It's definitely unusual, but I'm not surprised because John is a tremendous athlete. We have an understanding that soccer comes first. But I also didn't want to take that experience away from him as an athlete. So if he wants to run track, then I'm all for it.

My understanding is that this contract has been funded for the current fiscal year, so this is legitimately before us, in my opinion. My concern about adding staff is that you're splitting the chain of command. If it's this board's position to reject this contract for the current fiscal year, then it's incumbent upon us to begin the process of adding to staff.

This is potentially a really good thing for me. Allowing me to focus solely on my soccer for a while is really fantastic.

We're very appreciative of them understanding what Cardinal baseball means to the station right now as we try to establish them with us.

The more you understand, the less you have to remember.

We feel that Vagrant will allow us to bring our music to even more people, while also understanding the things that make the band special to The Hold Steady fans, and to the band members themselves.