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LSU students forced to pay $200 per semester for flashy new rec center with ‘lazy river’
College FIx ^ | October 17, 2017 | Greg Piper

Posted on 10/17/2017 1:36:01 PM PDT by C19fan

Louisiana State University doesn’t just fire professors when they cuss in classes on teaching K-12 in an urban setting.

It also charges students a relative fortune for an $85 million renovation and expansion of the public university’s recreation center, which now includes a 536-foot “lazy river.”

(Excerpt) Read more at thecollegefix.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: college
Wasn't LSU crying poverty just a year or two ago? Lazy river for lazy students.
1 posted on 10/17/2017 1:36:01 PM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

I guess it’s about 40-50 bucks a month. Gotta keep the little brats in shape i suppose. Doubt that funded construction, that’s just for operations.


2 posted on 10/17/2017 1:39:39 PM PDT by ichabod1 (Smoke does not mean fire when someone threw a smoke grenade.)
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To: C19fan

Now that kids just cut-and-paste their schoolwork off the Internet, there’s no need for a library anymore. Got to spend those rising tuition revenues someplace.


3 posted on 10/17/2017 1:42:36 PM PDT by madprof98
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To: ichabod1

How long before the first box of laundry detergent goes in there?


4 posted on 10/17/2017 1:42:49 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Food coloring in rainbow colors.

Snowflakes will get upset when it all mixes together to be black


5 posted on 10/17/2017 1:51:06 PM PDT by cyclotic (Trump tweets are the only news source you can trust.)
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To: C19fan

It’s great to spend other poeple’s money isn’t it?


6 posted on 10/17/2017 1:51:10 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: C19fan; All

What happened to the adage that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery?


7 posted on 10/17/2017 1:52:02 PM PDT by Amendment10
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To: C19fan

Root of teh problem is is the federal government supplying an unlimited amount for college loans. This means universities can engage in reckless spending, pass the cost to students, who pay via unrestricted borrowing from the Feds. Unfortunately for the students, it takes a long time to pay back when there are few good jobs.


8 posted on 10/17/2017 1:56:23 PM PDT by Wayne07
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To: C19fan

As an old Tulane grad, I am not surprised to see LSU going overboard on student amenities. With exceptions for certain programs and individuals, academics has a relatively weak place at LSU.


9 posted on 10/17/2017 1:59:24 PM PDT by Rockingham
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To: BenLurkin

At one University I attended, the NROTC boys liked to throw dye-marker in the fountain in front of the student union. It’s a beautiful, fluorescent green (for those of you unfamiliar with it). I liked the effect ... the PTB were less enthusiastic.


10 posted on 10/17/2017 2:02:34 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: C19fan

That’s probably better deal than this school: https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2017/07/11/dorm-cost-bethune-cookman-306-million

Sorry, couldn’t find the FR thread about it.


11 posted on 10/17/2017 2:04:51 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: BenLurkin

LOL!

Bubble bath crystals!

Party On!


12 posted on 10/17/2017 2:07:54 PM PDT by Taxman (Replace the income tax with the FAIRtax and abolish the IRS!)
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To: BenLurkin
Isn't laundry detergent HE (low-foaming) for front loaders nowadays?

Probably best to use Dawn. Good for oily seabirds, fisherman's clothes, and probably all the bums that will come in to use the "facilities".

13 posted on 10/17/2017 2:08:32 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: cyclotic

Why would they be upset? We all know by now that BPM (Black Pools Matter).


14 posted on 10/17/2017 2:08:36 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: C19fan
p20

And then you lose to Troy University...

15 posted on 10/17/2017 2:23:13 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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