Enrollment Up, Even At Marymount

Enrollment is up, way up at some schools, including Marymount College, this new school year.

According to an article in today's Daily Breeze, enrollment jumped at Marymount from about 600 students to "750" students, now that the new four-year degree program has begun.

Enrollment at Marymount has not been as high as it is now for several years and it is a little under the current 793-full time student cap which Marymount officials claim they will not increase or seek to have increased.

During the studies conducted for the now-approved Marymount College Facilities Expansion Project, a student enrollment figure of about 625-students was used.

With my support of The Marymount College Facilities Expansion Project, I am pleased that more students want to attend the "tiny" Liberal Arts College even though I will continue to oppose having any on-campus student housing approved at the college's Palos Verdes Drive East campus.

Having this large of student enrollment before the election can mean many things that could bode well for supporters of ballot measure P or could bring even more opposition toward The Marymount Plan.

I bet that Dr. Michael Brophy, the President of Marymount might consider contacting every single student to personally talk with them about appearances and activities on and off campus prior to November 2, 2010.

We will all get a chance to view how students deal with Marymount's Code of Conduct and see if and how Marymount officials might enforce the code this new semester compared to how it was enforced last semesters and for years earlier.

Walking a fine line. Watching "Ps and Qs". Taking the high ground. Treading over glass.

These and other terms can be used while watching student envolvement in the upcoming election process.

I hope someone looks into any voter registration forms that list the Marymount campus as the registrant's place of residence. If that happens, shame on those who do use that address as a residence UNLESS they feel their confirmation that residences already exist on the main campus allows opponents to render moot Marymount's attempts to get on-campus residences approved.

I know that last bit was very far-fetched, but what if?

Even though I also continue to assert that Marymount officials have not real plans to build according to the now-approved Marymount College Facilities Expansion Project, without any approval of on-campus student housing, I wish they would.

Since Marymount's Administration or supporters have done one bit of work towards beginning actual construction or even preparation for construction according to The Project, why should anyone believe there is any intention of beginning to show how important the new "state-of-the-art Library" or "recreational center available to every Rancho Palos Verdes resident" truly is?

Marymount continues to provide all the answers by their own inaction and non-compliance with approved codes.

So here I sit and continue to blog. No official denials or requests to change any of what I purport to be facts have come to my attention.

Nothing seems to be happening with The Project except its being ignored completely in favor of addressing already approved items in The Marymount Plan and thus confirming to many of us that Marymount officials and supporters have not intention of building anything unless and until they get approval to have dorms built.

What might that really say about the current and newest 4-year degree candidates now beginning classes at Marymount? How much do those students really count in Marymount's eyes?