Where There is a Will - 8. First Quarter in NU (cont'd)

                                                                                                 

                                                   
Technological Institute - Northwestern University
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How big is Tech Institute Northwestern?
750,000 square feet
History. The Technological Institute (1942) has more than 750,000 square feet of classrooms, offices, laboratories, and research facilities. Designed by Holabird and Root, the facility is one of the largest academic buildings in the world.
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My classmate and research partner, Gökmen Ergün from Turkey, took me to a mall to buy a good parka (winter jacket) and other winter gear. The bata shoe is biting my legs sore. Fortunately, it is only a 2 minutes walk from my room to the Tech Building, where all classes except Regional Economics were held. I need to walk about 5 minutes every Tuesday and Thursday mornings for my Economics Class.   
                                                       
                    Gökmen Ergün (More recent - not as he was in 1977!)
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I find an aluminium utensil and an electric heater in the Graduate Office. Gökmen says it was left by a former student and suggests I use it. *Now I start cooking some rice and eat yogurt rice once or twice a day. There is a grocery store in Foster, within 5 minutes from Loder Hall. I buy bananas, bread, rice and yoghurt from there.* Dannon yogurt is proud to say it contains "No artificial anything." Wonder why can't they say "Nothing artificial"? I was so happy to see a banana after nearly 2 months. These bananas are so big that one of them will equal 3 of the ones we find back home.

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Gökmen Ergün lives in Graduate Housing known as Engelhart Hall of Residence. An interesting and friendly person. India's Prime Minister had recently visited the US. Gokman is interested in Prime Minister Desai's urine therapy and how the PM was enthusiastic about it on TV, even when the interviewer was trying to change the topic.

Engelhart Hall of Residence

I ask Gokman how long it takes for him to walk from his residence to Tech Instt.
"Normally 10 minutes; on severe cold days 5 minutes!"

"How come?"

"When it is cold and freezing, you run instead of walking!"

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The University Library with three towers is amazing. I can check out books using my Pic ID. I need not go to any checkout counter - I can just use the machine, swipe the card and follow the instructions! The library is open until midnight 6 days a week. Entire second floor of one of the towers is for textbooks. The books in this section cannot be checked out by anybody. These are for use in the premises only. This is to help students who cannot afford to buy textbooks!

Northwestern University Library

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Northwestern University Libraries is the main academic library system of Northwestern University. The library holds 7.9 million items, including 228,505 maps, 107,446 print journals and 173,089 electronic journals, making it the 11th largest library at a private university. Wikipedia
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There are other specialty libraries - Seeley G. Mudd Science and Engineering Library is another marvel!
                                       
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