Come on.

Come on, Daily Tar Hole. I know this is a letter to the editor, and I know this chump of a sophomore probably delights in all of the NC State anger he is eliciting, but I’m gonna get mad anyway. Implying that out of state students are smarter, right whatever. But sending your low-caliber kids to NC State? Sorry, we don’t want them either! NC State’s rankings HAVEN’T slipped in the last few years. Obviously it’s not “our kind” who make you suck. Maybe it’s all those undeserved A’s? Okay stopping. That’s too much from me already.

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Accept more out-of-state students in budget deficit

Published: Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Updated: Tuesday, March 17, 2009

TO THE EDITOR:

I read on The Daily Tar Heel’s Web site that Gov. Bev Perdue plans to cut 5.5 percent of the University system’s funding for next year (“Governor announces 5.5 percent budget cut for University system,” March 17).

We should use this opportunity to our advantage.

When the state decreases its obligation of funding to the University, we should likewise admit fewer in-state students and admit more out-of-state students.

Already two other great public schools, the University of Virginia and the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, admit around 10 percent more out of state students.

If we were to increase our out-of-state student admittance by 10 percent of our student body we would be looking at an increase in tuition revenue of tens of millions of dollars.

Not to mention the academic standards of our University could increase dramatically because of this out-of-state increase.

This would generate more money to help offset our budget cuts and raise our academic standards by eliminating positions for the lower end of in-state applicants and admitting more qualified out-of-state applicants.

Even the less qualified in- state applicants will most likely defer to other great UNC system schools, like N.C. State University, thus raising their academic quality.

UNC has slipped a few places in national college rankings in the last couple of years. I think it’s time we corrected that.

Sophomore
Psychology

I have a lot of shows to go to.

And like magattacksyou says, I need to win the lottery!

I am going to these:
2/6/09 – Old Crow Medicine Show – IT WAS AMAZING (Birthday present from Davis!)
2/20/09 – Willie Nelson
3/21/09 – The Ting Tings (Also a birthday present from Davis!)
4/7/09 – Neko Case

I want to go to these, but it might not happen:

2/25/09 – Ben Folds – Seen him twice already and it’s $30 But I still really want to go.
3/11/09 – Modest Mouse
3/19/09 – A.C. Newman
3/24/09 – Cut Copy – I REALLY WANT TO GO DOES ANYONE ELSE???
4/13/09 – Of Montreal
6/4/09 – The Decemberists
5/9/09 – A Prairie Home Companion – Oh that’s right, I’m GRADUATING this day! AH.
7/25/09 – Charlie Daniels Band – Who knows where I’ll be in July?

Not to mention BONNAROO. AHH.

For Realz?

This actually happened? What?

I’m a little surprised by the slow reaction time of the secret service. Come on guys!

UPDATE:

CNN reports, “The shoe-thrower — identified as Muntadhar al-Zaidi, a journalist with al-Baghdadia television network –could be heard yelling in Arabic: ‘This is a farewell … you dog!’ ”

“That was a size 10 shoe he threw, you may want to know.” – President Bush

He continues, “These journalists here were very apologetic. They … said this doesn’t represent the Iraqi people, but that’s what happens in free societies where people try to draw attention to themselves.”

Nice recovery.