From Start To Finish

Where it all started: Strickland Hall

I recall my freshman year, the iron gates, which were locked at midnight and the simplex codes needed for entry...if I remember correctly, the gates came down the following year, but hey, I lived on men's campus in Sauls sophomore and part of my junior year - and there weren't any iron gates...there are 7 rooms in each suite...I lived in two of those seven of my particular suite...it was nice to be reminded by Amy that the walls were so thin that when she, Niki or I would sneeze one of us would say a "Bless you" though the wall or when it was time for dinner, to just call out through the wall..."Ready for dinner?" :)

Being a graphic design/studio art major, I walked down this hallway multiple times pretty much everyday - I even have a perspective pencil drawing of this hallway - packed away, mind you...Oh, and while I don't have pictures of it (the room was locked) when I left CU the arts had one - ONE Mac for a computer lab...now, the computer lab where The Campbell Times was birthed each week, has been gutted, extended and is now a massive graphic design computer lab, with sweet looking Apples.

Where it all ended: Jones Hall

My last semester was spent here in Jones. December 1999 came rather quickly, but not quick at all. The bonus about living in Jones is that it was pretty much halfway between the fine arts building and Marshbanks...that last semester kind of went in a blur...and even when looking back, to change anything...I just wish I had spent more time outside of my dorm room than actually in it.

The Buies Creek I Remember

Being at Campbell, I have to admit, was bittersweet. While it seemed as though I had just left yesterday, I just couldn't believe it had been almost ten years since I had to stop calling Campbell my home. Walking around viewing what had changed and what had stayed the same, I saw the 'ghosts of Campbell past'...and being that it was Homecoming weekend, I ran into some 'old' friends...I don't know why it didn't even cross my mind that with it being Homecoming I would run into friends...
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Ah, the fountain...the 'real' fountain...I'm standing where the old sidewalk ended and the new sidewalk started...
The stone gazebo...I ran into Dr. Jonas in the new convo center and he shared that with the law school moving to Raleigh (seriously?!) that with the move the 'old' school is to be gutted and made into the new library...upon learning of this, I have a funny feeling that with renovation, does the gazebo run the risk of being gutted, too? Guess we'll find out soon enough, but I wanted to capture it just the same.

The view along the sidewalk from the Post Office to Marshbanks hasn't changed...
And the squirrels who run around in the space above and all around the library - yep, they still run around...I think everyone who has attended CU has at least one squirrel story. :)

Though the road may be gone, the view from Taylor Bott Rogers hasn't changed much...the cluster of trees still stand.

And yes, I went inside TBR, and they have the same couches and chairs from before...countless conversations had in those seats...

Buies Creek has certainly changed

When I left Campbell in 1999, the road between Taylor Bott Rogers and the girls dorms had long been closed off...when I visited Campbell in January 2005, I honestly do not remember the fountain having been constructed...I say this cause I was shocked to see it... Where now there is grass and brick - yo, this used to be a road...ha...the road where my Ford Festiva died...

This here is where the Marshbanks parking lot used to be...more brick, I see...this is the scene of the crime where Larry Johnson, Mark McCracken and maybe even Jeff Morris (don't recall with 100% accuracy) attempted to lift my Ford Festiva off the ground...

This is inside the new convocation center...Go Camels...it's so much nicer than Carter Gym, but I think that was the point...

Again, more brick...where the parking lot for Carter Gym and the student center used to be...I wonder how much money Campbell has spent on bricks in its history (minus the fire of 1890-whatever)

What happened to the outer stairwells and the 'iron window' of D. Rich - and can someone please tell me why this change was necessary? Not to mention, how did 'outside' become inside?

This here makes me sad...would the real Campbell University welcome sign, please stand up...stupid class of 2001...I was all jazzed to get a picture of the three foot or so tall sign and disappointed to come across this...
But even worse...this broke my heart...my shadow in the place where the lone tree stood in a brick well between D.Rich and Taylor...a great place to meet a friend after CEP before heading to Marshbanks for lunch...gone and no surprise....bricked over... :(

Buies Creek, NC 27506

So it has finally happened...

FOOTBALL has returned to Campbell University after a 50-plus year hiatus...the Camels will have their first game on Saturday, August 30 (1 p.m.) Will you be there?