...The magazine also placed eight other schools deemed underachievers on "academic probation": California State University-Long Beach, Carnegie Mellon University, Eastern Michigan University, Flagler College, Seton Hall University, University of Michigan-Flint, University of Missouri-Rolla, and University of New Orleans.
Sweetness. Yet another milestone for UMR.
Anyways...
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it would be nice if that article served as a wake-up call to the legions of land monsters at UMR (students and faculty included), but it won't. oh well, time to go put on my oakley blades and hop in my sweet mullet mini truck with big v-8 motor piece of shit car and hit the drive-thru at hardees.
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-45 pounds here since SS2005. Yeah, I'm usually disgusted at the number of overweight, completley unfit people I see at UMR, in Missouri, and America in general.
I kind of agree that fitness is pretty weak here. My parents school (NC State) had a mandatory PE program. (I wouldn't pay hundreds of dollars tuition for a PE class voluntarily, though)
Eh, the stats are prob bullshit. I have a BMI of 30 (obese) yet am in decent shape (walk to campus every day, ~.5 miles, play several IM's) so while I'll agree that there are far too many people who are either really fat or really thin, the stats are more than likely overstated.
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I kind of agree that fitness is pretty weak here. My parents school (NC State) had a mandatory PE program. (I wouldn't pay hundreds of dollars tuition for a PE class voluntarily, though)
I have an uncle who went to Georgia Tech in the 60's. He said that they had 2 years of mandaotry PE, including a swimming class where they would tie up one, or both, of your legs and require you to stay afloat in a pool for a certain amount of time. He was also required to take a tennis class, climb ropes, and all sorts of other stuff. His take was that Georgia Tech basically expected all incoming students to be out-of-shape nerds, and wanted to whip them into shape. Along with learning some useful skills, like staying afloat in water for a long amount of time.
I kind of agree that fitness is pretty weak here. My parents school (NC State) had a mandatory PE program. (I wouldn't pay hundreds of dollars tuition for a PE class voluntarily, though)
I have an uncle who went to Georgia Tech in the 60's. He said that they had 2 years of mandaotry PE, including a swimming class where they would tie up one, or both, of your legs and require you to stay afloat in a pool for a certain amount of time. He was also required to take a tennis class, climb ropes, and all sorts of other stuff. His take was that Georgia Tech basically expected all incoming students to be out-of-shape nerds, and wanted to whip them into shape. Along with learning some useful skills, like staying afloat in water for a long amount of time.
If they tried to do that now, and I wanted to go there, I'd sue the fuck out of them. That is quite possibly one of the most terrifying things I could possibly think about (I've nearly drowned before--it tends to do quite a bit on your mindset towards water).
With that said, I don't think I would be too opposed to a mandatory physical workout schedule. Well....ok, I would for a lot of reasons, but there definitely are way too many out of shape people here. I geuss you could say that about the country in general though...
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i pay UMR for an education in engineering. if i want to pay somebody to keep me fit, it won't be a university. i'd pay golds gym for that. (although they're a huge ripoff)
almost everybody here is an adult. it is their responsibility to look out for their own physical comfort. if they dont want to stay healthy, thats their choice. if they want to stay in shape, thats also their choice. don't pin obesity on the school or government. the only thing they could possibly do is fix chartwells.
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amd2800barton wrote:
i pay UMR for an education in engineering. if i want to pay somebody to keep me fit, it won't be a university. i'd pay golds gym for that. (although they're a huge ripoff)
almost everybody here is an adult. it is their responsibility to look out for their own physical comfort. if they dont want to stay healthy, thats their choice. if they want to stay in shape, thats also their choice. don't pin obesity on the school or government. the only thing they could possibly do is fix chartwells.
Here here, if I would rather a short happy life than a long miserable one, that is my right.
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If they tried to do that now, and I wanted to go there, I'd sue the fuck out of them. That is quite possibly one of the most terrifying things I could possibly think about (I've nearly drowned before--it tends to do quite a bit on your mindset towards water).
It was the 60's. Americans didn't sue like they do now. I'm sure they had a life guard on duty.
-45 pounds here since SS2005. Yeah, I'm usually disgusted at the number of overweight, completley unfit people I see at UMR, in Missouri, and America in general.
foofoodar wrote:
Hey I lost 75lbs since Jan. of this year...guess not everybody in Rolla is lazy...but I'm not in Rolla anymore THANK GOD!
Good deal for losing weight. I just started and am under 300 for the first time in about 4 months. Only 88 more to go! Wooo.
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