[TheKingdom2000]

Indoor slides proposed for new student union building at UBC | Metro (http://metronews.ca/news/vancouver/108483/indoor-slides-proposed-for-new-student-union-building-at-ubc/)

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The University of B.C.’s Alma Mater Society has hopes to reduce walking a create a fun way for students to get between floors at the university’s new student union building (SUB) by building slides that allow students to slip from floor to floor.

Plans are currently underway to incorporate two $25,000 slides on the eastside of the new 250,000-square-foot SUB, which is currently under construction.

“We got a lot of feedback (from students saying) they wanted something to play off interactive learning and taking a break from their studies — study and play,” said Caroline Wong, AMS VP administration and chair of the SUB project committee. “It will be the first slide in a SUB in North America. We want to leave that kind of legacy for our students.”

In the current proposal, each slide would span the length of one floor — one would descend from the fourth to the third floor, and the other from the third to the second.

Construction of the SUB began earlier this year, however initial plans did not include slides.

The building is expected to be complete by 2014.

According to Joost Bakker, a principal architect with Dialog Architects responsible for designing the new SUB, building indoor slides is a feasible option but said more research needs to be completed.

While plans are still in the early stages, Wong said they are accessing all options to make the slides as safe as possible, noting there would be safety protocols and guidelines in place such as locking it up at night.

The addition of slides will not push the completion date back and is something that students could potentially add after the building is complete, Bakker added.

[Gumby]

WTF this seems like an April Fool's joke.

[melloman]

:rukidding: :seriously:

[TheStig]

Sure, why not, looks like fun. Where is the new SUB being built in relation to the old one?

[Alphamale]

What about when it rains and people shoes and shit are all wet and they go down the slide and you're next?

:fuckthatshit:

[murd0c]

You know someones going to dump some cooking oil down it as a joke

[GLOW]

i anticipate:
1) a fat guy is gonna get stuck ala homer simpson at the waterpark
or
2) girl goes down in skirt, with guy trying to climb up the tube...hilarity ensues

[RS_Pat]

It's a university, not a kindergarten :rukidding:

[Bonka]

Copycats

Huge (4 story high) slide inside the TUM university - YouTube

[shawnly1000]

There's gonna be a on campus brewery for sure.

http://ubyssey.ca/news/cure-what-ales-ya-new-sub-to-house-brewery-893/

[kb]

What the, I had no idea a new SUB was even being built.

[mbrodie]

One word: liability.

All it would take is one silly student riding the slide backwards, having their rich mommy & daddy sue the university, and bye bye slide ride LOL

[CP.AR]

So my "sub" fee is going towards a slide? :rukidding:

[mbrodie]

I feel sorry for you students. Been there, done that. You're being used as a commodity, and (if you don't pursue "learning" really hard) the education imparted is really thin.

The whole time I felt like I was plugged into that baby harvesting machine from The Matrix.

I think Warren Beatty put it best:
Education? education? there ain't no education going on up in that m*##**#*##*#

[Manic!]

One word: liability.

All it would take is one silly student riding the slide backwards, having their rich mommy & daddy sue the university, and bye bye slide ride LOL

Almost every elementary school has slides.

[BillyBishop]

Almost every elementary school has slides.

Might be worth noting that at all the elementary schools in my area, the twisty slides and tube slides have been completely removed and replaced with straight and shallower slides.

[Geoc]

Almost every elementary school has slides.

You comparing elementary kids with university students. Same level of intelligence, but one weighs considerably more (easier to get injured)

[StylinRed]

a lot of corporate HQs and Universities do this or similar

its a way to ease tension/stress specially for exam time

[drunkrussian]

a lawsuit, a suicide AND a disability of an infant all for only $25k a pop!

also a criminology major is bound to take a shit in one eventually

[achiam]

You comparing elementary kids with university students. Same level of intelligence, but one weighs considerably more (easier to get injured)

Elementary kids are wiser. They don't have an on-campus pub with cheap drink specials located in the same building as proposed slide(s).

[DasHooch]

This seems like a waste of money... and I don't mean just the slide. What's wrong with the existing SUB? Not trendy enough?

[DsZ24]

You know someones going to dump some cooking oil down it as a joke

Bikini slide day with it all oiled up? hmmm

[Manic!]

Elementary kids are wiser. They don't have an on-campus pub with cheap drink specials located in the same building as proposed slide(s).

Google also has slides in it's offices and free drinks.

[Meowjin]

from my understanding schools arn't allowed to make a profit so thats why they constantly build.

[Sky_High]

from my understanding schools arn't allowed to make a profit so thats why they constantly build.

If they stop increasing the price of tuition's, they wouldn't have this problem :heckno:

[Mining]

there was another increase to my summer courses WHY ffs..

[twitchyzero]

Sure, why not, looks like fun. Where is the new SUB being built in relation to the old one?
from my understanding it's going to be kitty corner from the bookstore

What's wrong with the existing SUB? Not trendy enough?

it's a fucking dump? Instead of putting up the new Henry Angus they should've rennovated the SUB first.

[BaoTurbo]

This isn't going to work out. The amount of negative factors is numerous if they go on with this

[Duff Beer]

Jakarta, INDONESIA

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6oVmrBKxkII/TLa6SMsge3I/AAAAAAAAAXU/fwBkInsjjZI/s1600/atmostfear-fx-mall-slider-jakarta.jpg

:fuckyea:

[Meowjin]

If they stop increasing the price of tuition's, they wouldn't have this problem :heckno:

build more shit = more international students will come.

[instantneedles]

Wtf is this shit? I never got a say in this, and this is my damn school lol.. even if they do build a slide there, how many of us would actually have the audacity to actually use it? And like someone mentioned, its just gonna be another piece of junk that the janitors are gonna have to spend their time cleaning... If they build some teleport machine that will let us teleport away from our exams and teleport back, ill shut the hell up.. But until i see that, all of ubcs construction projects are meaningless and are set to tear away silver to make gold.. no wonder the construction workers wanted to go on strike..

[mercyboy]

Jakarta, INDONESIA

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6oVmrBKxkII/TLa6SMsge3I/AAAAAAAAAXU/fwBkInsjjZI/s1600/atmostfear-fx-mall-slider-jakarta.jpg

:fuckyea:

sucks that everystudent has to deal with static..after the ride ends..!!!

[iPee]

What a joke, no wonder they were trying so hard to implement student fees on the DAP Students

[dachinesedude]

What a joke, no wonder they were trying so hard to implement student fees on the DAP Students

what do you mean try? DAP students are already having to pay the athletics and recreation fee, which is the dumbest thing ever

theres a reason why most DAP students take the night classes, cuz we work full time! who the fuck has time to use their facilities

end mini rant

[Okami]

If they stop increasing the price of tuition's, they wouldn't have this problem :heckno:

UBC - :fuckthatshit:

[twitchyzero]

lol DAP is already a joke in itself being a cash cow...why else would they take almost everyone. If you are taking courses on campus it makes sense to charge athletics fees IMO

[Everymans]

Screw the haters. I have a homemade slide at my work and it's the best thing ever. Put some of those laminated pieces of plastic on top of a staircase and connect them and smooth the edges out and you got yourself a 30$ slide that works efficiently and increases happiness. Only bad is that you land on cement.

[b0unce. [?]]

pee in it