Future of Florida International University - Page 5

theDirector · January 13th, 2009, 02:59 PM

I hate FIU. Just thought I'd throw that in there. hehe.

kevinkagy · January 13th, 2009, 03:32 PM

On Dec. 18th, FIU also broke ground on the new School of International and Public Affairs Building. It's designed by Arquitectonica and is being built across the lawn from the Ryder Building and Deuxieme Maison.

PeterSmith · January 13th, 2009, 08:15 PM

Actually, my post was incorrect. The Medical School has not topped out. They stopped working for a while and it looked like yesterday they were getting ready to take down the crane, but today they were back at it, constructing another floor.

PeterSmith · January 13th, 2009, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by kevinkagy

On Dec. 18th, FIU also broke ground on the new School of International and Public Affairs Building. It's designed by Arquitectonica and is being built across the lawn from the Ryder Building and Deuxieme Maison.

I'm glad they are finally getting started on this. I had no idea they were even close to building it. About four years ago I worked at the Office of International Studies, which was housed in a trailer where this building currently is being constructed. They moved us out of the trailer to DM because they said they were getting ready to construct this building. Several months after our move, they cut our former trailer in half, towed it off campus, and then replaced it with ... another trailer!

Aceventura · January 13th, 2009, 09:02 PM

theDirector · January 13th, 2009, 10:09 PM

I think FIU should spend money on another campus near downtown then spending more money on that campus that is out in the middle of nowhere and has no type of organization on campus. One class is here then the other nine miles across the campus. and then you have to get there in five mnutes. Not to mention they are fucking morons there. I hate that place. Sorry, I feel very strongly about that .

PeterSmith · January 13th, 2009, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by theDirector

I think FIU should spend money on another campus near downtown then spending more money on that campus that is out in the middle of nowhere and has no type of organization on campus. One class is here then the other nine miles across the campus. and then you have to get there in five mnutes. Not to mention they are fucking morons there. I hate that place. Sorry, I feel very strongly about that .

Moving the campus downtown won't change the fact that we live in a city populated by morons. Maybe FIU should do what UM did and fortify itself from the outside world and only admit students whose parents paid their way through prestigious Northeastern prep schools? Does that sound enticing?

For what it's worth, the money that is being spent is to organize the campus a little better. The reason classes were so spread out, which I happen to think was a good thing, was because FIU had only a few academic buildings to house all of its programs. The new money is being spent to construct program-specific facilities.

kevinkagy · January 13th, 2009, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by theDirector

I think FIU should spend money on another campus near downtown then spending more money on that campus that is out in the middle of nowhere and has no type of organization on campus. One class is here then the other nine miles across the campus. and then you have to get there in five mnutes. Not to mention they are fucking morons there. I hate that place. Sorry, I feel very strongly about that .

FIU's campus is like the majority of other American campuses. What do you mean? It's a campus like any other (UCF, UF, Berkeley, Georgia Tech, etc.). It's not NYU, where the buildings are cohesive with the urban fabric, because it's a university and in the U.S. that style of university construction isn't very common. I think FIU has a very nice campus.

305Lover · January 14th, 2009, 02:34 AM

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Originally Posted by theDirector

I think FIU should spend money on another campus near downtown then spending more money on that campus that is out in the middle of nowhere and has no type of organization on campus. One class is here then the other nine miles across the campus. and then you have to get there in five mnutes. Not to mention they are fucking morons there. I hate that place. Sorry, I feel very strongly about that .

I don't agree with your post at all. First of all, 107 Ave and 8 St is not the middle of nowhere I hope no one here agrees with that. 107 goes from the end of Doral all the way to the end of Kendall. And I don't even need to explain 8 St. The campus is spread out, and in the years that I have been there, I have not had a problem with the class distance since I chose classes that were in the area of each other. It is a beautiful campus, and that has been said by many foreign visitors. Again, it is not the middle of nowhere AT ALL.

AddictedToSpace · January 14th, 2009, 02:50 AM

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I don't agree with your post at all. First of all, 107 Ave and 8 St is not the middle of nowhere I hope no one here agrees with that. !07 goes from the end of Doral all the way to the end of Kendall. And I don't even need to explain 8 St. The campus is spread out, and in the years that I have been there, I have not had a problem with the class distance since I chose classes that were in the area of each other. It is a beautiful campus, and that has been said by many foreign visitors. Again, it is not the middle of nowhere AT ALL.

Totally agree with you on all points.

Aceventura · January 14th, 2009, 02:56 AM

I think three campuses would make classes much more spread out.

Hia-leah JDM · January 14th, 2009, 06:06 AM

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Originally Posted by theDirector

I think FIU should spend money on another campus near downtown then spending more money on that campus that is out in the middle of nowhere and has no type of organization on campus. One class is here then the other nine miles across the campus. and then you have to get there in five mnutes. Not to mention they are fucking morons there. I hate that place. Sorry, I feel very strongly about that .

Fascinating!

Exploratus · January 14th, 2009, 02:50 PM

What it needs is a metrorail that lands you right next to the student center.

it will be like 2090 when its funded and built. hehe

theDirector · January 14th, 2009, 04:48 PM

I guess I hit a soft spot. hehe.

***QuantumX*** · January 14th, 2009, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by theDirector

I guess I hit a soft spot. hehe.

Whatever do you mean? You stated your opinion and others simply stated theirs in a more diplomatic fashion.

305Lover · January 14th, 2009, 09:57 PM

The middle of nowhere... I have not stopped thinking about that!! If anything, it would be the center of Miami!

thetallerthebetter · January 15th, 2009, 02:38 AM

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Originally Posted by 305Lover

The middle of nowhere... I have not stopped thinking about that!! If anything, it would be the center of Miami!

Now that's a stretch

305Lover · January 15th, 2009, 02:45 PM

What I'm trying to say is that most people live between Palmetto and Turnpike. There are so many businesses, restaurants, homes of all types (condo, apt, single family, townhome, duplex, etc. etc. etc.)

thetallerthebetter · January 16th, 2009, 01:35 AM

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Originally Posted by 305Lover

What I'm trying to say is that most people live between Palmetto and Turnpike. There are so many businesses, restaurants, homes of all types (condo, apt, single family, townhome, duplex, etc. etc. etc.)

I suspect you live there and that's why you think that. The things we see are usually affected by where we look at them from. IMO the center is obviously the city center, you got brickell to the south, the beach to the east, little havana to the west and midtown to the north, in short density all around that the areas you mentioned can only dream of. Businesses, restaurants and all the things you mentioned are EVERYWHERE, strip malls are not found in city centers. I could never consider anywhere west of 95/US 1 central by any means. Density is the clue to know where the center of a city is not things like malls and suburban sprawl.

spellbound · January 16th, 2009, 10:43 AM

A term like "center" can be defined in different ways. Certainly, most of us would consider a downtown area to be central for a myriad of reasons (job and transportation nexus, visual prominence, etc.) but they are not necessarily the center from a geographic or demographic perspective.

For instance, while Miami (and downtown Miami, specifically) is certainly the most prominent and well-known core in the metro region for good reason, it is far from the actual population "center" in the tri-county Miami MSA. That location happens to be a little north of Davie currently, and has been steadily moving north and west for decades.

Not that there's anything really significant about that apart from simple urban demographic minutae---just that the term "center" can have fluid meanings.

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kevinkagy Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,552 Likes (Received): 0	On Dec. 18th, FIU also broke ground on the new School of International and Public Affairs Building. It's designed by Arquitectonica and is being built across the lawn from the Ryder Building and Deuxieme Maison. __________________ Florida International University GOLDEN PANTHERS!

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January 13th, 2009, 02:59 PM	#81
theDirector Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 811 Likes (Received): 0	I hate FIU. Just thought I'd throw that in there. hehe.

January 13th, 2009, 08:15 PM	#83
PeterSmith Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Miami/Baltimore Posts: 4,163 Likes (Received): 11	Actually, my post was incorrect. The Medical School has not topped out. They stopped working for a while and it looked like yesterday they were getting ready to take down the crane, but today they were back at it, constructing another floor.

January 13th, 2009, 09:02 PM	#85
Aceventura Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: Miami Posts: 1,236 Likes (Received): 8

January 13th, 2009, 10:09 PM	#86
theDirector Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 811 Likes (Received): 0	I think FIU should spend money on another campus near downtown then spending more money on that campus that is out in the middle of nowhere and has no type of organization on campus. One class is here then the other nine miles across the campus. and then you have to get there in five mnutes. Not to mention they are fucking morons there. I hate that place. Sorry, I feel very strongly about that .

January 14th, 2009, 02:56 AM	#91
Aceventura Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: Miami Posts: 1,236 Likes (Received): 8	I think three campuses would make classes much more spread out.

January 14th, 2009, 02:50 PM	#93
Exploratus Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 432 Likes (Received): 0	What it needs is a metrorail that lands you right next to the student center. it will be like 2090 when its funded and built. hehe

January 14th, 2009, 04:48 PM	#94
theDirector Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 811 Likes (Received): 0	I guess I hit a soft spot. hehe.

January 14th, 2009, 09:57 PM	#96
305Lover Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Miami Posts: 934 Likes (Received): 1	The middle of nowhere... I have not stopped thinking about that!! If anything, it would be the center of Miami!

January 15th, 2009, 02:45 PM	#98
305Lover Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Miami Posts: 934 Likes (Received): 1	What I'm trying to say is that most people live between Palmetto and Turnpike. There are so many businesses, restaurants, homes of all types (condo, apt, single family, townhome, duplex, etc. etc. etc.)

January 16th, 2009, 10:43 AM	#100
spellbound Contents Under Pressure Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: philly/miami Posts: 6,136 Likes (Received): 28	A term like "center" can be defined in different ways. Certainly, most of us would consider a downtown area to be central for a myriad of reasons (job and transportation nexus, visual prominence, etc.) but they are not necessarily the center from a geographic or demographic perspective. For instance, while Miami (and downtown Miami, specifically) is certainly the most prominent and well-known core in the metro region for good reason, it is far from the actual population "center" in the tri-county Miami MSA. That location happens to be a little north of Davie currently, and has been steadily moving north and west for decades. Not that there's anything really significant about that apart from simple urban demographic minutae---just that the term "center" can have fluid meanings.