Choices of new Alberta government will affect the rest of Canada

[notyoueither]

Actually, I find the parallels interesting.

The only thing missing in China is a choice.

[GePap]

Originally posted by Asher
It's "famous" because it's old, it's not particularly good at anything useful.

I think it's mostly an artsy school.

How wrong could you be? Well, let me not ask the obvious.

U of Chicago is famous for several things: 1. the birthplace of sociology and political science as academic disciplines. 2. A Top Law school and a top business school. 3. The birthplace of nuclear power (the first atomic pile was buil under the old football stadium bleachers) and U of C helps run the Argon National Laboratory. 4. The first Heismann winner came from Chicago and its first coach, Alonzo Stagg originate many important innovations to Football, but then the president decided sports took away from academics and scrapped the footbal program.

[Asher]

Originally posted by GePap
How wrong could you be? Well, let me not ask the obvious.

U of Chicago is famous for several things: 1. the birthplace of sociology and political science as academic disciplines. 2. A Top Law school and a top business school. 3. The birthplace of nuclear power (the first atomic pile was buil under the old football stadium bleachers) and U of C helps run the Argon National Laboratory. 4. The first Heismann winner came from Chicago and its first coach, Alonzo Stagg originate many important innovations to Football, but then the president decided sports took away from academics and scrapped the footbal program.

So it is mostly an arts school today, then.

[The Mad Monk]

And pizza. don't forget the pizza.

[JimmyCracksCorn]

Originally posted by Asher
It's "famous" because it's old, it's not particularly good at anything useful.

I think it's mostly an artsy school.

I'm surprised you never heard of it.

Its world famous for Economics and Anthropology. It and its faculty basically invented American Anthropology. I honestly can't remember a class I've been in that hasn't mentioned something about it at least once (and I'm talking since I came to Canada). Meanwhile the amount of times the University of Calgary has been mentioned is exactly zero.

And sure Chicago has crime, but it still ranks as one of the worlds greatest cities on every ranking you can think of. Its a world class city.

[Asher]

I never said I never heard of it, that was St. Leo.

I know some people in Psychology there.

My point was it's mostly an arts school today.

[JimmyCracksCorn]

Originally posted by Asher
I never said I never heard of it, that was St. Leo.

I know some people in Psychology there.

My point was it's mostly an arts school today.

Arts as in Arts and Social Sciences. Its not exactly the Berkely School of Music.

[Asher]

Arts as in BA...

[DanS]

The University of Chicago is one of the best all-around schools in the US. Its MBA program is in the Top 10. Its sciences are top notch. It has an endowment of some $3.5 billion.

It has 78 Nobel laureates attached to it. Might be the most of any school in the US. Of the 78 Laureates, 26 have won in Physics, 23 in Economic Sciences, 15 in Chemistry, 11 in Physiology or Medicine and three in Literature.

[Asher]

I stand corrected, then.

I've just never heard anything of the school related to my field. Maybe they're one of the old-school schools.

[Kontiki]

You mean not an incredibly narrow niche school? No, it's not.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Kontiki
You mean not an incredibly narrow niche school? No, it's not.

Nope, I mean one that's also good with computer stuff. It doesn't have to be a niche school to be good with computers.

It sounds like it's more of a classical school...

[Kontiki]

Originally posted by Asher

Nope, I mean one that's also good with computer stuff. It doesn't have to be a niche school to be good with computers.

It sounds like it's more of a classical school...

And I mean that "computer stuff" is an incredibly narrow field. You have a tendency to vastly over inflate the significance of your area of studies.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Kontiki
And I mean that "computer stuff" is an incredibly narrow field. You have a tendency to vastly over inflate the significance of your area of studies.

Eh? It's not any more narrow than any other field.

I don't see your point.

I just brought it up because that's the field I'm familiar with, and I've never heard Chicago mentioned in that context.

[Kontiki]

Originally posted by Asher

Eh? It's not any more narrow than any other field.

I don't see your point.

I just brought it up because that's the field I'm familiar with, and I've never heard Chicago mentioned in that context.

My point is most great universities are not know for their computer programs. If the significance of a university is lost on you because they don't crank out many IBM interns, then that's an incredibly narrow minded point of view.