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College Sports: Why?
From Chicago Tribune
I was shocked to read that Stanford University had fired head varsity sailing coach John Vandemoer in the wake of a federal investigation into shady college admissions practices nationwide. Authorities allege that Vandemoer accepted more than $600,000 in donations to the sailing program in exchange for agreeing to falsely designate two Stanford applicants as elite sailors he was recruiting for his team.
Ahoy! Stanford has a varsity sailing team?
Indeed it does. So do 16 other schools.
Why? That’s a big question that looms over this entire, mortifying scandal that has resulted in charges against at least nine coaches and 33 parents accused of using various foul means to secure spots for students in elite universities.
Nothing against the physically and mentally demanding sport of sailing or those youths who have demonstrated significant aptitude for it. But why does Stanford sponsor two sailing teams, one for men and one for women?
Why does the school offer special preference in admissions to those who know how to sail? Why does it pay a coach and assistant coach to oversee their training and send the team around the country to compete?”
Beautiful Day for Yacht Racing
Bolivian Color
Very nice.
Last fall, The Washington Post partnered with Visura in an open call for submissions of photo essays. The Post selected five winners and three honorable mentions out of almost 300 submissions. We are presenting one of the honorable mentions today here on In Sight — Gonzalo Pardo and his work, “Folklore Prophets.”
When Pardo moved from his native Buenos Aires to Bolivia, he first lived in the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. The weekly celebrations that spilled out into the streets quickly caught his attention.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/photography/2019/03/13/bolivia-colorful-loud-devotional-mix-dancing-praying/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f23b58e6afc0
St Paddy’s
It’s Cold!
Science Fair 2019: Which Wood is the Strongest?
Learning about science. Learning about deadlines. It’s all good.
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- Straight from baseball practice
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- Best jig we can think of.
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- Use that rusty ol’ bench vice
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- Should have used a larger bolt.
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- Measure carefully
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- Fill it all in.
Baseball: Majors: Pirates: Game Schedule 2019
Baseball: Majors: Pirates: Game Schedule 2019
Cool, I Guess
From Scuttlebutt
Carmen and Emma Cowles, who will be honored as the 2018 Rolex Yachtswomen of the Year on February 28 at St Francis Yacht Club (San Francisco, CA), in this June 2013 photo (on the left) from their sailing class at Larchmont Yacht Club in Larchmont, NY.
