u/cluttered-thoughts3

I’m planning to go to the preseason game on Saturday. I’ve never been to MetLife. This will be my first NFL game! I’m fairly close in Jersey City, near light rail. I’m trying to figure out how to get to MetLife.

Is it right that I would need to take light rail to Hoboken, get on a train to Secaucus and then get a separate train to MetLife? Or take a ride share? I could also go the other way. PATH to Newark and train to Secaucus but that sounds even worse to me

Three questions:
- will they run the MetLife train for a preseason game?
- Am I missing something? The transit options seem like a huge hassle, even if the train is running
- Should I just uber? Post game would be probably rough. And the round trip uber will be probably 8x my ticket cost at least

https://www.metlifestadium.com/plan-your-visit/public-transportation

Posted earlier that I have an unused ticket for Friday that I hoped to give away for free and it was removed by mods.. I didn’t think giving away tickets was against the rule in this sub?

Hey guys, I have 1 ticket for section 101 (supporters section, general admission) that I’m not going to be able to use. Happy to give it away to a fan! Let me know

Took this exam over the weekend. Wanted to hear other people’s thoughts on the exam.

For me, what was the most frustrating was that each of the “recommended readings” often conflict on critical information. I found this especially obvious for the “sheet series” questions. One of the recommended readings is Landscape Architecture Documentation Standards - which covers sheet series and each sheet’s content. However, I found on the exam that all my questions “preferred” the other readings’ direction on this topic.. noticeable since the questions list completely different sheets such as the combined “Layout and Materials Sheet”. Anyone else experience anything similar?

My point being, after taking my last exam, I still really don’t understand how they can provide several textbooks as guidance for studying, each with overlapping information, and then on the test, use only one of the textbooks as a basis for the question. In my opinion, at the minimum, they should decide which book is the LARE study resource for each topic group covered on the exam.

The current system works out okay for a lot of people but it seems CLARB wants to waste everyone’s time making them study various references of the same topic. I can’t understand how learning different methods of the same task and then being tested one 1 of those methods, makes anyone a better landscape architect. Or forcing exam takers into buying 3rd party study guides to hopefully distill the overwhelming amount of information into something actually able to be studied.

No dollar amount yet that I could find

Etihad Park is launching a venue-specific membership, which offers benefits and early access to all events and teams who play at the park (Gotham included). NYCFC says that it should complement or work with their team membership (not duplicate). Quote below from the article.

“Available to all, Etihad Park+ is designed to complement the broader guest experience at Etihad Park by creating more opportunities to engage with the venue beyond matchday. The program will offer enhanced access and preferred opportunities to all Etihad Park events, including priority access to New York City FC, Gotham FC, and other non-soccer events, merchandise, food and beverage benefits, member experiences, and more. “

Wanted to get some discussion on everyone’s travel to Citi field yesterday! I took the subway there and the shuttle home to NJ, personally.

I really just wanted to say that the shuttle was really great. Easy to use, convenient and much faster than the train. I’m hoping maybe that Ethiad Park could work with the Mets to run their shuttle buses sometimes - they already have the infrastructure there and the parks are extremely close together.

Anyone else have any travel insights from yesterday?

Go bats!

Somehow this “WVU joining the Big 12” hype video made it to my home page. What a time! featuring: Holgorson jump scare

Next year is 15 years in the big 12

Ugh I forgot to join the townhall at 7 PM for STM 🤦. Anyone have any highlights or crucial notes that were covered? Appreciate it

GFC posted a snapshot of current contracts:

Goalkeepers (4): Ann-Katrin Berger* (INTL/2026), Ryan Campbell (2028), Shelby Hogan* (2026), Teagan Wy (2028)

Defenders (6): Bruninha (INTL/2027), Jess Carter* (2026), Tierna Davidson (2027), Kayla Duran (2027), Mandy Freeman* (2026), Emily Sonnett (2028)

Midfielders (8): Sofia Cook (2028), Jaelin Howell (2028), Rose Lavelle* (2026), Savannah McCaskill (2028), Sarah Schupansky (2027), Jaedyn Shaw (2029), Talia Sommer* (2026), Taryn Torres (2027)

Forwards (8): Jordynn Dudley (2028), Esther González (2027), Khyah Harper* (2026), Sam Kerr (INTL/2030), Andrea Kitahata* (2026), Midge Purce* (2026), Guro Reiten (INTL/2029), Mak Whitham (U18/2028)

* - denotes free agents for 2027 and beyond

This is an FAQ link but what I wanted to point out is that WVU is doubling its “athletic fee” that is included in student tuition from $125 to $250 this upcoming year. The fee was first included in tuition last year, so it has gone from $0 to $250 in 2 years. Previously athletics were covered in general “university fees”.

The school says this:

“Why are Morgantown students asked to contribute toward this fee?
The University is experiencing escalating expenses for the Athletic Department because of an increasingly competitive landscape.

Since the athletics experience is such an integral part of the student experience on our flagship campus in Morgantown, the Mountaineer Athletics Advantage Fee helps address and backfill these increasing expenses as current Athletics Department resources are deployed to address revenue share expenses.

…. (Other content)

How is the University securing funding to reach the $20.5 million cap?
As of July 1, 2025, WVU has begun sharing approximately $20.5 million of generated revenues — which include ticket sales, Big 12 Conference earnings and multi-media revenues — with WVU student-athletes. These revenues had previously supported the operations of WVU Athletics and its 18 sports. 

To help backfill these costs that now compensate student-athletes, the University and WVU Athletics are pursuing many avenues, including increased sponsorships, additional fundraising efforts, a reallocation of expenses within Athletics, enhanced University support, and increasing the Mountaineer Athletics Advantage Fee.”