F^4 Where did you go to College/University or Did you??

[wilbill]

Indiana University, A.B., '72

 

[RowAndLive]

Originally posted by hotrod0823
I went to Renssealer (sp) Polytech in Troy NY. That is where I first started playing Civ I.

I also went to RPI, although when I went there, CIV was still just a board game, and modems were 300 baud.

 

[Clown2TheLeft]

I got thrown out of high school in '88.


Later!

--The Clown to the Left

 

[RocknOats]

I partied my way thru 4 years at Southern Connecticut State University. Majored in Graphic Design. No degree. The art dept. had one computer and one scanner. It was reserved for upperclassmen only. This was in 1988. Now, we can't do the job without them. I managed to not get kicked out of the dorms with a GPA under 2 my entire career(under 1 my first year!). I was such a slacker... God, those were good times....

Rock on!

 

[kb2tvl]

Went to Alfred State College in Alfred associates in engineering science degree then
-> Clarkson University in Potsdam NY for a BSEE with a concentration in electric power.
-> Clarkson U MEEE with a project in nonlinear control of an electic motor.
my advisor: http://www.clarkson.edu/experts/showres.cgi?id=16
I live in seattle now but grew up in the finger lakes region of NYS. Its a very beautiful area of the US.

 

[Nixnutz]

West Chester University, nee West Chester State College, BA American Studies, '75...

And for those of you who have never visited the Finger Lakes region of New York...you don't know what you're missing. Not as spectacular at the area around Seattle, but still a beautiful area.

 

[Yoshimune]

Yale University, class of 2003. Majored in Engineering Sciences (Electrical). Spent most of the time playing Civ 2 and 3.

Although if I could do it all over again, it would probably be East Asian Studies (Japan), which explains my name and current location...

Hey Firaxis! You do know that Edo and Tokyo are the same city, right? And where's Hideyoshi and Nobunaga as Great Leaders? If you're going to include Tojo and Hirohito, you might as well leave in Hitler for Germany...

 

[Megalou]

MA in languages at Uppsala University. Uppsala University is spread out over the city but here is a shot of the original building.

The words "To think freely is great. To think rightly is greater" are inscribed overhead. In my own thinking that is a bit unfair to us humanists.... However, "To read 1000 novels is great, to read 10000 novels is greater" is not so great either.

I think my choice to play CivIII has more to do with a recent interest in Social Science, which has never been my strong suit, than with languages.

 

[sourboy]

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Home of the legendary hockey team!

 

[cracker]

Megalou,

Do all Universities in Sweden have flying squadrons of UFOs over their campus buildings?? Particularly if those UFOs are shaped like Civ3 coal resources; very interesting.

 

[Megalou]

cracker,

UFOs? No, it's a good guess but the truth is we usually eat macadam for breakfast and then go up in balloons to take care of ALL our daily business. The balloon testers themselves are the worst eaters.

Seriously, I'm very glad YOU should ask because it is in fact a *SPOILER*. OH NO! I HAVE COAL ON MY MA SCREEN SHOT! THe red ink will float like blood!

You can also see it as a way to raise questions in order for me to reply so I can get the Avatar I long for before I die. There are so many sensible posts I have to try crazy ones.

Sincerely, and not on drugs,
Megalou

 

[ControlFreak]

Originally posted by sourboy
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Home of the legendary hockey team!

Sorry for the loss of your ledgendary coach (more famous for coaching the Miracle on Ice American Olympic Team). Getting hit by a car in your 60s doesn't seem a fitting end, not even if the car was a zamboni.

 

[flexo]

Blekinge Institute of Technology, back there now to finish up my degree in 'computer security and forensics'.

btw there are no coal UFO's over the school

 

[IbnSina]

B.A. small school in OK, USA
M.S., Ph.D. Colorado State University

In Colorado, the coal resources appear in the stocking of the university every Christmas, courtesy of the state legislature. It's a great school in spite of that.

 

[Megalou]

IbnSina,
I didn't get any of that. What does the university get for Christmas? If it is literally coal and not a metaphor, why? Might I propose to put stockings in the stockings if you have trouble staying warm? And why do you say stocking in singular? Is your college so poor it only owns one sock?

Please explain.

Edit: My therory is that coal is indeed a metaphor, having to do with frightfully difficult tests.

 

[IbnSina]

Originally posted by Megalou
IbnSina,
I didn't get any of that. What does the university get for Christmas? If it is literally coal and not a metaphor, why? Might I propose to put stockings in the stockings if you have trouble staying warm? And why do you say stocking in singular? Is your college so poor it only owns one sock?

Please explain.

Edit: My therory is that coal is indeed a metaphor, having to do with frightfully difficult tests.

I'm sorry about that colloquial reference ;-) I think that in many countries we hang "stockings" (which here are ornamental socks) during the Christmas holidays in the hope that St. Nicholas or Santa Claus or whoever will fill them with goodies on Christmas eve. We get one stocking per child - no double-dipping. If children are "bad" then we threaten them by saying that Santa Claus will put coal in their stocking (instead of goodies).

My point was that CSU (like most state universities in the US) is at the bottom of the list of funding priorities for the government. It does pretty well anyway in terms of hiring quality faculty - school administrators just promise ski vacations and other recreational opportunities instead of actually paying professors. On the other hand, it is probably true that the school is so poor that it can only afford one sock!

P.S. The difficult tests only occur for mathematics graduate students...

 

[RocknOats]

Megalou, I think he is referencing the US(and possibly other countries. I'm not up on my Christmas around the world info) custom of hanging stockings(one for each family member) on the mantle and receiving gifts from Santa Claus in them after his visit. If you receive Coal it indicates you've been a naughty little boy or girl.

Edit:Oops! I didn't refresh, sorry about stepping on your toes.

 

[Megalou]

Thank you, both. Hanging stockings is mainly an anglo-saxon thing, isn't it? I thought the coal was for heating. Interesting.

 

[kb2tvl]

Here is a good read about Santa Clause:
http://www.the-north-pole.com/history/

 

[Pirate]

Penn State University (Pennsylvania) for Landscape Archtecture and Geography. Now that I do urban planning for a living, it figures that I'm a total builder when I play CIV.