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jsogul — 2009-08-31 14:03:21

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- * Considering that it was built in 1959, that doesn't seem very plausible. --["Users/jsogul"]	+ * Considering that it was built in 1959, that doesn't seem very plausible. --["Users/jsogul"]

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jsogul — 2009-08-31 14:03:06

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	+ * Considering that it was built in 1959, that doesn't seem very plausible. --["Users/jsogul"]

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BryceH — 2009-08-31 11:33:53

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	+ ------ + ''2009-08-31 12:33:53'' [[nbsp]] Is it true that the staircase area was designed to lock out/gas students if they tried to take over the building (in the 60s and 70s)? --["Users/BryceH"]

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carl.whithaus — 2009-07-03 11:37:57

listing all departments and programs in V hall in the same place rather than two

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- '''Voorhies Hall''', designed by ["Gardner Action Dailey"], was named for Edwin C. Voorhies [[address("and houses", "38.541134", "-121.746660")]] the ["English"] department. It was built in 1959. Fondly called "Voorhideous" by some of its inhabitants, it also houses the University Writing Program (the purveyors of the English Comp requirement), the Humanities department, the ["Medieval Studies"] department, and a few others. This is one of the buildings on campus that is primarily offices, not classrooms.	+ '''Voorhies Hall''', designed by ["Gardner Action Dailey"], was named for Edwin C. Voorhies [[address("and houses", "38.541134", "-121.746660")]] the ["English"] department, the University Writing Program (the purveyors of the English Comp and upper-division writing requirements), the Davis Humanities Institute, the ["Medieval Studies"] department, and a few others. It was built in 1959. Fondly called "Voorhideous" by some of its inhabitants. This is one of the buildings on campus that is primarily offices, not classrooms.

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JoePomidor — 2009-01-20 10:53:09

I think this can safely be deleted, since it makes no sense

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OscarSabino — 2009-01-20 10:51:11

1959

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- The unusual stairways were designed in response to the protests at ["UC Berkeley" Berkeley] during the middle of the twentieth century. The stairwells are designed so that if students try to take over the building they can be locked into the stairwells and gassed.	+ The unusual stairways were designed in response to the protests at ["UC Berkeley" Berkeley] during the middle of the twentieth century. The stairwells are designed so that if students try to take over the building they can be locked into the stairwells and gassed. (This seems unlikely as there was not much of this kind of activism in the 1950s)

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JasonAller — 2008-09-06 15:05:58

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	+ + ''I've had my office in Voorhies for four years, and I've never heard the term "Voorhideous."'' ["Users/TonyMagagna"] + + ''Maybe if you'd leave that office you'd hear people call it Voorhideous. Even I have called it that. I've heard just about everyone call it that.'' ["Users/NathanMilos"]
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- ''I've had my office in Voorhies for four years, and I've never heard the term "Voorhideous."'' ["TonyMagagna"] - - ''Maybe if you'd leave that office you'd hear people call it Voorhideous. Even I have called it that. I've heard just about everyone call it that.'' ["NathanMilos"] - ------ - ''2007-01-18 11:12:09'' [[nbsp]] Does anyone know when the doors are supposed to be locked? 5pm right? --["AliceChoe"]	+ ''2007-01-18 11:12:09'' [[nbsp]] Does anyone know when the doors are supposed to be locked? 5pm right? --["Users/AliceChoe"]

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WilliamLewis — 2007-06-28 02:18:52

+ Gardner Action Dailey

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BrentLaabs — 2007-04-07 19:17:54

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BrentLaabs — 2007-04-07 19:17:54

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AliceChoe — 2007-01-18 11:12:09

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AliceChoe — 2007-01-18 11:11:24

just addin teh comment

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AlphaDog — 2006-10-10 16:58:23

+naming

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EliseKane — 2006-09-07 21:46:31

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EliseKane — 2006-09-07 21:44:49

Upload of image garden.jpg.

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JabberWokky — 2006-07-18 20:57:09

-br, plus fmtting

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CarlosOverstreet — 2006-04-12 19:56:51

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CarlosOverstreet — 2006-04-12 19:49:24

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JamesMah — 2005-11-15 05:50:26

grammar error

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JamesMah — 2005-11-15 05:50:01

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NathanMilos — 2005-07-29 14:20:29

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MelanieMadden — 2005-07-29 09:13:51

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	+ + Voorhies Hall is also the home base of the Voorhies F-Bombs, an ["IM Sports" Intramural] ["Ultimate Frisbee"] team made up of ["English"] ["Graduate Students"]. + + + attachment:TheFBombs.jpg [[BR]] ''The Voorhies F-Bombs had a losing season, but they looked great in their trademark Grass-colored T-Shirts.'' +

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MelanieMadden — 2005-07-29 09:04:04

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MelanieMadden — 2005-07-29 08:57:43

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MelanieMadden — 2005-07-29 08:47:45

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JenKao — 2005-02-15 23:39:04

link to english dept. wiki

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TonyMagagna — 2004-12-10 10:15:26

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TonyMagagna — 2004-12-03 14:00:03

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PhilipNeustrom — 2004-12-03 13:52:57

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PhilipNeustrom — 2004-12-03 13:47:06

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PhilipNeustrom — 2004-12-03 13:46:46

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TonyMagagna — 2004-12-03 12:54:11

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StarrOleary — 2004-11-09 22:23:48

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