MBB: Old Dominion Athletic Conference

[jdubyadubya]

STH> I heard VWC got him instead. Just kidding!

Congratulations to Joann Renn, new interim AD at VWC replacing Sonny Travis, who is Emory bound. Joann was asst. AD and formerly women's basketball and tennis coach.

[mybleedinghands]

STH> I heard VWC got him instead. Just kidding!

swooping in late to get a good catch, eh? lol

[jdubyadubya]

I'm curious about something...at what point does a great athlete lose sight of the gifts he has been given and become influenced by external negative factors? What motivates that athlete to move in that negative direction? Can that same athlete successfully redeem himself or is he forever damaged by those external influences?

[mybleedinghands]

randolph-macon must be thrilled right now. they are #12 on the 2008 list of top party schools.

[Jacketlawyer]

randolph-macon must be thrilled right now. they are #12 on the 2008 list of top party schools.

WHAT?

Not that I don't believe ya, Scottie, but show me the link!!!

[tigerfanalso]

Must be a miss print. It has been 25 plus years since I've heard of any talks of R-MC being a party school. I really don't understand that one but I hope it's true for the students sake !!!!

[Jacketlawyer]

Must be a miss print. It has been 25 plus years since I've heard of any talks of R-MC being a party school. I really don't understand that one but I hope it's true for the students sake !!!!

We pretty much rolled in the '80s, but my take on this topic now is that we pretty much aren't!

[mybleedinghands]

http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=6960911

Top 20 Party Schools

1. West Virginia University

2. University of Mississippi

3. University of Texas, Austin

4. University of Florida

5. University of Georgia

6. Penn State University

7. University of New Hampshire

8. Indiana University, Bloomington

9. Ohio University, Athens

10. University of California, Santa Barbara

11. Randolph-Macon College, Va.

12. University of Iowa

13. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

14. University of Maryland, College Park

15. University of Tennessee, Knoxville

16. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

17. Arizona State University

18. Florida State University

19. University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa

20. State University of New York, Albany

Like to hear what parents of prospective RMC students have to say about this knowing what kind of depravity goes along with being a top party school.

[hasanova]

randolph-macon must be thrilled right now. they are #12 on the 2008 list of top party schools.

WHAT?

Not that I don't believe ya, Scottie, but show me the link!!!

I saw it as well.  Scottie is right. 

http://news.aol.com/story/ar/_a/west-virginia-tops-party-school-list/20070821092409990002?ncid=NWS00010000000001

Of course, Guilford made the top lists as well under Best Campus Radio Stations, Is it Food? and (cough) Reefer Madness.   

[mybleedinghands]

i'd like to see if Liberty U. can make the list of best college ladies by playboy like they were a few years ago haha.

[baselinejam]

I'm curious about something...at what point does a great athlete lose sight of the gifts he has been given and become influenced by external negative factors? What motivates that athlete to move in that negative direction? Can that same athlete successfully redeem himself or is he forever damaged by those external influences?

Well in Mr. Vick's case a sincere act of contrition would be a nice start. Maybe some great athletes have always been negative. We read about and watch these people but we don't really know them. I do believe that some very gifted athletes only think in "terms of  me". They never pause to think how blessed they are and they let their hedonistic side take over. So keep your school off the party list.

[sludge]

I'm curious about something...at what point does a great athlete lose sight of the gifts he has been given and become influenced by external negative factors? What motivates that athlete to move in that negative direction? Can that same athlete successfully redeem himself or is he forever damaged by those external influences?

The athlete can redeem himself.  That possibility is always available, as long as one is alive.

[Jacketlawyer]

randolph-macon must be thrilled right now. they are #12 on the 2008 list of top party schools.

WHAT?

Not that I don't believe ya, Scottie, but show me the link!!!

I saw it as well.  Scottie is right. 

http://news.aol.com/story/ar/_a/west-virginia-tops-party-school-list/20070821092409990002?ncid=NWS00010000000001

Of course, Guilford made the top lists as well under Best Campus Radio Stations, Is it Food? and (cough) Reefer Madness.   

I still think it's a flawed statistic.  Little DIII R-MC is up there with all those DI schools?  The only DIII school.  Like to know how they compiled their data.

Not that I'm completely complaining.  Many of the schools on the posted list also happen to be excellent schools academically. 8)

[GoQuakers]

I question a list of party schools that doesn't include the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

[algernon]

A few of our ODAC Schools made the 2008 Princeton Review Lists, for better or for worse:

Washington and Lee University:
  #1 in Lots of Hard Liquor
  #2 in Major Frat and Sorority Scene
  #2 in Little Race/Class Interaction
  #4 in Homogenous Student Population
  #7 in Lots of Beer
  #9 in Alternative Lifestyles Not an Alternative (student rating of discrimination against gays)
  #14 in School Runs Like Butter (student rating of how smooth school is run)
  #19 in Students Most Nostalgic for Ronald Reagan (political conservatism)

Hampden-Sydney College:
  #1 in Alternative Lifestyles Not an Alternative
  #5 in Students Most Nostalgic for Ronald Reagan
  #10 in Most Politically Active
  #14 in Professors Get High Marks
  #15 in Professors Make Themselves Accessible
  #15 in Homogenous Student Population
  #20 in Lots of Hard Liquor

Sweet Briar College:
  #1 in Most Beautiful Campus
  #5 in Best Career/Job Placement Services
  #8 in Professors Make Themselves Accessible
  #10 in Professors Get High Marks
  #13 in Class Discussions Encouraged

Randolph-Macon College:
  #8 in Lots of Beer
  #11 in Party Schools (based on questions about the use of alcohol and drugs, hours of study each day, and the popularity of the Greek system)
  #12 in Major Frat and Sorority Scene

Guilford University:
  #3 in Is It Food? (Based on students' rating of campus food)
  #6 in Great College Radio Stations
  #13 in Reefer Madness

Hollins University:
  #9 in Nobody Plays Intramural Sports
  #13 in Dodgeball Targets (based on questions about intercollegiate sports, intramural sports, and popularity of the Greek system)

Randolph College:
  #14 in Lots of Race/Class Interaction
  #19 in Nobody Plays Intramural Sports

The lists are based solely on what students attending the schools report about their own colleges on an 80-question student survey.