Talk:Rhode Island School of Design
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[edit] Sports
is all this true???
Because of its nature as an art school, sports are not the focus of campus life, but do provide a rare sense of school spirit. RISD does have several intramural sports teams including a basketball team named the "Balls," who have the slogan, "When the heat is on, the Balls stick together." The team with the most infamous name is the hockey team, which proudly carries the title: "Nads." The customary cheer at hockey games is go Nads! (deliberately sounding like gonads). The RISD mascot is "Scrotie", a giant penis.
RISD students claim Cooper Union to be their arch rival in sports events, and the two hold an annual hockey match known as the "Supportive Cup". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.12.116.198 (talk • contribs) 11 July 2006
- I went to the school and I can say it's true, however I don't have any hard core citable references beyond the RISD Jolt page and the basketball site listed on the main article page. Here are some pictures on the jolt though for proof of team names and scrotie.
- Also here is an article I found very quickly that mentions the chant in big black bold letters on the right side
- "There's a subversive quality to some nicknames. The Rhode Island School of Design gave us the Nads, and, just guessing here, the chant, "Go, Nads, Go." "
- http://espn.go.com/page2/s/lloyd/020314.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tjmaser (talk • contribs) 17 July 2006
[edit] Substance?
Does anyone have anything to say about the actual program, campus life, etc.? Let's say I'm looking at schools and I want to know something more than the school's team names. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Juicifer451 (talk • contribs) 14 August 2006
[edit] US News?
US News has never ranked art schools. Where does this statistic come from? Evolve17 01:29, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
- To the contrary, U.S. News does rank graduate fine arts programs. In particular, they rank schools by their Master of Fine Arts programs.
- http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/arts/brief/art_brief.php
- —MementoVivere (talk · contribs) 15:41, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Booterism in lead
I chopped out a big chunk of boosterism from the lead because it was POV, uncited, and ultimately unverifiable. Citing statistics like low admissions rates are not actually an indication of quality, just an measurement of interest and should not be used to support claims of quality. The page as a whole could use a good deal of work (splitting off the alumni list into a separate article might be a good start) and I would recommend visiting WP:UNI for templates and advice. Madcoverboy (talk) 17:37, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
what about http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/grad/art/search ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.7.242.150 (talk) 09:03, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
