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Instead of labeling an entire group because of a bad experience with a few, I would encourage you to continue to try and develop relationships with a broad spectrum of the student body, including student athletes.
This quote is for all who seemed to have failed at reading comprehension and think I insulted the student athletes.
I did not label, here is what I said regarding student athletes.
Student athletes work hard, on and off the field, that is a given. But how hard they work is not the question. The question is- do they deserve such an out sized share of other students money?
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Given the stereotypes of athletics as thickheaded a-holes, how much volunteering do you think really goes on except for maybe among the Greeks?
Because I work with many of them professionally, I know how dedicated and as often as not smart (if often overly focused) student athletes are. But the stereotype is there and sometimes it is deserved.
UCA is obviously failing in academics based on some of the comments I read.
Honeybear,
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As far as appropriating money to athletics as opposed to academics, I wonder just how much money goes to academic scholarships for students but yet some of those students never graduate? No doubt it's way more than what is paid to a student athlete that never graduates
The graduation rate at UCA is 42%
32% of the students on campus get scholarships averaging $6800 per year. This includes athletes and honors. The failure rate is 35-45% of students.
32% is roughly 3200 students so somewhere between 1120 and 1140 students drop out costing the University 7,616,000 to 7,752,000 a year. This is almost a million dollars less than the Athletic budget. Some of these dropouts are athletes so the real numbers are somewhat different.
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Watching athletes compete is entertainment for a good percentage of people. Watching kids study in the library is not.
A universities primary focus should not be entertainment, it is after all a school.
Bearcountry,
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You'd think that Raver there would like to use the training method of "spending outlandish money on campaining and advertising so your name gets out there." Heck, it's what Raver will be doing in politics anyway....Teague is only giving the SGA members a little practice.
I'm going into politics? I didn't get the memo, nor am I on the SGA.