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Crowds gather to see McCollum Hall implosion
MCKENNA HARFORD @McKennaHarford
About 100 people gathered in the Oliver Hall parking lot to watch the razing of McCollum Hall on Daisy Hill on Wednesday morning. Many were there just to watch the building
come down, but Keesa Shrader, a senior from Dodge City, was there to say goodbye.
The University razed McCollum Hall to create additional parking on Daisy Hill after the completion of Self and Oswald Halls, which were finished this August.
Shrader lived in McCollum
as a freshman and her father lived in McCollum Hall when he attended KU. Watching the building go down was bittersweet, she said.
"It's generations of memories blowing up," Shrader said.
Shrader remembers that McCollum was full of quirks, like a lobby chair always in the elevators and the stench in the halls after a radiator combusted on her floor.
"I'm upset that upcoming freshmen won't get to experience McCollum," she said. "I'm convinced living there was different from every other dorm."
sity plans to reuse the concrete and masonry materials and recycle any metal, according to a news release.
The razing of McCollum took less than a minute. The Univer-
Sarah Kurien, who graduated in 2002, said she didn't live in McCollum, but her husband had lived there so she brought their kids because she thought it would be interesting and
unique. Kurien said it was impressive to watch the building come down.
"It was amazing to see the skyline change so quickly," Kurien said.
Edited by Miranda Davis
PHOTOS BY ALEX ROBINSON/KANSAN
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