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Vote:   | Being a full time coach doesn't mean that we practice more than other teams. In fact we have strict regulations about the length of our practices and playing season. The academic schedule here means that I rarely have a full team at any one practice! |
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Vote: | Coaching was the first big step. |
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Vote: | For me the rugby experience at Vassar is so much more than just learning the game. If our students leave here understanding the ethos of the game and recognize it as an educational vehicle where we can debate and learn about compromise, quality, dignity, modesty, and sacrifice, then we can be proud of what we do. |
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Vote: | For years I had told anyone willing to listen that if a US college made rugby a varsity sport, the program could be outstanding. Coaching rugby at Vassar was a full time position and you have to remember that this was before rugby went professional. |
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Vote: | I have always been a firm believer in participation so there were no cuts. We practiced three times a week but if a student had an academic conflict, academics took priority. |
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Vote: | I remember reading something about you last year, that you had stated that America's economy's primarily driven on an inflated housing bubble. |
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Vote: | I was a teacher in Fairfax, Virginia when I saw an ad in Rugby Magazine for a rugby coach and intramural director at Vassar. I took the position as coach of both the men and women's teams. |
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Vote: | It was something of a shock, as I truly felt that I could come here, start coaching, and we'd be national championship contenders! |
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Vote: | Men's rugby started at Vassar in 1975 when students got together and formed a club. It was a classic example of what occurs to this day on American college campuses. |
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Vote: | Now, getting back to how much money you've raised so far for your campaign, approximately $6.7 million. Where is the money coming from? |
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Vote: | Quirks of fate and the presence of people familiar with the sport combined to bring rugby under the athletic department's umbrella. |
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Vote: | Results steadily improved as the Vassar women gained confidence and dominated the Metropolitan New York Women's Division I. They have made eight quarterfinal appearances in the Northeast RFU Championship and have been in the Northeast Final Four five times. |
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Vote: | Sharpton is not even on the Presidential primary ballot here in Louisiana. |
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Vote: | Tell us exactly-certainly our listeners-why does it appear that some folks, certainly in the Democratic Party and in the news media-seem to be afraid of you? |
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Vote: | The then athletic director, a Scotsman named John Wallace, agreed to take rugby under the auspices of the athletic department. |
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Vote: | The women of 1995 were apprehensive about playing Division I opponents but finished the year 13-2-2 and won the Open Division of the Stony Brook Tournament. This allowed me to say, "See, you can compete. Now the question is: do you want to?" |
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Vote: | Vassar had some strong seasons during the 1980s, with the women going undefeated one year. In 1986 the women toured England beating Oxford and Warwick Universities. |
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Vote: | Vassar is a highly selective private school and recruiting is as tough as it gets. This past year we had almost 6,000 applicants for about 600 places! Competition is fierce. |
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Vote: | Well, he didn't fill out his form properly, certainly according to the people down in Baton Rouge, and he didn't send a proper check-I think he sent a campaign check, and they needed a money-order. |
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Vote: | Yeah, that's why we are broadcasting, 70,000 watts of clear digital sound, to the tristate area of Louisiana, primarily, and Texas and Mississippi. Heard in every major city in Louisiana, with the exception of New Orleans. As far east as Woodville and Natchez, Mississippi, and as far west as Houston, and Beaumont, Texas. |
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Vote: | You are about 80 years old. Do you think that your tenacity, and your persistent diligence, whatever, pay off for you? |
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Vote: | You said that our system here in America, certainly when it comes to financing and the economy, is held together with spit, not glue. |