New UND Prez is a fool......

[Christopher Moen]

Port wants NDSU to drop all sports and go to club sports. He has issues.

Dude doesn't seem to understand that athletics, especially varsity sports, are a major part of just about every major university in this country.

Also, he continues to complain about Bresciani's goal of increasing enrollment instead of graduation rates. First off, graduation rates, which aren't bad at NDSU, don't pay the bills. Secondly, what so-called conservative would be against a good goal that increases cash flow? Pretty ironic that his group keeps claiming that NDSU needs to be ran like a business.

[MankatoBison]

Welcome to the MVFC and Summit.

[JMB]

Dude doesn't seem to understand that athletics, especially varsity sports, are a major part of just about every major university in this country.

Also, he continues to complain about Bresciani's goal of increasing enrollment instead of graduation rates. First off, graduation rates, which aren't bad at NDSU, don't pay the bills. Secondly, what so-called conservative would be against a good goal that increases cash flow? Pretty ironic that his group keeps claiming that NDSU needs to be ran like a business.

You are hitting on my general issue with political labels. It has less to do with political belief than identifying what team you are on.

[Christopher Moen]

You are hitting on my general issue with political labels. It has less to do with political belief than identifying what team you are on.

I agree, but these asshats drive me nuts with their self-proclaimed "conservatism" beliefs when in reality their actions (it's their way or nothing) are more fascist than anything. As an outsider, what I don't understand is why do they (Western North Dakota politicians) have so many issues with NDSU and Cass County?

[bisonaudit]

I agree, but these asshats drive me nuts with their self-proclaimed "conservatism" beliefs when in reality their actions (it's their way or nothing) are more fascist than anything. As an outsider, what I don't understand is why do they (Western North Dakota politicians) have so many issues with NDSU and Cass County?

Here's what John Steinbeck had to say about it:

"Someone must have told me about the Missouri River at Bismarck, North Dakota, or I must have read about it. In either case, I hadn’t paid attention. I came on it in amazement. Here is where the map should fold. Here is the boundary between east and west. On the Bismarck side it is eastern landscape, eastern grass, with the look and smell of eastern America. Across the Missouri on the Mandan side, it is pure west, with brown grass and water scorings and small outcrops. The two sides of the river might well be a thousand miles apart."

[Christopher Moen]

Here's what John Steinbeck had to say about it:

"Someone must have told me about the Missouri River at Bismarck, North Dakota, or I must have read about it. In either case, I hadn’t paid attention. I came on it in amazement. Here is where the map should fold. Here is the boundary between east and west. On the Bismarck side it is eastern landscape, eastern grass, with the look and smell of eastern America. Across the Missouri on the Mandan side, it is pure west, with brown grass and water scorings and small outcrops. The two sides of the river might well be a thousand miles apart."

So......you're saying there's a lot of Lennie's on the West side of North Dakota?

[bisonaudit]

So......you're saying there's a lot of Lennie's on the West side of North Dakota?

More Steinbeck:

"In every bit of honest writing in the world there is a base theme. Try to understand men, if you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and nearly always leads to love."

[Bison bison]

More Steinbeck:

"In every bit of honest writing in the world there is a base theme. Try to understand men, if you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and nearly always leads to love."

Well, then.

[Christopher Moen]

More Steinbeck:

"In every bit of honest writing in the world there is a base theme. Try to understand men, if you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and nearly always leads to love."

I don't want to understand Port and therefore will hate him, grrrrr!