Talk:University of Bridgeport

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[edit] Cultiversity of Bridgeport

The link by the title "Cultiversity of Bridgeport" at the bottom of the page has good information in it with a Point of View that is not reflected in the main article. Yours in good faith, sincerely, GeorgeLouis 05:39, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

I pruned this article of external links that I thought did not fit WP:EL . Toads99 16:30, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Since the University smells fishy and the article is far too much like a school web page, I feel that an alternative voice such as http://www.theness.com/articles.asp?id=60 needs to be included. --WiseWoman (talk) 12:50, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Incomprehensible passage

This passage is illiterate and pretty much incomprehensible: "The safety in the university of Bridgeport, stands as one of the best, as all university that are in highly populated city, such as Yale and Harvard, it is not uncommon to see mugging and robberies for students treading off campus without taking precautions. The security is one of the most active on campus, with a sophisticated "PAD" system that can locate a student anywhere on campus quickly." Anyone have any idea what this means? Can someone with knowledge of the college please change this? 74.72.216.115 00:12, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Safety

A friend of mine told me that this place is not as great as it appears and sounds. I got an admission into it, but I ended up in UCONN and I am happy. I dont want to die(Yeah, I am talking about the safety issue that people were talking about)- We hear a lot of shootings around this place. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.248.133.180 (talk) 02:36, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Moonies

Is this school run by the "Moonies". I have heard they have contributed a sizable amount of money. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.177.237.17 (talk) 01:53, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sun Myung Moon info box

Steve Dufour, I simply can't see how you can say that there is only a "very slight justification for this info box" implicit in the content of the article. A whole section is devoted to the affiliation through the bailout by Sun Myung Moon's PWPA and the Unification Church, and this is such a noteworthy event that not only is this section well-justified, but it is certainly appropriate that it also be mentioned in the introduction (which it is). The university has been under the control of Sun Myung Moon's supporters for over a decade. This is a significant and noteworthy fact for most readers. -Exucmember (talk) 02:35, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

The loan (or "bailout" or whatever you want to call it) by the PWPA is mentioned in the introduction of the article. There is no assertion of a direct relationship between Rev. Moon and the University. Should we put the Sun Myung Moon info box on the article of every organization that has some relationship with some other organization that is supported by Rev. Moon? How about the Republican Party or the United Nations? Or do you want to put the George W. Bush info box on every university that gets financial aid from the US government? Steve Dufour (talk) 03:36, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
Steve, I didn't revert your edit, and I actually do want to know what you think. But your edit summary was a very poor justification for the deletion, and I find your analogies transparently lacking. Are you implying that the intro (or even the section below) should build a (likely OR) case for the direct influence of Sun Myung Moon in the university? The president of the University of Bridgeport used to be the president of the Unification Church. Do you think Rev. Moon has influence in the Republican Party or the United Nations that is in the same league with this? It is more than "support." Sun Myung Moon thinks of Bridgeport as his university, and statements to that effect could be added to the article. -Exucmember (talk) 04:18, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
I wouldn't object to that information being added, if cited. However the Sun Myung Moon info box is being placed on articles with very little sense of logic. Do you really think that Rev. Moon is the most important person in the history of Bridgeport University so that his should be the only info box added to this article? There are other articles, for instance Blessing Ceremony of the Unification Church, which are much more directly connected to Rev. Moon yet for some reason the info box has not been added to them. Steve Dufour (talk) 04:29, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
Well, that particular case is because of historical accident. The guy who created the SMM info box was a very contentious editor who seemed like an ex-member on a new mission - an anti-cult crusade - and was not interested in being fair or balanced. He felt that some people were trying to hide the connection with the Unification Church, and I must say I got that impression from some editors of this and other articles. It would have been courteous of him to add it to all the pages in the Unification Church category. What do you think of all articles in the Unification Church category (and sub-categories) being candidates for adding the SMM template? Would that seem to be a logical cut-off? Certainly other templates would seem to belong on some of those articles, especially something big like a university. I think you're right that some articles, like this one, would seem to call for some other (different) template(s) if only one or a small number had to be chosen among many candidates. But that may not be a reason to remove a collapsible template before it's superseded. -Exucmember (talk) 07:53, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. I will go ahead and put the info box on some of the other articles. Steve Dufour (talk) 14:29, 30 May 2008 (UTC)