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Post by fowl on Mar 31, 2024 19:09:04 GMT -8
The students (including me) had to pay a special fee every semester to fund the building of Viejas. IIRC it was about 10% of what tuition cost. What sucked is that we paid for it but it wasn’t built until we were gone.
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Post by AzTex on Mar 31, 2024 21:10:07 GMT -8
The students (including me) had to pay a special fee every semester to fund the building of Viejas. IIRC it was about 10% of what tuition cost. What sucked is that we paid for it but it wasn’t built until we were gone. I had to pay in to fund the student union building that I never got to use. That was the first student union building not the new one currently on campus. That's just the way it works I guess. |
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Post by longtimebooster on Mar 31, 2024 21:51:04 GMT -8
I do too. But … do we really trust her? If her position in this article is correctly stated, why did she take the trip to Austin to see UT’s Moody Center? She’s an unelected politician in many way, she certainly talks and acts like one. I don’t trust her. I’m amazed at the venom aimed at the President. Consider all of the successes we have since she was selected. She is a positive force for the school and the community. I have met her and find her impressive and enthusiastic about our athletics progress. We could have ended up with someone not interested in football and basketball programs; instead, we have a committed and enthusiastic supporter of both, and Olympic sports. Live and thrive with it. De la Torre was sitting three rows in front of me in Spokane. She was quite the enthusiastic fan, I can assure you. I was impressed. Got to chat with her a bit. She's doing great things for SDSU, IMO, with even greater things to come, especially if she can get SDSU to attain R1 status. |
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Post by longtimebooster on Mar 31, 2024 21:53:22 GMT -8
The students (including me) had to pay a special fee every semester to fund the building of Viejas. IIRC it was about 10% of what tuition cost. What sucked is that we paid for it but it wasn’t built until we were gone. I had to pay in to fund the student union building that I never got to use. That was the first student union building not the new one currently on campus. That's just the way it works I guess. C'mon now. Tuition/fees were probably less than $40 when you attended SDSU.  I know my tuition/fees were $72/semester in the late '70s. It was something like $57, but you could pay an extra $15 and get a pass to all the SDSU football and basketball games. Pretty epic deal. |
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Post by aztech on Mar 31, 2024 21:58:56 GMT -8
I’m amazed at the venom aimed at the President. Consider all of the successes we have since she was selected. She is a positive force for the school and the community. I have met her and find her impressive and enthusiastic about our athletics progress. We could have ended up with someone not interested in football and basketball programs; instead, we have a committed and enthusiastic supporter of both, and Olympic sports. Live and thrive with it. De la Torre was sitting three rows in front of me in Spokane. She was quite the enthusiastic fan, I can assure you. I was impressed. Got to chat with her a bit. She's doing great things for SDSU, IMO, with even greater things to come, especially if she can get SDSU to attain R1 status. Supposedly we're scheduled to attain R1 in 2025. Is it calendar year or school year? |
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Post by missiontrails on Mar 31, 2024 22:07:24 GMT -8
Count me as another de la Torre fan. I'm not privy enough to know all the inner workings of the office to judge whether she's doing everything she can as school prez, but I see her at numerous events, and she doesn't just hide up in a suite with the high rollers. She's out there with the regular fans and is very approachable. I'm not knocking the high rollers by the way - every program needs them, and we wouldn't be where we are without our very generous donors.
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Post by hoobs on Apr 1, 2024 4:26:48 GMT -8
I’m amazed at the venom aimed at the President. Consider all of the successes we have since she was selected. She is a positive force for the school and the community. I have met her and find her impressive and enthusiastic about our athletics progress. We could have ended up with someone not interested in football and basketball programs; instead, we have a committed and enthusiastic supporter of both, and Olympic sports. Live and thrive with it. De la Torre was sitting three rows in front of me in Spokane. She was quite the enthusiastic fan, I can assure you. I was impressed. Got to chat with her a bit. She's doing great things for SDSU, IMO, with even greater things to come, especially if she can get SDSU to attain R1 status. I had the exact same experience in Houston. She's been a fantastic President so far, and R1 is indeed on the horizon. |
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Post by AzTex on Apr 1, 2024 9:07:36 GMT -8
I had to pay in to fund the student union building that I never got to use. That was the first student union building not the new one currently on campus. That's just the way it works I guess. C'mon now. Tuition/fees were probably less than $40 when you attended SDSU. I know my tuition/fees were $72/semester in the late '70s. It was something like $57, but you could pay an extra $15 and get a pass to all the SDSU football and basketball games. Pretty epic deal. I don't remember how much it was, but you're probably right. Gas was $0.30 per gallon and minimum wage had just been raised from $1.00 to $1.25 per hour a month before I enrolled. It's all relative. |
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Post by Den60 on Apr 1, 2024 9:48:23 GMT -8
No! First, the arena needs to be on the main campus as it is easier for most students to go to the games, especially on weekdays. Second, the Innovation District will bring money and status to SDSU - which is important for our future. Third, I have read that Viejas can be expanded to about 15K if we need to. Not sure we need to, however. The arena is fine as is. They may eventually add some suites to the building in some way, but expansion to 15k isn't necessary. It was mentioned a few years back when SD was considering an Olympic bid, that the arena would need to expand to $15K to host table tennis. I think the size of the arena is fine, myself. |
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Post by Den60 on Apr 1, 2024 9:53:09 GMT -8
The students (including me) had to pay a special fee every semester to fund the building of Viejas. IIRC it was about 10% of what tuition cost. What sucked is that we paid for it but it wasn’t built until we were gone. I did as well. It took two votes to get it to pass as a lot of students didn't want to pay for something they wouldn't see a benefit of until after they left. I voted for it both times but I'm a native San Diegan. |
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Post by zurac315 on Apr 1, 2024 10:22:47 GMT -8
C'mon now. Tuition/fees were probably less than $40 when you attended SDSU. I know my tuition/fees were $72/semester in the late '70s. It was something like $57, but you could pay an extra $15 and get a pass to all the SDSU football and basketball games. Pretty epic deal. I don't remember how much it was, but you're probably right. Gas was $0.30 per gallon and minimum wage had just been raised from $1.00 to $1.25 per hour a month before I enrolled. It's all relative. I think I remember something like $75 a semester back around 1974. |
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Post by FULL_MONTY on Apr 4, 2024 12:56:17 GMT -8
Scott Lewis joined to add more fud and no answers.
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Post by aztecs2019 on Apr 4, 2024 15:26:11 GMT -8
SDSU just sent out an email, looks like they're preparing to do a renovation of Viejas after they get feedback.
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Post by redaztec5150 on Apr 4, 2024 16:16:30 GMT -8
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Post by junior on Apr 4, 2024 16:33:36 GMT -8
De la Torre was sitting three rows in front of me in Spokane. She was quite the enthusiastic fan, I can assure you. I was impressed. Got to chat with her a bit. She's doing great things for SDSU, IMO, with even greater things to come, especially if she can get SDSU to attain R1 status. Supposedly we're scheduled to attain R1 in 2025. Is it calendar year or school year? I think the 2025 might refer to the new methodology that Carnegie Foundation uses to determine R1 status. When that changes, SDSU would then qualify. www.highereddive.com/news/ace-debuts-revised-metrics-for-achieving-r1-status/698401/It's unclear from anything published when this would take place in 2025 - whether it's effectively a calendar or an academic year change. The best info says that the classifications will be finalized in Spring '25. The next release of the classifications will follow a similar cadence as recent releases, with institutions receiving the opportunity to review their classification in late 2024 and early 2025 before they are finalized in spring 2025. During the review process, institutions who believe their three-year rolling average presents an anomaly may appeal to use their most recent year (2022-23) of data.( carnegieclassifications.acenet.edu/carnegie-classification/carnegie-2025-basic-classifications-faqs/ ) |
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Post by aztecking on Apr 4, 2024 18:02:59 GMT -8
The students (including me) had to pay a special fee every semester to fund the building of Viejas. IIRC it was about 10% of what tuition cost. What sucked is that we paid for it but it wasn’t built until we were gone. That’s just the way life works. The people before you probably paid for stuff you used that they never got to. |
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Post by Den60 on Apr 4, 2024 18:04:23 GMT -8
Supposedly we're scheduled to attain R1 in 2025. Is it calendar year or school year? I think the 2025 might refer to the new methodology that Carnegie Foundation uses to determine R1 status. When that changes, SDSU would then qualify. www.highereddive.com/news/ace-debuts-revised-metrics-for-achieving-r1-status/698401/It's unclear from anything published when this would take place in 2025 - whether it's effectively a calendar or an academic year change. The best info says that the classifications will be finalized in Spring '25. The next release of the classifications will follow a similar cadence as recent releases, with institutions receiving the opportunity to review their classification in late 2024 and early 2025 before they are finalized in spring 2025. During the review process, institutions who believe their three-year rolling average presents an anomaly may appeal to use their most recent year (2022-23) of data.( carnegieclassifications.acenet.edu/carnegie-classification/carnegie-2025-basic-classifications-faqs/ ) Not sure it would be due to changes in the classification, SDSU did over $192M in research in 2023. Carnegie doesn't evaluate schools annually. |
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Post by aztech on Apr 4, 2024 21:58:47 GMT -8
I think the 2025 might refer to the new methodology that Carnegie Foundation uses to determine R1 status. When that changes, SDSU would then qualify. www.highereddive.com/news/ace-debuts-revised-metrics-for-achieving-r1-status/698401/It's unclear from anything published when this would take place in 2025 - whether it's effectively a calendar or an academic year change. The best info says that the classifications will be finalized in Spring '25. The next release of the classifications will follow a similar cadence as recent releases, with institutions receiving the opportunity to review their classification in late 2024 and early 2025 before they are finalized in spring 2025. During the review process, institutions who believe their three-year rolling average presents an anomaly may appeal to use their most recent year (2022-23) of data.( carnegieclassifications.acenet.edu/carnegie-classification/carnegie-2025-basic-classifications-faqs/ ) Not sure it would be due to changes in the classification, SDSU did over $192M in research in 2023. Carnegie doesn't evaluate schools annually. If I read this right we don't meet the 70 doctoral research degrees which is a threshold for R1. We're a long ways from that so I don't understand how we can be an R1 institution next year. |
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Post by FULL_MONTY on Apr 5, 2024 5:39:05 GMT -8
Not sure it would be due to changes in the classification, SDSU did over $192M in research in 2023. Carnegie doesn't evaluate schools annually. If I read this right we don't meet the 70 doctoral research degrees which is a threshold for R1. We're a long ways from that so I don't understand how we can be an R1 institution next year. I read it the same way. Colleges that spend at least $50 million in research and development and award 70 or more research doctorate degrees will be able to attain the coveted R1 status under forthcoming changes to the Carnegie Classifications system that debuted Wednesday. Maybe it will be a sliding scale of dollars and doctorate degrees? Otherwise, we are decades away from R1. |
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Post by aztecs76 on Apr 5, 2024 8:03:00 GMT -8
The students (including me) had to pay a special fee every semester to fund the building of Viejas. IIRC it was about 10% of what tuition cost. What sucked is that we paid for it but it wasn’t built until we were gone. That’s just the way life works. The people before you probably paid for stuff you used that they never got to. Yep, it's called LIFE!!! |
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