Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
[Livengood's] other notable goals include at least half of the athletes achieving a semester 3.0 grade-point average
If Livengood's jocks are able to maintain B GPA's it's only because they're majoring in faux programs like Interdisciplinary where you can "earn" a C just by showing up for team practice. Presumably a winning score merits an automatic 'A' and a get-out-of-jail free card.
BTW, for management practices like this Livengood takes home ~$300K. That's livin' good at OUR expense.
Showing posts with label University_Studies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label University_Studies. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
UNLV Basketball Roster (2010)
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
Coach Kruger makes $1M/yr.
Why are Nevada taxpayers forced to fund this scam?
- (#5) Jasper: Degree in University Studies (AKA Jockology)
- (#10) Norman: Majoring in PE (Not serious)
- (#15) Martinez: Majoring in Interdisciplinary (AKA University Studies)
- (#2) Wallace: Interdisciplinary
- (#33) Willis: Interdisciplinary
- (#12) Massamba: Interdisciplinary
- (#22) Stanback: Interdisciplinary
Coach Kruger makes $1M/yr.
Why are Nevada taxpayers forced to fund this scam?
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
UNLV Majors Crafted For Dumb Jocks
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
[Jocks] take the same difficult math, english composition and biology classes that non athletes take ..
Propaganda, spread by sports boosters.
Biology (and no doubt the other serious life science programs) requires Bio 196-197 and Math 181 (Calc). Kinesiology requires Bio 189 and Physio 223-224 -- science courses for NON-majors -- and Math 124 (Algebra). *All* complete jokes. The X education programs have even *lower* standards.
Everyone takes English Composition but somehow I doubt that a passing grade is hard to come by.
[Jocks] take the same difficult math, english composition and biology classes that non athletes take ..
Propaganda, spread by sports boosters.
Biology (and no doubt the other serious life science programs) requires Bio 196-197 and Math 181 (Calc). Kinesiology requires Bio 189 and Physio 223-224 -- science courses for NON-majors -- and Math 124 (Algebra). *All* complete jokes. The X education programs have even *lower* standards.
Everyone takes English Composition but somehow I doubt that a passing grade is hard to come by.
Smatresk's Priorities
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
Smatrick constantly politicizes UNLV with his threats to cut (or raise fees for) serious academic programs while he defends ridiculous majors for jocks, scholarships even for OUT-OF-STATE jocks who couldn't care less about education, high salaries for coaches, Offices of Left Wing political goals, and all the rest.
If the UNLV baseball team were composed of applied science majors then win or lose, I would be its biggest fan. The Coach could be a member of the Chemistry faculty; assistants her graduate students. The pay is $75/game. Anyone who can teach Physical Chemistry should have little difficulty explaining how to turn a double play.
Smatrick constantly politicizes UNLV with his threats to cut (or raise fees for) serious academic programs while he defends ridiculous majors for jocks, scholarships even for OUT-OF-STATE jocks who couldn't care less about education, high salaries for coaches, Offices of Left Wing political goals, and all the rest.
If the UNLV baseball team were composed of applied science majors then win or lose, I would be its biggest fan. The Coach could be a member of the Chemistry faculty; assistants her graduate students. The pay is $75/game. Anyone who can teach Physical Chemistry should have little difficulty explaining how to turn a double play.
Monday, May 10, 2010
UNLV Eliminates Academic Programs Which Don't Advance Football
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
UNLV .. does have experience with eliminating programs .. [which do not further] the university's mission.
The mission of UNLV is to play football. Very few jocks major in computer science or engineering. Those programs do *nothing* to provide jocks with the academic cover necessary to make them NCAA eligible. Therefore, they're prime candidates for elimination.
Smatrick must EXPAND the number of jock majors. It looks really bad when 90% of the jocks major in Interdisciplinary. BTW, here are the requirements for that Jockology department:
Notice they wouldn't challenge a 5th grader. Nevertheless, few jocks can get through the "program".
UNLV .. does have experience with eliminating programs .. [which do not further] the university's mission.
The mission of UNLV is to play football. Very few jocks major in computer science or engineering. Those programs do *nothing* to provide jocks with the academic cover necessary to make them NCAA eligible. Therefore, they're prime candidates for elimination.
Smatrick must EXPAND the number of jock majors. It looks really bad when 90% of the jocks major in Interdisciplinary. BTW, here are the requirements for that Jockology department:
Notice they wouldn't challenge a 5th grader. Nevertheless, few jocks can get through the "program".
Smatresk Con Job
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
Two years ago, the bachelor's degree in University Studies was eliminated. The program had about 400 students in it, but Smatresk, then the provost, didn't believe it fit with the university's mission.
Pure spin. The reason University Studies was phased out was because of an embarassing USA Today article which revealed that some huge percentage of majors were JOCKS.
Yeah, all but 50 of them have "finished", but that just means they've dematriculated from UNLV, not that they completed their degree. Probably fewer than 15% of them *ever* went to class, much less graduated.
"Interdisciplinary", AKA Jockology.
Two years ago, the bachelor's degree in University Studies was eliminated. The program had about 400 students in it, but Smatresk, then the provost, didn't believe it fit with the university's mission.
Pure spin. The reason University Studies was phased out was because of an embarassing USA Today article which revealed that some huge percentage of majors were JOCKS.
Yeah, all but 50 of them have "finished", but that just means they've dematriculated from UNLV, not that they completed their degree. Probably fewer than 15% of them *ever* went to class, much less graduated.
"Interdisciplinary", AKA Jockology.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
UNLV Jock Kicked Off Team For Flunking ...
.. a drug test.
The guy was admitted to UNLV even though he couldn't spell his own name. He is majoring in University Studies. He couldn't care less about education. He probably never goes to class.
He gets dropped from the team for smoking pot?!
Maybe now he'll focus on academics.
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
The guy was admitted to UNLV even though he couldn't spell his own name. He is majoring in University Studies. He couldn't care less about education. He probably never goes to class.
He gets dropped from the team for smoking pot?!
Maybe now he'll focus on academics.
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
Monday, April 26, 2010
Ridiculous Majors at UNLV
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
"University Studies" (AKA "jockology") is a pseudo-major which exists to give academic cover to athletes who can't get through Basketweaving 101. The program has no objective standards. Its "requirements" wouldn't challenge a third grader. Even so, most jocks who declare in it can't amass enough credits to graduate.
A few years ago USA Today noted that some huge percentage of UNLV footballers were majoring it. Very embarassing to UNLV. As a result, UNLV announced it was phasing out University Studies and replacing it with yet another faux major -- "Interdisciplinary". Same program. New name.
It's almost meaningless for jocks to declare a major since such a minor percentage of them graduate -- even after 6 years. Still, "criminal Justice"? What the heck is that? Do prison guards need 4 yr degrees, too?
Physical Education? So now the 3R's stand for reading defenses, writing rosters, and adding up runs. It's just ridiculous. Wooden was an English major. Paterno was a college dropout (though majoring in Economics).
Kinesiology? Another one of those "ology" programs which sounds sophisticated but is actually quite worthless.
Physiology, Biology, Eschatology, Etiology, etc. Serious.
Kinesiology, Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, etc. Not serious.
Astrology & Numerology. The next great jock majors.
"University Studies" (AKA "jockology") is a pseudo-major which exists to give academic cover to athletes who can't get through Basketweaving 101. The program has no objective standards. Its "requirements" wouldn't challenge a third grader. Even so, most jocks who declare in it can't amass enough credits to graduate.
A few years ago USA Today noted that some huge percentage of UNLV footballers were majoring it. Very embarassing to UNLV. As a result, UNLV announced it was phasing out University Studies and replacing it with yet another faux major -- "Interdisciplinary". Same program. New name.
It's almost meaningless for jocks to declare a major since such a minor percentage of them graduate -- even after 6 years. Still, "criminal Justice"? What the heck is that? Do prison guards need 4 yr degrees, too?
Physical Education? So now the 3R's stand for reading defenses, writing rosters, and adding up runs. It's just ridiculous. Wooden was an English major. Paterno was a college dropout (though majoring in Economics).
Kinesiology? Another one of those "ology" programs which sounds sophisticated but is actually quite worthless.
Physiology, Biology, Eschatology, Etiology, etc. Serious.
Kinesiology, Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, etc. Not serious.
Astrology & Numerology. The next great jock majors.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
UNLV Athletics Dept Needs Remedial Math
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
UNLV [Athletics] estimates that it will end its fiscal year June 30 with $26.06 million in revenues and $27.99 million in expenses.
Those budget figures DON'T add up. It's not rounding errors. That $26M revenue figure isn't even close. Even so, the $280K Athletic Director is employing fuzzy accounting.
Sports boosters never factor in the ridiculous departments (lke Sports this-&-that) and degree programs (like University Studies) which need to be maintained in order to provide jocks with academic cover, nor the compromised admission standards (non-existent, really) required to get the chowderhead jocks in the door in the first place, nor the complete distraction to Admnistration and disruption of what should be a tranquil, ivy tower environment.
When you look at how UNLV prioritizes (ie the $1M hoops coach and $450K football coach) you could conclude that UNLV exists to play BIG sports. Academics is just a pretext. The true cost of UNLV sports is closer to the entire cost of the University.
UNLV [Athletics] estimates that it will end its fiscal year June 30 with $26.06 million in revenues and $27.99 million in expenses.
Those budget figures DON'T add up. It's not rounding errors. That $26M revenue figure isn't even close. Even so, the $280K Athletic Director is employing fuzzy accounting.
Sports boosters never factor in the ridiculous departments (lke Sports this-&-that) and degree programs (like University Studies) which need to be maintained in order to provide jocks with academic cover, nor the compromised admission standards (non-existent, really) required to get the chowderhead jocks in the door in the first place, nor the complete distraction to Admnistration and disruption of what should be a tranquil, ivy tower environment.
When you look at how UNLV prioritizes (ie the $1M hoops coach and $450K football coach) you could conclude that UNLV exists to play BIG sports. Academics is just a pretext. The true cost of UNLV sports is closer to the entire cost of the University.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Smatresk Will Protect UNLV Jock Majors
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
Smatresk is blustering. He is a politician. He will most certainly NOT cut "Recreation & Sports Management". That is a jock major. Smatresk will do everything in his power to maintain and even EXPAND jock programs. Without sports popular support for UNLV would sharply decline. Legislators might then conclude that UNLV was expendible.
Jocks need to be able to coast through school. Smatresk's job is to ensure that jocks have academic cover, at least until their four years of NCAA eligibility have elapsed. He can't afford to reduce the number of jockology majors. What else are they going to major in? Nuclear Physics? It would look really bad if 97% of the student-athletes were majoring in a single degree program.
Smatresk is blustering. He is a politician. He will most certainly NOT cut "Recreation & Sports Management". That is a jock major. Smatresk will do everything in his power to maintain and even EXPAND jock programs. Without sports popular support for UNLV would sharply decline. Legislators might then conclude that UNLV was expendible.
Jocks need to be able to coast through school. Smatresk's job is to ensure that jocks have academic cover, at least until their four years of NCAA eligibility have elapsed. He can't afford to reduce the number of jockology majors. What else are they going to major in? Nuclear Physics? It would look really bad if 97% of the student-athletes were majoring in a single degree program.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
University Studies == Interdisciplinary == JUNK
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
UNLV announced a few YEARS ago that 'University Studies' (ie Jockology) was going to be phased out, in response to indefensible USA Today criticism that some huge percentage of UNLV "student"-athletes were declared majors in it, that it had no real objective standards, and yet even after six years most *still* never completed the program.
The real sleazy part of all this is that UNLV isn't really eliminating University Studies. It has just RENAMED it to "Interdisciplinary". Same nonexistent standards. Same jock appeal.
UNLV announced a few YEARS ago that 'University Studies' (ie Jockology) was going to be phased out, in response to indefensible USA Today criticism that some huge percentage of UNLV "student"-athletes were declared majors in it, that it had no real objective standards, and yet even after six years most *still* never completed the program.
The real sleazy part of all this is that UNLV isn't really eliminating University Studies. It has just RENAMED it to "Interdisciplinary". Same nonexistent standards. Same jock appeal.
The True Cost Of College Sports
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
In the current biennium the state appropriation for UNR Intercollegiate Athletics (Division 1) is $5.8M/yr. The corresponding appropriation for UNLV is $7.9M/yr.
See AB-562 Section 17 (2009).
The intangible costs are even higher. Compromised admission standards (nonexistent, really), junk departments maintained to provide jocks with academic cover, distraction for Administration, etc. Indeed, the true cost of Division 1 is closer to the ENTIRE cost of UNLV, since without sports popular support for the school would be severely damaged. Voters might decide UNLV is not worth keeping.
Hey UNLV jocks. Enjoy the taxpayer provided steak and potatoes while you can. Your teams are going to be cut! You'll be relieved to know that your Jockology degree programs (like University Studies) are safe. That can't eliminate your basketweaving requirement without making you guys academically ineligble to play.
In the current biennium the state appropriation for UNR Intercollegiate Athletics (Division 1) is $5.8M/yr. The corresponding appropriation for UNLV is $7.9M/yr.
See AB-562 Section 17 (2009).
The intangible costs are even higher. Compromised admission standards (nonexistent, really), junk departments maintained to provide jocks with academic cover, distraction for Administration, etc. Indeed, the true cost of Division 1 is closer to the ENTIRE cost of UNLV, since without sports popular support for the school would be severely damaged. Voters might decide UNLV is not worth keeping.
Hey UNLV jocks. Enjoy the taxpayer provided steak and potatoes while you can. Your teams are going to be cut! You'll be relieved to know that your Jockology degree programs (like University Studies) are safe. That can't eliminate your basketweaving requirement without making you guys academically ineligble to play.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
N$HE Roll Call
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
No more Division 1 sports.
No more athletic scholarships.
No more NFL/NBA/MLB payscale coaches.
No more junk departments (like Interdisciplinary) maintained to provide jocks with academic cover.
No more staffers paid more than the Governor.
No more liberal arts programs at less than full fee ($800/credit).
No more buildings and roads named after Raggio.
No more NSHE lobbyists.
- UNLV Basketball Head Coach Kruger makes $1M/yr.
- UNLV Football Head Coach Hauck makes $450K.
- UNR President Glick makes $400K.
- Thienhaus (Med School) $395K [best guess]
- White (Boyd) $339K
- NSHE Chancellor Klaich makes $330K.
- UNLV President Smatresk makes $300K.
- UNLV Athletic Director Livengood makes $285K.
- NSC President Maryanski makes $250K.
- Harter (BMI) 248K
- West (Dental School) $218K
- VP Smith $192K.
- Provost Bowers $189K
- Division 1 assistant coaches make $125K.
- Unionized professors overpaid.
- and on and on and on.
No more Division 1 sports.
No more athletic scholarships.
No more NFL/NBA/MLB payscale coaches.
No more junk departments (like Interdisciplinary) maintained to provide jocks with academic cover.
No more staffers paid more than the Governor.
No more liberal arts programs at less than full fee ($800/credit).
No more buildings and roads named after Raggio.
No more NSHE lobbyists.
Monday, February 22, 2010
Townhall With Smatresk
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
Nobody asks Smatresk the obvious questions.
Nobody asks Smatresk the obvious questions.
- Why do you deserve to be paid $300K/yr? Are you worth >twice what we pay Gibbons?
- Why do you pay your head football coach $450K/yr and his assisants $125K? Is UNLV a NFL farm team?
- Why do you pay your head basketball coach $1M/yr and *his* assistants $130K? Is UNLV a NBA farm team?
- Isn't true that the decision to phase out "University Studies" was made a few YEARS ago, after critics and media noted that only JOCKS majored in it, that it had no objective standards, and yet few completed it?
- Isn't it true you simply RENAMED "University Studies" as "Interdisciplinary Studies"?
- Why do you preserve *that* JUNK department? Isn't it true that Interdisciplinary only serves to provide academic cover to jocks?
- What percentage of your football and basketball players ever graduate? Isn't it significantly < non-athletes?
- How much do your sports marketing partners -- t-shirts, posters, TV, etc -- make off your teams?
- Why do you fund a law school? Are there too few laws and lawyers in this state?
- How many UNLV buildings named after state politicians?
- How many of your employees are related by family or marriage to current or ex state legislators?
- How much money does UNLV spend on lobbyists?
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Non-Athletes Who Choose Jock Majors ...
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
.. are just filling up classes for the jocks. The Athletic Department appreciates your support. It looks really bad when 100% of the majors in a degree program are jocks (who dropout anyway).
.. are just filling up classes for the jocks. The Athletic Department appreciates your support. It looks really bad when 100% of the majors in a degree program are jocks (who dropout anyway).
Smatresk Sets Speed Record For Sports Hires (Other Depts Frozen)
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
On Tuesday, [Smatresk] froze all [UNLV] hiring
Notice how Smatresk put out (and filled) a RUSH ORDER to hire a new Athletic Director ($295K) and Head Football Coach ($450K). The latter then rushed to round out his assistant coaching staff (~$125K each).
Smatresk himself makes ~$300K.
The only departments which are SAFE from cuts are the ones that provide academic cover to dunderhead JOCKS. Departments like Sociology, Kinesiology, and University (AKA Interdisciplinary) Studies.
The idea of charging higher tuition to science students is perhaps most outrageous of all. The mission of the University is to train the next generation of applied scientists. Indeed, as UNR was set up, applied science majors were supposed to pay ZERO (or maybe just nominal tuition). Liberal arts majors -- if there was even a place for them -- would be the ones required to pay the full, unsubsidized cost of their educations. Of course, the political ideology of egalitarianism led to both groups paying the same.
But *now* the redistributionist scheme is to make science majors pay the *most*. And only the JOCKS ride for free.
On Tuesday, [Smatresk] froze all [UNLV] hiring
Notice how Smatresk put out (and filled) a RUSH ORDER to hire a new Athletic Director ($295K) and Head Football Coach ($450K). The latter then rushed to round out his assistant coaching staff (~$125K each).
Smatresk himself makes ~$300K.
The only departments which are SAFE from cuts are the ones that provide academic cover to dunderhead JOCKS. Departments like Sociology, Kinesiology, and University (AKA Interdisciplinary) Studies.
The idea of charging higher tuition to science students is perhaps most outrageous of all. The mission of the University is to train the next generation of applied scientists. Indeed, as UNR was set up, applied science majors were supposed to pay ZERO (or maybe just nominal tuition). Liberal arts majors -- if there was even a place for them -- would be the ones required to pay the full, unsubsidized cost of their educations. Of course, the political ideology of egalitarianism led to both groups paying the same.
But *now* the redistributionist scheme is to make science majors pay the *most*. And only the JOCKS ride for free.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
UNLV Students Protesting The Wrong Things
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
Protest, huh? How about protesting your
Hey Liberal arts students. You should all be paying the true cost of college. That's the way our system was set up. $800/credit sounds about right.
Protest, huh? How about protesting your
- Professors' thick foreign accents?
- Teaching Assistants' miserable teaching skills?
- basketball coach's $1M salary?
- AD's $300K salary?
- football coach's $450K salary?
- President's $300K salary?
- Chancellor's $335K salary?
- jock departments like University Studies?
- money spent on lobbying fees?
- money spent on jobs for friends of politicians?
- money spent on scholarships for jocks?
- Faculty-student romances?
Hey Liberal arts students. You should all be paying the true cost of college. That's the way our system was set up. $800/credit sounds about right.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Townhall with Klaich
Originally posted in a LVRJ forum
Nobody asks Klaich the obvious questions:
Nobody asks Klaich the obvious questions:
- Why do you deserve to be paid >twice what we pay Gibbons?
- Why do you pay Division 1 sports coaches as much as their professional league peer group?
- What happened to all that trust money (granted in 1868) which was set aside to perpetually fund UNR departments of Mining, Agriculture and Engineeering?
- Why do you continue to fund JUNK departments like "University Studies" which only serve to provide academic cover to jocks?
- What percentage of your football and basketball players ever graduate? [it's significantly < non-athletes]
- How much do your sports marketing partners -- t-shirts, posters, TV, etc -- make off your teams?
- Why do you fund a law school? Are there too few laws and lawyers in this state?
- Why are so many NSHE buildings named after Senator Raggio?
- Why do you pay clinical professors $400K? Do they use our resources to support their private medical practices?
- Your course catalogs describe NSHE's mission in very grandiose, pompous terms. Do you even *know* what NSHE's mission is supposed to be?
- How many of your employees are related by family or marriage to state legisators?
- How much money does NSHE spend on lobbyists?
Tick tick. I'm waiting.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Jockology
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
Jasper is majoring in "University Studies" (jockology). Any degree program which attracts > 10% jocks should be ELIMINATED.
Hey Kruger! All the Nevada tax consumers (like you) are battling over the skrinking budget pie. Once residents figure out the scam you're pulling the Governor -- who needs to worry about his *own* job -- is not going to let you board the charter flight back from the Away game.
We should make Gibbons basketball coach. He's cheaper.
Jasper is majoring in "University Studies" (jockology). Any degree program which attracts > 10% jocks should be ELIMINATED.
Hey Kruger! All the Nevada tax consumers (like you) are battling over the skrinking budget pie. Once residents figure out the scam you're pulling the Governor -- who needs to worry about his *own* job -- is not going to let you board the charter flight back from the Away game.
We should make Gibbons basketball coach. He's cheaper.
Monday, September 7, 2009
Shame on UNLV Football
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
I just took a quick look at what the football upperclassmen are majoring in. I see that University Studies (ie "jockology") is still popular. Maybe I haven't looked hard enough, but I haven't yet found any serious students on the team. Where is the roster for the water boys and marching band?
I just took a quick look at what the football upperclassmen are majoring in. I see that University Studies (ie "jockology") is still popular. Maybe I haven't looked hard enough, but I haven't yet found any serious students on the team. Where is the roster for the water boys and marching band?
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