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2 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

... Basically a mixture of mouse trap glue and fentanyl....There's been someone advertising a company called wampuszaza or wampusgreens in the bathroom stalls -  apparently a semi-legal source for drugs. 

While I get the reference to west austin (wampus), this name (bolded) has an interesting crossover if the ingredient listed above is accurate 'cause a wampus cat trapping a "mouse" is next level genius.

15 minutes ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

While I get the reference to west austin (wampus), this name (bolded) has an interesting crossover if the ingredient listed above is accurate 'cause a wampus cat trapping a "mouse" is next level genius.

Interesting insight on both points.  I've never heard west campus called wampus and I lived there for two years.  Do people call it wampus?

18 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

Interesting insight on both points.  I've never heard west campus called wampus and I lived there for two years.  Do people call it wampus?

I'd never heard of that term for it; although I was familiar with two of the hs wampus cat mascots: the Itasca mentioned above, and one in Atoka, OK because I used to drive past it when traveling. I got the nickname for west austin from an unsourced internet comment that was also unsourced on wiki (because I'm weird like that.) So no clue about when people were using that but perhaps it's more recent for the neighborhood?

Lived on west campus for 4 years, never once did I hear something so sucking stupid as wampus 

5 minutes ago, SquishMitten said:

Lived on west campus for 4 years, never once did I hear something so sucking stupid as wampus 

I know that Muscle Shoals has got the swampers.

6 hours ago, Armybrat said:

Back in the day a student jumped off the Tower and made a loud splat on the library roof.

Supposedly that’s wht thwy stopped alloqwingpepleto go up rhere.  When I heard that you couldn’t go up to the top anymore.  My firsthought was Whitman., but no, itwaabecause someone jumped

4 minutes ago, Sawbonz said:

Current students call it wampus 

Kids these days will find a way to combine any 2 words into one.  I need an interpreter to speak with my college age son, especially if he's spent all day at a darty.  Now, get off my lawn. 

57 minutes ago, SquishMitten said:

Lived on west campus for 4 years, never once did I hear something so sucking stupid as wampus 

I owned a home in west campus area for close to 20 years.

West campus is the only name I ever heard. 

But I'm old now and that was long ago. 

1 hour ago, conVINCEd said:

Supposedly that’s wht thwy stopped alloqwingpepleto go up rhere.  When I heard that you couldn’t go up to the top anymore.  My firsthought was Whitman., but no, itwaabecause someone jumped

The closed the Tower in 1975 (my freshman year) after two accidental deaths and seven suicides

Current students call it wampus 
Of course they do :eyeroll:
1 hour ago, Not a cat said:

Kids these days will find a way to combine any 2 words into one.  I need an interpreter to speak with my college age son, especially if he's spent all day at a darty.  Now, get off my lawn. 

Ask them to explain ts to you

3 hours ago, Not a cat said:

Kids these days will find a way to combine any 2 words into one.  I need an interpreter to speak with my college age son, especially if he's spent all day at a darty.  Now, get off my lawn. 

And that is....

2 hours ago, Ghost of NMAS said:

The closed the Tower in 1975 (my freshman year) after two accidental deaths and seven suicides

Nicole killed all of them 

West Campus was named after a Texas oilman, James West, who graduated from undergrad at Southwestern and from law school at Texas.

Edited by Bevo

3 hours ago, Sawbonz said:

Current students call it wampus 

My daughter confirms

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Any student dumb enough to call it Wampus needs to be expelled. 

Anyone around campus in 2009-10ish? Thought I remembered a suicide in the PCL around then. There was also a shooting just outside of there in 2011ish. I'm pretty sure they were separate events.

This place goes off on such bizzare tangents. 

And I'm well aware of my hypocrisy as I contribute to said derailing as much as anyone.

My prime suspect in a suspicious death is the asshole walking around punching people in the face. Maybe he got bored with punching and started getting stabby.
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41 minutes ago, Deej said:

Any student dumb enough to call it Wampus needs to be expelled deported.

Yesh.

On 4/6/2025 at 5:48 PM, Scraps said:
On 4/6/2025 at 5:38 PM, Surly Bevo said:
University of Texas at Austin library, late on a spring Saturday afternoon with finals almost a month away...you do the math
 
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Would have rather it had been an ugly girl in the Ugly Girl Library and not a Chinese person in the Predominantly Chinese Library

That's the first time I've heard "Girl" in the alternative UGL name.

19 minutes ago, 4th_and_18 said:

My prime suspect in a suspicious death is the asshole walking around punching people in the face. Maybe he got bored with punching and started getting stabby.
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The Sig!

10 hours ago, Basil said:

I was a senior during the heroin epidemic.

Are you still a senior as a result of the heroin epidemic?

51 minutes ago, KYHorn said:

Anyone around campus in 2009-10ish? Thought I remembered a suicide in the PCL around then. There was also a shooting just outside of there in 2011ish. I'm pretty sure they were separate events.

Suicide by cop in 2010 or 2011, right? I graduated in 05/2010 and I think it was that fall.

22 minutes ago, Lhorn said:

The Sig!

Daft Punk?

11 hours ago, Basil said:

I was a senior during the heroin epidemic.

But were you man enough to try it?? It's got a strange mustard smell.

 

10 hours ago, po elvis said:

I don't know if you knew anybody that died from heroin, but I didn't know anybody that died from suicide.

A few. We lost our starting kicker at PESH about a year after graduation. Good kid. Hot sister. I lost a lot of friends, metaphorically speaking. Once one starts shooting it, it changes you. I had to look my best friend in the eyes and realize that it wasn't any thing personal,  he just wasn't the same person. He was on a different journey.

I'd credit heroin with getting me into UT. I had to ace CCCC and get the fuck out of Dodge.

1 hour ago, 4th_and_18 said:

My prime suspect in a suspicious death is the asshole walking around punching people in the face. Maybe he got bored with punching and started getting stabby.
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Helmet only helps for a second

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Fucking Gen Z
Something else I have seen recently is "spreak"

Its Spring Break you fucktards.
11 hours ago, KYHorn said:

Anyone around campus in 2009-10ish? Thought I remembered a suicide in the PCL around then. There was also a shooting just outside of there in 2011ish. I'm pretty sure they were separate events.

I was on campus during that time and remember the shooting. I thought the suicide was the same event. 

13 hours ago, 4th_and_18 said:

My prime suspect in a suspicious death is the asshole walking around punching people in the face. Maybe he got bored with punching and started getting stabby.
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The Wraith - Wikipedia

17 hours ago, Sawbonz said:

Current students call it wampus 

Confirmed by my soon to graduate kid living in west campus.

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14 hours ago, Deej said:

Any student dumb enough to call it Wampus needs to be expelled. 

If my 2022 and 2024 Texas graduate daughters read this thread, they'd roll their eyes and call yall stupid boomers living in the past.

Also The Drag (in reference to Guadelupe) and Drag Worms have not been used in the lexicon for at least a decade. 

We sure do like to yell at clouds.

If my 2022 and 2024 Texas graduate daughters read this thread, they'd roll their eyes and call yall stupid boomers living in the past.
Also The Drag (in reference to Guadelupe) and Drag Worms have not been used in the lexicon for at least a decade. 
We sure do like to yell at clouds.

Next you’re gonna tell me students don’t cure their hangovers with vitamin G from G&M Steakhouse.
2 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

Also The Drag (in reference to Guadelupe) and Drag Worms have not been used in the lexicon for at least a decade. 

Yup, it's "Guad".  It took me a few minutes to understand what my kids were referring to.

Just read up on that crazy dude trying to fight West Campus. I imagine he will get his ass beat to a pulp at some point, but the fact he isnt in jail right now is unreal. How can we get helmet boy to beat the fuck out of Garza?

1 hour ago, crash_davis said:

If my 2022 and 2024 Texas graduate daughters read this thread, they'd roll their eyes and call yall stupid boomers living in the past.

Also The Drag (in reference to Guadelupe) and Drag Worms have not been used in the lexicon for at least a decade. 

We sure do like to yell at clouds.

Thanks for making me feel ancient.

1 hour ago, Blotto said:

Just read up on that crazy dude trying to fight West Campus. I imagine he will get his ass beat to a pulp at some point, but the fact he isnt in jail right now is unreal. How can we get helmet boy to beat the fuck out of Garza?

Aymen Labidi is his name.  Attended the University for 4 years but didn't graduate with a degree.  APD's arrested and released him several times for assault and disorderly conduct the past few weeks despite the victims telling them they want to press charges (does that even matter?).

2 hours ago, crash_davis said:

If my 2022 and 2024 Texas graduate daughters read this thread, they'd roll their eyes and call yall stupid boomers living in the past.

Also The Drag (in reference to Guadelupe) and Drag Worms have not been used in the lexicon for at least a decade. 

We sure do like to yell at clouds.

*Guadalupe

2 hours ago, Jerry Callo said:

Confirmed by my soon to graduate kid living in west campus.

*wampus

2 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

Yup, it's "Guad".  It took me a few minutes to understand what my kids were referring to.

This aggression will not stand, man!

18 hours ago, KYHorn said:

Anyone around campus in 2009-10ish? Thought I remembered a suicide in the PCL around then. There was also a shooting just outside of there in 2011ish. I'm pretty sure they were separate events.

It was the AR-15 guy, I think

17 hours ago, hookem2010 said:

Suicide by cop in 2010 or 2011, right? I graduated in 05/2010 and I think it was that fall.

No I think he terrorized 21st street with the AR then holed up in the PCL and shot himself before cops could do it for him.

I'm still waiting for you assholes to let me know where I can find a supplier for mouse trap glue/fentanyl, which I'm going to call Mickey Sauce. 

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