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Old 05-13-2013 at 10:30 PM   #1
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_______ - Quarters - 1280
Does anyone know what 1280 was called, before it was called Quarters? I want to be able to stand in a group of upper years and say "I remember when 1280 was called _______." Puzzled they will ask, "don't you mean Quarters?" To which I'll say something like "No, this is my 5th bachelor's that I've all done here." To which the wtf looks on their faces will be priceless.

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Old 05-14-2013 at 12:06 AM   #2
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The down stairs john.
Old 05-14-2013 at 12:47 AM   #3
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why do u wanna say u remember something when u dont remember it
Old 05-14-2013 at 01:31 AM   #4
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The john was the student pub but it was in wentworth house. I don't recall there being a bar in the same location as 1280/quarters before the new student center was built in 2002. I could be wrong though cause when I visited to drink we usually left campus. I can find out in the morning if no one else knows.
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Yeah, I believe Quarters was the original bar in that location. Bridges used to be a bar called the Rat and the Downstairs John was in Wentworth House... and and of course the Phoenix has been around a long time.
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Yeah, I believe Quarters was the original bar in that location. Bridges used to be a bar called the Rat and the Downstairs John was in Wentworth House... and and of course the Phoenix has been around a long time.
Meet me at The Rat at eight o'clock.

...I see why they changed the name...
Old 05-14-2013 at 06:38 AM   #7
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Rat was short for Rathskeller

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Old 05-14-2013 at 09:20 AM   #8
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It was only Quarters and 1280 in that location. Downstairs John was the predecessor of both, but that was in Wentworth House.
Old 05-14-2013 at 06:13 PM   #9
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My parents both used to work at Mac (my dad still does) so I remember the what the campus looked like before they built the student centre. Where 1280 is now was the cafeteria. It had a convex glass extending outward and it looked like one of those old diners.

My mom was a secretary in the MAPs office when it was in KTH (before it was corrupt) and I used to bug her to get pizza when I visited. Those were the days.

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