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writing ZERO on the card and saying, "Not with president sands in office."
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oaktonhokie wrote:writing ZERO on the card and saying, "Not with president sands in office."
Oh wow. Maybe they will let him go then.


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nolanvt wrote:
oaktonhokie wrote:writing ZERO on the card and saying, "Not with president sands in office."
Oh wow. Maybe they will let him go then.


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I know this is over your head... but if Sands doesn't grow said "donations" and the endowment CONSIDERABLY soon, he will fire himself. Please save your "its not his job" response and your "vt is doing fine with donations" response because neither is true. If Sands wants to keep his job long term, he should take Oakton's card seriously because his school's endowment SUCKS compared to its peers.
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nolanvt wrote:
oaktonhokie wrote:writing ZERO on the card and saying, "Not with president sands in office."
Oh wow. Maybe they will let him go then.


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I know this is over your head... but if Sands doesn't grow said "donations" and the endowment CONSIDERABLY soon, he will fire himself. Please save your "its not his job" response and your "vt is doing fine with donations" response because neither is true. If Sands wants to keep his job long term, he should take Oakton's card seriously because his school's endowment SUCKS compared to its peers.
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oaktonhokie wrote:writing ZERO on the card and saying, "Not with president sands in office."
Not to encourage you, but you would have been better served donating a nickel. That way, the intern working in Burris cannot simply toss the card in the trash. If they didn’t withdraw a nickel, you’d have good reason to call the intern and ask her why.


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ip_law-hokie wrote:
oaktonhokie wrote:writing ZERO on the card and saying, "Not with president sands in office."
Not to encourage you, but you would have been better served donating a nickel. That way, the intern working in Burris cannot simply toss the card in the trash. If they didn’t withdraw a nickel, you’d have good reason to call the intern and ask her why.


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CFB Apologist wrote:
nolanvt wrote:
oaktonhokie wrote:writing ZERO on the card and saying, "Not with president sands in office."
Oh wow. Maybe they will let him go then.


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I know this is over your head... but if Sands doesn't grow said "donations" and the endowment CONSIDERABLY soon, he will fire himself. Please save your "its not his job" response and your "vt is doing fine with donations" response because neither is true. If Sands wants to keep his job long term, he should take Oakton's card seriously because his school's endowment SUCKS compared to its peers.
Yep, its the 3rd lowest in the ACC behind only Clemson and FSU.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_ ... _and_ACCAC

On a side note, is it just a coincidence that all of the football schools have lousy endowments?
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FireFuente wrote:
CFB Apologist wrote:
nolanvt wrote:
oaktonhokie wrote:writing ZERO on the card and saying, "Not with president sands in office."
Oh wow. Maybe they will let him go then.


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I know this is over your head... but if Sands doesn't grow said "donations" and the endowment CONSIDERABLY soon, he will fire himself. Please save your "its not his job" response and your "vt is doing fine with donations" response because neither is true. If Sands wants to keep his job long term, he should take Oakton's card seriously because his school's endowment SUCKS compared to its peers.
Yep, its the 3rd lowest in the ACC behind only Clemson and FSU.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_ ... _and_ACCAC

On a side note, is it just a coincidence that all of the football schools have lousy endowments?
Attributing our relatively low endowment to Sands is the height of political silliness. I don’t have to look at the list to see Duke, UNC and UVA to have much higher endowments.

Was Torgeson a screaming lib too?


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Yeah our endowment might seem large...nearing a $billion...but severely behind other schools even in the State where we are 6th. There is no reason that VT should be lagging behind VCU.
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CFB Apologist wrote:
nolanvt wrote:
oaktonhokie wrote:writing ZERO on the card and saying, "Not with president sands in office."
Oh wow. Maybe they will let him go then.


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I know this is over your head... but if Sands doesn't grow said "donations" and the endowment CONSIDERABLY soon, he will fire himself. Please save your "its not his job" response and your "vt is doing fine with donations" response because neither is true. If Sands wants to keep his job long term, he should take Oakton's card seriously because his school's endowment SUCKS compared to its peers.
The last capital campaign under Steger was a huge success, raising in excess of $1.1B. The next campaign is already in the "quiet phase" and will have a goal of more than $2B.

To date I'm not a big fan of Sands nor of his cadre of Ivy League hires across the top of the org chart, but one of them is a top flight fund raiser. They have already consolidated all giving under one umbrella, which was sorely needed. I think this next campaign will be the determinant if VT takes the next step forward.
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ip_law-hokie wrote:
FireFuente wrote:
CFB Apologist wrote:
nolanvt wrote:
oaktonhokie wrote:writing ZERO on the card and saying, "Not with president sands in office."
Oh wow. Maybe they will let him go then.


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I know this is over your head... but if Sands doesn't grow said "donations" and the endowment CONSIDERABLY soon, he will fire himself. Please save your "its not his job" response and your "vt is doing fine with donations" response because neither is true. If Sands wants to keep his job long term, he should take Oakton's card seriously because his school's endowment SUCKS compared to its peers.
Yep, its the 3rd lowest in the ACC behind only Clemson and FSU.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_ ... _and_ACCAC

On a side note, is it just a coincidence that all of the football schools have lousy endowments?
Attributing our relatively low endowment to Sands is the height of political silliness. I don’t have to look at the list to see Duke, UNC and UVA to have much higher endowments.

Was Torgeson a screaming lib too?


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I don't think anyone is doing that. The endowment was comically low long before Sands got here. But he will be blamed if it doesn't grow or decreases over the next few years.
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oaktonhokie wrote:writing ZERO on the card and saying, "Not with president sands in office."
Just got mine in the mail today. I think I'll do the same as you. I don't like Sands turning my Alma Mater into a left wing loony bin.
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I was not the only one booing when sands did the homecoming thing on saturday.

There weren't many, but i was not alone.

UpstateSCHokie wrote:
oaktonhokie wrote:writing ZERO on the card and saying, "Not with president sands in office."
Just got mine in the mail today. I think I'll do the same as you. I don't like Sands turning my Alma Mater into a left wing loony bin.
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FireFuente wrote:
ip_law-hokie wrote:
FireFuente wrote:
CFB Apologist wrote:
nolanvt wrote:
oaktonhokie wrote:writing ZERO on the card and saying, "Not with president sands in office."
Oh wow. Maybe they will let him go then.


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I know this is over your head... but if Sands doesn't grow said "donations" and the endowment CONSIDERABLY soon, he will fire himself. Please save your "its not his job" response and your "vt is doing fine with donations" response because neither is true. If Sands wants to keep his job long term, he should take Oakton's card seriously because his school's endowment SUCKS compared to its peers.
Yep, its the 3rd lowest in the ACC behind only Clemson and FSU.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_ ... _and_ACCAC

On a side note, is it just a coincidence that all of the football schools have lousy endowments?
Attributing our relatively low endowment to Sands is the height of political silliness. I don’t have to look at the list to see Duke, UNC and UVA to have much higher endowments.

Was Torgeson a screaming lib too?


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I don't think anyone is doing that. The endowment was comically low long before Sands got here. But he will be blamed if it doesn't grow or decreases over the next few years.
I only give to athletics. I need my parking spot.
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Techmomof2 wrote:
FireFuente wrote:
ip_law-hokie wrote:
FireFuente wrote:
CFB Apologist wrote:
nolanvt wrote:
Oh wow. Maybe they will let him go then.


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I know this is over your head... but if Sands doesn't grow said "donations" and the endowment CONSIDERABLY soon, he will fire himself. Please save your "its not his job" response and your "vt is doing fine with donations" response because neither is true. If Sands wants to keep his job long term, he should take Oakton's card seriously because his school's endowment SUCKS compared to its peers.
Yep, its the 3rd lowest in the ACC behind only Clemson and FSU.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_ ... _and_ACCAC

On a side note, is it just a coincidence that all of the football schools have lousy endowments?
Attributing our relatively low endowment to Sands is the height of political silliness. I don’t have to look at the list to see Duke, UNC and UVA to have much higher endowments.

Was Torgeson a screaming lib too?


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I don't think anyone is doing that. The endowment was comically low long before Sands got here. But he will be blamed if it doesn't grow or decreases over the next few years.
I only give to athletics. I need my parking spot.
I only give to academics. They give me tickets to their box.
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oaktonhokie wrote:I was not the only one booing when sands did the homecoming thing on saturday.

There weren't many, but i was not alone.
Were they booing something specific he did at homecoming or just his presence?

How many times did he say the word "inclusive"?
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To be clear, to call it a smattering of boos would be a slight exaggeration.

I boo'ed heartily at both mentions of his name. Not at anything he said.

FireFuente wrote:
oaktonhokie wrote:I was not the only one booing when sands did the homecoming thing on saturday.

There weren't many, but i was not alone.
Were they booing something specific he did at homecoming or just his presence?

How many times did he say the word "inclusive"?
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Techmomof2 wrote:
FireFuente wrote:
ip_law-hokie wrote:
FireFuente wrote:
CFB Apologist wrote:
nolanvt wrote:
Oh wow. Maybe they will let him go then.


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I know this is over your head... but if Sands doesn't grow said "donations" and the endowment CONSIDERABLY soon, he will fire himself. Please save your "its not his job" response and your "vt is doing fine with donations" response because neither is true. If Sands wants to keep his job long term, he should take Oakton's card seriously because his school's endowment SUCKS compared to its peers.
Yep, its the 3rd lowest in the ACC behind only Clemson and FSU.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_ ... _and_ACCAC

On a side note, is it just a coincidence that all of the football schools have lousy endowments?
Attributing our relatively low endowment to Sands is the height of political silliness. I don’t have to look at the list to see Duke, UNC and UVA to have much higher endowments.

Was Torgeson a screaming lib too?


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I don't think anyone is doing that. The endowment was comically low long before Sands got here. But he will be blamed if it doesn't grow or decreases over the next few years.
I only give to athletics. I need my parking spot.
I only give to academics. They give me tickets to their box.[/quote]

Do you stand for the Anthem in the box? Does it piss you off or annoy you when the corps does their pass and review before the game? Too much "america"?
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CFB Apologist wrote:
133743Hokie wrote:
Techmomof2 wrote:
I only give to athletics. I need my parking spot.
I only give to academics. They give me tickets to their box.
Do you stand for the Anthem in the box? Does it piss you off or annoy you when the corps does their pass and review before the game? Too much "america"?
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