robert morris

[jy3]

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
http://www.uscho.com/news/2002/12/10_005665.php December 10, 2002 Robert Morris Considers Adding Hockey
http://www.uscho.com/news/2004/04/27_008488.php April 27, 2004 Robert Morris Women Accepted Into CHA

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

[KeithK]

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").

[billhoward]

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.

[jy3]

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

[mgl11]

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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!  :-D

[billhoward]

[Q]jmh30 Wrote:

 [Q2]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.

[Jim Hyla]

[Q]billhoward Wrote:

 Guys named Ed have always been smart. Even the ones with two legs. [/q]Careful, you might be dating yourself ;-) .