Carleton U
Todd J. Cusolle
: At Carleton University, Ottawa Ontario Canada, we have a major network
: of tunnels. You can go from any building to another via the tunnels.
: Most of the tunnels have painting on them as different clubs and
: associations make murals representing their organization. The tunnels
: are well lit and there is alot of traffic in them during the day (not
: sure about the evenings).
Those tunnels could get you killed. On cold days, when they are packed
with students seeking warmth, there are a hundred golf-carts bombing
around like the students are guard-rails! In first year I had a locker
in row of lockers that was perpendicular (spelling?) to the tunnels. Once
when I stepped away from my locker into the tunnel I was buzzed by a
golf-cart that was swirving to miss me (at about 15mph) and it hit the
lockers on the other side and dented them in. The guy just got off the
cart, pushed it back and hopped on and was on his way w/o saying a word to me.
One strange effect that the tunnels have on campus is also when it is very
cold and you are adventurous enough to walk above ground --- It looks like
a nuclear war, there are no people anywhere even though the campus is
packed below ground. I am also jealous of the people who live in Res, they
walk around campus in -40 degree weather in shorts!
Are there any other campuses that have such an extensive network of
tunnels? I once read that we have 8km (which is about 5 miles I guess) of
tunnels when you add them all up. Since I live across the street from
school I have a 3 minute walk above ground, but about 15 minutes below
ground to get to most of my classes.
: So what's the scoop on this newsgroup?
: Darlene....forever lost in the tunnels...
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Stephen Watson
I bet you all put on sweaters when the temperature goes below 22deg
(Celsius!). At Carleton we need them (especially this winter, with
the temperature being below -20degC for the entire month of January.
And I mean daily *max* temp - nights were pushing -40!)
When I was an undergrad at Queen's U (Kingston, Ont.) I wished we had
tunnels for use in winter. I know there were heating tunnels: you
could see lines melted in the snow above them.
tjcu...@chat.carleton.ca (Todd J. Cusolle) writes:
>Those tunnels could get you killed. On cold days, when they are packed
>with students seeking warmth, there are a hundred golf-carts bombing
>around like the students are guard-rails! In first year I had a locker
Yeah. A couple of years ago I took my kids in one day while I was
running around doing admin paperwork preparatory to getting into grad
school. Afterwards, my then-5-yr-old said he never wanted to go to
University - he was scared of the golf carts. I think he had visions
of being trapped in an endless maze of concrete tunnels, being
eternally pursued by crazed janitors driving golf-carts.
>Are there any other campuses that have such an extensive network of
>tunnels? I once read that we have 8km (which is about 5 miles I guess) of
>tunnels when you add them all up. Since I live across the street from
I'd believe it: the between McKenzie and Admin takes just about
forever. So does the one from the entrance by the Visitor's parking
(just outside the St. Pat. bldg.)
As for MIT tunnels: I don't know about underground, the above-ground
connections are so extensive it seems pretty redundant (unless there was
one under Mass. Ave.?). But I forwarded the article to my favourite MIT
grad so maybe she'll know something about it.
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