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2012 Potential Opponent Preview: The Rest of the B1G
Wisconsin is the origin of Leinenkugel's, cows, and the directional state motto (forward). The school over there has a football team that is favored to win the Woody Division. This means that should Michigan beat out Sparty and Big Red for Bo, Michigan fans should expect the other half of the Lucas Oil be jumping around sometime at the end of the third quarter of the title game.
The conditions for the Badgers to reach Indianapolis in 2012 are favorable, but that doesn't mean they're a compelling contender. They lose key pieces of their offense, including their quarterback, top receiver, and half of their offensive line. They also lose a significant chunk of a defense that ranked a disappointing 60th in the nation against the run last year. While the acquisition of former Maryland QB Danny O'Brien and the return of star RB Montee Ball will be a significant boon, it's easy to see Wisconsin being, at best, slightly worse this season than they were in 2011. That they are favored to win their division is less a compliment to them than it is an indictment of their division.
- Sept. 1, Northern Iowa
- Sept. 8, @ Oregon State
- Sept. 15, Utah State
- Sept. 22, UTEP
- Sept. 29, @ Nebraska
- Oct. 6, Illinois
- Oct. 13, @ Purdue
- Oct. 20, Minnesota
- Oct. 27, Michigan State
- Nov. 3, WIFEDAY
- Nov. 10, @ Indiana
- Nov. 17, Ohio State
- Nov. 24, @ Penn State
Wisconsin's consumption of nonconference cupcakes continues, although the 2012 batch has a little more substance than in years past. Northern Iowa and Utah State, for instance, both had winning records. A visit to Oregon State is a nice gesture, except Oregon State went 3-9 last season. Regardless, Corvallis is a great destination. I used to live there.
The B1G schedule is the B1G schedule. Wisconsin misses Michigan (yeah she's married now) but plays Nebraska, Michigan State, Ohio State, and Penn State, two of them on the road. Keep an eye on the Nov. 17 game. The brawl in Madison should take the edge off a Buckeyes team gearing up for their season finale against the Wolverines.
This schedule is as favorable as: Watching a horror movie. You'll probably make it -- it'll just be somewhat unpleasant.
Your uniform makes rest of us vomit into our mouths, too.
Style: MANBALL
Leaving: QB Russell Wilson (72.8%, 3,175 yards, 33 TD, 4 INT), WR Nick Toon (64 rec, 926 yards), RG Kevin Zeitler, C Peter Konz
Returning: RB Montee Ball (1,923 yards, 6.3 ypc, 33 TD), RB James White (713 yards, 5.1 ypc, 6 TD), TE Jacob Pederson (30 rec, 356 yards, 8 TD), LT Ricky Wagner.
I take some of that back: losing half of their NFL-caliber linemen may not be that big of a deal. There is plenty of protein, grain, and beer available in Madison to turn their next crop of linemen into run-blocking pâté.
Losing Russell Wilson, however, IS a big deal. He ran the Badgers offense with remarkable efficiency as a transfer. That kind of ability is rare. O'Brien is a lot less talented than Wilson and has already shown that he isn't great with transitions. In light of the loss of their one elite receiver, I predict O'Brien will be a slightly worse version of former Wisconsin QB Scott Tolzien.
Player you'll probably see on Sportscenter: Montee Ball
Doing what? Loitering in the end zone. Like a bawss.
This offense is as frightening as: "The Ring" -- with the lights on. Fear level = 7.5.
His smile makes me believe this was from a pre-game presser.
Style: 4-3 over, coverage not guaranteed if the game is on the line.
Leaving: DT Patrick Butrym (55 tackles, 10.5 TFL, 4 sacks), CB Antonio Fenelus (42 tackles, 4 INT, 9 PBU), S Aaron Henry (55.5 tackles, 7 TFL, 4.5 sacks, 4 INT, 7 PBU)
Returning: MLB Chris Borland (103.5 tackles, 19 TFL, 2.5 sacks), WLB Mike Taylor (105 tackles, 9 TFL, 2 sacks), CB Marcus Cromartie (34 tackles, 3 PBU)
Linebacking should be fine. The secondary will take a hit. The defensive line needs some work.
Also, really gotta do something about this:
And this:
Player you'll probably see on the BTN: Chris Borland.
Doing what? Getting called a "throwback."
This defense is as frightening as: "House on Haunted Hill" 1999 remake. Has its moments; I have no idea what's going on during the last two minutes. Fear level = 4.
Overall: 9-3, 5-3 B1G
Their chances of making it to Indianapolis are as good as: Making it through a double feature of "The Ring" and "House on Haunted Hill." You are with your grandpa, your neighbor's little brother, your stepsister, and a bunch of their middle school friends. Your uncle was there but got caught bringing in outside food and got kicked out of the theater.
Penn State
Bold prediction: This statue stays.
Let's not talk about the elephant. Let's talk footbawwww, and in terms of footbaw Penn State should be okay for the season. New head coach Bill O'Brien is going to install his superinnovative Patriots offensive scheme, and it's going to be great. No more field goal fests against Iowa. Enough guys are coming back that the Nittany Lions won't feel the effects of their abysmal 2012 recruiting class for another year at least. If it weren't for all the Penn State Awful Thing stuff going on, there might actually be some sense of optimism. It's like the football version of finally getting crisp, clean sheets after years of bedridden awfulness.
Unfortunatelly, Penn State Awful Thing.
- Sept. 1, Ohio (Bobcats)
- Sept. 8, @ Virginia
- Sept. 15, Navy
- Sept. 22, Temple
- Sept. 29, @ Illinois
- Oct. 6, Northwestern
- Oct. 13, WIFEDAY
- Oct. 20, @ Iowa
- Oct. 27, Ohio (Buckeyes)
- Nov. 3, @ Purdue
- Nov. 10, @ Nebraska
- Nov. 17, Indiana
- Nov. 24, Wisconsin
Penn State has a relatively soft nonconference schedule and doesn't face either of the Michigans. They get division primary foes Wisconsin and Ohio State at home. If they had either an offense or, you know, program stability, they'd be slightly favored over Wisconsin. We'll see if O'Brien can work on the former, but there's nothing to be done about the latter. Regardless, the Nittany Lions come in close second to the Badgers in the preseason division rankings. You never know. With a few lucky bounces they might just end up in Indianapolis.
This schedule is as favorable as: A sturdy lifeboat in the middle of a hurricane.
Sure. Why not.
Style: New England
Leaving: WR Derek Moye (40 rec, 654 yards, 3 TD)
Returning: QB Matt McGloin (54.1%, 1571 yards, 8 TD, 5 INT), RB Silas Redd (1241 yards, 5.1 ypc, 7 TD), WR Justin Brown (35 rec, 517 yards, 2 TD), C Matt Stankiewitch
Penn State has some issues at quarterback again with ginger walk-on extraordinaire McGloin, perennially unfinished attic Rob Bolden, and founding father (John) Paul Jones, but McGloin seems to be in best position to lead the charge. The tradeoff of having a low ceiling is the fact that he maybe kinda understands how plays work. Redd's return to the backfield will be helpful regardless of who starts.
Whether O'Brien's massive overhaul of the offense will be effective is unknown. The Nittany Lions were awful last year, and not enough of the personnel has changed to suggest that they won't be again. Playcalling was probably a weakness in 2011, but playcalling is usually dictated by talent and execution. Unless you're Jim Bollman.
Player you'll probably see in a flashback nightmare: Matt McGloin.
Doing what? Victimizing J.T. Floyd.
This offense is as terrifying as: An Xbox made with disassembled Atari components. Fear level = 3.
No. 42 LB Michael Mauti
Style: 4-3 under
Leaving: DT Devon Still (42 tackles, 17 TFL, 4.5 sacks), DE Jack Crawford (29 tackles, 7.5 TFL, 6.5 sacks), LB Nate Stupar (59.5 tackles, 5.5 TFL, 2 sacks, 2 INT), CB Chaz Powell (35 tackles, 2 PBU, 2 INT), S Nick Sukay (48 tackles, 8 PBU, 3 INT)
Returning: DT Jordan Hill (37.5 tackles, 8 TFL, 4 sacks), LB Michael Mauti (injured for most of 2011), LB Gerald Hodges (76 tackles, 10 TFL, 5 sacks, 1 INT), S Malcolm Willis (25 tackles, 1 INT)
Player you'll probably see on ESPN: Gerald Hodges.
Doing what? Getting drafted, wishing he'd left a year earlier.
This defense is as terrifying as: A refurbished Xbox made with Xbox components. Fear level = 8.
Overall: 9-3, 5-3 B1G
Their chances of reaching Indianapolis are as good as: Getting a LAN game to work with aforementioned Xboxes.
It's contagious!
I have only one word for Indiana's outlook for 2012: Hoosierquest.
- Sept. 1, Indiana State
- Sept. 8, @ UMass
- Sept. 15, Ball State
- Sept. 22, WIFEDAY
- Sept. 29, @ Northwestern
- Oct. 6, Michigan State
- Oct. 13, Ohio State
- Oct. 20, @ Navy
- Oct. 27, @ Illinois
- Nov. 3, Iowa
- Nov. 10, Wisconsin
- Nov. 17, @ Penn State
- Nov. 24, @ Purdue
Playing UMass on the road is so Indiana.
This schedule is as favorable as: The Ann Arbor Art Fair is to traffic.
Style: 4-out, 1-in Motion.
Leaving: Some dudes.
Returning: PG Tre Roberson (57%, 937 yards, 3 TD, 6 INT), SF Kofi Hughes (35 rec, 536 yards, 3 TD), PF Ted Bolser (14 rec, 165 yards, 1 TD)
Indiana is still figuring out why the term "basketball on grass" isn't more literal. They are currently adjusting to the oblong shape of the ball and learning that traveling is okay.
Player you'll probably see during a live update: Tre Roberson.
Doing what? Getting pwned.
This offense is as frightening as: Modern art; Why is your running back facing backward? What is the symbolism of having just four guys on your offensive line? The abstract shape of your I-formation evokes the image of a bowl of red jello about to get thrown against a window. How uncompromisingly postmodern. Fear level = 1.
Replogle, left; Black, right
Style: Optional.
Leaving: LB Jeff Thomas (57.5 tackles, 1 sack), LB Leon Beckum (42.5 tackles, 2 sacks)
Returning: DT Larry Black (48 tackles, 5.5 TFL, 1.5 sacks), DT Adam Replogle (38.5 tackles, 7 TFL, 4 sacks)
Yes, Larry is Jibreel's older brother. He is decent (massive Indiana caveats abound), so maybe Jibreel will be too.
Player you'll probably see on Sportscenter: Adam Replogle.
Doing what? Getting dragged into the end zone by Montee Ball.
This defense is as frightening as: Pottery exhibits; they take up space, but are liable to fall over and break on contact. Fear level = 2.
Overall: 1-11, 0-8 B1G
Their chances of making it to Indianapolis are as good as: Finding an item at the Art Fair that is both aesthetically pleasing and reasonably priced.
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2011 photo spectacular. Max starts an excellent thread of favorite pictures from last year:
No sources are listed, unfortunately. Everyone should be shoving the metadata in their files so people can credit back if so inclined.
Troubaaaargh. The Daily's Matt Slovin reports that Jacob Trouba has a 200k offer from the OHL sitting on the table and that this is a source of OHL-related optimism in re: guy breaking his commitment to leave. Again. Kitchener denies this because kids in the OHL get 45 bucks a week only. It's not a professional league, man. You have to believe us.
We'll see how that goes. It's a chunk of cash, but for a guy who's likely to sign a max rookie contract in a year or two it's not a life changing amount. Insert usual bits about how Something Must Be Done, but what? It's clear the OHL doesn't care about its own rules, and the NHL is never going to step in, so what can be done?
UPDATE: Trouba has again reiterated he will play at Michigan.
Werner something. You're probably aware that Joe Paterno's legacy is even further tattered after the release of emails that imply the university administration was about to go to some sort of police-type organization that would have put Jerry Sandusky's crimes to an end until Joe intervened on Sandusky's behalf. But are you aware of the contortions many on the Penn State rivals board are willing to undertake to maintain their worship?
I Would Like to Pose a Question to the Board
Let's see who can answer this question. Bear with me -- I have a point to make. Here it is:
The human body consists of 99.9% of something. What is it?
[several posts in which people respond.]
Congratulations! Three of You Got It.
The answer is empty space. Now, on the face of it, the answer is absurd. How can the body be empty space? Well, because atoms are empty space. Vibrating energy (I think) is what gives things solidity (this is a quantum physics deal, so I can't elaborate). But, here's the point. It is absolutely PREPOSTEROUS to claim that the human body is empty space, just as it is preposterous to claim that Joe Paterno was not involved in covering up Jerry Sandusky's child abuse. Yet, the human body really is empty space; so why can't Joe Paterno not be involved in a cover-up, particularly since no one yet has forwarded any evidence of such? It is a supposition that Paterno was involved, just as it is a common supposition that the human body is not empty space.
This guy has a future as a noir defense attorney.
Meanwhile, Vijay comes out of retirement to re-evaluate the "Grand Experiment."
If this really happens… If Wisconsin's nonconference scheduling goes from sad to decent, yes, Virginia, strength of schedule will be a big deal in the new playoff world. Alvarez is talking about it, at least:
"If you want to be a player (in the national championship equation) and strength of schedule is going to be a part of it, then you really have to consider (a different approach)," UW athletic director Barry Alvarez said.
That might explain why UW football coach Bret Bielema disclosed on his Twitter account this week that he's reached out to his Notre Dame counterpart Brian Kelly about a possible series with the high-profile independent. Bielema is targeting openings for 2018 and '19 when Michigan drops off the Irish's schedule.
It might also explain why Alvarez disclosed this week that there were recent discussions, orchestrated by ESPN, about matching the Badgers against defending national champion and Southeastern Conference power Alabama at a neutral site.
Alvarez, who handled scheduling when he coached the Badgers from 1990 to '05, said Bielema countered with an offer to play a home-and-home series with the Crimson Tide — no specific years were discussed — but that Alabama coach Nick Saban declined.
That's all talk now. I have a hard time seeing SOS becoming important enough to overrule our current how-many-losses ranking system except in intraconference instances like last year's Oregon-Stanford hypothetical controversy, and if that's the case Wisconsin will continue its steady diet of cupcakes. Something to keep an eye on, at least.
Mario. He got suspended that one game and was kind of frustrating at other times, but Mario Manningham could play, yo:
In other Wolverine Historian bits, he captures the 1994 Minnesota game.
Big Ten Network programming breakdown. A poster on BSD totaled up a month's worth of BTN programming this summer and came out with these numbers:
A quick breakdown of school and how many hours of programming they have, in order from least to greatest:
Nebraska 27.5 hours Minnesota 32 hours Northwestern 40.5 hours Penn State 47.5 hours Purdue 49 hours Illinois 73.5 hours Iowa 82.5 hours Indiana 85 hours Michigan 106 hours Michigan St 108 hours Wisconsin 127.5 hours Ohio State 153 hours
Wisconsin and MSU benefited from frequent replays of the inaugural champinship game. OSU's edge on the rest of the field is a combination of football and basketball prowess that no one else is matching at the moment. The jump from Purdue to Illinois is… odd.
Left tackles can't stand normal bikes. Via a TTB interview with Erik Magnuson:
That is a 6'6", 300 pound man on a unicycle. Maybe we'll see him performing during halftime at Crisler next year.
Etc.: Hardaway, Burke, McGary all second-round-ish NBA prospects at the moment, with Burke in that gray area between the first and second round. The 2013 class rankings are rejiggered: Walton, Donnal up, Irvin down a little.
Sam Mikulak makes the Olympic team. Jeff Porter makes it in the 110M hurdles. Michigan alum Richard Kaplan is mayor of a small Florida town that is way into cricket. Brady Hoke returns to his old stomping grounds to out MANBALL Ball State's new coach.
Big Ten Basketball Landscape: Contenders
Out: Matt Roth, Tom Pritchard, Verdell Jones, maybe Christian Watford, probably not Cody Zeller.
In: Yogi Ferrell (5*), Hanner Perea(5*), Jeremy Hollowell(4*), Peter Jurkin (3*), Ron Patterson(3*).
Status: A chic pick for big things next year, the Hoosiers lose only a few seniors who didn't contribute much. Roth and Pritchard saw about 25% of Indiana's minutes, and while Roth hit a spectacular 55% of his threes he only took five twos. His 82 shots will go to good homes. Pritchard was terrible at everything. Oft-injured Verdell Jones provided some assists, but had an ugly turnover rate and poor ORtg. No one will be pined for next year.
Meanwhile, the incoming class is loaded. Yogi Ferrell was a McDonald's All-American and seems a lot like Trey Burke except with bunches of extra hype; Hanner Perea and Jeremy Hollowell played on a virtual Big Ten All Star team in that game GRIII got the MVP in and impressed. Add those guys to a virtually intact roster that sees its best player go from freshman to sophomore and you can see the outlines of a very, very good team.
Question in need of resolving: Can they play defense?
The Big Ten featured three of the top five defenses in the country, all of whom received Sweet Sixteen seeds. The other two B10 outfits to do so were Michigan (60th defensively) and Indiana (64th). Michigan's problems were obvious: they played Zack Novak at the four most of the year and had one legit post defender after Jon Horford was sidelined with a foot injury early in the year. They'll fix those issues with an influx of size and athleticism.
Indiana's defense has fewer easy solutions. They'll probably start the same guys they did this year, and that means a lot of Jordan Hulls blowbys. That's something you can live with when a guy is shooting 49% from three. It's also the thing that may keep Indiana from being as lights out as people expect.
Out: Zack Novak, Stu Douglass, Evan Smotrycz, Carlton Brundidge, Colton Christian, maybe Trey Burke.
In: Mitch McGary(5*), Glenn Robinson III (4.5*, right), Nick Stauskas (4*), maybe Amedeo Della Valle (3*) or other late pick-up.
Status: The departure of Smotrycz, the only guy to hit some shots in Michigan's first-round tourney flameout, puts a damper on expectations that had begun to tower relative to the program's recent success. Before that Michigan's departures were seniors who built the program despite talent deficiencies; their recruits were versions of their current players after a power mushroom.
Now… well, they're probably still fine. It was a struggle to find minutes for the two incoming five stars and Smotrycz since Michigan has two upperclassmen at the five and Tim Hardaway at the three. Jamming everyone into the four left me projecting Mitch McGary would manage 15 minutes a game next year.
It's actually the least-heralded recruit who may be the most important: Nick Stauskas figures to step right into the starting lineup at shooting guard and is the most plausible guy on the roster to give Burke a little bit of rest here and there. If he's truly the deadeye shooter he's reputed to be, Michigan's three-heavy offense could finally reach the heights of efficiency last year's Indiana team scraped.
Michigan is boned if Trey Burke leaves. They'd probably hobble into the tournament still, if only just.
Question in need of resolving: Is Tim Hardaway an elite talent or not?
Hardaway entered his sophomore year a potential All-American and exited it the Big Ten's leading bomb-chucker despite shooting 28% from three. He picked up little of the shot-creation slack in the aftermath of Darius Morris's departure and played indifferent defense. Flashes here and there and a relatively efficient end to the season could not obscure the massive disappointment.
Now entering his junior year it's time for everyone to find out whether Hardaway is truly an NBA talent or a guy headed to Europe for the standard Quality Big Ten Player 15-Year Career.
Michigan State
Out: Draymond Green, Brandon Wood, Austin Thornton, maybe Branden Dawson if he can't recover from his ACL tear fast enough
In: Gary Harris (5*), Matt Costello (4*), Kenny Kaminksi (3.5*), Denzel Valentine (3.5*)
Status: Losing Green will force a massive restructuring of the program. Green was an All-American who finished as the Kenpom POY, which means he's a high-usage player with a good assist to turnover rate and buckets of rebounds. Those are rare. Wood was also a major piece of the MSU renaissance; while Thornton had no usage he finished fifth in ORtg thanks to 48% shooting from three and 87% from the line on an inexplicably high number of free throw attempts.
Branden Dawson's ACL throws a wrench into this transformation. Mostly a three last year, Green's exit seemingly opened the door for him to move to the four, where his lack of shooting would be less of an issue and his rebounding could become even more pestilential to defenses. Now he's going to spend the summer rehabbing instead of adjusting, and while an ACL is generally regarded as a six-month injury these days that still puts him behind the curve when the season kicks off.
If Dawson doesn't move to the four Izzo will either have to field both of his posts at the same time—a dodgy proposition what with their conditioning issues—or go to a Beilein-esque lineup featuring freshman stretch four Matt Costello. Which might not be a bad idea. Kid is 6'10", can shoot threes—something MSU's offense has gotten used to lately—and poured in points en route to Mr. Basketball.
/shakes fist at Izzo recruiting all of Beilein's perfect power forwards
Question in need of resolving: This will become a theme, but do they have a point guard?
While Keith Appling managed the position decently this year, he's more of a natural two-guard. Without Green taking a near-equal share of the shot-generation duties he may find there's too much on his plate to be an effective distributor, scorer, and defender. He seemed to suffer late this year when an outside shooting slump saw his three-point shooting dip to 25%. MSU will be better off if they can move some of Appling's duties to other players.
This is where Harris comes in. He's got the rep and the skill; if he steps into the lineup at the one immediately and performs MSU will maintain their high level of performance from a year ago.
Out: Jordan Taylor, Rob Wilson
In: Sam Dekker (5*, right)
Status: Remember when we were getting all defensive about Wisconsin's Kenpom ranking? Point Kenpom. The Badgers recovered from a 1-3 Big Ten start to finish 12-6 in the league, get a four seed, and come within one point of Syracuse in the Sweet 16.
Next year is anyone's guess. They're replacing their version of Draymond Green: Jordan Taylor sucked up 25% of Wisconsin possession in his 36 minutes a game, had a massive assist rate, never turned the ball over, and shot… well, not well. But pretty well for a guy who seemed to get the ball 30 feet from the basket with five on the shot clock ten times a game. Unlike Michigan State they do not have anyone remotely plausible to plug in the large shoes of the departed.
They do have Sam Dekker, though, and Sam Dekker is the truth. A 6'8" small forward with range and burst, you can add Dekker to the long list of Wisconsin players John Beilein has naughty dreams about. They also return every player of note other than Taylor. If the swing offense can sustain itself in an environment where there is not a primary shot generator, the Badgers can expect similar success next year.
Question in need of resolving: Does Wisconsin need a point guard? Because they don't have one.
Right now their players under 6'6" are Ben Brust and Josh Gasser, guys with assist rates of 7.9 and 11.3, respectively. Gasser's going to have to be the guy, I guess. How do you feel about heaping Jordan Taylor's job on a guy who used 13% of Wisconsin's possessions despite being on the floor 85% of the time?
You might feel fine about this. You might not. Either Gasser is on everyone's lips as the most improved player in the conference or we're going to find out what happens when Bo Ryan doesn't have even the vaguest semblance of a point guard.
Inch By Inch
Sorry for the late post. WLW crashed at the worst time possible and their auto-recover function didn't work since it only took down one of my windows. So the column bit is shorter and I'll find links later.
1/8/2012 – Michigan 59, Wisconsin 41 – 13-3, 3-1 Big Ten
If Michigan's season to date was a rollercoaster, it would be one with a cartoon bumblebee on the first car and a You Must Be This Short To Ride This Ride sign out front. They've beaten the teams they were supposed to beat, lost to the ones they were supposed to lose to, and done these things more or less convincingly. Maybe the Virginia loss was a disappointment, but they're 14-1 now. Maybe Minnesota was uncomfortable. These are not events that will cause anyone in a television studio to talk about Michigan's wild season.
On the whole, that's a positive, but it does leave you wondering if Michigan is taking a step forward. Once Trey Burke hit the ground running it seemed like they should, but when you're sifting through the evidence all you've got are some instances of not blowing it. Tough to judge, that.
An 18-point win against Wisconsin is a step forward even if they're notoriously overrated by Kenpom. They are also rated by the people who vote in these things. North Carolina had to scrape by them at home; it took Michigan State overtime to dispatch them. They will likely recover from this sour start to easily claim an NCAA tourney bid, and Michigan ran them out of the gym.
This has a directly comparable moment from last year. It was this:
At that point even that hopeless freshman playing pinball for the win was regarded as "man fun," evidence that Michigan's basketball program was alive at 17-12, 7-9 in the league.
Michigan was rebuilding and started the Big Ten season off so poorly that the narrative of the season was near-misses that would cost them a tourney bid until, suddenly, it wasn't. When they got the bid they were staring down a second round matchup with Duke and the Sweet 16 was not a consideration until Darius Morris was running at the basket with time winding down.
This year they're coming at it from ahead, with a win or two in their pocket and a hope for more. Next year they won't be rebuilding anything. They'll be built, and expectations will loom. Right now we're going through the last vestiges of having no expectations because we have no program. Step by step, inch by inch, Michigan departs its past and becomes something else.
Bullets that can hit the backboard all they want
TREY BURKE! Burke followed up the worst game of his young career by outplaying Jordan Taylor. Taylor had a couple baskets late when he started forcing quick shots; these came against Stu Douglass and were desperate heaves in any case. In the first half Taylor had 4 points on 2 of 8 shooting; he hit a single additional three against Burke in the second half. For the game Taylor's late chucks got him to 12 points on 15 shots; Burke was not the model of efficiency but had 14 on the same number of shots. He did not pick up a single foul.
The rest of the defense! Michigan held Wisconsin to 0.76 points per possession, UW's worst output of the year. Marquette is next best at 0.86. I'm not sure how or why this happened, but it was no fluke. Wisconsin could not find an open shot anywhere. Despite having a terrible night, Taylor was forced into an even larger share of the offense than he usually has. He averages around 25% of UW's shots and hit 30% in this game.
Michigan showed on ball screens and Wisconsin could not pick and roll or find post players in good position. The Badgers had maybe three open looks from three all game, one transition basket, and vanishingly few dunks and layups.
Hardaway: more turnovers please. Last year, this site identified Tim Hardaway's abnormally low turnover rate for a high-usage freshman as a reason he would be an efficient player going forward. It would now like to retract that assertion since now it seems to mean Hardaway is settling for a lot of long twos.
In the last two games he's probably shot a half-dozen jumpers from just inside the three-point line with more than 25 seconds on the shot clock. I don't care who you are: that is not a good shot. You can make the case for the occasional semi-contested jacked up three as a decent opportunity that opens up later driving. You cannot for a slightly shorter shot that has about the same chance of going in but provides 33% less reward. Can Hardaway get that anytime he wants? Yes. Try to find something better with the time allotted.
If this results in more turnovers from young Skywalker, so be it. He's shooting 27% from 3—and probably about that from just inside 3—and 58% from two. Either drive to the basket or kick, and take the threes only when they come to you.
He seems to be overreacting to the first half/second half thing and is now shooting everything all the time. His shot% has cracked 30% and is now in the top 100, which is frustrating when a lot of the shots he's adding are low quality and he's got guys like Novak, Morgan and Smotrycz hanging out being deadly when the offense can create a shot for them.
Sanity check on aisle Wisconsin. Like Miami (That Miami) finishing third in offensive FEI, Wisconsin tenaciously clinging to their #2 spot in Kenpom despite a 1-3 Big Ten start is an unfortunate, credibility-sapping outlier. Sometimes these things happen to systems that try to rank teams by taking every possession into relatively equal account. Kenpom's strength of schedule adjustment is overwhelmed when a team beats its tomato cans by 54, 27, 36, 46, 23, 18, 33, and 34 in low-tempo outings. Computers have hearts, too. You can't expect them not to fall in love with that.
Wisconsin also has a narrow road loss to UNC and wins over Kenpom favorites BYU and UNLV, with only a home loss to Marquette a potential blemish before the clunky conference start. That the Badgers are still #2 after a home loss to Iowa and an 18 point blowout to M is a little dismaying; maybe Kenpom can find a way to discount possessions that are obviously scrub vs scrub or something.
UPDATE: Kenpom has a Wisconsin FAQ that seems driven by a lot of twitter @ replies.
The leap. The anticipated Kenpom surge was major: 12 spots—or three full seeding ranks in Pomlandia. Michigan's many indifferent outings against bleah competition saw them enter Big Ten play 52nd.
Let's go, Hoiberg Home for Lost Big Ten Boys. Michigan's meh nonconference schedule features just one win over a probable tourney participant (Memphis; Oakland is 3-4 in the Summit)… or at least it did until Iowa State swept Texas and A&M last week to kick off the Big 12 slate 2-0. The Cyclones also beat Iowa, which isn't a huge deal but does mean they're on a 7-game win streak in the aftermath of their loss in Crisler. Kenpom now projects a .500 conference record for them.
That would probably not get them in since their best nonconference win is against the Hawkeyes and they have losses to Drake and UNI, the other two instate schools. If they can swing an extra game or two their way, they could make it. FWIW, they're already in the top 50 in RPI.
The road ahead. Michigan has two should-win games next against Northwestern and Iowa. Iowa's on the road, though, which makes things touchy. See: recent Michigan trips to Carver-Hawkeye. See also: insane charge/block calls against Hardaway and Novak that cost Michigan the Indiana game.
Anyway, once they get past the next two games they have this daunting gauntlet (all rankings Kenpom):
- #7 Michigan State
- @ #85 Arkansas (annual inexplicable nonconference game)
- @ #29 Purdue
- #8 Indiana
- @ #7 Michigan State
If they can take care of business over the next week they can come out of that stretch .500 and still have established themselves a tourney lock. The home stretch is much easier: @ Nebraska, two against Illinois, @ Northwestern, @ Penn State, and return games from OSU and Purdue. If they manage to go 2-3 against the above conference opponents they'll be 7-4 in the toughest conference in the country with two gimmes and plenty of other games left to get to the .500 mark that will be auto entry for any B10 team this year.
Unverified Voracity Finds A Delightful Tag
File under "Phil Knight is an immature wheel of cheese." Since you are not related to someone on West Virginia's football team you did not see the Orange Bowl postgame—or the second half—and thus could not boggle at Nike's latest foray into puns a six-year-old thinks are played out:
I'm just like… man. Man. Democracy is over. When can we be ruled by machines? Is it soon? I hope it's soon.
The mind further reels at the notion that there's another one of these things left and Nike has already used their finest Def Leppard reference. What's left? "SHOW ME YOUR TITTLES" is left. Search your heart. You know it to be true.
BONUS: how about that dynamic offense in Morgantown winning a BCS game? We should hire that Holgorsen chap, I think. What could go wrong?
Just one more time, six more times. Hinton's sworn off shooting the rapidly cooling corpse of the BCS but can't help pointing out that no matter the outcome of the game I probably won't bother to watch, Alabama cannot have a better season than LSU:
With a win in the title game, the Crimson Tide will finish the year 12-1 with two wins over teams ranked in the final polls, none of them from outside of the SEC. With a loss, LSU will finish 13-1 with four or five wins over teams ranked in the final polls (give or take West Virginia [ED: that would be take]), four of them coming outside of Baton Rouge and two of them coming against fellow conference champions (West Virginia and Oregon) who are also playing in BCS bowls. The Tigers and Tide would be be 1-1 against one another, with LSU's win coming at Alabama. LSU will still be the champion of the division and the conference.
In a system that continues to defer to polls and resumés, there is virtually nothing Alabama can do short of ritually sacrificing the Tigers to the sun that can make its season better than LSU's season.
Every game counts except the national title game. Whenever you think the BCS has reached its maximum cockup level, just wait two years. I can't wait to see what 2014 has in store. Possibilities:
- Alabama versus LSU
- LSU versus Alabama
- Alabama versus Alabama
- Alabama versus the entire Pac-12 with assault rifles
- Alabama versus crippling ennui
- The Los Angeles Angels of Alabama versus Giant Catfish
- Tiny Alabama versus Ditka
- The 1996 Olympics' rhythmic gymnastics competition versus the Large Hadron Collider
- Just, like, Harvey Updyke wanking it for three hours
I have Updyke –3 over the Higgs Boson. Elsewhere in controversy needlessly barged into, Jacobi wonders what's to be done about "rogue" AP voters in an article with one of those jarring in-post links to another column. This is from Doyel:
That's settled. AP voters who will not vote for Alabama under any circumstances are to be given a cookie and a certificate vouching for their cognitive abilities. This is essentially Jacobi's conclusion as well.
Flantastic. Darryl Stonum, this is not so good:
Michigan wide receiver Darryl Stonum… was ticketed this morning in Ann Arbor for driving on a revoked license, 15th District Court records show.
Stonum, 21, was stopped by Ann Arbor police after he checked in with probation at 7:03 a.m., said Steve Hill, Stonum's probation officer. Hill said Stonum was not taken into custody.
A probation violation form is being completed, but so far Stonum has not been charged with violating probation.
Reading between the lines it seems like the court is not hugely peeved by this, but thin ice and all that. I don't think this should have an impact on his availability next year as long as he successfully jumps through all his hoops. This probably adds another half-dozen. Stonum needs an understanding brunette to wake up at 6 with him.
Turnover in Madison. Bielema got raided pretty good this month:
Wisconsin lost two assistant coaches Wednesday -- wide receivers coach DelVaughn Alexander and linebackers coach Dave Huxtable -- bringing the total number of departures to four. Huxtable will join former Badgers aides Paul Chryst and Bob Bostad in Pittsburgh as the Panthers' defensive coordinator. Chryst is Pitt's new head coach, while Bostad will serve as his offensive coordinator. Alexander is joining Arizona State's staff.
Bielema initially thought Bostad would be the only assistant joining Chryst at Pitt. It appears as though Huxtable will be the last departure.
It'll be interesting to see how Wisconsin copes. Their offense went from decent to lethal with Chryst's arrival. Losing him is kind of a deal. The hot name right now is Oklahoma "co-OC" Jay Norvell, which sounds like a good idea. Why does Wisconsin consistently have good ideas that no one else in the Big Ten does?
Longhorn fail. A major opportunity for ESPN to strongarm the Longhorn Network onto someone, anyone's cable has come and gone:
Comcast and the Walt Disney Company announced a 10-year, multiplatform distribution deal Wednesday that brings the "TV Everywhere" concept one step closer to reality. The Longhorn Network however, is not a part of the ESPN channels included in the agreement.
I'm rooting for the LHN to be an ignominious failure for many reasons: irritation at Texas for being one of two main parties that screwed up the structure of college football, a desire for the Big Ten's model to remain cromulent, etc. If the LHN doesn't get on cable by this fall it probably won't ever. At least it got a commenter on the above article to call Texas "the Ted DiBiase of college football."
No, not so much. From a Daily article on Molk:
"How we came in and how my first four seasons went, I thought we were the stain on Michigan tradition," Molk said, walking slowly toward the winner's podium on the turf. "But the reality is that we came back from everything and we're back to where Michigan is."
This is why people like Michael Wienreb don't Get It. Also the HSR referenced small-caps DEATH, which is an autolink.
A big game. Basketball takes on Indiana tonight in Bloomington. Vegas and Kenpom both have them 8 point underdogs against the resurgent Hoosiers, which makes this a gravy outing. Win and that's a major bonus; lose and eh, we're okay.
Rumors be rumoring. There was some recent chatter from the OSU side of the rivalry that moving The Game was inevitable and had a good chance of happening when the new set of schedules came out. Dave Brandon says this is not so:
"That's just Internet rumor that has no factual basis," he said. "It's not going to happen."
Etc.: more postgame react from the Key Play. Getting a bit ornery (justifiably in cases that are not the overturned TD) as the shock fades. Shakin' the Southland reacts to the Orange Bowl fallout. Via On The Banks, a NYT report on Penn State documents unveiled by FOIA requests shows the institutional reaction to the media firestorm. I'm surprised the NYT can manage this since Pennsylvania has somehow exempted Penn State from transparency laws.
Wallpaper from the MZone.
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I saw one of The Only Colors guys complain that ticket prices were collapsing on StubHub and he should have waited to pick tickets up; he had no idea. If you paid more than negative 75 dollars you've been had.
Stubhub is currently showing a whopping 38 pages of tickets totaling 9000(!) seats starting at ten bucks. Almost 15% of the stadium is currently being hawked on a single website. This is "sold out" in an extremely technical sense.
"As you look at these games all around the country, all of them are going to be under face value,'' said Franksmann, whose site was listing $89 tickets for $29 on Tuesday. "You hate to say this, but people don't really care to go to a meaningless game.''
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THIS is probably the most important photo taken at the Kenny Chesney concert Wednesday (4/13.)
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In my email box this weekend was a message from Felisa Woods. She is the grandmother of the little girl pictured with Kenny Chesney above. And, she told me an amazing story that I just have to share with you.
There is no doubt in my mind that it is more than a coincidence that Carrington ended up on the stage that night. As Felisa wrote, there was a higher power at work.
Here is what Felisa wrote:
Hello Brian and Kellie!!
The young lady that Kenny Chesney put up on stage with him Wednesday night is my granddaughter, Carrington Walker.
I want to tell you how Carrington happened to end up on stage with Kenny.
I know Kenny had no idea who Carrington is or her story. In September of 2008 Carrington was diagnosed with ALL B Cell leukemia . She has been going through chemo therapy since then. Her hair has fallen out and grown back twice. Right now she is in remission but is still fighting the fight.
This year she is the girl honor patient for the Man and Woman of the Year Campaign to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. At one of the silent auctions at a fund raiser someone won a pair of tickets to the concert. He turned around and gave them to Carrington.
She took her Aunt Teresa to the concert with her. They were sitting in the nosebleed section. A man they didn't know walked up and asked them if they would like wristbands to go down on the floor. They took them and her aunt made her way with Carrinton to front the of the stage.
A lady that they also didn't know offered to help Teresa lift her up so she could see. THAT'S WHEN IT HAPPENED! Kenny picked Carrington out of the thousands of people at the concert to bring up on stage with him!!
I can't help but think a Higher Power was involved in all this. Over the last several years Carrinton has had many highs and lows but I have to tell you, she said being on stage with Kenny was the most exciting thing that ever happened to her!! I think she even wore his sweat to school the next day!
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That is a neat story and I just wanted to share - Kellie
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The code you posted, seems correct…so the full posts showing on the page, probably come from some other code on that page. Look in your template for another query somewhere.
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Wes Rea broke out of his hitting slump while Chris Stratton was doing things like Chris Stratton does on the mound for the Mississippi State Bulldogs on Thursday night.
Rea and Stratton helped the Bulldogs take the opening game from the Kentucky Wildcats 3-1 in Southeastern Conference action at Dudy Noble Field.
Mississippi State (32-21 overall, 14-14 SEC) and No. 5 Kentucky (41-13, 18-10) were locked in a pitcher's dual in the fourth inning until Rea snapped his 1-for-41 skid at the plate with a two RBI single to left giving the Bulldogs the 2-0 advantage.
"This is the game we have to win and this is the manner in which we have to win it," said MSU head coach John Cohen. "We've got to pressure defenses and we've got to put guys in motion. We are very successful with that."
The home half of the fourth began when Trey Porter was hit by a pitch from UK starter Taylor Rogers with one out. Mitch Slauter then doubled down the line in left before Brent Brownlee became the second Bulldog in the frame to be hit by a pitch. With the bases load, Rea put MSU on the board.
"I think he is establishing some rhythm," said Cohen. "He has had struggles but he is going to end up being a very good player because he has a very high baseball IQ and he is going to figure it out."
Rea has struggles at the plate over the past three weeks have been primarily due to an injury to his right shoulder, limiting his ability to reach the outside half of the plate.
"His shoulder has been killing him but he just keeps playing through it," said Cohen. "He is such a good defender you have to have him in the lineup."
As expected, Rea was in a jovial mood after the game.
"It just feels good for y'all to ask to interview me again," said Rea after his 2-for-4 performance. "I had a couple of at-bats early that made me think I was going to break through. Honestly, it was the line drive to center when the swing felt like it was back to being right."
Kentucky got on the board in the sixth with a two-out double from Luke Maile scoring Brian Adams from third to cut the lead to one at 2-1.
The Bulldogs answered in the home half of the inning with an RBI safety squeeze from Sam Frost allowing Slauter to score from third.
With the win, Stratton picked up his 10th win of the season marking the first MSU pitcher to do so since Paul Maholm in 2002. He also tied Jeff Brantley for seventh on the single season strikeout total with 115. Stratton climbed into sixth position all-time with 267 strikeouts passing Mike Proffitt.
For the game, the Tupelo product went 6.1 innings allowing one run on six hits with eight strikeouts.Â
"They are a good hitting team and they were just going down and getting them," said Stratton, who claimed he wasn't as sharp Thursday as he has been. "Some of the pitches were up but most of them were down. I'm glad Hunter (Renfroe) was making some plays."
At the plate, the Bulldogs out hit Kentucky 8-7 with Slauter and Rea leading the way with a pair of hits each.
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As far as I know, there is no way to directly write to a data queue from a browser - if that is what you mean by sending from the web
Everything from a form goes through a CGI program that is specified on the <form> in HTML - and THAT program would take some parameter value and pass it to the data queue.
Now PHP may have something like that - ultimately, there is a program doing it but you don't see it, i think.
There might be something in this service program that came out a while back - I forget the name, it is used by the PHP support, I think. It has a number of builtins, sort of.
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I want to send output from a web form to a data queue for processing by an RPG program. I believe it is possible, and not all that hard, however I have confused myself.
Any good places to look for a solution?
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Scaling up community-driven development : theoretical underpinnings and program design implications
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Service Learning
CLICK HERE for PDF of Service-Learning Brochure
BUSM offers a variety of extracurricular programs to expose medical students to community-based medicine and social advocacy groups. These programs provide a way for students to be involved in the community and to promote the Academies mission of professionalism, ethics, and humanitarian values.
The Outreach Van Project
The Outreach Van Project (OVP) at Boston University Medical Center (BUMC) provides health care to the medically under-served and homeless communities and provides opportunity for students to learn valuable skills in community outreach. The organization is staffed by volunteers from BUSM, GMS, SPH, and SDM.
Contact: 617-872-7782; firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: http://people.bu.edu/outreach
Sharewood Project
The Sharewood Project is a free health care organization run by medical students and physicians that offers free care to the medically under-served. Sharewood also acts as a gateway for people without health insurance to enter the health care system by directing them towards primary care services within the community.
Contact: email@example.com
Website: www.sharewood.info
Project TRUST
Project TRUST is part of the Center for HIV/Aids Care and Research and offers free and confidential rapid HIV and Hepatitis C testing and counseling services, and risk reduction counseling. The project is funded by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
Website: www.bmc.org/hiv-aids
Telephone: 617-414-4495
Social Entrepreneurship in Health
Social Entrepreneurship in Health (SEH) is a student group dedicated to fostering an environment for individuals to learn about and to pursue positive social change endeavors. They hope to invest in the power of the individual to provide innovated solutions to social problems, especially in the healthcare field through leveraging existing resources within the BUSM community and beyond to provide action-focused training opportunities for our group members. Our goal is that everyone may harness the skills they learn to fulfill their own dreams of positive social change.
Website: http://www.sehboston.net
Project MED HEALTH
Project MED HEALTH (Helping Educate Adolescents to Live Tomorrow Healthy) is a program created and organized by the students at BUSM. The goal is to educate children about key health issues to guide them toward developing healthy lifestyles. Medical students work with local public schools and lead interactive workshops on various topics, including nutrition, fitness, safety, puberty, and sex education.
Contact: Anna Volerman
CCHERS Program
The Center for Community Health Education Research and Service (CCHERS) is a program whose goal is to increase access to and improve the quality of health care for Boston's multi-cultural and multi-lingual communities by developing partnerships between academia and Boston' s neighborhood health centers.
Contact: Lorraine Stanfield, M.D.
Website: http://www.bumc.bu.edu/busm-ome/cchers-program
PAIRS Program
This elective course provides 1st year medical students with an opportunity to learn about Alzheimer's Disease and related disorders. Student are paired with an early-stage Alzheimer's disease patient with whom they spend time with through out the academic year. This program provides excellent exposure to neurology, geriatrics, neuropsychiatry, and neuropsychology.
Contact: Nicole Cantwell (firstname.lastname@example.com), 617-414-1193
Website: www.bu.edu/alzresearch
FaMeS (Family Medicine Student Track)
The FaMeS program provides support and early clinical experience to students at BUSM who are interested in primary care. Students have the opportunity to participate in many extracurricular experiences that promote learning and community service.
Contact: Joanne Wilkinson, M.D., 617-414-4465
Website: http://www.bu.edu/familymed/famest
Boston Coalition for Adult Immunization (BCAI)
The Boston Coalition for Adult Immunization (BCAI) delivers free flu vaccinations to underserved (or potentially underserved) populations in and around Boston. This program critically depends on the work of students! BU medical students volunteer in conjunction with Tufts and Harvard medical students. This organization offers students the opportunity to learn to give flu vaccinations (and actually give them), visit neighborhood clinics, nursing homes, homeless shelters, and other patient settings in the Boston area, and learn about public health issues and perform community service. In order to administer vaccinations, students must attend a training session.
Contact: email@example.com
Website: www.bumc.bu.edu/bcai
The Other Side of the Bed at Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System
This program is designed to give students a paid opportunity to participate directly and intensively in the care of veteran patients during the summer after their first year of medical school. Accepted students are hired for the summer as health technicians at the VA Boston Healthcare System. Students undergo four days of intensive orientation and training to learn skills and responsibilities of a health tech on a nursing unit. They are assigned to a nurse mentor on the unit of their choice at the West Roxbury Campus (medical, surgical, spinal cord injury, medical intensive care, coronary care, surgical intensive care, progressive care, or emergency). During their two-month service, medical student-health techs engage in direct patient care, and learn a multitude of skills, such as patient assessment, determination of vital signs, patient hygiene and feeding, reposition and wound care, placement and monitoring of catheters, IV lines and feeding tubes, suctioning and respiratory care and care of tracheostomies, blood drawing, and recording of EKGs. Students attend weekly lectures about a wide array of practical topics such as how to talk to dying patients, physician-nurse collaboration, and patient safety. Upon completion of this program, students will increase their comfort level in direct patient care, learn valuable skills that are not taught directly in medical school, and gain an increased appreciation of the importance role that nurses play as part of a multidisciplinary healthcare team.
Contact: Michael E. Charness, M.D., Chief of Staff and Cecilia McVey, MSN, MHA, CAN, Associate Director for Nursing/Patient Care Services
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Information for New Students
The History Department welcomes you to Whitman College! We are one of Whitman's largest departments, and offer a curriculum that is incredibly diverse for a school of our size. In small classes you will be able to explore historical phenomena across the globe and across time, in eight distinct fields. From Alexander the Great to the Arab Spring, our courses cover issues that inform the choices that we as global citizens need to make today. All of our 100- and 200-level courses (with the exception of 299), and some of our 300-level courses, are suitable for first-year students, and we invite you to peruse our offerings and contact faculty if you have any questions.
While a few of our recent graduates have gone on to become distinguished graduate students and then professors of history, Whitman history alums have succeeded in a great number of fields. Former Whittie historians are now working as physicians, attorneys (including an Assistant DA in New Orleans), archivists, and non-profit consultants, and one has even become one of the top young photographers in Washington, DC. Our rigorous program teaches comparative methodology as well as skills in critical reading and writing that translate to career opportunities as rich and varied as the field of history itself.
In what follows, you will find our course offerings for the fall semester, including contact information for faculty. At the end of the document is an overview of our major requirements and information about AP credit. Please come talk to us—we are eager to begin the enquiry with you!
Prof. John Cotts
Chair, Department of History
Courses for Fall Semester 2014
History 150A (Special Topic): Comrades Come Rally: Reading Socialist History
Why Socialism? Why Communism? Why did these ideas appeal to so many Europeans in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries? What happened to these ideas when socialists and communists came to power? In this course we read the original writings of socialists and communists (and their opponents) to understand their ideals and the realities as they played out in history. The course begins with the first, Romantic, socialists, and continues with an exploration Marx and his not-so-faithful followers, as well as Lenin and the Russian Revolution. It concludes ends with a brief exploration of contemporary European socialism. This is a primary-source based introduction to historical analysis on one of the most contested topics of contemporary history. The course is mainly discussion based with some lecture; assignments will take the form of short papers.
Prof. Sharp (firstname.lastname@example.com)
4 credits, MTuTh 9:00-9:50am
History 150B (Special Topic): Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: Natural Resources in Global Environmental History
This course will focus on the ways in which the search for and use of natural resources has profoundly affected human history. We will examine the work of environmental historians along with primary sources relating to the history of conflicts over access to resources, resource extraction and transportation, and the resulting pollution (organic, chemical, and radioactive). Using these sources, we will discuss how historians ask and answer questions about the ways that resource availability has shaped human societies and cultures worldwide, as well as how particular societies have had dramatic impacts on the distributions of water, forests and other ecosystems, minerals, and plant and animal populations. While there will be some brief lectures, this course is primarily focused on reading, writing, and discussion. Assignments include analysis of primary sources, short papers, and a final paper project with presentation to the class.
Prof. Arch (firstname.lastname@example.com)
4 credits, TuTh 1:00-2:20pm
-Can be applied to the Social Science coursework requirement for the Environmental Studies major
History 188: Modern Latin America
Latin America often exists in the North American popular imagination as a series of colorful stereotypes - suave Latin lovers, peasants sleeping under sombreros, wild-eyed revolutionaries in banana republics. This class will replace those myths with a view of the Latin Americans as people, not stereotypes. We will look at shared social, political, and economic problems while also appreciating the diversity of the region by examining the specific cases of various nations. The class, which covers the 19th and 20th centuries, beginning with independence from Spain, will be conducted by lecture and discussion.
Professor Lewis-Nouwen (firstname.lastname@example.com)
4 credits, TuThF 10:00-10:50am
Fulfills the College's Cultural Pluralism requirement
History 226: Ancient Mediterranean: Greece
This course surveys the history of the Greek-speaking world, from Bronze Age beginnings to the Roman occupation. Using a range of ancient sources, both archaeological and literary, we will examine the many definitions of "Hellenic" identity - from the Minoan and Mycenaean worlds, to the rise of the polis and the phenomenon of Greek colonization, to Alexander's conquests and "globalizing" visions of pan-Hellenism. At the same time, we will consider the reception of these Hellenic identities - not only in the Hellenistic and Roman periods, but also in the modern world, in the often-problematic framing of what it means to be male, female, human, beautiful, "civilized," or "democratic."
Prof. Davies (firstname.lastname@example.com)
4 credits, MTuTh 9:00-9:50am
History 235: The Arab Spring in Historical Context
The current wave of protests sweeping the Middle East inspires this critical examination of the historic roots of revolt. While mapping the sites of protest-Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Libya, and Syria, and lesser known protests in Turkey and Iraq-students will examine the individual modern histories and politics prompting these revolutions. The course will also compare the economic, political, and social factors that have inspired the so-called Arab Spring. Students will study academic arguments about the origins of authoritarianism in the Middle East, the role social media plays in creating new sites of social protests, and the impact of neoliberal economic policies in creating the conditions for the revolution. Students will also be introduced to the cultural politics of the Arab World, including new forms of religious expression, contemporary hip-hop, and revolutionary art found in both Islamist and post-Islamist cultural spheres. Assignments include critical analysis of media coverage, short papers, and a final paper project.
Prof. Semerdjian (email@example.com)
4 credits, TuThF 10:00-10:50am
Fulfills the College's Cultural Pluralism requirement.
History 241: Early Japanese History
This class will trace the important socioeconomic, political and cultural developments in Japan from prehistory up to 1600. We also will examine evolving gender roles, the development of various schools of Buddhism, and their interactions with indigenous Shinto religion. We will discuss a variety of sources to become familiar with early Japanese views of their society and with modern scholars' interpretations of Japan's cultural and historical development.
Prof. Arch (email@example.com)
4 credits, MW 1:00-2:20pm
Fulfills the College's Cultural Pluralism requirement.
History 259 (Special Topic): US Urban History
Surveying the urban history of the United States during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this course explores cities as physical and symbolic constructions. Starting with the rise of industrial cities and boom towns, students examine interconnections between built and natural environments. Alongside urban designers' role in creating the identity and make-up of the city, this course takes up the everyday ways city dwellers experienced and altered their surroundings. As we enter the twentieth century, we'll consider suburbanization, urban economic decline, and narratives of urban "crisis" and recovery. Throughout the semester, we'll pay particular attention to spatial segregation and the ways it reinforced social hierarchies and shaped people's lived experiences.
Prof. Ferguson (email@example.com)
4 credits, MW 2:30-3:50pm
History 261: America in Vietnam
This course will trace the path of American involvement in Vietnam from the World War II era down to the fall of Saigon in 1975 and its aftermath. American policy will be examined in the context of the United States' overall post-1945 foreign policy, looking specifically at how the United States responded to the decolonizing Third World and the perceived danger of communist expansion and control in Southeast Asia. Attention will be given to the various pressures and influences on American policymakers as well as differing interpretations of the United States' action. In addition to studying American policymaking, this course will investigate the impact of the war on American politics and society. Teaching materials will include both primary and secondary readings along with films.
Prof. Schmitz (email@example.com)
4 credits, MWF 1:00-1:50pm
History 283 (Special Topic): Latin American Urban History: From the Aztecs to Favelas
From the beginning of the colonial period to the present, cities have exerted an outsized role on the history of their respective countries as centers of government, religion, education, and culture. The course begins with an examination of the initial organization of cities, the role of the colonial state, and the ways that class, race, and gender dictated a person's location within the urban center. As we move into the modern period, we will continue to explore status and its markers along with the outcomes of migration, industrialization, population growth, and environmental change. Most of our focus will be on the cities of Mexico City, Buenos Aires, and Rio de Janeiro, each of which offers a different view of how race and class interact in an urban environment.
Prof. Lewis-Nouwen (email@example.com)
4 Credits, MTuTh 11:00
History 320: Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Kingdoms
By the age of 33, Alexander had conquered an empire that extended over most of the eastern Mediterranean world, but he would not live to rule it. At his death, his empire fractured, re-emerging more than 20 years later as the four great kingdoms of the Hellenistic Age. From the meteoric career of Alexander, through the bitter power struggles of his successors, culminating in the dramatic last stand of Cleopatra, this course will examine the way in which this Graeco-Macedonian expansion reshaped the Mediterranean world even as the conquerors themselves were altered by the very peoples they had subjugated. Particular attention will be paid to the relationship between foreign conqueror and subject culture, the creation of royal dynasties, the development of ruler-worship, and the question of "Hellenization."
Prof. Davies (firstname.lastname@example.com)
4 credits, TuTh 2:30-3:50pm
Interested first-year students should contact Prof. Davies.
History 332: Conversion, Crusade, and Conquest: European Cultural Encounters, c.400-1600
Medieval and early modern Europe was not a monolithic or entirely isolated civilization but an uneasy synthesis of alternative cultural possibilities. This course considers moments of cross-cultural contact, conflict, and negotiation during the millennium up to and including the "age of discovery" that was inaugurated by Columbus' voyages. Topics to be studied include the conversion of Europe to Christianity, the Norse expansions into the Atlantic, and various forms of interaction between Western Europe and the neighboring Byzantine and Islamic civilizations, with special attention to the Crusades. The course will conclude with the European response to the exploration and colonization of the "New World."
Prof. Cotts (email@example.com)
4 credits, MTuTh 11:00-11:50am
Open to first-year students with a solid background in History.
History 339: Modern Germany: Imagining a Nation?
More than any other Western European nation, Germans have struggled to identify what it means to be a citizen of a nation. The course begins with a look at central Europe prior to 1848, when "Germany" was a collection of minor states fought over by Prussia and Austria. We'll look at liberal nationalism as a unifying force and explore the way Bismarck created a nation while bypassing that same nationalism, then move to explore the nation that Germany became. From struggles over socialism in the late 19th century, through World War I, revolution, and struggles over culture and fascism in the early 20th century, German people and government often saw themselves as striving to maintain and/or create a powerful nation. The last segment of the course explores both East and West Germany after World War II, as the East turned to Communism, and the West surged to the forefront of the European Union during the Cold War. We conclude with a glance at reunited Germany as it emerged in 1990.
Prof. Sharp (email@example.com)
4 credits, TuTh 1:00-2:20pm
Not recommended for first-year students.
Advanced Placement
Advanced placement credit for the College Board Advanced Placement Tests in history is granted as follows: students with a grade of 5 on the American History Test will be considered to have completed the equivalent of History 105 and 106 and receive eight history credits. Students majoring in History may only apply four of those credits to the major. Students with a score of 5 on the European History Test will be considered to have completed the equivalent of History 183 and receive four credits in history. Students with a score of 5 on the AP World History Test will be granted four credits, but they will not be considered the equivalent of any course. A student has the option of repeating a course for which AP credit has been granted, but with a commensurate reduction in the advanced placement credit.
The History Major
The history major consists of a minimum of thirty-six credits in history, including History 299 (formally 201), History 401, a "comparisons and encounters" course, and a 400-level seminar. No more than 6 credits at the 100 level will count toward the major. The department offers courses in seven geographical areas: Ancient Mediterranean, East Asia, Europe, Islamic World, Africa, Latin America, and the United States. The major program must be planned by the student and adviser to include at least one course in each of four of these areas at the 200- or 300-level (three areas for students graduating in 2013 or 2014), at least one course treating the pre-modern period (at any level), and two related courses within one geographic field (at 200 or 300 level). In addition, college
The history major is organized to provide, within the limits of the department's size, breadth of knowledge, a base in historical method, and a depth of understanding in a particular area. The major culminates with comprehensive written and oral exams.
At the introductory level, the department offers broad survey courses in Ancient Mediterranean, East Asian, Environmental, European, Islamic, Latin American, and United States history. These courses introduce students to historical evidence, the ways historians have interpreted such evidence, and the writing of history papers. A student's coursework in the major may include up to two of these classes.
The majority of credits in the major will be earned in courses at the 200 or 300 level. Most such courses are organized regionally or nationally and chronologically (e.g. The US Since 1945, 19th-Century Europe, Modern China) or thematically within a region (e.g. courses on gender, environment, revolution, etc). Some are organized comparatively or with a focus on encounters between cultures. All majors must take one class exploring a period before 1500CE (at 100, 200, or 300 level).
Early in the major, but after completion of at least one course at the 200 or 300 level, all History majors study historical research methodology, historiography, and the use of theory in history in History 299 (formerly 201). This course explores various "types" of history (e.g. political, social, oral, quantitative), as well as the "how to" of the discipline, culminating in a major research paper using primary source material.


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By COLLEEN MCCARTHY
The Starkville School District Board of Trustees will vote tonight on 11 new policies during its regular meeting at the Greensboro center at 6 p.m.
Among the policies up for consideration is Policy ICG, which will require the school board to decide whether the district will teach Abstinence-Only or Abstinence-Plus sex-related education, as required by House Bill 999. While both curriculums would focus on negative effects of having sex outside of marriage, the Abstinence-Plus policy would also include "any other age and grade appropriate material such as contraceptives (excluding instruction and demonstration on the application and use of condoms), the nature, cause and effects of sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS, along with a factual presentation of the risks and failure rates."
The board will also decide whether to require only licensed employees, like teachers and administrators, to follow the Professional Educator Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct, or to extend it to all district employees. The code outlines appropriate behavior and conduct for employees both on and off school grounds.
The board may also approve a policy that would require members to be notified if anyone attending the meeting plans to record, videotape or take photographs during the meeting.
"Photographs, broadcasting and recordings of meetings may be made only when all parties involved have been informed that cameras, broadcasting and/or recording devices are being used," the policy states. "Persons operating cameras, broadcasting and/or recording devices must do so with a minimum disruption to those present at the meeting. Specifically, the view between board members and the audience must not be obstructed, interviews must not be conducted during the meeting and no commentary is to be given in a manner that distracts board members or the audience."
While the board is not allowed to make a policy banning recording devices or photography according to the Open Meetings Act, it could halt recordings if they interrupt or disturb the meeting. The policy is a suggestion from Mississippi School Board Association.
Other policies include vandalism protection — which would allow the district to suspend or expel a student who damages school property and hold their parents' liable for all damages — and a homeland security policy that would call for rules and regulations for emergency preparedness in the event of an alert issued by the national Department of Homeland Security.
The policies can be viewed in full on the district's website at http://www.starkville.k12.ms.us under the "SSD Announcements" section. The board held its first reading of the policies last month. During tonight's meeting, the board will have the second reading and consideration of adoption.
Over the last month, parents and community members have had the opportunity to give their opinions to the board members regarding the potential policies. Public Information Officer Nicole Thomas said the district has received the most responses regarding the sex-related education policy.
Board president Keith Coble said the board would take the public feedback into account when voting on the policies.
Also on the agenda is the consideration of approval of the audit of the 2009 fiscal year and the authorization to pay the accounting firm who performed the audit. The board held a special meeting last month to have an exit conference with the firm regarding the audit after a number issues caused the audit to be delayed. The board plans to hold an exit conference for the 2010 and 2011 fiscal year audits in January, which will catch the district up on financial audits.


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Al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of an American man in Pakistan and demanded the release of prisoners and an end to air strikes in Muslim countries in exchange for his freedom, according to the SITE online monitoring service.
SITE said the announcement was made in a recording by al Qaeda leader Ayman Zawahri posted on an Islamist website and monitored on Thursday.
"Just as the Americans detain all whom they suspect of links to al Qaeda and the Taliban, even remotely, we detained this man who is neck-deep in American aid to Pakistan since the seventies," SITE quoted Zawahri as saying in the recording.
Assailants kidnapped Warren Weinstein, an American development expert, in August in the Pakistani city of Lahore, according to a top Pakistani police official.
Reporting by Sami Aboudi; Editing by Sophie Hares
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