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Re: OT: The Cowbell Project - 18 years ago
Oh wow. A spambot that works by looking for "more cowbell"! That is some impressive demographic targetting.by ugarte - Hockey
Re: Interesting NCAA mascot policy - 18 years ago
KeithK Wrote: If a school does not use an Indian mascot/trappings, how can anyone even remotely think that the term "warrior" (not even remotely an Indian term, derived from Old North French according to dictionary.com) is offensive? It's sad that the article or the NCAA feels it necessary to specifically exempt "Warriors". Probably because of schools that used to use Nativeby ugarte - Hockey
Re: Letter to Harvard Coach - 18 years ago
krose Wrote: FWIW, do a Google News search for "Kyle Rose" and laugh your ass off. I got nothing. Just some stuff about a Kyle Rose that I'm pretty sure isn't you.by ugarte - Hockey
Re: Curious quote from NYT - 18 years ago
KeithK Wrote: If you want to pay to read it on the NYT website, search 'redbud' & it is the first result that comes up. Subscription only archives. The AP stories that I found quickly on Google gave very little detail of the situation. To be honest, I don't even know where Redbud Woods is (are?). Here is the article from the Sun:by ugarte - Hockey
Re: Grade Inflation - 18 years ago
Jeff Hopkins '82 Wrote: min Wrote: According to the authors of the study, apparently it's the students themselves who are inflating their grades by deliberatively choosing 'easy' or 'easier' classes. And this is a surprise? I took as many intro courses as I could over my four years, and the 200 level courses I took were all ones that were known to be somewhat easier than most. I figby ugarte - Hockey
Re: Optimism (NHL) - 18 years ago
KeithK Wrote:I don't see how the contract could be enforceable without the CB (from a logical standpoint, not necessarily legally).Because this is an issue that is likely to have come up before, I would assume that the individual contracts speak to this one way or the other with a survival or non-survival clause. Somthing like "In the even the CBA expires during the term of this contract, thby ugarte - Hockey
Re: Optimism (NHL) - 18 years ago
Trotsky Wrote: I heard something on Tony Kornheiser re: the potential impending football labor dispute that was confusing. It seemed as if the football PA was threatening to decertify the union and thus make all players free agents. Wha--? Does that mean in football a contract is between the owner and the union, not the player? (Of course, I've never understood whether there really are coby ugarte - Hockey
Re: Optimism (NHL) - 18 years ago
calgARI '07 Wrote:Things looking very good. "closest they've ever been"Prediction: the fight isn't going to be over the floating 54% benchmark, but the way the league defines revenues. Baseball is littered with sweetheart deals and shell corporations to hide and shift revenue to present a gloomy financial picture. That is probably why Goodenow is skeptical, but a direct appeal to the pby ugarte - Hockey
Re: Star Wars & the Pep Band - 18 years ago
Scersk '97 Wrote: Anyway, we're not the "evil empire," we're the indefatigable underdogs. I guess that depends on whether the game is ECACHL or OOC.by ugarte - Hockey
Re: LAX: Cornell-Duke NCAA postmortem - 18 years ago
Jeff Hopkins '82 Wrote: I was kind of disappointed in our offense. I'd been reading so much about Nee and Greenhalgh, and they really weren't nearly as dominant as I expected them to be. I'm comfortable crediting this to Duke. Their D was smothering and kept us way out of range. Their goalie - until the fourth - was amazing. (Edited becuase I realized how awkwardly my post read when Hillel qby ugarte - Hockey
Re: LAX: Cornell-Duke NCAA postmortem - 18 years ago
billhoward Wrote: If, if, if: - Cornell had tied it a 4 going into halftime rather than being down 4-3 ... This and the other "ifs" - and particularly when combined with them - are like "if everything about the game were different." We might as well just start with "if we were better than Duke." Our offense was a bit of an illusion. In the second period two oby ugarte - Hockey
Re: LAX: Cornell-Duke NCAA postmortem - 18 years ago
Jim Hyla Wrote: Jeff Hopkins '82 Wrote: I think the basket in the stick was too deep. What I didn't understand was why the stick penalty in the case of Maryland was 3 minute non-releasable, while the Duke stick penalty was 1 minute releasable. I think because the ball would not fall out, they ruled tampering with the stick (deliberate) as opposed to the strings loosening.Thanks. I was wondeby ugarte - Hockey
Re: [OT] NCAA Revisits Native American Team Nicknames - 18 years ago
krose Wrote: ugarte Wrote: So my gay friends shouldn't be upset with the way "fag" is now a catchall derogatory remark You cann't even go 20 words without setting up a straw man.That you don't see the analogy to your distinction between "offensive origins" and "theoretically inoffensive present usage" is hardly my fault or problem. In the case of existiby ugarte - Hockey
Re: [OT] NCAA Revisits Native American Team Nicknames - 18 years ago
krose Wrote: (b) some teams names may have racist origins, but the names themselves are not racist (i.e., no one thinks of the origins of these names except the people complaining about how racist they are: they are simply labels associated with an evolving tradition).So my gay friends shouldn't be upset with the way "fag" is now a catchall derogatory remark because the person using itby ugarte - Hockey
Re: [OT] NCAA Revisits Native American Team Nicknames - 18 years ago
David Grassi '02 Wrote: If a team is named after a particular group (exapmple: Fighting Sioux) then by all means the name should be changed if that group is offended. I don't think, however, that it should be changed because outsiders are offended "on behalf of" the group (as appears to be the case here, if previous postings are correct.) I agree that the Native American team namby ugarte - Hockey
Re: [OT] NCAA Revisits Native American Team Nicknames - 18 years ago
krose Wrote: I always find it interesting when people not directly bothered by something try to tell those that are to get over it. I would hope that first we all try and understand the feelings of others, then try and help each other to work to a common understanding. Pfft. I never get offended by anything. Think up a label that applies (geek, nerd, 98-pound weakling, etc.) and I guarantby ugarte - Hockey
Re: Cornell Big Red hockey cards - 18 years ago
yooper hockey Wrote: I am looking for Cornell Big Red hockey card sets given away during the 91-92 and 92-93 seasons for my sons any help is appreciated thanks I was at Cornell those years and have no recollection of these cards at all. Where were they given out or sold?by ugarte - Hockey
Re: [LAX] Road Trip for Cornell/Duke QF? - 18 years ago
GJK24 Wrote: Cornell has been in the QF game 3 times now in the past 4 years (Virginia, Navy, and Duke), and hasn't been able to get over the hump: kind of like how the hockey team can't get over the hump and make it past the national semis and quarters, or how the baseball team can't beat Harvard in the Ivy League Championship. It's a staple of Cornell athletics: close, but no cigar. Noby ugarte - Hockey
Re: [LAX] Road Trip for Cornell/Duke QF? - 18 years ago
KenP Wrote: So, we've had one NEA vote regarding the outcome. Realistically, what are our chances? Duke is the #2 seed, 2nd best record (15-2), and blew Fairfield out of the water this past weekend. We've got the 3rd best record (11-2) with a weaker SOS, and had to fight tooth and nail to get past Towson. And we're playing on grass instead of turf. Speaking without genuine knowledge (sby ugarte - Hockey
Re: Student section tix? - 18 years ago
krose Wrote:I'm willing to buy a season of student section tickets (both seats) on your line number, the remainder of which you get for no charge to use or to distribute as you will.This is how gentrification happens. Pretty soon there are going to be student community groups protesting you, Kyle.by ugarte - Hockey
Re: alumni in the pros may 05 - 19 years ago
jkahn Wrote:Charlie was on the ice for one goal in the 5-3 win, a 4-on-4 goal scored by R. J. Umberger (unassisted), previously from Ohio State.What is Umberger's current signing status? Is he a minor league FA or is he still property of the (IIRC) Rangers?by ugarte - Hockey
Re: lax tourney - 19 years ago
Hillel Hoffmann Wrote: jmh30 Wrote: So, now that it's become apparent that our first-round game location wasn't a typo, is anyone going down to Maryland to catch the game this weekend? I gambled and lost: I assumed they'd get a home playoff game and made arrangements to be in Ithaca this weekend. My skin is crawling, I'm so f'ing frustrated.Don't you live in the DC area, Hillel? I'm sure yoby ugarte - Hockey
Re: [OT Lax] Cornell lacrosse vs. Hobart - 19 years ago
Do not make 3 a recurring resolution. I appreciate the long posts about lax and I'm sure that I'm not the only one.by ugarte - Hockey
Re: [OT] USCHO: the ultimate resource - 19 years ago
I thought Ron Mexico played for Clarkson.by ugarte - Hockey
Re: Potential first round games - 19 years ago
Hillel Hoffmann Wrote:And you're right, Albany has never played Cornell in lacrosse. The program just hasn't been around that long.I actually googled this one myself and found a women's volleyball match. Cornell played in a tournament that SUNYA hosted.by ugarte - Hockey
Re: Potential first round games - 19 years ago
Al DeFlorio Wrote: Hillel Hoffmann Wrote: But given the current Ratings Percentage Index scene, the likely winners of the remaining unclaimed AQs, the fact that only the top eight teams are seeded, and the selection committee's desire to create geographically "natural" matchups (like last year's Hobart at Cornell playoff game), it's starting to look like Cornell's most likely opponby ugarte - Hockey
Re: Question - 19 years ago
holla back girl Wrote: when and where?FYI: Here is the And 1 tour schedule:by ugarte - Hockey
Re: Schafer a candidate for Notre Dame vacancy? - 19 years ago
rstott Wrote: That Schafer has experience coaching at a very academically rigorous school is surely one of the things that makes him attractive to Notre Dame.No doubt.by ugarte - Hockey