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Let's put it this way... I'd happily move my family to Nebraska, if the job opportunity was right. I will not move to Illinois, let alone Chicago.

Went to UNL and UNO for criminal justice and decided to change my major. Wanted to do something in health care, but not to be a doctor. Most big schools do not offer anything in allied health care: surgical technology, radiologic technology, respiratory therapist, etc. They have nursing and med school, but not much else. So I went to Nebraska Methodist College to study radiologic technology. Its just one building designed specifically for nursing and the allied health professions. Expensive as crap, but they only accept a few students each year, so its nice low class sizes and they had enough clinical sites (hospitals, small clinics, etc.) that Id be the only student there to learn. By the time I enrolled, I was already 23, so I didn't really care about the extracurricular activities that college provides. I was there to get my degree and get started with my career. Good school if you are looking to get into health care. Will probably go back there to get certified in MRI, CT or health care administration. My daughter is currently enrolled at the RAD Tech program at St. Luke's in Sioux City. You just described her program to the letter. She has 1 year left. I hope she can find a job. They're constantly posting rad tech positions here in Cleveland... FYI.

I can see the point with regard to effective parenting. Several years ago, I was the instructor for about 50 college freshmen/sophomores in their intro molecular biology course. At the end of the semester, right after grades were released, this 19-year old kid's friggin parents show up, yelling at me that their precious offspring deserves an A. I told them their offspring needed to be present for that discussion, since he's an adult and privacy rules apply. Oddly enough, they didn't come back. Too bad, because then I could have explained how offspring goofed off in the lab all semester, never came to office hours, or made an appointment to see me at another time--I was in the lab seven days a week, so all the students had an open invite to come talk things through, and we could even run through lab demos one-on-one--and I caught him plagiarizing. So no. No "A" for little offspring. There was a kid in the same section. Total meathead. Dumb as a stump. Put in the time and effort, and by the end of the semester, he knew the material better than just about anyone in the room. And the concepts behind it, so he could think his way through the reasoning questions on the exam. If I impart no other knowledge to my daughters, they will know that you have to work for what you want. When you fail, that just means it's time to work some more. And do it better/smarter this time. And ask for help if you need it.

I have a little 20g tank. Not going with anything bigger until the kids are old enough that I can trust them not to do something tragic to it. I've got it stocked with tiger barbs (aka the Sea Pigs), cory cats, an oto, and a blue gourami. Bob the gourami and the sea pigs spend their time glaring at each other from behind various plants, so they don't have time to pester the catfish.

Ohio State for undergrad. Loved every minute of it. Michigan State for grad school. Faculty and administration turned out to be shady as... Well, you know the rest. I still follow the sports, and have a lot of great friends, but that place won't see a dime from me. Cleveland State for more grad school. It's cheap and easy, and my employer was willing to pay half if I went there. Not much else to say.

Realized I never got in on this thread. I think. Out of Staters: Where do you currently live? Cleveland-ish, OH Where have you lived the longest? 4 cornfields south of Youngstown OH Where has been your favorite place to live/visit? Lived in MI for 5 years (sucked), but did enjoy camping on the UP. Where is your ideal place to live? Someplace much less urban. Work: What is your current occupation? Clinical research compliance manager What has been your best job ever? Current Worst job? Graduate research fellow.

Best in the world! We're #1! We're #1! I would be interested to see these indexed to cost of living. As far as prices in general, the entire thing is a steaming pile. I work in the clinical research arm of one of the big hospitals in Cleveland, and I can tell you two scary things: 1. Medicare/Medicaid pays out $0.18 on each dollar billed in my area. If the number of people using these services increases as planned, our options will be to turn away all but emergencies or shut our doors. 2. Medical research has slowed dramatically. There just aren't many major new drugs in the pipelines, especially when it comes to antibiotics. The bacteria are outpacing us, and we are going to see uncontrollable infections with increasing frequency. On the other hand, some of the biological trials out there are very interesting. The gene therapy trials are mind-bogglingly clever, and with my background in genetic engineering, i must say I'm impressed by how simple some of the vectors are. There's also one for inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis,etc that involves eating worm eggs to treat the disease. I haven't seen any data on how it's working, but from the number of entries on clinicaltrials.gov, I'm guessing it is promising.

Problem is, there are few things more potentially divisive than a QB controversy. Hopefully one sets himself apart in camp, and the rest of the offense performs up to standard. The last thing they need is for the team to start picking sides...

Add Michigan State to the contenders. They always schedule a tough non-con to build experience for the season.

I only skimmed the thread, so I apologize if I happen to re-tread old ground, but I think recent stadium expansions have done a disservice to the fans. I would love to see an expansion accompanied with a (modest) decrease in ticket prices. Let's face it: the new seats are hardly optimally placed, and much of the actual profit from the games is generated by concessions and memorabilia sales, both of which would get a healthy boost from the greater access afforded by increased stadium capacity and concomitant increase in "casual" fan access and buy-in. Unfortunately, the ridiculous cost of the expansion, and the rising cost of simply operating the program probably relegate the idea to the land of "Not feasible."

I haven't been around much lately--it's been ridiculously busy around here--but I wanted to drop by and make it official. Welcome to the B1G, Huskers! Here's to many years of great competition (I'll hoist one in your honor tonight)!

... if you think something as simple as star players being able to drive loaner cars is isolated to Ohio State you are incredibly naive. It shouldn't surprise you at all if there are players on Nebraska that occasionally drive loaner cars. According to the report it is perfectly legal for a ball player to get a loaner car if he is test driving it or his car is in the shop (which according the story was the case, as unbelievable as that may be) moral of the story...this happens so much at big time schools it is almost looked upon as common and okay practice. I'm sorry--it's not nice of me to pick out just a small part of your post and gripe, it's just that I get upset any time I hear a variation on the "everyone does it" theme. I don't care if it's commonplace. I want the program at my university to be clean. Sparkling. Not even in the gray areas. That said, one of the reasons OSU gets into so many of these situations is that they are good about self-reporting. It provides the press and the populace in general with plenty of fodder, but it keeps the NCAA happy. That's one of the reasons the hammer doesn't fall despite all the repeated incidents. I work with safety and compliance types on a pretty regular basis (not NCAA, just to be clear), and the thing they value most is an open, honest, and ongoing dialogue. Of course, I'd much prefer if the athletes would quit doing stupid things, and I fervently hope that there's no iceberg under the surface. I'm not naive enough to believe there isn't someone out there with his hand out, or someone willing to pay him, I just hope the system is in place to prevent it. Failing that, nail the little ******* to the wall.

Not trying to do anything but tell a related story here, but I had a similar experience with Miami fans in Columbus this year. While the ones near our seats were cool as could be, the visitors' section booed Ohio State's alma mater, and started chants during the national anthem and moment of silence (game was on 9/11) as well. I don't know what possesses people, causing them to act like... well, insert imaginative epithet here. I wish I never saw it from my own fanbase, but I do, and no matter how many times you tell a person to act his age, there's always another drunken idiot to replace him...

The difference is there's no concept of fairness for schools competing for students while there is for athletics. All members of the NCAA have agree to a set of rules designed to promote a modicum of fairness in sports. So while a gifted student may be showered with scholarships, stipends, private housing etc. athletes are all subject to the same rules on benefits. Rules which are in place largely as a response to the wild excesses and win at all cost attitude of the 1980s. I realize athletes are real people with feelings but rules are rules. I also seriously doubt that any the guys in trouble at tOSU were doing it for their families. What good is a few hundred or even a few thousand dollars going to do for a destitute family? As we've seen with Cam Newton you need a lot more money than that, you need to be bailing out failed businesses and you need to be fixing churches to really make a difference in someones life. These kids just wanted to turn a quick buck for themselves and they did it at the expense of everyone else. An article from an OSU site I frequent. I think it rather neatly deflates the "did it for my family" argument, at least in the case of young Mr. Pryor. Most of the OSU fans I know are absolutely livid that they would sell their gold pants. Those things are prized more than anything in the OSU community. For the record, I'm also one of those who thinks they should be held out of the Sugar Bowl.