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|Ron Johnson
|U.S. Senate, Wisconsin
|In office
|Term ends
|January 3, 2017
|Years in position
|Russ Feingold (D)
|Base salary
|Elections and appointments
|First elected
|November 2, 2010
|Next general
|November 8, 2016
|Term limits
|University of Minnesota
|Date of birth
|April 8, 1955
|Place of birth
|Mankato, MN
|Net worth
|Office website
|Campaign website
- 1 Biography
- 2 Committee assignments
- 3 Issues
- 4 Elections
- 5 Campaign donors
- 6 Analysis
- 7 Recent news
- 8 Personal
- 9 External links
- 10 References
Based on an analysis of bill sponsorship by GovTrack, Johnson is a "moderate Republican follower".[1]
After earning his bachelor's from the University of Minnesota, Johnson worked as an accountant for a couple years before starting a plastic sheeting business with his brother-in-law.[2] He worked in the business until becoming a U.S. senator.
Committee assignments
U.S. Senate
Johnson serves on the following Senate committees[3]:
- Committee on the Budget
- Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
- Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security
- Subcommittee on Science and Space
- Subcommittee on Competitiveness, Innovation, and Export Promotion
- Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet
- Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security
- Committee on Foreign Relations
- The Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs
- The Subcommittee on International Operations and Organizations, Human Rights, Democracy and Global Women's Issues
- The Subcommittee on European Affairs Ranking Member
- The Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs
- Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
- Subcommittee on the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Federal Programs and the Federal Workforce
- Subcommittee on Financial and Contracting Oversight
- Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
- Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Johnson was a member of the following Senate committees[2]:
- Committee on the Budget
- Committe on Appropriations
- Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
- Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
- Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
- Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
- Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Agencies
- Special Committee on Aging
- Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
- Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery and Intergovernmental Affairs
- Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security
- Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia
Presidential preference
Ron Johnson (Wisconsin) endorsed Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election. [4]
Fiscal Cliff
Johnson voted for the fiscal cliff compromise bill, which made permanent most of the Bush tax cuts originally passed in 2001 and 2003 while also raising tax rates on the highest income levels. The bill was passed in the Senate by a 89/8 vote on January 1, 2013.[5]
Drones filibuster
On March 6, 2013, Senator Rand Paul (R) led a 13-hour filibuster of President Obama's CIA Director nominee, John Brennan. Paul started the filibuster in order to highlight his concerns about the administration's drone policies. In particular, Paul said he was concerned about whether a drone could be used to kill an American citizen within the United States border without any due process involved. Paul and other civil liberties activists were critical of President Obama for not offering a clear response to the question. A total of 14 senators joined Paul in the filibuster -- 13 Republicans and one Democrat.[6][7][8]
Johnson was one of the 13 Republican senators who joined Paul in his filibuster.[9][10]
According to the website Breitbart, 30 Republican senators did not support the filibuster.[11][12]
The day after the filibuster, Attorney General Eric Holder sent a letter to Paul, responding to the filibuster. Holder wrote, "Does the president have the authority to use a weaponized drone to kill an American not engaged in combat on U.S. soil? The answer to that is no."[13]
Full history
To view the full congressional electoral history for Ron Johnson, click [show] to expand the section.
Campaign donors
Comprehensive donor information for Johnson is available dating back to 2010. Based on available campaign finance records, Johnson raised a total of $15,235,898 during that time period. This information was last updated on April 25, 2013.[15]
|Ron Johnson (Wisconsin)'s Campaign Contribution History
|U.S. Senate (Wisconsin)
|Grand Total Raised
Johnson won election to the U.S. Senate in 2010. During that election cycle, Johnson's campaign committee raised a total of $15,235,898 and spent $15,043,252.[16]
|U.S. Senate, Wisconsin, 2010 - Ron Johnson (Wisconsin) Campaign Contributions
|Total Raised
|Total Spent
|Total Raised by General Election Opponent
|Total Spent by General Election Opponent
|Top contributors to Ron Johnson (Wisconsin)'s campaign committee
|Top 5 industries that contributed to campaign committee
Lifetime voting record
According to the website GovTrack, Johnson missed 3 of 580 roll call votes from January 2011 to April 2013. This amounts to .5%, which is better than the median of 1.7% among current senators as of April 2013.[17]
Congressional staff salaries
The website Legistorm compiles staff salary information for members of Congress. Johnson paid his congressional staff a total of $1,427,919 in 2011. He ranks fourth on the list of the lowest paid Republican Senatorial Staff Salaries and he ranks fourth overall of the lowest paid Senatorial Staff Salaries in 2011. Overall, Wisconsin ranks 24th in average salary for senatorial staff. The average U.S. Senate congressional staff was paid $2,529,141.70 in fiscal year 2011.[18]
Net worth
Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org - The Center for Responsive Politics, Johnson's net worth as of 2011 was estimated between $8,767,016 and $38,743,000. That averages to $23,755,008, which is higher than the average net worth of Republican Senators in 2011 of $6,358,668. His average net worth increased by 3.51% from 2010.[19]
Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org - The Center for Responsive Politics, Johnson's networth as of 2010 was estimated between $8,181,014 and $37,718,000. That averages to $22,949,507. The average net worth of Republican Senators in 2010 was $7,054,258.[20]
National Journal vote ratings
Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of congress voted in the previous year. Johnson was 1 of 2 members who ranked 22nd in the conservative rankings in 2012.[21]
- See also: National Journal vote ratings
Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of congress voted in the previous year. Johnson ranked 2nd in the conservative rankings.[22]
Political positions
Voting with party
Johnson voted with the Republican Party 92.4% of the time, which ranked 4th among the 46 Senate Republican members as of June 2013.[23]
Recent news
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Johnson lives in Oshkosh, WI. He and his wife, Jane, have three children.[2]
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- ↑ Gov Track "Ron Johnson," Accessed March 3, 2012
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Official Senate website "Biography," Accessed October 17, 2011
- ↑ Congressional Quarterly "Senate Committee List" Accessed January 22, 2013
- ↑ Seattle PI, "Wis. Sen. Ron Johnson endorses Mitt Romney," April 1, 2012
- ↑ U.S. Senate "Roll Call Vote on the Fiscal Cliff" Accessed January 4, 2013.
- ↑ CNN, "Rand Paul says he's heard from White House after filibuster," March 7, 2013
- ↑ USA Today, "Rand Paul filibuster ranks among Senate's longest," March 7, 2013
- ↑ ABC News, "Rand Paul Wins Applause From GOP and Liberals," March 7, 2013
- ↑ The Blaze, "Here Are All the GOP Senators That Participated in Rand Paul's 12+ Hour Filibuster… and the Ones Who Didn't," March 7, 2013
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, "Sen. Rand Paul ends marathon filibuster of John Brennan," March 7, 2013
- ↑ Breitbart, "AWOL: Meet The GOP Senators Who Refused to Stand With Rand," March 7, 2013
- ↑ Politico, "Rand Paul filibuster blasted by Sens. John McCain, Lindsey Graham," March 7, 2013
- ↑ Washington Post, "Eric Holder responds to Rand Paul with 'no'," March 7, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ Open Secrets "Donor history for Ron Johnson" Accessed April 25, 2013
- ↑ Open Secrets "2010 Race: Wisconsin Senate," Accessed November 26, 2011
- ↑ GovTrack, "Johnson," Accessed April 11, 2013
- ↑ LegiStorm "Ron Johnson"
- ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Johnson, (R-Wisconsin), 2011"
- ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Ron Johnson (R-WI), 2010"
- ↑ National Journal, "2012 Congressional Vote Ratings," February 28, 2013
- ↑ National Journal, "Searchable Vote Ratings Tables: Senate," February 23, 2012
- ↑ OpenCongress, "Voting With Party," accessed July 2014
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For high school seniors entering the last leg of the college search this fall, questions and frustrations are bound to arise, and the early source of confusion this year appears to stem from standardized testing. The final SAT and ACT test dates before college applications are due take place this month, meaning more students will soon have their first encounter the College Board's SAT Score Choice program, which allows students to choose which SAT Scores they want to report to colleges.
On the surface, Score Choice seems like a great innovation and a source of stress relief for students, and it might prove to be such if it were accepted by all colleges. However, a number of colleges and universities require applicants to report all scores from all standardized tests taken, and this is where students are running into problems.
Specifically, not all schools that require the Common Application, an application shared by many private colleges and intended to simplify the application process, share policies on reporting SAT scores, yet the Common App currently doesn't allow students to self-report different SAT scores to different schools. This has left students unsure of how to address what should be one of the easiest sections of their college application (after all, it's just transcribing numbers).New York Times writer Jacques Steinberg took up this question for the paper's blog The Choice, and his answer should help students get over this bump and onto the more difficult parts of the Common Application, like the application essays. The advice he received when posing this question to the executive director of the Common Application was to simply leave the section blank. The College Board echoed this in a written statement.
Basically, since colleges will receive the official SAT scores (or ACT scores) you report to them when you take the test, they don't need you to also self-report on the Common Application. The question is asked only because some colleges take self-reported scores into account to get the ball rolling on the admissions process while waiting for your official scores. So if you're completing the Common Application and have multiple test scores that you don't plan to report to every college on your list, you can safely abstain from self-reporting your SAT scores.
However, the jury's still out on whether Score Choice will ultimately be worth the hassle it's begun to present to schools and students this year. Opting to withhold your lowest test scores may not make that big a difference in your admissions prospects, anyway, since taking the SAT multiple times was popular before withholding scores was even an option. In fact, some schools use your highest scores from all test dates, even dates with lower composites, when considering your application for admission or university scholarships, so withholding the test score where you finally nailed the verbal but completely tanked on the math section could conceivably hurt your prospects slightly in some cases.
October 20, 2009
Most high school seniors are now entering the last leg of their college search and selecting the colleges to which they plan to apply. Many are already beginning the college application process, especially if they plan to meet rapidly approaching early decision or early action deadlines at their top choice colleges. For students looking for a last bit of data with which to game the college admissions system, the National Association for College Admission Counseling has just released their annual State of College Admission report. Included below are some highlights.
Competition: The report shows that, on the whole, while most colleges and universities aren't terribly selective, they appear to be becoming slightly more selective on average as they deal with larger numbers of students applying for admission. Between 2001 and 2007, the average acceptance rate at colleges and universities surveyed declined from 71.3 percent to 66.8 percent. Colleges largely seem to be expanding enrollment to meet increasing applications, though, with the growth in applications (24 percent) only slightly outpacing the growth in enrollment (20 percent) between 2002 and 2006.
The number of applications colleges received continued to grow in 2008, with approximately three out of four colleges reporting an increase in applications over the previous year. Students also appear to be applying to more colleges on the whole, with the number of students submitting 7 or more applications growing from 19 percent in 2007 to 22 percent in 2008. This growth in applications, especially multiple applications, has resulted in a decrease in yield (the percentage of admitted students who ultimately enroll) by about 4 percentage points. However, a student's odds of getting admitted off the wait list remain largely unchanged, hovering around 1 in 3 for 2008.
Selection Process: Also included in the survey were questions about the criteria college admission counselors considered most important when reviewing college applications. The following criteria were given "considerable importance" (the highest level of importance in the survey) by college counselors:
The Take Away: While there's a lot of attention given to schools that are more selective, the majority of colleges admit most students who apply. While more students are kicking the college application process into overdrive and applying to seven or more schools, these students still make up a minority of the college-going crowd. Additionally, while applications are increasing everywhere, the pace at which early applications are increasing at early-action and early-decision schools seems to be slowing.
Overall, the admission process is only as frantic as you make it. However, if you are applying to a lot of highly selective schools and the 1-in-3 chance of getting off the wait list if you wind up on it scares you, make sure you're putting your all into your applications. Get going on those application essays early and make sure to leave time for feedback and revision. Also, you'll want to approach your counselor for any letters of recommendation early--another item noted in the NACAC report was an increased workload for college counselors nationwide.
December 8, 2009
For those planning on attending graduate school, the Graduate Record Exam, or GRE, has long been a part of the admissions process that seems largely unrelated to their academic ambitions. The Educational Testing Service, the company that administers the test, has been planning and promising alterations for years. Friday, they announced their latest attempt, a plan that would eliminate some of the most onerous questions and revamp the scoring to more accurately reflect students' abilities.
The new GRE, which is set to be implemented in the fall of 2011, will keep the computer-adaptive testing format and the three sections (writing, quantitative, and verbal) of the current GRE, but will make some substantial changes to scoring, student responses, and the content of some sections. Possible GRE scores will change from a 200 to 800 range on the verbal and quantitative sections to a range of 130 to 170, a change which is meant to deemphasize minor differences in scores. The test will also become slightly longer, changing from 3.25 hours to 3.5 hours in length.
The biggest change to the test format will be the possibility to skip and return to questions. Currently, the computer-adaptive format presents test-takers questions they must answer before proceeding, giving them easier or harder questions based on their response to determine their score. The new format will adapt section-by-section, rather than question-by-question, hopefully giving a more accurate picture of test-takers' abilities. The ability to skip questions and return to them later is likely to improve students' concentration and scores as they no longer dwell on the questions they missed--a strategy for taking standardized tests that the GRE's current format makes difficult to practice.
Changes to the sections of the GRE will be more minor, but could still make a big difference to some test-takers. The writing section consists of two prompts, one asking for a logical analysis and one asking for an argumentative essay. It will remain largely unchanged in the new version of the test. The quantitative section asks multiple-choice math questions students are likely to have encountered in high school and college. ETS plans to add a calculator for this section. The verbal section will undergo the biggest changes, with questions on analogies and antonyms eliminated, as these have practically necessitated rote memorization of vocabulary words, largely defeating the purpose of the test.
Prospective graduate students in 2009 and 2010 will still be stuck with the current version of the GRE. Although some students may love analogies and obscure vocabulary words and be sad to see them go, students who have been struggling with elements of the current test may get some relief if they decide to apply for graduate school in 2011. Whether the GRE changes are actually implemented according to schedule remains to be seen, but so far, the revisions haven't been met with much opposition.
February 18, 2010
Public high schools in eight states will introduce a program next year that will allow their high school sophomores to test out of their junior and senior years if they are interested in enrolling in community college early.
The program is the brainchild of the National Center on Education and the Economy (NCEE), and was announced Wednesday. Those who do well on the tests, which will be called "board exams," but aren't interested in going to a community college will be able to continue taking college prep courses at their high schools to prepare for filing applications to the selective schools of their choice. Those who fail the exams will be eligible to retake them at the end of their junior and senior years.
According to the NCEE, the program's goals are to reduce the number of college students in remedial courses, and to better prepare high school students for campus life and the rigors of academics at institutions of higher education. Today, nearly half of the students in community colleges take one or more remedial courses and many are never able to complete developmental courses and move on to credit-level courses to complete their college degree, according to the NCEE.
Students would be tested on a broad range of topics, including the standard English and math. Between 10 to 20 schools in the eight states involved will offer the program, modeled after existing programs in countries like Australia, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Ireland, and the Netherlands, in the 2010-2011 academic year. According to an article in the New York Times, the program has received a $1.5 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to help states and school districts get the program running. Start-up costs for school districts would be about $500 per student; that would cover the costs of courses, tests, and teacher training. To cover future costs, the eight states in the program plan to apply for a portion of the $350 million in federal stimulus money designated for improving public school testing, according to the New York Times.
The eight states offering the program are Connecticut, Kentucky, Maine, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont. The NCEE hopes the program, which was a part of recommendations set into motion by the NCEE in 2006, will spread across the country. Their other recommendations included getting children in school by the time they were 3 years old and giving states control over local school districts.
March 4, 2010
The number of undergraduates registering for the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) increased by about 675,000 in 2009, a record 9 percent increase over the previous year. The news was announced this week by the Educational Testing Service (ETS), which also reported a 6 percent increase in graduate admissions in 2009.
The ETS attributes some of the increase to the number of MBA programs that now accept the GRE rather than the GMAT exclusively. (In 2009, there was a 68 percent increase in the number of business schools accepting GRE scores for their MBA programs, and the number of GRE test-takers who took the GRE to get into business school doubled.) This also makes it even easier for those unsure about whether they'd like to go to business school or another graduate program.
The news comes at a time when the ETS is getting ready to roll out a series of changes to the graduate exam. The new GRE is set to be implemented in the fall of 2011. Changes will include the possibility to skip and return to questions, a change from a 200 to 800 range on the verbal and quantitative sections to a range of 130 to 170, and an increase in length from 3.25 hours to 3.5 hours. The ETS says the changes are meant to allow for a test that paints a more accurate picture of test-takers' abilities, as it will rely less on strategy—the ability to skip questions and return to them later is likely to improve students' concentration and scores as they no longer dwell on the questions they missed—and more on the accuracy of their answers.
If you're considering registering and eventually taking the exam, we have a number of resources to help you master the GRE and learn more about what you need to know about the new GRE format, since you'll now need to freshen up those test-taking skills even if you've taken the GRE in the past. The most important thing to know is that you should prepare for this test as you would for any other standardized test. Chances are it's been a while since you've taken the ACT and SAT, and while the study skills you honed to complete those exams successfully are useful on the GRE, it's important to get to know the specific content you'll be tested on when taking the GRE. Practice tests are never a bad idea. Finally, don't stress too much. You can retake the GRE up to five times in one year.
July 15, 2010
American University has expanded its "test-optional" application policy, giving all students who apply to the school before Nov. 1 the option of choosing whether or not to submit their ACT or SAT scores as part of their applications. The college had up to this point only allowed early-decision candidates to opt out of providing standardized test scores.
Although the early-decision deadline is later—Nov. 15—being accepted by a college early typically means you need to decide right then and there whether you'll accept admission to that college or go elsewhere. Opening up the policy to even those regular decision students will give more students the power to decide what they'd like to include in their applications to the school. Those students who do take advantage of the policy and submit their applications early won't necessarily hear back about whether they've been accepted to the school early; they'll be notified by the regular April 1 deadline.
According to an article yesterday in The Chronicle of Higher Education, a good number of even the early-decision candidates chose not to submit their standardized test scores last fall. Of the 538 early-decision applicants the school received, which in itself was an increase of about 33 percent over the previous year, 191 did not submit test scores, according to The Chronicle. While administrators said it takes longer to review applications that don't include the test scores, giving students who may not do as well on their standardized tests but who excel elsewhere an opportunity for admission is worth it. Admissions officials now pay more attention to the kinds of courses students took, including AP classes and other college-level work.
Standardized testing has been criticized for years, with the National Association for College Admission Counseling going so far as to say the practice should end altogether in favor of a more holistic application process. American University isn't the only college to go test-optional in recent years, either. Saint Michael's College in Vermont no longer requires that potential new students submit SAT scores as part of their application process. The school reasons that some students are better test-takers than others, and that there are other ways to evaluate applicants instead. Students there may still choose to submit either their ACT or SAT scores if they feel it will help their applications.
August 20, 2010
Although average ACT scores were lower this year than the previous year, it wasn't all bad news on this year's ACT score report. High school graduates who took the test this year are slightly more prepared for college than their peers in years prior, despite the average lower scores.
According to the report, The Condition of College and Career Readiness 2010, about 71 percent of test-takers met at least one of four college readiness benchmarks in English, math, reading or science. About 47 percent met between one and three benchmarks, and 24 percent met all four benchmarks. Last year, 23 percent met all four benchmarks; in 2006, that figure was around 21 percent.
An article from the Associated Press in USA Today this week explains that test-takers this year were a more diverse group of students. While they did score lower overall, how they did meeting benchmarks is encouraging to the authors of the test. To measure college readiness, the standardized test translates students' subject area scores into data that shows their chances of receiving passing grades in college coursework. The content on the ACT can relate to courses like biology and general education social science and psychology classes, for example. It's also important to note that more students in general are taking the test, so slight gains like this in any area may mean more than you think.
Other data pulled from the report included the following:
While more colleges are going "test-optional" when it comes to providing standardized test scores as part of your college application, both the ACT and SAT remain important at most institutions of higher education. At those schools with a high number of applicants, there may even be a cut-off score as part of the admissions process. You'll probably then still need to take either test, despite growing criticism over the effectiveness of standardized tests. Take a look at our Standardized Testing section for more information on how you can better prepare for not only undergraduate admissions tests, but graduate and professional school tests like the GRE and LSAT as well.
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All pontificating aside, I'd like to interject.
I was "born gay" (and 100% gay - a Kinsey 6), with a relatively normal molestation-free childhood in suburbia.
My homosexual feelings (and there were many many pre-sexual "sexual attractions" as early as 3 or 4) felt to me as natural as can be; I'm sure exactlly like heteros feel toward the oppostie sex. However, the message was (and apparently still is): "you're not right." Allowed to be who I was, I might have dated as a teenager, maybe met that special someone in my 20s or 30s, started a life. But that couldn't happen becaue I had to suppress my attraction for fear of abandonment, physical harm, ostracism, you name it. When i came out at 19 (in 1983), lots of damage had been done. I will not get into those details. I'm a functioning member of society working on a Ph.D., with some great friends (tolerant and progressive friends). I'm such a romantic - I still want very deeply that idealized life with my one-and-only.
Many of you probably have felt the effects of prejudice in one form or another. I think that lots of inroads have been made toward erasing lots of racism and sexism (not all the way, but lots). Homosexuality is still being debated.
Some gay people are cynical - it's hard not to be. But being exposed to scientists, politicians, religious clergy debating about whether you are "acceptable", whether you're "normal", whether you're nature or nurture, whether you should have the same rights as everyone else, whether you can be "cured", actually debating your worth because you're homosexual - I can't describe how much that hurts, even when I roll my eyes, even when I remind myself that we've still come a long way, even when I remember all the people who are my friends and family and who love me.
Homosexuality has been around since humankind, in every part of the world. It has never proven harmful. It is a fact, a biological phenomenon, not a choice.
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VERONA, Wis. - Saving its best performance for the final race of the season, the Miami University men's cross country team put on a gutsy showing to grab sixth place at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Friday afternoon at the University of Wisconsin's Zimmer Championship Course.
The RedHawks, who entered the meet ranked 12th in the region, totaled 214 points to earn sixth as Miami was the top Mid-American Conference team to finish among the eight in the field. The sixth-place regional showing matches Miami's best finish under 19th-year head coach Warren Mandrell, also placing sixth in 2003, when the 'Hawks were ranked 14th in the country, and in 1998, when Miami was 25th nationally.
Host and No. 6 Wisconsin won the 30-team race with 43 points while No. 12 Michigan was the runner-up with 73 points. No. 20 Indiana (107), Michigan State (113) and No. 28 Notre Dame (122) rounded out the top five, respectively. The RedHawks finished one point ahead of Purdue, which took seventh, while Ohio State, Butler and Indiana State, all of which were ranked ahead of Miami in the region, completed the top 10. Akron was the closest MAC school to Miami in 11th while MAC champion Eastern Michigan finished 13th.
The 'Hawks gradually worked their way through the field to get toward the front. Miami sat in 11th a fifth of the way through the race, moved up to 10th at the 4K mark, jumped to eighth over the next 4K before closing in sixth.
"This is a real cross country course, it's slower than people think but it suited our guys well," Mandrell said. "It had nice footing the whole way with lots of ups and downs."
Redshirt senior Steve Kiplagat (Iten, Kenya) earned All-Great Lakes Region honors by placing 25th as Miami's top finisher for the fourth time this year. The transfer from St. Lawrence garnered All-Region by finishing in the top 25 while clocking a time of 31:48 in the team's first 10K of the year.
Senior Jarrod Eick (Hartville, Ohio) closed out his tremendous cross country career as the second RedHawk to finish, crossing in 38th in 32:06, with his placing the best regional finish of his career by 24 spots. Junior Dave Wing (Naperville, Ill.) and redshirt sophomore Daniel Garleb (Pickerington, Ohio) were stride for stride with each other, nabbing 43rd and 44th place, respectively, both doing so in 32:15. The time was a 10K best for Garleb, who Mandrell noted had a very strong race.
Freshman Joe Stewart (Naperville, Ill.) rounded out Miami's scoring five, as he earned 64th place and clocked 32:33 in his first career 10K. He was the ninth freshman to finish in the difficult race of 204 runners.
"They really stepped up and ran well," said Mandrell, whose RedHawks tied for third at the MAC Championship two weeks ago. "We just needed one more place to put us in contention for an NCAA bid."
Redshirt senior David Eichenberger (Plainfield, Ind.), who has battled injuries the last two years, closed his cross country career by placing 76th in 32:48, marking a career-best regional finish and matching his 10K best time. Redshirt junior Matt Marol (Evanston, Ill.) completed Miami's top seven in 112th in 33:25.
Wisconsin and Michigan earned automatic berths into the NCAA Cross Country Championship Nov. 17 by finishing in the top two. Indiana, Michigan State and Notre Dame are all up for at-large consideration. The Badgers' Mohammed Ahmed won the individual title in 30:37 while IU's Zachary Mayhew took second in 30:43. The top four individual finishers from non-qualifying teams also advance to the NCAA meet. Kiplagat was seventh among runners not from the top five team finishers, likely putting him out of any at-large consideration.
The entire NCAA Championship field is announced Sunday. Miami's 2012 cross country season is now complete.


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Falcon Swimming Wraps Up 2013 Bluegrass Mountain Conference Meet Shattering Record Books; All Results Now Posted Below!
February 17, 2013
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Pfeiffer University swim teams have wrapped up one of the most successful Bluegrass Mountain Conference swim meet held at the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center in Charlotte and have re-written the school record books with 16 new top times and a pair of NCAA "B" cut national times. The Lady Falcons finished seventh overall while the men concluded ninth. Hannah Finkernagel & Kate Galichenko led the ladies while George Moreno and Nick Insley led the men.
All session results can be found below with the prelims during the day and finals of each event at night. All of the school records and NCAA "B" cut times are also listed below.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT RESULTS (click here for event by event results)
School Record & NCAA "B" Cut Time
Women's 800 Freestyle Relay Team (7:49.83): Hannah Finkernagel, Kate Galichenko, Daliya Spasova, Mary Rudolph
School Record
Women's 1,000 Freestyle (10:41.45): Hannah Finkernagel
Medaled Events
Women's 800 Freestyle Relay (6th)
Finkernagel in 1,000 Freestyle (6th)
School Record & Medaled Event
Women's 200 Individual Medley (2:08.75): Kate Galichenko
School Records
Women's 200 Freestyle Relay (1:41.17): Haley Carter, Kate Galichenko, Hannah Finkernagel, Mary Rudolph
Men's 200 Freestyle Relay (1:25.66): George Moreno, Nick Insley, Mark Franz, Luke Evans
Women's 400 Medley Relay (4:00.18): Kate Galichenko, Mary Rudolph, Daliya Spasova, Hannah Finkernagel
Men's 100 Backstroke (timed in 400 Medley Relay): Nick Insley
School Records
Women's 200 Medley Relay (1:50.57): Yukina Onoda, Mary Rudolph, Daliya Spasova, Haley Carter
Men's 200 Medley Relay (1:35.24): Nick Insley, Matt Burns, Andrew Corley, George Moreno
Women's 400 Individual Medley (4:37.62): Kate Galichenko
Men's 100 Breaststroke (59.25): Matt Burns
Men's 100 Backstroke (51.87): Nick Insley
School Records & Medaled Positions
Women 1,650 Freestyle (17:51.04): Hannah Finkernagel (6th)
Women's 200 Breaststroke (2:27.92): Mary Rudolph & Haley Carter (2:29.30)
Women's 400 Freestyle Relay (3:38.75): Kate Galichenko, Hannah Finkernagel, Daliya Spasova, Mary Rudolph
Men's 400 Freestyle Relay (3.11.43): George Moreno, Nick Insley, Mark Franz, Grant Smith
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Women's 200 Butterfly (2:07.31): Kate Galichenko (3rd)


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I do you some more than others, but none for me really.
sort of
Thread: do you have a signature scent?
i'm familiar with so many great scents, i don't even have a signature anymore.
maybe i'll find one, but when i do, it often changes, and there's nothing wrong with that.
right now, as of 2012 overall, the fragrance that got the most wearing out of me was One Million.
what about you? do you fragrance collectors have a signature scent?
I do you some more than others, but none for me really.
No, I'm always wearing/testing different scents.
I try to be good about rotating my frags, and never wearing the same thing twice within in a week or more. But the best candidate I have for my signature scent, should I ever decide to go that route, is VanCleef & Arpels PH. That one just does everything right for me.
Can't say I do.
Nope not a chance!
No, I own too many scents and like too many different ones to be able to pick any one as my signature. I do, however, tend to wear Odeur 53 and Chanel Eau de Cologne more than the others these days... but then again, that's probably just because they're in such big bottles, haha...
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No. But, if I had to pick one, it'd be A*Men. I reach for that the most, it's perfect for my needs.
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Not for sure yet. I have go to fragrances, such as Habit Rouge, Mitsouko, Chanel No.19.
I'm not OLD...I'm VINTAGE!
I'm always wearing different scents, but when I think of a "signature scent," I think of two things: 1) My "go-to" scent. The one I find myself reaching for the most. 2) The one that when others smell something similar to it, they think of me.
That said...right now, I would say:
Year round = Mont Blanc Legend
Warmer weather = Tom Ford for Men
Cooler weather = Tom Ford for Men Extreme (once I buy it)
"We don't fail because we aim too high and miss, but because we aim too low and hit" - Les Brown
"When you're all alone, when no one is watching, and there's no one around to impress, that is who you are" - Greg Laurie
Not really. But I do choose Menthe Fraiche when I do not know what to wear.
Current top 10 (No order):
1. Pure Havane
2. Menthe Fraiche
3. Tobacco Vanille
4. L'Air Du Desert Marocain
5. Green Irish Tweed
6. Fahrenheit
7. Musc Ravageur
8. Tonka Imperial
9. Gucci Pour Homme II
10. Dior Homme Intense
I guess my favorite and most worn fragrance (by far) is Aventus. But I have so many, I only wear that about once / month.
With a large collection, you can't really have a signature scent - unless you really neglect a large portion of your collection.
Seasonal favorites:
1. Xerjoff - Nio
2. Creed - Aventus
3. Tom Ford - Grey Vetiver
4. The Different Company - De Bachmakov
5. Dior - Homme Sport 2008
6. Montale - Aoud Legacy
7. Creed - Virgin Island Water
8. by Kilian - Straight to Heaven
9. Creed - Original Cologne
10. Clive Christian - 1872 for Men
Nope, and never will.
No signature scent here. Just as I don't wear the same clothes everyday, I don't wear the same scent everyday.
"No elegance is possible without it...perfume is a part of you." Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel
Before I started collecting, Dolce & Gabbana Pour Homme was my signature scent. I swear I went thru at least 4 125ml bottles.
1. Dior Homme Intense
2. Creed Aventus
3. Tom Ford Extreme
4. Gucci Pour Homme II
5. Terre d'Hermes
Nope. This. Is. Basenotes!!
Are you not entertained??? Is this not why you are here??
It is not necessary my most used scent but I always think of Gucci PH II as my signature because its "me in the bottle" and my lady (and ex too) love it on me.
TOP 3 hot weather:
1. Gucci Pour Homme II
2. Lalique Encre Noire
3. Creed Millesime Imperial
TOP 3 cold weather:
1. Dior Homme
2. Eau Des Baux
3. L'Instant de Guerlain Pour Homme Extreme
Not yet.
I wear Costume National's 21 with more frequency than others in the spring though.
My answer is "sort of", a signature rotation being more of an option for me. While I cannot settle for one single signature frag, it is however pretty easy, pleasant, versatile for me to alternate a range of at least 10 and sometimes up to more than 30-40 I tend to wear, in sequence, over quite similar periods of time, in quite similar quantities, in a quite similar recurrent applications.
The last time I truly had a signature scent would have been 25 years ago when I wore Drakkar Noir almost exclusively. Since then I've always owned at least a few fragrances and used more than one with regularity.
I don't have a signature fragrance. My signature changes a little bit every day, why shouldn't my fragrance?
No, not since I started collecting properly.
I always wear Versace Dreamer if I'm on a date but I just rotate my other fragrances for work / gym / weekends etc.
Used to have signature scent (Azzaro Chrome) till about 4 years ago, but now I just go around my relatively large collection.
But anytime I decide, I can go with just 10 to maximum 15 fragrances For years and years...
the only cologne i have been throw 3 100ml is hermes poivre samarcante.
i have about a ''colection'' of 10 botlles.
not really. I started to build a collection and own mostly ones that I could wear any day. I have some favourites like Allure Homme Sport, Pure Havane, but I am just wearing them occassionally.
Arent you a little short for a stormtrooper?
Too many great fragrances to wear only one.
Current Top Favorites:
1) Portrait of a Lady original formula (EdP Frédéric Malle)
2) Giorgio for Men vintage/V.I.P. for Men (Giorgio Beverly Hills)
3) Dia Man vintage edt (Amouage)
4) Anat Fritz Original Formula and Classical (Anat Fritz) - tie
4) Lalfeorosa (O'driù) - tie
6) Les Nombres d'Or Vetyver (Mona di Orio)
7) Captain vintage (Molyneux)
8) Tzora (Anat Fritz)
9) Javanese Patchouli (Zegna) - tie
9) Monsieur de Givenchy vintage (Givenchy) - tie
9) Coeur de Vetiver Sacré (L'Artisan) - tie
9) X for Men (Clive Christian) - tie
9) Patou pour Homme Privé (Jean Patou) - tie
9) Oud Shamash (The Different Company) - tie
No... ( it used to be Dior Homme 5 y. ago , and untill then no )
I'm currently trying (since I hope that would prevent me from buying too many fragrance). I might settle down with Cartier Declaration, Jardin Mediterranee or my current love Lalique Pour Homme. the last one actually might be the One
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There are some fragrances that I wear more often than others but I've never been able to be committed to a single scent.
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No signature scents whatsoever but I've been reaching a lot for Dior Homme when it's cold outside and YSL L'Homme in warmer weather.
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No signature scents whatsoever but I've been reaching a lot for Dior Homme when it's cold outside and YSL L'Homme in warmer weather.
I reach for Rocky Mountain Wood more than anything else. It smells amazing, great longetivity, and I have not smelled it on anyone else in the two years I have had it. It will be in my wardrobe for the next 60 years.
I have 4 fragrances in my collection that I would regard as my signature scents. They are the ones I wear and enjoy the most. I often reach for one of the 4 when uncertain as to which fragrance I want to wear on any particular day.
Once I bought my second bottle, I no longer had a signature scent.
I personally don't buy into the "signature scent" idea. It implies that you are the only one wearing it. My written signature is the only "signature" I have. ... just saying.
I don't really have a signature scent either, but the closest I have (one i reach for when I can't decide & usually wear two or three times a week) is Versace's The Dreamer. It took me some time with this one, but it's become my most comfortable scent and one that just seems to work for all occasions/seasons to me.
My days of having a signature scent are gone. I have too many favorites, not to mention too many things I'm sampling. I find it hard to wear any particular scent more than once a week. That's no signature.
It cracks me up when I see people talk about having multiple signature scents. I think a lot of people don't understand what the term means.
That being said, I sometimes make an effort to match a certain scent to times when I'm with a specific person. If I wear GphII on a first date, I may keep wearing that scent each time I see her again. I like the idea of having a specific scent a woman can remember me by... but if we end up seriously dating, I'll abandon the one scent plan and vary it up a lot.
Also, I have scents for specific purposes. Aventus is NOT a dating scent for me. I get muuuuuch better feedback from women when I wear something else, but Aventus is an excellent work scent for meetings. If I'm meeting with a client, it's what I wear.
So... no... I don't have a signature scent. Not at all. But clients and dates probably think I do.
Anybody have a sample of Martin Margiela Untitled or Untitled L'Eau? I'm dying to smell these and I've got lots of great niche samples to swap!
"Follow your nose. It always knows." -- Toucan Sam
No. Actually, it was hard to let go of the idea of a signature scent, but I have too many beautiful fragrances to pick just one or two. I'm sort of hoping that instead of associating me with one scent, people will just associate me with always smelling good
this mofo I prefer over the others in my wardrobe and identify it as my signature scent
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No. My tastes change too frequently to have one.
"It always seems impossible until it's done." -Nelson Mandela
My mission statement: "I am not afraid to keep on living - I am not afraid to walk this world alone."
I wear Lynn Harris' Vetiver most of the time. But I rarely wear anything at all. Occassionally an oud just to switch up
and feel transgressive. I'm quite pathetic really.
life's too short to commit to one, so is a definite no and never will
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Currently splitting:
Amouage - Tribute, Homage and OPUS VII
Andy Tauer - Noontide Petals, Miriam and Loretta
HdP - Veni, Vidi, Vici and Rosam, Ambrarem, Petroleum
The Different Company - Oud Shamash, Oud for Love and Aurore Nomade
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I guess I don't really have one signature scent but a few that I definitely wear more than others. Believe it or not, I've been wearing Kouros more than anything else since winter really set in.
I always like to consider Gucci Envy for men my signature scent, but it's hard to limit oneself to just particular one with such a collection. As things are, I haven't found other scent yet, besides Gucci Envy, that I'd would want to consider my signature.
I do not. Would not be boring?
I wore Égoïste exclusively throughout the late-90's.
All my friends from back then associate me with it.
And since Égoïste is still my most worn fragrance,
it's my signature scent.
I voted yes. But I rarely wear it; I keep it in an "ivory tower" and wear it exclusively to family gatherings.
Just can't do it. There's so many to enjoy.
However I had these as a signature scent at various times:
YSL Kouros, Paloma Picasso Minotaure, Shiseido Basala, and Egoiste.
If I were to choose a signature scent now, it would almost certainly be one of the classics like Pour un Homme de Caron, Dior Eau Sauvage, Vetiver de Guerlain, etc.
Yes. It is Kenzo pour homme. It is just wow for me. Drydown is heaven. If i had enough money i would order parfum extrait of it in some famous perfumers))).
Bvlgari extreme, but in winter i tend to use Dior homme more
Not right now, but I want one. (Anyone have a hoarded bottle of Norma Kamali Incense they want to sell me? That's my top candidate at the moment....)
I generally have one, but find that they lose their significance for me after five or six years of wear. I don't like wearing multiple scents; they linger in my clothes and smell like strangers in my closet, and I don't feel fully "myself".
Past scents include: Prescriptives Calyx (my early twenties), Gucci Rush for Men (late twenties), plain pure sandalwood essential oil (early thirties), Jo Malone Wild Fig and Cassis (most recent; tired of it only in late 2011).
Have too many frags
I wear Molecule 01 every single day. I layer it with other scents I wear if I want to enhance or lengthen the longevity of it. I like to spray Molecule 01 on my clothing because it smells SO CLEAN and the scent stays and stays. I can smell Moelcule 01 that got overs-prayed on neckties that I wore many many months ago. Thats SOLID.
However, I do not wear M01 exclusively. I almost always wear other things with it.
Others are right, life is too short and there are far too many new things to smell to commit to just one!
I voted sort of. I use different stuff all the time, but Fahrenheit is the one I use most.
Up until last year my signature scent was either Acqua Di Gio or Curve. Now I wear a different fragrance every day, so I don't have one anymore.
"I am a robot and I like cheese"
Top 5:
1. Axe Kilo
2. Lectric Shave
3. Vicks Vapor Rub
4. Febreze Pour Homme
5. Preferred Stock
I don't have a signature scent, but I do have one that I reach for most of the time.


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It's interesting how my playstyle has changed ever since I got my flying mount. I'm still questing in Shadowmoon Valley, but how I approach my quests has greatly changed.
Before, I used to run to the quest area, fight my way to the quest target, kill them or recover the item, and fight my way back out. As a paladin, you really don't have any tricks to avoid any of this. It's a very straightforward process.
Now with a flying mount, it's very different.
Step 1: Aerial Recon - Scout out the location and find the quest mob.
Step 2: Paradrop in - Hover directly above the quest mob and dismount so you fall to the ground right there.
Step 3: Kill the target, get the quest item.
Step 4: Jump out - mount up and take off.
Very commando-style gameplay. It's interesting because there are a lot of design implications for this playstyle. For example, I'm probably going to miss any quests that start between the base and my target. I'm just not going to see them.
I'm also going to kill a lot less mobs. Before you could count on having to kill many mobs while getting to the target, and that has implications on how much gold and xp I will get (or would have gotten if I was still levelling).
I mean, it's not a "bad" playstyle. A lot of the fun factor in having a flying mount comes from being able to do things like this. And I think Blizzard realizes this. There's a couple of quests in Shadowmoon Valley that seem specifically designed for this playstyle (Setting Up The Bomb, in particular).
But at the same time, I think it has a lot of future implications for how Blizzard is going to design expansions. Blizzard is, in a lot of ways, masters of "directed" gameplay. You get a quest to go to X, and on your way you get a quest to go to Y, and Blizzard carefully leads you around the world, allowing you to experience everything. I think we're going to see fewer quest NPCs wandering the roads of the world, and more quests at the various quest hubs.
Monday, March 19, 2007
Playstyle with a Flying Mount
It's interesting how my playstyle has changed ever since I got my flying mount. I'm still questing in Shadowmoon Valley, but how I approach my quests has greatly changed.
7 comments:
- Anonymous said...
You should see how much gold I make gathering herbs with that style.
- 3:44 PM, March 19, 2007
- MB said...
That demon hunter quest in shadowmoon is tailor made as well. In the old days, you would have had to kill every single person on the blood elf side to have gotten to the four targets - not any more!
- 1:32 AM, March 22, 2007
- MB said...
Just looked at your armoury profile - amazingly similar to mine!
Why haven't you done the netherwing quests yet? Sensational Pally shield reward from that.
- 5:47 AM, March 22, 2007
- GSH said...
Lol. I decided to do Shadowmoon Valley before Netherstorm. I tend to finish all the quests in a zone before moving on.
I haven't actually done a single Netherstorm quest yet.
Heh, all this "raiding Karazhan" is cutting into my "prepping for Karazhan" time. :)
- 11:29 AM, March 22, 2007
- MB said...
Lol.....I did the same.....Shadowmoon is Pally Heaven with all the demons there.
Meant the netherwing dragon chain that's in Shadowmoon (http://www.thottbot.com/?qu=10804)
If you're tanking, you need one of the shields from this chain.
- 12:50 PM, March 22, 2007
- GSH said...
See, this is a prime example of what I was talking about in the original post!
I've never encountered that NPC before. I always fly above the Netherdragons on the plain.
- 1:15 PM, March 22, 2007
- Psyae said...
I've missed grabbing a few quests using the recon ranger method, myself, but it sure is fun!
I have wondered whether in the future Blizzard will incorporate more flying-necessary quests.
What disappointed me most about the expansion was that there were no battlegrounds that allowed flying mounts. I think finding a way to do that without players abusing the system would be great.
Oh, on the side, I've moved my blog from blogspot to just psyae.com. I'd be appreciative if you could update your links (since I get a lot of traffic from your site!).
- 1:17 PM, March 22, 2007


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