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Here are some sources that say it was Jester:
Here are some references that say it was Dobie:
It is especially amusing to me that Texas Monthly has said both Jester and Dobie on different occasions. Johntex\ talk 16:24, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
Regarding the comment about Jester Hall being the largest residence hall at it's time of construction, Bancroft Hall at the United States Naval Academy was built in 1901-1906 and houses approximately 4000 midshipmen. Bart 21:11, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Abarthol ( talk • contribs) 06:55, 2006 March 31 (UTC)
What I want to know is why nobody's mentioned the lonely, lonely sound of the wind moaning as it whips down the corridors near the cafeteria. That's firmly imprinted in my mind from my days in Jester West. · Katefan0 (scribble)/ poll 16:37, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
What about the world's slowest elevators? I lived on the 7th floor of Jester West in 1986-1988 and pretty much took the stairs every time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Luschen ( talk • contribs) 16:25, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
I asked an archivist at the Austin History Center about the designer of Jester (hoping to find out the truth behind the prison-designer rumor). She told me that the building was designed by the architecture firm Brooks Barr Graeber White & Partners. Jester West was completed in 1970; Jester East in 1973. More info here: [2]. I wasn't sure what part of the article to integrate this information into (the top, or Facilities?), so I'm hoping someone else will. -- Miss Dark 04:01, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Jester did in fact have its own Zip code: 78787. This changed circa 1986. And at one time, the windows could be opened if you popped a couple of rivets and had just the right size Allen wrench to do it, but it could incur a fine and a dredded write-up from your RA if caught. 207.207.61.254 ( talk) 22:22, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
If by "at one time" you mean "I could walk five feet an do that right now", then yes, that is true. Piuro ( talk) 09:08, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
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Both Jester East and West have been renovated to get rid of the built-in furniture for almost a decade now. Other rounds of renovations are either completed or near completion. I remember the built-in furniture, but that has been gone since c.2015 at the latest. Can anyone find other sources for the first subsection about its built-in furniture state around then or just completely update it with more accuracy plus maybe a [citation needed] or two for the past status? Bismuth96 ( talk) 01:02, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
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Here are some sources that say it was Jester:
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It is especially amusing to me that Texas Monthly has said both Jester and Dobie on different occasions. Johntex\ talk 16:24, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
Regarding the comment about Jester Hall being the largest residence hall at it's time of construction, Bancroft Hall at the United States Naval Academy was built in 1901-1906 and houses approximately 4000 midshipmen. Bart 21:11, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Abarthol ( talk • contribs) 06:55, 2006 March 31 (UTC)
What I want to know is why nobody's mentioned the lonely, lonely sound of the wind moaning as it whips down the corridors near the cafeteria. That's firmly imprinted in my mind from my days in Jester West. · Katefan0 (scribble)/ poll 16:37, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
What about the world's slowest elevators? I lived on the 7th floor of Jester West in 1986-1988 and pretty much took the stairs every time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Luschen ( talk • contribs) 16:25, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
I asked an archivist at the Austin History Center about the designer of Jester (hoping to find out the truth behind the prison-designer rumor). She told me that the building was designed by the architecture firm Brooks Barr Graeber White & Partners. Jester West was completed in 1970; Jester East in 1973. More info here: [2]. I wasn't sure what part of the article to integrate this information into (the top, or Facilities?), so I'm hoping someone else will. -- Miss Dark 04:01, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Jester did in fact have its own Zip code: 78787. This changed circa 1986. And at one time, the windows could be opened if you popped a couple of rivets and had just the right size Allen wrench to do it, but it could incur a fine and a dredded write-up from your RA if caught. 207.207.61.254 ( talk) 22:22, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
If by "at one time" you mean "I could walk five feet an do that right now", then yes, that is true. Piuro ( talk) 09:08, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
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Both Jester East and West have been renovated to get rid of the built-in furniture for almost a decade now. Other rounds of renovations are either completed or near completion. I remember the built-in furniture, but that has been gone since c.2015 at the latest. Can anyone find other sources for the first subsection about its built-in furniture state around then or just completely update it with more accuracy plus maybe a [citation needed] or two for the past status? Bismuth96 ( talk) 01:02, 19 October 2022 (UTC)