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What you talkin' 'bout Willis?

Here's a little sports trivia for you devoted summer sessioners. Can you name the only two days of the year in which there are no games played by any of the major professional (NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB) or collegiate (football and basketball) sports leagues?


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Now what?

Okay. I think it is safe to say the dust of expansion has finally settled--for now at least. The ACC officially expanded to eleven members with the addition of the Hurricanes and Turkeys to the conference.


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ACC extends invites to Va. Tech, Miami

It took over one and a half months of deliberations, five conference calls and a surprising last-minute compromise, but the Atlantic Coast Conference finally decided on an expansion plan Tuesday night, extending invitations to the University of Miami and Virginia Tech. The Washington Post, USA Today, The New York Times, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Associated Press, quoting anonymous sources, reported that the two Big East schools had been asked by the ACC to join their conference for the 2004-05 season. While Miami is still mulling over the invitation, Virginia Tech is already set to accept the invitation into the ACC. "The University is prepared to accept an invitation from the Atlantic Coast Conference," Virginia Tech President Dr. Charles W.


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ACC selling out tradtion to highest bidder

Greed. It has long been the cause of many downfalls in the professional sports world, but collegiate athletics, despite some problems, had managed as a whole to turn its nose away from the scent of money. That is, until ACC commissioner John Swofford succumbed to the monster, bringing the most storied conference in the nation down in the name of money. 50 years of tradition have been exchanged for money, as it seems certain that Miami, Boston College, and Syracuse will join the ACC in either 2004 or 2005, allowing the conference to move to two divisions. ACC schools currently pull in $10 million annually in revenue sharing, meaning that the three new schools need to generate an extra $30 million in revenue.


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Expansion over extinction

The ACC is fortunate it does not have an honor code--such a restriction could have its recent actions amount to a violation faster than you can say "Bloomberg." However, I must depart from my esteemed colleague's complete distaste for the idea of expansion.


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Ahead of Lighting of the Lawn, Riley McNeill and Chelsea Huffman, co-chairs of the Lighting of the Lawn Committee and fourth-year College students, and Peter Mildrew, the president of the Hullabahoos and third-year Commerce student, discuss the festive tradition which brings the community together year after year. From planning the event to preparing performances, McNeil, Huffman and Mildrew elucidate how the light show has historically helped the community heal in the midst of hardship.