MBB: American Rivers Conference

Storm-what? · January 22, 2007, 04:51:36 PM

Sportsknight, really, no? the Wartburg Trumpet says otherwise!

It says in addition to putting 3 people in rooms made for 2, and converting lounges into "rooms", that the college worked with the Red Fox Inn to house students there indefinitely. Hey, it's great to have record enrollment- I'm just saying it comes at a cost.

http://public.wartburg.edu/trumpet/2002/sep23/news2.html

Storm-what? · January 22, 2007, 05:05:15 PM

Ahh, I may have to partially recant that link. I have it on good authority that Wartburg does or did indeed house students in the hotel, but that article goes on to say that while they offered that option, no students were willing to do it at that time.

sportsknight · January 22, 2007, 07:50:35 PM

Bingo. I reported that story for our campus TV station. While Wartburg had worked out a deal w/ the Red Fox (which has since been sold by the way), the plan was never put into place.

Wartburg's dorms are overcrowded right now, there's no denying that. People living in lounges and above capacity in dorm rooms is rough, but I doubt Wartburg is the only place it happens. And if the college relaxed its policy on living off campus, things would quickly balance out.

Gregory Sager · January 23, 2007, 03:15:41 AM

Quote from: sportsknight on January 22, 2007, 07:50:35 PM
Bingo. I reported that story for our campus TV station. While Wartburg had worked out a deal w/ the Red Fox (which has since been sold by the way), the plan was never put into place.

The Wartburg students didn't want to live there because the front yard was full of scrap metal and the proprietor was a big dummy. Living there would be enough to give someone a heart attack.

"Oh, no! This is it! This is the big one! Elizabeth, I'm comin' to join ya, honey!"

Pat Coleman · January 23, 2007, 04:34:12 AM

Oof. I wonder if anyone here gets that.

Gregory Sager · January 23, 2007, 04:37:17 AM

They will if they ever had a big bowl of menudo in El Segundo.

Walston Hoover · January 23, 2007, 08:15:00 AM

The story you linked was from 2002 before the new dorm was built. That alleviated much of the overcrowding problem when they doubled the size of "new" Grossman.

Storm-what? · January 23, 2007, 08:35:18 AM

I couldn't find the date in the article, but I do see it now in the URL. Back to the original point- WArtburg is at capaticy already, (and still operating at a loss), is $80 mil for new buildings worth it? Maybe so, I suppose ol Jack gets paid the big bucks to make that decision for a reason.

Walston Hoover · January 23, 2007, 01:22:13 PM

Anyone who's used the old facilities can answer that question.

sportsknight · January 23, 2007, 02:12:36 PM

Quote from: Pat Coleman on January 23, 2007, 04:34:12 AM
Oof. I wonder if anyone here gets that.

That'd be a "Sanford and Son" reference, you big dummy.

Also, never heard good things about the Red Fox when I was in Waverly.

Pat Coleman · January 23, 2007, 02:22:18 PM

Oh, no doubt, I got it -- but it took 10 hours before anyone else did.

coebball70 · January 23, 2007, 07:22:23 PM

An old guy seeking some information. So what's with the Kohawks? I watched them beat the University of Chicago and now they are struggling to be .500.
How about some comments from all you IIAC pundits as to why? Are they at risk of not making the conference tournament? And, Loras, too. Why and how are they undefeated? I watched them lose to Mt. Mercy and Aurora, and now they are on undefeated. Why? How? Will the Duhawks win the IIAC?

Kohawk Krazy · January 24, 2007, 12:53:19 AM

The Kohawks aren't on the border of getting in the Tournament. They picked up a big win over rival Cornell tonight and are above .500 in the conference. With road losses at Central and at Buena Vista, the Kohawks will look to avenge them later this season when they come to Eby. With their win tonight, they are right back in the thick of things and two more this weekend really helps their cause.

As far as the Duhawks, they really seem to be finding ways to win the close games. Three of their nine conference wins have been by 1 or 2 points. Any of those go the other way, and who knows what things are looking like.

With Wartburg winning a few games, who knows how this whole thing is going to shake out...

Charlie Kohawk · January 24, 2007, 02:47:32 AM

There's no koncern in Kohawk Kountry (with a tip of the fedora to Willie U). With tonight's win, they're in third place, two losses ahead of Simpson and within a game of Central and BV in the conference race. Loras' 9-0 mark defies explanation, but Coe is 11-5 overall, two wins behind the Duhawks and second in the IIAC. Wins over the Lutherans Friday night and the Spartans on Saturday (both at home) will paint a clearer picture.

Storm-what? · January 24, 2007, 10:25:31 AM

Sounds like Wartbug dominated SC on every level last night- shot better, shot more free throws, rebounded better, shut down all the major players for the Storm. I don't necessarily take this as a sign that Wartburg is on the up and up-could just be that the Storm are continuing on the same path they have been all season- up and down up and down.

StormE- where is the expert analysis? Are you still going to argue that this Storm team is not inconsistent? I know you're friends with these guys so it's probably hard to see. There is no excuse for at least half of the losses they have had this year. Where is the leadership?