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OhioState001
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It's concerning that they view $917 to athletics as the burden on student's financially and not the $2000 feminist class that students have to take even though it's not part of their major requirements.http://www.freep.com/story/news/loc...students-drop-out-division-football/83493156/
EMU faculty, students: Drop out of Division I football
David Jesse, Detroit Free Press
2:01 p.m. EDT April 25, 2016
Eastern Michigan University should drop out of Division I football and find a different league for its other sports, all in order to save students money, a new report issued by the university's faculty and students says.
"Culturally and geographically, EMU football will simply never succeed from an attendance and financial standpoint," faculty member Howard Bunsis, who helped prepare the report, said in a presentation to the Board of Regents on Friday. "It is a losing proposition – always has been, and always will be. We hardly raise any money for football, and our attendance is the lowest in the country. Some of you believe that we are close to succeeding, if we just throw more money at the situation. This proposition is insane.
"This has nothing to do with our performance on the field, or the quality of our coaches. Our coaches are good people and dedicated professionals. They are fighting a losing battle that cannot be won. Each and every one of you needs to reassess why you are here; if you have any sense of what is right for EMU, you will drop EMU from Division I football as soon as possible. How can you sit there and justify throwing millions of dollars away?"
Getting rid of Division I football is a moral imperative – it will save students money and lower student debt, the report said. The report also found that each student paid $917 out of pocket to support athletics at Eastern. "Should the university be saddling students with unnecessary debt for athletics programs that added little to no value to their education?" the report says.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Higher Education (at some colleges, think EMU here) = the pussification of America
FWIW, at EMU you can actually minor in "Queer Studies"......
Queer Studies Minor
The minor in Queer Studies will foster critical and creative thinking about sexual and gender norms, identities, bodies, and experiences in global, national, and local contexts. Through examining and contextualizing debates in the field, students will develop skills that inform approaches to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer history and politics, enabling participation in communities and scholarship.
http://catalog.emich.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=20&poid=10406&returnto=4194
I'm not really surprised that minor is offered; however, I am surprised that they use the word "queer" in lieu of LGBT.
One of the classes offered at EMU, my guess is that they don't "practice" football in this class:
WGST 462 - Practice with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Persons
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
In open letter, Eastern Michigan says ‘we have absolutely no plans to eliminate football’
In what’s titled an “Open Letter to the EMU Campus Community, Alumni, Friends and Supporters,” and attributed to interim EMU president Donald Loppnow, president-elect James Smith, board of regents chair Mike Morris as well as seven other regents, the school has stated unequivocally that “[w]e have absolutely no plans to eliminate football or move into any other division or conference.”
“Any headlines or claims that Eastern is considering dropping football, or reducing our support of the program in any way, are false,” the letter further, and emphatically, added.
Below is the full text of the letter:
In the past several days, there has been considerable media coverage of reports that indicate that Eastern Michigan University is considering eliminating football, or reducing support for football by dropping down to a lower division of the NCAA and by dropping out of the Mid-American Conference. These reports are not based on any solid factual information. We have absolutely no plans to eliminate football or move into any other division or conference.
We are pleased to be a member of an outstanding conference, the Mid-American Conference, where all of our sports and our talented student athletes have the opportunity to compete at the highest levels with neighboring institutions in the Midwest. Any headlines or claims that Eastern is considering dropping football, or reducing our support of the program in any way, are false.
We are 100 percent supportive of our current Athletics administration, particularly Vice President of Intercollegiate Athletics Heather Lyke. She has assembled an outstanding support team and we already have seen positive results in terms of continuing Eastern’s championship traditions in a number of our sports, as well as in many new initiatives to increase revenues. As an example, year-to-date, fundraising has increased by nearly $430,000.
Two-and-a-half years ago, she hired an outstanding football coach in Chris Creighton. Now entering his third year and with the majority of the team now made up of his recruits, we believe the best is ahead in terms of on the field and academic performance. We believe very strongly in Coach Creighton and his efforts to rebuild the program.
We want to collectively reiterate that any notion, suggestion, or headline that in any way suggests Eastern is considering eliminating football or moving into another conference or division, is absolutely false. We will remain proud members of the Mid-American Conference football family for a long, long time.
Entire article: http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsport...ve-absolutely-no-plans-to-eliminate-football/
In what’s titled an “Open Letter to the EMU Campus Community, Alumni, Friends and Supporters,” and attributed to interim EMU president Donald Loppnow, president-elect James Smith, board of regents chair Mike Morris as well as seven other regents, the school has stated unequivocally that “[w]e have absolutely no plans to eliminate football or move into any other division or conference.”
“Any headlines or claims that Eastern is considering dropping football, or reducing our support of the program in any way, are false,” the letter further, and emphatically, added.
Below is the full text of the letter:
In the past several days, there has been considerable media coverage of reports that indicate that Eastern Michigan University is considering eliminating football, or reducing support for football by dropping down to a lower division of the NCAA and by dropping out of the Mid-American Conference. These reports are not based on any solid factual information. We have absolutely no plans to eliminate football or move into any other division or conference.
We are pleased to be a member of an outstanding conference, the Mid-American Conference, where all of our sports and our talented student athletes have the opportunity to compete at the highest levels with neighboring institutions in the Midwest. Any headlines or claims that Eastern is considering dropping football, or reducing our support of the program in any way, are false.
We are 100 percent supportive of our current Athletics administration, particularly Vice President of Intercollegiate Athletics Heather Lyke. She has assembled an outstanding support team and we already have seen positive results in terms of continuing Eastern’s championship traditions in a number of our sports, as well as in many new initiatives to increase revenues. As an example, year-to-date, fundraising has increased by nearly $430,000.
Two-and-a-half years ago, she hired an outstanding football coach in Chris Creighton. Now entering his third year and with the majority of the team now made up of his recruits, we believe the best is ahead in terms of on the field and academic performance. We believe very strongly in Coach Creighton and his efforts to rebuild the program.
We want to collectively reiterate that any notion, suggestion, or headline that in any way suggests Eastern is considering eliminating football or moving into another conference or division, is absolutely false. We will remain proud members of the Mid-American Conference football family for a long, long time.
Entire article: http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsport...ve-absolutely-no-plans-to-eliminate-football/
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Abenaki
Ohio against the world.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2016/04/27/idaho-expected-leave-fbs-fcs/83599158/
I couldn't find an Idaho thread, and there didn't seem to be the need to start one for this. Sorry if it should be someplace else.
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