Not an official Tech thread until we get Kyle's take on this.
Texas Tech is moving forward with the vet school
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Just FTR, AM790 is a news station, not a sports station. And NOT the "sports flagship" station at all.monarch said:
I'm in Lubbock now and was listening to AM790 (local version of KTRH 740) and this afternoon, the on air announcer was discussing this topic, indicating that TAMU had "beaten Tech to the punch" and then admitted that Tech's effort to build the vet school was well intentioned, but "...underestimated the strength and pull that TAMU has in Texas."
This is a local guy mind you, talking on tt's sports flagship station.
monarch said:
I'm in Lubbock now and was listening to AM790 (local version of KTRH 740) and this afternoon, the on air announcer was discussing this topic, indicating that TAMU had "beaten Tech to the punch" and then admitted that Tech's effort to build the vet school was well intentioned, but "...underestimated the strength and pull that TAMU has in Texas."
This is a local guy mind you, talking on tt's sports flagship station.
Andy?
That was pre budget meeting, holmes.
We got $5 mill coming our way.
Gonna raze all of NE Amarillo w that **** and build an empire.
We got $5 mill coming our way.
Gonna raze all of NE Amarillo w that **** and build an empire.
So you telecommuted from your moms basement ? Cool.mulch said:
I graduated in 2002 and have split my working years between Semiconductors and industrial oil and gas sales. Lived in Austin and Houston and sell all over the state. Not once have I ever crossed paths with a TBAT grad in a working environment or seen their Xerox degree in a frame. I'm being 100% honest when I ask what the hell do they all do for work?
He has relapsed into depression from his ttu girlfriend running off with a new man. That hurts but wasn't that like 12 years ago ?Fogburn95 said:
Not an official Tech thread until we get Kyle's take on this.
Rocco S said:monarch said:
I'm in Lubbock now and was listening to AM790 (local version of KTRH 740) and this afternoon, the on air announcer was discussing this topic, indicating that TAMU had "beaten Tech to the punch" and then admitted that Tech's effort to build the vet school was well intentioned, but "...underestimated the strength and pull that TAMU has in Texas."
This is a local guy mind you, talking on tt's sports flagship station.Dock?Andy?
D*ck?
http://amarillo.com/local-news/news/2017-02-24/texas-tech-regents-vote-not-pursue-amarillo-vet-school
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Texas Tech will not pursue funding for a school of veterinary medicine in Amarillo for the next two years, changing the status of the project from on pause to halt.
The Texas Tech University System board of regents voted Friday after executive session on five issues discussed within the closed meeting including the veterinary school.
http://politics.blog.mystatesman.com/2017/03/03/in-battle-over-veterinary-school-texas-am-routs-texas-tech/
lengthy discussion in the Statesman...
lengthy discussion in the Statesman...
Hadn't kept up with this thread but let me guess....tard was told by A&M to go home and get their frikkin' shine box....right? 
Most recent commentAggie1 said:
http://politics.blog.mystatesman.com/2017/03/03/in-battle-over-veterinary-school-texas-am-routs-texas-tech/
lengthy discussion in the Statesman...
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A&M is insanely jealous of Tech. Tech has long had two medical schools for people (Lubbock and El Paso) and a top rated law school. Tech was the first university in the USA to offer a combined MD-MBA. The Ivy League has followed suit. A&M has been trying to play catch-up for decades. They started a medical school ten years after Tech. A&M bought a law school in Ft. Worth (Texas Weslayan) in 2013, Tech founded its own law school about 1970. Only in veterinary medicine does the Agrucultural & Mechanical College of Texas have an edge on Tech. A&M will not even play a Texas football team next season...A&M is a bunch of foreigners no longer much of a part of Texas.
Texas Tech should also be working on getting off of probation with the academic accreditation agency.
To 1,000,000 touchdowns ...and beyond
AGinHI said:Most recent commentAggie1 said:
http://politics.blog.mystatesman.com/2017/03/03/in-battle-over-veterinary-school-texas-am-routs-texas-tech/
lengthy discussion in the Statesman...Quote:
A&M is insanely jealous of Tech. Tech has long had two medical schools for people (Lubbock and El Paso) and a top rated law school. Tech was the first university in the USA to offer a combined MD-MBA. The Ivy League has followed suit. A&M has been trying to play catch-up for decades. They started a medical school ten years after Tech. A&M bought a law school in Ft. Worth (Texas Weslayan) in 2013, Tech founded its own law school about 1970. Only in veterinary medicine does the Agrucultural & Mechanical College of Texas have an edge on Tech. A&M will not even play a Texas football team next season...A&M is a bunch of foreigners no longer much of a part of Texas.
Funniest part of that is the whole law school thing. As I understand it, A&M was denied by the higher education coordinating board multiple times because "we don't need more lawyers". Much the same situation tech finds itself in now over the vet school. Only there isn't a vet school for tech to buy.
AggieTFA06 said:
Texas Tech should also be working on getting off of probation with the academic accreditation agency.
We aren't on probation, dumbass.
Damn right you're not get em Andy!
If I recall, Texas Tech landed on probation with the accreditation agency back in 2008. SACSCOC won't make a review of your program until 10 years later which is 2018.
To 1,000,000 touchdowns ...and beyond
Wrong. They went on probation in 2007 and were cleared in 2008.
Set that **** straight Andy
ok, I stand corrected. You were once on probation but got out. However, in higher ed. circles, Texas Tech is considered a cautionary tale of how to end up on probation.Andy Farmer said:
Wrong. They went on probation in 2007 and were cleared in 2008.
Please don't give me an STD.
To 1,000,000 touchdowns ...and beyond
He's judging your meat as we speak
AggieTFA06 said:ok, I stand corrected. You were once on probation but got out. However, in higher ed. circles, Texas Tech is considered a cautionary tale of how to end up on probation.Andy Farmer said:
Wrong. They went on probation in 2007 and were cleared in 2008.
Please don't give me an STD.
Agree there. Damn embarrassing and someone lost their job over it. President maybe.
Double secret probation, no doubt.
http://amarillo.com/local-news/news/2017-04-04/texas-house-approves-575m-tech-vet-school-amarillo
Posted April 7, 2017 04:01 pm - Updated April 8, 2017 12:33 am
Posted April 7, 2017 04:01 pm - Updated April 8, 2017 12:33 am
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The Texas House on Friday approved a state budget that included millions in state funding for a new Texas Tech school of veterinary medicine in Amarillo, but the school's future still remains unclear.
The spending plan provides $5.75 million over the next two years. The number is short of the $16.75 million that the Texas Tech University System requested to build the school, which it has estimated to cost $80 to $90 million.
The university system announced the vet school project in December 2015, and has said it would use an innovative approach to solve a shortage of large-animal, rural veterinarians in the state. But a tough budget year for lawmakers in Austin stalled those efforts.
While providing a glimmer of hope that the project will get back on track, the funds still have to survive a reconciliation process with the Senate, which has passed a budget that doesn't include any money for the vet school.
Tech's plans have displeased Texas A&M University System, which has the only school of veterinary medicine in Texas.
The A&M System has told lawmakers there is no need for a second school because Texas A&M University is developing a "pipeline" to bring students from regional schools, like WT, to College Station where a massive new veterinary teaching complex has opened.
Why are they giving them nearly six million dollars to poop off? It's not enough to do anything toward their vet school pipe dream, beyond hire more lobbyists.
And in 3 short years, A&M's law school has passed Tceh's in the rankings.AGinHI said:Most recent commentAggie1 said:
http://politics.blog.mystatesman.com/2017/03/03/in-battle-over-veterinary-school-texas-am-routs-texas-tech/
lengthy discussion in the Statesman...Quote:
A&M is insanely jealous of Tech. Tech has long had two medical schools for people (Lubbock and El Paso) and a top rated law school. Tech was the first university in the USA to offer a combined MD-MBA. The Ivy League has followed suit. A&M has been trying to play catch-up for decades. They started a medical school ten years after Tech. A&M bought a law school in Ft. Worth (Texas Weslayan) in 2013, Tech founded its own law school about 1970. Only in veterinary medicine does the Agrucultural & Mechanical College of Texas have an edge on Tech. A&M will not even play a Texas football team next season...A&M is a bunch of foreigners no longer much of a part of Texas.
CanyonAg77 said:
Why are they giving them nearly six million dollars to poop off? It's not enough to do anything toward their vet school pipe dream, beyond hire more lobbyists.
I guess for 6 mil they can spend the next two years having architects draw up building plans and pay someone to look at feasibility and curriculum and figure out what it will really cost.
Dumb thing is when they come back in two years begging for lots more money, then some politicos will probably say "well, we already spent 6 mil on this. We better keep spending or that 6 mil will be wasted."
In my experience, that's how Tech has usually operated. They wheedle money out of the Lege to put up a building, then come back later for operating cost, professors, etc.
"Hey, we have this building, we need to use it!"
"Hey, we have this building, we need to use it!"
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=85R&Bill=HB2242
A&M Kingsville may get congressional approval to put together a vet school.
A&M Kingsville may get congressional approval to put together a vet school.
What is wrong with these people.
When will people learned that a filed bill is no indication that the legislation is going to be enacted?CJHajda said:
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=85R&Bill=HB2242
A&M Kingsville may get congressional approval to put together a vet school.
Exactly. Snowball's chance in hell.twk said:When will people learned that a filed bill is no indication that the legislation is going to be enacted?CJHajda said:
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=85R&Bill=HB2242
A&M Kingsville may get congressional approval to put together a vet school.
Seems odd that, after fighting Tech over the need for a second vet school, the A&M BOR would even consider one in Kingsville.
Hard to see why someone would even submit the bill. Well, other than political pandering to the local voters.
Hard to see why someone would even submit the bill. Well, other than political pandering to the local voters.
same ones that think its a " congressional" bill...twk said:When will people learned that a filed bill is no indication that the legislation is going to be enacted?CJHajda said:
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=85R&Bill=HB2242
A&M Kingsville may get congressional approval to put together a vet school.
Over 5000 bills filed in a typical leg session of which a minuscule number even see a committee hearing much less a floor vote.
Ding, ding, ding, we have a winner.BiochemAg97 said:
Hard to see why someone would even submit the bill. Well, other than political pandering to the local voters.
El Paso? Really? Pharmaceutical grade salsa I guess?Quote:
Tech has long had two medical schools for people (Lubbock and El Paso)