This trip is a rare chance to learn the time-honored tradition of maple sugaring while connecting with nature in western Maine.

Some, and Lionel is one of them, will see the outline coming at you, and know what it is.

We just gave them too many second-chance points to start the second half, and they got some offensive rebounds and we didn't. That was the difference in the ball game.

Over 60 percent of all purchases are impulse in nature, and so if you can garner that last chance to communicate your message, you're going to be a heck of a lot better off.

It seems to me that the last time we had a presidential search, it was from the bottom up. The faculty were much more involved. And of course this search has been completely different. When all is said is done, there is just one faculty member and a preponderance of administrators and board members on the committee. To me, that seems uneven.

I thought we had a real nice meet. We had some good swims. Now it's time to look forward to Monday night. It's going to be exciting.