[Vision2020] Uncommon reading

lfalen lfalen at turbonet.com
Fri May 22 11:25:56 PDT 2009


Athletics should pay the same fees as all other departments. If the bring money into the University then that is fine. otherwise the should be cut like everyone else. 
Roger
-----Original message-----
From: bear at moscow.com
Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 11:09:11 -0700
To: "Warren Hayman" whayman at roadrunner.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Uncommon reading

> 
> TYPICAL! we cut academic programs, but God forbid that we cut wasteful
> athletics! Bubba can PLAY football, he just can't spell it! Is there
> something wrong with our local universities turning out  Nobel winners
> rather than second rate athletes?
> 
> The purpose of the universities, ESPECIALLY the land grant universities,
> of which both U of I and WSU are, is to EDUCATE not turn out such fine
> examples of professional athletics as Ryan Leaf!  [Ryan David Leaf is a
> former American football quarterback who played for the San Diego
> Chargers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Dallas Cowboys between 1998 and 2001.
> His brother Brady was a quarterback for the University of Oregon Ducks.
> Leaf had a successful college career at Washington State University, where
> he was a finalist for the Heisman Trophy in his junior year. He was
> selected as the second overall pick in the 1998 NFL Draft after Peyton
> Manning of the University of Tennessee, and many scouts predicted he would
> actually be a better pro than Manning. However, his time as a professional
> lasted only four years, and was marked by injuries, poor relations with
> teammates and the media, and poor performance. He is widely regarded as
> one of the biggest busts in NFL and professional sports history.]
> 
> Before ANY academic programs are cut from a real university, the semi-pro
> athletics need to be done away with.
> 
> 
> Comments?
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > So much for the Pollanation of ideas at a land grant institution.
> >
> > Warren Hayman
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dave" <tiedye at turbonet.com>
> > To: "vision2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> > Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 7:19 AM
> > Subject: [Vision2020] Uncommon reading
> >
> >
> >> WSU halts "common reading" program.  I guess some clear talk about our
> >> food is too much for some.
> >>
> >>
> >> http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/may/21/wsu-drops-reading-program/
> >>
> >>
> >> Maybe they could burn them all in a bonfire and have a weenie roast.
> >>
> >>
> >> Dave
> >>
> >>
> >> --
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> >> McDonalds, Burger King, or a (real) Co-Op.
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