In reply to: Yale v. Duke, children of privilege wielding big sticks posted by jrdjr84
But there was a time when the parties at Yale would merely be broken up, no arrests, just move along given the desire to not want to bust some powerbroker's kid.
next year at a mid-major, where the head coach had been an assistant at one of the Ivys. This coach talked about how the Ivy League kids were great, but lacrosse was just one of many things they were all good at. They were going to be fine in life with or without lacrosse. But the students he's recruiting now are seeing opportunities open up precisely because they excel at lax.
So there's that.
My son has the good fortune to be adopted so he didn't inherit the lack of athleticism that would have been his genetic fate as a biological child of ours...
approach to tuition and financial aid. How much of a culture change has come from no longer offering "the lowest tuition cost of 30 peer institutions" and being able to afford ND via ROTC scholarship? That alone makes it a very different place than it was when we of a certain age were there...
My comment was more a reflection of the fact that I was rooting for Albany, but they pooped the mattress...