billikenbill Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 As long as we have a University the basketball team can be proud of, I don’t care about any of the rest of it. NextYearBill likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 1 hour ago, billikenfan05 said: It looks like there will be NO homecoming soccer game. Neither the men nor women are playing at home this weekend. I always felt like the soccer game was a unique aspect of our homecoming weekend. I don’t get it. The men and the women have a double header at Herman tomorrow. Homecoming starts Friday September 27. No men’s home game that weekend. There will be a women’s soccer game and a volleyball game that weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 1 hour ago, Spoon-Balls said: Considering how poor the turnout for homecoming was last year, it seems like the administration just doesn’t even care at this point. You mean for the whole event? Care to elaborate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 1 hour ago, Spoon-Balls said: Considering how poor the turnout for homecoming was last year, it seems like the administration just doesn’t even care at this point. You mean for the whole event? Care to elaborate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Ken Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Derf is a buffoon. Chairman of the Bums is a bozo. SLU is not even in same galaxy as Washington U. BUT, you’d think the way it’s run by leadership they are peers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills_06 Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 SLU comes in at 106 in the WSJ/Times Higher Education Rankings. For reference, Wash U came in at 18, Mizzou at 414. MusicCityBilliken and Glorydays2013 like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Box and Won Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 1 hour ago, Bills_06 said: SLU comes in at 106 in the WSJ/Times Higher Education Rankings. For reference, Wash U came in at 18, Mizzou at 414. That list includes small liberal arts colleges like Williams, Amherst, etc., so our ranking is not too bad. MusicCityBilliken and brianstl like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 20 minutes ago, Box and Won said: That list includes small liberal arts colleges like Williams, Amherst, etc., so our ranking is not too bad. I’m not surprised. SLU is where winners migrate. Box and Won and NextYearBill like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Williams and Amherst are absolutely first tier schools, if they are including small but excellent schools in this list it is great to make 106! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slu let the dogs out? Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 24 minutes ago, Old guy said: Williams and Amherst are absolutely first tier schools, if they are including small but excellent schools in this list it is great to make 106! I've never understood why someone would want to spend $300,000 for a creative writing degree from Wiliams but then again, most of the kids matriculating to Williams didn't have to worry about money in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 3 minutes ago, Slu let the dogs out? said: I've never understood why someone would want to spend $300,000 for a creative writing degree from Wiliams but then again, most of the kids matriculating to Williams didn't have to worry about money in the first place. Why would anyone spend even $100 for an Arts degree that likely leads to nothing more that a long hours low paying job at the mall. It constantly amazes me (that said I am the example of the guy with such a degree that never worked a day in his degree field and has battled that life mistake thereafter). There are guidance counselors and college advisors that likely should be in jail. (My bitterness showing?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Box and Won Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 12 minutes ago, billiken_roy said: Why would anyone spend even $100 for an Arts degree that likely leads to nothing more that a long hours low paying job at the mall. It constantly amazes me (that said I am the example of the guy with such a degree that never worked a day in his degree field and has battled that life mistake thereafter). There are guidance counselors and college advisors that likely should be in jail. (My bitterness showing?) The world needs artists too, Roy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 5 minutes ago, Box and Won said: The world needs starving artists too, Roy. Fixed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 This is from Wikipedia and shows where graduates from Williams have wound up in the course of their lives: "The college has produced many prominent alumni, including 8 Pulitzer Prize winners, a Nobel Prize Laureate, a Fields medalist, 3 chairmen of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 10 billionaire alumni, 71 members of the United States Congress, 22 U.S. Governors, 4 U.S. Cabinet secretaries, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, a President of the United States, 3 prime ministers, CEOs and founders of Fortune 500companies, high-ranking U.S. diplomats, foreign central bankers, scholars in academia, literary and media figures, numerous Emmy, Oscar, and Grammy award winners, and professional athletes. Other notable alumni include 35 Rhodes Scholars,[12] 17 Marshall Scholarship winners,[13] and numerous Watson Fellows and Fulbright scholarship recipients." These kids do not starve unless they choose to do so. If there is a college in the US where power and privilege is a way of life this is it. This place has been ranked #1 among liberal arts colleges for many consecutive years. The value of the contacts that can be made in such a place exceeds Harvard's and Yale's. Please note the number of alumni at high ranking government, law, financial, and corporate levels. It is really amazing what can be done with a liberal arts degree from this place, plus piles of money and contacts. GBL_Bills likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NextYearBill Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 14 minutes ago, Old guy said: This is from Wikipedia and shows where graduates from Williams have wound up in the course of their lives: "The college has produced many prominent alumni, including 8 Pulitzer Prize winners, a Nobel Prize Laureate, a Fields medalist, 3 chairmen of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 10 billionaire alumni, 71 members of the United States Congress, 22 U.S. Governors, 4 U.S. Cabinet secretaries, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, a President of the United States, 3 prime ministers, CEOs and founders of Fortune 500companies, high-ranking U.S. diplomats, foreign central bankers, scholars in academia, literary and media figures, numerous Emmy, Oscar, and Grammy award winners, and professional athletes. Other notable alumni include 35 Rhodes Scholars,[12] 17 Marshall Scholarship winners,[13] and numerous Watson Fellows and Fulbright scholarship recipients." These kids do not starve unless they choose to do so. If there is a college in the US where power and privilege is a way of life this is it. This place has been ranked #1 among liberal arts colleges for many consecutive years. The value of the contacts that can be made in such a place exceeds Harvard's and Yale's. Please note the number of alumni at high ranking government, law, financial, and corporate levels. It is really amazing what can be done with a liberal arts degree from this place, plus piles of money and contacts. 0 members who got laid DirtyRican, AGB91 and RiseOfTheBillikens like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheA_Bomb Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 SLU has issues all around. The engineering department has the Ignite Program for incoming freshman. The students travel to Madrid first semester and visit European engineering firms. Students go to SLU 101 together and you must get your Student Visa at one of the few Spanish consulates. Sounds great, very enticing to an 18 year old. Only problem they only got 3 participants so it was canceled and notified students after deposits were due at other schools and plane tickets purchased to Spanish consulate appointments were already made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgruntledbilliken Posted September 10, 2018 Author Share Posted September 10, 2018 Good news: We are no longer "unranked" by U.S News and World Report. Bad news: we dropped to #106 in the rankings. https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities Loyola Chicago leaped over us and is now tied at #89 with Marquette. This are brand new rankings, published today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juniorbill76 Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 SLU is No. 26 in the category Best Undergraduate Teaching, tied with American University, Georgetown, Northwestern, Tufts and UC-Santa Cruz. (WUSTL and Harvard come in tied for No. 34 in that category with several others.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bk18 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 On 9/10/2018 at 7:49 AM, disgruntledbilliken said: Good news: We are no longer "unranked" by U.S News and World Report. Bad news: we dropped to #106 in the rankings. https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities Loyola Chicago leaped over us and is now tied at #89 with Marquette. This are brand new rankings, published today. is there any historical information on how our rankings have changed over the years. I remember when we were in the 60s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juniorbill76 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 This goes back only to 2008, in two chunks, 2008-2015 and 2012-2019. Sorry for the rough formatting. 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Avg Rank Chg 08 vs 15 St. Louis 82 80 84 86 88 92 101 99 89 - 17 http://publicuniversityhonors.com/2016/09/18/average-u-s-news-rankings-for-126-universities-2010-1017/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juniorbill76 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Can't seem to get the 2012-2019 data to display. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juniorbill76 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 St. Louis 88 92 101 99 96 96 94 106 96.5 -18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 The USNews changed the way the compute they rankings, I think this year. This may be having an effect upon the numerical ranks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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