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That's the exact point. These incidents are NOT few and far between. They keep happening over and over. At least in 1995, they had been on probation more than ANY other organization in UT history and always for hazing. It was either 9 or 11 times at that point, I cant remember which. And it's not like they weren't hazing then just sudden it goofed each time. Its a pattern of behavior year after year where they just got caught every few years, didn't give a shit about the penalities and continued on. They deserve to be gone permanently I do not like OU

It goes far beyond 'some people within that group that have made some seriously bad decisions.' It honestly reminds me of the cultural problem at Penn State. GoLL eviscerated them on the old site about how the culture pervaded everything surrounding PSU football and that the only way to clean it was to nuke it from orbit. This is basically the same. Look at the history of this organization. Sure, they have a lot of prominent alumni that have legitimately done a lot of good things in life, but the Texas Cowboys simply isn't one of them. The only reason that shit stain of an organization still exists is because of the power those assholes wield. Consider the following: They were founded in 1922 - Starting in the 1940's, they literally did not go a SINGLE decade without at least one period of probation related to hazing. Did they get the message? Did they change their ways? Nope, the hazing just got worse and worse until it culminated in the death of a pledge in 1995. They had just been placed on probation the previous fall for hazing (you may remember we had no Smokey for 3 games in 1994 due to this), which followed on being probation for hazing the year before! After Gabe Higgins was killed, President Berdahl dragged the leadership of all spirit organizations, frats and sororities for a big meeting on hazing. It was pretty brutal at times. He flat out said maybe if he had taken a harder line on hazing before, Higgins would still be alive. But unless they had banned the organization, it obviously wouldn't have mattered as these assholes didn't care and didn't think the rules, or laws, applied to them. This time they got the 5 year 'death penalty.' Only it wasn't the death penalty. Literally within days, they formed the Texas Cowboys Alumni Association in order to 'preserve their traditions and history.' Not once did the Cowboys or their alums apologize for the disgrace they brought onto our University, even after the civil settlements. They did however refuse to let anyone else use Smokey during their 5 years, at first. They finally agreed to let the Spurs fire it off, after they extorted $10k from them (which, not coincidentally, was the same amount the state levies as a fine in hazing cases). Then they came back in 2000. Ohh now, their alumni association had assured everyone that they'd taken a hard line against hazing. Of course, we all knew it wasn't true. Just google Texas Cowboys and hazing. You'll find posts online as far back as '04 asking about how bad the hazing is and people talking about it being brutal. But hey, they did manage something from 2000 to 2010 that they hadn't in 60 previous years. They managed to not get put on probation for hazing for once! In 2003, they did manage to raise a bunch of money for a Gabe Higgins pavillion at the alumni center. Take a stroll there some time. There's a reference to his death, but last I looked, I failed to find any taking of responsibility, mention that the hazing of Higgins resulted in the 5 year ban of the organization, etc. It was just a 'tragic accident' after all, just ask any Texas Cowboy member or alum. And now, here we are in 2018 and another pledge has died after a serious period of hazing. Just like Higgins, while it may not be provable in a criminal court of law that the hazing directly led to the death, there's zero doubt it was a large contributing factor. But, hey, their alumni association released a statement about how serious they take all this: Fuck them. There should not be ANY future Cowboys. This organization is an absolute embarrassment to our University and a danger to its members and pledges. It's time for it to be gone. Permanently. In '95, I looked into the cost of building a new canon since the Cowboys were holding it hostage. It was about $25k. So call that $50k now, because you know those self-centered assholes will do it again. We should raise enough to do it and donate the damn thing to University. The University's traditions belong to the school, not any one organization. I'd kick in $5k just to increase the possibility that these assholes will never be on UT's campus again. http://www.dailytexanonline.com/2018/11/18/family-of-texas-cowboys-pledge-requests-investigation-following-deadly-crash

In 1995 they got the 5 year ban, the worst that the University could do. If it takes a BoR action, they need to allow Fences to ban them permanently. It's obvious that not even a 5 year ban is enough to cleanse thier organization, they're rotten to the core. I do not like OU

https://www.statesman.com/news/20181119/hazing-preceded-car-crash-that-killed-ut-student-family-says And to the surprise of exactly no one, hazing was involved

Funnier than mackonamobile was the guy that called in going out thinking it was really Mack I do not like OU

I cannot make heads or tails of the tiebreaker rules in the event that either OU or WV lose next week then win the following week. Obviously it's highly unlikely OU loses to Kansas but I'd say it's reasonable that OSU could take down WV but WV still rallies to beat OU. http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10410&ATCLID=1546006 Assuming we all win next week, and we beat Kansas, it seems that if OU beats WV, they rematch the next week, if WV wins, they gave us. I do not like OU

Thanks! This is exactly the explanation I needed! I do not like OU

Star-tac had the best sound quality of any mobile phone I've ever had. I do not like OU

Thanks smokebomb, that explains a lot. One last question. So a wildcard would cover ousux.hr97.com or hr97.com/ousux, but it would not cover ousux.com, where ousux.com is an addon domain? (That's the right terminology, correct? Where all the files for ousux.com are at hr97.com/ousux)

I get the basic concept of the SSL, and now it seems the search engines are punishing sites without them. I never worried about them before because we don't sell anything online or take any information outside of basic contact form stuff, but seems like now I need to. So googled SSL and tried to read up on the various types and its fucking confusing. So basically, here's what I got: 1) Shared hosting plan at HostGator. 2) 1 primary domain that I don't do shit with and a couple subdomains that will be running wordpress sites and be used by addon domains. In case I didn't put that right, I have a bunch of setups like hr97.com/ousuxshit and another domain ousuxshit.com that runs off it. On each of these is a basic contact form, one actually is a plug-in from a cloud service I use for project management. Ideally, I'd like all the sites to have the little lock icon and such so people get that warm and fuzzy and fucking chrome stops saying 'Not secure'. Educate me please!

We use them. They're a good company. They charge me a hell of a lot less than that!

What a load of shit. ANC sets it's open times for gets to be on board. They intentionally exclude anyone that is pro density, development, whatever. Plenty of stories of people on the east side wanting a voice but not being allowed to participate even though they've loved there for years. FAN shares a lot of common ground with developers but is hardly run by them. The only reason FAN even exists is because of the bullshit rules of ANC I do not like OU

Protip: Google the title of the article, the returned link will take you to a page that doesn't make you sign in to read it. I find the way they usually ask far more annoying than the tip: "It's just going to ask you a couple questions...."

Everyone agrees traffic sucks and we need to do something. Old money Austin freaked out that duplexes or triplexes might be built in their neighborhoods where you currently can't. You know, gotta keep the poors out. Otherwise neighborhood character might suffer. East Austin freaked out because a bunch of shitty 'community advocates' told them they'd all be forced to sell to developers who would build mixed use building filled with nothing but liquor stores. These are the same types of people that proposed and implemwnted the garage placement ordinance so in half the neighborhoods it's damn near impossible to build a two car garage now. They're insane. I do not like OU

That's a lot of text to be completely wrong. prop J won't protect you or anyone else at all. State law trumps it and state law says that while you can vote to have or not have zoning, you can't out the actual code to a vote. I do not like OU

No. It's a waste of time and money I do not like OU

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I doubt it's going to be an issue. Memphis is terrible and UCF barely got past them. They'll stumble somewhere along the way. And if they don't make it? Too bad. I don't see it as bad for the sport. In fact, it would be a hell of a lot better if we DID split FBS into two divisions IMO. There's no need for 120 'major' college teams. We have plenty of upsets and excitement when the 'also rans' in the P5 step up once in a while. Hell, maybe we'd see it more often if you didn't have teams from the G5 taking talent away from those teams. And if it comes down to us or them? Fuck 'em! We're Texas. And anyone wringing their hands over how this 'delegitimizes' the CFP or college football in general, take a look at your history. There were plenty of years where some non-power conference team went undefeated and never got a shot at #1. The only difference now is that you can see those teams on TV and SportsCenter.

Yeah the last few books by Jordon drag, but it's worth getting through them for the ones Sanderson wrote. I only finished them last year and I'm already considering rereading them again. I haven't read New Spring, but since the two books after it never happened, not sure it's worth it I do not like OU

No shit. I was going to but all of them, but they wanted something like $120. So I'm paying 10 each. I listened to them on audio. On Audible it was something like $400 for the whole series. Umm. No. Not going to happen. You couldn't even use your credits to get them each month because they were about $35 a piece. Fuck that ARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGG Just started the 3rd book in the academy series. Ended up really liking the second book, liking the third too, but I can see it getting a bit formulaic. Probably take a break after this for a while.

This is such a fucking waste too. They KNOW that the law is clear that while you can vote for or against HAVING zoning, you can't out the actually zoning regulations a vote. Passing Prop J guarantees exactly one that thing: There will be a lawsuit that will cost the city millions of dollars and drag on for years. It will be a lawsuit from the NIMBY crowd when they don't put the new code on the ballot or it will be a lawsuit from someone else for putting it on , but it will be a lawsuit that will waste a shit ton of time and money to learn something that is already established law. I do not like OU

I'm envious! The last few Jordan books do drag, but fight through it. The Sanderson books are worth it I do not like OU

Fuck OU. Fuck then in their inbred asses. God damn dirt burglers I do not like OU

So what's the chances that Nebraska goes winless? I'm thinking pretty high. They redefine terrible. Charlie Strong's Texas teams would trounce these guys I do not like OU

Finished Engines of God a couple weeks ago. Really enjoyed it. Thanks to the others that recommended it. Onto the second book, Deep Six. Liking it a lot now but wasn't sure at first. Part of that is that I'm listening to the books and they switched narrators! I do not like OU