University of Michigan OTR: It's Still The B-School's Campus

It's Still The B-School's Campus

Posted by The Flesh 12/09/2008 04:12 AM
Category: Tags: simple, Ross Business School, spoiled

And We're All Lucky Just To Be Here

This weekend the Ross Business School held a preview of its new $100 million structure, but don't let the flat-screen TVs, three-story glass atrium, and fitness center fool you, pretentious B-School kids are still less than impressed.

"Honestly, I think the burnt orange, while I understand the tiles are for energy efficiency, is pretty ugly, but it is growing on me slowly," said one Business School Senior. "The carpet choice leaves much to be desired in the main area. It looks a little like someone used it for a drop cloth while they were painting with some pretty hideous colors."

Clearly in this student's one year as a regular student, he never had the pleasure of falling on someone's lap before squeezing into a desk in the Natural Science Auditorium or tried to get cell service in the MLB. No, instead B-School students are subjected to heinous carpets, so they can learn the importance of hiring an interior designer when they run their first multimillion dollar company. Well lets not be too harsh, the +200 pieces of art from the Ross Art Collection detracts a little from the "drop cloth," that is the floor. All in all, I guess the place doesn't look to shabby. Although, some modest plant life to cover up some of the conceit couldn't hurt . . .oh wait, three-story glass atrium, my bad.

Seriously now, how the **** is this shit necessary? 7,500-square-foot fitness center? Why can't these B-School ****tards trudge through the snow to the CCRB or IM building like everyone else? Come take a film production class with me and I will introduce you to the Argus Building. Never heard of it? Well, that's because it is a dumpy little building that's a 25-minute walk from Central Campus, where film students use the same editting stations the B-School kids get in Kresge. Obvious, right?

Don't get me wrong, I have B-School friends who have to be lame and stay in on a Thursday or two, so I know the life of luxury doesn't always come easy. However, it is impossible to be sympathetic towards these kids who are going to make 10 times as much money as I will in my lifetime, while the University pampers them like no other.

Please still hire me someday?

+ 42 comments

Anonymous says,

pointless bitching. get over it Posted 12/09/2008 08:27 AMReply

Anonymous says,

if we're looking for maybe useful amenities for students by college, it'd almost make more sense to give the fitness area to the engineering kids. either that or a tanning bed Posted 12/09/2008 10:38 AMReply

Anonymous says,

the kid in the picture is that ninja Posted 12/09/2008 10:43 AMReply

Anonymous says,

the B-school is full of arrogant ****s who think they are much smarter than they actually are..try going pre-med or engineering.. Posted 12/09/2008 11:35 AMReply

Anonymous says,

this has nothing to do with arrogance or smarts. Stephen Ross donated the $100 million directly to the business school, not to the greater university.

This whole thing is a cycle: the b-school competes with other b-schools for the best students in the world. to remain top tier, they must have the best facilities (among other things). the students come and hopefully have a great experience, so much so that if they become as successful as Stephen Ross, they donate money back to the business school to upgrade their program and facilities. Thus attracting the top tier students and repeating the cycle. Posted 12/09/2008 12:47 PMReply

Anonymous says,

hahahahaha, the guy in the picture is a PIKE! standard hahaha Posted 12/09/2008 1:25 PMReply

Anonymous says,

hahah what up SIMPLE RAY Posted 12/09/2008 2:35 PMReply

Anonymous says,

the b school may be rated highly in the country and have some brilliant kids in it, but if you look at the demographics (huge percentages of frat/sorority members who don't necessarily represent the greek system in the most "intelligent" manner) then we have a whole different argument. good grades do not equal common knowledge, which is why the b school is full of "book-smart" people who can't carry a conversation on anything outside of their world. Posted 12/09/2008 4:46 PMReply

Anonymous says,

why do they need a fitness center that is not too far from the IM building? if there gonna spend money they might as well put it to something else that is more relevant and useful to a BBA student. That's just like a slap to the face of other non-business students. Posted 12/09/2008 5:20 PMReply

Anonymous says,

Yup, a slap in the face indeed.

SLAP

Jealous much? Posted 12/09/2008 5:43 PMReply

Anonymous says,

Ross donated the money specifically for the bschool to get a new building. the money going to the bschool isnt taking anything away from the rest of the university. Ross also donates a shit-ton of money to UofM (theres the Stephen M. Ross academic center near Yost, he donated a lot of money to the new stadium, just to mention a few things he's done for the rest of the University.)

And to the person who said that " the b school is full of "book-smart" people who can't carry a conversation on anything outside of their world" is an idiot. you've definitely partied with plenty of bschool kids, we just don't all advertise our major in every social setting. There's bschool kids in every greek house from Phi Psi to SigEp and from Alpha Phi to DphiE. Posted 12/09/2008 6:26 PMReply

Anonymous says,

everyone knows b-school students don't work out anyway... Posted 12/09/2008 6:26 PMReply

Anonymous says,

im in the business school, and the person who wrote this article hates me without even knowing me

pretty ****ed up dont you think?

i must be an arrogant prick Posted 12/09/2008 7:35 PMReply

Anonymous says,

Honestly though, i'm in ross and many of my friends who have had class with him agree that "Business School Senior" quoted in the article is a complete tool. You shouldn't make generalized statements about a group of people based on a few specific individuals - there many down-to-earth yet intelligent people in the school for every arrogant tool.

and fwiw, i agree that most of my classes are a joke compared to engineering, premed, and math/hard sciences. Posted 12/09/2008 8:28 PMReply

Anonymous says,

have fun looking for jobs investment banker wannabe's. hopefully the economy will turn around in time for you all to show off your rock hard abs Posted 12/09/2008 11:17 PMReply

Anonymous says,

i'm in the b school and agree, MOST b schoolers are the biggest tools/douchebags/etc i have ever met.

i sure as hell hope the all the non-bschoolers start taking advantage of the b school facilites--if i can study in buildings with LSA classes in them, LSA should be able to study in our building! Posted 12/09/2008 11:47 PMReply

Anonymous says,

*the money wasnt paid for by the university, but rather by stephen ross. he is pampering me. Posted 12/10/2008 1:11 PMReply

Anonymous says,

everybody chill. who the **** cares what your major is? you're going to michigan, basically whatever you pick (within reason) to major in you have the opportunity to be extremely successful. nobody wants to listen to you bitch about how hard you schedule if you're an engineer or premed or whatever anyway. its the engineers who have the massive are the most arrogant kids i've ever met. Posted 12/10/2008 1:45 PMReply

Anonymous says,

Every kid I have ever met in the B school was a COMMUNIST

True story Posted 12/10/2008 4:51 PMReply

Anonymous says,

but where do i put my longboard? Posted 12/10/2008 10:58 PMReply

Anonymous says,

why give a tanning bed to the engineering school? Asians don't tan. Posted 12/11/2008 01:10 AMReply

Anonymous says,

so the pasty white kids don't blind you when they lift up their shirts. Posted 12/11/2008 03:02 AMReply

Anonymous says,

B school kids are not book smart nerds who can't hold a conversation. That would be on north campus. B school kids are the ****s who are so used to cut throat competition they would post the wrong answers to a study guide to mess with the curve. Make no mistake, they would sell you down the river to get an extra 2 points. Posted 12/11/2008 03:04 AMReply

Anonymous says,

frat Posted 12/11/2008 4:47 PMReply

Anonymous says,

I'm in the b-school. I have never heard a b-school student brag about how much money he's going to make. In fact, many of the students in other majors will probably end up making a lot more than me (especially after going to med-school, getting masters in engineering, etc.)
But I definitely would sell you down the river to get an extra two points. Posted 12/14/2008 09:34 AMReply

Anonymous says,

You have to pay for the gym membership at Ross. It isn't given to us for free. Posted 12/14/2008 09:50 AMReply

Anonymous says,

I am so sick of Stephen M. Ross only donating to exclusive things that don't benefit all of campus?

B-school? Only to be used by arrogant jerks
Academic Center? Just for dumb jocks!
Stadium work? Just guessing here, but didn't he pay for the luxury boxes? Yeah, that really benefits the students, especially the seniors who didn't get to graduate in the Big House last year....

You know who I think has donated things that actually benefit campus? Bert Askwith! The man funded Askwith Media Library and Bert's Cafe, which are located in the ugli. I wish more people would give him credit. I have most likely not used anything donated by Ross, but I use the media library and Bert's cafe all the time. Posted 12/14/2008 4:49 PMReply

Anonymous says,

You're trying to tell people how to give away their own, hard-earned money? That's absolutely ridiculous. Its a donation, he has the choice to do whatever he wants with it. The state kicks in money for what we need all over campus, but this money that Stephen Ross donates is just a perk, and thus, you have absolutely no basis to bitch about how it's spent. Posted 12/14/2008 7:28 PMReply

Anonymous says,

He can spend it however he wants. And I am allowed to think he's an elitist snob. Posted 12/14/2008 10:08 PMReply

Anonymous says,

It doesn't really matter what the inside looks like, let them have it. They are going to be just like everyone else and scrambling to find jobs after graduation, so let them enjoy their private gym for now bc wallstreet is over. Posted 12/16/2008 03:31 AMReply

Anonymous says,

"wallstreet is over"

yep, you're absolutely right. the u.s. financial industry is done forever. good one -- thanks for the heads up

some of us don't want to go into banking or finance, by the way... Posted 12/17/2008 5:12 PMReply

Anonymous says,

I'm in the business school and I'm better than you. Posted 12/17/2008 5:49 PMReply

Anonymous says,

If I was Stephen M. Ross, I would take the money back and give it to the Sociology School or some other department that guarantees salaries on par with the "Spare any change my good friend?" guy.

Any school that wastes my money building a burnt rusty turd for egotistical pricks or a fake library for retards shouldn't be allowed to keep it. Posted 12/17/2008 5:58 PMReply

Anonymous says,

What is being overlooked by many comments here is the fact that the building cost OVER $150M, NOT just the $100M gift, so there is plenty of room to complain and have a reason to complain. Maybe if they left the gym and terra cotta tile off it would have cost less, but they might need that to make no-longer-top-ranked Business School students feel good about themselves. Posted 12/19/2008 2:32 PMReply

Anonymous says,

"It is estimated that the new building will cost $145 million. A lead gift for the building was secured in September 2004 as real estate developer and alumnus Stephen Ross donated $100 million to the school. Seventy-five million dollars of the gift will be directed for costs associated with construction and $25 million will go into the business school's endowment. The remaining $70 million for the project will come from additional fund raising, business school funds and other private sources." -Ross Website

money is NOT coming from other university sources and is NOT hurting the rest of the university.

membership to the gym isnt free, it costs $100 a semester, so stop talking about it like its some gift we're spoiled to have.

and you're in a idiot if you think the bschool is "no longer top ranked." depending on which ranking you look at, we're #2, #3, or #5. and in order to stay at the top, we need state of the art technology and resources. Posted 12/20/2008 11:59 AMReply

Anonymous says,

LS and Play... you're probably right about the financial markets being completely history. none of us will ever get jobs seeing as how the economy has never been in a recession before. we're all doomed and we're gonna have to scramble to find jobs.

PS im kidding... i'll be making more than your dad 2 years after i graduate. Posted 12/26/2008 02:42 AMReply

Anonymous says,

"we need state of the art technology and resources. "

Um...why? Posted 12/26/2008 03:07 AMReply

Anonymous says,

I actually loved that the one time I studied at the B-School library there were no fewer than 30 "For Dummies" books on the shelves by the table where I was sitting. Posted 12/26/2008 03:09 AMReply

Anonymous says,

i'm in the business school and i'm better & smarter than you. Posted 12/26/2008 9:31 PMReply

Anonymous says,

"L S & Play" ???????? The BBA program has grade inflation on par with Harvard. Everyone graduates with about a 3.8+ it seems. But seriously, the new buildings do look sweet and make our University as a whole look better. Posted 12/27/2008 7:59 PMReply

Anonymous says,

Can non B-school students pay for access to the gym? Posted 12/28/2008 05:29 AMReply

Anonymous says,

They forgot to include cleaning supplies in their precious $145M building.

http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2009/01/15_people_sickened_at_the_univ.html

That is a fitting start for all the stuck up business idiots. Posted 01/13/2009 7:11 PMReply