re: LSU's Endowment Is Very Low

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I'm not giving my money to LSU. Sorry. Just not even going to consider it.

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Yeah, but you're kind of an a-hole, so that's a given.

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maybe you should donate and they will have your info.

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That's the issue though. If it weren't for this thread, I wouldn't have even thought of donating to the school, because LSU does zero fundraising and a piss poor job of advertising. Why doesn't the LSU Foundation advertise at football games? They have a captive audience of 90k+.

And the TAF has my contact info. Can't the LSU Foundation or Alumni Assoc. pull from the TAF donors list to send flyers? They have this huge resource of people who have shown they are willing to donate to LSU athletics (even though they are basically forced to). But even if 10% of those people donated to the Foundation, wouldn't it be worth it? Why not tap into that database?

In 2010/2011 LSU dropped the Alumni program where you could send your kids to LSU for in state tuition. My first child was LSU bound with that an an additional academic scholly. After they dropped the alumni program and me traveling to B.R. to discuss with no luck, we bailed on LSwho with my fourth generation attendee. Scores of family have attended LSU and my family is and has been landowners in LA since 1897. LSU is now 70+% in state. Damn Bammers are now over 50% out of state and their endowment is great. My mother, LSU graduate quit donating and changed her will. I send back the many requests I get with a note. "Don't Bother" , I am done too. Bama unfortunately is building a national brand and will have support nationwide for decades to come. Sadly, LSU will continue to suffer when die hards like me pull the plug on their alma mater. Small minded people running the program when you don't want straight A, 30 ACT, legacy kids at your school. I now have 3 going to a rival out of state SEC school with scholly and waived out of state tuition.

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In 2010/2011 LSU dropped the Alumni program where you could send your kids to LSU for in state tuition. My first child was LSU bound with that an an additional academic scholly. After they dropped the alumni program and me traveling to B.R. to discuss with no luck, we bailed on LSwho with my fourth generation attendee.

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You wouldn't personally contribute to an LSU education for your own kid, so LSU is definitely wasting their time asking you to help out others.

Good riddance, bammer.

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Nope....just not going to give my money to an idiot that has no more love for LSU than Hitlery Clinton. He has no idea of the traditions and history and if he does.....he doesn't respect them.

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Please point out where, aside from his fiscally responsible intervention (one that the TAF and AD did not have to follow) where Alexander has screwed with the main mission of the university?

Oh, you don't like that he said that he may have to lay off professors and do severe cutbacks? Well, what was he supposed to do when the legislature was only going to fund him a about 120 million for the fiscal year? He was getting a HUGE budget cut from the legislature. Yeah he was going to fight for his monies. The students do no each themselves and if you cannot pay the professors and physical plant workers you don't have a university you have a slum.

Come on baw.... you opened this up, show where he has been bad for the school overall. Better yet, show me where our august "conservative" Republican legislators have been good for LSU. I could complain all day about Edwin Edwards as a governor, bu the man always made sure LSU had the money it needed and he made damn sure the legislature knew it

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I'm not OT rich like some of yall, but I figure 1k to 2k a year is something I can afford to give back to the University.

I just wish the Foundation would do a better job of advertising and fundraising.

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About8 years ago I got "shamed" into donating to the foundation when I was complaining about all the money being spent on football and everyone who would shell out 2500 a year for football seat license/tickets but not for the regular students. So my brother in law challenged me to spend some money on the Foundation. So I gave them 2500.00.

1) It's tax deductable
2) I get my arse kissed by the Alumni Association- even though I really do not donate to them, I do get invited to the game day parties on campus
3) Believe it or not, it kind of makes me feel good to do it

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Every college in Louisiana except for LSU, Tulane, La.Tech, Grambling and Southern needs to be converted to a Junior College.

* NWLA JC at Natchitoches
* NELA JC at Monroe
* SELA JC at Hammond
* SWLA JC at Louisville (No name change necessary here)
* Central LA JC at Pineville
* McNeese JC at Lake Charles
* Centenary JC at Shreveport
* Nicholls JC at Thibodaux
* LSU JC at Alexandria
* LSU JC at Eunice
* LSU JC at Shreveport

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are you trolling or dumb?

Yep.

Villanova just finished a round of fundraising for its 1,842 minute campaign. Raised 6.5 million in 1,842 minutes. Not bad.