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Title: Ironic? Post by: sgrizzle on February 03, 2008, 09:11:58 pm The Super Bowl this year is held at a stadium named for a university that has no sports team...
Title: Ironic? Post by: bmuscotty on February 03, 2008, 09:51:32 pm The University of Phoenix, a for-profit university specializing in adult education, acquired the naming rights in September 2006, shortly after the stadium had opened under the name Cardinals Stadium. The "University of Phoenix" name is applied as a corporate sponsor, and not as the home stadium of the University.
Title: Ironic? Post by: sgrizzle on February 04, 2008, 06:04:15 am quote: Points for unnecessary wiki-quote. Title: Ironic? Post by: cannon_fodder on February 04, 2008, 08:29:44 am Damn, I thought he was just really smart. [;)]
There is an article in the TW today about the parent company of u of Phoenix: they brought in nearly $800,000,000 in revenue last quarter with a profit margin of 18%. http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2008/01/07/daily32.html (same info as TW) Mixed feelings about that institution. Title: Ironic? Post by: bokworker on February 04, 2008, 11:25:08 am Ticker APOL....
Title: Ironic? Post by: Conan71 on February 04, 2008, 11:52:12 am quote: My wife, before I met her, was taking a healthcare administration program. The class failed to make or cancelled a few weeks in. They did not refund her tuition, she got stuck wtih a student loan on it. She says she tried everything she could to get it refunded. Never happened. I'm sure there are probably many happy people with their programs. Personally, I would not do business with U of P. |