<p>Agreed with neltharion. I never really understood the hype about UChicago being similar to Hogwarts. Personally, I’ve never thought that Hutchinson Commons was particularly pretty (it’s a cafeteria, for Christ sake), and I think the university could do a much better job of presenting Harper (north reading room duct-taped couches, anyone?). We have a lot of cool sites around campus, but I’ve just never thought they were appropriately managed. I think Zimmer’s doing a better job with this, though. As much as I’ve heard people complain about the new pedestrian-friendly campus renovation, I think it’s a great idea to beautify the campus. There’s nothing better suited to destroying the gothic feel of the campus by having cars going straight through the quadrangles. I don’t think you’ll be seeing that at Cambridge or Oxford.</p>
<p>I agree about Harper and was glad to hear it is undergoing a renovation.</p>
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<p>Yes! I’m not the only other person who sees “atmospheres” as having colors! Neltharion, have you heard of synesthesia? [Synesthesia</a> - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia]Synesthesia”>Synesthesia - Wikipedia) [Mixed</a> Signals - synesthesia online](<a href=“http://www.mixsig.net/]Mixed”>http://www.mixsig.net/)</p>
<p>I know this is a really old post, but I couldn’t help replying to it.</p>
<p>I recently visited U of C and I saw a student group selling t-shirts that said “The University of Chicago… because I got waitlisted at Hogwarts.”</p>
<p>Also, the dining halls: http:// college prow ler. com/images/standard/1437/image.jpg (remove spaces - cc doesn’t like the word “prow ler”)</p>