Why do we hate our students!!!

[JamesTheJeweler]

Now that's a great idea! Let's take the one spot that makes quality merchandise and have them risk getting their license pulled. Take the blinders off and look at the full situation and possible outcomes. You really are the smartest man in the room.

Thanks for proving our point that the administration is the gestapo. Actively looking to shut down anything that isn't under their control. Honestly. Your takes have kinda made you the "not smartest" person in the room. Have you ever held an independent thought apart from the administration? Serious question.

[JamesTheJeweler]

“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”

― C. S. Lewis

Mere Christianity or screwtape letters?

[ManAboutTown]

Now that's a great idea! Let's take the one spot that makes quality merchandise and have them risk getting their license pulled. Take the blinders off and look at the full situation and possible outcomes. You really are the smartest man in the room.

Anyone who took that very obvious joke seriously is a blithering idiot. Not surprising that you did. You have a sense of humor on par with Joe Scaroborough.

[JamesTheJeweler]

Martin Hall, as usual, is doing their best to kill the future donor base, or more accurately to abort it in the third trimester. Since 1973 virtually every decision from Martin Hall affecting student and/or alumni engagement with the University has been to discourage engagement. When all us old geezers [I am class off 1974] are gone, MH will look around and see no donors and no fans ..... and promptly blame the few that remain for the demise of the donor/fan base.

And cjr3888 will still be here defending them.

[ManAboutTown]

Martin Hall, as usual, is doing their best to kill the future donor base, or more accurately to abort it in the third trimester. Since 1973 virtually every decision from Martin Hall affecting student and/or alumni engagement with the University has been to discourage engagement. When all us old geezers [I am class off 1974] are gone, MH will look around and see no donors and no fans ..... and promptly blame the few that remain for the demise of the donor/fan base.

It's already happening. All you have to do is look at the people they're (the admin) sending out to excuse this or lie about it. It's ALWAYS the fans fault.

[cjr3888]

And cjr3888 will still be here defending them.

I don't recall defending anyone but continue with the blinders. I've pointed out both sides and offered some possible solutions.

[cjr3888]

Thanks for proving our point that the administration is the gestapo. Actively looking to shut down anything that isn't under their control. Honestly. Your takes have kinda made you the "not smartest" person in the room. Have you ever held an independent thought apart from the administration? Serious question.

Why yes I have. Go look and see that I haven't defended the Administration anywhere when it comes to this decision. Make sure to finish everyone in that circle jerk you, MAT, and some others have going on.

[RedTails]

Students go where the drinking is.. We used to drive to BR on Saturdays because LSU's student tailgating was a free for all. We weren't there supporting LSU -- never attended a game -- we were there because it was a wild college party in every direction.

Then come to Cajun Field and wander around the parking lot , and if you manage to get your hands on a beer there's plenty of cops to write you an MIP.

It's amazing to watch a university named Louisiana Ragin Cajuns lean so hard away from everything that that name would imply.

This. I went across the basin a few times as a HS senior and as a freshman in college to hang out with friends at a frat tailgate. $10 got us a wristband to drink from the kegs and ski shots.

[CajunVic]

The Bird has been solicited to provide the following message from the inside . . .

Dean Lindsay and Perez are everything that's wrong with UL's student life and Greek life system. Over the years they have made decisions that have hamstrung UL's Greek Life, particularly the fraternities constantly.

Dean Lindsay to start things off got kicked out of Miss State Greek Life after the Miss State Greek Alums ran her off because she was destroying their Greek Life. That is who we are dealing with first and foremost. Why UL thought it was a good idea to hire her to run student life and oversee Greek Life in a way is beyond me, but that is Martin Hall at its finest.

I am also not sure why everyone is so shocked at why we keep having issues on a constant basis with these two. The issue is a clear culture difference. Everyone has to realize that the inner workings, administration, of universities are extremely left leaning and liberal. Fraternities are the exact opposite of that. When you have one side creating the policies for the other and their cultures are so wildly different you will get the issues we have today.

They have been bad in the past with fraternities, but I believe 2017 is where they got their chance to really crack down on fraternities as a whole. In 2017 Max Gruver died at LSU, which was horrific and terrible. This happened on a Thursday and on Monday they called a "Student Leader Meeting" to discuss the events over the weekend with us. You were better off calling this a "Bash UL Frats Meeting"

They spent the entire meeting publicly bashing fraternities, telling the sorority girls to go to our houses for events / parties and report back to them everything they saw. They even publicly said at this meeting this also goes for the NPHC's organizations which are the African-American frats / sororities. I recall their members openly laughing after the meeting at the fact they said this because they knew they can't police them whatsoever.

The result of this meeting? 5 / 10 of the frats on campus were suspended the very next week. Students pay to join these organizations for a variety of reasons, but the most fun and main aspects are to participate in tailgating / homecoming. When you suspend half the organizations and drag your feet for a month to "investigate" you will get some frustration because they interfered with us participating in those events. Social? Gone! Bus Trip? Gone! Tailgates? Gone! Semi-Formal? Gone! All while they "investigate".

Covid got them off the hook a little bit with people forgetting about them, but my God these people are DESTROYING Greek Life at UL. It is something every single year. I am doing nothing, but pointing out the obvious as well. I am glad this is finally coming to peoples' attention about how bad they are at their jobs of helping grow Greek Life which should entirely be the point of their job.

[VObserver]

It's already happening. All you have to do is look at the people they're (the admin) sending out to excuse this or lie about it. It's ALWAYS the fans fault.

It is their regular MO; taken directly from Chairman Mao.