Terps possibly moving to Big Ten ? what ?

[demopublican]

Thuggery at OSU? By students? Oh, you mean the players. Ok, then let's not forget Len Bias, and the drug culture that was UMD at the time. But if you want to talk dirt about the students, then you will lose that discussion - big time. Do you want to try? Did you know we had two recent racial events on campus, where a noose was strung up on a tree near a black frat? Do I blame the students (as a whole) like you seem to do with the PSU scandal? Get real.

http://dj3y0.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/noose.jpg

That noose? That was a freaking rope in a tree. Not a noose.
It does not even look like a noose.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pV56sneYkH...s400/Noose.jpg

That is a noose.

90% of the reported racial incidents these days are faked by the "victim", just overblown arguments, or nothing at all.

[demopublican]

FYI - write your legislator. Part of the problem is, about 20-25% of the slots are take up by out of state students (can you sat NJ and Ny) who pay higher tuitions....so, there is a built in bias to admit these students, squeezing out many md students,

Maryland elected officials have no intention to make the kind of cuts needed to make college affordable again.

[slapshot]

Sure, And miss out on the four year dorm experience.

And not everyone is a fit for military. I can afford it for my family. They will have their choice. But for many kids Mom and Dad can't swing $20K plus a year.

If the end game is getting a job, building a career, then that's a small sacrifice. As it is, many kids don't live on campus. They commute...so they don't experience the college life.

I sent my kids to schools where the University IS the center of all cultural, educational and entertainment experience. You don't get that at UMCP. Come 5pm, many leave and go back to their home, etc.

[slapshot]

Maryland elected officials have no intention to make the kind of cuts needed to make college affordable again.

The Regents vote on Monday with regards to move to the big ten.

I thought that this issue was nothing more than a ploy to try and get more funding for the Athetic Dept - either from donors, or the state. I'm not convinced the interest is genuine.

[The Eternal White Belt]

Sure, And miss out on the four year dorm experience.

Is this a serious comment? Most of the people I know were looking to move out of the dorms after freshman year. I would never trade that experience for anything, but 4 years?!?! Never! Nor could my parents have afforded it for that long either (well maybe they could have, but I doubt they WOULD have).

I also know a lot of people who did the CC transfer thing and it worked out great. They saved a lot of money, ended up hanging with the same group of people I did, just went to a different school for a couple of years.

It's stupid that we are even discussing this anyway, as really it has nothing to do with the issue at hand. All of the schools being discussed are great academically, with some being better than others in various areas. It really doesn't matter.

[slapshot]

http://dj3y0.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/noose.jpg

That noose? That was a freaking rope in a tree. Not a noose.
It does not even look like a noose.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pV56sneYkH...s400/Noose.jpg

That is a noose.

90% of the reported racial incidents these days are faked by the "victim", just overblown arguments, or nothing at all.

I saw the pictures and read the articles in the Terrapin. It was a noose. There were several rally's after this happened. The fact of the matter is - there are a lot of pg county thugs that prey on students. As far as campuses go, UMCP and surrounding area is not safe. That has fostered some contempt/resentment and hate of minorities....

Not trying to paint Md in a bad light, but when you talk about thuggery at OSU, or the scandal at PSU....ya just better make sure your house is clean before pointing fingers. Personally, I care more about the behavior of the students, than I do players on the football team. I was mortified a few years back by all the bad behavior (and bad press), and obscene chants at Terp basketball games. It got so bad, GW had to talk to the fans before the games...and the Admin formed a commission to address this issue. I worry more about stuff like this.

The students, and their behavior is a reflection of the faculty. After all, the students are the University's "product".

[demopublican]

Is this a serious comment? Most of the people I know were looking to move out of the dorms after freshman year. I would never trade that experience for anything, but 4 years?!?! Never! Nor could my parents have afforded it for that long either (well maybe they could have, but I doubt they WOULD have).

I also know a lot of people who did the CC transfer thing and it worked out great. They saved a lot of money, ended up hanging with the same group of people I did, just went to a different school for a couple of years.

It's stupid that we are even discussing this anyway, as really it has nothing to do with the issue at hand. All of the schools being discussed are great academically, with some being better than others in various areas. It really doesn't matter.

Yeah, I really meant the four year college experience.
I like two years in dorms and two in either off campus or on campus apartments.

[slapshot]

Watch 60 Minutes...now.

You will see how important college ball is to the university.

[Terp52]

It most assuredly wasn't an noose, nor was it near a "black frat". In fact, there are no black frat houses on campus. The rope in the tree was so high up that most believe it could have been up there for years. It didn't need to be cut down, it crumbled from rot. Most agree that it was left over from work done on the student union years before when work was being done on the roof. But all are welcome to advance an agenda that some racist left a noose some 30 feet up in a tree may do so. Rumor has it, incidentally and on topic, that Plank pulled a significant amount of money to assist UM leaving the ACC.

[Terp52]

I saw the pictures and read the articles in the Terrapin. It was a noose. There were several rally's after this happened. The fact of the matter is - there are a lot of pg county thugs that prey on students. As far as campuses go, UMCP and surrounding area is not safe. That has fostered some contempt/resentment and hate of minorities....

Not trying to paint Md in a bad light, but when you talk about thuggery at OSU, or the scandal at PSU....ya just better make sure your house is clean before pointing fingers. Personally, I care more about the behavior of the students, than I do players on the football team. I was mortified a few years back by all the bad behavior (and bad press), and obscene chants at Terp basketball games. It got so bad, GW had to talk to the fans before the games...and the Admin formed a commission to address this issue. I worry more about stuff like this.

The students, and their behavior is a reflection of the faculty. After all, the students are the University's "product".

Someone that works at UMCP would know the campus paper is the Diamondback. And that single event was close to five years ago and not a "recent" incident.

[Terp52]

If the end game is getting a job, building a career, then that's a small sacrifice. As it is, many kids don't live on campus. They commute...so they don't experience the college life.

I sent my kids to schools where the University IS the center of all cultural, educational and entertainment experience. You don't get that at UMCP. Come 5pm, many leave and go back to their home, etc.

While you are calling others uninformed, perhaps you could tell us how many kids live on campus? How about those living in frat houses around campus and in Old Town? How about those that filled two massive apartment campuses at the front door of the campus and several more that are a stones throw away. Clearly there are a significant number of students living both on campus and with a few minutes walk. You should know, given the wealth of knowledge you've accrued working there.

[demopublican]

It most assuredly wasn't an noose, nor was it near a "black frat". In fact, there are no black frat houses on campus. The rope in the tree was so high up that most believe it could have been up there for years. It didn't need to be cut down, it crumbled from rot. Most agree that it was left over from work done on the student union years before when work was being done on the roof. But all are welcome to advance an agenda that some racist left a noose some 30 feet up in a tree may do so. Rumor has it, incidentally and on topic, that Plank pulled a significant amount of money to assist UM leaving the ACC.

Facts do not matter to academics.

[slapshot]

It most assuredly wasn't an noose, nor was it near a "black frat". In fact, there are no black frat houses on campus. The rope in the tree was so high up that most believe it could have been up there for years. It didn't need to be cut down, it crumbled from rot. Most agree that it was left over from work done on the student union years before when work was being done on the roof. But all are welcome to advance an agenda that some racist left a noose some 30 feet up in a tree may do so. Rumor has it, incidentally and on topic, that Plank pulled a significant amount of money to assist UM leaving the ACC.

Most assuredly was a noose. Look at the picture.

Nice try. Fail.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/t/story?id=3580350&page=1

Sorry, it was near the black cultural center on campus.

[slapshot]

Someone that works at UMCP would know the campus paper is the Diamondback. And that single event was close to five years ago and not a "recent" incident.

January 8, 2009 on the first incident..

More recently, we have this:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...hExS_blog.html

"Posted at 08:52 AM ET, 04/05/2012
Anti-Semitic vandalism found on University of Maryland campus
By Maggie Fazeli Fard
Campus police at the University of Maryland are investigating two possible hate crimes, anti-Semitic graffiti and a noose that was found hanging in an under renovation, school officials said.

The Baltimore Sun reports that Wallace Loh, the university president, sent an e-mail to students and staff Wednesday about the incidents on the College Park campus. The e-mail said the school was investigating “two incidents of bias and hate.”

[slapshot]

Facts do not matter to academics.

You want facts, here they are. Yeah, talk to me about football players thugs at OSU. LOL.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/t/story?id=3580350&page=1

More recently, we have this:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...hExS_blog.html

"Posted at 08:52 AM ET, 04/05/2012
Anti-Semitic vandalism found on University of Maryland campus
By Maggie Fazeli Fard
Campus police at the University of Maryland are investigating two possible hate crimes, anti-Semitic graffiti and a noose that was found hanging in an under renovation, school officials said.

The Baltimore Sun reports that Wallace Loh, the university president, sent an e-mail to students and staff Wednesday about the incidents on the College Park campus. The e-mail said the school was investigating “two incidents of bias and hate.”

[bmore_ken]

I can't comment on thug issues, i just know I'd rather watch Big 10 football than ACC football any day of the week

[demopublican]

Most assuredly was a noose. Look at the picture.

Nice try. Fail.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/t/story?id=3580350&page=1

Sorry, it was near the black cultural center on campus.

It was not a noose. Only someone who is LOOKING for racism would thing that curly string was a noose.

[demopublican]

I can't comment on thug issues, i just know I'd rather watch Big 10 football than ACC football any day if the week

Good for you. We have that option available. Didn't your kids attend Big Ten School?

[slapshot]

While you are calling others uninformed, perhaps you could tell us how many kids live on campus? How about those living in frat houses around campus and in Old Town? How about those that filled two massive apartment campuses at the front door of the campus and several more that are a stones throw away. Clearly there are a significant number of students living both on campus and with a few minutes walk. You should know, given the wealth of knowledge you've accrued working there.

I see the exodus of students every day @5pm.

As to exact numbers, here's a good start: http://www.chacha.com/question/how-m...d-college-park

How many students live on campus of the university of Maryland college park?

There are 26,431 students at the University of MD, College Park. 33% live on campus. That means there are about 8722 on campus.


Until the past to years, the university had a temendous shortage of dorm space for underclassmen.

Anything else, wise guy?

[slapshot]

It was not a noose. Only someone who is LOOKING for racism would thing that curly string was a noose.

Guess the media would differ. Guess the black students on campus, would differ. FBI?

But whatever you want to believe is OK by me.

But the picture from the ABC article I linked looks like a noose, and that's what they called it. In fact, they even called it a noose in the title of the article.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/t/story?id=3580350&page=1


AGAIN, NOT TRYING TO PAINT MD IN A BAD LIGHT....BUT YOU OPENED UP THIS CAN OF WORMS, NOT ME. I THINK MD IS A GREAT SCHOOL. LET ME BE CLEAR...A GREAT SCHOOL. BUT LIKE EVERY SCHOOL, IT HAS IT's ISSUES AND PROBLEMS.