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Originally posted by Buffalo/Islander Alum View Post
Yeah I think its a matter of time before my Islanders will have to add football or move to the WAC. Problem is there isn't very many places to build a football stadium close to the campus. They already play basketball and tennis away from campus.
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What I mean is it isnt on the island with the main campus. The Thomas Henry tennis center is still up ennis joslin a ways. I visited last spring to watch the southland tennis championships and loved the facility. Beats driving across town to play at the HEB tennis center. I was amazed how they have built multi floor parking garages since I went to school there. That would have been useful for me to dodge those downpours coming out of class.
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Originally posted by Buffalo/Islander Alum View Post
What I mean is it isnt on the island with the main campus. The Thomas Henry tennis center is still up ennis joslin a ways. I visited last spring to watch the southland tennis championships and loved the facility. Beats driving across town to play at the HEB tennis center. I was amazed how they have built multi floor parking garages since I went to school there. That would have been useful for me to dodge those downpours coming out of class.
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Angelo State is up and down, depending on how you look at it, or want to "spin" it.
Overall enrollment is up 189 students to 10,775, but the increase is due to an increase in dual credit students who are not actually on the ASU campus. Total "native" enrollment is actually down (210) from 7,562 to 7,352.
ASU's Hispanic rate keeps climbing and is up 5% from 41% last year to 46% this year. I expect this is a trend at almost all Texas schools and will only continue since this is the fastest growing demographic in the younger population.
Even more important though is that ASU's retention rate has really improved from 62% five years ago to 72% this year.
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Originally posted by catatonic View Post
So is the whole merger with Kingsville idea dead?
What I do see sadly is a lack initiative from our current administration in the advocacy of the school in front of the A&M BOR if budget requests or submission of studies, master plans, etc are a good indicator for advocacy.
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Originally posted by LSC Fan View Post
If it's still alive, then it's really being discussed under the radar in a very stealth like fashion.
What I do see sadly is a lack initiative from our current administration in the advocacy of the school in front of the A&M BOR if budget requests or submission of studies, master plans, etc are a good indicator for advocacy.
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Originally posted by Buffalo/Islander Alum View Post
Sorry Catatonic. I forgot to reply to this. I asked a person "in the know" on campus about this back in April and in August and was given the answer that talks are suspended due to the covid and will see what the aftermath is afterward. He did make a interesting point that if both campuses take a huge hit from the covid then it might be a more viable option to discuss. I am sure LSC Fan sees it the same way but I would rather keep the campuses separate with their own identity especailly since they are 45 miles apart. That would be like WT wanting to merge with Wayland Baptist, Tarleton with Mary Hardin Baylor, etc.
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I'm curious when the aTm system will take that Fort worth campus from Tarleton and turn it into TAMU-Ft Worth so they can get a TAMU name presence in the Metroplex. They have a history of doing this: TAMU-CT (was Tarleton's) and TAMU-San Antonio (was TAMU-Kingsville's).
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