We have tried mediation. We brought in an outsider specializing in workplace conflict.

We are concerned that we provide a good experience for our students. We have a good faculty; we just need to help them get along.

They're running for a term they cannot complete. That's a conflict in the charter we need to clean up.

The motivation is conflict resolution and the belief that it is better to be inclusive rather than exclusive.

Every match is big down here, but if you win your quarterfinal, you're guaranteed a spot on the podium. We've been in a lot of tournaments and a lot of quarterfinals, so we've just got to treat it like another quarterfinal.

We were joking around. I told Brent he's not going to win more (titles) than me. But he pointed out that he made it to state more times than me (three to two) ... so he's got me there.