Topic: I know there has to be more than 20 stupid college courses!

[Libertas]

With so many truly stupid degree programmings, you know this list is at least 180 courses short!

Still...these are asinine!

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-07/20-completely-ridiculous-college-courses-being-offered-us-universities#comment-3634846

Suggestions in the comment section are a hoot...I also could not resist!   

[Predator Don]

How to watch TV...... Wonder if that course is offered online.

[ToddF]

Hmmm, were any of those in the Engineering Departments?  Business?  Computer Science? 

Sociology?  Uh huh.

[Libertas]

I wanna see "Engineering disaster so as to inflict maximum retribution on America: The Presidency of Barack Hussein Obama", but I doubt they'll be any universities left standing once The Second American Revolution is fully entered into.

[Glock32]

If they wanted to teach stuff that will actually be of utility in the near future, might I suggest:

• How to gut, skin, and butcher a deer
• How to apply an emergency tourniquet
• How to start and maintain a camp fire
• How to assess ballistic lead for moving targets

That's a starting point.

[LadyVirginia]

Well, come this fall I'm sending another child off to a college that has this:
An firearms education facility to practice the 2nd amendment

The range first became operational during the spring 2009 semester, when a “Basic Shotgun” course was offered through the Physical Education Department. Though classes met on Saturday morning—a sacred time for sleep-deprived students—the course quickly became (and still remains) the single most popular offering on campus, and instructors were forced to open another section of the class to accommodate student interest. After an introductory session of classroom instruction, class members make the five-mile drive to the range each Saturday to practice and refine what they’ve learned. The course requires no equipment or experience, nor is there any fee; the College provides everything from guns to shells to rubber orange earplugs. Thus, the classes typically include both novices and veteran shooters excited by the opportunity, in the words of instructor Barry Leosh, to “make noise and break targets” completely gratis.

http://www.hillsdale.edu/admissions/news/news_story.asp?iNewsID=1901&strBack=/admissions/default.asp

...according to Rich Péwé, Vice President for Administration. Though other new initiatives have been put on hold due to the crippled economy, funding for ... additions to the firearms facility remains robust. Péwé attributes this to the unique position of Hillsdale College regarding the Constitution. “I’m pretty confident [in our shooting program] because we’re one of the few schools that talks about the Constitution . . . and we’re not limiting talk to just the Second Amendment.” This commitment to first principles has forged important and productive relationships across the nation. “We’re getting to know a whole industry. They’ve been under attack for a long time, and mostly it’s the higher-education crowd that’s been after them, [but] we’re an advocate for that whole industry.” Thus the Constitution is intimately connected with both the foundation and the future of the Firearms Education Facility. The facility truly earns its name as an instrument of education.

[Pandora]

Well, just damn!  An island of sanity in a world of cockeyed craziness!

[AlanS]

Well, just damn!  An island of sanity in a world of cockeyed craziness!

Hillsdale has that kind of reputation. They actually believe in the Constitution....as it was written.

[Libertas]

Well, just damn!  An island of sanity in a world of cockeyed craziness!

Hillsdale has that kind of reputation. They actually believe in the Constitution....as it was written.

Apparently they are the only one.  They will be the canary in the coal mine...if anything ever happens to this outfit...you won't have to wonder any longer if all is lost...we'd be beyond lost...

[LadyVirginia]

Well, just damn!  An island of sanity in a world of cockeyed craziness!

Hillsdale has that kind of reputation. They actually believe in the Constitution....as it was written.

Apparently they are the only one.  They will be the canary in the coal mine...if anything ever happens to this outfit...you won't have to wonder any longer if all is lost...we'd be beyond lost...

Yup.  I've heard the president of the college say that he knows Hillsdale is a target. (It wasn't an off-hand comment.  He seemed genuinely concerned.)  It will either be the first to go down or a place of refuge.

[benb61]

Well, just damn!  An island of sanity in a world of cockeyed craziness!

Hillsdale has that kind of reputation. They actually believe in the Constitution....as it was written.

Apparently they are the only one.  They will be the canary in the coal mine...if anything ever happens to this outfit...you won't have to wonder any longer if all is lost...we'd be beyond lost...

Yup.  I've heard the president of the college say that he knows Hillsdale is a target. (It wasn't an off-hand comment.  He seemed genuinely concerned.)  It will either be the first to go down or a place of refuge.

I don't know how, but I somehow got on the Hillsdale mailing list and I get their monthly newsletter.  I have always enjoyed reading it and am impressed by their conservative lean.  I wish I could get my 17 year old to consider it as a possible college.  He has been brainwashed by the Cali DOE that UC Berkeley is the best school in the world.

[Libertas]

Well, just damn!  An island of sanity in a world of cockeyed craziness!

Hillsdale has that kind of reputation. They actually believe in the Constitution....as it was written.

Apparently they are the only one.  They will be the canary in the coal mine...if anything ever happens to this outfit...you won't have to wonder any longer if all is lost...we'd be beyond lost...

Yup.  I've heard the president of the college say that he knows Hillsdale is a target. (It wasn't an off-hand comment.  He seemed genuinely concerned.)  It will either be the first to go down or a place of refuge.

I don't know how, but I somehow got on the Hillsdale mailing list and I get their monthly newsletter.  I have always enjoyed reading it and am impressed by their conservative lean.  I wish I could get my 17 year old to consider it as a possible college.  He has been brainwashed by the Cali DOE that UC Berkeley is the best school in the world.

Maybe you need to sweeten the deal, how?  I dunno, but it would be way better than Berzerkley!

[LadyVirginia]

Well, just damn!  An island of sanity in a world of cockeyed craziness!

Hillsdale has that kind of reputation. They actually believe in the Constitution....as it was written.

Apparently they are the only one.  They will be the canary in the coal mine...if anything ever happens to this outfit...you won't have to wonder any longer if all is lost...we'd be beyond lost...

Yup.  I've heard the president of the college say that he knows Hillsdale is a target. (It wasn't an off-hand comment.  He seemed genuinely concerned.)  It will either be the first to go down or a place of refuge.

I don't know how, but I somehow got on the Hillsdale mailing list and I get their monthly newsletter.  I have always enjoyed reading it and am impressed by their conservative lean.  I wish I could get my 17 year old to consider it as a possible college.  He has been brainwashed by the Cali DOE that UC Berkeley is the best school in the world.

Have him visit.  He can even spend the night in a dorm and go to classes. (If you want to stay nearby the school runs a small hotel/conference center. If you visit during their CCA conferences you can attend those for free and have something to do.)

There is absolutely a different "feel" at Hillsdale. And they make no bones about their worldview. The students are different in a positive way. It's hard to explain which is why I recommend a visit. After my kids made a visit, other schools paled in their view.

One of their profs visited our area on a recruiting trip last fall and he told the high school kids to ask themselves what kind of person do you want to be as an adult?  Look at the people attending the college you're visiting--that's who you will be.

[Libertas]

Well, just damn!  An island of sanity in a world of cockeyed craziness!

Hillsdale has that kind of reputation. They actually believe in the Constitution....as it was written.

Apparently they are the only one.  They will be the canary in the coal mine...if anything ever happens to this outfit...you won't have to wonder any longer if all is lost...we'd be beyond lost...

Yup.  I've heard the president of the college say that he knows Hillsdale is a target. (It wasn't an off-hand comment.  He seemed genuinely concerned.)  It will either be the first to go down or a place of refuge.

I don't know how, but I somehow got on the Hillsdale mailing list and I get their monthly newsletter.  I have always enjoyed reading it and am impressed by their conservative lean.  I wish I could get my 17 year old to consider it as a possible college.  He has been brainwashed by the Cali DOE that UC Berkeley is the best school in the world.

Have him visit.  He can even spend the night in a dorm and go to classes. (If you want to stay nearby the school runs a small hotel/conference center. If you visit during their CCA conferences you can attend those for free and have something to do.)

There is absolutely a different "feel" at Hillsdale. And they make no bones about their worldview. The students are different in a positive way. It's hard to explain which is why I recommend a visit. After my kids made a visit, other schools paled in their view.

One of their profs visited our area on a recruiting trip last fall and he told the high school kids to ask themselves what kind of person do you want to be as an adult?  Look at the people attending the college you're visiting--that's who you will be.

Awesome!  Ties learning together with culture!