In other news (apolitical thread)...

[Gigem]

It probably wasn’t even that long ago, probably the 70’s, that UT wasn’t even that hard or even easy to get into. Like a lot of current SEC schools are now. Same thing for A&M up until the 80’s. 

[utee94]

They both serve to educate the people of this state. Split the rest of the hairs however you want. Most of the country bumpkins from the Valley and other less competitive schools will be flunked out in 1-2 semesters anyways.

All of the state universities in Texas serve to educate the people of the state. And yet they all have different missions. I'm not sure what your point is. 

As for flunking out, it doesn't really matter when they have to let in the following year's crop of country bumpkins.  

[GopherRock]

SFBadger96
SFIrish96
SFGopher29

:-)

SFGopher29 has a rather nice ring to it   What college is he going into here?

As for the weather, it gets cold in both Minneapolis and Ann Arbor. However, having spent a fair bit of time in/around AA in the winter, I've noticed that it's much more gray in Michigan and Ohio in the winter because it rarely gets super cold. In Minnesota, it's both sunnier, much drier, and much colder. Cold Canadian high pressure systems (dba the polar vortex) leave the air too cold to hold much moisture.

Even with tunnels in some places on campus, SFGopher will still have to be walking into a stiff, cold northwest wind when it's in the teens below zero. Hello Minnesota!

My application to the U of M today with my high school credentials would have been fed to the shredder without a cursory look.

All kidding aside, congrats to your kid. Let me know if/when you come up here for the Axe. 

[SFBadger96]

He will start with CLA (and probably stay there). He's planning Army ROTC (like mom and dad), so he doesn't really need a technical degree to start, as his first job out of college will likely be wearing green. Put in for Super Block for housing (17 as the backup).

As for the weather, do we blame it on the Dakotas or Canada? In the current political climate, we should probably be blaming Canada (cue South Park), but I did hear some people in Minneapolis last weekend calling it a Dakotas thing.

 

[847badgerfan]

What is CLA?

[SFBadger96]

College of Liberal Arts. The place you study Political Science, and associated humanities like that. (SFGopher thinks it will be Political Science.)

[GopherRock]

Yup, College of Liberal Arts. Also, I wasn't sure what the 17 building was, but then I realized that when I was in college 20+ years ago, the lot at 1701 University was an old church building that the U was sitting on trying to figure out what to do with.

He will start with CLA (and probably stay there). He's planning Army ROTC (like mom and dad), so he doesn't really need a technical degree to start, as his first job out of college will likely be wearing green. Put in for Super Block for housing (17 as the backup).

As for the weather, do we blame it on the Dakotas or Canada? In the current political climate, we should probably be blaming Canada (cue South Park), but I did hear some people in Minneapolis last weekend calling it a Dakotas thing.

Blame Canada  The storms that dump the biggest snowfalls here actually come from Texas.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panhandle_hook

[MikeDeTiger]

Another reason you should not ever move to Texas.

Thank You For Your Support.  

[MikeDeTiger]

The last name of one of the guys I work with is Hebert, and he tells me his family has been in setx for 3 generations but are originally from Louisiana (I knew that from the name) and he's pretty feisty about his heritage.  I was ribbing him one day about not being a real Louisianan and he took it way more seriously than I intended so I just hushed about it.  After all, I'd asked him how he pronounced "boudin" and he said it correctly (Texans notoriously do not say the word like a Louisianan does). 

But I never heard him say his last name until yesterday.  On a call he said his name was *firstname* Hee-bert.  I raised my eyebrows and made a mental note that this guy is in no way Cajun and mentally revoked his claimed Louisiana status.   

[847badgerfan]

How is it supposed to be said?

[jgvol]

How is it supposed to be said?

A Bear.

[utee94]

I say boo-dan.  Not sure how it's properly pronounced in coonass talk.

[MikeDeTiger]

I say boo-dan.  Not sure how it's properly pronounced in coonass talk.

You've passed the Texans test.  Neither of us are surprised 

[utee94]

You've passed the Texans test.  Neither of us are surprised

OK.  Thanks for continuing to be obtuse.  You still haven't told us how YOU pronounce it.