Valet_parker_says wrote on February 25, 2009 06:16 PM: A majority of NCAA athletes (including UNLV'ers), at least those who play Division 1 football, basketball and baseball, DO NOT graduate. Those who do have typically majored in ridiculous programs like University Studies. Nevada Taxpayers deserve better. One doesn't have to be as accomplished as Howard Hughes to understand that.

I say drop football and the music program, but keep the marching band.

So Sorry Rebels wrote on February 25, 2009 05:26 PM: Enough already!

Utes Win!

lvnative81 wrote on February 25, 2009 04:39 PM: I went to UNLV on FULL scholarship to play saxophone... Yeah the concerts made a little money, but nothing like the basketball team. Should they get rid of all of the fine arts scholarships/programs too?

THE SNOW DAGGER!!! GET IT DONE TONIGHT JOE!

Rebinreno wrote on February 25, 2009 01:58 PM: Lets go Joe! Get a W in the huntsman tonight. And to your critics that pretend to be "professionals".. get a life!

"I don't know about "high and mighty", but my professional resume speaks for itself."

BS! If you had a job you would not be on the net trying to make others miserable!

MB wrote on February 25, 2009 01:18 PM: You may look at college sports as a "semi-pro" entity that breeds kids to be ready for the NBA or NFL. BUT under your skewed logic It can also bee seen as a "semi-pro" entity that AFFORDS talented kids the opportunity to get a professional degree and in-turn breeds college educated professionals in their respective industries and areas of study.

News flash a very low percentage of college athletes actually go on to become pro in the NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL. The vast majority use the opportunity to get a degree and become pro in life. Lawyers, Businessmen, Doctors, Teachers, Artists etc. Hell even miners, engineers and farmers (see agriculture) lol! Get a clue grumpy old man. This isn’t the 1920’s anymore. Bet, Joe Darger will not be in the NBA. But he will have that University Studies degree in his back pocket to help himself advance in live whether others like you like it or not.

MB wrote on February 25, 2009 01:10 PM: Again I ask. Tell us what you have done and majored in college (if you actually went), in this community, or on a professional level that makes you so high and mighty than the rest! Especially to bash a kid with a talent in basketball that affords him or her the opportunity to go to college and get a Bachelors degree of their choice (University Studies included). Taxpayers are NOT paying for this scholarship. So much hate I sense.

MB wrote on February 25, 2009 12:39 PM: Again I ask. Tell us what you have done and majored in college (if you actually went), in this community, or on a professional level that makes you so high and mighty than the rest! Especially to bash a kid with a talent in basketball that affords him or her the opportunity to go to college and get a Bachelors degree of their choice (University Studies included). Taxpayers are paying for this scholarship. So much hate is sense.

University_Studies_is_a_jock_major wrote on February 25, 2009 12:11 PM: By the way a University Studies Major is a Bachelors degree that many use to get them into Law School, Business School etc for a masters or professional degree!

That could be true, depending on the student and the graduate program applied for. Here is the description of University Studies:

a flexible, well-rounded program of study for traditional students interested in solid general studies curricula.

A major like Math needs no introduction. Something like Artificial Intelligence probably needs a little background for the technically uninitiated. But what the heck is this?

I looked at the requirements. This program has no objective standards. UNS 201, 303, 494-5 are complete jokes. PHIL 102 is not serious philosophy. The Science requirement is pathetic. You could get by with a course less demanding than high school biology.

This major is unworthy of real students. It *is* appropriate for jocks. Why are taxpayers being asked to fund it? Why does UNLV even try to pass it off as a serious academic program? This program is waste, pure-and-simple. It deserves to be cut, along with the athletic teams it services.

RebCam wrote on February 25, 2009 11:41 AM: You're telling me that on your way down to the bottom of this article that you didn't see Darger's picture? I don't know what your profession is and I don't care, what I do know is that you sir, are a liar and an extremist who is barking up the wrong tree. You know damn well that Darger is white and attacking UNLV athletics, especially one that is profitable, is in bad taste and from the wrong angle. I don't particularly care for Jim Rogers either, he's a social commy who thinks that raising taxes indefinitely and throwing money (that isn't his) at problems will solve economic issues.

I'm frustrated just like you but antagonizing UNLV fans at an entertainment forum is not going to further your agenda, you're going to persuade people hate you. Athletics may not have been the state's intent upon it's opening but it brings in much more money than any academic program that UNLV has to offer. As a matter of fact, if you think that the whining and complaining from the students and faculty have been loud lately, you should hear what it would be like had basketball not brought in the money to alleviate (to a high degree) the financial burden that already exists.

Posting everyday is not going to help you, this isn't The Shawshank Redemption.

Forfeit_the_game wrote on February 25, 2009 10:35 AM: Whether UNLV basketball makes money is irrelevant. This is *not* the way UNLV is supposed to be funded.

The Nevada state constitution authorizes the Legislature to create colleges (like UNLV) and specifies how those colleges are to be funded -- through GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS. The state can't operate a semi-professional sports team business as a substitute for taxpayer support any more than it can open a hotel casino for that purpose.

I don't know about "high and mighty", but my professional resume speaks for itself.

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