Didn’t someone just get pulled away by a riptide and drown at a Chicago beach recently?
I wonder if you are referring to this terrible tragedy:
https://news.uchicago.edu/story/college-student-austin-hudson-lapore-1992-2013
@kaukauna - no, it was this month and was a 13 year old girl at a beach to the north of Hyde Park (forget where). No lifeguard but there were other people around (who tried to save the ones in trouble).
Thanks JB.
That tragedy happened around one month ago at Loyola Beach, a full 18 miles north of Hyde Park,
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-lake-michigan-rescue-0707-story.html
18 @JBStillFlying
57th Street Beach had always been there but I myself seldom went there in the 1980’s. My speculation was that there were more local people coming from Woodlawn and Jackson Park to visit the 57th Street Beach and thereby scaring away the university crowd. I am sorry this may sound racist but 1970’s and 1980’s Hyde Park might not be the epitome of racial harmony as the University advertised.
Instead I always enjoyed walking around the Point and that was the cheap entertainment I could afford those days. In winter time there might be heavy buildup of ice frozen along the shoreline and I literally could walk ten to fifteen in the lake without worrying the ice would crack.
In my days Shoreland was still a dorm and I saw many undergrad sitting around the Point or even swimming off the rocky/concrete shoreline.
Most of the swimmers we saw were off the Point as well - and also off the shoreline around Regents Park. In thinking about it, if there actually was a designated beach in Hyde Park then the other locales must have been posted as off-limits for swimming. Most likely everyone paid about as much attention to those signs as they did to the “No Parking” signs LOL.
Chicago’s lakefront is a jewel and a source of wonderful recreation - running, biking, swimming, beach v-ball, boating, wind-surfing, sailing, . . . If there is a HP beach for the residents and the university community alike that’s fantastic news - the lake won’t be so volatile in that area. Still, the smart beach-goer will steer clear of the water when lifeguards aren’t present and/or when the warnings are out. Those waves can get very powerful very quickly. Even expert swimmers have gotten into trouble. Respect the lake.
My south-east facing apartment provided plenty of fun - and even terrifying - lake-watching during the T-storms of summer. No firework display can outdo a several thousand foot lightning bolt as it hits the water.
Thank you everyone for the responses! Hopefully more and more people can comment some of their favorite parts of the school!
As an alum who has also lived within a mile of Lake Michigan for decades I strongly suggest great caution. It is better to wade than swim in Lake Michigan. Swimmers can get caught up in “rip currents” that inexorably pull you away from shore. If you are caught up in this current, swim laterally to the shoreline to escape its effects. You cannot fight it by trying to swim directly to the shoreline.
The article below explains why Lake Michigan is so dangerous:
https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2015/06/why_lake_michigan_is_the_most.html
From the article:
“Lake Michigan has had 82 drownings and 243 rescues of swimmers caught in currents since 2002. Those 325 current-related incidents are more than double the 126 reports - 62 drownings and 64 rescues - in the four other Great Lakes combined.”
@emmarch21 how in the world did you recently get admitted to the Class of 2023 when decisions are not out yet???
Gapped. Some opted to defer, others admitted off waitlist for the following year.
Also could have received a likely letter.
@JBStillFlying and @BrianBoiler sounds like someone who is trying to get information to write their why Uchiago essay - traditions and best classes/professors???
@LvMyKids2 in that case the thread probably hasn’t been very helpful. Nude swims in January and talk of drowning sounds more like an Administration’s nightmare than a prospie.
“Nude swims in January and talk of drowning sounds more like an Administration’s nightmare”
Don’t forget obsessive fear of frostbite! Constant vigilance, people! Winter is coming!!! 