Agree with a few of your points. A big pain point when I lived on campus was the number of dining facilities and student amenities that closed on the weekend. Not sure if this has changed over the last 5+ years though.
If I recall correctly, Mason doesn't have to follow local building ordinances. I know a Greek row was a goal of the Alumni association at one point. I think it has been shot down from the President down and/or hasn't had enough support.
I heard that before too, but I would think a university like Mason would have some lobbying power. They have a decent law program.
Definitely makes sense! When I was in school, there was a lot of student uproar that the school didn't put Greek Housing where they ended up building all of those employee town homes. Are those all being utilized to their full potential?
The school hosted a greek housing forum my senior year (and I used to work with our nationals on housing stuff) so I know a little bit about the situation, unless something has changed dramatically in the past couple of years.
Great context! Follow up questions likely to come on the construction thread.
It's kind of a dumb giveaway regardless. But it's exceptionally dumb on homecoming. Give people something to wear or to wave. Two years ago we got sweet jersey replicas and everyone was wearing them. If you want to do salt/pepper shakers, give it to me against the University of Phoenix in November, not on homecoming.
The Mason Men's Basketball instagram story clearly states that it's a student giveaway. Regardless though, for the biggest home game of the year you'd hope that the giveaways for any/all fans would, at a minimum, help the gameday experience (i.e. same color t-shirts for ALL fans, rally towels, etc.). These things seem small and pointless to some, but from the perspective of a sports marketer the promotional strategy seems off base and disjointed.
Chickenstank LOL! It wasn’t much but any little bit helps.Whoooooaaaaa! I gotta hand it to Leesburg Chankenstank III. He not only donated to the Mason Fan Cheer Guide project, he paid a princely, three-figure sum to fund 1,000 copies—the whole enchilada! My Mason Fan HERO!! Thank you!!!
As promised, LC-III receives high adulation, a photo of a sad Mason student in need of fan-transformation, and his hand-written letter of gratitude. The letter was originally hand-written, but unfortunately covered in nacho cheese stains. As I believe LC-III is lactose intolerant, I had to transcribe this student's letter as written below:
Deer Mr. Chickenstank,
I am 4ever greatful 4 ur sponsorship to help a kollege kidd like me. With ur help I nowe I will become a yuuuuuge Mason fan in no time flat. I lern well. My first lessin is to remember to leaf my cell fone at home when I atends Mason baksketbol games.
Thank u sooooooo much 4 ur generositey. Gooooo Patrots!
Luv u, man,
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx [name obscured to ensure privacy]
Awwwwwww! How sweet!
Chank's sponsored student in training for Homecoming.
