August 18th, 2020 at 5:52 PM ^
I have to think there are a lot of nervous sheep in mid-Michigan right about now. Those lab practicals are going to make for some kind of TickTock fodder....
August 18th, 2020 at 7:34 PM ^
Yep, East Landfill, where men are men and sheep are nervous.
August 18th, 2020 at 6:28 PM ^
I assumed that’s what Farmersonly.com was for?
August 18th, 2020 at 7:33 PM ^
Dark web animal porn.
August 18th, 2020 at 5:53 PM ^
OK, but unless this applies to cow tipping too, there remains serious risk.
August 18th, 2020 at 5:57 PM ^
Threadjack but it's only MSU:
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/08/college-football-falling-apart/615277/
August 18th, 2020 at 6:14 PM ^
This take is spot on. The responsible thing (construct a bubble and/or pay players) can't be done. I think by mid-September this will be a non-issue, as all amateur sports will be cancelled and we will be back to the same old hypocrisies.
August 18th, 2020 at 6:29 PM ^
Great article, She points out the "house of cards" reality that college football is. It's a long read but there's another good article referenced here called "The Shame of College Sports" which really calls it out for what it is.
August 18th, 2020 at 6:03 PM ^
Two weeks ago Stanley asked MSU students to stay home if they could. This next step seemed inevitable.
August 18th, 2020 at 6:03 PM ^
Whoops posted in the wrong place
August 18th, 2020 at 6:11 PM ^
It's a Covid related thread, you're in the right place. Lol
August 18th, 2020 at 6:12 PM ^
Assuming most schools end up online and that this stretches into the new year I wonder when schools start to run out of money. The income lost from housing alone will be substantial. If it looks like winter term will be online as well the number of students opting out will likely rise hurting tuition income. I would assume a closed online campus will also hurt other income sources. Small schools are likely to really be at risk for collapse. U of M looks like they had around $3 billion in cash at the end of 2019. I would think that would last some time. Michigan State has around $700 million. They may start to burn through that quickly.
August 18th, 2020 at 7:36 PM ^
$700 million worth of pepperoni pizza maybe. Pizza is their currency.
August 18th, 2020 at 6:16 PM ^
MSU/Stanley have been pretty aggressive and ahead of the game with a lot of this. This seems inevitable with any university that has any semblance of a brain as dorm living is just absurd during this.
Beyond housing revenue, curious how they handle students understandably wanting lower tuition.
August 18th, 2020 at 7:52 PM ^
I wonder if they and other colleges will drop tuition for online semesters but next Fall or whenever adopt steep increases to offset the loss.
August 19th, 2020 at 7:04 AM ^
I doubt it. Somebody has to pay for the bloated bureaucracies.
August 18th, 2020 at 6:19 PM ^
"In a move that will save thousands of couches, MSU cancels classes"
August 18th, 2020 at 6:23 PM ^
Looked at ND and saw off campus parties spread the virus and derailed their live classes. Asked: what are the chances the student body at State does the same thing? Canceled classes.
August 18th, 2020 at 6:49 PM ^
Put a fork in college football.
Edit - put a fork in on-campus colleges, period.
August 18th, 2020 at 7:15 PM ^
And yet there will still be the guy here arguing that football should go on even when campus isn't safe for any students.
August 18th, 2020 at 7:46 PM ^
Some did argue that it made no sense to let students back into the dorms and in person classes while cancelling the football season if student safety was the reason given for cancelling.
August 18th, 2020 at 7:48 PM ^
Man, lots of people are going to lose their jobs because of the revenue lost. Not that the alternative was any better, but this is going to be ugly.
August 18th, 2020 at 8:31 PM ^
In all honesty, these schools that are closing down their campuses for Fall are more than likely in it for the long haul (Winter/Spring). No way you open up campuses in the thick of the flu season + rona.
August 18th, 2020 at 8:40 PM ^
Schlissel is just waiting for all the tuition payments and COVID health and safety fees to hit the bank and UM will do the same.
August 18th, 2020 at 8:53 PM ^
Don't worry. Cedar Village will still be lit.
August 18th, 2020 at 9:35 PM ^
Their poor parents' couches...
August 18th, 2020 at 9:42 PM ^
This is the accountable decision for students, staff, their families, and the entire country.
August 19th, 2020 at 12:19 AM ^
Serious question. Does this impact student athletes? I know we don't know much about basketball, but for those out of state freshman and sophomores who rely on student living (dorms), how will this play out if teams are allowed to hold fall basketball practices? Same for all of the out of state football players. Did they all get sent home?
Or maybe I am missing something and the dorms will stay open?