And this courtyard? What a place to snack and study. One of many spots on campus.
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What am I thinking?!
My name is Nick Taylor-Vaisey. I have an undergrad degree in political science and a few clippings in newspapers and magazines around Canada. I live in Ottawa.
I saved some money this summer and, with minimal planning and as much spontaneity as I can muster, I am setting off on a 30-day bus voyage across (parts of) North America.
Ambitious, I know. How can anyone hope to appreciate Canada's east coast and America's eastern seaboard, gulf coast, and west coast while peering out the windows of a Greyhound bus?
Well, follow along and see how I do. I have a camera and expect to see a few friends along the way. There might even be some cameos.
Stay tuned.
I saved some money this summer and, with minimal planning and as much spontaneity as I can muster, I am setting off on a 30-day bus voyage across (parts of) North America.
Ambitious, I know. How can anyone hope to appreciate Canada's east coast and America's eastern seaboard, gulf coast, and west coast while peering out the windows of a Greyhound bus?
Well, follow along and see how I do. I have a camera and expect to see a few friends along the way. There might even be some cameos.
Stay tuned.
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6 comments:
Reminds me slightly of the walk from the Library of Congress to the Lincoln Memorial seen from the ground.
I'm guessing tuition is nuts for that school.
OK, sobriety time. Was it not from that very tall building on that very picturesque campus that a mad student with a long gun started potting shots at passers-by? My money for elegant entry is on UBC, where you pass along a huge avenue, with a golf course on the left. Now that's a civilized entrance to a university.
I thought that tower was in Waco. We passed through that town and, at the city limits, this billboard:
"Violence is up. Waco is the seventh most violent city in Texas."
Um.
Before your time, I know but see New York Times, November 17, 1998, section A, page 20:
"On Aug. 1, 1966, Charles Whitman, a student at the university, barricaded himself on the observation deck and began shooting passers-by with a rifle. At the time, the shooting was the nation's worst mass killing. It lasted 93 minutes, ending with Mr. Whitman's being killed by the police, but its after effects have spanned two generations."
That was the one I was thinking of. It was featured as an example of fine shooting in Full Metal Jacket. Interesting.
So that tower was, and is, part of history.
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