Missouri State University — Attraction in Springfield

As a local, I want to be proud and supportive of my local university. However, it is with much regret that I write of an action they have recently committed that is leaving a sour taste. I purchased several tickets (with premium pricing) to their recent home baseball game against the Arkansas Razorbacks, and it was rained out. Naturally, you would want a refund for a product you purchase that is not delivered. Missouri State will not refund me my money for the purchase, but they had no problem taking my money. Now, the money is important, but the most appalling thing is the principle of doing the right thing being spat upon by the athletics department. It was also not stated that the purchase was non-refundable, but even if it was, they were not able to deliver the product that they promised and should offer one regardless. I have contacted the athletic department several times, and have been assured that I will receive a call from an administrator in the department. However, I have not received a phone call from them, and when I contact the athletic department they act very put out that I am calling for this issue. Now, they haven't picked up the phone or returned my call, despite leaving voicemail with callback info. I wish the Bears success, and I like seeing all the upgrades that are happening (such as new turf, LED lighting, volleyball court, etc.), but their action is not a good business model for building support or a fan base that is needed to get where they are trying to go as an athletics department. I hope that the university sees this and decides to do the right thing. A simple apology and refund would...

The humanities at this school is a detached cult of unreality. If you want to see how wacky and hateful Liberalism becoming, this school is a real is a real eye opener. To give a bit of context, I consider myself to be pretty politically open minded with more than a few liberal leanings, but this school integrates some of the most extreme leftist themes into most areas of your education.

Reoccurring themes of concern. NO respect for freedom of speech. Absolute contempt for anything culturally identifiable as American, "white," and DEFINITELY Christian. Heavy emphasis on marxism and marxist themes. Romanticizes "collective" cultures to a concerning level while often exibhiting a concerning level of contempt for individual freedom. Very warped views of the American family. NO respect at all for other points of view.

The faculty at this school is in no short supply of fire branders, ignorance, spin, hate, misguided paternalism and prejudice. They are the very things that they demonize others for being and don't even realize what they have become. There is to much emphasis on indoctrination and not enough on education. If you are after a fair and unbiased education that looks at all sides of the story STAY AWAY. This school pushes liberal into EVERY area of your "education" while treating every point of view that is inconsistent with their own with incredulity.

PATERNALISM IS A REAL PROBLEM AT MSU. Educators at this school do not seem to understand that we are paying for an education, NOT their opinion on morality. Indoctrination is...

Atfter 3 years... Word to the wise, more often than not, you never crack open that 100, 200 something dollar book. A quarter of the professors are great people and go above and beyond and are the positives of the university. Another quarter are there and go through the motions, pretty average and that's fine. The rest are communicationally and emotionally compromised and feel the need to be dictators of their classrooms and go on emotional rants unrelated to material, are professors that have checked out because retirement is around the corner, or are teaching assistants in their early 20s and have no idea what they're doing and rush through so they can get THEIR work done. Parking is a mad house the first half of the semester. I've spent an hour trying to find parking and gave up, I've been threatened and screamed at, dealt with aggression and almost hit by cars. It's not like I felt safe on campus anyways or in Springfield for that matter. The school enrollment is growing faster than they're willing to keep up expecting more and more from professors and give less and less to those who pay the continually...