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Post by davidpenrod on Oct 28, 2012 7:59:52 GMT -5
Yesterday, and again this morning, I saw a television commercial advertising the Southern New Hampshire University. The Church of the Alamo was featured prominently in this advert. One cut showed the DRT arcade on the northside of the Church from the inside. There are other shots of San Antonio, including the River Walk.
We've learned happily that the world famous Travis Letter is returning to the Alamo. But has that happy event been undercut by the Alamo's commercialization by the new administration? Or is this silly commercial a hangover from the last?
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Post by davidpenrod on Oct 28, 2012 8:04:27 GMT -5
By the way, Southern New Hampshire University is NOT a public university, it is a private one. Its name implies that it is part of the New Hampshire land-grant university system. Also, the commercial is about SNHU's "online" degree program. The whole thing reeks of a scam.
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Post by TRK on Oct 28, 2012 9:20:21 GMT -5
I don't think SNHU's online degree program is a scam. SNHU recently Twittered that their new ad campaign features the Alamo in honor of their many Texan students. Whether that's a proper use of Alamo imagery, I'll leave it to others to debate.
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Post by davidpenrod on Oct 28, 2012 10:02:01 GMT -5
Tom, I think the main problem is that SNHU is a private corporation. Will the Alamo be featured next in Chevy Truck commercials? I mean, if they're going to do it, why an online degree outfit? These types of certificates have an "aura" about them of illegitimacy - and many of them are scams.
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Post by Paul Sylvain on Nov 19, 2012 18:41:24 GMT -5
SNHU is not a scam. Our office conducted a naturalization ceremony on their campus in Manchester earlier in the year.
Paul
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Post by Rich Curilla on Nov 20, 2012 14:33:45 GMT -5
And SO WHAT! Any image use of the Alamo keeps people aware of it at least visually. What gets me is just the opposite. When Penn State played the University of Texas (or was it the Aggies?) at the "Alamo Bowl" in "San Antonio" -- sponsored by "Valero" Gas, you would think that SOME connection would be made. But noooooo. And, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Valero Gas a San Antonio based corporation? Didn't they start there? Seriously (ignoring the rant), "When you don't promote, a terrible thing happens.... Nothing." The Alamo image has been use for everything from cement to Piggly Wiggly stores to car rentals. San Antonio's phone book has pages and pages of Alamo businesses. Maybe some of this will cause SOMEbody to ask, "Why Alamo? What's that?" Then, let me have them.  ;D |
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