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I'm not sure if flying can be classified as a sport, but you can win national titles at it so let's give them their due. The University of North Dakota: Winners of 12 of the last 19 National Collegiate Flying Association's national titles and going for "Lucky 13". http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/8527919.htm

This link will explain what is going on as far as the new mall currently going in. Additionally, there's almost-formal word on a new townhome development going in in that same link. Those had been mentioned in this thread in the past.

I was impressed with the UND turnout for the games yesterday. Good showing Sioux fans. I was afraid I'd be the only guy down the first base line. Who was that guy who made the nice foul ball basket catch, without even flinching in his seat, about four rows behind the center of the Sioux dugout in the bottom of three (top of four?) of game two? Get him a glove.

Here is an article that ran in last Friday's (4/23) "Hampshire Gazette." This is what the UMass Minutemen are doing of late. Sound familiar?

Dear CPBronco, Thank you for your opinion. I, personally, will take it under advisement. However, I will take further notice of this opinion:

Jordan Parise can confirm that for you.

Actually, why would you stain maple that color? I believe it's cherry or mahogany. I'll look more carefully next time I'm near there and compare it to my solid cherry cabinetry at home.

That's cute. However, I recall NDSU at SCSU and a "catch it 999 times out of 1000" touchdown pass that was dropped ... in overtime. I'll take making 1 in 1000 and a win over that.

What I meant was, if he's not up to DI he's in big trouble. Of course, that could be a big, common theme in some parts. SUNY-Buffalo? I could get ten guys off a flag football field in Minot and give them a run. It'd be too easy to make a comment about things that maybe will maybe won't happen 45 years from now in Fargo, so I'll leave it alone. However, 45 years ago in Grand Forks, they were celebrating an NCAA Mens Ice Hockey National Championship (over Michigan State, 4-3 in OT): The First of Seven.

I'm well aware of what all those building are for. I'm also aware that Alien Tech. recently put off start of construction for six months and that Research II seems have been under construction for a long time. However, Dr. Chapman has a very nice second office in Research I.

Bison Football has "capped" their house four (or is it five?) times. It was the same opponent in each case. Sioux Football: The only team to consistently "cap" FargoDome for football.

You'd better hope. Think about it before you respond.

Sorry for the interruption. Based on the numbers I consistently hear from Roger Thomas and others in UND Athletics, $15000 would be about 1.5 scholarships for student-athletes at UND. Please return to your normal arguments. Thank you.

I've spent more than enough time in the academic buildings on each campus. We'll have to agree to disagree on that one.

One of the longest months of my life was a weekend in Mankato.

Those buildings "behind" FargoDome (I assume you mean west) aren't academics buildings for NDSU. At least one is a private company. Another houses some NDSU offices for research administration. You don't see students come and go from them.

They approved Proposal 2003-13. I'm not sure if it's been amended since the date of that link. This still means that there is a five-year probation on post-season play during a transition. What that says is if a team joins an established conference with an autobid the "new" team is autobid eligible immediately (assuming they are post-season eligible otherwise). Before, if a team joined an autobid conference they'd have to wait two extra years (it was eight years for mens BB), beyond the transition five, for the autobid to be good for them. The bigger key to all of this that is readiliy overlooked: Getting admitted to a conference with an autobid.

If you insist. ;) Did you miss this: PS - That broken truss (it would never hold) on the front of the Minnesota hockey jerseys was designed by the Minnesota engineering school. Come to UND and our engineers will fix it for you. PSS - Remember what comes after BS: MS.

Athletic facilities? Hands down UND. Newman Outdoor Field is a nice thing to have but it's prime tenant is still the FM RedHawks. Academic facilities? Is there anything that looks like CAS at NDSU? Those are pretty new facilities. Yes, the newest academic building on either campus is probably the building at NDSU just east of the engineering school. (I think that is for their accounting department.) I'm not sure what the last 10 years list for each campus is. (Ten years is "recent" in collegiate time.) Considering academic buildings, if you think of UND as Merrifield Hall, NDSU wins. If you think of NDSU as Old Science and Minard Hall, UND wins. NDSU would love to have the Upson/Harrington complex over Dolve Hall and their EE buildings. UND would love to have some of NDSU's computing centers. Facilities-wise, it's where you look on each campus. (And I've spent a few minutes on each campus myself.) Programs-wise, UND's Engineering School seldom gets the credit it deserves. The NDSU CS and math departments are a nudge better. UND's Education program is the best around and there's no comparison between Nursing at UND versus NDSU. Again, it's where you specifically look. Overall, the disinterested party called Princeton Review, which we obviously are not, consistently puts UND on their list of the best. I'm yet to see NDSU on that list. And as far as Alien Technologies, they've got some serious loan guarantees from the State (like $35 MM), but that's still an empty lot with a pile of dirt on it last I looked. Back to the original topic here: - nationally, average ACT scores are up - UND applications and enrollments are up Why not take the pick of the litter?

Did someone just say this is a hollow trophy?

Another aspect to this conversation: ACT Scores Show Significant Gains in the '90s The national average ACT score in 1999 was 21 (and we all know that UND folks are above average).

Another aspect to this: How did athletic coaches get so powerful on academic campuses? - Coach says to donors, "Admissions didn't let me get (hot recruit name here)." - Unhappy donors say to university, "What check?" Who ends up with more power and influence in that transaction?

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UM-TC hypes that big minimum ACT ... for automatic admission .... but look at the average incoming freshman ACT score for the UM-TC General College: 20.4. I suspect, having read that page, that most student-athletes are admitted to that college. And remember 20.4 is the average, meaning some higher ....