robert morris

just curious when they officially went d1???? not sure where I was when this was announced. I heard from the aunt of a kid who will be going to another ivy league place (he wanted cornell but they were happy with their goalies, i was told, so stopped going after him as much) that they were telling their recruits that they were going d1. i said "hmm, havent heard anything about robert morris going d1." I look on the cha and robert morris web sites and there they are! then on uscho and they are listed as being in the cha but i never saw a headline. so strange. anyone able to cure my confusion?
thanks

all i could find were these
[www.uscho.com] December 10, 2002 Robert Morris Considers Adding Hockey
[www.uscho.com] April 27, 2004 Robert Morris Women Accepted Into CHA

in the article from april 27 it mentions that robert morris men were already added.

Robert Morris was added to the CHA this year to replace the departing (and disbanding) Findlay. Their move to D1 got a little bit a press this year, particularly when they rode to the rescue of the CHA (if you recall, the league needed a 5th member to keep it's tourney autobid). Actually, this will be RMU's first year playing hockey, not just being in D1 (per a news story on their web site: "RMU announces Inaugural Schedule".

Great line from the first of the two USCHO stories, quoting the university president. They don't have a gender problem and they have a way to avoid the problem they don't have:

>>> Robert Morris president Ed Nicholson told the newspaper the school does not have a gender equity problem and could avoid one by offering more women's sports.

This is also odd: The college is Robert _____, but the president is Ed __________, not Edward. Seems imbalanced. An Ed _____ belongs at, say, Bob Jones University.

lol

i did not see a date on the announcement of the move to D1 or hockey but thanks for straightening it out. i was confused today

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[Q]billhoward Wrote:

Great line from the first of the two USCHO stories, quoting the university president. They don't have a gender problem and they have a way to avoid the problem they don't have:

>>> Robert Morris president Ed Nicholson told the newspaper the school does not have a gender equity problem and could avoid one by offering more women's sports. [/q]BRILLIANT! I don't know why no other schools thought of that!

[Q]jmh30 Wrote:

billhoward Wrote:

Great line from the first of the two USCHO stories, quoting the university president. They don't have a gender problem and they have a way to avoid the problem they don't have:

>>> Robert Morris president Ed Nicholson told the newspaper the school does not have a gender equity problem and could avoid one by offering more women's sports. [/Q]
BRILLIANT! I don't know why no other schools thought of that! [/q]

Guys named Ed have always been smart. Even the ones with two legs.