madDOG

You're comparing the second largest enterprise in the capital region that generates billions in economic impact to a Dunkin' Donuts? I don't need to explain the absurdity of your argument, do I? Whether you like it or not, the violence that occurs in the city, particularly in the student section of the city, has a direct impact on the University at large. Throwing your hands up in the air and saying nothing can be done about it so it's a "fools errand" is not only weak but wrongheaded. There are lots of things the school can do (and in some ways is doing) to force change. There is no reason why the school and city can't work together to encourage private companies to redevelop and revitalize the student ghetto. Get St. Rose involved too since it impacts them as well.

Good letter! Reposted here: The police have their priorities all wrong. They are focusing on the general annoyance of off-campus parties, meanwhile the streets are overrun with opportunity seeking thugs and miscreants who prey on the vulnerable. I graduated from SUNY ALbany in 1997 and have witnessed the slow but steady decline of the Pine Hills neighborhood- which has increased exponentially in recent years as street crime and not-so-loosely organized gangs now rule the night. I know that the APD is trying to enforce some groundbreaking quality of life crime riddance campaign- in the mold of a certain Mayor Rudolph Giuliani- but the streets of NYC in the early 1990′s and the situation on the ground in Albany are remarkably different. It is my understanding that the police are, in my opinion, incorrectly charging students with the crime of Unlawfully Dealing with a Child, knowing fully well that doing so is an underhanded tactic aimed that serves no purpose other than causing a student’s family to incur a significant financial burden while jeapordizing the academic and professional futures of those charged. Noise ordinances are one thing and disorderly conduct is another, but inappropriately leveraging a misdemeanor charge is not prudent. Any good lawyer worth their salt should be able to dispose of the great majority of those cases quite easily. The people of Albany should be up in arms about this. The idea that the APD is flooding the courts with such felonious balonious that wastes precious legal and financial resources, while jamming up the courts with frivilous casework, is not how I want my tax money spent. In the end, the Pine Hills will be devoid of students and the poor year round residents who are held ‘hostage’ by said students will have a REAL problem on their hands in the form of hardened criminals and the urban decay that follows.

Two words: neighborhood revitalization. The city along with the school need to: Encourage rehabilitation, demolition, and new construction. Provide a diversity of housing... single-family, townhouses, condos, etc Improve infrastructure Increase the economic/assessed value of properties Increase public safety and code enforcement Will it solve crime? Of course not, but these efforts almost always result in reducing it considerably.

100% disagree. It has a direct impact to the school when hs students and their parents are deciding on colleges and they see stories of students getting shot and even murdered off-campus. You're going to tell me their first thought is "oh, it's not the schools fault"? LOL! They are thinking..."maybe I should send my kid to Binghamton". Also using the excuse that it happens everywhere so nothing should be done about it is weak. Atlanta is a considerably larger city and there are no student slums around the school. I know, I live there. There is also a considerable police presence and the cops reacted swiftly to that rash of violence that happened recently. Also GT has a much better reputation that UA, so parents may be willing to overlook those few instances. There also seems to be a pattern of this at UA. Look, the kid was an idiot...walking around in that area at 3am is not smart, but the area needs to be revitalized and there needs to be a greater police presence. Considering the economic impact of the school, and that most students come from upper middle class families downstate, I don't see why the city cant attract developer interest.

Another year, another student shot. This is ridiculous! Maybe they should have kept the student ghetto revitalization plan in place: http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/UAlbany-Student-hurt-in-off-campus-shooting-3895681.php

I think it cuts both ways though. If you respect the family, you honor your commitments.

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It also looks like they are laying in forms around the curve of the bowl. Is that for future build-out?

“It’s awesome that they’re coming into our league [in 2013],” said UMaine head coach Jack Cosgrove. “They’re going to surprise a lot of teams because this is a great football program.”

UAlbany Nano to be featured on CNN this Sunday night at 8pm. Set your DVR's http://www.timesunion.com/business/article/Nanotech-makes-U-S-job-creation-special-3875640.php?cmpid=twitter

Proud of us. Helluvu effort.

Is Minnesota an impressive school academically? What is their USNWR ranking?

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It looks like they fixed my biggest issue with it...the blank space below the lead banner. The website looks much better now.

No way, looks amateur. The info below the fold is too cluttered and when you scroll through the banners that are above the fold, there's blank space after the first (the last is completely blank!). Horrible.

UA's main website was changed. Looks almost as bad as the athletics site.

Amen brotha. Couldn't agree more.

Interesting article in yesterday's Boston Globe regarding UMass' move to FBS. It will be interesting to watch over the next few years and hopefully provide some lessons to UA: http://www.boston.com/sports/college...zIK/story.html

I saw that. Thank you.

I don't know what the deal is with this forum. I registered months ago, and I can "theoretically" reply to or post a new thread...but I always get a message that a moderator has to approve my post and of course nothing ever happens or gets posted. I've sent multiple emails to multiple email addresses listed on that site and no one has gotten back to me. It's extremely frustrating (and I know several of you are having the same problem). Anyway, I know that a couple of you (D96, Danefan) can reply and post...so can one of you shut up those whiny bitches on the JMU forum? They keep berating us for our attendance record, but fail to realize that we have a $iena stadium now and play NEC teams that students generally don't care about. New stadium + CAA play = sell out crowds. http://boards.caazone.com/showthread.php?103927-Newest-conference-rumor/page583 Ok, that's my rant of the day.

+1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Looks like they are pouring concrete. Yeah baby!!

maybe you can introduce us to a few when we visit h-burg. I hear those southern belles love new yawk accents

Northerners keep moving to the south cause it's cheap, like your women!