The Sicatoka
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Among the things I'm looking forward to seeing this year:
A full compliment of skaters on the ice ... oh, ... wait, ... I'll still be waiting for a couple games.
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It's no longer about getting a buzz.
Today it seems it's all about the fastest path to obliteration and there's no way that can be good for anyone.
The following links are not for the faint of heart.
http://www.dailymail...quick-buzz.html
http://www.huffingto..._n_1092594.html
And now to the University of Tennessee where a person hit a blood alcohol level 5x the limit to drive. How? Don't ask ...
http://www.huffingto..._hp_ref=college
I'm not saying any of that ill-advised non-sense happened here. I'm trying to show the older-than-college-aged folks that the attitudes toward consumption have vastly changed since "back in your day", and not for the better or safer.
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... and Tate Maris is lining up at center.
C'mon. Seriously.
Everyone knows Tate's a winger.
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Why was Faison called?
I can't tell you I'm 100% positive about this, but I suspect it has to do with the concept of in loco parentis.
Faison works directly for the campus executive and as such has a higher level of university authority and responsibility than any coach or faculty member, and assumably may act as "the university" when "in loco parentis" situations arise. In a similar situation with a non-athlete I speculate that UPD would call Lori Reesor (see same link).
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I am not condoning the actions here at all but why would Brian Faison be the first call the officer on the scene would make?
I wondered that also, but I'm guessing that must be UPD policy (because we know cops love following policy).
what if the students in question were non athletes? Would they call their academic advisor?
I'd guess some VP wonk for student affairs or such from Twamley.
I guess that my first call may have been to the paramedics , or a parent or something . just curious as to why the athletic director .
I read it as the paramedics were already on scene.
and holy crap I guess things did get out of hand. all of this at 830 p m
You noticed that too ...
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So, has anyone tallied up the total damage from this soiree yet?
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... some nerd RA had to get involved to get his name in the paper....
And if the unspeakable would've happened to one of the guys you'd be out there wondering where were the RAs looking out for them.
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I was not the one who made it political.
Yes, you started it in Post #31 of this thread.
I'm ending it here.
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Explain Sheldon Addelson? Easily reach 10 million, also remember this donation is a tax write off also.
Lose the politics or take a vacation.
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Not when the strings strangle you.
You seem to enjoy continually assuming the glass is empty ... and cracked.
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OK, Monday came and went, before Tuesday's Gone who were the four that were cited yesterday.
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Why UNI scheduled themselves virtually out of the playoffs is a head scratcher.
Why? Easy. Follow the Benjamins.
Their athletic department needed the money because the State of Iowa has fiscal issues.
UNI played UW and Iowa and came home with checks totaling $950,000.
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The proper response to any gift is: Thank you.
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Dear Mr. Hamm and Continental Resources, Inc.,
Thank you.
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This just in, they beat the french fry record by 100 pounds during Potato Bowl week!!
Now that's a major announcement!
... or a major gut ache.
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College aged kids consume. (Hey, guilty as charged in my day.)
The behavior pattern of drinking to excess and possibly causing self-harm*, if happening, must be addressed and quashed. That's what my concern is.
*Blacking out due to intentional over-consumption is the definition of causing self-harm. You aren't supposed to intentionally shut down your own central nervous system.
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Who gets to set those expectations??? The moral authority of this board? It is the administration, and UND ...
Uh, you answered your own question right there. UND Administration is serving notice that the attitudes toward alcohol overconsumption must change.
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... does UND hockey players getting insanely drunk 3 weeks before the season starts truly cause you concerns?
If, as speculated here, people needed medical attention, in a word, yes.
Alcohol usage has both acute and chronic deleterious effects on athletic performance.
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Knowing Teeder his hint will be: Check about 1:45 pm.
You know Teeder, he's just an oily ham ... he'll tell you something's coming but not exactly what.
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I bet more kids die from texting and driving than from hard partying- should we suspend players for that too?
That's illegal also, and an even bigger risk to people around them.
As I said earlier, individually tragic events happen all the time. You can't control it- in reality, there is very little any of us can control. Establishing rules and controls are just ways for people to try and make themselves feel better.
Bottom line for me is that this too shall pass, and college kids will go on drinking to excess, fornicating, skipping class,etc. That is just what they do.
We can set expectations. We can deal with those who fail to meet expectations.
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And I saw on the news last night that an 18-year old was killed by a train in Fargo at about 3:00 a.m. and they believe alcohol was involved. We already had an incident like that happen on UND's campus last year. Totally agree, rather be proactive, than have to tell any promising young student's parents that there kid is no longer with us, and by the way this type of activity has been going on for a while, but we passed it off as kids being kids.
Grand Forks/UND student in 2011: http://www.kfyrtv.co....asp?news=56063
Fargo/NDSU student in 2012: http://www.inforum.c...icle/id/375270/
I have no doubt that people brushing this off as normal would be asking for heads to roll if an intoxicated player/players forced themselves onto women.
That's called "the Montana problem". No. Wait. That's called "the Boston University problem". No. Wait. It's both.
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Check out WDAY sports in a few minutes... they might have highlights of "The Catch II" by Jameer!
I just saw it on the WDAY/WDAZ sports.
I think that was intended for the pylon and Jackson intercepted it.
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Why is this a big deal?
How soon they forget:
http://www.nytimes.c...&position=&_r=0
But the experience of Fargo, where power hours sent one 21-year-old into a coma and killed another, shows how difficult it can be to change a culture of drinking.It's not like the days where it was "a couple beers" some of us remember. Today's students on just about every campus in America drink to obliteration and beyond, to the point of passing out. (I have college-aged relatives that tell me about the attitudes and actions and I'm simply taken aback. These people are putting their own lives at risk and think it's acceptable behavior in civil society.)
Given the choice of headlines between "Faison suspends ... " and "Player found dead" I'll pick Faison sending the message. Every. Time.
Melodramatic by me?
Re-read the link.
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If it was 500 yards and 40+ points, yes.
The yards are still up too high, but Sac only mustered 13 points (and 6 of those were garbage time).
The defense is evolving; it still has a way to go but this week gave me hope that they are going the right way.
Media Stories on the Sioux Name
in UND Nickname
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From the Attorney General's web site:
http://www.ag.nd.gov/documents/09-26-12.pdf