Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Joy of this, Joy of that Date: 15 Dec 2024 00:33:15 GMT Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: <77a225ca-c45c-dd19-fc45-e2de5f7963be@example.net> <12bd40ae-a14e-7772-cb7a-5bf427664dec@example.net> <1a9e8e48-13eb-8276-cd59-1a31218d1dfb@example.net> <698b7064-5f49-d7b5-39e7-c18a513154ef@example.net> <73f2019d-9a05-68eb-c3f6-e88a32fd334f@example.net> <367885be-9825-94b4-cd4e-c3a2684bc29c@example.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net IvfeDkS8OfujbL4gDVMDlA3dJJXvEC9mgYKIjHaJVaSCWI8Q03 Cancel-Lock: sha1:5KPftxcL7sxRkECrxd/dnO/GhqM= sha256:e3HIJlpTThd1QZNmiHoXJfwthUVnnc99vKlU3X3vhGA= User-Agent: Pan/0.149 (Bellevue; 4c157ba) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:62431 On Sat, 14 Dec 2024 19:59:49 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > ArtStudents™ all... Definitely. Keeping with the times the oldest technological institute in the US was trying to reinvent itself as a university and wanted to broaden the horizons of STEM philistines so they would bring speakers and performances on campus. Long after I graduated they completely jumped the shark. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Experimental_Media_and_Performing_Arts_Center That would be fine but their rating slipped from the top 3 to somewhere in the middle of the pack. They're putting a lot of emphasis on a degree program in video gaming and hope to revitalize the local economy with gaming companies. I'm not much of a gamer but I do realize the industry rakes in money like porn sites so maybe they're on to something. At least the DEI president who was once the highest paid private school president is gone. They didn't get their money's worth. She checked off the black and female boxes but afaik she wasn't a lesbian. Alumni association emails go directly to the junk folder.