Big4Country All American 11904 Posts user info edit post |
The other night my family went to my sister's house for dinner. My mom and sister started watching the Oscars just to see the dresses. Somewhere along the way they mentioned Lady Gaga and a meat dress that she wore last year to one of those celebrity awards events. I mentioned the Iowa State Bell Tower youtube to my sister. I think it is kind of cool since my family is from Iowa, even though I pay no attention to Lady Gaga related stuff.
the above story + beer + NC State always seeming to be average at everything + the recent Krispy Kreme Challenge = me wondering what college/university has the best looking bell tower? I'm not counting churches like the Duke Chapel either, just the ones that stand alone.
![](http://wwwcache.wral.com/asset/news/local/2009/04/09/4919297/ken1-220x165.jpg)
NC State
![](http://therafters.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/01_bell_tower.jpg)
UNC Chapel Hill
![](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2142/1588529827_fe90ec24d9.jpg)
Ole Miss
![](http://ih3.redbubble.net/work.6179393.1.flat,550x550,075,f.furman-bell-tower.jpg)
Furman
![](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3381/3173049542_ac6315a6ca.jpg)
UC Berkeley
![](http://www.aapspharmaceutica.com/StudentCenter/resources/AAPSPubs/email/09/images/StudentChapterFlorida09.jpg)
University of Florida
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Ball-state-university-bell-tower.jpg/300px-Ball-state-university-bell-tower.jpg)
Ball State
![](http://cache.blippitt.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/iowa-state-bell-tower.gif)
Iowa State
![](https://engineering.purdue.edu/Intranet/Users/kevin.t.sullivan.1/MyPictures/bell_tower.jpg)
Purdue
![](http://img.groundspeak.com/waymarking/display/b02f26d8-93a6-4636-9c82-a531f684e4f6.JPG)
Illinois
![](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3062/2996239755_8359279835.jpg)
Texas A&M
![](http://images.dpchallenge.com/images_challenge/0-999/664/800/Copyrighted_Image_Reuse_Prohibited_503866.jpg)
Indiana
![](http://www.umich.edu/~wineclub/images/mich_tower.jpg)
Michigan
![](http://image50.webshots.com/150/0/40/39/418504039STFAbS_ph.jpg)
Stanford
My beer is gone and I have to work tomorrow, so my pointless thread is done.
[Edited on March 3, 2011 at 2:20 AM. Reason : .] 3/3/2011 2:16:37 AM
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egyeyes All American 6209 Posts user info edit post |
Wow I really like Furman's bell tower ] 3/3/2011 2:17:35 AM
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mawle427 All American 22137 Posts user info edit post |
Furman's is pretty fuckin boss. But N.C. State's is till better than UNC's. 3/3/2011 2:40:38 AM
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Mr. Joshua Swimfanfan 43948 Posts user info edit post |
Anyone but Ball State.
Though I'd like to nominate them for worst name. 3/3/2011 2:41:23 AM
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egyeyes All American 6209 Posts user info edit post |
Even the location of the Furman bell tower is stunning. 3/3/2011 2:48:59 AM
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JesusHChrist All American 4458 Posts user info edit post |
that Indiana Bell Tower is straight up gangster. 3/3/2011 4:29:06 AM
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ncsuapex SpaceForRent 37776 Posts user info edit post |
The Michigan bell tower looks like a prision 3/3/2011 6:47:00 AM
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jbrick83 All American 23447 Posts user info edit post |
I do like Furman's. Ball State is kinda cool...but why would you even put the Texas A&M one up there? Its garbage. 3/3/2011 7:50:03 AM
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GGMon All American 6462 Posts user info edit post |
In before back to the future reference. 3/3/2011 7:50:49 AM
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Jeepin4x4 #Pack9 35774 Posts user info edit post |
^that was called the clock tower, not bell.
but Furman's is boss!] 3/3/2011 7:54:07 AM
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Biofreak70 All American 33197 Posts user info edit post |
Ugh- some of those are ugly as sin
And if course- UNC's tower looks a little fruity 3/3/2011 8:06:15 AM
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jataylor All American 6652 Posts user info edit post |
NC States is the best of those 3/3/2011 8:18:50 AM
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Biofreak70 All American 33197 Posts user info edit post |
I like ours, ole miss, UF, and UC Berkley
Furman's is gaudy as hell, but being right next to that reflection pond is pretty cool. some of the other ones I would like more with better surroundings, like maybe Michigan and Iowa State
purdue's aint too bad either 3/3/2011 8:22:03 AM
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Jeepin4x4 #Pack9 35774 Posts user info edit post |
Furman's fits in well with the campus as a whole though. it may stand out compared to the ones posted but i think it's awesome
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fsoXWTCxs08/SElF8l9UwuI/AAAAAAAAAjY/e48oaAGbFP8/s400/furman,%2Bbell%2Btower.jpg)
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Biofreak70 All American 33197 Posts user info edit post |
Ok, location is really cool on that one, but all the big "windows," or whatever you would call them, take away from it as a whole IMO- especially since they get bigger as they go up
[Edited on March 3, 2011 at 8:30 AM. Reason : yuck] 3/3/2011 8:29:34 AM
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dbhawley All American 3339 Posts user info edit post |
bell tower with bells > bell tower without bells 3/3/2011 8:36:48 AM
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Nighthawk All American 19609 Posts user info edit post |
^Agree. Speaker Tower < Bell Tower 3/3/2011 8:37:27 AM
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wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
I would definitely put ours in the top 3. Some of those are just ugly as sin.
For some reason I remember Berkeley's tower looking better than it seems to look in photos. 3/3/2011 9:26:47 AM
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DivaBaby19 Davidbaby19 45208 Posts user info edit post |
this thread makes me horny
also I'll vote for Furhman...so pretty 3/3/2011 10:36:28 AM
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Misha All American 881 Posts user info edit post |
brick penises 3/3/2011 10:52:18 AM
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Time Veteran 595 Posts user info edit post |
Furman, but primarily due to location. Berkeley makes me think of a castle and wins points for that, as do a couple others. Looks like some of these schools stole our bricks. 3/3/2011 11:03:52 AM
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DivaBaby19 Davidbaby19 45208 Posts user info edit post |
^^yes please ![](images/smile.gif) 3/3/2011 11:21:44 AM
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CEmann All American 1913 Posts user info edit post |
berkleys looks like it should be attached to the biltmore house 3/3/2011 12:01:23 PM
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Nighthawk All American 19609 Posts user info edit post |
Does this one count:
![](http://jldiedrich.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/ut-tower.jpg)
It is a tower with bells, but it has offices in it as well. Probably one of the most well-known towers in US universities.
Also would you consider the Duke Chapel tower to be in the running? Its a part of a chapel, but the tower is the main symbol of Duke in the same way that our speaker tower and the Carolina bell tower are for them.
[Edited on March 3, 2011 at 12:33 PM. Reason : ] 3/3/2011 12:33:06 PM
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hershculez All American 8483 Posts user info edit post |
Illinois looks pretty cool. I think I like Berkley's the best though. And what does Lady Gaga have to do with any of this? 3/3/2011 12:37:27 PM
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Biofreak70 All American 33197 Posts user info edit post |
they played a lady gaga song over their bell system at some point over the last year
youtube it 3/3/2011 12:41:59 PM
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sumfoo1 soup du hier 41043 Posts user info edit post |
Does duke's chapel count? there are bells in its tower right? 3/3/2011 12:43:59 PM
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Nighthawk All American 19609 Posts user info edit post |
^I would be of the opinion that it would be. Not all of the bell towers are free standing structures for universities. Many can't afford to build a separate tower from a chapel if they have one on campus. 3/3/2011 12:47:13 PM
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jsdail All American 3260 Posts user info edit post |
I'm going with Old Miss, looks fairly new & probably lacks tradition...but I like it.
On a aside note, the Chapel Hill tower looks just as gay as the guys there. 3/3/2011 1:06:12 PM
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krazedgirl All American 2578 Posts user info edit post |
what about the infamous bell tower of UT Austin 3/3/2011 1:31:47 PM
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wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "I'm not counting churches like the Duke Chapel either, just the ones that stand alone." |
Quote : | "I'm not counting churches like the Duke Chapel either, just the ones that stand alone." |
Quote : | "I'm not counting churches like the Duke Chapel either, just the ones that stand alone." |
Quote : | "I'm not counting churches like the Duke Chapel either, just the ones that stand alone." |
Quote : | "I'm not counting churches like the Duke Chapel either, just the ones that stand alone." |
Quote : | "I'm not counting churches like the Duke Chapel either, just the ones that stand alone." |
Quote : | "I'm not counting churches like the Duke Chapel either, just the ones that stand alone." |
For those that didn't read the entire first post. 3/3/2011 1:34:13 PM
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richthofen All American 15758 Posts user info edit post |
I like ours, Furman's, Berkeley, and Illinois and Indiana (modernist bell towers, an interesting concept.) Really though, Berkeley's is basically the same design as ours except a little taller, with taller corner spires and a pointy hat.
Also, someone forgot to put windows on Florida's tower. The top is nice, but the giant mass of featureless brick supporting it leaves something to be desired. 3/3/2011 3:30:36 PM
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quagmire02 All American 44225 Posts user info edit post |
![](http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/136/m_2a6104fdae02427288a7b506c2164d76.gif)
3/3/2011 3:31:00 PM
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Nighthawk All American 19609 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "what about the infamous bell tower of UT Austin" |
Look about 4 posts up to the picture I posted. 3/3/2011 3:38:43 PM
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ParksNrec All American 8741 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "this thread makes me horny
also I'll vote for Furhman...so pretty" |
this made me laugh so much 3/3/2011 4:38:06 PM
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crazy_carl All American 4073 Posts user info edit post |
i like texas A&M 3/3/2011 5:00:30 PM
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fleetwud AmbitiousButRubbish 49741 Posts user info edit post |
Charlotte's giant tampon, nuh-uh
![](http://www.sco.uncc.edu/gha/Bell%20Tower%20Night.jpg) 3/3/2011 5:01:59 PM
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Smath74 All American 93277 Posts user info edit post |
^what the hell is that thing? 3/3/2011 5:19:13 PM
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wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
Looks like some sort of space age smokestack lol. 3/3/2011 5:36:48 PM
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jtw208 5290 Posts user info edit post |
giant hypo needle 3/3/2011 6:48:33 PM
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TenaciousC All American 6307 Posts user info edit post |
I think I actually like ours the best. Ole Miss is nice, too.
I also submit the Ferrum College belltower:
![](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4046/4618310251_b2660ddd60.jpg)
![](http://www.ferrum.edu/img/major_images/religion2.jpg)
[Edited on March 3, 2011 at 6:51 PM. Reason : ] 3/3/2011 6:50:43 PM
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Big4Country All American 11904 Posts user info edit post |
![](http://www.photohome.com/pictures/texas-pictures/austin/ut-tower-1a.jpg)
UT Austin's is pretty cool.
And lets see if I can post the Stanford one without it turning into a red x.
![](http://image50.webshots.com/150/0/40/39/418504039STFAbS_ph.jpg)
[Edited on March 3, 2011 at 9:32 PM. Reason : .]
3/3/2011 9:32:26 PM
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Time Veteran 595 Posts user info edit post |
Ferrum looks like some war of the worlds walker with an impressive bell-song. This is not a negative. 3/3/2011 10:12:13 PM
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rbrthwrd Suspended 3125 Posts user info edit post |
ole miss bell tower looks like something from centennial campus
do not like 3/3/2011 10:17:05 PM
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omgyouresexy All American 1509 Posts user info edit post |
From what I recall, you can go up into Furman's and UC Berkeley's. I remember Furman's feeling small up close, though. It's kindof weird how many of these I've seen... considering how few universities I've visited.
Other than State's, I really like the classic brick look of the Ole Miss tower. 3/3/2011 10:42:54 PM
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Big4Country All American 11904 Posts user info edit post |
![](http://www.freewebs.com/saiedinboro/used%20for%20site/bell%20tower.JPG)
Edinboro University
3/3/2011 10:48:36 PM
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ncstatetke All American 41128 Posts user info edit post |
the obvious answer is Missouri Western State University
yes, you will all google it right now 3/3/2011 11:18:56 PM
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Big4Country All American 11904 Posts user info edit post |
^I typed that in just to see, if it was a real place. A picture of the Oregon State bell/clock tower showed up.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Oregon_State_University_clock_tower.jpg/210px-Oregon_State_University_clock_tower.jpg)
Oregon State 3/4/2011 12:27:55 AM
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Big4Country All American 11904 Posts user info edit post |
![](http://www.appstate.edu/~marshallst/photos/boone_photos/appState/grandma-and-grandpa-babysit-042.jpg)
App State
3/4/2011 12:36:22 AM
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DarkCloud New Recruit 30 Posts user info edit post |
This is what i got from the the Missouri Western State University website
![](http://www.missouriwestern.edu/images/tower.jpg)
![](http://www.missouriwestern.edu/images/aboutwestern.jpg) 3/4/2011 7:18:42 AM
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