Sunday 27 March 2005

Dear Jaspers,

702? are active on the Distribute site. There are 39 bouncing. Yahoo adjusted their count. When I have time I'll figure out what the right number is.

As of 3/26, the Jasper Jottings site had 270 page views yesterday. Total page views this month: 10582!?!

"We" are bumping up against the 50 meg limit that I am currently underwriting. (Not complaining, labor of love. I'm sure I'll get that phd from MC in "humane letters" after I'm dead.) SO it's probably a good time to consider our options. I could prune the old stuff and move it off line. It might be in "our" collective best interest to move. I spend about $108 per year to host the site with Tripod. The next increment available is $144 plus a setup fee of $15. I have had two "outages" that I know about and my perception is that the site is "slow". I've been blogging about Jottings. So that occupies some space and such. There may be a better deal. Drop over to the blog and comment on what's important to you the readership. Other than my phd in advanced "letters" and pinching pennies.

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This issue is at: http://www.jasperjottings.com/jasperjottings20050327.htm     

The sausage making blog is at: http://tinyurl.com/3skhy  

which is short way of saying      http://ferdinand_reinke.tripod.com/JasperJottingSausage

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CALENDAR OF JASPER EVENTS THAT I HAVE HEARD ABOUT

Wkend Apr 2-3 '05
--- Relay For Life '04 was a first time event for Manhattan College, and
--- we helped raise close to $20,000. How will you get involved and make
--- this year's Relay For Life even more successful
--- Form teams with alumni (Class of '79, 82, etc.)
--- Form Teams with family and/or co-workers
--- Sponsor student teams on-campus
--- Find companies that can help underwrite the event
--- Speak on your experiences of Cancer in your life at the event
--- Be part of the planning team for Relay for Life '05
----- Contact Kinah Ventura-Rosas at 718-862-7477
----- or e-mail at kinah.ventura AT manhattan.edu

Sat April 2nd - Gulf Coast Alumni club luncheon at noon
   Location:  University Park Country Club, Sarasota, Fl.
   Contact: Neil O'Leary '60 c/o Jottings

Sa Jun 18  -- at --  8:30am George Sheehan Five Mile Run Redbank, NJ
--- In Honor of George Sheehan -Manhattan College class of 1940 
--- Meet at Brannigan's Pub in Red Bank, NJ after the race 
--- Info: Jim Malone Class of 1983

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http://ferdinand_reinke.tripod.com/2005-03-08-001.pdf

William Dooley ’75 is leading a charge by something called the “Manhattan College Financial Services Advisory Council” to attempt to fully fund an “endowed chair in the business school”. I don’t know the details. I’m sure after I am called I will know the difference between an endowed chair and a regular one. From my infrequent visits to Hooters for their great chicken wings, I am aware of God’s ability to endow many things. But, I never heard of Him performing such a miracle to a chair. In His Infinite Wisdom, and I am sure He doesn’t need my help but wouldn’t they be uncomfortable? Anyway, more when I get it. If you like to read the letter, I scanned it for you personally. If you’re interested in helping, contact Jasper Dooley c/o the cited address, phone, or fax. {Sigh, no email. Maybe that’s what the chair is for? To sit on to get an email address. What’s next? One of them newly fangled creeeedit cards. Or even, gasp, pay pal. Nah be still my heart. Next they’ll move Manhattan back to the Borough of Manhattan from the Bronx. And get a mascot like Notre Dame’s leprechaun. Get a national TV contract and go Big Time. Gosh, belay all that. Back to snail mail.}

 

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My list of Jaspers who are in harm's way:
- Afghanistan
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- Feldman, Aaron (1997)
- Iraq
-
- Sekhri, Sachin (2000)
- Unknown location
- -  Lynch, Chris (1991)
- Uzbekistan
-
- Brock (nee Klein-Smith), Lt Col Ruth (1979)

… … my thoughts are with you and all that I don't know about.

 

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[JR:  Information concerning John (MC1989) Bellew's Childrens' trust fund]
John Bellew Children's Trust
Account #8445178
c/o  Citibank
460 Park Ave
NY
NY 10022
ATTN: Tom Moran.
[JR: Questions are being directed to Jasper McGann, Kevin [1989] c/o Jottings ]

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Exhortation

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050322/D8901AMO0.html

Asians, Iraqis to Get Recycled Water
Mar 22, 7:53 AM (ET)
By JEFFREY McMURRAY

=== <begin quote> ===  

WASHINGTON (AP) - There are plenty of wells in Iraq, but the dead animals dumped there when Saddam Hussein was in power have contaminated them. There are plenty of streams in southeast Asia, but the recent tsunami polluted them with salt from the ocean. How do you quench someone's thirst when there is plenty of water, but not a drop of it is drinkable?

It's a question NASA researchers have pondered for nearly two decades, but villagers in Iraq and tsunami victims in Asia will get a taste of their answer as early as this fall - before any astronaut in space does.

The Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., has been testing a device intended for the space station that would recycle astronauts' sweat, respiration and even urine into drinking water purer than any found in a tap.

<extraneous deleted>

Reno, Nev.-based investment firm Crestridge and the charity Concern for Kids are developing the systems for humanitarian purposes in nations lacking a reliable water supply, starting with Iraq and countries in southeast Asia.

"There are 1.8 billion people who have never had a drink of fresh water," said Kevin Chambers, Crestridge's managing director. "Our mission is grand, but we've got to start somewhere and sometime - and now is the time."

Rocket scientists trying to sustain life in space and humanitarians trying to increase the quality of life in third world countries kept running into the same problem - a lack of clean but affordable drinking water.

Bottles of fresh water cost as much as $1.50 a gallon. Each weighs eight pounds, so the fees skyrocket when they're transported across the planet - let alone beyond the stratosphere.

Robert Anderson, vice president and international projects director for Concern for Kids, said he began looking into water recycling technology two years ago because of the huge expenses necessary to carry water to Iraqi villages by tanker truck.

"I got to thinking, 'There's got to be a better way,'" he said. Eventually, he reached the company that held the patent on the technology being developed for the space agency.

For $29,000 in equipment costs and less than three cents a gallon, a trailer-mounted recycling device can travel from village to village, turning a well's unclean water into something suitable for drinking. Larger, stationery systems equipped with packaging plants cost around $400,000.

Researchers at Windsor Locks, Conn.-based Hamilton Sundstrand, the lead contractor of the water processor for NASA, only recently learned their filtration technology is being put into action at home before it heads to the space station.

"It was a total surprise to us - not that it's a stretch," said Bob Aaron, the company's program manager for the processor.

Next month, Crestridge plans to break ground on the first manufacturing plant for the earth-based water processing devices. By September, it hopes to send 10 truck-mounted and at least three trailer devices to Iraq and 12 of the larger packaging units to southeast Asia.

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Interesting, … “I got to thinking” …, the essence of every human need can be satisfied if we all just “got to thinking”. Amazing what man can accomplish when motivated. As I see it that this the beauty of the American Experiment. We can solve the problems in one area, department, silo of though and yup sure enough that solution can be extended to other areas.

I hope that we all can, I can, everyone can “just get to thinking”.

Reflect well on our alma mater, this week, every week, in any and every way possible, large or small. God bless.

"Collector-in-chief" John
reinke--AT—jasperjottings.com

 

 

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[CONTENTS]

 

4

Headquarters (like MC Press Releases)

 

1

GoodNews

 

0

Obits

 

3

Jaspers_in_the_News

 

2

Manhattan_in_the_News

 

12

Sports

 

7

Emails

 

1

Jaspers found web-wise

 

 

 

[PARTICIPANTS BY CLASS]

Class

Name

Section

????

Keller, Tony

Updates

1953

Kellogg, Junius

JNews2

1953

McEneney, Michael F.

Email04

1953

McEneney, Michael F.

Email05

1953

McEneney, Michael F.

Email07

1955

White, Thomas F.

Email04

1958

Powers, Jack

Email05

1963

Regan, Michael J.

Email04

1964

Burke, William J.

Email04

1968

Drake, Barry

Found1

1968

Kaufmann, Richard

Email02

1971

Taravella, Jim

JNews3

1972

McGowan, Tom

Email06

1981

Sell, William

Email01

1981

Sheridan, Peter T.

Email07

1985

Rontanini, Paul

Updates

1988

Avon, Dennis A.

Updates

1990

Filos, Catherine

JNews1

1990

Roberts, Keith J.

Updates

1997

Mattson, Glenn

Engagement1

1998

Lacy, Rosemary

Engagement1

1998

McPartland, Tara

Engagement1 (reporter)

 

 

[PARTICIPANTS BY NAME]

Class

Name

Section

1988

Avon, Dennis A.

Updates

1964

Burke, William J.

Email04

1968

Drake, Barry

Found1

1990

Filos, Catherine

JNews1

1968

Kaufmann, Richard

Email02

????

Keller, Tony

Updates

1953

Kellogg, Junius

JNews2

1998

Lacy, Rosemary

Engagement1

1997

Mattson, Glenn

Engagement1

1953

McEneney, Michael F.

Email04

1953

McEneney, Michael F.

Email05

1953

McEneney, Michael F.

Email07

1972

McGowan, Tom

Email06

1998

McPartland, Tara

Engagement1 (reporter)

1958

Powers, Jack

Email05

1963

Regan, Michael J.

Email04

1990

Roberts, Keith J.

Updates

1985

Rontanini, Paul

Updates

1981

Sell, William

Email01

1981

Sheridan, Peter T.

Email07

1971

Taravella, Jim

JNews3

1955

White, Thomas F.

Email04

 

 

[Messages from Headquarters

(Manhattan College Press Releases & Stuff)]

Headquarters1

http://www.manhattan.edu/news/news_releases/032305_1.html

MANHATTAN COLLEGE HOSTS OVERNIGHT EVENT FOR CANCER RESEARCH AND AWARENESS

The College aims to raise $30,000 in its second annual Relay For Life fund-raiser

RIVERDALE, N.Y.Manhattan College has joined forces with the American Cancer Society to hold its second annual Relay For Life event on Saturday, April 2 beginning at 5:00 p.m. through Sunday, April 3 ending at 6:00 a.m. in the College’s Draddy Gymnasium. Led by Manhattan College students with the guidance of the College’s campus ministry and social action department, the overnight event is designed to celebrate survivorship and raise money for research, programs and awareness for the local Bronx office of the American Cancer Society.

During Relay For Life, a community-based program designed to be a fun overnight event, teams of people will take turns walking or running laps in the College’s gym. Each team tries to keep at least one team member on the track at all times. Cancer survivors, including some from the Manhattan College community, will share stories about their battle against the disease. Attendees will enjoy food and live entertainment, including other programming such as games, a poker tournament, karaoke, kickboxing and free massages while their teammates walk for the cause. Local bands from the tri-state area are slated to perform, including Idle Minds, Still Haven and Chasing Sunday. Pathmark, Red Bull, Newmark Real Estate and Jones Lang LaSalle Real Estate are sponsoring the event.

Each dollar raised from the relay will support the American Cancer Society as it leads the fight against cancer and empowers people to conquer the disease in their own lives. The American Cancer Society is a nationwide, community-based health organization headquartered in Atlanta, Ga. The organization has state divisions and more than 3,400 local offices. Relay For Life, which was established more than 15 years ago, continues to be the group’s largest and most popular event.

All are encouraged to participate. To find out how to form a team or join one, please call Kinah Ventura-Rosas at (718) 862-7477. If you are a member of the press and wish to cover this event, please call Melanie A. Farmer at (718) 862-7232.

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Headquarters2

http://www.manhattan.edu/news/news_releases/032105_1.html

MANHATTAN COLLEGE GRADUATE EDUCATION DIVISION TO HOST OPEN HOUSE FOR TEACHERS INTERESTED IN SPECIAL ED

RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Local teachers are invited to attend an open house sponsored by Manhattan College’s graduate education department on Wednesday, April 13 from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the admissions office located in O’Malley Library (2nd Floor) on campus.

Find out more about the department’s Teacher/Leader Quality Program (TLQP), which is a tuition-assisted Master of Science degree program leading to dual certification in special education and elementary education with the option for a middle school extension. TLQP is open to teachers in the Yonkers Public Schools and New York City Department of Education in regions one and two. It is also now open to non-public school teachers in the Bronx and Yonkers.

The program is geared for teachers interested in increasing their knowledge and skills working with the at-risk and disabled population. Admissions preference will be given to teachers in low-performing schools as well as those who are teaching out of their license area. Teams from schools are encouraged to apply. Candidates must meet the academic requirements for admission into the Manhattan College Graduate Education Program. Manhattan faculty will be available to conduct transcript evaluations. For more information, please call the department directly at (718) 862-7418/7370 or e-mail elizabeth.kosky <a-t> manhattan.edu.

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Headquarters3

From: Janen Glenn  <a-t>  MC
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 2:01 PM
Subject: Con Ed Technical Developer Position

Technical Proposal Developer Position

ConEdison Solutions® provides a wide range of energy procurement and management services to companies, helping our customers successfully navigate the new competitive energy landscape. ConEdison Solutions also supplies attractively priced electricity, natural gas and value-oriented services to residential and small business customers.

ConEdison Solutions is a subsidiary and registered trademark of Consolidated Edison, Inc., (NYSE: ED). You can visit the Con Edison website at www.conedison.com for information on all of the Consolidated Edison companies

Position Overview:
Organizational Unit: Energy Services and Proposal Development
Reports to:  Director – Business Operations
Number of open positions: One
Location: White Plains (preferred) Arlington VA or Burlington MA
Position Purpose
This position is responsible for managing and developing energy engineering, construction and consulting project proposals and:
         Coordinates all phases of proposal development planning, coordination, analysis, production, and delivery. This includes technical analysis and writing; compiling technical qualifications; commercial deal structuring; and market positioning;
         Prepares proposal prototypes and templates.
         Coordinates activities with the Sales, Engineering, Legal, Finance and Project Management Staff to develop quality proposals that meet customer and company needs and provide competitive advantages
         Manages all aspects of the Inquiry to Order Process (ITO)
         Develops pro-active and re-active standard and custom proposals.
         Establishes proposal requirements for responding to large technical RFP’s and RFQs from government and large commercial customers. 
         Prepares reports that insure that department is prepared to respond to potential opportunities, and can prioritize workload to maximize efficiency and performance.
         Manages production and distribution of sales documents, including proposals, project reports, and project summaries.
         Interacts with human resources, marketing, energy services, and sales clerical staff to coordinate production of customer proposal documents and delivery of documents.
Metrics
§          Order/Proposal "Hit" Rate
§         Proposal Development Cycle Time
Requirements
§          Undergraduate degree in Engineering or Science preferred or English/Business
§          At least 3 years experience in writing on topics, procedures, manuals or proposals for engineering, construction, science or other related, technical fields.
§          Computer: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Document Control software Visio, Adobe, and Sales Tracking software
§          Understanding of processes and software for document control.
§         Excellent interpersonal and consensus building skills.

Apply on line at: http://www.recruitingcenter.net/clients/ConEdUnreg/publicjobs/canviewjobs.cfm

 

 

 

Headquarters4

From: Janen Glenn  <a-t>  MC
Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 11:22 AM
Subject: Con Ed Solutions-Technical

Technical Proposal Developer Position

ConEdison Solutions® provides a wide range of energy procurement and management services to companies, helping our customers successfully navigate the new competitive energy landscape. ConEdison Solutions also supplies attractively priced electricity, natural gas and value-oriented services to residential and small business customers.

ConEdison Solutions is a subsidiary and registered trademark of Consolidated Edison, Inc., (NYSE: ED). You can visit the Con Edison website at www.conedison.com for information on all of the Consolidated Edison companies

Position Overview:
Organizational Unit: Energy Services and Proposal Development
Reports to: Director – Business Operations
Number of open positions: One
Location: White Plains (preferred) Arlington VA or Burlington MA
Position Purpose
This position is responsible for managing and developing energy engineering, construction and consulting project proposals and:
         Coordinates all phases of proposal development planning, coordination, analysis, production, and delivery. This includes technical analysis and writing; compiling technical qualifications; commercial deal structuring; and market positioning;
         Prepares proposal prototypes and templates.
         Coordinates activities with the Sales, Engineering, Legal, Finance and Project Management Staff to develop quality proposals that meet customer and company needs and provide competitive advantages
         Manages all aspects of the Inquiry to Order Process (ITO)
         Develops pro-active and re-active standard and custom proposals.
         Establishes proposal requirements for responding to large technical RFP’s and RFQs from government and large commercial customers. 
         Prepares reports that insure that department is prepared to respond to potential opportunities, and can prioritize workload to maximize efficiency and performance.
         Manages production and distribution of sales documents, including proposals, project reports, and project summaries.
         Interacts with human resources, marketing, energy services, and sales clerical staff to coordinate production of customer proposal documents and delivery of documents.
Metrics
§          Order/Proposal "Hit" Rate
§         Proposal Development Cycle Time
Requirements
§          Undergraduate degree in Engineering or Science preferred or English/Business
§          At least 3 years experience in writing on topics, procedures, manuals or proposals for engineering, construction, science or other related, technical fields.
§          Computer: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Document Control software Visio, Adobe, and Sales Tracking software
§          Understanding of processes and software for document control.
§         Excellent interpersonal and consensus building skills.

Apply on line at: http://www.recruitingcenter.net/clients/ConEdUnreg/publicjobs/canviewjobs.cfm

 

 

 

Honors

Honor1

None

 

Weddings

Wedding1

None

 

Births

[Birth1]

None

 

Engagements

[Engagement1]

From: tara mcpartland [1998]
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 9:28 PM
To: Distribute_Jasper_Jottings
Subject: Re: [Distribute_Jasper_Jottings] jasperjottings20050320.htm

Good News to add!

Rosemary Lacy (Class of 1998), was recently engaged to Glenn Mattson (Class of 1997)

 

 

Graduations

[Graduation1]

None

 

OBITS

[Collector's prayer: And, may perpetual light shine on our fellow departed Jaspers, and all the souls of the faithful departed.]

Your assistance is requested in finding these. Please don’t assume that I will “catch” it via an automated search. Sometimes the data just doesn’t makes it’s way in.

Obit1

None

 

[Jaspers_Updates]

[JR: I'm going to try a new section for "updates". These are changes that "pop" in from the various sources that are not really from the news. I thought it might be valuable to alert old friends seeking to reconnect or "youngsters" seeking a networking contact with someone who might have a unique viewpoint that they are interested in. This is a benefit of freeing up time trying to make email work by "outsourcing" the task to Yahoo.]

Avon, Dennis A. (1988)
Sr. Director, US Services
Microsoft Corporation
New York, NY 10104

Keller, Tony (????)
International Sales Manager
Spectral Dynamics, Inc.
San Diego, California 92117

Roberts, Keith J. Esq (1990)
Partner
Maggiano, DiGirolamo, Lizzi, & Roberts
Fort Lee, NJ 07024

 

Rontanini, Paul (1985)
Equities System Admin
Goldman Sachs
New York, NY 10001

 

 

[Jaspers_Missing]

[JR: I'm going to try a new section for "negative updates". These are changes that "pop" in from the various sources that are not really from the news. I thought it might be valuable to alert old friends or "youngsters" that someone they maybe interested in has “drifted off”. Yet another benefit of freeing up time trying to make email work by "outsourcing" the task to Yahoo.]

None

 

 

Jaspers_in_the_News

JNews1

PR Newswire US
March 21, 2005 Monday 07:21 PM GMT
HEADLINE: Independent Financial Marketing Group, Inc. Names Catherine Filos President, IFS Agencies Inc.
DATELINE: PURCHASE, N.Y. March 21

PURCHASE, N.Y., March 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Independent Financial Marketing Group, Inc. (Independent Financial) the nation's leading distributor of investment and insurance products through banks(1), announced today the promotion of Catherine Filos to President, IFS Agencies, Inc. Most recently, she served as Assistant Director of the Insurance Division. James P. Kirrane, who was recently promoted to National Sales Director, previously served as President of IFS Agencies, Inc. Filos will continue to report to JoAnne K. Novak, Chief Operating Officer of the firm.

Filos will lead the activities of the agency and life insurance departments, which includes the licensing and registration functions, plus life insurance processing and case management. Additionally, she serves on the firm's newly appointed product selection committee with responsibilities for the new product due diligence process and new product implementation. Filos is one of the firm's main liaisons to insurance carriers.

"With her excellent background in the insurance industry, Catherine is eminently qualified to fill the role of President of IFS Agencies," said JoAnne Novak. "Through the years, she has consistently displayed the leadership qualities necessary for this position and we look to her for continued advancements in efficiencies."

Filos joined Independent Financial in 1997 and has held positions of increasing responsibility since that time. Filos earned a BA in Finance from Manhattan College and is insurance licensed in 45 states and the District of Columbia. She holds NASD Series 6, 26 and 63 registrations.

Since 1983, Independent Financial has been a prominent leader in providing banks, savings and loans, and credit unions nationwide with a portfolio of investment and insurance products, plus the sophisticated infrastructure necessary to support their sale. In addition to the #1 sales ranking achieved over the past five years as reported by Kenneth Kehrer Associates (see footnote), the 2003/2004 ABA National Survey of Bank Investment Services gave Independent Financial the highest overall ranking of third party marketers as reported in the "Bankers' Report Card on Vendors of Investment Products and Services." Independent Financial is a member of the Sun Life Financial group of companies.

Visit http://www.ifmg.com/  for more information.

Sun Life Financial is a leading international financial services organization providing a diverse range of wealth accumulation and protection products and services to individuals and corporate customers. Tracing its roots back to 1865, Sun Life Financial and its partners today have operations in key markets worldwide, including Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Japan, Indonesia, India, China and Bermuda. As of December 31, 2004, the Sun Life Financial group of companies has assets under management of US$299.9 billion.

Sun Life Financial Inc. trades on the New York (NYSE), Toronto (TSX) and Philippine (PSE) stock exchanges under ticker symbol SLF.

Visit http://www.sunlife-usa.com/ for more information.

(1) "Leading Marketers of Annuities and Mutual Funds through Banks Ranked by 2003 Investment Product Sales" and "Leading Marketers of Securities and Investment Products through Banks Ranked by Dollars Invested in 2003", The Kehrer Report, *quarterly newsletter of the bank insurance and investment industry. Second Quarter, 2004.

CONTACT: Connie Hickey of Independent Financial, +1-914-641-4715

Web site: http://www.ifmg.com/

SOURCE Independent Financial Marketing Group, Inc.

URL: http://www.prnewswire.com

LOAD-DATE: March 22, 2005

[MCAlumDB:  1990  ]

 

JNews2

The Tribune (Port St. Lucie/Fort Pierce, FL)
March 18, 2005, Friday
SECTION: SPORTS
KR-ACC-NO: K6578
HEADLINE: Fear of college point-shaving scandals remains strong
BYLINE: By Vahe Gregorian

ST. LOUIS _ When Manhattan College's Junius Kellogg explained in January 1951 why he had declined a whopping offer of $1,000 to shave points in a basketball game, he sheepishly said he had done nothing special.

"Any athlete in the country, at any college, would have done the same thing if he was for clean sports and clean living," Kellogg said as fans gathered around and cheered his integrity and, as it turned out, his naivete.

In the wake of the shattering events soon to unfold, it's hard to say whether his words or those of coach Ken Norton lingered more hauntingly.

"If our boys can be approached," Norton said, "they certainly must be approaching other boys throughout the country."

Despite the rhythmic recurrence of point-shaving scandals in college athletics every decade, the notion that it might be happening now seems farfetched to some.

"It's kind of a common joke among coaches when a player does something dumb: You look at each other and say, 'He's fixing the game,'" St. Louis University coach Brad Soderberg said. "But I never really think of it seriously."

Added North Carolina coach Roy Williams: "I worry about drugs and alcohol and those kinds of things much, much more than I do about gambling. Maybe that's naive. Maybe that's a bad thing to say, but it's truthful."

Yet many in and around college basketball believe the next point-shaving caper is lurking just over the horizon, its specter perhaps looming over the game's most visible spectacle: the NCAA Tournament, which began Tuesday in Dayton, Ohio, and culminates with the Final Four in St. Louis on April 2-4.

"I'm more concerned now than ever before, because (gambling) is so societally accepted," said C.M. Newton, the former Kentucky athletics director who as a player at UK saw three Wildcats exiled for their roles in point shaving. "It's part of our sports culture."

With preposterous money at stake _ billions will be bet in one form or another on the tournament _ and an infinite number of ways an athlete could be lured in, the landscape is fertile for exploitation while the credibility of the game is in the balance.

"A lot of people think sports wagering is victimless," said Bill Saum, director of agent, gambling and amateurism issues for the NCAA. "We obviously think there are many victims. The game has to be secure."

Even from Saum's skeptical perspective, he doubts it would happen in the tournament because players "grow up dreaming of being there; I think it would take an incredible, incredible set of circumstances."

Yet circumstances that once seemed unfathomable were exactly what were in play in 1951.

Widespread devastation

By the time Kellogg's announcement was made, New York City authorities already were investigating a much broader and more sinister web that ultimately implicated 32 players at seven schools, including Kentucky and four in New York, most notably City College of New York.

A year earlier, CCNY held the city spellbound by becoming the first and only school to win both the National Invitation Tournament and NCAA Tournament in the same season at what was then the mecca of college basketball, Madison Square Garden.

The fans' glee crumbled abruptly when on Feb. 18, 1951, CCNY players Ed Roman, Al Roth and Ed Warner were arrested on charges of bribery as they came off a train in New York's Pennsylvania Station. "Betrayal on a Biblical level," broadcaster and CCNY graduate Marvin Kalb called it in "City Dump," an HBO documentary on the affair.

The ripples would extend to, among others, Bradley University and Kentucky, where coach Adolph Rupp had vowed no gamblers could touch his program with a 10-foot pole. New York sportswriters later sent Rupp an 11-foot pole.

No tournament games were among the 86 games deemed fixed between 1947 and 1950, but CCNY's twin championships were forever tainted. Shortly thereafter, the program was neutered; Kentucky's effectively was shut down for a year.

The lives of the players involved were left in shambles and shame.

"It wouldn't bother me if another basketball season never came around," one of the implicated Kentucky players, Ralph Beard, once told the Lexington Herald-Leader. "I really mean that. Every year it just brings it all back."

Though most of the implicated players got suspended sentences, all were banned from basketball _ collegiate and professional _ and reports said several never recovered.

A ticking bomb

If the distance between a student-athlete casually gambling on a random game and conspiring to rig one he has a role in seems vast, the slope can be slippery.

"They (bookies) don't just wake up one day and say, 'OK, throw this game,'" Saum said.

Instead, trouble can start with seemingly innocuous questions, Saum said: What kind of mood is Coach in? Hey, what's your game plan, anyway? Is Joe still having girl troubles? What's up with his ankle?

The complexion changes once an athlete is casting bets. The addictive undertow of gambling and the keen interest of bettors in finding an advantage are realities of the terrain _ and there is no advantage like control.

"We believe (point-shaving) can happen because our student-athletes still wager with bookies," said Saum, citing an extensive NCAA study and adding, "The moment a student-athlete makes a wager, they no longer are in control of their destiny. The bookie now is, for a number of reasons. ...

"Most who bet with bookies bet on credit, and student-athletes get even more credit _ or, more rope to hang themselves with."

The slippery slope, Saum notes, has stages: You can still win the game, just don't win by more than five. Who will that hurt? Throw a ball away here, miss a shot there. No one will know. As the entanglement intensifies, the requests can become more brazen, peaking with a game being thrown.

If it sounds like conspiracy theory, consider the NCAA survey: Seventeen of 388 Division I basketball players reported being in at least one of these situations _ taking money for playing poorly; knowing of a teammate who took money for playing poorly; being threatened or harmed because of sports wagering; being contacted by an outside source to share inside information; and actually providing inside information about a game.

Despite its vigorous campaign to increase awareness of the consequences of gambling and the danger and havoc it can lead to, the NCAA believes that without vigilant scrutiny_and perhaps even with it_the potential exists for mayhem as profound as that of 1951. Others feel the same way.

"A bomb waiting to explode," Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said after Northwestern basketball players were implicated in a 1998 scam.

In this bleak aspect of the game's history, some see a cautionary tale ignored at the peril of the game's future.

"The word is 'inevitable,'" said Charles Harris, athletics director at Arizona State in the mid-1990s when two players were convicted of fixing games. "We as administrators would be incredibly shortsighted if we didn't think it would ever happen again."

Lessons of the past

Beyond the sheer scope of the treachery, the scandal of 1951 perhaps resonated nationally for other reasons.

It was a fascinating story to tell; of prolific talents and falls from grace and villains and even heroes, like Kellogg. The tentacles extended to mobsters and fixers, some with stereotypical names like Salvatore Sollazzo.

And it was happening at a time in which gambling still was _ for public consumption, anyway _ considered a vice. (Forget that the Garden in those days was an incubator of book-making; the notion was frowned upon in proper society.)

By contrast, that setting helps illustrate why some fear the potential pitfalls aren't well enough understood today.

The proliferation of gambling _ lotteries, casinos, Internet betting, marathon poker coverage on television, newspapers (including the St. Louis Post-Dispatch) carrying betting lines daily _sends endless mixed messages.

"We expect 18-year-olds to somehow divine their way through this process and be able to conclude, 'That's OK, this isn't,'" Harris said.

To further complicate matters, trouble isn't likely to come in the menacing form of gangsters approaching student-athletes. The enticement to gamble won't be dangled from "a black limousine," Harris said.

Most of the time, it will come from a less imposing, even routine, figure, one who knowingly is consorting with organized crime.

"We believe there are student bookies on every campus in America," Saum said, adding, "The bookies look like themselves. They're not scary-looking mob guys."

Due diligence

Of course, it wasn't scary-looking mob guys who appealed to those incriminated in 1951. The groundwork was laid by the likes of Eddie Gard, a former Long Island University player already familiar to many he reeled in_a tradition that continues. At Arizona State, a student bookie was central in the conning.

To this day, Harris remembers the wrenching call from the NCAA, whose attention had been brought to a sudden, curious betting surge in Las Vegas on an ASU game. At first Harris scoffed _ ASU had won the game. As he heard more, he felt shock and betrayal.

"It became obvious how insidious this whole process is," said Harris, now AD at Division III Averett University. "I don't think you can feel any more empty."

Harris is pleased to see the NCAA taking greater measures to educate, measures that include videotapes and seminars and awareness campaigns. At the Final Four, players will meet with the FBI.

But he also believes too few in the game understand the gravity of the issue.

"You can't unring the bell: The real issue is, frankly, off-the-court behavior, who people are interacting with," he said. "Not in a Big Brother sense, but you really have to have an acute sense of what's going on in the program."

Ken Norton's fears an eternity ago are still in play today.

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Stu Durando of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch contributed to this report.

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Visit the Post-Dispatch on the World Wide Web at http://www.stltoday.com/

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri)
March 16, 2005 Wednesday
FIVE STAR LATE LIFT EDITION
SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. D1
HEADLINE: Fear of point-shaving scandals remains strong
BYLINE: By Vahe Gregorian Stu Durando of the Post-Dispatch contributed to this report.

[JR: Duplicate except for the end box. ]

(Information box at end of text)

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COLLEGE BETTING PROBLEMS
- A look at college betting problems over the years:
2000s
-
University
of Washington football coach Rick Neuheisel is fired for betting March Madness basketball pools. Later, coaches and staff also are accused. Neuheisel later won a $4.5 million settlement from the university and NCAA. - University of Florida's star point guard Teddy Dupay is kicked off the basketball team for betting on his own team. - Florida State quarterback Adrian McPherson is sentenced to a work camp after he's convicted of betting on FSU, college and pro sports.
1990s
- Boston College suspends 13 football players for alleged point-shaving, the most players ever implicated in a BC scandal. - Northwestern football player Dennis Lundy and basketball player Dion Lee are suspended for betting on football games. - Five Maryland players, including the quarterback, are suspended. - Two basketball players admit point shaving at Arizona State; 15 fraternities are implicated in an illegal gambling ring. - Five basketball players at Bryant College rack up $54,000 in gambling debts. - Nineteen Maine football and basketball players are suspended in an alleged $10,000-a-week gambling ring.
1980s
- Five Tulane players are accused of shaving points for cash and cocaine. University president temporarily shuts down the basketball program. - Four Florida football players are suspended for betting on football games.
1970s
- Boston College basketball game-fixing scheme is linked to organized crime. Player Rick Kuhn is convicted.
1950s-1960s
- Three dozen basketball players from 22 schools are accused of point shaving; Jack Molinas goes to prison as organizer.
1940s
- A game-fixing scheme implicates 32 basketball players at seven schools from New York to Kentucky. Several All-Americans are convicted.
Sources: The Times Union (Albany, NY), NCAA, Sports Illustrated, Arnie and Sheila Wexler Associates

NOTES: College betting scandals over the years From Florida State QB Adrian McPherson (right) betting on Seminole games to a 1940s game-fixing scheme that caught 32 players. D5

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PHOTO - Adrian McPherson

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JNews3

GoogleAlert for: "manhattan college" -"marymount manhattan college" -"boroughof manhattan college"

Taravella'sglass half-full
Times Herald-Record- Middletown,NY,USA
... North Carolina or something.''.Taravella narrowed his chosen field to teaching or journalism at ManhattanCollege. One day he went ...
March 20, 2005
   By Kevin Gleason   Times Herald-Record   kgleason <a-t> th-record.com

   Central Valley – Room 251 at Monroe-Woodbury Middle School is a sight. Wildly decorated T-shirts recognizing a recent reading of "The Outsiders'' hang from the ceiling. The English Language Arts teacher sits close to the students, his burly desk unoccupied.

   They are reading "The Diary of Anne Frank'' and, well, not exactly tipping the enthuse-ometer. Suddenly Jim Taravella blows into a kazoo and draws a laugh. One thing about teaching and coaching: You do what you can to keep their interest.

   At one point he stops to note a passage. "You guys familiar with a glass half-full and half-empty?'' Taravella asks the eighth-graders. "Right, the glass half-full is an optimist. What is an optimist?''

   That's easy. An optimist is Taravella, who kept his Monroe-Woodbury boys' basketball team believing through a three-game losing streak ending the regular season.

   The Crusaders (16-8) beat Pine Bush to open the Section 9 Class AA tournament, then upset top-seeded Newburgh Free Academy and finally No. 2-seed Kingston for the title. Not bad for a No. 4 seed, and not bad for Taravella, the Sunday Record Coach of the Year.

   "This team was a very easy team to coach,'' Taravella says when class ends. He's cradling a brown book called Prentice Hall Literature. "They listened.''

   That's probably because they were free to talk. Taravella's basketball kazoos and decorated T-shirts were an open mind and open ears. He solicited input from his players, even used some of it.

   Taravella would take the hit when things went wrong. Players appreciated it. Don't get the wrong idea. Players knew Taravella was the boss. He's a stickler on punctuality and commitment and accountability. But he didn't need to stretch his vocal cords to prove it.

   "Basically,'' polished point guard Tony Surin says, "he never gave up on us.''

   At times Taravella, 55, would jump around to get his team focused, as he does on occasion in class. On the night of the sectional semifinals at Newburgh, Taravella told his guys, "It's going to be sweeter when we beat them on their own court.''

   A couple hours later, Taravella was hugging players, a scene rugged senior forward Gerald Jones calls, "the best feeling ever.''

   Taravella had an open-phone policy. His line was open if players needed to talk to him about anything – anything – at any time – any time. They took him up on it.

   "Everyone on the team trusts him,'' Surin says.

   Jones has leaned on Taravella for help choosing a college and a sport. Jones may play soccer. "I don't know anything about soccer,'' Taravella told him, "but I'll help you any way I can.''

   "That's just the kind of guy he is,'' Jones says. Earlier he pays Taravella a surprise visit to his classroom. "I don't know,'' Jones laughs, "maybe I'll take Coach on a road trip to (visit) North Carolina or something.''

   Taravella narrowed his chosen field to teaching or journalism at Manhattan College. One day he went on an assignment with a Daily News writer and watched him battle a 15-minute deadline to phone in the story. Taravella decided on teaching by night's end.

   Don't make me out to be a saint, Taravella laughs. Saint? Nah. Sincere? Definitely.

   Taravella moved up to Vails Gate from Brooklyn with his folks when he was 3. Al Taravella hung a crate on a tree in the backyard, and Jim would shoot through snow and darkness, often until a neighbor called to complain. He played scholastically at since-closed St. Patrick's in Newburgh.

   "I tried out for the team at Manhattan,'' Taravella laughs, "but there was no way.''

   Taravella has always known his limitations. His 2004-05 team, however, was a different story.

   ===

   Jim Taravella file

   School: Monroe-Woodbury

   Age: 55

   Education: Manhattan College '71, bachelor's degree in English literature; Fordham University '72, master's degree

   Family: wife Rosemarie, son Tim, 32, daughters Jessica, 28, and Rebekah, 24

   Career highlights

   2005: led Crusaders to first sectional title since taking over varsity in 2000.

   2002: led Crusaders to Section 9 Class A final before losing to Kingston

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Manhattan_in_the_News

MNews1

The Journal News (Westchester County, NY)
March 22, 2005 Tuesday
SECTION: OPINION; Pg. 6B
HEADLINE: Religious knife is still a weapon

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Unfair criticism of education programs

Arthur Levine, Ph.D, should know that it is unworthy of an educated person to make global generalizations such as he makes in the March 15 article "School leaders' training faulted."

I received my Ed.D from Fordham University in 1993 and have served as an adjunct associate professor in the graduate education departments of both Fordham University and Manhattan College. While I am sure that some programs in educational administration may not exhibit the highest standards, I would contend that the same could be said of many graduate programs.

Additionally, while Dr. Levine is correct when he says "There is absolutely no reason why a school leader needs a doctorate," this is really not the issue. Why would we want to further "dumb-down" our profession instead of demanding the ultimate from our school leaders? The Ed.D is intended to be a doctoral degree for practitioners, not researchers. In other words, it is a post-graduate degree for those educators who know that they want to continue leading from the trenches, the elementary schools, middle schools, junior and senior high schools around the nation instead of doing research from the safe and often too-far-removed distance of the college, university or "think tank."

So I would ask Dr. Levine to show us the data. Give us the surveys of school administrators who graduated from good and bad programs. I believe that we will find there are many educational leaders out there who, like myself, understand that you get out of these graduate programs what you put into them.

Peter A. Mutarelli
Bronx

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MNews2

The Journal News (Westchester County, NY)
March 19, 2005 Saturday
SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. 6C
HEADLINE: IN FOCUS By Janet Paskin
BYLINE: Janet Paskin

Image boost is overrated

When Doug Flutie threw his famous "Hail Mary" pass more than 20 years ago, he did more than beat Miami. He catapulted himself into the national spotlight, lent heft to Boston College's nationwide marketing campaign and subsequently gave rise to the urban legend that crops up every championship season and bears his name.

The so-called Flutie Factor refers to the 30 percent increase in applications to Boston College in the two years after the Eagles' 1984 season. More generally, it spawned the idea that athletic success could act as a catalyst to boost a university's profile, and therefore improve and diversify its applicant pool.

Flutie Factor anecdotes abound. Gonzaga's applicant pool reportedly grew by 72 percent after the Zags made their NCAA tournament runs in the late 1990s. Duke saw a spike after the Blue Devils went to the Final Four in 1986. Georgetown played for the national championship in 1982, '84 and '85, and saw applications to the university grow by 45 percent from 1983-86.

At this point, it might be prudent to consider Mark Twain's cautionary words about statistics. In several studies over the last two decades, researchers have not been able to find a considerable causal link between athletic success and applications. Some universities see tiny jumps in applications or SAT scores of applicants that correlate with prolonged athletic success, but according to a comprehensive Knight Foundation report written by Cornell professor Robert Frank, "Success in big-time athletics has little, if any, systematic effect on the quality of incoming freshmen an institution is able to attract."

That sounds about right to Bill Bisset, the assistant vice president of enrollment management at Manhattan College. The Jaspers have had enough success to garner national exposure, but it hasn't made Bisset's job any busier than usual.

"I can't go back to my freshman class and point out any cases of students who enrolled with us because our basketball team went to the NCAA tournament and upset Florida," Bisset said. "There's so much at stake in a student's application process that a team getting some national exposure through its basketball program in the NCAA tournament isn't going to have a big impact, if any."

Manhattan did experience its largest applicant pool in school history this fall, which Bisset ascribes to general demographic trends - a glut of 17-year-olds equals more applicants for everybody - rather than athletic success.

There may be a thread connecting athletic success and applications, but it is only one factor influencing a high school senior's decision, said Ralph Donnell, the director of guidance at Clarkstown South.

"When a school is in a national tournament and gets great publicity, it does have an impact at least in name recognition," Donnell said. "Possibly, if a student investigates the school and it's a good fit, it ends up in the student applying to that school."

In other words, a student who wants a big university with a major sports scene might investigate defending national champion UConn, but if the food is better at Maryland or the financial aid package is better at Vanderbilt or Georgetown's D.C. location is irresistible, UConn's titles won't make the difference.

Reach Janet Paskin at jpaskin <a-t> thejournalnews.com or 914-696-8531.

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Reported from The Quadrangle (http://www.mcquadrangle.com)

A Closer Look at Manhattan in The Bronx

... they chose the path they did, but in light of all that has been learned, why are students, now more than ever, casting a hopeful eye towards Manhattan College?...

New ID Card System Will Allow Students to Swipe On Broadway

... The Student Government recently approved a measure that will, if completed, permit a Manhattan College ID to make purchases in some stores along Broadway. ...

Women's Softball Heads Towards MAAC

... The Manhattan CollegeSoftball Team does have a talented pitching staff. Fisher stated, "JuniorJillian Medea will head the pitching staff. ...

TheMysteries of Maintenance Problems

... of our last semester.". Stories like this one are not unfamiliar to the majority of Manhattan College residents. A window in one ...

Honduras Trip Cancelled Due to Terrorist Actions

... this time.". The shooting took place within a few blocks from where the Manhattan College students were supposed to be working. This ...

A Left-Wing Supreme Court Under Bush?

... Finally, let's say for sake of argument, since this is an issue of vital importance to us at Manhattan College and young people in general, that President Bush ...

Track Has What it Takes

By Sandy Torres. The new track and field season at Manhattan College kicked off last month and it seems that the Jaspers are off to a great start. ...

 

 

 

Sports

SportsSchedule

The only reason for putting this here is to give us a chance to attend one of these games and support "our" team.

Date Day Sport Opponent Location Time/Result
3/27/05 Sunday Baseball   Saint Peter's*   Jersey City, NJ   12:00 PM
3/29/05 Tuesday M. Tennis   Rutgers   Piscataway, NJ   TBA 
3/29/05 Tuesday Baseball   St. Francis-NY$   Brooklyn, NY   3:00 PM
3/30/05 Wednesday Baseball   Fordham   HOME   3:00 PM
3/30/05 Wednesday M. Tennis   Fordham   Bronx, NY   3:30 PM
3/31/05 Thursday Softball   at LaSalle   Philadelphia, PA   2:00 PM

4/1/05 Friday Track & Field   Sam Howell Invitational   Princeton, NJ   10:00 AM
4/1/05 Friday W. Lacrosse   Mt. Saint Mary's   Emmitsburg, MD   4:00 PM
4/2/05 Saturday Crew   40th Annual Manhattan College Invitational Regatta   New York, NY   TBA 
4/2/05 Saturday Track & Field   Sam Howell Invitational   Princeton, NJ   10:00 AM
4/2/05 Saturday Golf   McDaniel College Spring Opener   Gettysburg, PA   12:00 PM
4/2/05 Saturday Baseball   Siena* (DH)   Loudonville, NY   12:00 PM
4/2/05 Saturday M. Tennis   Yale   New Haven, CT   12:30 PM
4/2/05 Saturday Softball   Saint Peter's*   HOME   1:00 PM
4/2/05 Saturday M. Lacrosse   Marist*   Poughkeepsie, NY   7:00 PM
4/3/05 Sunday Golf   McDaniel College Spring Opener   Gettysburg, PA   12:00 PM
4/3/05 Sunday W. Lacrosse   Longwood   Farmville, VA   12:00 PM
4/3/05 Sunday Baseball   Siena*   Loudonville, NY   12:00 PM
4/3/05 Sunday W. Tennis   Rhode Island   Kingston, RI   1:00 PM
4/5/05 Tuesday Golf   at Saint Peter's   West Orange, NJ   2:00 PM
4/6/05 Wednesday Softball   at Monmouth   West Long Branch, NJ   3:00 PM
4/6/05 Wednesday Baseball   Lafayette   HOME   3:30 PM
4/7/05 Thursday Track & Field   Texas Relays   Austin, TX   10:00 AM
4/7/05 Thursday M. Tennis   Marist   Poughkeepsie, NY   2:30 PM
4/7/05 Thursday Softball   at Columbia   New York, NY   3:00 PM
4/7/05 Thursday W. Lacrosse   Central Connecticut   HOME   3:30 PM
4/8/05 Friday M. Tennis   Loyola (MD)   Baltimore, MD   TBA 
4/8/05 Friday Track & Field   Texas Relays   Austin, TX   10:00 AM
4/8/05 Friday Golf   Lafayette Spring Classic   Center Valley, PA   10:00 AM
4/8/05 Friday W. Tennis   Loyola*   Baltimore, MD   3:00 PM
4/9/05 Saturday Golf   Lafayette Spring Classic   Center Valley, PA   10:00 AM
4/9/05 Saturday Track & Field   Texas Relays   Austin, TX   10:00 AM
4/9/05 Saturday Baseball   Marist* (DH)   HOME   12:00 PM
4/9/05 Saturday Softball   Saint Joseph's   HOME   1:00 PM
4/9/05 Saturday W. Lacrosse   Niagara*   Niagara University, NY   1:00 PM
4/9/05 Saturday M. Lacrosse   Virginia Military Institute*   Lexington, VA   1:00 PM
4/10/05 Sunday W. Lacrosse   Canisius*   Buffalo, NY   10:00 AM
4/10/05 Sunday Baseball   Marist*   HOME   12:00 PM
4/10/05 Sunday W. Tennis   Siena*   Loudonville, NY   1:00 PM
4/10/05 Sunday M. Tennis   SUNY Stony Brook   Stony Brook, NY   1:00 PM
4/11/05 Monday Golf   Delaware Seacoast Series   Bethany Beach DE   8:00 AM
4/12/05 Tuesday Softball   at Fairleigh Dickinson   Teaneck, NJ   6:00 PM
4/13/05 Wednesday M. Tennis   Fairfield   HOME   TBA 
4/13/05 Wednesday W. Tennis   Rider*   Lawrenceville, NJ   3:00 PM
4/13/05 Wednesday Baseball   Army   West Point, NY   3:30 PM
4/14/05 Thursday Softball   at Albany   Albany, NY   3:00 PM
4/15/05 Friday M. Tennis   Siena   Loudonville, NJ   TBA 
4/15/05 Friday Track & Field   Metropolitan Championships #   Queens, NY   10:00 AM
4/15/05 Friday W. Tennis   Marist*   Poughkeepsie, NY   3:00 PM
4/16/05 Saturday Crew   Knecht Cup Regatta   Camden, NJ   TBA 
4/16/05 Saturday Track & Field   Metropolitan Championships #   Queens, NY   10:00 AM
4/16/05 Saturday W. Lacrosse   Le Moyne*   HOME   10:00 AM
4/16/05 Saturday Baseball   Iona* (DH)   New Rochelle, NY   12:00 PM
4/16/05 Saturday Softball   at Iona*   New Rochelle, NY   1:00 PM
4/16/05 Saturday W. Tennis   Wagner   HOME   1:00 PM
4/16/05 Saturday M. Lacrosse   Canisius*   HOME   1:00 PM
4/17/05 Sunday Crew   Knecht Cup Regatta   Camden, NJ   TBA 
4/17/05 Sunday W. Lacrosse   Siena*   HOME   10:00 AM
4/17/05 Sunday Baseball   Iona*   New Rochelle, NY   12:00 PM
4/17/05 Sunday Softball   at Fairfield*   Fairfield, CT   1:00 PM
4/19/05 Tuesday Golf   3rd Annual Peacock Invitational   Neshanic Station, NJ   10:00 AM
4/19/05 Tuesday Baseball   Sacred Heart%   Bridgeport, CT   3:30 PM
4/20/05 Wednesday M. Lacrosse   Wagner*   Staten Island, NY   3:30 PM
4/20/05 Wednesday W. Lacrosse   Drexel   HOME   4:00 PM
4/21/05 Thursday Softball   Wagner   HOME   3:00 PM
4/22/05 Friday M. Tennis   MAAC Championships   Flushing, NY   TBA 
4/22/05 Friday Golf   MAAC Championships   Lake Buena Vista, FL   7:00 AM
4/22/05 Friday Track & Field   New York Relays %   New York, NY   10:00 AM
4/23/05 Saturday M. Tennis   MAAC Championships   Flushing, NY   TBA 
4/23/05 Saturday Crew   MAAC Championships   Mercer County Park, NJ   TBA 
4/23/05 Saturday Crew   Spring Metropolitan Championships   New Rochelle, NY   TBA 
4/23/05 Saturday Golf   MAAC Championships   Lake Buena Vista, FL   7:00 AM
4/23/05 Saturday Track & Field   New York Relays %   New York, NY   10:00 AM
4/23/05 Saturday Baseball   Rider* (DH)   HOME   12:00 PM
4/23/05 Saturday Softball   Rider*   HOME   1:00 PM
4/23/05 Saturday M. Lacrosse   St. Joseph's*   Philadelphia, PA   2:00 PM
4/23/05 Saturday W. Lacrosse   Fairfield*   Fairfield, CT   3:30 PM
4/24/05 Sunday M. Tennis   MAAC Championships   Flushing, NY   TBA 
4/24/05 Sunday Golf   MAAC Championships   Lake Buena Vista, FL   7:00 AM
4/24/05 Sunday W. Lacrosse   Marist*   HOME   10:00 AM
4/24/05 Sunday Track & Field   New York Relays %   New York, NY   10:00 AM
4/24/05 Sunday Baseball   Rider*   HOME   12:00 PM
4/27/05 Wednesday Baseball   Columbia   New York, NY   1:30 PM
4/27/05 Wednesday Softball   at Central Connecticut   New Britain, CT   3:00 PM
4/27/05 Wednesday M. Lacrosse   Providence*   HOME   3:30 PM
4/28/05 Thursday Track & Field   Penn Relays   Philadelphia, PA   10:00 AM
4/29/05 Friday W. Lacrosse   MAAC Championships   Fairfield, CT   TBA 
4/29/05 Friday Track & Field   Penn Relays   Philadelphia, PA   10:00 AM
4/30/05 Saturday Crew   New York State Rowing Championships   Whitney Point, NY   TBA 
4/30/05 Saturday Softball   at Canisius*   Buffalo, NY   10:00 AM
4/30/05 Saturday Track & Field   Penn Relays   Philadelphia, PA   10:00 AM
4/30/05 Saturday Baseball   Niagara* (DH)   Niagara University, NY   12:00 PM
4/30/05 Saturday M
. Lacrosse   Mt. St. Mary's*   HOME   1:00 PM

If you do go support "our" teams, I'd appreciate any reports or photos. What else do us old alums have to do?

 

 

Sports from College

http://www.gojaspers.com  

WOMEN'S LACROSSE AGAINST IONA RESCHEDULED

Riverdale, NY (March 24, 2005)- The women's lacrosse game against the Iona Gaels has been rescheduled for Wednesday, April 13 at Gaelic Park. Game time is slated for 3:00 p.m.

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INCLEMENT WEATHER POSTPONES SEVERAL ATHLETIC EVENTS

The women's tennis match vs. Fairfield at Van Cortlandt Park, the softball double header at Seton Hall, and the women's lacrosse game at Iona have all been postponed due to last night's snowstorm. No makeup dates have been announced at this time.

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CJ ANDERSON NAMED TO BASKETBALL TIMES ALL-FRESHMEN SECOND TEAM

Riverdale, NY (March 24, 2005)- Manhattan College freshman CJ Anderson was named to the Basketball Times All-Freshmen Second Team, it was announced recently. Anderson adds this award to the MAAC Rookie of the Year and All-MAAC Third Team honors he has already received.

http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=5855

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MEN'S LACROSSE VS. SIENA MOVED TO WEST HAVEN, CT

The men's lacrosse game vs. Siena originally scheduled to take place at Gaelic Park on Saturday, March 26, will be played at West Haven High School in West Haven, CT. Game time will be 2:00 p.m. CLICK HERE FOR DIRECTIONS

http://www.whschools.org/our_schools/west_haven_high_school/athletics/directions/index.html

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FORMER JASPER MATT CUCURULLO SIGNED BY BROCKTON ROX

Former Jasper baseball standout Matt Cucurullo '04 recently signed a professional contract with the Brockton Rox of the Independent Can-Am League. Cucurullo graduated last spring as the baseball program's all-time hits leader. The Rox open up at home on May 26 at 7:05 p.m. against the Elmira Pioneers.

http://www.brocktonrox.com 

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Sports from Other Sources

[JR: At the risk of losing some of my aura of omnipotence or at least omni-pia-presence, you can see Jasper Sports stories at: http://www.topix.net/ncaa/manhattan/ so for brevity’s sake I will not repeat them here. I will just report the ones that come to my attention and NOT widely reported. No sense wasting electrons!]

http://www.topix.net/ncaa/manhattan/

 

The Pitt News via U-Wire
University
Wire
March 22, 2005 Tuesday
HEADLINE: Pitt track squads make transition from indoors to outdoors
BYLINE: By Joe Balestrino & Keith Wehmeyer, The Pitt News; SOURCE: U. Pittsburgh
DATELINE: PITTSBURGH

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Last year in the same meet, the Panthers relay team also finished second with a time of 46.69 seconds. This year's team consisted of, in order, senior Lamoy Stevens, freshmen Shanea and Shantea Calhoun and senior co-captain Kimberly Lyles. Their time qualifies the relay team for the NCAA East Regional meet to be held May 27-28 at Manhattan College. Relays qualify automatically for the Big East Championship.

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The New York Post
March 21, 2005 Monday
SECTION: Sports+Late City Final; Pg. 51
HEADLINE: DOHERTY LOOKS TO LAND AT UMASS
BYLINE: Lenn Robbins

Manhattan College coach Bobby Gonzalez interviewed for the vacant head coaching job at Massachusetts last Wednesday, but it does not appear likely he will get the job, several sources told The Post. In fact, Gonzalez might withdraw his name from consideration within the next few days.

Former North Carolina and Notre Dame coach Matt Doherty has emerged as a frontrunner for the position. Doherty, a Long Island native, is a proven recruiter. The core of the North Carolina team, which is considered the most talented in the nation, was recruited under Doherty's tenure.

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GRAPHIC: MATT'S THAT: Former North Carolina coach Matt Doherty appears to be strong candidate for head coaching position at Massachusetts, dimming chances of Manhattan coach Bobby Gonzalez to land post. [AP]

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Daily News (New York)
March 17, 2005 Thursday
SPORTS FINAL EDITION
SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. 89
HEADLINE: KNICKS TRYING TO AVOID GOING ON ROAD TO RUIN
BYLINE: BY FRANK ISOLA DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER

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BACK TO SCHOOL? The NBA's coaching carousel begins in about six weeks, but the changes in college basketball have already begun, and one name that is usually linked to several jobs is that of Michael Malone, the Knicks' assistant coach.

Malone, who was under consideration to replace Lenny Wilkens before Isiah Thomas promoted Williams, says his preference is to remain in the NBA, but he could be enticed to move back to college. If Manhattan College's Bobby Gonzalez moves on - he's a candidate for the UMass job - Malone would be a candidate to coach at the school were he was an assistant coach for two years. Malone was also an assistant at Virginia and Providence.

Malone could be a natural fit at Siena, another MAAC college, which once was coached by Paul Hewitt, now at Georgia Tech, and current Seton Hall coach Louis Orr.

"I really haven't thought much about it because of my job with the Knicks," Malone said. "I'm very happy here and I love coaching in the NBA."

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Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Florida)
March 17, 2005, Thursday
SECTION: SPORTS
HEADLINE: Early NCAA exit would ruin Florida's SEC run
BYLINE: By Mike Bianchi

GAINESVILLE, Fla. _ Florida senior David Lee said Tuesday that his team's monumental victory over Kentucky to win the school-first Southeastern Conference Tournament championship is something "nobody can ever take away from us."

You wanna bet?

Just let the Gators once again fizzle in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday and see how fast everybody disregards that SEC tourney title. It'll be forgotten faster than the Georgia Satellites.

The Gators should be proud of winning the SEC Tournament, but that trophy might as well be melted down for scrap metal if they get upset by lightly regarded Ohio in the first round of the real tournament. Winning a conference tournament is nice and all, but it's like hitting four lotto numbers: Hey, Marge, I just won $8.40!

In big-time college basketball, you aren't judged by conference tournaments; you're judged by NCAA Tournaments. That's why the Gators will have as much pressure as any team in the country when they tip off Friday in Nashville, Tenn.

"What's happened in the past certainly gives us something to think about," Florida junior Matt Walsh says.

In his nine ultra-successful years, Coach Billy Donovan has grown into a coaching giant in this state. But in recent seasons, his team has shrunk into March munchkins. Nobody in the country has come up smaller.

The Gators haven't advanced past the first weekend of NCAAs since their run to the national championship game five years ago. These guys have shown up at the Big Dance wearing lime-green leisure suits and doing the funky chicken. The postseason futility reached its embarrassing pinnacle last season when UF was dismantled 75-60 by tiny Manhattan College and became the first team eliminated from the tournament.

There are those who say that winning the SEC tourney lessens the pressure because the Gators have already recorded a major accomplishment this season. Puh-leeze. Winning the conference tournament doesn't decrease the pressure, it intensifies it. Now the Gators are actually expected to make it to the Sweet 16. Anything less will be a disappointment. And losing in the first round will be a colossal failure.

In the past, Florida has had many alibis for its poor NCAA performances. Last year, it was star player Christian Drejer quitting at midseason to play in Europe. Two years before, LaDarious Halton slugged teammate Brett Nelson and broke his jaw as the Gators prepared to play Creighton in the first round.

"There is no room for excuses anymore," Donovan says.

He's right. The Gators have everybody healthy and have drawn Ohio_a team picked in the preseason to finish last in the Mid-American Conference. The Bobcats had to rally from 19 down to win their conference tournament and gain an NCAA bid.

Not only are they playing a weak opponent, but the Gators have never entered a postseason on such a roll. They've won seven in a row and are coming off the best weeklong stretch of games in school history. They beat Kentucky twice in eight days, and also disposed of NCAA Tournament teams Mississippi State and Alabama.

By all accounts, this Florida team is tougher than the Sunshine softies who were manhandled on the boards by Manhattan last year and pulverized by Michigan State two years ago.

Almost never do you see a Tubby Smith-coached Kentucky team get out-worked, out-fought and out-bullied, but that's exactly what the Gators did to the Wildcats in the SEC final.

"In the past," Lee said, "we would have lost to Kentucky at home then lost to Kentucky in the SEC Tournament. There's something special about this team. We've grown up this season."

But have they grown from March munchkins to March monsters?

The SEC Tournament was simply a nice start.

Now they can either reinforce that accomplishment _ or ruin it.

Visit the Sentinel on the World Wide Web at http://www.orlandosentinel.com/. On America Online, use keyword: OSO.

JOURNAL-CODE: OS

LOAD-DATE: March 17, 2005

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GoogleAlert for: "manhattan college" -"marymount manhattan college" -"boroughof manhattan college"

Monday in Florida: No Disney magic for Cards
St.Louis Post-Dispatch - St. Louis,MO,USA
... of the T-shirt ssold to commemorate the different sports "spring trainings" show lacrosseteams from Rutgers University, Manhattan College, Mullen(Colo ...
Monday in Florida: No Disney magic for Cards
BY DERRICK GOOLD Of the Post-Dispatch
03/21/2005

DEEP IN THE HEART OF DISNEY, Fla. -– Mouse ears all around them, several Cardinals spent their second consecutive day in the middle of Walt Disney’s Wide World of Sports complex, soaking in all things Magic Kingdom.

The Braves' spring training facility is the hub of the 200-acre complex adjacent to Disney World.

But the whole sports kingdom is a sight.

A crowd of 11,380 came to see the home-site Braves whip the Cardinals 9-0 on Monday at Cracker Jack Stadium (the Cards hit the daily double of cool spring training stadium names on Sunday, playing split-squad games at Cracker Jack and Joker Marchant stadiums). The crowd was the second-largest in Cracker Jack history, just behind the crowd that came to see the Anthony Reyes show on Sunday.

On the fields all around the main game were all sorts of spring trainings going on:

High school baseball games.

High school softball games.

Even high school and college lacrosse teams -– many from the east -– taking advantage of the Disney campus and the Florida weather to get a head start on their season.

A quick scan of the T-shirts sold to commemorate the different sports “spring trainings” show lacrosse teams from Rutgers University, Manhattan College, Mullen (Colo.) High, both the boys and girls teams from Denver’s East High and a team from St. Louis’ CBC. Some of the baseball teams attending Disney’s Baseball Spring Warm Up 2005 include Mankato (Minn.) East High School, Aquinas Institute (N.Y.), the Kamloops River Dogs, Brick Memorial High School of New Jersey and, of note, Team Canada, which reportedly features former Cardinal scrapper Stubby Clapp.

Lacrosse players, their sticks slung over their back and pads dangling off the end, wove through the Cracker Jack lines Monday on their way to -– and some certainly from -– practice.

Speaking of which, the Cardinals will have none Tuesday.

The first team-wide day off will be Tuesday, meaning players scattered in all directions with the free day and a night game on Wednesday. Mike Myers is off to play some golf with his mom. Others are hitting the beach with the kids. David Eckstein is taking the short drive to his hometown of Sanford, Fla., where he’ll visit with most of his family because of spring break. Don’t know if he’ll be forced to do some campaigning -– it is eight days until the runoff election for Whitey Eckstein in the Sanford mayoral race.

Larry Walker is staying for a third day at Disney with his daughter.

Those that spend their spring in Disney say the trick is to find the restaurants and the roads that aren’t clogged with mouseketeers and Tigger traffic. For me, just getting on the Interstate the past couple days and not seeing a parking lot-like jam was a victory. Coming to Disney is always fun, even without a peek in the parks. Outside the ballpark Monday was a four-piece jazz band, clad in pinstripe baseball uniforms and honking out all the classics, including the Mos Eisley cantina anthem from Star Wars.

At the souvenir shop was an array of bobble-headed Disney characters in all sorts of sports gear. A stuffed hockey-playing Tigger was available. A cornucopia of ESPN gear was on display -– from SportsCenter caps to T-shirts, and even canisters of ESPN peppermint breath mints.

Official mint of the “world leader,” apparently.

Fights highlightatosis, I guess.

Walking the concourse for a hot dog and a super pretzel, I bumped into a Disney staffer who explained all of the events going on at the Wide World of Sports. A cheerleader event was going on at the Milk House. Track teams come to train at the tracks around the campus. There are a variety of venues from the Baseball Quadraplex to the Diamondplex (for softball) to four international-sized soccer fields, coated with Tifway 419 Bermuda turf. There’s room for another major-league baseball team to move in, perhaps in the near future. The kicker -- the staffer was from where I was born. Said so on her nametag.

Should have known.

It’s a small wide world of sports, after all.

More about the Cardinals’ loss, Monday’s outing by Jason Marquis and, in an article by Rick Hummel, a couple things on closer Jason Isringhausen -– his struggles and why he rejoiced in the strength of his protective cup -– in tomorrow’s Post-Dispatch or online at STLtoday.com/cards

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http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1347&dept_id=432989&newsid=14206796&PAG=461&rfi=9

Duhamel takes talents to Manhattan College
Ken Morse, Correspondent March 23, 2005

Brittany Duhamel of Foran High has accepted a scholarship to Manhattan College, where she will help rebuild the Jaspers soccer program under a new coaching staff of Steve Driscoll and assistant Todd Plourde. 

The Jaspers were 2-15 last season in the Mid-Atlantic Conference, and welcomes Duhamel, who was a three-time All-League selection.

Duhamel earned All-State status during her senior season when she scored seven goals and had nine assists for the Lions, who went 9-5-1 and advanced to the second round of the state tournament.

"We will have a tough time trying to replace Brittany, who played both sweeper and forward," Foran coach Peter Tesstagrossa said.

"She made everyone around her play that much better. Her natural position is sweeper, but because of her scoring abilities we used her as a forward."

Duhamel began to show her prominence as a scorer during her sophomore season when she scored 13 goals and helped Foran to a 6-8-2 record and earned All-SWC second-team honors.

As a junior she scored seven goals and added seven assists as the Lions rang up a 9-5-2 mark to get back to the post-season.

This year as a senior tri-captain with Christina Quirk and Amy Orzechowski, Foran entered a new league and made a name by going 9-5-1 in the Southern Connecticut Conference.

"Going into our senior season we knew we had good chemistry on the team," Duhamel said.

"We expected to have a good season and go as far as we could in the post-season. I think we met our goals and had one of the best records in school history.

"I wanted to leave a good example for the younger players," said Duhamel, who volunteers as a Natural Helper, a peer assistance group at school.

"Hard work leads to success and that is the one thing I wanted to show the younger players."

Duhamel plays soccer year-round with the Arsenal AAU team, where she learned the skills of her double duty as a sweeper and a forward over the past three years.

Before entering her senior year, she played for the Yankee AAU team in the Connecticut United Football Club.

"I think playing two positions will help me to become a more versatile player in college," Duhamel said.

"My biggest challenge will be staying focused playing for a Division I program and the competition there will be that much stronger."

With 31 career goals and 20 assists, Duhamel will make a fine addition to the Jaspers rebuilding project.

After helping the Lions to three post-season appearances in her four years, Duhamel is ready to take her game to a new level.

"I'm really excited about the challenge of playing Division I soccer and being close enough to home to have my family and friends come to see me play," Duhamel said.

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EMAIL FROM JASPERS

Email01

From: John Reinke
To: William Sell (1981)
Request Date: March 13, 2005

Re: Request to reconnect from a friend or colleague

Re: Just reaching out we have Manhattan College in common

Dear fellow Jasper Sell,

Re: Just reaching out to a fellow alum

I am reaching out to you to make a networking connection. I have nothing in particular in mind. And, I'm not selling anything. (I've found it always pays to mention that.) As part of learning to use this new tool that LinkedIn is, I am reaching out to my fellow Jaspers. I define that as someone who has Manhattan College in common.

By way of context, while you can see who I am in LinkedIn, let me tell you about my hobby. I produce a weekly ezine about what I find on the net about Jaspers, Manhattan College, and News of interest. You can see it at www.jasperjottings.com and you can learn more about it at http://ferdinand_reinke.tripod.com/a_jasper_jottings_invitation.htm.

I have about 600 registered readers and about 900 or so unregistered. I'm pretty casual about readership, since I don't sell anything, or take advertising. It's just a labor of love. And, it built my professional network when I needed to do that.

As most IT professionals, I've been "in" and "out" of work. So after my first "out", I started to counsel out-of-work execs. As such, I have created some interesting materials. While I haven't created an "inventory page" (I'm making a note to do that!), I do have a "first aid kit". You're more than welcome to it.

If you'd like to see some of my rudimentary web pages: http://www.yetanotherguru.com/services.htm or http://www.ryze.com/go/reinke or http://home.att.net/~reinke/personal.html. You might find it interesting. I'd appreciate the feedback.

Any way, that's me. I'd like to link to you and learn more how we can help each other. Hope this reaches you. And, I hope with can LinkedIn up (Is that good English?) together.

If I am being especially dense in not recognizing you because we've met, corresponded, or are related (just kidding), then please un-befuddle me.

John Reinke (MC1968)

===

To: reinke, f. j. (Yahoo)
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 8:09 PM
Subject: FW: Contact Accepted: Just reaching out we have Manhattan College in common

Make Contact

William Sell accepted your request on March 15, 2005.

Download a vCard with William’s contact information

William Sell indicated that you can contact him/her through any of these methods:

William adds:

I was only a "micro Jasper" there for freshman year, but remain loyal to MC. Includes watching for the Jaspers in the NCAA 64 (we made it a couple of times), and even stopping in some 15 years ago while making sales calls in the area. I'm in ongoing contact with the publisher of CIO Magazine, another fellow Jasper, even though we weren't there at the same time. I do wear my MC sweatshirt around town (yes, I bought a new one recently) and get comments about ties to the school all over the place.

[JR: Micro, mini, maxi, split sessions. I try to find all that self-identify with MC. I know grads who aren't interested. It's about community spirit.]

 

Email02

From: Richard Kaufmann [1968]
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 2:52 PM
To: Ferdinand J. Reinke
Subject: University of Rhode Island

I believe I sent this to your old e-mail addy.

[JR: Yup, I'm getting ready for when  <a-t>  ATT . net goes away. I'll probably be using a cheap ISP like WalMart for my dial up needs. As long as I am not the greeter at Walmart to pay for it. Although, that's not a bad job, no stress! ]

John,

Just a few words in rebuttal of your statements of URI.

[JR: We interrupt to quote what was said. http://www.jasperjottings.com/jasperjottings20050313.htm Mnews1 (Interesting that I can't url right to the article?]

=== <begin quote> ===

[JR: As a MC alum, I hope they don’t wise up anytime soon. But, since it is part of the "gummaminute", I'm sure they will throw tax money at it until the last student leaves. They have tenure, pensions, and the notion that the State should never "fail". Like the Post Office. ]

=== <end quote> ===

While their graduation rate is terrible, just about any in-state student that applies gets accepted. My son Thomas just got accepted into 4 different colleges of pharmacies in New England. Most pharmacy schools in New England accept up to 250 students a year. They all receive about 1,000 applicants or more.

My son chose URI because of the record of the school of pharmacy at URI. The campus is also beautiful and close to the ocean.

And let us not forget CUNY. One a powerful college, it is relegated to the bottom rung because of open enrollment. And SUNY is not far behind

The thing that really gets me is why does it take 6 years to graduate from college? Hell, if that was in place back in the ‘60s none of us would have graduated in 4 years!

So let’s take everything in context. It all depends upon the student and motivation.

This ’68 Jasper is proud that his offspring is going to URI.

Rich Kaufmann MP’64, MC’68

[JR: Well, among my favorites proverbs is the "stopped clock" and the "size of the bucket", I am sure that your son made a rational decision (semi … if he was anything like me and most students. The place has to have "chemistry"). My rant is about the unfair competition that some state skools give MC. If URI is particularly inept in competing better for MC, good for MC. When the "gummaminute" runs "skools", in general, the results are not good for liberty. And, in particular, not good for places like MC. Again, the individual, as the most adaptive life form on the planet, has to take away the "education" without the "indoctrination". Since he's your son, that should be a snap. {I'd make some sort of joke about Dad's beauty, but jokes in email are hard to pull off.} If he has all your genes, then I am sure he'll overcome that obstacle as well. {Couldn't resist.} Even the post office can get some of the mail delivered on time.]

 

 

Email03

From: postmaster <a-t>  
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 7:44 PM
Subject: RE: [Distribute_Jasper_Jottings] jasperjottings20050320.htm

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[JR: I give up. What can I do? People put up these spam filters with not clue one about them. My new policy is just to send a short message saying something and forget it. If JJ does not show up maybe you have a spam filter in the way. ]

 

 

Email04

From: Michael F. McEneney [1953]
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 12:06 AM
To: John Reinke
Subject: Classes 3/19 Jasper Jottings

Dear John,

                   The Michael J Regan in the news report was a member of the class of 1963. The Thomas F. White listed in Obituary 3 was a member on the Class of 1955.

                  As to Jaspers who graduated from Harvard Law School the first one that comes to mind is William J. Burke, Esq. '64. There are more and as they come to mind I will advise.

                   Best,
                 Mike McEneney, Esq. '53 BBA

[JR: Thanks, Mike. It's great that you take the time to "fact check" me. Wish you were in charge of the MCdb. Or, I was. ;-) Now how do "we" put people in contact with them? ] 

 

 

Email05

From: Michael F. McEneney [1953]
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 12:16 AM
To: John Reinke
Subject: Killeen Story

Dear John,

                Also mentioned in the Killeen story was Jack Powers '58 Executive Director of the NIT. So there were two reasons to include it, besides the fact that it was an interesting piece.

                 Best,
                      Mike

[JR: You are right. I missed that connection entirely. (Sigh.) In addition to being a lousy clerk, I make mistakes too. ;-)   Yeah, yeah, I know, sentence extended to another year of JJ's added on to the end. ]

 

Email06

From: Tom McGowan [1972]
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 2:13 PM
Subject: Subject: Upcoming courses and paper on thermal treatment of soils, combustion, APC, and NOx control

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

I will be giving a 2-hour short course in May on thermal treatment of soils at the IT3 (International Conference on Thermal Treatment Technologies) at the Moody Gardens Hotel, Spa and Convention center in Galveston. The course date is Monday, May 9, and conference dates are May 10-12. For more information, access the IT3 website at http://www.it3.umd.edu/web2005/Default.htm   I will also be giving a paper on a PCB demonstration test on a RCRA/TSCA/low level radioactive waste high vacuum thermal desorber in Session 7, at 8 a.m. on Wednesday May 11.

Also, Joe Santoleri and I are lined up for a two-day AIR-311 course on Thermal Systems, Combustion, and Multipollutant Control of Air Emissions, with the course on June 19-20 at the AWMA annual meeting in Minneapolis. The Conference dates are June 21-24. For more information, see http://www.awma.org/ACE2005/default.asp

If you will be at either of these conferences, let me know so we can catch up on old times and new.

The next AWMA sponsored NOx Control on-line E-Learning course runs from March 21-April 27. Course information can be found at http://www.awma.org/education/elearning/AIR311E.asp.

When not giving courses, we are staying busy with stabilization, chem demil, national and international thermal desorption work, as well as burner and energy related projects. The latter are keyed to higher natural gas and oil prices for industrial applications, and there is a move back to coal as well as a focus on better combustion systems and controls.

Hope all is well with you and yours!

Regards,
Tom McGowan, PE
President,
TMTS Associates, Inc.

http://tmtsassociates.home.mindspring.com

 

 

Email07

From: Michael F. McEneney [1953]
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 10:35 PM
To: John Reinke
Subject: Harvard Law

Dear John,

               Another Jasper who went on to Harvard Law is Peter T. Sheridan, '81. I do not know him but I am sure that he would be willing to talk to a fellow Jasper.

                      Best,
                        Mike McEneney

[JR: Now "we" have to get them linked? ]

 

Jaspers found web-wise

Found1

http://www.wfu.edu/wfunews/2005/031805d.html

Rock 'n' roll history to be presented at WFU
By Pam Barrett
March 18, 2005

Musician and historian Barry Drake will give a multimedia presentation and lecture titled "80's Rock – Music in the Video Age" at 8 p.m. March 30 in Pugh Auditorium in Wake Forest University's Benson University Center. The event is free and open to the public.

Barry Drake

"80's Rock" celebrates, examines and clarifies music from rock's fourth decade, which began with the election of Ronald Reagan and the death of John Lennon. Featuring hundreds of slides, videos and interviews, Drake's lecture will take his audience on a musical trip featuring the music of Bruce Springsteen, Madonna, U2, R.E.M., Michael Jackson, Tom Petty, The Police, Run DMC, Prince, Aerosmith, Milli Vanilli and others.

A graduate of Manhattan College, Drake has toured the United States and Europe extensively as a singer/songwriter as well as with his rock 'n' roll lectures on 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s music.

The lecture is sponsored by the Student Union. For more information, call 336-758-5697.

WFU News Website Search

[MCAlumDB: No record. ]  

[JR: My old lousy records say 1968. ]

 

 

 

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Curmudgeon's Final Words This Week

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050322/D8905I301.html

Schiavo's Parents Appeal Judge's Ruling
Mar 22, 12:42 PM (ET)
By VICKIE CHACHERE

=== <begin quote> ===  

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A federal judge on Tuesday refused to order the reinsertion of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube, denying an emergency request from the brain-damaged woman's parents. The parents' lawyer quickly filed a notice of appeal.

<extraneous deleted>

Terri Schiavo did not have a living will. Her husband has fought in courts for years to have the tube removed because, he said, she would not want to be kept alive artificially and she has no hope for recovery. Her parents contend she responds to them and that her condition could improve.

<extraneous deleted>

Court-appointed doctors say she is in a persistent vegetative state with no hope of recovery. Doctors have said she could survive one to two weeks without the feeding tube.

Gibbs argued at a Monday hearing in front of Whittemore that letting Terri Schiavo starve would be "a mortal sin" under her Roman Catholic beliefs and urged quick action: "Terri may die as I speak."

But Felos argued that keeping the woman alive also violated her rights and noted that the case has been aired thoroughly in state courts.

"Yes, life is sacred," Felos said. "So is liberty, particularly in this country."

Michael Schiavo said he was outraged that lawmakers and the president intervened in a private matter. "When Terri's wishes are carried out, it will be her wish. She will be at peace. She will be with the Lord," he said on CNN's "Larry King Live" late Monday.

Terri Schiavo suffered brain damage in 1990 when her heart stopped briefly. Her collapse was later linked to a potassium imbalance believed to have been brought on by an eating disorder. A successful malpractice lawsuit argued that doctors had failed to diagnose the eating disorder. She can breathe on her own, but has relied on the feeding tube to keep her alive.

According to a CNN-USA Today-Gallup poll of 909 adults taken over the weekend, nearly six in 10 people said they think the feeding tube should be removed and felt they would want to remove it for a child or spouse in the same condition.

=== <end quote> ===

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This is an excellent example of the culture of death, right to life, and the proper role of government in society.

Let’s start with first things first. Starving to death, or more accurately death by dehydration, is a cruel and unusual punishment. Oh that’s right she isn’t a convict. Further, if the nursing home did this to a dog, the PETA people would be at the Supreme Court’s doorstep. Regardless of what one thinks of the whole issue, it certainly reminds one to make your personal arrangements. I personally have all my “papers” and my health care proxy to pull the plug is my best friend from my youth. It’s not fair to ask one’s spouse or parents to pull the plug. One also has to eliminate any potential conflict of interest, so my friend doesn’t get a dime if I am dead and he can always bum a loan if I am alive. And, finally, counting noses in a poll is certainly not germane to a question of morality. Oh yes, and I have checked my Constitution and I can’t seem to find the section where the Congress can kill people. Sigh.

And that’s the last word.

Curmudgeon

-30-

GBu. GBA.