New article about de-emphasis on athletics at Williams

Colleges & Universities Williams College
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<p>and how it might impact the school.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.advocateweekly.com/default.asp?Action=ShowArticle&articleid=50475[/url]”>http://www.advocateweekly.com/default.asp?Action=ShowArticle&articleid=50475&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I don’t want to open up another can or worms, but it is an interesting read</p>

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<p>MikeyD, that was interesting, thanks for putting it up. I tend to agree with the Williams economics prof,(letters to the editor section), it’s way too early to start discounting Eph sports. All teams have rebuilding years, and cycles. Particularly amusing that the news writer was apparently disappointed by the men’s squash team, which finished in the top 10 in the country (and all squash is D-1), as they always do, despite having a team conisisting of 2 Seniors, 4 Sophs, and 3 Freshmen. That’s going to be a team to watch for the next couple of years. Next year, they will probably be the only top 10 team in the country without a single senior!</p>

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<p>I liked this quote from Professor Bradburd:</p>

<p>“I’d like to think that at Williams we want sports for our students, not students for our sports.”</p>

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<p>where is that quote???</p>

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<p>It’s from the Letters to the Editor in the 5/12 edition…They just updated, so the sidebar links are for the 5/19 edition now. Here’s the link:
<a href=“http://www.advocateweekly.com/default.asp?Action=ShowArticle&articleid=50476[/url]”>http://www.advocateweekly.com/default.asp?Action=ShowArticle&articleid=50476&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;