regardless of your political views.. MU

[mugrad99]

Congrats to Marquette alum Scott Walker.  

edit: title

[GGGG]

I know too much and...I...must...resist...sharing...

[mugrad99]

I know too much and...I...must...resist...sharing...

Channeling Chicos?
Scott and I were good friends in college. Thankfully, my GPA was a little better

[mu_hilltopper]

And .. congrats to MU Graduate John Proos ('92 ?)  .. he's been a Michigan State Rep for 6 years, now moved to the State Senate.   On top of that, he's one of two guys mentioned for Senate Majority Leader.

http://www.johnproos.com

[GGGG]

Scott and I were good friends in college. Thankfully, my GPA was a little better

It would have to be.

[NavinRJohnson]

I know too much and...I...must...resist...sharing...

Obviously, If it was anything of any sort of significance or had the ability to create a headline or campaign ad, no matter how irrelevant, the entire state of Wisconsin would already know about it.

It will be nice having an MU person as the most important man in that God forsaken hell hole to the west, for what I am guessing will be many years.

[MUfan12]

Scott is a good man, and one of the few politicians I've met that I can honestly say that about. Was at the party last night, and am thrilled for him. His staff has quite a few MU people on it as well.

Red wave? Nah. A blue and gold wave is heading towards Madison.

[Cooby Snacks]

Not really an alum, though, is he?  Shouldn't have his number retired until he gets his degree.

[Canned Goods n Ammo]

EDIT:

I don't really want to get near any sort of political thread, even if I don't have a side.

Mods, feel free to delete.

[mugrad99]

Congrats to Marquette alum Scott Walker.  

edit: title

How dare you edit my posts?  Can you edit them for grammar and spelling next please.

[GGGG]

Obviously, If it was anything of any sort of significance or had the ability to create a headline or campaign ad, no matter how irrelevant, the entire state of Wisconsin would already know about it.

Just stuff dating back to his MU days.  Nothing illegal or anything like that...

[MerrittsMustache]

Not really an alum, though, is he?  Shouldn't have his number retired until he gets his degree.

To be an alum, you don't need to graduate from the school. You just need to have attended the school.

I agree with you on the number retirement...but I thought jerseys were retired, not numbers.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Congrats to Mr Walker

It's been a great 24 hours in so many ways

[Benny B]

To be an alum, you don't need to graduate from the school. You just need to have attended the school.

I agree with you on the number retirement...but I thought jerseys were retired, not numbers.

"I'm going to get the best kind of degree... honorary!"

-Mark Zuckerberg

[Coleman]

Just curious...why didn't he finish?

[Chili]

Just curious...why didn't he finish?

indy law is correct below.

[mugrad99]

Just curious...why didn't he finish?

He decided to take his talents to South Beach?   or

He was offered a full time job starting right before senior year. Red Cross, I believe.

[mu_hilltopper]

to run in for county exec after the ament scandal.

Bzzt.  Wrong answer, wrong decade.

Ament left in 2002 or so, and Walker took his place in 2002.

Walker was at MU from about 1986-1990.

If I remember the story right, Walker left MU to run for WI state assembly, a race he lost.  In 1993, he ran again and won.

From wikipedia:
Education

Walker graduated from Delavan-Darien High School in 1986. Before his Senior year he attended the youth government and leadership program, Badger Boys State, in 1985 as a representative chosen from his High School. He then attended Marquette University from 1986 to 1990, but dropped out during his senior year with a 2.59 GPA[5] to accept a full-time Marketing and Development position at the Red Cross.[6][7][8]

[mu_hilltopper]

He ran for Gwen Moore's old spot in Nov 1990.  It does say there that he was working for the Red Cross at the time, 1990 would have been his senior year, so the timing must have been close.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VJ8aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LCwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3180,6573174&dq=scott+walker+assembly&hl=en

[MUBurrow]

question from a youngin': how popular was it to be offered jobs before completion of your college degree that made dropping out an attractive option back in 1990? I understand the appeal of starting your own business or whatever eg zuckerberg.  But being offered a worthwhile full time job by an organization like the Red Cross contingent on dropping out before receiving a degree is something remarkably foreign to me today.

[GGGG]

Nobody did it back then either.  Look, he just wasn't all that interested in school.  He spent more time running for the President of MU Student Government (and losing) than he did in the Library.  This is what he really wanted to do.

[mu-rara]

Nobody did it back then either.  Look, he just wasn't all that interested in school.  He spent more time running for the President of MU Student Government (and losing) than he did in the Library.  This is what he really wanted to do.

Many successful people are more interested in accomplishment.  Scott is accomplishing.

[GGGG]

Many successful people are more interested in accomplishment.  Scott is accomplishing.

Oh clearly.  I am just answering the question of why he dropped out of school when he got a full time job with the Red Cross.  I clearly know that people don't need a college degree to be successful.

[Canned Goods n Ammo]

This isn't a shot at Walker or his political party, but do career politicians make anybody else nervous?

I've learned more in my 10 years out of school than I ever did in school. Seems crazy to me that somebody could immediately get involved in politics and be an effective leader, negotiator, tough decision maker, etc. etc.

Certainly there are learnings that come from being in politics, but it seems like people would just be learning from the incumbents, which really wouldn't lead to the development of fresh ideas and innovation.

I'm probably over-thinking this.

(again, this is not a anti-republican or even anti-walker rant, just asking the question)

[GGGG]

This isn't a shot at Walker or his political party, but do career politicians make anybody else nervous?

I don't know...  Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln would probably be labelled "career politicians" these days.  I mean, if someone is *good* at his job, why shouldn't they be allowed to make a career of it?

I live in Indiana, and even though I generally fall on the Democratic side of the spectrum, I will vote for Richard Lugar in every election.  He's almost 80, and has held elected office since he was in his early 30s.  But he is very, very good at his job.