What's new
By:
USCHO Fan Forum

This is a sample guest message. Register a free account today to become a member! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members through your own private inbox!

  • The USCHO Fan Forum has migrated to a new plaform, xenForo. Most of the function of the forum should work in familiar ways. Please note that you can switch between light and dark modes by clicking on the gear icon in the upper right of the main menu bar. We are hoping that this new platform will prove to be faster and more reliable. Please feel free to explore its features.

Penn State Child Abuse Scandal - Revived

Re: Penn State Child Abuse Scandal - Revived

Patman said:
Really? This just sounds punitive. Are we really supposed to believe that the quality of a penn state education is going to dip that much?
Click to expand...

Jimmy Durante used to say: "Everybody wants to get in to the act."
 
Re: Penn State Child Abuse Scandal - Revived

Almington said:
To me the whole accreditation issue is just another outside body telling PSU to "get your **** house in order and focus on what is supposed to be your primary purpose for existing - academics and educating students"
Click to expand...
Gee, what about the SEC?
 
Re: Penn State Child Abuse Scandal - Revived

LynahFan said:
Meh. When I was at Cornell, ABET put the engineering school on probation because the curriculum was too theoretical (not enough hands-on design and lab work). The consideration I gave to transferring had a shorter life than a Higgs boson.
Click to expand...

That's all fine and dandy except in the one in a million shot they actually lose accreditation. YOU may not choose to transfer, but then again, if you're only able to attend on scholarship or you're counting on federal grants to fund your research, that's a different story. Bye bye to both if they lose accreditation. Which they won't.
 
Re: Penn State Child Abuse Scandal - Revived

Almington said:
To me the whole accreditation issue is just another outside body telling PSU to "get your **** house in order and focus on what is supposed to be your primary purpose for existing - academics and educating students"
Click to expand...

Completely agree.
 
Re: Penn State Child Abuse Scandal - Revived

BigRedGuy said:
The SEC is minor league football.

Nobody goes to the South to be educated.
Click to expand...
This probably has nothing to do with the thread, but two years ago I was part of a team doing a program review @ the USDA location on Cornell's campus. When we drove by the football stadium, it was remarked by the gentleman from Texas that they had bigger high school stadiums than Schoellkopf Field.
 
Re: Penn State Child Abuse Scandal - Revived

joecct said:
This probably has nothing to do with the thread, but two years ago I was part of a team doing a program review @ the USDA location on Cornell's campus. When we drove by the football stadium, it was remarked by the gentleman from Texas that they had bigger high school stadiums than Schoellkopf Field.
Click to expand...
The same happens in hockey. In Minnesota we have some high school arenas that are nicer/bigger than some NCAA rinks.
 
Re: Penn State Child Abuse Scandal - Revived

joecct said:
This probably has nothing to do with the thread, but two years ago I was part of a team doing a program review @ the USDA location on Cornell's campus. When we drove by the football stadium, it was remarked by the gentleman from Texas that they had bigger high school stadiums than Schoellkopf Field.
Click to expand...
Well, then, he was pulling your leg - typical Texan. According to the first dish Google served up, the largest high school football stadium (Alamo, in San Antonio) seats 23,000 people, and Schoelkopf Stadium at Cornell is over 25k. I don't doubt that many of the Texas football stadiums are nicer, though - considering that the biggest ones are also going to be the newest, and Shoelkopf opened in 1915.
 
Re: Penn State Child Abuse Scandal - Revived

LynahFan said:
Well, then, he was pulling your leg - typical Texan. According to the first dish Google served up, the largest high school football stadium (Alamo, in San Antonio) seats 23,000 people, and Schoelkopf Stadium at Cornell is over 25k. I don't doubt that many of the Texas football stadiums are nicer, though - considering that the biggest ones are also going to be the newest, and Shoelkopf opened in 1915.
Click to expand...

This talk about stadium size reminds me of this list: Largest high school basketball stadiums. Yeah....Indiana is definetly a basketball state. Not sure if that list still holds true (it is from a few years ago), but I bet even an updated list would be dominated by Indiana.
 
LynahFan said:
Well, then, he was pulling your leg - typical Texan. According to the first dish Google served up, the largest high school football stadium (Alamo, in San Antonio) seats 23,000 people, and Schoelkopf Stadium at Cornell is over 25k. I don't doubt that many of the Texas football stadiums are nicer, though - considering that the biggest ones are also going to be the newest, and Shoelkopf opened in 1915.
Click to expand...
But they fill the stadium in Texas. :)
 
Re: Penn State Child Abuse Scandal - Revived

joecct said:
But they fill the stadium in Texas. :)
Click to expand...

Oh-Snap.jpg
 
Re: Penn State Child Abuse Scandal - Revived

LynahFan said:
Well, then, he was pulling your leg - typical Texan. According to the first dish Google served up, the largest high school football stadium (Alamo, in San Antonio) seats 23,000 people, and Schoelkopf Stadium at Cornell is over 25k. I don't doubt that many of the Texas football stadiums are nicer, though - considering that the biggest ones are also going to be the newest, and Shoelkopf opened in 1915.
Click to expand...

Alamo Stadium is owned by the SAISD and is home to any number of San Antonio high school teams.
 
Re: Penn State Child Abuse Scandal - Revived

That article just shows Paterno cared more about football than anything else. How could anyone look at Second Mile (back then at it's mission statement, not now obviously knowing what it became) and dislike it? It was a mentoring program for disadvantaged kids, but Ol' JoePa didn't like it because it took away time from coaching football.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top