Part 2 of my Homecoming Rant-Courtesy of Fayetteville Observer-

Old news, but click on the link below. The comments below are stellar.

http://www.fayobserver.com/articles/2010/10/29/1043919

Two comments stick out...We had "Hot Topic" claim that the shooting happened partly because Methodist admitted the undesirables who couldn't get in at any other school. I figure that he argues that if Methodist had smarter kids, they would be smart enough to not shoot each other. He argues that the administration wouldn't have to enact such policies if they had higher admission standards.

I hate to say it, but he's partially right....I think a lot of their policies are partially due to the administration knowing that they are not bringing in the brightest students(although this has slightly changed in the last few years), but the strict policies at MU were also inserted because of the fear of a student's death or damage to the school's reputation. The dry campus rule and such exists because of the latter reason.

Another poster claimed that Methodist will never rise above tier III status. I do agree that it's a third or fourth-tier school, simply because the only kids they can draw are golfers, athletes, and locals with (hopefully not racist) parents who won't let them go to Fayetteville State University. I do believe that there are people in Fayetteville who won't send a kid to FSU over the race issue. :(. The jury is still out on whether their status will improve in the future, however, due to the regime change that's on the way.

For Pete's sake, they had to invest heavy in a nursing program to get their female enrollment to 37 percent, in part because it was the last gimmick they could use to get more girls enrolled.

All this shooting crap and drama gives me the motivation to just distance myself from the university. And Fayetteville. It's not my scene.