DC - SMU Bright Future

[SMU89]

http://www.smudailycampus.com/news/smu- ... -1.2747396

[The PonyGrad]

Should this be in Around the Hilltop?

[ponyscott]

Should this be in Around the Hilltop?

smu89 must have been changing diapers tonight and lost track.....

[SMU89]

Cheves is enthusiastic about SMU's move to the Big East because it will increase the visibility of the university.
"Not only will this opportunity be great for our student athletes, but it will also be great because many of the members of the conferences are just like us," Cheves said. "Georgetown, St. John's, Notre Dame and Rutgers are all examples of top tier private universities."
Colleges like Butler and George Mason received increased national visibility after successful runs during March Madness - an NCAA Division I basketball tournament that determines the national champion for any given year.
"Let's face it. For national universities, a lot of our reputation comes from sports," Cheves said. "And especially because academics flow from East to West, this will make people pay attention."

[CalallenStang]

Does anyone else find it sad that they felt that it was necessary to explain what March Madness was?

[Water Pony]

From the goal of being a Top 50 National University to a member of the Big East, SMU leadership has taken additional steps to strengthen campus life, such as building the new Sophmore Quad and requiring students to live on the campus for at least two years. We will benefit from these steps and the continuing capital improvements, including rennovating Moody Colesium. Perhaps student attendance at sporting events will follow, as it does at Duke for BB and ND for FB and BB.

The more I consider the move to the BE, the more attractive it looks. Our brand will be enhanced nationally both academically and athletically. I look forward to BB games in the Midwest and FB games along the Ohio River.

We should "Embrace the East" along with our conference mates in the west, Boise State, San Diego State and Houston. With funds for marketing and, perhaps new sports, why not add Men's and Women's Lacrosse and demonstrate our roles in national (and eastern) sports?

[GRGB]

The problem is this: I cannot tell you how many people I meet that went to SMU and when asked about "donating" to the university, the response is "I donated to them with my tuition - they have plenty of money" Or some variation of that.

They act like the private tuition level above state tuition is somehow "profit" to the University.

[HB Pony Dad]

Some fact checking in order...

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (usually referred to as Rutgers University or just Rutgers, is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American Revolution. Rutgers was originally a private university affiliated with the Dutch Reformed Church and admitted only male students, but evolved into a coeducational public research university. Rutgers is one of only two colonial colleges that later became public universities, the other being The College of William and Mary.[4]

[mustangxc]

Some fact checking in order...

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (usually referred to as Rutgers University or just Rutgers, is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American Revolution. Rutgers was originally a private university affiliated with the Dutch Reformed Church and admitted only male students, but evolved into a coeducational public research university. Rutgers is one of only two colonial colleges that later became public universities, the other being The College of William and Mary.[4]

I was about to say, when did Rutgers become a national private university?