Friday--December 2, 2011

Blogger was down this morning. I could not get in even to moderate comments.

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The faculty senate passes a resolution against the stadium upgrade. MassLive.com has another story.

Not great arguments from one faction of the facility. The Collegian has some illuminating quotes.

"And Sugerman, a lecturer of anthropology, also noted that while the football program’s budget will see a spike, some programs such as University Health Services have been cut back. This includes UHS’ recent cuts in hours and closure of its pharmacy."

Not even Enron's accountants could trace causality between the UMass infirmary and UMass football.

"Bogartz, a professor of psychology, said that the collegiate version of the sport was the “exploitation of student gladiators.”.

Man, I wish I had been athletic enough to play DI football and been exploited.

Mrs blog and I have traveled extensively in the US. States with widely different cultures support their state schools. Walk around Mississippi State, Washington State, Michigan State and others and look at the facilities. Then look at the New England land grant universities like URI, UMass and UNH. The campuses look like minimum security prisons. What would make the citizens of other states identify with their Universities? What could it be? What could it be?

Meanwhile, the Collegian also has an article lamenting the lack of UMass Pride. All the flagship state universities have a common thread-- a high level of involvement with their alumni, the state's citizens and the state's legislators. Maybe the blog's readers can see a link that the faculty can't.

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Meanwhile back in the real world:

The Boston globe has UMass opens football HC search. This article mentions a new name: Mike Kruczek.

MassLive has a story on the search committee and the three former UMass players that are included.

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MassLive  has a story on UMass meeting with Neal Brown.

Red Raiders.com has an article on Brown's meeting with UMass. Check out the comments. And you thought some of our commenters were nuts.

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NESN has a story about James Ihedigbo's watching Patriots games when he was in UMass dorms.

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Current UMass player Brian Dowling remembers a "miracle" high school game. Dowling played quite a bit as a true freshman for the Minutemen as a kick returner.

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