Talk:Jester Center

Where did Michael Dell found Dell Computer?
Here are some sources that say it was Jester:
 * Valut.com
 * Neville's financial bolg
 * Michael Dell - the Wikipedia Bio on Dell I changed Michael Dell to say it Dobie. Johntex\talk 16:44, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Houston Press.com - currently unavailable, but listed in a Google search
 * Texas Monthly.com

Here are some references that say it was Dobie: It is especially amusing to me that Texas Monthly has said both Jester and Dobie on different occasions. Johntex\talk 16:24, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Crusty Old Fossil Rochers Blog
 * Texas Monthly.com
 * UT Commencement introduction - PDF
 * CNN
 * Reference for Business - this one is very specific - they claim "Room 2713 in Dobie Hall"
 * The Daily Texan
 * Update - I just found the reference from Larry Faulkner's introduction of Dell as a commencement speaker and I also The Daily Texan article. For me, the combined weight of the references on the side of Dobie is convincing. Johntex\talk 16:36, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
 * This |Statesman article also indicates room 2713 at Dobie. The problem is that now people are starting to use Wikipedia as a source so some of those other references for Jester may have only been circularly confirming a rumor! --Grouse 00:01, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Actually, I had heard it as Jester years ago, before I saw it on the Wikipedia. My theory is that Dell had in fact lived in Jester, perhaps his freshman year, and was in fact tinkering with computers. He then moved to Dobie, where he later founded the actual company. Baseless theory and conjecture, I know. But anyway, there it is.  Boxclocke  - " ! " 00:10, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Bancroft Hall
Regarding the comment about Jester Hall being the largest residence hall at it's time of construction, Bancroft Hall at the United States Naval Academy was built in 1901-1906 and houses approximately 4000 midshipmen. Bart 21:11, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
 * You may want to check this link and this link, which confirm that Bancroft Hall has not always been as big as it is today ("especially since Bancroft Hall could accommodate just 1,200 students in 1917"). &mdash; Scm83x hook 'em 22:32, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
 * According to this page here, wings seven and eight (the final two) of Bancroft Hall were completed in 1961, eight years prior to the construction of the Jester Center.

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Abarthol (talk • contribs) 06:55, 2006 March 31  (UTC)
 * There are several possibilities for the discrepency in references. I can think of at least 3 off the top of my head: (1) one set of references is simply mistaken (2) the references are basing "biggest" off different criteria (cost vs square footage vs number of beds vs ...) (3) the references are looking differently at a project completed all-at-once (Jester) vs one completed in stages (Bancroft). Johntex\talk 15:41, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Memories...
What I want to know is why nobody's mentioned the lonely, lonely sound of the wind moaning as it whips down the corridors near the cafeteria. That's firmly imprinted in my mind from my days in Jester West. · Katefan0(scribble)/ poll 16:37, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Ah, yes, and the discarded junk-mail flyers crunching under-foot as you walk past the mailboxes...
 * not to mention the fragrant aroma associated with the grackels as you walk outside...
 * The sights, sounds, and smells of autumn (and winter, and spring)... Johntex\talk 16:45, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

What about the world's slowest elevators? I lived on the 7th floor of Jester West in 1986-1988 and pretty much took the stairs every time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Luschen (talk • contribs) 16:25, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

Architecture firm / year completed
I asked an archivist at the Austin History Center about the designer of Jester (hoping to find out the truth behind the prison-designer rumor). She told me that the building was designed by the architecture firm Brooks Barr Graeber White & Partners. Jester West was completed in 1970; Jester East in 1973. More info here:. I wasn't sure what part of the article to integrate this information into (the top, or Facilities?), so I'm hoping someone else will. --Miss Dark 04:01, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Not Urban Legends
Jester did in fact have its own Zip code: 78787. This changed circa 1986. And at one time, the windows could be opened if you popped a couple of rivets and had just the right size Allen wrench to do it, but it could incur a fine and a dredded write-up from your RA if caught. 207.207.61.254 (talk) 22:22, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

If by "at one time" you mean "I could walk five feet an do that right now", then yes, that is true. Piuro (talk) 09:08, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

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Jester Renovations
Both Jester East and West have been renovated to get rid of the built-in furniture for almost a decade now. Other rounds of renovations are either completed or near completion. I remember the built-in furniture, but that has been gone since c.2015 at the latest. Can anyone find other sources for the first subsection about its built-in furniture state around then or just completely update it with more accuracy plus maybe a [citation needed] or two for the past status? Bismuth96 (talk) 01:02, 19 October 2022 (UTC)