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This forum and social media are perfect examples that most people (general public, prospective students, prospective benefactors, prospective sponsors, not to mention $$ALUMNI$$) do not understand the complete definition of "polytechnic". That is why the rebranding is a very bad idea. And a PR nightmare. Not to mention the constantly backpedalling Scarborough, or his son making an ass out of both of them.

It's so sad. Fund a new lab, or do research that you won't release to the public so it can be verified for it's validity, to change the name to "Ohio's Polytechnique University". a-zip, if you want to know what the problem in education is. THIS IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF WHAT'S WRONG IN EDUCATION.

I see from the last meeting minutes that the Department of Associate Studies changed its name to the Department of Applied General and Technical Studies, and despite the implied polytechnicity in this move there were apparently no news stories or protests generated in response.

Another goal for Scott Caldwell last night.

I recently travelled to Houston, Texas and was able to visit 8th Wonder. They are a small draft-only brewery with a small tasting room at the production facility. We had a nice time and I would recommend it to anyone in the area. The Rocket Fuel Vietnamese Coffee Porter was truly world-class. Also while in Houston, I was able to visit the downtown Spec's location. What a great place. Not only for their fantastic beer selection, but for the liquor, wine and specialty foods not to mention the party supplies. You could literally spend hours in there. It was there that I was finally able to score some Blakkr that I smuggled into the Mecum auction in a Starbucks frappuccino cup. You gotta be creative. We got there early enough that we parked fairly close to the arena and it was worth the short walk out to the rental car and our makeshift cooler to get a refill. It sure beat $12 Bud Lights, I'll tell you that. A little closer to home, I was at the Winking Lizard in Montrose last weekend and they had a beer that has been on my try list for a long time: Cheers!

It only took 16 innings, but the second seeded Golden Flushes finally got on the scoreboard. It wasn't enough as Bowling Green eliminated them from the tournament 6-3 in the "losers bracket".

They are going with the greatest designed logo in sports to end the logo debate. Wrong letters? So what. Wrong sport? Who cares? It's all about the logo!

LZip, there's no debate about the meaning of "fan boy." It's a dismissive, insulting term when used in the context of a discussion among people whose opinions may differ from yours but are no less thoughtful and valid. Inappropriately tossing that term around is symptomatic of a lack of respect, and those who show no respect for the opinions of others are not likely to receive much respect in return. It's a shallow pseudo-debate strategy to exaggerate and misrepresent other people's positions to try to bolster one's own. An example is the claim that I never had anything good to say about Dr. Scarborough when, in fact, I simply reported out on my serious and objective search for background information on him. The gist of my findings was that he had a sound financial background but that he'd been involved in controversial cost-cutting and privatization issues at other universities which were reported on various news sites and forums. In fact I tried to emphasize the potential positive aspects for UA of Dr. Scarborough's financial background in this post. Personally, I think that you and others who I may not always agree with nonetheless present some valid points that help educate me and influence my thinking. Can we agree to have civil discussions where we treat different viewpoints with the same respect that we expect to receive from others and stay away from the misrepresentation and false labeling of other people's positions that cheapens it into a pissing contest?

I've never craved for football practice to start the way I have this year. Yes I'm talking about PRACTICE Allen! Ponderous times around ZN these days.

I thought they would be insulted. I was right. On your next message, all just more backpedaling. I'm almost done. I owe the U nothing. I'm an active alum because I liked being a part of it. I had pride in it. That can change.

Ohio Polytechnic 5 Eastern Michigan 4 That was exciting, back and forth all evening. Next up Toledo or Ball St. tomorrow night at 8:00.

not sure if a joke or not, but

One take away I have from this exchange. Either Balsy or ZIP_ME87 are my ex-wife…….