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Firad

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Apr 30, 2012 4:04 PM
haha that video is going viral mainly because of that drunk ass chick and less because of the fire
Apr 30, 2012 4:04pm
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May 1, 2012 2:01 AM
Actually I'm almost 30 and a CPA. While Palmerfest is the largest spring festival it's comparable to High Fest Mill Fest and all the other fests during spring quarter. The other Fests are attended by the same drunk kids and are allowed to die down on their own. The results of letting the parties die down on their own, zero incidents of violence between cops and students. A good portion of the students clear out by 1am. They make their way to either the bars, their apartments/dorms, or to the after party. The areas where the Fest take place are 99.9% student housing.

It was proven this year that if anything serious took place the students would allow safety crews to get to where they needed. The cops could shut down the parties in a much better way. The answer is not lining up horse to horse and pushing the students off of the street and then pepper spraying anyone remaining including the students who live on the street and are trying to get into their own homes.

To understand the culture at OU you have to have attended. The students love to party and have a good time but they also are for the most part peaceful drunks. The students watch out for each other. The people that are arrested at OU during these types of parties are usually not Ohio University students.
May 1, 2012 2:01am
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May 1, 2012 7:23 AM
sportchampps;1158445 wrote:To understand the culture at OU you have to have attended. The students love to party and have a good time but they also are for the most part peaceful drunks. The students watch out for each other. The people that are arrested at OU during these types of parties are usually not Ohio University students.
Then apparently the students arent very good at being safe by inviting people who get out of control and not being able to control the people they invite.
May 1, 2012 7:23am
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MontyBrunswick

May 1, 2012 8:24 AM
sportchampps;1158445 wrote:The people that are arrested at OU during these types of parties are usually not Ohio University students.
citation needed
May 1, 2012 8:24am
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May 1, 2012 8:56 AM
2012:
Thirty-five people -- 13 were Ohio University students -- were arrested by Athens police for alcohol-related violations last night or early this morning.
2011:
University and city police officers arrested 15 OU students over the weekend, six Ohio State University students and five University of Cincinnati students.
Of the remaining 17 arrested, nine were from other universities, six were not students, one was a high school student and one refused to answer.
2010:
Ten of this year's city police arrestees were Ohio University students ...(out of 30)...
May 1, 2012 8:56am
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MontyBrunswick

May 1, 2012 9:01 AM
I can post random quotes without sources too
tsk tsk
May 1, 2012 9:01am
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May 1, 2012 9:30 AM
sleeper;1157857 wrote:All my friends who went to OU had the time of their lives.

Now, none of them can find a job with a salary.
Interesting. All my friends and I also had the time of our lives there, and are all now killin' it. Just goes to show I guess.....:cool:
May 1, 2012 9:30am
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wkfan

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May 1, 2012 9:54 AM
sleeper;1157857 wrote:All my friends who went to OU had the time of their lives.

Now, none of them can find a job with a salary.
You should have made better, more potentially successful friends.

My son graduated from OU last year. All of his friends are either gainfully employed or in graduate schools (MBA, Law, Medical, etc) of some sort.
May 1, 2012 9:54am
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May 1, 2012 10:18 AM
I should have put friends in quotation marks. I don't associate myself with people who went to garbage school like OU.

And I stand by my comments. I don't know of anyone graduating from OU that is employed in a field outside of the restaurant business.
May 1, 2012 10:18am
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May 1, 2012 11:09 AM
sleeper;1158587 wrote:I should have put friends in quotation marks. I don't associate myself with people who went to garbage school like OU.

And I stand by my comments. I don't know of anyone graduating from OU that is employed in a field outside of the restaurant business.
Sorry that all your "acquaintances" are stupid.

Most of the guys I know of who graduated from tOSU are getting paid in pseudoephedrine.
May 1, 2012 11:09am
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May 1, 2012 11:11 AM
wkfan;1158572 wrote:You should have made better, more potentially successful friends.

My son graduated from OU last year. All of his friends are either gainfully employed or in graduate schools (MBA, Law, Medical, etc) of some sort.
Every single one of your kid's friends are successfully employed or in post-graduate school? Wow, your son and his friends are the one group that is the exception amongst college grads these days.
May 1, 2012 11:11am
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May 1, 2012 11:22 AM
fish82;1158621 wrote:Sorry that all your "acquaintances" are stupid.

Most of the guys I know of who graduated from tOSU are getting paid in pseudoephedrine.

I think that is the official currency of Ohio (though it may be meth).
May 1, 2012 11:22am
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May 1, 2012 11:35 AM
fish82;1158621 wrote:Sorry that all your "acquaintances" are stupid.

Most of the guys I know of who graduated from tOSU are getting paid in pseudoephedrine.
There are some idiots at OSU, there is no doubt. But its a signaling function. A OSU degree is 100x more marketable than a tier 3 school at best. Enjoy!
May 1, 2012 11:35am
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May 1, 2012 11:36 AM
dwccrew;1158623 wrote:Every single one of your kid's friends are successfully employed or in post-graduate school? Wow, your son and his friends are the one group that is the exception amongst college grads these days.
Yeah, it's a definite lie. I know even some OSU grads that don't have jobs. The difference is, I know ZERO, count 'em ZERO OU grads with a job outside of a restaurant. I'd be willing to bet, adjusted for school size of course, that far more OU grads are unemployed or underemployed than OSU grads, it wouldn't even be close. OU is one of the worst schools in the country; almost on the the SEC schools level outside of Vandy.
May 1, 2012 11:36am
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wkfan

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May 1, 2012 11:36 AM
sleeper;1158587 wrote:I should have put friends in quotation marks. I don't associate myself with people who went to garbage school like OU.

And I stand by my comments. I don't know of anyone graduating from OU that is employed in a field outside of the restaurant business.
Way to backtrack....but that is your MO.

BTW, aren't you in the resturant business....or did you make that up too??

Irony is a bitch, cometimes.
May 1, 2012 11:36am
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wkfan

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May 1, 2012 11:37 AM
sleeper;1158642 wrote:Yeah, it's a definite lie. I know even some OSU grads that don't have jobs. The difference is, I know ZERO, count 'em ZERO OU grads with a job outside of a restaurant. I'd be willing to bet, adjusted for school size of course, that far more OU grads are unemployed or underemployed than OSU grads, it wouldn't even be close. OU is one of the worst schools in the country; almost on the the SEC schools level outside of Vandy.
Let's see something other than your opinion to back this up.
May 1, 2012 11:37am
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May 1, 2012 11:39 AM
wkfan;1158643 wrote:Way to backtrack....but that is your MO.

BTW, aren't you in the resturant business....or did you make that up too??

Irony is a bitch, cometimes.
I own a piece of a McDonald's franchise. I suppose, technically, I am in the restaurant business but I don't actually work for a restaurant. I have a desk job like most successful OSU graduates.

I don't see how that's backtracking. Friends is a loosely defined word anyway. I certainly do not care for any OU grads nor would I ever hire one.
May 1, 2012 11:39am
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May 1, 2012 11:42 AM
wkfan;1158645 wrote:Prove it.
I can prove it no more than than you can. I don't put much weight into rankings, but OU isn't even on the map. They have a journalism school that everyone raves about but honestly journalism is a joke a major anyway.

If OSU ever touted its journalism school as being its premier school, I would turn my degree in and find another B1G school to get a degree from.
May 1, 2012 11:42am
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May 1, 2012 11:47 AM
wkfan;1158645 wrote:Let's see something other than your opinion to back this up.
Those statistics are so f'd up anyway it would be impossible to prove anything.

Also, I don't put much weight into rankings but this site has OU rated as #124. Like I said not even on the map.

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/spp%2B50
May 1, 2012 11:47am
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May 1, 2012 11:48 AM
sleeper;1158650 wrote:I can prove it no more than than you can. I don't put much weight into rankings, but OU isn't even on the map. They have a journalism school that everyone raves about but honestly journalism is a joke a major anyway.

If OSU ever touted its journalism school as being its premier school, I would turn my degree in and find another B1G school to get a degree from.
Sleeper, don't end your sentence in a preposition.
May 1, 2012 11:48am
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May 1, 2012 11:49 AM
ernest_t_bass;1158659 wrote:Sleeper, don't end your sentence in a preposition.
I don't have my secretary check my posts on the OC.
May 1, 2012 11:49am
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wkfan

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May 1, 2012 12:02 PM
sleeper;1158658 wrote:Those statistics are so f'd up anyway it would be impossible to prove anything.
Yep, just what I thought.

No specific statistics to back up your opinions.

So they are just that...your opinion.

Nothing more, nothing less.
May 1, 2012 12:02pm
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May 1, 2012 12:20 PM
sleeper;1158650 wrote:I can prove it no more than than you can. I don't put much weight into rankings, but OU isn't even on the map. They have a journalism school that everyone raves about but honestly journalism is a joke a major anyway.

If OSU ever touted its journalism school as being its premier school, I would turn my degree in and find another B1G school to get a degree from.
The new graduate unemployment rate for Journalism majors is lower than 11 of 15 commonly measured categories, according to a recent study by Georgetown. Just sayin.

http://www9.georgetown.edu/grad/gppi/hpi/cew/pdfs/Unemployment.Final.pdf
May 1, 2012 12:20pm
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May 1, 2012 12:23 PM
wkfan;1158676 wrote:Yep, just what I thought.

No specific statistics to back up your opinions.

So they are just that...your opinion.

Nothing more, nothing less.
It's because they don't exist. Schools aren't posting the information, and those that do are probably lying about the data.

We do have access to their recent freshman class academic profiles. If you'd like to make the stretch that those with lower grads are more likely to receive a job after graduation than those with higher grades, I'd love to see your evidence. Otherwise, common sense will dictate that OSU is churning out more employed students at a far greater rate than OU.

Here is my evidence, I'd love to see yours:
http://undergrad.osu.edu/admissions/quick-facts.html
OSU wrote:
  • Ranked in top 10% of high school class: 55%
  • Ranked in top 25% of high school class: 89%
  • SAT Critical Reading and Math score range (middle 50%): 1170–1320
  • ACT score range (middle 50%): 26–30
http://www.ohio.edu/admissions/fresh.cfm
OU wrote:[LEFT]To give you an idea of the level of our incoming students, here is themiddle 50 percent range for students admitted to the Fall 2010 freshman class:[/LEFT]
  • Top 16-46% of their graduating high school class.
  • The average composite ACT score range was 21-26.
  • The average combined SAT score range was 980-1220 (math and critical reading).
  • The average high school grade point average was 3.4 (on a 4.0 scale).

You can admit your wrong any day now.

#sleeperwins
May 1, 2012 12:23pm