You didn't stay long enough. I was there 5 years. First floor for 2, then third floor for 3. Loved every minute of it.
Although, I do remember the first time I set foot in the building was before move-in day, probably in late August '82. One of the outside doors was open and my date and I went inside and the door to either 114 or 116 was open, so we checked it out. I was gonna be across the hall (couryard side) in 117. Anyway, I was sobered at how truly grim the room was. Two beat to **** green wardrobes, a matching chest of drawers, an even older set of bunks, and a pair of chewed up desks with ratty chairs. Brown splotchy vinyl floors and a steam radiator by the window. Reviewing the history of the place, the only upgrade to the building since it was built in '48 (?) was the addition of a phone jack in every room. Oh, and the windows - those were updated with the ongoing interstate expansion to help with noise. A totally wasted expense given that almost every room kept the window open 24/7 since it was pretty hot in the building 90% of the year. Speaking of hot, I remember dead week in about '86 when there was a bad heat wave and it was 95F or better in the building even at midnight. Not so good for sleep.
The other thing I remember from the mid-80's were the Clyde Bricks and Clyde Posts that took over the campus. The bricks were decorative sidewalk additions to spruce things up. Unfortunately, the P-plant only worked on them from 8-9:30 AM every day, with a wetsaw running somewhere on 3rd street for 1.5 hours every morning beginning precisely at 8:00AM. I bet the p-plant guys got a laugh out of waking up 1,000 college students... Every morning for a year or more. The Clyde posts were 4x4's with chains strung between them to define walk paths around campus with the side benefit of the possibility of seriously injuring people throwing frisbees and footballs. Why were they called Clyde Bricks and Clyde Posts... Because they were the brainchild of Clyde Robbins, who was over the P-plant and other campus maintenance/repair/beautification operations.
Last time I was in Towers (10+ years ago) it had been updated with air conditioning and carpet. Also, they fit an elevator into the lobby/stairwell so you presumably didn't need to schlep a sofa up 2.5 sets of stairs if you wanted one on the 3rd floor.
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