Posted by redbird (anonymous) on October 18, 2009 at 9 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Let's see....The "Cons" have two wins from fraternity teams, one win from a winless team, and the coach is happy that they will at least finish at .500. If he could have scheduled some high school teams, he might be looking at a seven win season. Just another example of mediocrity.

Posted by tidepride (anonymous) on October 18, 2009 at 5:38 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Redbird. We get it it. You don't like Concordia. Point made. Move on.

For someone who displays such hatred for a school, it seems you spend an abnormally large portion of your time reading, thinking and talking about the school.

Life is too short to waste so much energy on something for which you hold such contempt.

Posted by redbird (anonymous) on October 18, 2009 at 8:26 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I hold in contempt any entity that is inferior in quality. Someone needs to spend sometime being critical of an institution that provides an inferior education. If Concordia would try to improve their standards, there would be no need to bring their poor reputation to bear. A good way to start would be to have standards for admittance that would at least be comparable to others. Why is it that so few in Selma wants to admit their problems? Are Selmanites just content with the status quo? Are Selmanites not concerned about the reputation of their city?

Posted by tidepride (anonymous) on October 18, 2009 at 10:01 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Some Selmanites are just tired of seeing people make the same statements over and over and over and over.

Do you interact with Concordia daily? On occassion? Ever? If not, why continue to harp on a subject that does not affect you? That is my point.

If the quality is as poor as you say and people continue to go there, what affect does that have on you?

Seriously, I am saying this for your own good. Channel this passion you have for talking about Concordia into something productive in your own life.

Posted by redbird (anonymous) on October 19, 2009 at 8 a.m. (Suggest removal)

"saying this for your own good?" Who are you, Dr. Phil? Thanks so much for your concern for my well-being. Semanites can't handle the truth about their own city. All I am doing is pointing out deficiencies that you and others can't see or (more likely) don't want to see. If you don't believe me, do some research and find out for yourself. Get out of your surroundings, ask questions, study data, see what you find. You ask about how it affects me. Do you realize how a degree from Concordia devalues a degree from another institution? I am certainly not alone in this area of concern. If you have a degree from another school in Alabama, you should be.

Posted by tidepride (anonymous) on October 19, 2009 at 9:44 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Fair enough. Continue expending your energy and railing against something that's not going to change. That'll show 'em. But to say that a Concordia degree devalues the schools from which I received my bachelor's and master's degrees is one of the stupidest things I have ever heard.

And before you retort to that last snippet, bear in mind there are multiple correspondence degree programs and colleges in this region and across the country you could just as easily huff and puff on. I suppose the GED program should be done away with as well because it devalues the high school diploma I haven't looked at since I graduated.

Posted by e7173000 (anonymous) on October 19, 2009 at 11:11 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Well said tidepride redbird really needs to get a life.

Posted by redbird (anonymous) on October 19, 2009 at 12:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I would dare say that you probably had to do much more to obtain your undergraduate degree than students at Concordia. When course work and subsequently, the college diploma is "dumbed down", it affects all of us. If that doesn't bother you, then be content with public opinion. I understand that "dumbing down" is a phenomena that is infectious, and many accept it, but it has no place in the academic world. My question is, with your credentials, why would you want to defend an inferior higher education program?

Posted by eyeonyou (anonymous) on October 20, 2009 at 1:33 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Does Concordia have a marching band? I want to play the Tuba!!!

Posted by redbird (anonymous) on October 20, 2009 at 3:54 p.m. (Suggest removal)

If you can walk and chew gum at the same time, you got the job.

Posted by eyeonyou (anonymous) on October 20, 2009 at 4:04 p.m. (Suggest removal)

HAHAHA. I want a "Tuba Scholarship". Don't you think just having a tuba, a bass drum and majorette will suffice? We could give these other schools a run for their money. We could play JayZ songs and breakdance while playing.

Posted by redbird (anonymous) on October 20, 2009 at 6:04 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I think just having a majorette would suffice. She could carry an iPod for the music part.

Posted by eyeonyou (anonymous) on October 21, 2009 at 3:54 p.m. (Suggest removal)

But I really want to play Tuba and wear the Hornet outfit. I would be unstoppable.