The Sicatoka

It's been in the works since the announcement of construction of The Betty. They are working to raise $8 to 16 million. This capital campaign is in addition to their efforts to raise funds for immediate needs (i.e. current budget). I don't know how they are doing or how far along they are, but The Betty is up and running.

The next question is: How would Fargo/NDSU/North Dakota be affected by the Air National Guard Base in Fargo being closed? There are only three tanker/refueler bases left in the USAF. One is Grand Forks. (In the last BRAC they went from near double-digits to three.)

I'm sure Lucia, Woog, and Frank M. have those tapes chained to a cinder block bound for the bottom center "of the big lake they called 'Gitche Gumee'".

There're only 16 WCHA points available. Home: Denver, Wisconsin Away: Anchorage, SCSU

How in the world can they not know when Rylan Kaip suffered a head injury that sounds like it could be career-threatening? Wouldn't you know when you took a shot to the head? So why don't they ask Rylan?

Let's look at this from a logistics point of view: - They had the WJC logo on the ice through January 4 (gold medal game). - It was a WJC logo when MSU-Mankato was in town. - I'm sure they pulled the ice (to change the paint) before home conference BB on January 14, 15, 20, and 22. What I don't get is why the ice didn't start going back in on January 23.

(Just so you all know, your chains are being jerked.) Why not build a monorail! It could stop at some of the places CoteauRinkRat mentioned and more: - SuperTarget's lot (PARKING!) - The Al's lot (MORE PARKING!) - CAS/Center for Innovation/UTechPark - The Ralph - The new parking ramp (Columbia at University, EVEN MORE PARKING!) - The Union - Johnstone/Fulton/Smith/Gamble Hall (you have to walk the skyway to Walsh) - Wilkerson and most importantly - Whitey's - The Red Pepper! - Happy Harry's PS - No way will I allow the monorail to have a stop at Twamley. Make 'em walk.

For all of Fargo's growth over the last decade, the state population is up less than 1000 people. That tells me that Fargo's growth is really the emptying out of all of the small towns in ND. That tells me ND is on a collision course for being Fargo, GF, Bismarck, Minot, and some outposts in between. star2city did the best job at explaining the similarities and differences of the two cities. The thing that makes me the most sad about Fargo's growth is that Fargo has lost its innocence and may not realize it. The morning news out of Fargo doesn't seem to start lately without the phrases an armed robbery over night, a murder investigation, a car jacking (yes, in Fargo), or another big meth/drug bust. The question about "Fargo versus Grand Forks" compared to "Fargo and Grand Forks" is best answered by (and I can't believe I'm going to say this because I've never voted for him), Senator Dorgan: By his Red River Valley* Research Corridor initiative he clearly believes that one pushes the other to be better and stronger so both (and the state) thrive. I'm pretty sure "Red River Valley" isn't by accident. You need the strengths of Fargo and Grand Forks, UND and NDSU to make ND survive and start to grow. * That says "Red River Valley", not Fargo, not Grand Forks, but the thing that connects them together -- common interest: Fargo and Grand Forks, Grand Forks and Fargo.

Wouldn't parking closer to the center of campus (like my idea above, or behind the coffee shop) be better for campus?

I'm pretty sure U2Bad1 is a poor college student. The SUV comes later. GF and Fargo were the same for gas most of the football season. I see that GF is up again comparatively.

Instead of "caps" (maximums), would "floors" (minimums) on scholarships solve the problem? As far as divisions, I see the NCAA eliminating a division before it would create one, or even a new sub-category within one. Divisions mean championships and championships cost money: Fewer divisions, fewer championships to sponsor, more money for the NCAA.

BSU Stats versus UND Stats BSU has three guys scoring at a point a game or better. UND has none.

The PWR doesn't give a beaver's bottom (or would that be Beaver's bottom?) about 12-0 whitewash final scores. The PWR viewed UMD and BSU each as 1-1-0 head to head after those two games. For the remainder of this season The Sioux can not afford to lose to any teams with lower RPIs or PWRs. Period.

Is this the same Bemidji State that knocked off a Frozen Four team last season? This Sioux team is ripe for the picking given this week's distractions and the off-week. I'm sure BSU knows that.

Back to The Betty, are we sure they can't broadcast out of there? The specs say: - TV broadcast booth - Radio broadcast booth - Game filming platform - Fiber-optic communications The TV booth, filming platform, and fiber-optic lines say "TV ready". Couldn't they just send the camera feeds to The Ralph and use the production room and satellite uplink from there?

I still say the place for a ramp is - south of REA, - north of the Memorial Union, - west of the medical school, but - east of the nursing building. You could connect it by skyway to Med, REA, and the Union. Yeah, there'd be some long skyways, but I know I'd pay to park in a ramp and walk a block or two indoors to the finest hockey facility on earth.

Nope. Sorry. I'm just a shill for, not an employee of, UND. At the risk of repeating myself:

"Shamelessly plug"? That sounds like you assume PCM is compensated by USCHO. Knowing PCM, that'd be wrong. Apparently what PCM does get for reporting, reporting what UND had released to the press 30 minutes earlier(!), is a long, deep line of excrement from folks that can't handle the truth. UND released it late in the day (hey, PCM could have gone "exclusive" on it much earlier in the day but he didn't! -- see his point d), PCM wrote it after the UND release, USCHO posted it, it was going to be here sooner or later. But all of that is off the key issue: Mr. Greene triggered this whole sequence with his choices.

Let's see, 0230 hours Sunday until Monday late afternoon. That's over 36 hours. Ever hear of a telephone? Scarier yet, how about a cell phone. What do you bet Greene and Hakstol each have one? And what about Associate Head Coach Berry? Or Assistant Coach Eades? "On the table" is much better than "whispers and rumors." (Heavens, did I just agree with Gopher-lovin' sagard?)

Sioux Basketball (and Volleyball) is now officially housed in The Betty. All of the nostagia is there. Hyslop is now indoor training space for the other sports at UND.

Wanless on the UND position: http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/s...ta/10712002.htm Another article: Searching for an AD It's a pretty good article. Here's an interesting quote from it: "Next level" and "ongoing process" talk from Gene? I thought he was dead-set anti-DI.

GF Herald: No comment.

Fact: He failed a field sobriety test. Forgive me if the standard I hold people to is "never have to take that test."

You all tell me what it's like to have your head "two-railed" off the driver's side window and windshield of your car (while wearing a seat belt no less) from being broadsided by a drunk driver and I'll tell you all about righteous indignation.