GBL_Bills Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 https://www.slu.edu/news/2018/august/record-fundraising-year.php My takeaway points: Dr. Chaifetz is the best thing to happen to this university since Ignatius founded the Order. We need to wheelbarrow some of that cash over to Ford and co. Pestello ain't goin' nowhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BourbanStreet Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Is it adjusted for inflation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 considering the show put on my pesty, stormy, krafty and the BoT, this is actually alarming. or does it say that the majority of slu benefactors dont have a clue what is going on with the billiken basketball and athletic department, which goes miles towards my statement of why the BoT wont give the athletic department the funds to do improvements and upgrades for the overall department. pesty, stormy, krafty and the BoT did a horrible job last year with the whole fiasco of cheerleadergate. and for that they are rewarded with their greatest fund raising year in history? like i said, that isnt right. that is permission for business as usual. drkelsey55, AGB91, CBFan and 1 other like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBL_Bills Posted August 9, 2018 Author Share Posted August 9, 2018 I don't want to re-hash Sit 2 here, but a few scenarios that could help explain the fundraising. Majority of the SLU donors don't care about the basketball team all that much and weren't even following Sit 2. This is supported by the newslink article quote stating that most of the donations went straight to academic programs, scholarships, etc. SLU donors supported the university's handling of Sit 2, and Sit 2 didn't negatively affect their desire to donate. Or, the fundraising isn't all that impressive outside of Chaifetz's $27 million, and nothing really has changed whatsoever in terms of donors. Just a higher blip in the normal noise of donations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufan13 Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 200 year anniversary is always going to help with donations. Pestello is a d!.ck brianstl and LindellWest like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBL_Bills Posted August 9, 2018 Author Share Posted August 9, 2018 6 minutes ago, slufan13 said: 200 year anniversary is always going to help with donations. Pestello is a d!.ck Duh. Forgot the most obvious one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 regardless got to hand it to the BoT. they have obviously done a wonderful job of ignoring and deflecting and distracting the donor base from the work of pesty, stormy and krafty last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM28 Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 They better start raising more money to cover the cost of lawsuits. Brighton likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRN Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 With the tax reform bill many donors may have upped their amounts before it went into effect for 2018, too. TheChosenOne, brianstl, rgbilliken and 4 others like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 38 minutes ago, slufan13 said: 200 year anniversary is always going to help with donations. Pestello is a d!.ck 7 minutes ago, TRN said: With the tax reform bill many donors may have upped their amounts before it went into effect for 2018, too. These are the answers. TheChosenOne and Zink like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindellWest Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 56 minutes ago, slufan13 said: 200 year anniversary is always going to help with donations. Pestello is a d!.ck Glad Dr C is on board. Can’t wait for basketball to start Brighton likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Box and Won Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 I kinda thought people would be happy about this. GBL_Bills likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almaman Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 3 hours ago, billiken_roy said: considering the show put on my pesty, stormy, krafty and the BoT, this is actually alarming. or does it say that the majority of slu benefactors dont have a clue what is going on with the billiken basketball and athletic department, which goes miles towards my statement of why the BoT wont give the athletic department the funds to do improvements and upgrades for the overall department. pesty, stormy, krafty and the BoT did a horrible job last year with the whole fiasco of cheerleadergate. and for that they are rewarded with their greatest fund raising year in history? like i said, that isnt right. that is permission for business as usual. BoT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 board of trustees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almaman Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Oh. Just giving u grief on your initial thing bored, less than 3 months. Can’t wait Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quality Is Job 1 Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 If you want to see a picture of irony in the dictionary: 7 minutes ago, almaman said: BoT? 3 minutes ago, billiken_roy said: board of trustees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 18 minutes ago, almaman said: Oh. Just giving u grief on your initial thing bored, less than 3 months. Can’t wait Initials and abbreviations and acronyms are not the same. Besides BoT goes better with the nicknames of the 3 amigos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SluSignGuy Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 1 hour ago, billiken_roy said: Initials and abbreviations and acronyms are not the same. Besides BoT goes better with the nicknames of the 3 amigos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almaman Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 2 hours ago, billiken_roy said: Initials and abbreviations and acronyms are not the same. Besides BoT goes better with the nicknames of the 3 amigos I C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBL_Bills Posted August 9, 2018 Author Share Posted August 9, 2018 BoT is an acronym if Roy pronounces it “bot” while he’s typing it. It would be an initialism if he pronounces it “Be Oh Tee.” Either way, it’s clearly not showing the board the respect they deserve LindellWest, QUAILMAN and almaman like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindellWest Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 4 hours ago, Box and Won said: I kinda thought people would be happy about this. Happy for the university I love, but Pestello continues to be a disappointment in my eyes. A poor leader, benefiting from the success SLU is seeing in spite of his leadership, not due to it. The Jim Crews of university presidents. Time will tell, and basketball can’t come soon enough. A good SLU basketball team will be good for STL. It may be the right time in history for SLU to finally turn the corner many of us have been waiting for, and if that means putting up with Pestello, then I guess so be it. Doesn’t mean I’ve changed my opinion of him or forgotten how things were handled. TheChosenOne, Spoon-Balls and brianstl like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 1 hour ago, GBL_Bills said: BoT is an acronym if Roy pronounces it “bot” while he’s typing it. It would be an initialism if he pronounces it “Be Oh Tee.” Either way, it’s clearly not showing the board the respect they deserve The fact our BoT handled S2 as they did they deserve zero respect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 FTN is an acronym used in the Army to refer to the Navy. The Navy has a similar acronym that ends in A and is used to refer to the Army. A common acronym used in the Naval Academy is BOHICA it stands for "Bend Over Here It Comes Again." Some Admiral is said to have named a USN seagoing tugboat the USS BOHICA. Acronyms are fun. For those of you who work at an office you know that "YCDBSOYA." Spoon-Balls likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quality Is Job 1 Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 1 hour ago, Old guy said: FTN is an acronym used in the Army to refer to the Navy. The Navy has a similar acronym that ends in A and is used to refer to the Army. A common acronym used in the Naval Academy is BOHICA it stands for "Bend Over Here It Comes Again." Some Admiral is said to have named a USN seagoing tugboat the USS BOHICA. Acronyms are fun. For those of you who work at an office you know that "YCDBSOYA." Technically, other than BOHICA, none of the sets of initials you used in your post is an acronym. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufanskip Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 40 minutes ago, Quality Is Job 1 said: Technically, other than BOHICA, none of the sets of initials you used in your post is an acronym. USN? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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