[blwall1416]

http://www.okstate.com/fls/200/stadium/stadium.html

[Hold My Own]

WOW...I sent that to some of the LU powers to be, this is right up their alley

[JDUB]

wow. that was awesome

[4everfsu]

Where are they putting the wind mills to generate electricity for the stadium?

[Ed Dantes]

I wish the media would cover rising college costs the same way it does rising gas prices. I mean, more than forty states got 'f" grades for college affordability, and no state got better than a "c". Gas maybe expensive, but it's at least affordable -- and there are alternatives (ride a bike, etc.)

Not so with college... I hope idiots in charge of universities start to revolt any time someone wants a dollar more for things like athletics. How much do things like this cost?????

[flamesbball84]

i'm sure boone pickens donated a crap load of money for that thing, so it's not like it cost the school itsself a ton of money.

shame all that money was wasted on freaking OK St. though.

[SuperJon]

He made the biggest donation ever to college athletics.

[Sly Fox]

They had nowhere to go but up. Both the stadium and Gallagher-Iba were awful until this financial Boone (pun intended).

[PeterParker]

http://www.flamefans.com/forums/viewtop ... ght=google


I mentioned this awhile back about using the 3-D technolgoy to create a mock up of the future projects.

Gotta give props to the visual effects team for the stuff they have put up on the Libertyu site (all of the 3-D renderings of current campus buildings.)

IMO, the visuals for future projects could be a pretty powerful motivator for people since they can see it.



Our own Boone Pickens:

I still say, to much derision, that JFjr. should use some of those skills that earned him the Blue Ridge Business Person of the Year award to work Anschutz before Presbyterian College gets his ear for scholastic donation (since he is billed as a conservative and an Evangelical Presbyterian.)


Others:

>Truett Cathy
>Dr. James R. Leininger
et al



1. http://www.flamefans.com/forums/viewtop ... ght=google

2. http://www.generousgiving.org/page.asp?sec=53&page=74

3. http://www.generousgiving.org/page.asp?sec=4&page=504

4. http://www.nndb.com/lists/465/000098171/ Surely there are some Christians on this list that haven't passed on yet.




>Apparently, there is an entire group/organization called "The Gathering" that is made up of wealthy Christian Philanthropists that meet to discuss avenues to disseminate their blessings. While some may not want to support a stadium, perhaps for the educational endowment.


http://www.thegathering.com/_pages2/con ... source=329

Twelve Trends in Christian Philanthropy

Fred Smith. The Gathering Newsletter , 2000.

How much do Americans give? Which organizations are targets of American giving? “More than $76 billion of the almost $180 billion given by Americans [in 1998] was given to religion.” In this essay Fred Smith, president of the Gathering, analyzes giving among evangelical churches and para-church organizations, showing the differences between the two groups and how they affect one another. Even though “giving as a percentage of income is declining,” and “congregations are keeping more of their income,” Smith notes 12 trends that may affect Christian charitable giving in the future: (1) Increased giving by women will affect both churches and para-churches. (2) Increased attention to relief and development, the poor and microenterprise development among evangelical donors. (3) The increase of individuals capable of funding their own ministries and organizations. (4) The increase in venture philanthropy with the disciplines of investing and investment banking instead of reactive giving. (5) The increase in funding of educational options by evangelicals. (6) The increase in congregation-based foundations. (7) The increase in specialized staffing to train stewardship in large congregations. (8) The creation and increase of local and national Christian community foundations. (9) The increase in family foundations among evangelicals. (10) The historic competition for financial and people resources between congregations and para-church organizations will continue to decrease. (11) The creation of new wealth by entrepreneurial Christians will be more important than the transfer of old wealth to heirs. (12) The creation of transnational networks of major Christian funders.

>Templeton Foundation:

http://www.cccu.org/news/news_detail.as ... newsID=648

The Council for Christian Colleges & Universities mourns the passing of Sir John Templeton, a friend and benefactor to Christian higher education. Templeton, a philanthropist, investor and founder of the John Templeton Foundation...“The CCCU has received significant support from the John Templeton Foundation in the past which allowed us to expand our faculty development offerings to our constituents in meaningful ways...


...Templeton, a pioneer in investing and managing mutual funds, is widely known for the Templeton Prize, the world’s richest annual award, given to those involved in the pursuit of the reconciliation of religion and science. Past winners include Mother Teresa, Billy Graham


The Council for Christian Colleges & Universities is a higher education association of more than 180 intentionally Christ-centered institutions around the world. There are now 105 member campuses in North America and all are fully-accredited, comprehensive colleges and universities with curricula rooted in the arts and sciences. In addition, 77 affiliate campuses from 24 countries are part of the CCCU. The Council’s mission is to advance the cause of Christ-centered higher education and to help its institutions transform lives by faithfully relating scholarship and service to biblical truth.

[JK37]

I wish the media would cover rising college costs the same way it does rising gas prices. I mean, more than forty states got 'f" grades for college affordability, and no state got better than a "c". Gas maybe expensive, but it's at least affordable -- and there are alternatives (ride a bike, etc.)

Not so with college... I hope idiots in charge of universities start to revolt any time someone wants a dollar more for things like athletics. How much do things like this cost?????

I had a history professor in my sophomore year (who I LOVED, btw - great prof!) who would rant about once per month about athletics getting too much money. The fact that most academics refuse to recognize is that no other entity within a traditional college has a greater potential for public exposure, and therefore private endowment and development, than athletics.

Those in academia always point to athletic budgets that are millions of dollars in the red. But operating budgets do not account for the private donations. The truth is that at most colleges, athletics is the only department with the potential to support itself. AND, in so doing, it touches the public and promotes the university more than any other academic department, by far.

Dr. Falwell knew this early on, when he proclaimed that such a Christian educational institution would, in his mind, be best furthered through athletics and music.

[blwall1416]

The truth is that at most colleges, athletics is the only department with the potential to support itself. AND, in so doing, it touches the public and promotes the university more than any other academic department, by far.

Regent Chairman: This is not a football vocational school. It's an institute for higher learning.
Coach Winters: Yeah, but when was the last time 80,000 people showed up to watch a kid do a (dang) chemistry experiment?

[JK37]

This is an excellent article. It offers a BCS conference president's take on intercollegiate athletics.

Whether we like it or not, as you certainly know, big-time intercollegiate athletics is here.

There are good reasons for it. There are issues at times, obviously. We all know that.

But it’s here to stay, and the challenges to make sure that the athletic programs are not only run with integrity and character and win, hopefully, as much as humanly possible, but that at the end of the proverbial day, that they serve the interests of the total university.

To put it another way, the university does not exist to serve the athletic programs. The athletic programs exist as an important part of the total university.

Athletic programs are very important, and they can be extraordinarily useful in promoting the university and bringing publicity and recognition when they are run with character and decency and have good, smart people.


http://www.timeswv.com/intodayspaper/lo ... 23432.html