Bored on a Saturday night, so I figured I would ask the Pack a random question.
I graduated from Mississippi State, but grew up in Waynesboro and spent plenty of time around Hattiesburg and Southern Miss fans. Southern Miss people are always talking about how their university never has any money, and can't afford a pot to pee in. Why is that? MSU and Ole Miss are certainly not rich like say Vanderbilt or Duke, but both have nice campuses and usually try to do things in a high quality manner when funds aren't tight. Just as an example: I drove by the campus of USM the other day, and I could still see plenty of tornado damage to a good number of roofs of road facing buildings. Now I'm very thankful that no one was seriously hurt when that tornado hit, but I still don't understand why seemingly simple repairs are taking so long. That tornado happened over a year ago! Is there just no money to fix these things? That really looks bad, and I know if MSU had tornado damage, they would have those roofs fixed within a year's time. Especially if they were the first thing a prospective student saw when visiting. I know USM gets mostly Pell Grant students (which is a sure sign of a university low on funds), but Ole Miss and State probably get their fair share as well. The city of Hattiesburg, in my opinion, is much larger and prosperous than Starkville or Oxford, so I just cant understand why USM stays broke all the time.
I graduated from Mississippi State, but grew up in Waynesboro and spent plenty of time around Hattiesburg and Southern Miss fans. Southern Miss people are always talking about how their university never has any money, and can't afford a pot to pee in. Why is that? MSU and Ole Miss are certainly not rich like say Vanderbilt or Duke, but both have nice campuses and usually try to do things in a high quality manner when funds aren't tight. Just as an example: I drove by the campus of USM the other day, and I could still see plenty of tornado damage to a good number of roofs of road facing buildings. Now I'm very thankful that no one was seriously hurt when that tornado hit, but I still don't understand why seemingly simple repairs are taking so long. That tornado happened over a year ago! Is there just no money to fix these things? That really looks bad, and I know if MSU had tornado damage, they would have those roofs fixed within a year's time. Especially if they were the first thing a prospective student saw when visiting. I know USM gets mostly Pell Grant students (which is a sure sign of a university low on funds), but Ole Miss and State probably get their fair share as well. The city of Hattiesburg, in my opinion, is much larger and prosperous than Starkville or Oxford, so I just cant understand why USM stays broke all the time.
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