Today, It’s About Terrier Hoops!

March 19, 2009 at 7:09 am

Check out this guest post we received from BU Women’s Hoops Coach, Kelly Greenberg:

I would like to thank Dean Elmore for giving me this opportunity to tell you about my outstanding women’s basketball team.  This season, I have had the great opportunity to coach this team of hard-working and dedicated student-athletes. They have surpassed the accomplishments of every women’s basketball team the University has ever had, and I am so proud of their effort.

We were honored earlier this week to be selected to participate in the NIT, and to have the opportunity to host a first-round game against Central Connecticut State University on Thursday night at 7pm.  The team has been practicing hard all week to prepare – we would love nothing else to spend the next few weeks in the tournament!

All season, we have been blessed to have some amazing fans come out and cheer us on at every game – home and away! They really inspire us to give our all and to represent the University with pride.  I can tell you that they do give us a distinct home court advantage against other teams – hey, wondering why a Hot Dog is in the stands could distract anyone player not familiar with our fan base! – and we are very grateful for their support.

This Thursday, I really hope that even more fans can join us at The Roof to support our team. We want to have the best home court advantage possible – hundreds of screaming and cheering fans.  We’re now on the national stage, and we want to show Central Connecticut State that they are walking into BU’s house! And I want you to have the chance to see our outstanding team, one that has shown amazing teamwork, determination and tenacity both on and off the court this season. These women are amazing – they are great to work with, and are truly a group of talented basketball players.

I hope see you at the Roof on Thursday night at 7pm! Go Terriers!

Thanks and good luck Coach Greenberg.  I’ll be there.  Go Terriers, Baby!

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Quick Trip to South Carolina

March 15, 2009 at 5:07 pm

Been off Comm Ave and off the grid for a few days. Was in a small town in South Carolina where my connections to a cell hook-up were scarce and any connection to the internet did not exist. At best, I could catch a cable signal in the local supermarket for a news, business, and sports updates. On one frequency, this was a refreshing change. I am one to stop and smell the roses, but during the last three days I inhaled so deep that my chest hurt.  I was able to focus and re-affirmed my commitments – especially to family. On another, I realized how dependent my world is on a cell phone, the Internet, thought-provoking articles, cable television, radio, the substance of culture, and soulful pop. I confess – I had a serious (and perhaps disturbing) jones for a wireless connection. (Got to find a way to take care of this!) Also made me wonder how a child in school in this neck of the woods ever gets from here to the rest of the world.

I was in the S.C. on a mission involving legacies – to see a manifestation of legacies and to visit with a sample of students creating legacies.

In the days of pen and parchment, horses and boats, broadsides and passed-around pamphlets, I am impressed that a person like Lee Claflin was able to get to the rest of the world. (I wonder what people like Claflin could have done with a network connection or a pulpit message that could have been sent anywhere and anytime.) I had a chance to see the fruit of one of Boston University’s founders, the good Lee Claflin. After being a righteous trend-setter  with juice in New Hampshire and Boston (in “co-founding” Boston University), Claflin represented in Orangeburg, South Carolina, where he was named as founder of Claflin University (in 1869). Considered a historically Black university, like Boston University, Claflin University opened its doors on day one to anyone who wanted to attend, regardless of race or gender – a truly loving, forward-thinking, bold, courageous, and death-defying act for the time. You go, Lee! – hope I have the honor of counting myself as part of your legacy.

COM Dean Thomas Fiedler, Professor Jo O’Connor, and I got a chance to visit with the inspirational and visionary president of Claflin University, Dr. Henry Tisdale and his hard-working, caring staff.  We laughed, traded history, and agreed to work hard on figuring out ways to exchange ideas, student talent, and faculty with Claflin University. Not only are the folks at Claflin "good peoples" but the insititution is a sibling.  I hope I get a chance to take students there for a visit and to facilitate the opportunity for Claflin students to experience our hospitality.

The highlight of my stay in the S.C. was dinner with the Greenville ASBers.  The Greenville crew rolled into my parents’ home in Blackville after a great week of serious service to the people in the area. They encountered and engaged issues of poverty, race, how we care for out children, disaster relief, hunger and homelessness – my parents, uncles, and aunts thought a meal of great food in the Black Southern tradition would be a humble contribution to our BU heroes and sheroes who worked so hard all week in Greenville and each day in their lives.

Finally, you can’t keep me of the net entirely. Despite the isolation, I was forwarded a neat, short, and inspiring video - a little tough to read but worth checking out:

Looking forward to hitting the homestretch of this community’s life. See you on Comm Ave. Peace.

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The Hot Dog Speaks: Why You Ought to Go to Red Hot Hockey

March 13, 2009 at 1:06 pm

Dean Elmore is really pumped about Red Hot Hockey II, just announced by the Athletic Department.  He asked The Hot Dog, everyone's favorite costumed fan and adamant supporter of all BU athletic teams, to write a blog piece as only the Hot Dog could to encourage you all to buy Red Hot Hockey student tickets on Monday, March 16. Tickets went on sale this week to selected groups, and they have sold like hotcakes, and student tickets will do the same on Monday.

Without further adieu, please welcome The Hog Dog to The Dean's Blog:

I've only been to Madison Square Garden once in my life. Amazing, right? It was for Red Hot Hockey and it was magical - even with Brett Bennett in net!

I remember going through the ridiculous levels and turns, and following the numbers that instructed me to the appropriate section and once I finally got into the concourse area I was in awe. It’s really an architectural masterpiece – there isn’t a bad view anywhere, especially for hockey games and you can’t get tired looking around.

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Back to the Future (aka, Red Hot Hockey the Sequel)

March 11, 2009 at 3:05 pm

It's Dean Elmore's trusty assistant, Kat, again.  You might remember me from such posts as "Send Us Your Beanpot Photos - Score a Great Prize" and "Dean Elmore in DC." Dean Elmore's currently visiting a few Alternative Spring Break trips and getting some much deserved rest in a warmer climate for the next few days, but he asked me to jump on the blog and fill you in on some key hockey-related information.  (As you can see, I always get the hockey posts because I may be just a tiny bit in love with the sport. And by tiny bit, I mean extremely.)

The BU men's hockey team will be invading Madison Square Garden again this November to take Cornell University in a return of the oh-so-popular Red Hot Hockey event (first held in 2007.)  Tickets go on sale late this week to season ticket holders and the general public - but students, don't worry.  The powers-that-be understand that you are off taking your own well-deserved breaks, and thus have delayed the sale of student tickets.  Student tickets will be offered at the wonderful price of $15 starting on Monday, March 16th.  When is the last time you did anything in Manhattan for $15?  A cup of plain coffee across from the Garden costs $15! Okay, I may be exaggerating, but you hopefully understand my point.

So don't worry - there are tickets set aside for students, and they go on sale on Monday. You will be receiving an email from the Agganis Arena shortly with the details.   No need to scramble out of your spring break activities to purchase tickets, when you can be uninterrupted and purchase tickets even cheaper starting on Monday.

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Spring Break – Enjoy and Stay Safe

March 3, 2009 at 1:39 pm

As you leave for a well-deserved spring break, make your personal safety a priority.  You know there are too many jerks, knuckleheads, and otherwise bad folks out there who make a living trying to jack trusting, fun-loving college students. Have a great time, and stay safe.

The world changes, whether we want it to or not.  So, if you are traveling outside of the country please take note of any travel warnings or alerts issued by the U.S. Department of State. I sometimes find locations on the list that I never anticipated. And, when you do travel (especially abroad) respect the often repeated, plain, smart travel tips: carry a working mobile phone; when possible, travel in groups of two or more; carry only as much cash as you need; and, when abroad, know how to get to the nearest embassy, consulate, or consular agency.

A big shout out to all of you on your way to different lands in order to give back to the world by engaging in service in an underserved community or to work on a big issue in need of our attention.  I’ll be in sunny Boston for most of the week but plan to catch up with some “ASBers” in South Carolina next Friday.  During the break, if you stay connected with the electronics and are thinking about me, send me a tweet, a picture, or update your status.  Or just get a postcard my way.

Enjoy the time off.  Come back rested and in one piece - make your personal safety your highest priority.

Peace.

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Bested by Winter!

March 2, 2009 at 6:26 am

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The Credit Crises Visualized

February 27, 2009 at 1:34 pm

Found this project compelling.  It is part of a thesis project by Jonathan Jarvis, a graduate studio at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California:

This is cool! Is it accurate?

Peace.

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Inspiration Matters

February 26, 2009 at 8:25 am

What inspires me? People who find a passion and show it in their life. Each year I look forward to the University's annual recognition of alumni (folks from our family) who find their passion and demonstrate it to the world - people who do not consider themselves special or extraordinary.  I look forward to this annual event because it is inspiring.  I love to hear the stories of hard-working, smart, and inspired people.  Always makes me proud to say that I have an affiliation - Boston University - with such folk.

During this upcoming weekend celebration of our alumni, four of the family receive honors on Friday night in a ceremony open to the entire BU community.  That's right, we're all invited to the awards ceremony and reception.  I hope you'll join me for a moment of inspiration, tomorrow at 6 p.m. in the School of Management Auditorium (I think they want us to let them know we're coming - auf@bu,edu).  

I always look forward to this event and when members of the family come to campus for a visit.

Peace.

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Coffee & Conversation: Bailouts are the Road to Perdition

February 26, 2009 at 7:46 am

Over the last month, I've heard announcements for many rescue plans.  One plan is meant to help those Americans with homes who are struggling to pay their mortgages. I haven't read about much detail, but this plan of the week is meant to reduce the mortgage payments of financially struggling homeowners through government-backed refinancing arrangements. 

A lot of the chatter is about whether this and other plans to get the economy back on track are aimed at the right people and industries.  Some believe this is a difficult plan to implement and that it will not actually be helpful to stop and reduce foreclosures.  Many raise the notion that people who made risky or downright poor decisions are undeserving of America's help.  Again we question the fairness of these plans - that this a classic case where the road to Hell is paved with good intentions.  We are setting up a society that takes risks and makes bad decisions with the knowledge that if the industry or social issue is important and widespread enough, then the nation will step in to help.

In the case of mortgage assistance for private homes, we definitely question the deservingness of individuals and are left with a set of questions about what to do - nothing at all as nothing is owed to these people who made bad and risky decisions; do something because some of these folks were forced into the purchase of these homes; or, that the bad decisions don't matter because people in homes are too important to a national economic strategy. 

This Friday, let's talk about whether bailouts, especially for individuals owning private property and businesses are full of moral hazards.  Do we owe anything to individuals for their bad decisions? What? Why? What if their bad decisions have an impact on all of us? (don't all of our decisions have an impact on the rest of us?) See you Friday from 3-5 p.m. in the Howard Thurman Center.  I'll bring the coffee you bring the conversation.

Until then, be safe and stay well.

 

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Don’t You Just Love a Good Pop Song?

February 25, 2009 at 12:10 pm

Some mid-week fun!  You may have already seen (and heard) DJ Earworm's mashup/remix (or commentary) on the last year in pop music in the United State of Pop:

Peace.

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