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Post by hc811215 on Nov 6, 2017 14:09:35 GMT -5
I pretty sure the school isn't sitting on $750 million, it is investing it and using the income to offset operating expenses and fund capital projects. It enables us to be one of the few schools with need blind admissions and it allows us to offer some serious financial aid to a large number of students. College endowments just seem like a strange thing to target to fund cuts for corporations and their owners and the elimination of the estate tax that only applies to the super rich. I know I'm probably getting close to that political line so I won't go further. At the end of the day, the final proposal will likely look much different than the current one so we will have to wait and see.
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Post by hc811215 on Nov 6, 2017 11:43:28 GMT -5
Non-profit colleges like Holy Cross are not wealthy. If we have to pay $500,000 in taxes each year that is less we can do for current students, especially poor students receiving financial aid.
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Post by hc811215 on Nov 6, 2017 11:00:25 GMT -5
If we earn a modest 5% on our roughly $750,000,000 that is $37,500,000. 1.4% of that is $525,000 to the government every year. Another provision negatively affects grad students. While not applicable to HC as an institution, but applicable to many HC grads in graduate school, the waiver of tuition for grad students who are teaching and research assistants will be considered taxable income to the grad student. I believe the same rule will be applied to professors and other college employees whose kids get waived tuition. That will now be deemed income to employee so far less valuable than it was, making attracting and keeping professors more expensive. Also, interest on student loans will no longer be tax deductible (currently you can deduct up to $2,500 if you make less than $80k as an individual or $160k married filing jointly. There is a lot not to like in the current proposal
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Post by hc811215 on Nov 6, 2017 10:02:45 GMT -5
Georgetown Colgate Holy Cross
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Fordham
Nov 1, 2017 16:59:53 GMT -5
Post by hc811215 on Nov 1, 2017 16:59:53 GMT -5
Are there any lots aside from Lot A that tailgating would be feasible? i don't believe so. i think that is the only outdoor lot on campus. We are all invited to the Fordham hospitality tent to eat their food, but it is not the same as our own Arthur Avenue themed tailgate. I'll just have to go to dinner afterwards.
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Post by hc811215 on Nov 1, 2017 7:47:22 GMT -5
PL Bucknell - 68 BU - 166 Navy - 182 Lehigh - 194 Colgate - 209 Army - 216 Loyola - 233 Holy Cross - 264 Do you know the rankings of Lafayette and American?
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Fordham
Oct 31, 2017 17:09:14 GMT -5
Post by hc811215 on Oct 31, 2017 17:09:14 GMT -5
While the game should be far better than last year, i am concerned by the pre-game issues identified in the email from the college:
"Fordham has invited all Holy Cross alumni and friends to congregate in its Homecoming Tent at Edwards Parade (across from Coffey Field). Complimentary BBQ/picnic style food, water and soft drinks will be served. Beer and wine available with the use of purchased drink tickets.
NO tailgating will be permitted in Lot A. Everyone is invited to join us under the Fordham Homecoming Tent on Edwards Parade."
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Post by hc811215 on Oct 31, 2017 13:41:43 GMT -5
I cannot wait for the season to start. I can't recall a season in more than a decade when we had so many questions and so much potential upside from a group of freshman. We have a high quality coach and some real potential to have a very good shooting team. With any young team we are going to have challenges and setbacks, but I do feel this team is going to surprise a lot of people this year. Alan Greenspan might accuse me of irrational exuberance, but I do predict this team will be fun to watch this year.
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Post by hc811215 on Oct 31, 2017 10:24:54 GMT -5
LEHIGH
LAFAYETTE
FORDHAM
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Post by hc811215 on Oct 26, 2017 13:03:29 GMT -5
I assume you didn't take a course in 20th Century American Literature at Holy Cross, where a discussion of symbols was part of the syllabus. If you're so disposed, google: sword symbol of. Or perhaps Joanne Pierce's Sacraments or Liturgy courses in Religious Studies about the meaning of signs and symbols. Maybe a history course about the Crusades, particularly the role of later Crusaders in the Battle of Lepanto. If it were not for the Crusaders and the rosary intercession of the navy crew, Western Europe would have been sacked and educational institutions shuttered by pillagers. We would not be having this conversation. Period. I'm not sure that is right. Lepanto was not during the crusades, but during the fourth Ottoman Venetian war, also known as the War of Cyprus. While a significant naval victory for Venice and the Holy League (Spain and Papal States) over the Ottomans, Lepanto was part of a conflict mainly between Venice and the Ottoman Empire from 1570-73, resulting in Venice ceding Cyprus and paying off the Ottomans. Not really a save the day moment for the west and not commonly associated with the crusades.
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Post by hc811215 on Oct 24, 2017 11:53:27 GMT -5
COLGATE LEHIGH GTOWN
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Post by hc811215 on Oct 24, 2017 10:17:46 GMT -5
If you were to ask the average Catholic (if there were such a thing), what are the top 10 things you associate with Catholicism or which make you proud to be a catholic, I don't think the crusades make either of these lists. Is there some reason why any mascot would have to be in a "top 10" list? The number seems somewhat arbitrary and appears to ignore almost a century of tradition on Mt Saint James. Is we had never been the Crusaders, that is a horse of a different color, as some say. Hold on there. Who said anything about changing colors? If we gave up our purple color that would be a bridge too far, even for me.
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Post by hc811215 on Oct 24, 2017 8:49:15 GMT -5
Do you think the scrimmage will be in the new practice gym or the game gym? If the new practice gym, unless they cover the windows, you can get great looks from the second floor atrium into the Blaney court.
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Post by hc811215 on Oct 24, 2017 8:27:48 GMT -5
I know there are some strong feelings about this, but I'll weigh in anyway and hope that my post does not offend. I wonder if in an alternative universe where Holy Cross was just starting an intercollegiate sports program in 2017 and was thinking of names for Holy Cross sports teams today, would "Crusader" even make it into the top 20 names to be considered? I could be wrong, but think not. While it can charitably be said that the Crusades have a somewhat complicated history, the excess, the barbarity, and the slaughter of many thousands of non-combatants during the Crusades have left mostly negative connotations, especially among high school aged students looking at colleges in 2017 and beyond. Perhaps worse for a sports team, their won loss record for the crusades was worse than CMB and CTG combined. If you were to ask the average Catholic (if there were such a thing), what are the top 10 things you associate with Catholicism or which make you proud to be a catholic, I don't think the crusades make either of these lists. The Jesuits who founded Holy Cross were not formed until long after the major crusades were finished. Indeed, St. Ignatius gave up his sword when he founded the Jesuits. While there might have been an additional Worcester connection to knights and the crusades because of its then famous Worcester Armory museum, even that institution has shut down for lack of interest. I don't think the question is whether the crusader name is offensive to others. Rather, is it the name with which the Holy Cross student body, faculty, and administration wish to use to self-identify as a community and to rally behind in sports? I would not be surprised if the college makes a change and would not be terribly upset if they do. While alums should have some say in the matter, I think the decision needs to be more about the present and future, than it needs to be about the past. There is no reference to crusaders in either the alma mater or chu chu rah rah songs. I would not be surprised if our teams became the Purple Knights or just The Purple. We could even keep Iggy.
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Post by hc811215 on Oct 23, 2017 10:55:45 GMT -5
With the Luth Athletic Complex barely open after such a huge investment, I think there is virtually no chance that we give up football or the Patriot League anytime soon. We went to full football scholarships to preserve the Patriot League and prevent Fordham's threatened departure. I also think there is great value in having fall Saturday afternoons playing Ivies and other PL schools like Colgate. Even a smattering of BCS games would be fun (who knew UConn would be such a close game?). All we need to improve the program is to do well within the PL. PL and Ivy football is fun to watch, especially if your team is winning. As he watched this season unravel, I suspect ADNP started kicking himself for extending CTG and not letting him go after the Fordham debacle last season. We have had a lot of losing seasons in a row so the crowds are small and the student body is not supportive. A new coach, provided he achieves some success, could bring back fans quickly. Student perceptions are based on their 4 year experience and can change quickly. I graduated in 1981 and my perception of HC was that we were a basketball school. We were not a great football school. We went to football games, but not in the numbers, or with the enthusiasm, we went to basketball games. My younger brother graduated in 1988. During his tenure, football was the big sport on campus among casual fans because of the tremendous success we were having. I would bet attendance between the fall of 84 and the fall of 87 was double that from 77 to 80. not coincidentally, our combined record from 77-80 was 17-27 and our combined record from 84-87 was 33-9-1. Why do I bring up this history? Only to support the proposition that things can change, including fan base and public perception, much faster than we think. It doesn't take long to bring fans back when you start winning and there is a buzz about a program.
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Post by hc811215 on Oct 19, 2017 13:23:42 GMT -5
What's the rationale here? Even for a 1PM kick, doesn't tailgating begin at 10AM? There is 0 rationale for the 10:30am start. My only guess as to why 12:00pm is because of the presidents council dinner that evening. My suspicion is that the homecoming crowd was perceived as getting a little out of hand before the game. I ended up parking in Freshman field and was directed not far from the small bleachers on the Williams side of the field. It was pretty wild in that area (at least for a Holy Cross tailgate). I could see shortening it from 3 hours to 2 and 1/2 but not to 90 minutes. By the time you park and set up you will have less than an hour to cook and eat before you will be "encouraged" to leave the field.
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Post by hc811215 on Oct 19, 2017 11:41:55 GMT -5
Where did you see that the fields do not open until 10:30? Could not find that on the web site anywhere..... I got an email for President's Council weekend and it contained the following message: If you have requested football tickets, they have been mailed to you. Please note that the parking areas and fields around the football stadium will open at 10:30 a.m. I emailed to make sure it wasn't a typo and was told they open at 10:30, both freshman field and baseball field.
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Post by hc811215 on Oct 19, 2017 10:16:38 GMT -5
Strange that fields will not be open until 10:30 for tailgating with a noon start. Could this be a reaction to the rowdy homecoming crowd a few weeks ago? We better eat quickly.
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Post by hc811215 on Oct 19, 2017 10:13:43 GMT -5
And the Yankees were rebuilding this year too. I bet we finish in the top half of the league at least.
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ALCS
Oct 19, 2017 9:12:33 GMT -5
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Post by hc811215 on Oct 19, 2017 9:12:33 GMT -5
This Yankee teamhas been more fun to watch this year than any time since 1996. There seems to be a real joy on this team that is contagious. Also, with all the criticism of Joe Girardi's in-game coaching in the ALDS, it would be hard to vote against him as AL manager of the year with how far he has taken this very young team.
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Post by hc811215 on Oct 16, 2017 10:01:12 GMT -5
Fordham Lafayette Holy Cross
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Post by hc811215 on Oct 9, 2017 9:22:14 GMT -5
Harvard Colgate Lehigh Cornell Yale
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Post by hc811215 on Oct 2, 2017 12:55:24 GMT -5
Absolutely awful and depressing day at Fitton Field on Saturday. With a game as disappointing as that one, it's hard to imagine that the stadium "experience" was worse, but I think it just may have been. I have never seen so many people tailgating on both Freshmen and the baseball fields (actually a fun environment in both places) and so few people going inside the stadium (SHOCKED that a letter didn't do anything!). And it's difficult to blame them. The decision by Pine to hire RGIS security has created an atrocious experience inside and around the stadium and there is absolutely no life to the presentation of the game - obviously no video boards, no attempt at creating entertainment between the extremely excessive number of timeouts, a completely lackluster concession selection. I would love to know how much money we are paying to the unprofessional thugs from RGIS who are looking for trouble in about as peaceful of an environment as you can have for a sporting event (has anyone ever seen anything happen at Fitton that would require security?). An absolute disgrace. Funny thing. As I was walking into the stadium, I was somewhat firmly told about the prohibition on bringing beverages into the stadium, including water. It was only when I politely protested the need to throw out my unopened Poland Spring bottle that they let me slide. I don't blame the employees who I am sure were just being told to follow guidelines; however, they should be told to be very friendly and somewhat lax on the searches. On the tailgating front, Freshman Field seemed as tightly packed and as big a party as I have seen in years. Ended up with my car parked near the bleachers on the Williams side of the field. This seemed to be the meeting point of class of '17 and seniors from Williams. It was wall to wall people. When they started clearing the field for the game, there seemed to be a god number of students and younger alums heading up the hill rather than toward the stadium.
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Post by hc811215 on Oct 2, 2017 8:52:29 GMT -5
Princeton
Colgate
Fordham
Monmouth
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Post by hc811215 on Oct 1, 2017 11:19:33 GMT -5
I suppose if the team wins the remainder of its games and went 8-3 on the season his job might be safe. Unfortunately, after yesterday, that seems highly unlikely. Having made the drive from New York and tailgating on what appeared to me to be a very crowded Freshman field, I really was looking forward to the game. Just before half time with us up only 7-0, I said to my daughter's boyfriend that I was worried that we only had a 7 point lead. Many people left at half-time of what was a very boring game. I bet there was less than half the crowd still in the stands for the end of the game. It was a very frustrating game to watch. The defense played very well. the offense was just terrible. I am no expert on football but the play calling seemed atrocious throughout. There simply were too many errant long throws on first down. Also, Pujals seemed to be getting frustrated with his receivers being covered and him having to run for his life quite a bit. I believe we had only 79 yards in the second half. We had no turnovers and our defense had three interceptions of Lafayette and we still couldn't score more than 7 points. With the defense playing so well and the offense sputtering it is simply unfathomable how a D-1 head coach would go for it on 4th and 1 on his own 33 with less than two minutes to go. When we didn't make it, the few people left in the crowd just knew it was over. HC loses a game where it was not behind until the last play with time expiring. CTG is unrivaled in coaching teams that lose in unique ways at the last minute.
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