Ugh, that’s the same crap they pulled when Swearingen was president. In the late 80s, they actually won a national football championship in a lower division...so what did Swearingen do? Ramped it up to 1A so they could play teams they had NO business playing. They sunk a lot of money into Malone Stadium, trying to…

Yep. I am SO glad he didn’t make it any further than he did in the presidential race and that Trump didn’t give him any sort of position in his administration. What he did to Louisiana is absolutely criminal.

You’re right. Monroe needs a massive face-lift/brain transplant in general. The university is vital to the area and most people don’t even realize it. It’s usually really inaccurate to try to blame one person for so many problems, but in this case, Jindal was so spectacularly destructive, it’s definitely the case. All…

I agree! The professors have always been the strength of ULM. I also hate hearing people tear it apart, especially knowing how good points it really does have.

Bobby Jindal certainly did his best to ruin Louisiana. I really hope Edwards is able to fix things; he’s got an uphill battle. A year in and he’s had to deal with the budget mess, massive flooding all over the state (beginning with the entire northern half of the state being under water for pretty much all of March,…

It survived Lawson Swearingen. Hopefully this too shall pass.

I noted in another post that I have been out of state in a grad program for a while, but when I was there, the ULM I knew was exactly as described. It was definitely on the rise, and it sounds like it was doing fine until Bobby Jindal came along. I am from the area; the area itself isn’t great, but ULM has (had?) a…

I’ve been in a cave working on a graduate degree for the past seven years or so, so I’ve been out of the loop. I had no idea things had gotten bad there. It was so strong when I was there. Fuck Bobby Jindal.

Well that is a fucking tragedy. I didn’t know that. =\ The last I knew it was still going but I’ve been in a cave for about seven years doing a terminal degree so I am out of the loop on a lot of things.

The community isn’t thrilled about it. There is a thriving academic community in Monroe, largely because of the university, which is actually a decent school with some really strong programs. Unfortunately, too many administrations in many public colleges and universities are running things more like a business these…

If it’s any comfort, the community isn’t too happy about it.

This college has actually been a hidden gem. South Louisiana tends to turn its nose up at anything in north Louisiana, but this small university has been chugging along despite being virtually ignored and a frequent target for cuts. There is a thriving academic community in Monroe, mostly based around ULM. It’s not…

Mitch McConnell is at the top of my list. His red-eyed, weak-chinned, wobbly face is so full of smug I can’t help but want to punch him. He’s that asshole who spews shit and then hides behind anything he can while sticking his tongue out at whoever the shit hit.

You’re not supposed to beat your kids, either. The “rod” referred to wasn’t supposed to be like a billy club or something, but a shepherd’s crook. Shepherd’s don’t make a habit of beating their sheep. They use their rod to guide and direct the sheep, making sure they stay out of danger. When needed, they hook them and…

The Bible definitely doesn’t say to isolate gay kids, put them in camps run by sadistic, abusive, hateful people who want to beat them for being gay, or that being gay is the absolute worst possible sin ever like these people try to preach. You don’t see people sending their kids off to camps because they’re vicious…

Scott’s Tots.

Right?!? Who else could he be hinting at, lol!

So my thoughts on Bill Maher...in World War Z (the novel), one of the stories of the world as the zombie apocalypse was in its throes was about how a man and woman each well-known for their scathing politics and who often fought on-screen were locked away in some celbrity millionaire’s compound with a lot of other…

Just think of all the other Hamlets, like Simba and Jax Teller.

Lol, I first saw Titus waaaay back when right after it first hit the shelves at Blockbuster. I was so disturbed that I ejected the tape WITHOUT REWINDING! and took it back to the store then and there!