Daily Archives March 28, 2007

The search for Dianne Nolan's replacement as women's basketball head coach is underway. Nolan's resignation last Tuesday prompted Athletic Director Gene Doris to contact ChampSearch, the head-hunting firm that helped the Stags select men's basketball coach Ed Cooley last April.

Unfortunately, religion and politics have been sparking even more confrontational and threatening situations than the ones taking place at my family gatherings. According to a recent New York Times article, a 16-year-old boy taped his history teacher proclaiming that the students belong in hell if they do not believe that Jesus died for their sins. Other statements made by this teacher included, "there were dinosaurs aboard Noah's ark," and "there is no scientific basis for evolution or the Big Bang theory of the origin of the universe."