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Pataskala
5/22/2021 9:56 AM
That's why Ohio needs to pass Collin's law. It would help let parents know that universities are seriously doing something about hazing, especially in light of the hazing death at BG earlier this year. The House passed it last year and the Senate had hearings but let it sit. Not sure why. Don't know who would be lobbying against it. A couple months ago Ohio led a letter-writing campaign with 16 other universities urging the bill's passage.

BTW, CNN Headline News had a piece this morning about the seven frat members at BG pleading not guilty in the pledge's death. HLN had about two minutes of various shots around BG's campus, all with the BGSU logo clearly visible in some form, with the caption that the pledge died after being left alone following a drinking ritual. Lots of publicity for BG...probably not the kind they want, though.
Last Edited: 5/22/2021 11:24:42 AM by Pataskala
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SBH
5/22/2021 11:26 AM
Make no mistake, parents have responsibility for this problem, too. They can't just drop their kids off at their old college fraternity and trust they'll be OK. My understanding is the Dublin student was joining his father's frat. Yet all his friends from Dublin talked about how depressed he had become about the experience in Athens. Why no intervention. I don't understand how the university somehow let this young man down. He was let down by his very own support system.
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Deciduous Forest Cat
5/22/2021 4:22 PM
SBH wrote:expand_more
Make no mistake, parents have responsibility for this problem, too. They can't just drop their kids off at their old college fraternity and trust they'll be OK. My understanding is the Dublin student was joining his father's frat. Yet all his friends from Dublin talked about how depressed he had become about the experience in Athens. Why no intervention. I don't understand how the university somehow let this young man down. He was let down by his very own support system.
This may be true, but the young adult student has to take some responsibility as well. I was never forced to drink at Ohio, not even for fraternity purposes. Did I drink too much on occasion? Yes. Dangerously so? Once. Did i spend some extra time in the bathroom feeling bad about what I did? yes. Did I blame the University? Friends? Parents? Anyone but myself? No. And I was plenty immature when I arrived on campus but I at least knew that my decisions were my responsibility.
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OhioCatFan
5/22/2021 10:50 PM
SBH wrote:expand_more
I was told by a university administrator several years ago that the well publicized time-change riots outside Court Street bars were traced to the loss of 500 incoming freshman the next year. Our image problem is caused by students themselves. I'm not sure how we can blame administrators. About 30 years ago, I was surprised to see an article on the front page of the Akron paper concerning the launch of an art-film festival in Athens. The Akron reviewer spent much of the article bemoaning the fact that there were drunk and loud students in some of the showings he attended. The paper's editors decided to support the text with an illustration of a drunk "hippie' wearing an OU T-shirt. I was pissed, to say the least, and called to complain, but the damage was done.

Bottom line, too many students demonstrate too little respect for their own school during their time in Athens.
I agree with this. There's another angle to it, also -- with such a good j-school we have historically had a lot of students who are stringers for media around the state. An ugly incident in Athens, therefore, is more likely to be reported in newspapers and electronic media around the state, either directly or via the wire services, compared to a similar incident at another state school. In addition to this, we have graduates working at some of these news outlets who will take a special interest in stories coming out of Athens. One might think that this would work to our advantage, but in many cases it does not.
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Long Train Runnin'
5/23/2021 8:39 PM
Pataskala wrote:expand_more
The focus may have to be on the dorm experience. Kids who are away from home for the first time seem to want more privacy than a quad, triple or even double room offers. I know my son (an only child) found it difficult getting used to a roommate, and I've heard similar stories from other parents. He has a single in a six-person mod (they share a bathroom) on the South Green (Wray House) lined up for next year and seems to be happier with that. Plus the concrete block walls in the East Green freshman dorms have the feel of an unfinished basement. A little drywall would help.
I hope he enjoys the experience. I had a single room in Wray House (Room 431) during my sophomore and junior years, in 1989-90 and 1990-91. Having my privacy was definitely worth the miniscule extra cost of a single over a double room. I could come and go as I pleased, and I didn't have to worry about a roommate coming home late from Uptown and disrupting me as I studied or slept.

Hope he likes it!
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BillyTheCat
5/24/2021 10:51 AM
Long Train Runnin' wrote:expand_more
The focus may have to be on the dorm experience. Kids who are away from home for the first time seem to want more privacy than a quad, triple or even double room offers. I know my son (an only child) found it difficult getting used to a roommate, and I've heard similar stories from other parents. He has a single in a six-person mod (they share a bathroom) on the South Green (Wray House) lined up for next year and seems to be happier with that. Plus the concrete block walls in the East Green freshman dorms have the feel of an unfinished basement. A little drywall would help.
I hope he enjoys the experience. I had a single room in Wray House (Room 431) during my sophomore and junior years, in 1989-90 and 1990-91. Having my privacy was definitely worth the miniscule extra cost of a single over a double room. I could come and go as I pleased, and I didn't have to worry about a roommate coming home late from Uptown and disrupting me as I studied or slept.

Hope he likes it!
Lived in Wray in 91-92, loved the single in the Mod.
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mf279801
5/24/2021 12:24 PM
BillyTheCat wrote:expand_more
The focus may have to be on the dorm experience. Kids who are away from home for the first time seem to want more privacy than a quad, triple or even double room offers. I know my son (an only child) found it difficult getting used to a roommate, and I've heard similar stories from other parents. He has a single in a six-person mod (they share a bathroom) on the South Green (Wray House) lined up for next year and seems to be happier with that. Plus the concrete block walls in the East Green freshman dorms have the feel of an unfinished basement. A little drywall would help.
I hope he enjoys the experience. I had a single room in Wray House (Room 431) during my sophomore and junior years, in 1989-90 and 1990-91. Having my privacy was definitely worth the miniscule extra cost of a single over a double room. I could come and go as I pleased, and I didn't have to worry about a roommate coming home late from Uptown and disrupting me as I studied or slept.

Hope he likes it!
Lived in Wray in 91-92, loved the single in the Mod.
Lived in the nearby Hoover house 2001-03 (a double). Absolutely loved the Mod setting (of course our Mod was the best one on the Green, so others’ results may vary
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Alan Swank
5/25/2021 11:11 AM
https://www.athensnews.com/news/local/outgoing-ohio-unive...
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BillyTheCat
5/25/2021 11:34 AM
Alan Swank wrote:expand_more
The University can't even have a person resign properly!
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rpbobcat
5/25/2021 12:58 PM
Alan Swank wrote:expand_more
Will be interesting to see exactly when he did submit his formal letter of resignation.

I didn't realize he left Texas Tech and University of Idaho,prior to the end of his terms.
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SBH
5/25/2021 5:37 PM
Wow, the comb over broke up with us, not the other way around.

How f%&ked are we?
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rpbobcat
5/25/2021 6:14 PM
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Wow, the comb over broke up with us, not the other way around.

How f%&ked are we?
Sounds more like the Board of Trustees gave him an offer he couldn't refuse.

Kind of like "we want you resignation letter or . . . "
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Long Train Runnin'
5/26/2021 9:32 AM
mf279801 wrote:expand_more
The focus may have to be on the dorm experience. Kids who are away from home for the first time seem to want more privacy than a quad, triple or even double room offers. I know my son (an only child) found it difficult getting used to a roommate, and I've heard similar stories from other parents. He has a single in a six-person mod (they share a bathroom) on the South Green (Wray House) lined up for next year and seems to be happier with that. Plus the concrete block walls in the East Green freshman dorms have the feel of an unfinished basement. A little drywall would help.
I hope he enjoys the experience. I had a single room in Wray House (Room 431) during my sophomore and junior years, in 1989-90 and 1990-91. Having my privacy was definitely worth the miniscule extra cost of a single over a double room. I could come and go as I pleased, and I didn't have to worry about a roommate coming home late from Uptown and disrupting me as I studied or slept.

Hope he likes it!
Lived in Wray in 91-92, loved the single in the Mod.
Lived in the nearby Hoover house 2001-03 (a double). Absolutely loved the Mod setting (of course our Mod was the best one on the Green, so others’ results may vary
Hoover sucks! 😁
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TWT
5/28/2021 8:53 PM
He'll be a geography professor at 55% of his presidential salary (261,250).

Shows the brass care about the pandemic with a Geography prof making triple for two years amid the university layoffs.
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Victory
6/3/2021 7:42 PM
BillyTheCat wrote:expand_more
The focus may have to be on the dorm experience. Kids who are away from home for the first time seem to want more privacy than a quad, triple or even double room offers. I know my son (an only child) found it difficult getting used to a roommate, and I've heard similar stories from other parents. He has a single in a six-person mod (they share a bathroom) on the South Green (Wray House) lined up for next year and seems to be happier with that. Plus the concrete block walls in the East Green freshman dorms have the feel of an unfinished basement. A little drywall would help.
I hope he enjoys the experience. I had a single room in Wray House (Room 431) during my sophomore and junior years, in 1989-90 and 1990-91. Having my privacy was definitely worth the miniscule extra cost of a single over a double room. I could come and go as I pleased, and I didn't have to worry about a roommate coming home late from Uptown and disrupting me as I studied or slept.

Hope he likes it!
Lived in Wray in 91-92, loved the single in the Mod.
I lived in 144 and then 147.
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