Look out for decoys!
I have reported many times about how Head Coach Pete Mangurian desires a significantly smaller roster than the current Columbia numbers, and that was the policy he enacted in his three years at Cornell when his teams were much smaller in total numbers that any other Ivy team.
I can now report absolutely no change in that philosophy, but I'm pretty sure some rumors I'm hearing about specific dates and numbers of players involved are just that: rumors. And they may be rumors intended on flushing out my sources.
So just make sure you don't believe everything you hear about the roster until you actually go online and check the roster page roster page and see any possible changes.
Bye Bye Barnard Pool
Once upon a time, there were abundant athletic facilities all over the Columbia and Barnard campuses. There were tennis courts and a track where Ferris Booth, and then Lerner, were built. A replacement tennis court in front of John Jay. There were tennis courts where MacIntosh, and then some other new building now stand at Barnard. I know there's a lot more I'm leaving out, but you get the picture.
One more major athletic and recreational icon is going away as Barnard has just announced that it's probably going to close its pool probably going to close its pool and turn it into temporary offices for its professors.
Is it any wonder that obesity is running rampant everywhere in America, Columbia included? The convenient places out there where one can exercise keep going away.
It's an issue that's plagued Columbia in particular ever since the proposed Morningside Gym was sacrificed in the debacle that became the '68 riots.
It's just sad.
1 comment:
I know I am "kicking an old dog" ... this is not a reference to the Obama-Romney dog wars ... but .... might the old Morningside site be a great place for an indoor facility for us and a gym/rec center/pool for West Harlem ???
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