OT - Typical ND Student Trips
According to The Observer (the Notre Dame student newspaper), these are the seven typical trips all ND students take.
1. Michigan Stadium: "...wear Muck Fichigan shirts...to glorify your victory against one of ND's favorite rivals in their own stadium."
2. Appalachia: "It seems that everyone does Appalachia."
3. Chicago: "Every Notre Dame student goes to Chicago for a weekend...[to]...eat deep-dish pizza."
4. Pro-life march in Washington, D.C.: After which you can wear your "...'Irish Fighting for Life' sweatshirt..."
5. Home for the weekend: "If you go to Notre Dame, ...you sometimes go home for the weekend."
6. Michigan City outlets: "Since South Bend isn’t your typical idea of the perfect college town and the Mishawaka Mall can become a little tiring after a while, the outlets in Michigan City provide a quick escape from academia to the wonderful world of shopping!"
7. Spring Break in Daytona Beach, Florida: "Popular nation-wide, Spring Break in Daytona Beach is where all things tan and sunny happen."
Regarding #1:
One of my good family friends is a huge ND Fan. When I came to Michigan in 2003, he was excited to come out to campus, see Ann Arbor and go to the Mich-ND game.
He and his brother paid $300 /ticket for some great seats, drove for 14 hours to get here and they settled down to watch the game, a game that ended 38-0, Michigan, the first Notre Dame had been shut out in at least 3 decades.
He was less than thrilled that he made that trip.
"HOU-STON'S BET-TER! *CLAPCLAP CLAPCLAPCLAP*"
We did it...twice.
Most of the people I've know my whole life, have been more concerned about getting out of Appalachia.
Whichever domer student came up with Muck Fichigan is creative. Never seen that one before. How often do they actually beat us at the Big House? Seems pretty presumptuous
I've surprised the Domers don't consider it too "low brow and plebeian" to sport such attire.
They are fleeing the oppression of their home field. Over a couple trips to ND, I have seen ND personnel make Michigan fans take off "Rudy Sucks" (and worse) t-shirts.
You've never seen Muck Fichigan? Please tell me you were being sarcastic? I've seen that in like 6 different team colors. Everyone has that
Anything to get out of South Bend...
Outside of their very beautiful (and very walled-off) campus, South Bend is a complete shithole. With absolutely nothing, and I mean nothing, to do. I went there for a day once, went to their Student Union to ask where some good restaurants would be. The guy thought about it for a minute and pointed us in the direction of the mall. Where we ate at TGI Friday's. Because there wasn't anything else of merit.
So, yeah, I'd say Appalachia could at least be more exciting.
Really TGI Fridays is all you could find? Because you would have driven past Bonefish Grill, Hana Yori, Papa Vinos even a Carrabas to get to TGI Fridays. Not to mention Legends is right on the ND campus. I guess if none of that is of merit I don't really know what to tell you. If you had made it to the mall, Granite City would have been worth the 4 more blocks to drive.
Which begs the question: If all of these places were so good, why did the person we asked for advice send us to the mall?
Well either he thought you would see something of merit on the way to the mall or didn't really care at all and just said the mall to get rid of you.
So either he's:
A: An idiot
B: An asshole
C: Doesn't know anything about campus
I'm pretty sure if you polled anyone that you saw on the streets of AA that they would give you at least 1 "great" restaurant in AA. I think that it speaks volumes to the "experience" at ND.
I have to ask you Irish how the hell does ND prepare you for the real world? I've never understood that about private schools? Why would you want your students/children to go to a private school and be sheltered from life? Where do ND graduates go after graduation? Because the "big bad city" would eat them alive.
lol, you really have some energy this morning Bouje
and will be until the Unemployment report this Friday. So my posting might pick up until then.
Now answer my questions dammit! (I was honestly being serious asking how Private institutions prepare their graduates for the real world because I honestly don't get how a sheltered environment can prepare someone for Chicago or NY ya know places where I'd assume a lot of grads go).
Lucky us...more bouje and we didn't even have to ask for it.
Are you kidding me? I'm pretty sure the 'real world' doesn't lay in waiting to mug graduates of private school. Lay off the caffeine or whatever drugs you are on.
smaller campuses? How does this prepare you for a life in a large city? It's an honest question that I've never had answered and since many have talked about the "sheltered life" in ND I figured I'd ask.
Honestly smaller classroom sizes, a sheltered life, smaller campuses?
Given that "life in a large city" rarely involves large classrooms, I'm sure all the prviate-school grads working in metropolitan areas are just fine.
As for the "sheltered life" question, I don't recall my days in Ann Arbor being all that rough and tumble. Unless you count the occasional house-party fight. But those were, in retropsect, fun.
ND isn't a religious compound outside of Waco, Texas. Do you really think ND grads aren't prepared for the 'real world'? This is so utterly crazy I don't know how to answer your question.
Maybe, just maybe, people moving to a big city can find people that they have common ground with and associate primarily with them. I'm willing to guess there is a ND alumni group in Chicago and New York.
I guess I don't really know what you mean, but there isn't much that you can't find. Clubs, bars, shopping, movies, food, plays, minor league baseball, hockey, conventions plus all the sports on campus, I don't know what is missing I guess.
Bouje has shown on previous occasions that he has plenty of energy for saying other schools suck because they aren't Michigan.
Good times.
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“Bando;” Granted South Bend isn’t exactly a thriving metropolis, but you’re selling it a bit short. 1st and foremost I never thought I’d still be in the area as I actually reside about 30 miles outside of South Bend, and even though I’d raise my hand and say there are limited outlets of interest, it does have some finer establishments to dine @ for what it’s worth. I’m actually surprised @ Irish’s comments as yes, those are nicer places than TGI Friday’s, but for some classy dining there’s an array of choices from Main Street Grille in downtown Mishawaka to LaSalle Grille in downtown South Bend (make sure you grab some cocktails on the 3rd floor @ Club LaSalle…probably my favorite place in South Bend), and if you’re looking for some history try the Tippecanoe Place in South Bend. All I can only assume in defense of the individual @ the student union is that that were in fact a college student who for the most part doesn’t have $100-$150 to drop on a dinner for (2) at some of the places I listed above. All in all yes S.B. has some deficiencies and one could pretty much accomplish everything they wanted in a matter of (2) weekends, but until you reside in the communities of 15-20K surrounding it, you realize it has more to offer than the picture you’re painting.
If you’re ever back in town; here are a few others to check out
Rocco’s…not fine dining, but a local favorite and great Italian food
Bistro 933...Downtown
Ruth Chris Steakhouse…Mishawaka/Granger area
Trio’s...Downtown
I was only pointing out restaurants that he would have specifically drove past; the 4 you listed are some of my favorites
Don't kid yourself. South Bend is basically Ypsilanti but even smaller.
South Bend needs a Sidetrack before we could even compare the two.
To be fair, I do remember an Irish pub near campus being actually pretty good. For obvious reasons, that is the absolute minimum threshold expectation, but yeah, OK, there you go.
With all due deference to low-mid range chain restaurants (HY excluded), I'm not sure if any of the aforementioned fall into the "deserving merit" category. Especially compared to what Ann Arbor has to offer. So...
relative to TGI fridays I would disagree, but I only included restaurants that he would have driven past. There is a lot to pick from, depending on what you want.
5. Home for the weekend: "If you go to Notre Dame, ...you sometimes go home for the weekend."
to drive from Indy to South Bend. I would like to go up and watch M walk all over them this year. I don't see Dayne Crist picking apart the secondary at all, especially with the losses at O-line & Golden.
They shouldn't be that big of a threat this year. My only concern is Michael Floyd. That guy is an absolute beast and we will definitely need to double cover him at all times. He could be the best receiver in the nation this year.
Oh, shit. That's right.
"umjgheitma;" a pain? Don't you just jump on US 31 N and drive straight until you hit campus, maybe a 2 1/2 hr drive? I know it’s not ideal and I’m not trying to question your fandom, but I pretty much do the same for all the UM games trekking from South Bend to Ann Arbor, granted it does take a lot out of me by years end, but if I only was able to make 1 game a year I think I'd cap the driving @ 12 hrs and 2 1/2 hrs would be a walk in the park.
Indy to South Bend sucks because of Kokomo, also known as "The City of Lights." There are about 437 lights on US 31 through that city, and they're all red. It's painful to drive through there. Other than that, the trip is fine.
From the link:
Wearing Muck Fichigan shirts and driving three hours to maybe have the chance to glorify your victory against one of ND’s favorite rivals in their own stadium ... that is Notre Dame.Definitely qualifies the chance at actually winning with that "maybe." So, not nearly as presumptuous as the OP made it out to be.
...just incredibly lame.
Weren't Muck Fichigan shirts an Illinois thing for a very, very long time before they got picked up by other schools?
I saw this clip at: http://www.uhnd.com/articles/recruiting/strength-program-6251/#comments
Looks like the lineman are pretty soggy around the midsection. Hopefully Michigan can take advantage.
Their Strength and Conditioning Coach is no Barwis
Baywatch didn't have that many titties bouncing around...
If I were reading this list, and thinking about going to Notre Dame for college, it would definitely help me decide.
How can anyone ever choose to go to ND? I mean, it's a good school, but there are plenty of schools out there that are better and have FUN stuff to do as well.
"6. Michigan City outlets: Since South Bend isn’t your typical idea of the perfect college town".... LOL....
Although South Bend isn't nearly the most exciting locale to spend four years of your life it doesn't take away that ND is a great school overall.
ND is certainly a different experience. Anyone who has gone there or who has a sibling or friend (like I do) understands how it is quite a sheltered and isolated place.
To put it bluntly: great school, never in a million years would I want to go there.
That one of the 7 things on the list was "go to the Michigan City outlets" made me feel bad for ND students.
My older brother graduated from ND and I can confirm that it is a very sheltered college experience. I am an undergrad at UM and my stories that constitute my everyday life would be considered "wild" at ND.
Even as a Catholic, I can tell you that attending a school where "Catholic principles can easily be applied in every aspect of daily life" is not how I wanted to spend my formative years.
As an ND grad student (UM undergrad, and I wear my Michigan backpack w/ a big "Beat ND" button on it to class every day), some of these comments are pretty funny to me. Irish's attempt to defend South Bend cuisine falls pretty flat - there's a Red Lobster & a couple nice pizza places, but anyone who's spent time in Ann Arbor will be *sorely* disappointed. And Legends? I mean, I get that you like the ambiance of the place but the food is pretty meh.
I find the going to Ann Arbor for a Michigan/ND game pretty funny, too, considering we've only lost to them once in the Big House in the last 16 years.
And yeah, ND is a really different experience from Ann Arbor. I absolutely loved my time at Michigan, and I wouldn't trade it for the world - Ann Arbor is the ideal form of the college town. ND is something very different - the sense of community & Catholic values is strong, at least among a certain part of the student body, which is something I appreciate a lot. Of course, when I leave, I certainly won't miss seeing all that ugly green/blue & gold crap all over the place!
I think you guys are being too harsh on the article. If you consider the fact that ND students typically take 20 years or so to graduate, it makes sense that they all get to see the Irish win in Ann Arbor. All the years that ND has won in AA:
2005
1993
1989
1987
1979
1943
1909
Fact: Did you know that students can not have sex on campus? If you are caught having sex in your dorm room that it could be an expulsion from the school?
Seriously how could you recruit athletes? They are obviously not using the Tennessee "Hoe-Stess" methodology.
you're on a roll today bouje, that is only a "Fact" in your little dream world.