The Sicatoka

The first: Brian Idalski

It was last night; now it's April 11. http://www.grandforksherald.com/articles/index.cfm?id=32586

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Question: These buildings were cheaper to purchase (downtown) than to build on campus. However, they won't be on the NDSU steam plant system which means their own heating systems (and separate heating costs). And they'll be away from primary campus services (increased travel time for plant services, campus mail, etc.). What are the long-term costs of ownership of these cheap-to-buy downtown buildings relative to having built (a more costly up front) on-campus facility?

Not quite .... Someone went past "raise money" right to "purchase" and from "on campus" to not. I could see how that would ruffle lawmakers.

"While estimates of his wealth approach $1.2 billion, Engelstad's frugality was legendary." -- GF Herald, November 28, 2002

Are you sure? Estimates ranged from net worth of $600 million to $1.2 billion at time of his death. Only Betty (and Owen Nitz and Jeff Cooper) really know. Then again, I'm sure Mr. Engelstad was the only UND alumnus to do well (fiscally) in life.

Seems Sen. Christmann is rather upset at how one particular NDUS school (cough-NDSU-cough) effectively disobeyed legislation (law) the ND Senate passed and did their own thing. http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/20...tate/131026.txt I remember when another NDUS school wasn't allowed to take ownership of a $104 MM hockey arena so it worked within the passed legislation to make it work. That seemed to please the Legislature. Now this perception of how the NDUS operates (from this experience) will have negative ramifications for all NDUS schools.

Big UAV goings-on in Grand Forks this week: Unmanned intersection UND markets its role in aviation's future I like the sound of The future of aviation is at UND.

Yup.

It's the end of March (the release date I was told by someone who should know). The prime constituency will be whoopin' it up in St. Louis late next week. Seems like time to roll out what they've been working on.

Wouldn't "numbers" and "space available" dictate some of that also though? USD has a distinct geographic advantage in a "one slot available in Mid-Con" scenario.

If there's a position a true freshman could practice and play themselves into this year it's in the defensive backfield.

Does Minnesota hang WCHA playoff championship banners?

Can you believe NDSU hired a guy who was a mere director of mens basketball operations at a Big Ten school as their new head coach, and didn't even interview Craig Smith. Where have I heard that before ....

Weren't "projects" traditionally "X" or "Y" named (the X-22 JSF?). It's only after acceptance and production do they get to name them after people or (ahem) geography (like USS Omaha ).

Saul Phillips' first time with the media: Best. Quotes. Ever.

Spartans? No, wait, they go by just "Spartans"? Irish?

If he's still there. There are some strange whispers flying about ....

Not. Difficult. At. All.

WCHA officials and wildly inconsistent in the same sentence. Shocking. Not.

Just one more, I promise: I barely finished learning the words to "Onward Christian Soldiers" and came this close to having to learn the "Air Force Anthem". OK. I'm done. Back to subject of thread: The bleeding (signing), believe it or not, has just begun. The only open questions are "which ones" and "how many".

Specifically Michigan's Jack, not Minnesota's Eric (yet).

You know it's only the Frozen Four left in college hockey when .... .... Chris Heisenberg's recruits site is unavailable due to daily bandwidth limitations before noon Central time on a Monday in late March.

Double-oh, .... six?