Night City University (district)

Night City University (also known as NCU and Section C1) is the education center of Night City. The university is an academic fortress and bastion of higher learning, supporting a lively counterculture. Its architecture ranges from faux brownstone to pseudo-Victorian gingerbread buildings.

Overview
Night City University began as Richard Night University, and was built in 1994 to be the academic center of his model city. He placed the campus on the western edge of beautiful Lake Park to balance the thriving corporate sector on the opposite side. Together they form the city's Yin and Yang of commerce and higher learning. On warm days, the campus end of the park teems with students studying or enjoying the sun.

The original university took up only the lower half of the current NCU campus. After the corporate takeover in 2009, the campus was expanded to its present size and renamed Night City University. Most of the humanities functions were moved to the newly constructed northern half of the campus, while the science departments stayed in the grouping of older buildings in the southern end.

Today, Night City University has over 15,000 students, many of whom commute to classes on buses that run at 20 minute intervals between the campus and the maglev station at the western edge of the corporate sector. The university is best known for its high quality engineering curriculum, but can still offer a sound education in the humanities.

When you visit the NCU campus, you needn't worry about the gang problem that plagues so much of the city, because the campus police keep stern control over the undesirables in their territory. Their glossy black protective gear and no- nonsense attitude has earned them the moniker "The Mad Maxes" among the students. While they may jibe their protectors, it isn't uncommon to hear a student yell for a "Max" when he gets into trouble. While the main objective of the campus police is campus security, students can enter into an optional protection agreement with the university in which the campus police will come to the aid of any student living in the nearby blocks outside of the campus.

Notable Residents

 * Dr. Edward Michaels
 * Samantha Yurrid
 * Hilda Gustav
 * Arthur Edwards
 * Karen Liston
 * Michael Hill

Locations

 * 1) NCU Administration
 * 2) Thompson Hall
 * 3) Science Labs
 * 4) Science Tower
 * 5) Knute Hall
 * 6) Robinson Hall
 * 7) Brooks Library
 * 8) NCU Clinic
 * 9) Student Union
 * 10) Howard Wong Building
 * 11) Social Sciences Building
 * 12) Humanities Building
 * 13) Schumaker Hall of Performing Arts
 * 14) NCU Apartments
 * 15) Lombardy Groceries
 * 16) Don's Hot Nuts
 * 17) MacDonnells
 * 18) Carriage Street Book and Coffee House
 * 19) Newgate Prison/ Paragon
 * 20) Market Drugs
 * 21) Hababas
 * 22) Biograph Theater
 * 23) Metro Cafe
 * 24) Fashion Cuts
 * 25) Stuart Hospital
 * 26) Byrd Student Co-op Housing
 * 27) The Ritz