Comments for Worst Case Scenarios at http://www.theind.com , comment 1 to 14 out of 14 comments http://www.theind.com Sat, 18 May 2013 22:59:12 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.theind.com/re/6764-worst-case-scenarios#comment-9817 To Mr. Pierce: Have you asked the editors at The Chronicle of Higher Education to consider a cover story on Louisiana troubles? I believe what your story needs is national coverage. - Jasper_Noone Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:01:35 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/6764-worst-case-scenarios#comment-9816 Morrow: Your posting is as ignorant as it is frenetic. The Nevers Bill was signed by the Governor and it assures that ALL credit from the 1st and 2nd years can be transferred between Louisiana public institutions. - Jasper_Noone Tue, 24 Aug 2010 07:58:45 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/6764-worst-case-scenarios#comment-9814 Morrow, I think you're right about universities being caught up with making money. The UL credit transfer policy may indeed be a reflection of that. I'm sure this is a complex issue and some things are beyond UL's control. - Resident Tue, 24 Aug 2010 07:23:29 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/6764-worst-case-scenarios#comment-9808 I know of a guy who tried to finish up his last year of college here. ULL would not transfer over 30 hrs. He only had 12 to complete at LSU. So he lived in Laf, worked in Laf and commuted to BR his last year. Its "gimmicks" like that that tick me off. ULL will pay bogus profs like Wms, but will deny hours in order to grab more tuition money. Waste and corruption are taking place in higher ed in Louisiana and students are paying for it. Ain't nothing "anti intellectual" about that, just truth. - Morrow Tue, 24 Aug 2010 04:36:18 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/6764-worst-case-scenarios#comment-9807 rc we've been through this revolving door before. What the heck does "anti intelletual" mean? What's an intellecdtual? Are you accusing me of being anti university educated? Again, we've had a round on that. People get on their high horse about govt being too big, yet no one wants to admit higher ed is full of excess. phd Williams is proof of that! Some dont want to admit ULL has its own graft and corruption. Its SO EASY TO PASS ON THE COST TO TUITION PAYERS OR TAX PAYERS. - Morrow Tue, 24 Aug 2010 04:31:07 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/6764-worst-case-scenarios#comment-9803 I don't know Morrow...you're sounding pretty anti-intellectual to me. :) Attitudes like yours are dooming this state :) What you need is a tax increase....for the future of our state, of course. - ragin_cajun Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:54:43 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/6764-worst-case-scenarios#comment-9780 #1 I support continuing ed in anyone's life, even self taught, correspondance and now, via internet #2 UNIVERSITIES PUT A HEAVY BURDEN ON THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES BY MANY, AND SIGNIGICANT, TUITION INCREASES AND FEE INCREASES - so I'm tired of the BS about how "they" are hurting #3 Louisiana has TOO MANY COLLEGE3S, large and small #4 I'm sick to death of hearing how hard universities have it, when they're top heavy #5 DO LEGISLATORS STILL HAVE THE "GIVE AWAY" POLITICAL PAY BACK SCHOLARSHIPS AT TULANE??? How much is a Tulane education and are legislators still able to give them out? #6 How much $$$$ is wasted like on people like phd Williams? I'm sick of higher ed being the sacred cow. Williams is proof there is waste and corruption in Louisiana universities. I'll support higher ed in Louisiana when it goes back to the job of educating and not being a cash cow for profs, administators, families of university personnnel, and stays out of local and state political campaigns. Oh, and also, does anyone know how very little hours can be transferred from other state universites to UL. UL REGULARLY DENIES STUDENTS CREDIT FROM OTHER UNIVERSITIES, LIKE LSU IN BATON ROUGE. Its just a sick way to get more tuition bucks. Its a disgrace to higher ed and Louisiana! HOW ABOUT DOING AN EXPOSE ON THAT! How few credits can be transferred to ULL. - Morrow Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:24:45 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/6764-worst-case-scenarios#comment-9659 Ha, Walter knew that comment would ruffle a feather or two but it needs to be said. And Sparrow expounded nicely. Anti-intellectualism is rampant among modern conservatives, at least the ones who make the news and the legions of Fox News addicts. Thoughtful conservatism has been replaced by appeals to emotion, superficial cliches and complete disregard for logic. What a sad narrative the neocon hucksters push that universities are full of agenda-driven liberal professors. Dispassionate examination of subject matter seems to be a frightening thing to the Fox/Rush/Palin conservative. - Resident Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:11:18 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/6764-worst-case-scenarios#comment-9650 Don't kid yourselves, education has never been, and is not now,valued in Louisiana. This is,in large part, a nasty by-product of the influence of the oil industry,a legacy of too many folks with no education making 50k in the oil patch. I have advised my own soon to graduate son to look out of state for graduate school. Degrees from Louisiana colleges may be seriously devalued by all of this. - carl cochon Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:44:02 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/6764-worst-case-scenarios#comment-9649 Walter throws out Sarah Palin as the modern "conservative" movement example. Wasn't long ago that Ted Kennedy was the modern "liberal" movement example. Should we conclude liberalism is based upon being drunk and driving your car off a bridge killing your "side" girl? - RCajunRunner Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:31:52 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/6764-worst-case-scenarios#comment-9633 Sparrow, I agree with you. But, since I am a crude person, I never could have explained it like you did. Congratulations on being a great wordsmith!! The Power Elite don't like what Walter says because their testicles have never dropped!! - The Original Northsidian Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:57:48 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/6764-worst-case-scenarios#comment-9626 I concur with Mr. Pierce: Conservatism and anti-intellectualism go hand-in-hand in Louisiana and elsewhere in the U.S. I define "anti-intellectualism" not as a dislike of intellectuals per se, but, rather, as a sort of willful ignorance, and as an intense distrust or even fear of reason in favor of emotion. (I think emotion is fine thing for love affairs, but a bad thing for crafting state or national policy.) G. W. Bush, Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity all exhibit a distrust of reason, as well as a distinct inability to detect logical fallacies. They all use fallacious reasoning frequently, more so than your average person, and, in Beck's case, fall for others' irrational theories wholesale (thus partly explaining Beck's penchant for conspiracy theory). It's as if they have no critical thinking skills whatsoever. I think Walter hit the nail right on the head. Sparrow (moderate Independent) - Sparrow Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:10:19 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/6764-worst-case-scenarios#comment-9611 Ragin, Are you actually suggesting that anti-intellectualism isn't a component of modern conservatism? You're not actually suggesting that are you? I would start at Sarah Palin and work my way back, but I have other pots to stir. - Walter Pierce Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:17:49 +0100 http://www.theind.com/re/6764-worst-case-scenarios#comment-9604 "conservatism and its greasy-haired bedfellow, anti-intellectualism" You know, Walter. Every week it's some kind of arrogant insult like this from you. And it's getting worse, too. There were alot of ways to support or defend whatever position you have on higher education--or to simply lay out both sides of the argument. To include a completely unnecessary, untrue, and irrelevant insult in the article is just low. Instead of provoking thought and reasoned debate, you've actually just stirred up resentment and strife. Your credibility with me is shot. Perhaps it'd be more appropriate for you to save the insults for the comments section AFTER the article. - ragin_cajun Wed, 18 Aug 2010 06:55:40 +0100