Zinhead, I could not agree with you more. I recently heard a PR spiel by a SUNY which was being played instead of music while holding for someone to pick up the phone. It was a squeaky female talking and squealing with delight about the “premier” school and she let out a squeal every time she mentions how premier the school is. It was such a slimly attempt to sell the school in a way that is such a disconnect with what the school is really like and it was clearly pitched to 16 year olds who view college like summer camp. SUNY spends money on propaganda instead of improving the schools. Yes they have great student centers and swanky admissions buildings but check out the libraries and the academic buildings! Talk about stepping back in to the 1970s. And could more students be packed into them? Michigan, Maryland and Florida don’t seem to feel it necessary to play mantras of “we are premier we are premier we are premier” . Why? Because they are very good schools. People know that to be true so the schools see no reason to have to convince people by piping messages to convince people they are a lot better than they are.