[Vision2020] Uncommon reading

[lfalen]

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
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Windows, OSX, or Linux is the same choice as:
> >> McDonalds, Burger King, or a (real) Co-Op.
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