FB: American Rivers Conference

[57Johnnie]

Correction:  We won't EVER know.  Due to grossly inadequate testing at "diagnosis", AND grossly inadequate testing among the dead, we will NEVER know how many people caught the virus, how many died from it, and therefore what the death rate was.  When the potential evidence was simply never collected in the first place, past events are forever unknowable.

Sigh.  Name one viral outbreak where your tiring conditions for perfection have ever been met.  In fact, hold yourself under that same spotlight and name one time in your life where you have perfect information.

EDIT: What's doubly entertaining with your outburst is that is supports my point re: this messianic reliance on models which have grossly untested assumptions.  You can't have it both ways, you know.  Emotionally you can but not logically.

Relax on the 'sigh'.  You are misunderstanding my point if you think we disagree. 

Of course we never have perfect information, but we can have vastly better information than is currently true in the US - from everything I've read, South Korea, for one example, has vastly better information than the US.  My elder son's father-in-law is an RN - it took ELEVEN days for his coronavirus test results to come back!  (Thank God, they were negative , so he's finally back at work trying to save lives.) 

I'm not expecting or asking for 'perfection' - just less total incompetence than we are currently getting from this administration.  WH memos recently leaked that some were fully aware of the potential scope of the pandemic in JANUARY, yet the administration not only denied there was any problem well into March, they did NOTHING behind the scenes to prepare for the pandemic - no masks, no ventilators, no nothing.

We are not here for politics

[Mr. Ypsi]

Correction:  We won't EVER know.  Due to grossly inadequate testing at "diagnosis", AND grossly inadequate testing among the dead, we will NEVER know how many people caught the virus, how many died from it, and therefore what the death rate was.  When the potential evidence was simply never collected in the first place, past events are forever unknowable.

Sigh.  Name one viral outbreak where your tiring conditions for perfection have ever been met.  In fact, hold yourself under that same spotlight and name one time in your life where you have perfect information.

EDIT: What's doubly entertaining with your outburst is that is supports my point re: this messianic reliance on models which have grossly untested assumptions.  You can't have it both ways, you know.  Emotionally you can but not logically.

Relax on the 'sigh'.  You are misunderstanding my point if you think we disagree. 

Of course we never have perfect information, but we can have vastly better information than is currently true in the US - from everything I've read, South Korea, for one example, has vastly better information than the US.  My elder son's father-in-law is an RN - it took ELEVEN days for his coronavirus test results to come back!  (Thank God, they were negative , so he's finally back at work trying to save lives.) 

I'm not expecting or asking for 'perfection' - just less total incompetence than we are currently getting from this administration.  WH memos recently leaked that some were fully aware of the potential scope of the pandemic in JANUARY, yet the administration not only denied there was any problem well into March, they did NOTHING behind the scenes to prepare for the pandemic - no masks, no ventilators, no nothing.

We are not here for politics

Saving lives is now 'politics'?

[doolittledog]

Maybe Coe knew what they were doing when they released a 2020 schedule with no non-con games, a bye week in week 3, and their first game week 4 on Sept, 26th 

https://kohawkathletics.com/sports/football/schedule/2020

[jayhawkdaddy]

Coe College 2020 schedule:

S5    vs UW-Stevens Point
S12  @ Cornell College
S26  @ Central
O3    vs Loras
O10  @ Luther
O17  vs Dubuque
O24  @ Buena Vista
O31  vs Nebraska Wesleyan
N7   @ Simpson
N14 vs Wartburg

[Schipper Strong]

Central schedule has changed. Now there will be two trips to Michigan for D3fb to enjoy. Olivet was added as a replacement opponent and thankfully a better opponent than regularly scheduled.

[Outside the Crate]

[5 Words or Less]

[doolittledog]

Federal Emergency Stimulus Funding to schools and to students...

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/04/10/listing-funds-each-college-can-expect-receive-under-federal-stimulus

BVU - .......$1,123,792  $561,896
Central - ....$928,577  .$464,289
Coe - .........$1,525,647 $762,824
Dubuque - $2,627,393  $1,318,697
Loras - .....$1,272,730  $636,365
Luther - ...$1,380,684  $690,342
NWU - .......$1,382,752  $691,376
Simpson - .$1,453,050  $726,525
Wartburg - $1,289,269  $644,635

[doolittledog]

Dubuque putting in new turf.  2008-2019 for the old turf. 

https://twitter.com/DubuqueFootball/status/1250237924458868737

[5 Words or Less]

College Fundraising is complicated

After years, Iowa Wesleyan returns donor's gift

Ending a yearslong saga, Iowa Wesleyan University last week mailed a $45,000 check to a Chicago branch of Volunteers of America, effectively returning an endowment its donor asked be remitted after learning the private college had stopped using it according to his wishes.

Humphrey created the endowment in his father C.E. "Bud" Humphrey's memory in 2007 to support scholarships for members of Wesleyan's golf team. For years, he received thank-you letters from scholarship recipients and endowment updates from the school.

But in 2017, after realizing he hadn't received updates or thank-yous in years, Humphrey inquired and learned the school had stopped awarding scholarships from his family fund at least five years earlier — when Wesleyan started transitioning to an NCAA Division III non-scholarship conference.

https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/education/after-years-iowa-wesleyan-returns-donors-gift-20200301

[doolittledog]

College Fundraising is complicated

After years, Iowa Wesleyan returns donor's gift

Ending a yearslong saga, Iowa Wesleyan University last week mailed a $45,000 check to a Chicago branch of Volunteers of America, effectively returning an endowment its donor asked be remitted after learning the private college had stopped using it according to his wishes.

Humphrey created the endowment in his father C.E. "Bud" Humphrey's memory in 2007 to support scholarships for members of Wesleyan's golf team. For years, he received thank-you letters from scholarship recipients and endowment updates from the school.

But in 2017, after realizing he hadn't received updates or thank-yous in years, Humphrey inquired and learned the school had stopped awarding scholarships from his family fund at least five years earlier — when Wesleyan started transitioning to an NCAA Division III non-scholarship conference.

https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/education/after-years-iowa-wesleyan-returns-donors-gift-20200301

In defense of Iowa Wesleyan, they didn't spend the endowment in ways against the wishes of the family.  The school asked if he would change the restrictions on the endowment from golf scholarships to supporting the golf program.  On advice of their legal team they did due diligence to determine of they could give the money back.  When notified they could, they directed the money to where the family requested. 

Like you say, college fundraising is complicated.  I'm hoping schools in our area can weather the coming storm. 

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NWU currently has 49 recruits

The Prairie Wolves have a recruiting class of 49 incoming freshmen already secured ... But work still continues to grow that number even larger. Assistant coach Caleb Barnes attended a recruiting fair in Florida in February, and that trip turned up 15-20 prospects who have shown interest in Wesleyan.  There also are players inquiring from MacMurray College, a Division III school in Jacksonville, Illinois, that is closing in May.

https://journalstar.com/sports/football/college/ive-had-to-learn-a-bunch-of-new-technology-pandemic-forces-nwu-football-program-to/article_fb888d88-99d4-5be7-9687-c1421d96c189.html

[doolittledog]

Hansen Ratings has his preliminary 2020 projections posted.

https://www.hansenratings.com/

13 - Wartburg
26 - Central
38 - Dubuque
62 - Coe
98 - Simpson
102-Loras
140-BVU
146-NWU
168-Luther

203-Cornell
235-Iowa Wesleyan
237-Grinnell (237 out of 237)

[5 Words or Less]

Sympathies extended to Staker's family

Former Coe College and Fredericksburg High School Coach Steve Staker waves to well-wishers in Lisbon, IA on Sunday, Apr. 19, 2020. Staker was diagnosed with Stage Four cancer in March and a convoy of over 200 cars filed past his home in a show of support.



https://www.thegazette.com/subject/sports/small-college/driving-by-to-show-papa-stake-their-love-and-support-20200419

[DBQ1965]

Pat ... how do I get unlocked from the Southern California page?