ttribe Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Please stop the threadjacking. Francis, stay out the thread, please, if you want to slam yBu's student demographic to prove some irrelevant-to-the-thread point.My bad. I'm done.ETA: I had Dr. Pepper with lunch. That should count for something. Link to comment
Calm Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Talked to my husband the UVU prof about it last night, he's heard a bit but nothing about the BYU prof working against it. He thinks it's a great idea, though he said he has no idea about the actual need for vets, one stated reason for the opposition.Really would like to see a statement of hers rather than just reports of what she's said. So easy to misinterpret or assume what she means.There had been a comment in one of the articles I posted at that called USU a "moneypit"....my husband pointed out that all schools generally are moneypits. If they were run in such a way that they paid for themselves, there would be a lot less students attending and graduating. One has to look on schooling as a long term investment, it not only produces higher income taxpayers, but cuts down on crime, raises the health standards and overall quality of life, and all those things that go along with a greater educated population. Link to comment
Calm Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Strangely enough these articles did not come up last time I googled the same terms....Apparently there was some reluctance expressed by others, protesting for UoU was discussed in that med students had been cut from their program due to funding cuts: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700083829/Utah-States-proposed-vet-school-hits-roadblock.htmlDid point out that apparently there is a need for vets in rural Utah. Here is it passing the House in Jan: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705365385/Utah-State-University-veterinary-school-bill-passes-House.htmlBill passes last week, but was tabled until it was seen if the state could afford it: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705366411/Bill-that-would-create-veterinary-school-at-Utah-State-passes-Senate.html Link to comment
Calm Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 BYU Prof Roeder is certainly not very hard at making any headlines if the only news organization that mentions her is BYU's online elevennews.The issue is a private lobbying against a state school's interests. If you mean a private school, I see no evidence of that. If that were happening, I think we would be hearing a lot more about it. It's easy for the news to ignore one person, but for Utah News to ignore BYU? Link to comment
Calm Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 http://www.advs.usu....articleID=11280http://www.advs.usu....articleID=11790If the issue is the limited grant money, then rather than worrying about your competition, it seems a better use of time to go focus on getting the money by showing there is good reason to give it.I really would like to know what her issue is because BYU only has a prevet program, you would think that having an instate graduate program would be a good thing so all those students don't have to go out of state.Now if she was hoping to push through a grad program at BYU, I can see why she would be highly desirous to ko USU's program as this cuts the legs off of that idea at the gate.A link to BYU's prevet program's page, apparently Dr. Roeder is the advisor for the program.....:http://biology.byu.edu/AcademicPrograms/UndergraduatePrograms/PreveterinaryMedicine.aspx Link to comment
frankenstein Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Please stop the threadjacking. Francis, stay out the thread, please, if you want to slam yBu's student demographic to prove some irrelevant-to-the-thread point.the diversity point has been made, byu is not diverse. as for threadjacking ... off topic comments, or none substantive comments, interesting that you would be so opposed to such types of comments, but I will oblige your request. Link to comment
USU78 Posted February 17, 2011 Author Share Posted February 17, 2011 Talked to my husband the UVU prof about it last night, he's heard a bit but nothing about the BYU prof working against it. He thinks it's a great idea, though he said he has no idea about the actual need for vets, one stated reason for the opposition.Really would like to see a statement of hers rather than just reports of what she's said. So easy to misinterpret or assume what she means.There had been a comment in one of the articles I posted at that called USU a "moneypit"....my husband pointed out that all schools generally are moneypits. If they were run in such a way that they paid for themselves, there would be a lot less students attending and graduating. One has to look on schooling as a long term investment, it not only produces higher income taxpayers, but cuts down on crime, raises the health standards and overall quality of life, and all those things that go along with a greater educated population.One senator is reported to have said to her: "If I vote no, will you stop already with the emails?"As for vets: the schools keep pumping 'em out and turning down applicants. Utah's had to rely on Colorado State for her vets for the last 40-50 years since USU, by interlocal agreement, shut down their grad vet program. Pie crust promise, however. USU, as an Ag school, needs to have a vet school to go along with the other interesting research (cloned mules and such) going on up there. Link to comment
Calm Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 One senator is reported to have said to her: "If I vote no, will you stop already with the emails?"As for vets: the schools keep pumping 'em out and turning down applicants. Utah's had to rely on Colorado State for her vets for the last 40-50 years since USU, by interlocal agreement, shut down their grad vet program. Pie crust promise, however. USU, as an Ag school, needs to have a vet school to go along with the other interesting research (cloned mules and such) going on up there.It makes sense to have the vet school connected with USU rather than any other university as it appears to have the most connections in the field already considering so less to set up to get going again. Link to comment
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