Men’s Basketball 23-24

[Trotsky]

UTEP now, TW then.  Fascinating campus in Bhutanese style..

I'm sorry, what?

Holy fuck:

UTEP's campus is known for its striking architecture, inspired by the Himalayan mountain-top fortresses of the Kingdom of Bhutan. Nearly all of the buildings on campus incorporate Bhutanese architectural elements—massive sloping walls, high inset windows, overhanging roofs, and darks bands of brick inset with mosaic-tiled mandalas. The buildings, like fortresses rise out of the mountain landscape. The earthly colors accented with deep red brick and green and dark brown trim seem to blend into the terrain, yet they do not evoke the typical southwestern motif. At first brush, it might seem strange to find Bhutanese architecture sprawling across a university campus in western Texas, but the style has been a part of the campus design since 1917.

Bhutan's remoteness and self-imposed isolation kept it off of the beaten tracks of most tourists and adventurers until the late 20th century. However, those involved with the administration of British India did visit the kingdom on official business. John Claude White, a British political officer in India, took with him on one of his visits a photographic studio complete with large-format cameras and glass photographic plates carried on the backs of pack animals. The tale of his trip along with the photographs made it into the pages of the National Geographic Magazine's April 1914 issue. Among the many images were those of the countries unique architecture.

One of the 330,000 readers to the National Geographic Magazine in 1914 was the wife of the dean of the School of Mines, Kathleen Worrell. A travel writer herself, Kathleen was devoted reader of the flagship travelogue. Following the devastating Fort Bliss fire that destroyed the School of Mines' original main building, Kathleen, the legend goes, convinced her husband to adopt the Bhutanese style in the designs for the replacement buildings that were planned for the new Franklin Mountain site. Her husband, Dean Steve Worrell agreed and promptly convinced the faculty of the idea. So enamored were they that Worrell and the faculty harshly rebuffed an attempt by the noted architectural firm of Trost & Trost to adopt their non-Bhutanese inspired design submissions.

In the late 1960s, Dale Walker, a UTEP faculty member wrote a letter that he sent to the remote and isolated Kingdom of Bhutan, seeking comments on UTEP's Bhutanese-inspired architectural motif. Walker received a response from a member of the Bhutanese royal family who found it "thrilling and deeply moving" that a university in far-off America would erect buildings modeled on her native Bhutan. Thus began an official relationship between UTEP and the Kingdom of Bhutan, fifty years after the Worrells adopted Bhutan.

I did not expect that in Derpistan.  Huh.

[Chris H82]

UTEP now, TW then.  Fascinating campus in Bhutanese style..

I'm sorry, what?

Holy fuck:

UTEP's campus is known for its striking architecture, inspired by the Himalayan mountain-top fortresses of the Kingdom of Bhutan. Nearly all of the buildings on campus incorporate Bhutanese architectural elements—massive sloping walls, high inset windows, overhanging roofs, and darks bands of brick inset with mosaic-tiled mandalas. The buildings, like fortresses rise out of the mountain landscape. The earthly colors accented with deep red brick and green and dark brown trim seem to blend into the terrain, yet they do not evoke the typical southwestern motif. At first brush, it might seem strange to find Bhutanese architecture sprawling across a university campus in western Texas, but the style has been a part of the campus design since 1917.

Bhutan's remoteness and self-imposed isolation kept it off of the beaten tracks of most tourists and adventurers until the late 20th century. However, those involved with the administration of British India did visit the kingdom on official business. John Claude White, a British political officer in India, took with him on one of his visits a photographic studio complete with large-format cameras and glass photographic plates carried on the backs of pack animals. The tale of his trip along with the photographs made it into the pages of the National Geographic Magazine's April 1914 issue. Among the many images were those of the countries unique architecture.

One of the 330,000 readers to the National Geographic Magazine in 1914 was the wife of the dean of the School of Mines, Kathleen Worrell. A travel writer herself, Kathleen was devoted reader of the flagship travelogue. Following the devastating Fort Bliss fire that destroyed the School of Mines' original main building, Kathleen, the legend goes, convinced her husband to adopt the Bhutanese style in the designs for the replacement buildings that were planned for the new Franklin Mountain site. Her husband, Dean Steve Worrell agreed and promptly convinced the faculty of the idea. So enamored were they that Worrell and the faculty harshly rebuffed an attempt by the noted architectural firm of Trost & Trost to adopt their non-Bhutanese inspired design submissions.

In the late 1960s, Dale Walker, a UTEP faculty member wrote a letter that he sent to the remote and isolated Kingdom of Bhutan, seeking comments on UTEP's Bhutanese-inspired architectural motif. Walker received a response from a member of the Bhutanese royal family who found it "thrilling and deeply moving" that a university in far-off America would erect buildings modeled on her native Bhutan. Thus began an official relationship between UTEP and the Kingdom of Bhutan, fifty years after the Worrells adopted Bhutan.

I did not expect that in Derpistan.  Huh.

A buddy of mine grew up in El Paso and went to UTEP, so I mentioned to him this bit about the Bhutanese architecture.  Here's what he told me:
"Yes. We even have our own Buddhist temple. Back around 2014 the Bhutanese government built a small temple for an exposition on the east coast (DC?). After it was over they gave the temple to UTEP, disassembled it and moved it to the campus. Given that UTEP started out as the Texas School of Mines, there's a couple of mine shafts on the campus.  If we're lucky the current governor won't find out there's a pagan temple located on a state university."

[Trotsky]

Or the residents.  They're the common clay of the new West.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Or the residents.  They're the common clay of the new West.

Great line.

[Al DeFlorio]

Cornell opens with a 19-0 run.  Colgate cuts lead to 40-33 at the half.

[Mr. Niss]

Guy's play continues to be a concern.

This game reminds me too much of Fordham.

[scoop85]

Cornell opens with a 19-0 run.  Colgate cuts lead to 40-33 at the half.

I'm at the game, and a decent crowd here. No concession stands are open; they have 2 vending machines. Cornell should be embarrassed.

[ugarte]

Back to a 15 point lead with 7:43 left.

[rss77]

Yeesh 47 rebounds for Colgate to 31 for Cornell.  Rebounding is our Achilles Heel.

[chimpfood]

Nice win. Hoping to just give Baylor some stress on the second and then go into Ivy play confident.

[Trotsky]

77-64 final. Cornell at 10-2.

[Mr. Niss]

Yeesh 47 rebounds for Colgate to 31 for Cornell.  Rebounding is our Achilles Heel.

It was weird how often the broadcast said that Cornell was doing a good job on the boards even though our eyes saw offensive rebound after offensive rebound for Colgate.

[Mr. Niss]

Tonight we shock the world.

(or perhaps I'm still hungover)

[Trotsky]

Tonight we shock the world.

Doubtful.

[upprdeck]

17pt dogs.

But the good news is the pace Baylor wants to play at wont be the issue.. Its will we make the wide open 3s and will they miss theirs?

The crowd might be down a bit and maybe the kids are on break down there as well?

This is not where they have played most of their home games.