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re: What is up with BR area rich kids going to school at U of Alabama?
Posted on 2/24/14 at 7:19 pm to genro
Posted on 2/24/14 at 7:19 pm to genro
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But if you spend 4 years of your life from 18-22 at LSU or Alabama, and you don't have an awesome time, the problem is you, not the city.
Fair enough. Outside of sports at the respective universities, and dealing only with the two cities, what are the awesome activities in those two cities that would make for awesome college experiences?
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Posted on 2/24/14 at 7:20 pm to Wario Balotelli
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, a place devoid of any soul.
oh wow
you were doing so well until you devolved into that
Posted on 2/24/14 at 7:21 pm to Mike da Tigah
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what are the awesome activities in those two cities that would make for awesome college experiences?
drinking and poon.
Posted on 2/24/14 at 7:23 pm to Mike da Tigah
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what are the awesome activities in those two cities that would make for awesome college experiences?
short of geographical limitations/advantages, what is BR missing? it has all of the things listed earlier
and in terms of meeting people. i'd rather live in a city of 350k people in order to meet new people than a college town of 20-30k students only
Posted on 2/24/14 at 7:23 pm to SlowFlowPro
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baton rouge isn't my favorite town either, but you don't have that many legit medium-sized (over 150k pop, under 1M metro) towns with a legit/major university, either. orlando, tampa, and a variety of places in cali?
This is true, and I realize that BR is in a weird position. LSU suffers massively from being in BR in my opinion. Still, the area has a shite ton of potential, but you have leaders with absolutely no vision.
Posted on 2/24/14 at 7:23 pm to Deactived
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drinking and poon.
naw brah LSU doesn't have enough art galleries, b/c art galleries are what all the kids are doing these days
Posted on 2/24/14 at 7:24 pm to SlowFlowPro
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you were doing so well until you devolved into that
Oh I don't use that phrase lightly. It was billed as the biggest Starbucks in the world or something, and I really fricking hate it. Allow me one pretentious caveat. I just hate Starbucks with an unholy passion.
Posted on 2/24/14 at 7:25 pm to Wario Balotelli
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. I just hate Starbucks with an unholy passion.
Posted on 2/24/14 at 7:26 pm to SlowFlowPro
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naw brah LSU doesn't have enough art galleries, b/c art galleries are what all the kids are doing these days
Posted on 2/24/14 at 7:26 pm to SlowFlowPro
yea i dont get some of these needs for a good college life.
museums? LOL
coffee shops? maybe for 10-20% of the student population
art galleries? besides art majors, very few, if any, college kids would go to these
museums? LOL
coffee shops? maybe for 10-20% of the student population
art galleries? besides art majors, very few, if any, college kids would go to these
Posted on 2/24/14 at 7:28 pm to tween the hedges
quote:seriously? Go kill yourself little kid.
Georgia denied them
Posted on 2/24/14 at 7:30 pm to REG861
We're all also viewing this from the adult perspective. We've graduated, gotten careers, and pay taxes. The overall dynamics, infrastructure, and amenities of a particular city matter more to us.
They matter very little to your typical undergrad. Colleges are, by their very nature, insular. Columbia is in Harlem. I went to Penn, which is an Ivy League school located in the middle of one of the largest ghettos in the country (West Philadelphia). Would I live there now? Hell no. But if I had to be 18 and do undergrad again I would go back.
I ate at dining halls, went to frat parties, and had a lot of stoney existential conversations. I kept up with my friends' projects and interests and expanded my horizons infinitely. That's the college experience. As I moved up in school, i would venture more often into center city or old town or South Philly for cheesesteaks, but mostly I didn't care about the quality of the surrounding city. It was an insular experience. Hell it felt like summer camp the first semester.
They matter very little to your typical undergrad. Colleges are, by their very nature, insular. Columbia is in Harlem. I went to Penn, which is an Ivy League school located in the middle of one of the largest ghettos in the country (West Philadelphia). Would I live there now? Hell no. But if I had to be 18 and do undergrad again I would go back.
I ate at dining halls, went to frat parties, and had a lot of stoney existential conversations. I kept up with my friends' projects and interests and expanded my horizons infinitely. That's the college experience. As I moved up in school, i would venture more often into center city or old town or South Philly for cheesesteaks, but mostly I didn't care about the quality of the surrounding city. It was an insular experience. Hell it felt like summer camp the first semester.
This post was edited on 2/24/14 at 7:36 pm
Posted on 2/24/14 at 7:31 pm to Deactived
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art galleries? besides art majors, very few, if any, college kids would go to these
You are misunderstanding how galleries can be used. You can readings, meet and greets, book signings, all sorts of cultural events in galleries, as it's about the space rather than the fact of it being a gallery.
I think galleries and museums are awesome, and I try to go and support events held at those places. I know they aren't for everyone, especially for the student population that LSU and Bama seem to attract. Even if we cross those off the list of a "good" college town (which I think is fair) I still don't see Ttown and BR moving up a tier.
Posted on 2/24/14 at 7:31 pm to Deactived
i hung around a lot of "red star" people and i don't think that anybody ever told me they wanted to go to an art gallery or museum
of course, the mike's of the world will explain that's just the plague-like culture of BR
this "nothing to do" meme is one of my pets...ESPECIALLY if you're ignoring sports
of course, the mike's of the world will explain that's just the plague-like culture of BR
this "nothing to do" meme is one of my pets...ESPECIALLY if you're ignoring sports
Posted on 2/24/14 at 7:32 pm to Wario Balotelli
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You are misunderstanding how galleries can be used.
no im not.
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You can readings, meet and greets, book signings, all sorts of cultural events in galleries, as it's about the space rather than the fact of it being a gallery.
and how many college kids are going to be going to these events? barely any
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I think galleries and museums are awesome
most college kids think otherwise.
Posted on 2/24/14 at 7:33 pm to Wario Balotelli
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I know they aren't for everyone, especially for the student population that LSU and Bama seem to attract.
I KNEW IT
Posted on 2/24/14 at 7:37 pm to genro
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We're all also viewing this from the adult perspective. We've graduated, gotten careers, and pay taxes. The overall dynamics, infrastructure, and amenities of a particular city matter more to us.
If there is anything I am guilty of in this thread, it's this. I go to a fun college town now, and I find myself wishing Ttown had this or that. Or I say I would have loved that in college.
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They matter very little to your typical undergrad. Colleges are, by their very nature, insular.
Absolutely, which for me is a greater problem, especially with critical thinking in the classroom.
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I ate at dining halls, went to frat parties, and had a lot of stoney existential conversations. That's the college experience. As I moved up in school, i would venture more often into center city or old town or South Philly for cheesesteaks, but mostly I didn't care about the quality of the surrounding city. It was an insular experience.
I would venture to say that yours is a typical experience of the undergrad, but having worked in higher education I would say that insularity is a massive problem. You end up dealing with a massively entitled student population who feels they deserve certain grades and administrations who only seek to get them out of school as quickly as they can. They have no context for their immediate experience, and I would argue, and I think the other guy would argue for the same thing, that this is the age where you can gain that context with very few consequences (typically).
Posted on 2/24/14 at 7:38 pm to Deactived
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and how many college kids are going to be going to these events? barely any
How would you know? There are plenty at all of these events. No is expecting them to sell out an amphitheater.
Posted on 2/24/14 at 7:40 pm to Mike da Tigah
quote:Being surrounded by thousands of rambunctious horny people your own age, learning new perspectives every day, finding a niche. What are the experiences? It's infinite.
Outside of sports at the respective universities, and dealing only with the two cities, what are the awesome activities in those two cities that would make for awesome college experiences?
Wanna build model rockets? There's a club for that . Wanna play basketball? There's a club for that. Wanna discuss 17th century French philosophy? There's a club for that. Wanna row down the river? There's a club for that.
That's college, man.
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