Re: Truth behind the godlings

[Guest guest]

>

> " Everyone worships the athlete at college. They get all the money for

the

> programs, get passes on grades, get all the girls and mostly just

have an easy

> time of it. "

When I was at University of Illinois, which was a Big 10 school, it was

like this. The football players would just walk to the front of the

lunch line, they all sported gold chains given to them, as well as

other gifts, and threw their weight around all over campus, having the

cockiest of attitudes. There was talk of their getting passing grades

and that they would take classes given by certain teachers because

these teachers would pass them.

[Guest guest]

When I was at Northern Illinois University, the basketbnall team

lived on my QUIET LIFESTYULE FLOOR. Quiet Lifestyle meant that you

could only blast music and make noise on Friday's and Saturdays

between 8:00 and 12:00 PM.

Once I turned on the radio too early and got written up. (If I did

it a second time I would pay a fine and/or risk getting thrown off

the floor.)

The first time the basketball players blasted their stereos, the

Resident Assistant dutifully wrote them up, but then he was told by

the Residence Hall Manager NOT to write them up ever again because

SHE had been told by " someone higher up " to leave the basketball

players alone. I was told this " off the record " by the RA. And I was

told this " off the record " by each RA in subsequent years.

So those of us who paid extra money to get this special quiet

lifestyle floor (and there was a waiting list to get into it, so I

could not just leave - I could not study in anything but quiet

settings, and on this floor at least I got SOME quiet sometimes) had

to endure noise whenever these guys wanted to blast their stereos,

BUT we could still get written up if we did the same thing.

Tom

Administrator

" mikecarrie01 " <mikecarrie01@...> wrote:

Re: Truth behind the godlings

>

> " Everyone worships the athlete at college. They get all the money

for the programs, get passes on grades, get all the girls and mostly

just have an easy time of it. "

When I was at University of Illinois, which was a Big 10 school, it

was like this. The football players would just walk to the front of

the lunch line, they all sported gold chains given to them, as well

as other gifts, and threw their weight around all over campus,

having the cockiest of attitudes. There was talk of their getting

passing grades and that they would take classes given by certain

teachers because these teachers would pass them.