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You talking about the snack shop in the basement? It was called The Shawloon when I was there.

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MrsBee says there is no charge, and no age limit. Anyone willing to take him, can have him.

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There was no age minimum for buying bee when I was an undergrad. Michigan is really cracking down on the simple pleasures in life.

I recall the good ol' days of TTO. I'm pretty sure I had two hot dogs and an Icee every day for, like, a month.

Was in the Broad Freshman Program my Freshman year and it was an amazing experience. All freshman business students and easy to make friends. Your kid would know if he was in cause he would have had to apply however. Also the program has moved to mcdonell so it is no longer in shaw.

Like somone else mentioned shaw caf is being renovated but bus pass and double take out per day is awesome and well worth it. Knew some normal people who were freshman in Shaw and had a great time. It's better to be away from friends from highschool and visit them whenever you want.

Shaw Hall memories..

I was in Shaw as a freshman, but that was more than 20 years ago. Probably 75% Engineering majors, with a pretty wide range among everyone else (myself included).

They made a big change the year before I arrived, and really cut down on the upper classmen. I think it was too wild. For example, on my floor the year before I arrived they had a party with the keg sitting in front of the RA's door (even when we had an RA and a GA on our side for a progressive, even they had to keep it quiet and closed doors with secret knocks). Anyway, on my floor, there were 2 freshmen the year before I arrived. My freshman year there were about 20 (about half of our section). That was pretty standard throughout Shaw that year and for the next few years at least. But maybe they went back to being more of the upperclassmen dorm after they did that big remodeling with hot tubs and everything 10 or so years ago that was even written about in Newsweek.

I was on TW for my freshman and sophomore years (mid-80s -- yeah, I'm old) and it was a blast. Keg every Thursday, our RA made it a point to study at his girlfriend's on Thursday nights. Pull the car up in the bus zone and roll the keg across the grass, right through the window that was even with the ground.

Spring term, all the hotties are out sunbathing by the river, and being on terrace level you can just climb out the window when you want to go outside.

Central location is good, too.

Wow, how did I forget about the hot tubs? Everyone always joked about how filthy they must have been and no one I knew ever used them. In reality, they were probably clean and never used because of everyone expecting the worst.