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Revealed: The LEAST happy university campuses in America with Xavier University in New Orleans [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^ | August 7, 2019 | Tim Stickings

Posted on 08/07/2019 10:51:29 AM PDT by C19fan

Xavier University of Louisiana has been named the unhappiest university campus in America, keeping the unwanted title for a second consecutive year.

The liberal arts college in New Orleans, which describes itself as the only historically black and Catholic college in the United States, came top of the Princeton University Rankings 'Least Happy Students' table for 2020.

The table ranks universities by students' responses to the statement: 'I am happy at my school'.

The more students strongly disagree with the statement, the lower the university is ranked.

Simmons University in Boston was second in the unhappiness table, followed by Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: college
Top 10:

Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans Simmons University, Boston, Massachusetts Seton Hall University, New Jersey United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland St John's University, New York Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago Pace University, New York Queens College, City University of New York The University of Texas at Dallas University of Tennessee-Knoxville

If I attended college in dumps like Jamaica, NY and East Orange, NJ I would be unhappy too. I surprised Annapolis made the list. One would think the Middies would know they were getting into. Simmons is a womens college in Boston. So I guess having no men around would make up unhappy too. What is up with UT-Knoxville?

1 posted on 08/07/2019 10:51:29 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

Football is down at UT right now.


2 posted on 08/07/2019 10:57:49 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: C19fan
Of course Xavier is the least happy campus in America. They were a number one seed in the NCAA tourney last year and got knocked out in the second round.

Oh, wrong Xavier...

3 posted on 08/07/2019 10:58:06 AM PDT by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: C19fan

How about a list of the most happy college campuses?


4 posted on 08/07/2019 11:03:38 AM PDT by Innovative
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To: C19fan

Annapolis is fourth?

Damnit.

What do they have to be unhappy about?

Oh.

Yeah.

They’re not Army.


5 posted on 08/07/2019 11:06:53 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: C19fan

When I went to Tulane, the campus wasn’t very happy... but the bars that surrounded the campus were VERY happy.


6 posted on 08/07/2019 11:12:05 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob ("Other People's Money" = The life blood of Liberalism)
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To: C19fan

All these years later New Orleans is still struggling to recover from Katrina. I’m sure that makes being a student there a less than happy experience.

I have a friend whose son turned down a lucrative scholarship at Tulane because the town was still more or less in disaster mode.


7 posted on 08/07/2019 11:16:50 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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To: C19fan

I don’t give a crap at all how happy they are.

Tell me how long engine life is in motors their mechanical engineers design.

How long does it take to construct buildings their architects design, what is the cost per square foot, and will they still be standing without requiring renovation sixty years from now.

How good are their doctors?

I want graduates who perform difficult mental tasks well. I don’t care if they are happy, sad, or freaking head over heels in love. Their emotional state is of no interest to me.


8 posted on 08/07/2019 11:19:58 AM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: C19fan
The Key to Unhappiness - Dennis Prager (a 5-minute jewel)

9 posted on 08/07/2019 11:32:17 AM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion (Socialism is cynicism directed towards society and - correspondingly - naivete towards government.)
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To: C19fan

If i lived in swampland I wouldn’t be happy either.


10 posted on 08/07/2019 12:03:38 PM PDT by GSWarrior (I am a victim of racism every time I am called a racist because of my race.)
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To: C19fan

They hate being called “Middies”.


11 posted on 08/07/2019 12:10:18 PM PDT by A strike (Import third world become third world)
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To: Innovative; C19fan

RE: How about a list of the most happy college campuses?

This was from August 2017 ( this should not change by much today ):

SOURCE: https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/g11438356/happiest-college-students/

These 20 Colleges Have the Happiest Students

1 Vanderbilt University — Nashville, TN.

2 Rice University — Houston, TX. ...

3 University of Oklahoma — Norman, OK. ...

4 Tulane University — New Orleans, LA. ...

5 College of William and Mary — Williamsburg, VA. ...

6 Kansas State University — Manhattan, KS. ...

7 Colby College — Waterville, ME. ...

8 Saint Anselm College — Manchester, NH.

9. University of Iowa — Iowa City, IA

10. Clemson University — Clemson, SC

11. St. John’s College (MD) — Annapolis, MD

12. University of Dayton — Dayton, OH

13. Fairfield University — Fairfield, CT

14. University of California-Santa Barbara — Santa Barbara, CA

15 University of Vermont — Burlington, VT

16. Washington College — Chestertown, MD

17. Auburn University — Auburn, AL

18. Hobart and William Smith Colleges — Geneva, NY

19. Virginia Tech — Blacksburg, VA

20. Clark University — Worcester, MA


12 posted on 08/07/2019 12:28:34 PM PDT by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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To: blueunicorn6

You are not supposed to be happy at the academy...it’s like four years of boot camp...with calculus!


13 posted on 08/07/2019 1:01:47 PM PDT by major_gaff (University of Parris Island, Class of '84)
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To: blueunicorn6
I went to the Naval Academy many moons ago. From my limited knowledge of the current situation, the reason people are unhappy is they feel that they are part of a Naval social experiment to be inclusive.

If you look at the alumni magazine articles you would think that the place is half female with a large mix of minorities, but if you look at the class sections you see the overwhelming majority are white guys. So how would you feel if your school was actively trying to minimize your contributions and presence?

14 posted on 08/07/2019 1:07:30 PM PDT by fini
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To: SeekAndFind

Two of my kids went to #7 Colby. It’s way up in Maine in an old mill town but it’s a spectacular campus and the kids love it. My soon to be senior grandson is considering going there.


15 posted on 08/07/2019 1:08:16 PM PDT by surrey
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To: C19fan

To all the brave and noble graduates of The United States Naval Academy:

“I must go down to the seas again
To the sea and the lonely sky
And all I ask is a tall ship
And a star to steer her by.”


16 posted on 08/07/2019 1:24:41 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: MrEdd

We agree. And on that score, Xavier does fairly well:

https://www.niche.com/colleges/xavier-university-of-louisiana/rankings/


17 posted on 08/07/2019 1:30:15 PM PDT by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel and NRA Life Member)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

The town is in a bowl next to the ocean.
That’s why the biggest song about New Orleans is called “Basin Street Blues.”


18 posted on 08/07/2019 3:44:38 PM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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