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'White trash' Texas town written off by a professor
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| February 22, 2004
| Julian Coman in Washington
Posted on 02/21/2004 11:47:11 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Dialup Llama
"Some tell Larry Sechrest that the Who' Who thing is marketing ploy. They stick your name in it and then try to get you to buy a copy. Its not the Nobel Prize."
We don't have to tell him, he knows damn well it is a marketing ploy. The irony is there are some scholars that are so worthy of merit that they get to stay in even if they don't buy the book. My mom and dad stayed in despite the fact they never bought the publication...........................ROTFLMAO!!
And good point:)
To: Dialup Llama
What do you teach, DL??
To: Criminal Number 18F
After reading the article, I think he probably makes some good points. Sul Ross is a rodeo school for cowboys and girls who want to chase cowboys, many of whom could not hack it at a major university. Academics are not a priority.
We had a Sul Ross graduate where I work for a time. Nice guy, but his grammar was indeed atrocious. It was embarassing to read the e-mails that he sent to our customers.
Just for the record, I'm a graduate of Texas A&M. Sul Ross is part of the A&M system.
To: blackbart.223
I am a right wing Reagan Republican....and we have plenty more to say:)
To: Indie
LOL! I've been to Alpine, too, on a trip to the Big Bend that turned into a hunt across West Texas for a Toyota alternator. "Don't y'all have A 'merican car?" (For the record, ONE Japanese alternator between El Paso and San Antonio.) Long story ...
Anyway, Alpine is a nice litte town. The people there were friendly and really wanted to help, and put us on the trail of the people who really had the mythic Japanese Alternator. And Sul Ross State, or whatever it's calling itself these days, is a well-landscaped school with pretty good petroleum engineering and geology programs, giving at least a start at higher education to folks on the back side of the Southwest.
It's interesting that the article tries to trash Midland and the President totally out of context, too.
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posted on
02/22/2004 1:37:35 PM PST
by
Tax-chick
(My house is a mess, but my baby is FAT!)
To: Criminal Number 18F
I completely agree with your observations. Perhaps it's time for Sechrest to move on to more congenial climes where all the students will qualify to sit at the feet of a modern Colossus of Academe such as himself.
Actually, I speculate that he have been trying to Make his Mark in company of distracting fellow educators such as Professor James Beam and Professor John Daniels. But hey, what do I know? I'm a mere un-diplomaed, blue-collar rural hick who could have sent his kids to Sul Ross--it's in driving range--had they wanted to go there.
To: international american
If one is too good for those around oneself. One should seek out one's own kind. He is probably much more embarassing to them than they are to him.
CG
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posted on
02/22/2004 5:09:59 PM PST
by
Conspiracy Guy
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To: Conspiracy Guy
"If one is too good for those around oneself. One should seek out one's own kind. He is probably much more embarassing to them than they are to him."
I would take that to the bank!
Your wisdom never fails to impress me.
To: Tall_Texan
Only two? I'd say that's pretty tolerant of them. I don't recall ever having been in Alpine; I'd have to look at a couple of maps to jog my memory, but if I recall correctly, Alpine is up north in the Big Bend area. Down around Cleburne was more to my liking.
So I don't take the guy's comments about Alpine personally based on my having been a resident thereabouts. Still, it strikes me they must have a shortage of tall trees and short ropes for him not to be gone yet.
If I lived in Alpine, I'd gladly make it three.
Make that four.
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posted on
02/22/2004 6:46:25 PM PST
by
archy
(Concrete shoes, cyanide, TNT! Done dirt cheap! Neckties, contracts, high voltage...Done dirt cheap!)
To: archy
(Concrete shoes, cyanide, TNT! Done dirt cheap! Neckties, contracts, high voltage...Done dirt cheap!) Do you have a bulk rate, like perhaps for the entire DNC?
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posted on
02/22/2004 7:46:37 PM PST
by
Tall_Texan
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To: Tall_Texan
Do you have a bulk rate, like perhaps for the entire DNC? First off, we've got to get some little red caps for everyone in Texas not wearing a Stetson:
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posted on
02/22/2004 7:50:34 PM PST
by
archy
(Concrete shoes, cyanide, TNT! Done dirt cheap! Neckties, contracts, high voltage...Done dirt cheap!)
To: Contra
I wish I was a fly on the wall at Sul Ross State University when he tried to fill these students with his liberal bull$hit. Anytime a liberal calls anyone stupid or dumb you can guarantee that someone got the better of them in a debate.
To: international american
In the wisdom account, I am close to getting overdrawn. I better get the deposits up before I bounce a check.
CG
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posted on
02/23/2004 4:42:35 AM PST
by
Conspiracy Guy
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
I wanted to go to UTEP/Alpine for my undergraduate geology field course. Looks like a great area for that kind of thing.
Ended up in the Shenandoah Valley looking at road cuts.
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posted on
02/23/2004 4:52:32 AM PST
by
Rebelbase
(The gravy train makes unscheduled stops.)
To: Rebelbase
....Think it was Sul Ross, not UTEP.
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posted on
02/23/2004 4:53:08 AM PST
by
Rebelbase
(The gravy train makes unscheduled stops.)
To: raloxk
"He is probably resentful that he has not been called upon by the common people to solve all their problems or direct their daily lives."My guess would be that he has offered to do so, frequently, and been rebuffed.
Dumb as they are (?), they're not dumb enough to listen to this "professor."
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02/23/2004 11:57:21 AM PST
by
Redbob
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Quite a pair o' man-breasts he has going there.
MM
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