Talk:LeTourneau University/Archive 1

message: Any IP's ringing from Australia are obviously me, Shem Daimwood, for the record.  I'm notorious on Wikipedia for forgetting to log in when editing.  You and all the Australian Wikipedians can sue me. 203.214.145.43 13:54, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Regular Contributors 

message: For now, I've linked the LeTourneau article to Evangelicalism instead of Protestantism.  Objections or suggestions? 203.214.145.43 13:54, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Protestant," "Evangelical," etc. 

message: If anyone has any photographs of stuff like the Bell Tower, MSC-1, the Spirit of Ingenuity, or anything like that, it would be awesome if they could put them up. Vengeful Cynic 01:05, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pictures 

message: While there are technically no "fraternities" as such at LeTourneau, the societies are almost identical, from their initiation rituals to society secrets to greek-letter names.  The difference is minute, while important to some LeTourneau students.  In short, calling them fraternities, while marginally incorrect, provides a degree of information not conferred by the "society" nomer.  If anyone takes issue with that, please state your case here before reverting back. --Vengeful Cynic 15:35, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fraternities/Societies 

message: I never heard of any incident in which a resident of the neighborhood outside the campus of L.U. caused any trouble to anyone on campus. They stay in their world; L.U. stays in theirs. L.U. is kind of like M. Night Shyamalan's "The Village."
: While I'm not sure what exactly to say as far as the anecdotes and whatnot, I agree that the satement about outreach is definitely POV and I'm about to edit it.  Insofar as those off-campus not troubling those on-campus, that's nonsense: pure and simple.  If you do any looking into police reports, you will note numerous car break-ins, vandalism, and theft that has been attributed to (and in some cases proved in court to be) denizens of the surrounding neighborhoods.  Further, at least once within the last 5 years, LeTourneau students have been shot at on the roads immediately adjacent to campus.   --Vengeful Cynic 14:43, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: South Longview and LETU

message: From the article: "Soccer, football, volleyball and basketball intramurals are highly valued." What does this mean? Most colleges and universities "highly value" their sports programs. How (or is) LeTourneau University any different? 
In my experience, yes, athletics are a valued part of L.U. The students enjoy it, and the soccer team is a source of school pride. I don't remember the football team from my time at the school in the '90s; in fact, wasn't one reason the soccer team was so popular due to the lack of a school football team? Or, maybe the football team was in its infancy when I was there? Or, I might be confusing my colleges; I've attended so many. But, there are schools that value their athletics programs even more highly than does L.U. It may be an unfair comparison, but the Air Force Academy requires all students to attend all extracurricular events; I never attended any athletic tournament at L.U. (though I did participate in a few soccer games between students). 
Continuing with the article: "Somewhat unique to LeTourneau ..." What does "somewhat unique" mean? Beware of weak modifiers.
Pooua 22:33, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sports 

message: It seems to me that the descriptions of sports events and floor spirit are (while generally accurate) both subjective and vague. Can we find any sources to substantiate and clarify remarks like "tensions and rivalries between floors ... can sometimes be an issue"? Wilsonjw 22:28, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sports and floor spirit 

message: While I certainly appreciate that there is an increased presence insofar as editing this page goes, especially the Athletics section, there needs to be an attempt to adhere to WP:NPOV and WP:NOT#PUBLISHER.  To put that in non wiki-terms, remember that this is an encyclopedic entry, so please attempt to keep it Neutral and free of analysis that would be better fitting of a newspaper review.  I'll be going through later today and attempting to massage the section up to Wikipedia standards.  I certainly am impressed at the contributions that have been made lately and hope that they will continue and continue to improve in quality.  --Vengeful Cynic 12:33, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Athletics 

message: I realize this section is a little out of hand as it is, but I thought the recent addition about the LU Security-Hitler video was particularly unencyclopedic, and I have removed it. CarLuva (talk) 05:05, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Life at LeTourneau 

message: Good sources and in general paints a clear and full picture of the subject. However, after the Location section there are no sources and some unneeded material. Also there needs to be more input about the religous nature of the university. How did it come to be a Christian institution, what is its religous history and roots?Ltwin (talk) 02:35, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Christianity assessment

message: How cool is this, huh: "Of traditional undergraduates enrolled at the Longview campus in the Fall of 2006, 74 percent are fully male, 20 percent are almost male, with an average age of 21." Is this somebody weak on grammar or just pulling everybody's leg?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.24.104.52 (talk) 02:02, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  And how many of undergrads are NOT fully male? :) 

message: This article needs a LOT more references to back most of the sections. Since I don't know much about the University, I don't want to do that, because I'd rather have someone more familiar with it to do it. Mainly the "Floor system" needs a reference because people can't agree on Titans or Foooders. What should we do about the lack of sources? CorkythehornetfanTalk 18:14, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  References 

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message: The date of beginning is off 100 years  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:8800:2D0B:5600:29C4:A2FE:5646:7865 (talk) 00:25, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
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