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Groggy Frog or Jerzie Joe’s bth in Southington. About $1/wing.

Whenever I see people complaining about left lane drivers I assume they’re the kind who pass on the right taking advantage of a driver’s safe driving distance only to go the same exact fucking speed as they were going before, you know, cuz the person they just passed was going that speed because there’s someone in front of them.

Thanks! Found a nice place up in Springfield that looks like just the kind of thing I'm after - edited the main post if you're interested

It's a shame the other state schools get overshadowed by UConn, particularly because there was a post here a few months ago about WCSU experiencing a financial/enrollment crisis, and now UConn is complaining about money. I attended one of the CSU schools and had an advisor who was outspoken about his dislike of UConn. He regularly said the only difference between CSU schools and UConn is that UConn is a D1 school. I don't know how big the difference in academic quality is, if there even is one. I never felt like I was in a disadvantage when mingling with UConn graduates.

Not OP, ,but for accounting majors BIG4 hire out of uconn, not ccsu.

Regional and local firms have a bigger presence at ccsu.

Anecdotal evidence from 10 years ago.

IMS was a dump.

Maybe not 30% but I bet a lot more than one assumes. They just opened a massive science building which requires upkeep and staff.

One of the best posts I’ve read in this group. Well written.

> The quality of student that goes to UCONN vs CCSU is noticable.

Would you like to expand on that rude, sweeping, generalization?

Objectively false but ok…

Yeah it’s amazing commenting just to reference later

Their fixed costs did not increase 30% it's bullshit and everyone knows it

Look at long term trends in populating growth, the number of traditional college age people isn't rising.

I've got coworkers from central and from UConn, I'd take the central guys anyway. The only aspect that UConn is superior is their post grad degrees.

Your other point about the brain drain, I don't think it's too related to going to school in CT. It's about retaining them after graduation. For that you need engaging jobs and greater access to housing. Some of which CT offers, some not so much.

That's the way it is in most states - you have multiple tiered systems. The top tier is the "University" then the "State" system, then the community colleges. While there are a few states where the "State" system rivals the "University" or is better, like Florida and definitely Ohio, if you look at states like Minnesota, Washington, California, Texas, Colorado, etc - they all have similar tiers (this is done from memory, so I could've made mistakes here).

The general difference is that the "University" system is designed to be a research focus, while the "State" systems do more education and some research, and the community colleges are almost exclusively education.

The primary job of faculty at UConn is not teaching. That doesn't get you tenure, that gets you a professor-in-residence position.

(note - lots of generalizations here)

We used to have three separate systems. Governor Malloy tried to combine the state college colleges, the state universities, and UConn into one system back in 2011 but UConn said no (because UConn have veto powers over the Governor /s) so that is why we have two systems now: UConn and everyone else.

TKs in New Haven was the bomb

You have cool friends

My friend lives in the central region but I'd bet they are willing to travel. And it will likely be a mid-week visit, so maybe they'd have some luck. If you share the name I can pass it on.

They can pull over on the highway within their city jurisdiction and if someone is committing a felony

I completely agree. All in due time.

Where do you live? The nail salons I've been to wouldn't bat an eye over a trans person. My personal favorite salon is in Ellington but they are typically booked unless you are willing to go at an off time.

Thank you.

What people need to realize is that even if enrollment hadn’t declined, fixed costs have shot up. There isn’t too much you can do about either reality except A) pay for the difference, B) hope and pray trends reverse or C) not have public higher education.

Even after amortizing across a graduate’s entire adult life and accounting for inflation, the return on investment for every tax dollar spent on public ed education is paid back severalfold thanks to higher tax receipts, better health outcomes and lower crime. We need to fund higher ed, fully and equitably, if we’re to maintain our quality of life.

For sure. The restaurants aren't happy about it. Wings were a good way to bring in people who will spend money on beer after some spicy wings, but they'd be better off discounting the beer at this point.

However, I do hope you have a nice birthday and get some tasty wings!!