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LSU, but I imagine it could apply to other SEC schools, from what I've heard. Suzanne M. Stauffer, Ph.D. Assistant Professor School of Library and Information Science Louisiana State University 275 Coates Hall Baton Rouge, LA 70803 (225)578-1461 Fax: (225)578-4581 [log in to unmask] Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? --T.S. Eliot, "Choruses from The Rock" ________________________________ From: Open Lib/Info Sci Education Forum on behalf of Tracy McCowan Sent: Mon 2/20/2012 1:09 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: slacker schools (fwd) So which school are you referring to here? On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 7:16 PM, Suzanne Stauffer <[log in to unmask]> wrote: It wasn't the U.S. News rankings. It was a satirical website, "CollegeHumor." "Strong football program" = $100 million + in annual budget; coach's salary of roughly $5 million; national champions twice in the past 10 years; played in bowl games at least 3 times in the same period; campus closes every home game due to being taken over by tailgaters; library, labs and classroom buildings are closed due to past vandalism by drunken fans. I honestly don't understand your point. Suzanne M. Stauffer, Ph.D. Assistant Professor School of Library and Information Science Louisiana State University 275 Coates Hall Baton Rouge, LA 70803 (225)578-1461 Fax: (225)578-4581 [log in to unmask] Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? --T.S. Eliot, "Choruses from The Rock" ________________________________ From: Open Lib/Info Sci Education Forum on behalf of Gretchen Whitney Sent: Sat 2/18/2012 6:50 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: slacker schools (fwd) Rec'd with a technical glitch. --gw -------------------- Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:21:43 -0500 From: Mary E Choquette <[log in to unmask]> I usually do not chime in on such threads, but in this instance I must. Does anyone really take U.S. News and World Report seriously in matters of accreditation or any other realm of academic consideration by folk or institution? Is it not just a paragraph in an institution's glossy? Secondly, just what is a "strong football program?" Not all sports are contained within the arena of conferences that play on kickback, so to speak. Been watching that recent Harvard grad playing for the Niks? His choice. Traditional sports and other modes of kinesthetic performance production are all too regionally chauvenistically categorized. IMO ************************************* Mary Edsall Choquette, M.L.S., Ph.D. College of Information Studies, Maryland's iSchool University of Maryland, College Park 4105 Hornbake Building, South Wing College Park, MD 20742 [log in to unmask]