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Date Posted: 09/20/15 9:33:34pm Sun
Author: Steve
Subject: Re: When will this idiocy end?
In reply to: 'gate80 's message, "When will this idiocy end?" on 09/20/15 11:09:38am Sun

>Let me get this straight - Colgate, with a Div 1
>hockey program and 900 million endowment, carries out
>a decades overdue replacement of an eyesore over a
>half century old, and this is considered an example of
>the overemphasis of sports on college campuses today,
>warranting a Bloomberg News profile??? For those of us
>who know Colgate athletics and what has transpired in
>the last generation, this report borders on parody! We
>don't even fund the full compliment of hockey
>scholarships for cryin' out loud, the only team in the
>NCAA playoffs a couple of years ago not to do so. We
>apply the AI for hockey recruits when we don't have
>to. The shame of it is that even with these
>disadvantages we were on the cusp of becoming a
>national elite hockey program recently. Balakian and
>his ilk would cut off their genitals to be on the Yale
>or Princeton faculty. They should take a road trip to
>see the hockey facilities these schools have for their
>students. This report is further evidence of the
>ongoing problem faced by Colgate athletics, a problem
>many even on this board deny exists. I hope our new
>president, with his athletic background at a school
>which used athletics to improve its academic profile,
>will tell these clowns he'd put in a good word for
>them if they wish to join the Hamilton or Swarthmore
>faculty.

You hit a home run with that response of yours! I especially like the idea of a trip to Princeton and Yale for these disgruntled and aimless individuals on the faculty.

Go 'gate!

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[> [> [> [> [> Re: When will this idiocy end? -- The Lone Haranguer, 09/21/15 12:32:50pm Mon

These faculty CINOs (Colgate in name only) already self-identify as Yale/Princeton/Ivy/D-III.

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[> [> [> [> [> [> Re: When will this idiocy end? -- 9 Iron, 09/21/15 1:45:22pm Mon

>These faculty CINOs (Colgate in name only) already
>self-identify as Yale/Princeton/Ivy/D-III.

Who you kidding, the entire campus strives for that. That is why we are getting passed by the very institutions that we used to beat.

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