Subj : Re: Then and now
To   : JOE MACKEY
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Sun Sep 08 2019 09:50:00

Joe,

JM>> I'm an alumnus from there, and a Life Member of their Alumni Association.

JM>  I didn't know you even to school.

  Sounds like you need to go back from that reply. <g,d,r>

  Originally founded in 1927 as Little Rock University, it became known
as Little Rock Junior College. When it was absorbed into the University
Of Arkansas System (the main campus is in Fayetteville in northwest
Arkansas), it became known as the University Of Arkansas At Little Rock,
or UALR -- some refer to it as "the University of Absolute Last Resort".
:P

  In the sports realm, only the Little Rock campus in the system doesn't
have a football team at present (the main campus again, is at
Fayetteville). But, both Fayetteville and Little Rock (possibly other
campuses) have basketball...and one year, Arkansas didn't win their
conference tournament, but UALR did...and as a result UALR went to "The
Big Dance"...and knocked off Notre Dame in the first round. That angered
so many Arkansas Razorback fans, it was pathetic. To make matters worse,
Arkansas will NOT play any other in-state school. I guess they couldn't
live it down if they got beat.

  So much has changed since I graduated over 36 years ago...as noted
below.

THEN: No dorms on campus. It was a commuter campus...and students lived
in apartments off campus, or in homes with their parents.

NOW: Dorms -- and freshman students are REQUIRED to live in them.

THEN: Tuition was $400 a semester, with an average of $100 for books.
(Arkansas residents).

NOW: Tuition ranges from $9167 to $15292 per semester (higher for those
who don't live in Arkansas). That includes an average of $900 for books,
plus room and board, and tuition and fees.

  Many other schools are much higher than that.

  While going to UALR, I worked at 2 area Burger King restaurants, and
lived at home, so I basically put myself through school.

  When I turn 65 (5 1/2 years from now), if I wanted to go back, I think
I'd be exempt from tuition.

Daryl
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