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For what it's worth, if Valpo adopted the same rules and principles as Liberty I wouldn't allow my kid to go there. While I understand it may look attractive to go to the extreme, that knife cuts both ways.

You are getting lots of feedback here. Maybe take a minute to step away from your defensiveness and do some self-assessment on why your words are hitting as misogynistic. How might your perspective be different if you had a daughter and not a son? Why do you seem to harbor so much anger toward women? What else might it be about the culture of these jobs that lead women to not pursue them?

Healthy endowment management calls for 4-5% annual distribution for general expense use. This number has historically provided for continued growth that weathers the down markets. Using a percentage for tangible use also helps to promote more giving. People want to see their legacy gifts used, not just hidden away.

The kids were woken up by police coming into their rooms with guns drawn screaming at them to put their hands up.

You are mistaken about what it takes to be a valuable player on a team. The team has to run practices and someone has to play the other team. The product on the court is not only a product of the players on the court. That kid did the equivalent of a full time job in addition to his studies in time put in to doing what was asked of him to help the team.

Just because the system is what it is doesn't make it right, good, or ethical.

Huh. I hear that and feel sorry for the student athletes whose lives and careers (both academic and basketball) have been upended through no fault of their own. And to be honest, they will not all end up in a better place or position. The system favors millionaire coaches on the backs of student athletes.

LOUDER FOR THE FOLKS IN THE BACK

I don't think that Valpo can and should survive as a Stem school. I also don't think the sale of the art or the closure of some programs indicate that the university thinks it should or that this means the university doesn't care about liberal arts.

I have been a bit uncomfortable with some of the invective coming from the anti-sale section that seems to take what could be an ethical argument and is using it to ramp up the attacks on Padilla as a person implying some pretty intense things including now that he perhaps liked or manipulated board of directors to get this result.

We have been promised more and more but at the end it just ends up being the same article, with the same names, making the same arguments. I have seen some solutions bandied about that make me think many people have no idea what the actual situation is in higher ed. Lots of "there's got to be a better way to raise 10 million) ignoring a lot of the factors that the big driver for this is Time and Also that our alums only have so much money and at the end of the day Valpo cannot just sit there and beg a lot of our (most likely) old white men donors to fund everything. Other options that include selling something else ignore that you need a buyer for those other things and scaling down is not always good because the main things that are wrong with the dorms are probably the big money drivers (no air, old plumbing, bad windows etc) it's not sustainable. We need to use the assets we have, fundraising, and go aggressively after gov't and grant related funds as well as city partnerships to do this. They tried to lease out old buildings and they're trying to sell land. I'd imagine if they could just sell land for 10 million they would do it, the fact that they haven't might indicate it's not an option at this point.

A museum organization that we are not an official member of (because we are not a real museum) sanctioning us means less to me than a downgrade in our bond rating. I get this is existential in a lot of ways but this is starting to feel like a personal vendetta against the president and that is making me a bit more uncomfortable in this whole thing.

If only the university had some kind of crazy valuable asset that they could sell and shore up the financial stability and, by extenstion, future of the institution?

If the majority of the team is committed to leaving unless the staff is fired then that is probably information the administration should take into consideration. Also, they might be able to give insight into why the current program is the way it is. If there are factors at play that won't be fixed with a change in regime then that is also information the admin should know.

What would it take to get you to stay?

If I were the new AD, I'd be scheduling program evaluations with the players of both programs the day after the season ends. That's the quickest way to find out whether keeping either staff for another year is at all tenable.

It doesn't do the art any good to wait around and be liquidated in bankruptcy. This is a difficult decision, for sure, but is a wise use of assets to help ensure that there is a future for the school. The president is right, while a beautiful asset to have, the museum is not the center of the school's mission. Even art students could be well educated without the museum present on campus at all.

Maybe coach felt like building confidence was the #1 goal of the non-conference schedule? This feels like somebody raining on a parade. Does anyone think they are going to the national championship? No. Let them enjoy it, this is unnecessary.

Likely some mainline Protestants in there, but these numbers don't seem far off from what would be expected for non-religious identifying Gen Z. If they asked for atheist/agnostic or none that would be a high percentage.

Huh? Our women have beaten Power 5 teams just in the last couple of years.

Great take on the WBB program by PO yesterday in The Victory Bell for subscribers.

In his interview with PO, Dr. Small says that the emphasis will be on an exceptional student athlete experience. What changes does the board guess that emphasis would bring?

Creighton's run this year should prove the concept. Not a player over 6'1 and reliance on the three can work.

Creighton seems to be doing just fine running five out so I'm not sure the universal condemnation that the scheme has received on this board is justified.

Agree 100% on freshman housing inhibiting enrollment as well as recruiting.

Can't blame the kid for not wanting to waste a year of eligibility for what may have been marginal pt.

Something to brighten your day!  Max nelson Senior highlights:  I think he will be hard to keep off the floor. https://www.hudl.com/profile/10910422/Maximus-Nelson

Let's be realistic. We all thought Cam Paleese (sp?) would be hard to keep off the floor too. Maximus might red shirt too.

Can't negate the impact of Covid on redshirts. Redshirt used to mean not good enough, now means they are saving him.

Fair enough. It seems that the choice has been made to favor equality between all students over attracting top recruits. It's a decent choice to make as long as everyone is aware that the trade off is there.

While that video is, I'm sure, designed to make Brandt look as appealing as possible (notice lack of bathroom footage) the point is not to compare it to your time on campus but to compare it to the living arrangements that athletes are being offered at other institutions.