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Post by hcpride on May 5, 2024 7:03:11 GMT -5
Eyeballing his times, I'd say sophomore Liam Lyons has a shot at grabbing our outdoor mile record (Art Dulong 4.04.1 5/24/69) before he graduates.
Liam's outdoor mile PR is 4:07.79 (and his outdoor 1500 PR from the PL Championships is 3:46.07...Art Dulong's outdoor 1500 school record is 3:45.4 5/18/69...so breaking that record is an even stronger possibility).
Beyond all the usual difficulties of breaking outdoor track records (the usual running issues + weather), the mile/1600 is not run too frequently in collegiate competition.
(Dulong's indoor mile record is quite a bit stronger: 4:01.1 1/70)
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Post by hcpride on May 4, 2024 12:07:12 GMT -5
Yes, that was my point (we get students and athletes from places like St Anthony's and Chaminade but not the better boys lax players...and it is not as if they and/or their parents have never heard of this place or don't think highly of this place or it is too far away or the name is too Catholic). I think a few schollie dollars might do the trick here and there. The girls lax team (with their 31 D-1 commits) at St Anthony's is number 1 in the nation...and the boys lax team is way down (lol) at number 6 in the nation this year. I presume that 31 is among all 4 classes, as women’s lax regularly provides many underclass commits. Obviously, still impressive. I’d assume just juniors and seniors. After all, this was written regarding the St. Anthony’s boys team last year: ...Not when the defending CHSAA 'AAA' state champions feature 25 seniors who are committed to playing college lacrosse. Nineteen of those will play at Division I schools. “There are no practices like this anywhere in the country,” Owen Duffy said. “Our second-strings, our third-strings are all guys going places."... www.newsday.com/amp/sports/high-school/boys-lacrosse/st-anthonys-boys-lacrosse-t7hkcpicThis is a VERY different lacrosse world than most folks are used to (senior D-1 boys lax commits buried on the bench…and consider they had junior D-1 commits on the same team !!)
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Post by hcpride on May 4, 2024 4:53:09 GMT -5
There are a minuscule number of Jewish students matriculating. And a minuscule, if any, number of students with familial ties to Palestine / Middle East matriculating. Perhaps the (very) high percentage of Catholics on our campus is another factor to be weighed (relative to the absence of pro-Hamas or anti-Israel/antisemitic outbreaks on Mount Saint James). Here’s what Columbia’s Catholic chaplain, Father Robert Landry, did at Columbia to stop his flock from joining in: According to Landry, nearly half of the approximately 300 protesters arrested were non-student activists. He said these outside forces are “explicitly communist groups” who have been distributing Marxist materials attacking the state of Israel since the Hamas Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack. Landry said that these materials attempt to justify the Hamas attack “out of this neo-Marxist, ‘oppressor versus oppressed’ ideology that says whatever somebody in the category of ‘oppressed’ wants to do against a so-called ‘oppressor’ is justified, even killing way more than a thousand innocent people at a party.” “This divide and conquer class warfare that comes from Marx and Lenin is the exact antithesis of what Jesus Christ himself taught,” he continued. “So, I try to get the Catholic students aware of that problem so at least they’re inoculated to that intellectual virus.” Catholic students act as peacemakers Landry said he was proud of the many Catholic students who have “stepped up” to be peacemakers amid all the hatred on campus. www.catholicnewsagency.com/amp/news/257581/columbias-catholic-chaplain-campus-protests-were-pushed-by-explicitly-communist-outsiders
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Post by hcpride on May 3, 2024 11:10:07 GMT -5
Thank you woorat and alum for confirming that we are not taking men's LAX donations and redirecting them elsewhere. Not sure where that thought came from? Also, hcpride, while I did not know my high school alma mater had that many D-1 LAX players, I do know the school has been a bit of a feeder school for our ladies soccer team over the last few years (3 on this past season's team). Sammi Adams graduating in a few weeks. Yes, that was my point (we get students and athletes from places like St Anthony's and Chaminade but not the better boys lax players...and it is not as if they and/or their parents have never heard of this place or don't think highly of this place or it is too far away or the name is too Catholic). I think a few schollie dollars might do the trick here and there. The girls lax team (with their 31 D-1 commits) at St Anthony's is number 1 in the nation...and the boys lax team is way down (lol) at number 6 in the nation this year.
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Post by hcpride on May 3, 2024 10:54:07 GMT -5
Lost in all the pro-Hamas/antisemitism/trespass/intimidation/encampment protests at many campuses is this one spectacular bit of weirdness at (of all places, LOL) Harvard. Quite a visual. Apparently the pro-Palestinian encampment at Harvard was unceremoniously invaded by 100 naked men and women participating in a traditional pre-finals "Primal Scream" streaking night. I have absolutely no idea why Harvard gets the reputation of being an oddball place. But kudos for the headline: “Harvard Students Streak Around Encampment in Cheeky Primal Scream Display” www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/5/2/primal-scream-harvard-yard-encampment/
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Post by hcpride on May 2, 2024 11:55:16 GMT -5
I’m heading to a different college graduation in 3 weeks and have the same concerns. These sorts of protesters (students, faculty members, professionals agitators, and otherwise) are not known for respecting the rights of others and I’d hate to have the graduation experience marred/disrupted/halted. This year’s college seniors have already seen their high school graduations cancelled/curtailed by Covid restrictions and ditto regarding their first year on campus.
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Post by hcpride on May 2, 2024 10:33:34 GMT -5
Why? That seems rather arbitrary. Our methodology was as follows. After disqualifying the Ivies (and we used the Ivy-plus yardstick, which includes Stanford, MIT, Duke and the University of Chicago, as well as the eight classics Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown, Penn, Columbia, Dartmouth and Cornell), we started with 1,743 colleges of at least 4,000 students (understanding that small liberal arts schools have always offered a more boutique experience and are hard to compare with research universities). Using 2022 admissions data, the most recent available, we then screened for schools with high standardized test scores (our New Ivies average a robust 1482 SAT and 33 ACT) and where at least half the applicants supplied the scores, regardless of whether they were required to do so for admission—in other words, places that still rely heavily on objective measures of success. We also screened with a selectivity yardstick (below a 20% admission rate at private schools, 50% at publics). And then from there, we took the 32 remaining schools and surveyed our hiring manager respondents about each one.www.forbes.com/sites/emmawhitford/2024/04/29/the-new-ivies-as-employers-sour-on-the-super-elite-these-20-colleges-shine/?sh=28710d9a438f
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Post by hcpride on Apr 29, 2024 10:12:38 GMT -5
Lacrosse is a pretty simple sport. You need at least a couple of middies who can draw a slide, an attackman or two who can finish, a fogo who can win more than 50% and a well coached defense. That’s a baseline, obviously not a PL championship winning formula. But we lack most if not all of those. Takeaway D, depth, d pole beaters at Attack and Middy are what legit programs have. Thats where scholarships and academic flexibility need more application (I think). It’s really not that hard to do, but HC doesn’t want to. BU figured it out in like 2 yrs. I know lax isn’t important to everyone, but I just think all alums need to be concerned that our supposedly high caliber educational institution can’t successfully field a sport that more and more people care about. As was mentioned none of our sports are for-profit, but they all reflect our brand and pride in where we attended. You would think Holy Cross would succeed as many of the best high school programs in the country are elite prep schools or suburban schools in metro areas Even more specifically, the two huge Catholic schools near me (St Anthony's and Chaminade) churn out D-1 lax players at a great clip. Often ten or more a year. (When the top teams like Notre Dame, Duke and UNC play each other it is like a high school reunion of these two schools.) And those schools send lots of regular students, many athletes, and sometimes lax players up to Holy Cross. But their better boys lax players don't come here. I do think a bit of schollie money would make a difference (not suggesting we'll win recruit battles with the big dogs but there is no reason a St Anthony's or Chaminade kid wouldn't take us over a mid level PL, for example.) (Fun fact: The St Anthony's girls lax team has 31 - not a misprint - D-1 commits on their roster)
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Post by hcpride on Apr 28, 2024 4:00:41 GMT -5
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Post by hcpride on Apr 26, 2024 5:49:07 GMT -5
If you look back to the first page of the thread, this sort of season was universally predicted by the crossporters AND the 2024 Patriot League Men's Lacrosse Preseason Poll had us dead last by a considerable margin.
It is not the coaching or the facilities or the uniforms or the equipment.
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Post by hcpride on Apr 25, 2024 4:57:04 GMT -5
Cornell to reinstate standardized test requirements for fall 2026… Though standardized test scores are imperfect measures of a student’s aptitude and potential, the data suggests that when taken in context, these scores provide valuable insights into a student’s potential for academic success while at Cornell, and thereby help to ensure that admitted students are likely to thrive academically. After accounting for other predictors, including high school GPA, student demographics and high school characteristics, those who were admitted with test scores tended to have somewhat stronger GPAs and were more likely to remain in good academic standing.
The data also showed that test-optional policies may have inadvertent consequences. Cornell’s fall 2022 New Student Survey showed that 91% of matriculating first-year students took the SAT and/or the ACT at least once (and 70% had taken multiple tests), but only 28% of applicants opted to provide test scores even though doing so could have advantaged them.news.cornell.edu/stories/2024/04/cornell-reinstate-standardized-test-requirements-fall-2026#:~:text=To%20provide%20students%20with%20time,the%20School%20of%20Industrial%20and Wouldn’t surprise me if the 20-ish most selective/top rated schools move back to “test scores required’ within the next year. Of course the kids who do well on the tests and apply to other schools (like Holy Cross) will continue to submit them.
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Post by hcpride on Apr 24, 2024 8:53:15 GMT -5
Yes, with Joe as starter we defeated Fordham (2-4 PL record) and Lehigh (1-5 PL record). It is true that both games were very close. Joe's arm is certainly up to FCS standards but foot speed is a concern (He was sacked twice in each game and total net rushing for both games was -49). Maybe so, but only a very foolish head coach/offensive coordinator would run the quarterback when there's no one to take a snap behind him (Sluka was good for one play each of those games, IIRC). If you are suggesting he has very good footspeed but designed running plays were precluded for lack of a backup in his two career starts... that is good news. Very good news. (I watched both games and didn't see much agility/speed evidenced in avoiding rushes and extending broken down plays but I'll take your word for it.)
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Post by hcpride on Apr 23, 2024 18:39:14 GMT -5
Joe P may have had only 2 starts, but both were in highly competitive games, one a high scoring affair vs a good team in Fordham and the other against a Lehigh squad that pressured us until the end. Vs Fordham-20-33 337 yds. 3 touchdowns, 1 Int vs Lehigh- 11-19, 158 yds. 2 TDs, 1 Int. In that game, Jordan ran for 228 yds and 2 TDs on 30 carries Yes, with Joe as starter we defeated Fordham (2-4 PL record) and Lehigh (1-5 PL record). It is true that both games were very close. Joe's arm is certainly up to FCS standards but foot speed is a concern (He was sacked twice in each game and total net rushing for both games was -49).
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Post by hcpride on Apr 23, 2024 11:49:44 GMT -5
Lafayette will go into the '24 season with very little qb depth. their no.2 and 3 qb's have transferred - Ah-Shaun Davis is now at Wagner and Ryan Schuster entered the portal this week (maybe he had a rough spring practice). That leaves DiNoble as their only qb with any experience, although he did impress last season That's true...but Holy Cross has even less depth at QB. DiNobile started all 12 games last year (Pesansky, our only returning QB with any experience, started just 2 games). Ryan Schuster was pretty good a couple of years ago till he got hurt and I'm thinking he was not inclined to be buried behind DiNobile the next couple of years. We offered him out of high school.
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Post by hcpride on Apr 20, 2024 7:01:24 GMT -5
We'll disagree whether recommending a student symposium is tantamount to saying "shut up and go to the library" relative to the matter at hand but, beyond that, we witnessed antisemitism and trespass (not to mention intimidation and a climate of fear) at Columbia. Hence the reasonable request of the college president for the 100 NYPD arrests on campus. That, of course, has nothing to do with lawful public demonstrations (and their value as public expression) writ large. On a happier note, there is some entertainment in reading and hearing the protestor fantasy language regarding 'genocide' and 'apartheid'. Only topped by the inevitable 'Lesbians for Liberation" and Queers for Palestine" spotted in the Columbia protest encampment. Let’s hope those weren't actual Columbia students and/or representative of the learning going on there. I don’t think that Israel’s reaction is genocide, but, as a former soldier, do you think it has become disproportionate? Well, many more Palestinian Gazans than Israelis have been killed in the recent events. (Whether that is due to Hamas' tactics of hiding amongst their own civilians or Israel's callous disregard for Palestinian civilian life is a different question.) The military uses the word proportional (or disproportionate) in a different way. In the context of urban warfare in very densely populated areas the balance of potential military gains versus likelihood of civilian deaths (proportionality) is a particularly involved calculus. I have been part of that routine US decision cycle and believe Israel makes the same sort of analysis. (Certainly, Israel could completely destroy Palestine and kill all the civilians [and Hamas] rather easily if it really wanted to just as it could have refrained from any sort of Gazan incursion/bombing following the slaughter.)
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Post by hcpride on Apr 20, 2024 6:12:09 GMT -5
We'll disagree whether recommending a student symposium is tantamount to saying "shut up and go to the library" relative to the matter at hand but, beyond that, we witnessed antisemitism and trespass (not to mention intimidation and a climate of fear) at Columbia. Hence the reasonable request of the college president for the 100 NYPD arrests on campus.
That, of course, has nothing to do with lawful public demonstrations (and their value as public expression) writ large.
On a happier note, there is some entertainment in reading and hearing the protestor fantasy language regarding 'genocide' and 'apartheid'. Only topped by the inevitable 'Lesbians for Liberation" and Queers for Palestine" spotted in the Columbia protest encampment. Lets hope those weren't actual Columbia students and/or representative of the learning going on there.
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Post by hcpride on Apr 19, 2024 22:24:24 GMT -5
One MAJOR difference between then and Columbia's spectacle (FWIW) is that there are many Jewish students on campus who are subject to the antisemitic chants and signs (and confrontations). A hallmark of the pro-Palestine/anti-Israel crew on the ‘elite’ campuses of late. Longsuffering's point (in bold) is well taken regarding the current issue. Off the topic but I don't think the pro-Palestine/anti-Israel 'protestors' grasp the meaning of their two favorite words ('genocide' and 'apartheid'). One can disagree with the students (antisemitism is wrong) but, “Shut up and go to the library” isn’t the answer. If former hippies who are now investment bankers don’t get that, I’m disappointed. Not sure about your notion of “Shut up and go to the library”. (Longsuffering asked, “Why can't students at an academic institution respond to current events in an academic way by doing research, writing papers with new ideas, holding symposiums etc.?“ That would seem more productive than the tiresome and antisemitic signage and sloganeering in support of Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, etc., etc.)
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Post by hcpride on Apr 19, 2024 17:17:00 GMT -5
Occupy Gaza? Short line for that sign up sheet. Why can't students at an academic institution respond to current events in an academic way by doing research, writing papers with new ideas, holding symposiums etc.? They think they can muscle their administrators but that won't work because administrators like having a job. It is a little before my time, but it is my understanding that in the 1960s and early 1970s the US was engaged in a war in some far away place and people said the same thing about students who protested it. One MAJOR difference between then and Columbia's spectacle (FWIW) is that there are many Jewish students on campus who are subject to the antisemitic chants and signs (and confrontations). A hallmark of the pro-Palestine/anti-Israel crew on the ‘elite’ campuses of late. Longsuffering's point (in bold) is well taken regarding the current issue. Off the topic but I don't think the pro-Palestine/anti-Israel 'protestors' grasp the meaning of their two favorite words ('genocide' and 'apartheid').
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Post by hcpride on Apr 18, 2024 17:15:44 GMT -5
Interesting "Pro Palestinian Campus Encampment" arrests on the lawn earlier today at Columbia...we don't see that sort of pro-Palestinian/Anti Israel activity up on Mount Saint James. New York City police officers in riot gear began making dozens of arrests at Columbia University Thursday afternoon, after school president Minouche Shafik asked for help clearing protesters from a pro-Palestinian encampment.
In a letter sent to the NYPD, Shafik said "the encampment and related disruptions pose a clear and present danger" to the school.
"With great regret, we request the NYPD's help to remove these individuals," Shafik wrote.
The school's student-run newspaper, the Columbia Spectator, reported that "over 100 individuals" were arrested at the "Gaza Solidarity Encampment" beginning around 1 pm. The protest and encampment were organized by activists who want Columbia University to divest from companies that operate in Israel. Protesters also want a cease-fire in Gaza and the creation of a Palestinian state.
The clash at Columbia came a day after the university's leaders, including Shafik, testified before a Congressional hearing in Washington DC that antisemitism was a growing concern.
Columbia trustee Claire Shipman responded to one lawmaker's question, saying "we have a moral crisis on our campus."
www.npr.org/2024/04/18/1245642588/nypd-breaks-up-pro-palestinian-protest-at-columbia-university
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Post by hcpride on Apr 17, 2024 18:07:08 GMT -5
Wonder if he’s surprised that betting on NBA basketball, including his own team (to lose, BTW), is a bad idea. I can’t imagine anyone coming to his defense on this one (with an obvious exception regarding pro forma union appeals).
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Post by hcpride on Apr 15, 2024 8:42:31 GMT -5
This explains the hoards of people on the one working webcam yesterday. I was trying to figure why so many people in the O'Kane circle. They couldn't all be there for a Sunday Mass! The College is very happy with the 16% acceptance rate and I know of one, very highly qualified applicant on the wait list whose older sister recently graduated Summa Cum Laude and a campus leader. The younger sister has excellent grades and a 2 sport athlete. Still waiting. I suspect a woman applying regular decision faced some pretty tough odds this cycle. On the bright side, Holy Cross took 42 off the wait list last year.
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Post by hcpride on Apr 12, 2024 19:45:01 GMT -5
I’ve suggested OJ:Made in America as a documentary for the younger set who can’t quite grasp how riveting the case was for the American public at the time.
On a different note, I’m not at all certain the social scientists have fully explored the reaction of certain groups to the jury’s decision (in the face of the evidence) and long term effects of that reaction.
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Post by hcpride on Apr 12, 2024 12:44:03 GMT -5
Can we be honest about Fitton Field...take away the nostalgia for a minute. And before I catch holy heck...yes I enjoy going to games there. Yes, it has great sighlines. That being said: Accessibility is poor at best for those that need assistance. How long did it take them to put in something as simple as railings for the aisles??? Bathrooms are right out of the 1960s/70s. The locker rooms...enough said. Press box is an absolute joke. Hospitality suite fits about five people. No lights. Parking is only good on perfect weather days. The all metal look is high school at best. It is in serious need of an upgrade. The campus' front door needs help. IMHO it’s a utilitarian and somewhat dilapidated concrete and metal eyesore with no redeeming architectural details. On another front, and as is being discussed on another thread, we are going with a lax doubleheader at Fitton Field on April 20. Perhaps somebody figures the stadium needs more than four or five football games a year.
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Post by hcpride on Apr 12, 2024 3:55:41 GMT -5
Harvard and Caltech are bringing back the standardized test requirement: In explaining its decision to accelerate the return to testing, Harvard cited a study by Opportunity Insights, which found that test scores were a better predictor of academic success in college than high school grades and that they can help admissions officers identify highly talented students from low income groups who might otherwise had gone unnoticed.www.nytimes.com/2024/04/11/us/harvard-test-scores-admissions.html
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Post by hcpride on Apr 11, 2024 14:58:02 GMT -5
Tough to ignore the blood trail back to his house, the DNA, the testimony of the limo driver, the cut finger, and his documented previous episodes of beating his ex-wife Nicole. Yet the jury did.
In the civil case justice prevailed.
Continued condolences to the family of Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman.
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