · Post by **MrMustang1965** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 4:48 pm

OMG! HixsontoLeVias...you're a 'brother'???????? :shock:

My wife is a DG, too...at SMU from 1974-1978.

HixsontoLeVias · Post by **HixsontoLeVias** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 7:10 pm

my sister was there from 1975 - 1979....I am SURE she knew your lovely wife..I probably did too..

MrMustang1965 · Post by **MrMustang1965** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 7:22 pm

HixsontoLeVias wrote:my sister was there from 1975 - 1979....I am SURE she knew your lovely wife..I probably did too..

We'll have to meet up at Special Delivery's tailgate this Fall. If you knew ATOs Joe Murphy, Ronnie Thompson, Tom Somerville or Buddy Crutchfield then you probably met wife, too. They were/are friends of hers.

giacfsp · Post by **giacfsp** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 8:04 pm

MrMustang1965 wrote:My wife says Boaz Hall was known as 'the party dorm'...so much so that you had to put down a security deposit to cover any damages! Of course that was from 1974-1978.

I don't know, that tradition continued a while. I don't recall getting charged, but the "Beer Slides" (picture one of those slippery plastic sheets, where you run the hose over it, run at it full speed and dive/slide/skid across the yard .... but replace the water with beer) were something to behold in the late '80s!

couch 'em · Post by **couch 'em** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 8:34 pm

Walking by at night and seeing a microwave and a couch come flying out of a third floor window tends to suggest it is still party central.

Corso · Post by **Corso** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 9:35 am

Back in the day, the couch went off the roof. (Or so I heard :wink:

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