Ohio State fans like me are spoiled. We expect our sports teams to win the vast majority of their games, to routinely move on to post-season tournaments and bowl games, and to win national championships every year. Not every school is like that. I realized that when Richard went to Northwestern and I started following [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Northwestern’
Wildcat Wishes
Posted in sports, tagged Big Ten, Big Ten Tournament, Bill Carmody, college basketball, Dave Sobolewski, Drew Crawford, John Shurna, NCAA Basketball Tournment, Northwestern, Northwestern University, sports on March 6, 2012 | 3 Comments »
A Fine (Regular Season) Finale
Posted in sports, tagged Big Ten, Big Ten basketball, Brandon Paul, Bruce Weber, Buckeye Basketball, Illinois, Indiana, Meyers Leonard, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, sports, Wisconsin on March 4, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Today the Big Ten regular season basketball season comes to an end. Many consider the Big Ten to be the toughest conference, top to bottom, in the country, and the competitiveness of the teams has made for a wild and entertaining ride. Many people will focus on the game at East Lansing, where Ohio State [...]
Down To The Wire
Posted in sports, tagged Aaron Craft, Big Ten, Big Ten basketball, Buckeye Basketball, Indiana, Jared Sullinger, John Shurna, Michigan, Michigan State, Northwestern, Ohio State, sports, William Buford, Wisconsin on February 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Ohio State Buckeyes are struggling, no doubt about it — but they aren’t out of the Big Ten race yet. We’ve been saying all season that the Big Ten is balanced, and the regular season has proven that to be true. The top team, Michigan State, already has four losses after getting drilled by [...]
Home Cooking For The Buckeyes
Posted in sports, tagged Aaron Craft, Big Ten, Big Ten basketball, Buckeye Basketball, Illinois, Michigan, Michigan State, Northwestern, Ohio State, sports, William Buford, Wisconsin on February 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Ohio State blitzed Illinois yesterday and avoided having an actual losing streak for the first time in years. Playing in front of a friendly home crowd, the Buckeyes shot lights out in the first half and gave their reserves plenty of playing time in the second half. They ended up beating Illinois 83-67, in a [...]
The Big Ten Free-For-All
Posted in sports, tagged Big Ten, Big Ten basketball, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan State, Northwestern, Ohio State, sports, William Buford on January 15, 2012 | 1 Comment »
This afternoon Ohio State hosts Indiana at the Schott. Even though the season is young, it’s being viewed as a must-win game for the Buckeyes — but then again, just about every game in the Big Ten this year may be of the must-win variety. This year appears to be the most balanced Big Ten [...]
Roll Out The Roundball
Posted in sports, tagged Big Ten, Big Ten basketball, Illinois, Indiana, Indiana Hoosiers, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Purdue, sports, Tom Crean, Wisconsin on December 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Tonight Big Ten basketball teams begin playing their conference schedules. Wisconsin takes on Nebraska, and Illinois plays Minnesota. Ohio State kicks off its Big Ten season tomorrow against Northwestern. It should be a very interesting Big Ten season. By far the most surprising team so far has been Indiana. The Hoosiers, who were woeful the [...]
Embarrassment In Evanston
Posted in College, America, tagged America, Northwestern, College, Northwestern University, Human Sexuality, Academic Freedom, Intellectual Curiosity on March 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Northwestern University is dealing with an embarrassing story that is, I think, symptomatic of some deeper problems with higher education in America. The story has to do with a popular class called Human Sexuality that is taught by a psychology professor. The class often offers optional after-class events, such as presentations by panels of convicted [...]
The Big Ten Basketball Meat Grinder
Posted in sports, tagged Big Ten, Big Ten basketball, college basketball, E'Twaun Moore, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, JaJuan Johnson, Jared Sullinger, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Penn State, Purdue, sports, Talor Battle, Tom Izzo, William Buford, Wisconsin on January 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
A lot of people have been saying that the Big Ten is the strongest basketball conference in the country this year, and it is beginning to look like they might be right. Five games into the conference schedule (six for Minnesota, Northwestern, and Penn State), it looks like the Big Ten has a number of [...]
A Big Ten Bowl Day
Posted in sports, tagged Alabama, Big Ten, Big Ten football, Florida, Michigan, Michigan State, Mississippi State, Nittany Lions, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Rose Bowl, SEC, Spartans, sports, TCU, Texas Tech, Wildcats, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Badgers, Wolverine football on January 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Today five Big Ten teams play in bowl games. The big game will be Wisconsin versus TCU in the Rose Bowl, but other Big Ten teams also will have a chance to strut their stuff on the national stage. Northwestern matches up against Texas Tech, Michigan State plays Alabama, Michigan will break its bowl drought [...]
More On The Monsoon
Posted in Family, tagged Family, graduation, Northwestern on June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For the record, here is The Daily Northwestern‘s take on last weekend’s graduation ceremony.
Too Wet or Too Hot?
Posted in College, Family, tagged Family, graduation, Northwestern on June 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Kish, Russell and I have made it home safely after the Northwestern graduation festivities; Richard will be home in a day or two as he enjoys the last few moments of college life. The long drive gave us the opportunity for some additional reflection on the weekend, and two additional points seem worth making. After [...]
A Memorable Graduation
Posted in Family, tagged Family, graduation, Northwestern on June 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Richard received his diploma from Northwestern University last night, and it was a memorable evening for many reasons. He got the job done in four years, got very good grades from a school where academic performance still means something, and contributed to the school community through his work as a radio DJ and as a [...]
ASB Part II
Posted in College, Environment, Reflections, Travel, tagged ASB, College, Environmental, Everglades, Northwestern on June 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s my long-awaited second post about the ASB trip I took last spring break. The day after we destroyed the house, we got up early again, as usual. One of the worst parts about the trip was using the bathroom in the church we stayed in. Only the girls bathroom had showers, three of them. [...]
Remakes Be Damned
Posted in College, Family, Movies, tagged College, Family, Movies, newspapers, Northwestern on May 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Richard argues that remakes and “franchise” films should be terminated.
Coming Soon To A Location Near You
Posted in Work, tagged Health care, medicine, Northwestern, Work on May 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
H1N1 seems to be spreading throughout the U.S., which is what you would expect of an airborne condition in this time of easy, constant travel. It’s even invaded the ivy-covered walls of Northwestern University. I don’t think people are panicked about the so-called “swine flu,” but I do think people are aware of it. Earlier [...]
