PASSHE Institutions Merging

[IUPbigINDIANS]

There is a tavern in some shack on the main road.

How in the hell did that school host a basketball regional? Everybody had to have stayed in Wheeling.

I've been there. It's not going to be for everybody. But, if you're into that mountain-type atmosphere you'd probably love it.

[iupgroundhog]

Granted, its been several years for me but I do recall one of those fancy Subway within a gas station places.

Yeah, but who can afford it?

[IUPNation]

Granted, its been several years for me but I do recall one of those fancy Subway within a gas station places.

There is a tavern in some shack on the main road.

How in the hell did that school host a basketball regional? Everybody had to have stayed in Wheeling.

[Fightingscot82]

LOL!!

It would be like if IUP was in Penn Run, Heilwood or Brush Valley in Indiana County.

The only place to eat off campus in West Liberty looks to be a Dominos Pizza and I imagine 98% of their business are students.

I'd like to know what they tell or give to their basketball players to make them stay there. I can see why Boaty loved it there...it a Trumpanzee paradise.

Granted, its been several years for me but I do recall one of those fancy Subway within a gas station places.

[IUPNation]

Actually, it's never been high on my list of places to Google map.

LOL!!

It would be like if IUP was in Penn Run, Heilwood or Brush Valley in Indiana County.

The only place to eat off campus in West Liberty looks to be a Dominos Pizza and I imagine 98% of their business are students.

I'd like to know what they tell or give to their basketball players to make them stay there. I can see why Boaty loved it there...it a Trumpanzee paradise.

[Ship69]

Have you every gone on Google Maps and look at street views of West Liberty, WV?

It makes Slimey Pebble look like a big city. Take that campus away and it's just a collection of hillbilly shacks.

Actually, it's never been high on my list of places to Google map.

[IUPNation]

Would actually love to see you guys schedule them and kick their sorry asses.

Have you every gone on Google Maps and look at street views of West Liberty, WV?

It makes Slimey Pebble look like a big city. Take that campus away and it's just a collection of hillbilly shacks.

[Ship69]

You won't see IUP vs West Liberty on a football field any time soon.

Would actually love to see you guys schedule them and kick their sorry asses.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

How about basketball?

Amazingly, it doesn't work out very often. Perhaps this year. It's been 7-8 years now.

[Bart]

You won't see IUP vs West Liberty on a football field any time soon.

How about basketball?

[Fightingscot82]

Cal's football program ran that model under Angelo. It worked for a bit.

They even had the state employee provide them with legal representation!

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Could put fences around unused dorms and set-up minimum security prisons. Hire some locals as guards and give inmates day passes to attend courses on-campus. I'm sure the PA gov would pay 100% of the tuition. Seems like a win-win for the school and the local community!!

Cal's football program ran that model under Angelo. It worked for a bit.

[Fightingscot82]

Could put fences around unused dorms and set-up minimum security prisons. Hire some locals as guards and give inmates day passes to attend courses on-campus. I'm sure the PA gov would pay 100% of the tuition. Seems like a win-win for the school and the local community!!

About 10 miles south of Edinboro in Cambridge Springs was a private college called Alliance College. They were fairly niche - specialized in Polish heritage. They closed in the 80s and the state bought the property and turned it into a minimum security women's prison, SCI-Cambridge Springs.

1,000 inmates. 300 employees. $40,000 per inmate for MINIMUM SECURITY.

Edinboro when it was independent, 4,500 students. 500 employees. $16,000 per student.

[WarriorVoice]

So, I had a chance to see some of the 'merging" on Saturday at Bloomsburg. Staff members from the 3 eastern schools that merged are collaborating with each other to cover athletic events.

[Fightingscot82]

Cost to run PASSHE (state appropriation plus mandatory tuition/fees): ~$16,000 per student

Cost to run Department of Corrections (all state appropriation): ~$60,000 per inmate