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SETTING
Fall 2007
Willow Creek, Virginia
(in the Appalachian Mountains)
Northanger, Virginia
(LBU)
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The Essential Tales latest news: About the SiteWelcome back; your last visit was on Nov 24 2009, 01:38 AM
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Absalom Hall
Absalom Hall is the largest building on campus, and features, aside from classrooms, a large auditorium and a small theater.
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Wharton Memorial Building
The recently re-named Wharton Memorial Building (previously the Nelson S. Alpaugh Hall) is the oldest building on campus, built when the college was founded in 1882. Plans to remodel the building are under way.
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Hemingway Sports Center
The Hemingway Sports Center features a pool, rock wall, basketball court, and an indoor astroturf field used for football, lacross, and soccer. There's also a cafe for spectators.
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Penn Warren Library
The Penn Warren Library is one of the busiest buildings on the WCLA campus. Aside from being well-stocked with books on every subject, in every genre, it features a state-of-the-art computer lab and the campus bookstore.
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Hawthorne Cafeteria
The dining hall on campus serves food all day (whether it's quality or not) and is open to residents, commuters, faculty and visitors.
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Jude the Obscure Park
The campus park and courtyard is modeled after Central Park in New York City, with statues placed throughout the area. However, these statues are not of fairy tale characters--instead, they are of mythological beasts, including the unicorn, dragon and...cyclops.
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Oct 14 2007, 04:48 AM
In:  Thoughts on Loneliness
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Residence Halls
Students come to WCLA from all over the country; they have to have a place to stay!
[ Sinclair Commons | Wiesel Hall | Austen Apartments ]
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Cabrini's General Store
Cabrini's General Store is painted in a combination of colors that remind one of Easter; pinks, blues, yellows, greens, all pae and pastel and barely there, something faded. The sign features the name in a happy sixties font. The inside features the same colors, but bright and neon, swirled and spread happily in a barrage of tie-dye.
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Notes from Underground
Notes from Underground is a nightclub, the only one in Willow Creek (this makes it very popular, of course). True to its name, the nightclub is in what used to be the basement warehouse of a department store. The above store was converted into a home for the owners.
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Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility is a clothing store that caters to those who dress conservatively. It is owned and operated by two unmarried sisters, and is a popular employment spot with college students.
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Sentimental Education
Sentimental Education is a pre-school and daycare center. It's popular with the WCLA and LBU faculty moms and dads whose kids are younger--some of the teachers, after all, live pretty far away and work strange hours. The owners of SE live in the building and are always available.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin is a bed and breakfast run by an elderly couple, their son and his wife. The house is old but well-cared for and is a favorite among frequent visitors, a few of whom stay for weeks, even months at a time.
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Common Sense Bank
The Common Sense Bank has been a local bank for several decades and is trusted by all of its patrons; while it's known for slightly high interest rates, the other options are big business and less than desirable to the town residents.
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Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon is a small flower store, owned by Alice Kinnian. She opened the shop a few years ago and named it after her father, who had died the previous year.
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Measure for Measure
Measure for Measure is a coffee shop open twenty-four hours, and is frequented by business men and women as well as college students from both WCLA and LBU. They also host local musicians (usually music majors) from time to time.
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The Kitchen God's Wife
The "KGW", as it's referred to by the townspeople, is the town's most popular restaurant, and for good reason. The food is the best for miles and so varied it's all Willow Creek needs--anyone can find something they like at KGW.
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Mansfield Park
Mansfield Park is really a mall, a large, open and grassy space ringed by tall trees. It's almost always dotted by picnicing families. A small food pavilion stands in the middle.
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MacHale Humanities Building
This large building features a state-of-the-art music technology lab and an auditorium with cutting edge sound and lights; more emphasis is placed on producing than performing at LBU.
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Westerfeld Hall
Westerfeld Hall, the science building, is nearly as large as the MacHale building, and has some of the most advanced scientific labs in the state. A lot of professional scientists apply for teaching jobs at LBU so that they can use the resources for their own research.
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Paolini Fitness Building
The sports and fitness center at LBU, the Paolini building is by far the biggest building on campus and includes all the features of WCLA's Hemingway Center, with added weight rooms and yoga and pilates classes.
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Gaiman Library
The Gaiman Library has a diverse selection of literature, but you'll find that the nonfiction sections, particularly technology and science, seem to dominate the building. One floor is devoted entirely to a computer lab.
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T.C. Boyle Dining Hall
The dining hall at LBU is much the same as any other college dining hall; they haven't yet found a way of making it more advanced and impressive.
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Colfer Green
The Colfer Green is the open space of grass and trees that separates the main campus from the dorms. There are benches and picnic tables throughout, and a small man-made lake.
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Residence Halls
Students come to LBU from all over the world; they have to have a place to stay!
[ Peretti Flats | Maguire Hall | Martin Manor ]
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