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WWU in the News
April 20, 2009
WWU in the News
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Effort to shed light on domestic abuse-Walk A Mile in Her Shoes
University riding high in the saddle
Rwanda ‘two dollar challenge’
Senior art show
Monsanto donates $30,000 to MCF
Kristy Duello named to Dean’s List
Daughter’s of the American Revolution awards ceremony
George selected for Rotary Youth Academy
Selected to attend Girls State
Graduate and Adult Studies
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Warrenton
Kansas City
Alumni
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Macalester names Tim Whittle as head men’s basketball coach
Scott Vaughn running for Poplar Bluff school board
Engagement
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Allgood-Coons
Obituaries
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Katherine Elizabeth Benham England
Sports
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Articles Regarding Higher Education
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Posted: Tuesday, Apr 14, 2009 - 10:17:46 am CDT
Week-long effort at William Woods to shed light on
domestic abuse
By ROGER MEISSEN
The Fulton Sun
Tottering
around
campus in
high heels
might not be a
normal
occurrence for
the men of Pi
Kappa Alpha,
but on
Saturday they
will don
stilettos and
other footwear
to once again
raise
awareness
against rape
and domestic
violence.
Members of William Woods University fraternities Phi Gamma Delta and Pi Kappa Alpha
line up in high heel at last year's ‘Walk a Mile in Her Shoes' fundraiser. Pi Kappa Alpha is
once again putting its heels on the line this Saturday to raise money for CARDV and
garner awareness for rape and domestic violence. (Fulton Sun file photo) The event - dubbed ‘Walk a Mile in Her Shoes' - will cap off a week of events
sponsored by the William Woods fraternity, which is working with the Coalition
Against Rape and Domestic Violence in Callaway County, to shed light on the issue. “It shows we actually will do anything to help out our community,” Pi Kappa Alpha
community service chair Mike Towle said. “It's something different that I'd never
heard of before last year when one of our guys brought forward the idea spurred by
something he had seen them do at Mizzou.
“It should be fun and we think everyone, all the women, should just come out and
watch on Saturday.”
Towle has worked with Greek Life and Student Involvement Coordinator Neil
Stanglein to bring this event about for the second year, but also has worked in
conjunction with CARDV to coordinate a whole week worth of awareness.
CARDV Executive Director Donna Rodenbaugh said the organization has embraced
this chance to get word out. This year's event falls in line with Sexual Assault
Awareness month, and is a way to localize the national effort.
This week's activities began Monday night with Speak Out, an event where a
survivor recounted her experiences with intimate partner violence, and continues
throughout the week with documentaries on rape and domestic violence and events
like a mock court trial meant to shoe how judges, local law enforcement and
prosecuting attorneys work with CARDV in incidents of domestic violence.
“It is very important to understand the nature and dynamics of domestic violence
and sexual assault, including what it feels like for a victim to go through the judicial
system,” Rodenbaugh said. “It's extremely hard for a victim, and if students can
listen to one tell about what occurred, how she found out where to ask for help and
what happened after that it can give some insight.
“It's important for people who one day will be working with individuals like these whether they are in law enforcement, family services or even just working at WalMart, it's important to listen to what they have to say and know the steps to get
some help.”
The events lead up to Saturday where the fraternity's efforts will help raise money
for CARDV and the women it serves.
“We've been selling Walk a Mile t-shirts that we've made, have five main
sponsorships this year and every person who walks gets a sponsor,” Towle said.
“You can tell that there's a big presence with CARDV all throughout Fulton, and
they have sponsored things like LEAD events here on campus in the past, so we
think it's a good charity to help out and we know if we give 100 percent they'll give
150 percent of everything we raise.”
Rodenbaugh noted that Pi Kappa Alpha initiated the interest in CARDV.
“They made this step forward to say they'd like to make a stand,” she said. “For
those of us who work with victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, the
problem will not go away until the males step forward and say ‘This is what we can
do about this.'
“Men need to know as much as the women do, because they need to know what to
do, where to go, when their sister steps forward if this sort of thing happens to
her.”
Tribune Column
University riding high in the saddle
By Bill Clark
Friday, April 17, 2009
On April 25 and 26, William Woods University will present the final event on its 2008-09 equestrian
schedule — a recognized dressage competition. Not a friendly club show this, but a get-together of some of
dressage seat’s best.
Karen Pautz, the school’s dressage instructor and an internationally recognized dressage clinician and judge,
will showcase her students in what Webster’s Dictionary defines as “the execution by a trained horse of
precision movements in response to barely perceptible signals from its rider.”
Dressage is one of the four seats taught at William Woods University as part of the largest collegiate
program of equine education, seat instruction and performance competition in the nation.
A visit to WWU’s horse program is truly an experience not soon forgotten. The stables for 150 horses, all
owned by the university, three training and performance arenas — two of them indoors — a cross country
trail and paddock areas are all within four blocks of downtown Fulton.
The William Woods official equestrian program is a year older than the equally acclaimed program at
Stephens College, organized in 1924, one of the first acts by WWU’s new president, Egbert Cockrell.
Cockrell came to Fulton after serving two terms as mayor of Fort Worth, Texas. He publicized the school as
“The Ideal Outdoor College,” and horses joined tennis, golf, swimming, boating and field hockey as
activities of emphasis. He built a golf course and a stable, and he and his wife, Dura, often led the students
on overnight trail rides to Mexico, Mo., and Columbia.
A bit of non-equine history is in order here.
William Woods University didn’t start out that way. The original school began in 1870 as the Female Orphan
School of the Christian Church of Missouri at Camden Point, a crossroads north of Kansas City.
The school burned in 1889, and Fulton bid $56,000 to bring the school to the Kingdom of Callaway. The
new school was built on 6 acres donated by Daniel Tucker and opened in September 1890 for girls at least 14
years of age.
In 1892, William Woods was elected to the board of directors, and in 1900, Woods paid off the school’s
$36,000 indebtedness. The Orphan School had been renamed Daughters College in 1899, and after Woods
made his contribution, the school officially became William Woods College. It became a junior college in
1914 and a four-year school in 1962. Men were first admitted in 1997.
Back to 1924. The first horses were stock variety because Cockrell believed “they were sturdy and intelligent
enough to be trusted with inexperienced riders.”
Riding was promoted as an intramural sport for the first dozen years.
The first William Woods Horse Show was held in 1937, and it immediately became a popular social event
marking the end of the school year.
In 1940, the Paddock Club was formed and was sponsored by riding instructor Shirley Drew, the daughter of
Mrs. Claud Drew, the director of the Christian College equestrian program and the long-time chairwoman of
the Boone County Horse Show.
Shirley Drew later helped elevate Stephens College to worldwide attention.
The Paddock Club became the most popular organization on campus. In addition to all things equine, it was
the host for dinners, performed plays, sponsored trail rides and sleigh rides. It was the showcase of the
equine program.
The Paddock Club had been replaced in recent years by very active clubs in each of the four seats taught
today — western, saddle, dressage and hunter/jumper — but it remains a cornerstone in the school’s equine
history.
The current stable was built in 1945, and the riding ring was lighted in the 1960s. By the 1950s, William
Woods students were competing at the American Royal. In 1968, the school offered a minor in equine
science.
In 1972, in the midst of the highly productive 20-year presidency of Randall Cutlip, the United Professional
Horse Arena (UPHA) was opened. It was the largest collegiate arena in the country at the time — 130 by 200
feet.
In 1972, the school made history a second time by offering the first bachelor’s degree in equine science in
the world. Today, 200 majors are pursuing degrees in two areas of equine education — equine science and
equine administration. The first is a career in training and managing horses; the second is a career in
everything from facility management to equine journalism to breed associations.
Three-quarters of the students are in equine science.
A teaching staff of seven prepares the girls for their careers in the equine world.
Gary Mullen is the department chairman; Gayle Lampe, a 1968 Stephens graduate, has been the saddle seat
director for 41 years and still rides at the very top of the national competition; Linda McClaren directs the
hunter/jumpers; Jennifer Patterson teaches western seat; Karen Pautz, dressage; and Jean Kraus and Laura
Ward, equestrian studies. All are well-known judges, instructors and clinicians.
With William Woods University and Stephens College in our area, who needs Madison Square Garden and
the Kentucky State Fair?
Stop by William Woods’ dressage show next weekend, and you’ll get the idea.
Bill Clark’s columns appear Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Reach him at 474-4510. Two Dollar Challenge for Rwanda
FULTON - Living on $2 a day might seem almost impossible, but students, faculty, and staff at William Woods University
attempted to do just that.
Monday they participated in their first annual 'Two Dollar Challenge.'
The event raised awareness about poverty and the struggles that come with it.
At the end of the day, the participants will meet and donate money to help fund a health clinic that will be built in Rwanda.
"Right now the walk is so long that by the time that they actually get there, they're too sick for the hospital to do anything
so we're building a clinic over there for them," said Cassie Davis, the academic service learning coordinator at William
Woods.
If you'd like to donate to the program, send an email to scott.miniea@williamwoods.edu, or call 573-592-1633.
Reported by Samantha McClendon.
Edited by: Jenilee Jewert
Published: Monday, April 20, 2009 at 4:01 PM
Last Updated: Monday, April 20, 2009 at 4:53 PM
Macalester names Tim Whittle as head men's basketball coach
New Mac head coach Tim Whittle
4/17/2009
St. Paul, Minn. – Tim Whittle has been named the Macalester College head
men’s basketball coach. Whittle arrives in St. Paul following a successful
assistant coaching stint at national powerhouse Washington University in St.
Louis.
Whittle has served as the top assistant and recruiting coordinator for the twotime NCAA Division III National Champion Washington University program and in five seasons there
helped guide the Bears to a 112-30 overall record and three consecutive Final Four appearances.
Washington U reached the Final Four in 2007 and won national titles in 2008 and 2009.
“I would like to thank President Brian Rosenberg, Vice President Laurie Hamre, and Athletic Director
Kim Chandler for the faith they showed in me and for the opportunity to join the Macalester College
family,” said Whittle. “During my visit this week, I felt like Macalester was the right fit for me and my
family. I have been blessed with great mentors in my playing and coaching career who have helped
prepare me to successfully lead the men’s basketball program.”
Whittle replaces former Macalester head coach Curt Kietzer, who resigned following the recently
completed season after heading the program for 12 seasons.
Coach Tim Whittle during a timeout in the Washington huddle. (Joe
Angeles, WUSTL Photo Services)
“Coming off back-to-back national championships, I
believe I am ready to guide my own program and
Macalester provides an ideal setting for studentathletes to excel academically and athletically,” said
Whittle. “The Alumni Gymnasium and the entire
Leonard Center are signs of the commitment by the
administration to make athletics an extension of the
classroom.” said Mac’s new head coach. “I am
ecstatic to have this opportunity to lead Mac
basketball into tomorrow by finding true studentathletes who want the best of both worlds – strong
academics and competitive athletics.”
“Tim Whittle is a terrific addition to the Macalester
men’s basketball program and to the Mac
community,” said Macalester Director of Athletics Kim Chandler. “He is an outstanding basketball
coach with tremendous credentials and I am confident that he will provide great leadership to our
program. When you combine these traits with his tremendous work ethic and his passion for
excellence, I know our program will develop quickly under Coach Whittle’s leadership. Tim’s work will
begin immediately to solidify the 2009 incoming class and to provide direction for the young men
currently in the program.”
“I am so excited for Coach Whittle and Macalester College,” said Washington University head coach
Mark Edwards. “I think that it will be a perfect fit for everyone. Tim has been an important part of
building Washington University’s basketball tradition as both a player and a coach. He understands
the role of athletics at a strong academic institution and the type of student-athlete that thrives in that
environment.”
Prior to joining the Washington University staff for the 2004-05 season, Whittle served as an assistant
coach for three years at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn., where he was also head
men’s golf coach and assistant cross country coach.
In 1996, following his graduation from Washington University with a degree in Finance and
Management, he began a four-year career in the banking business for SunTrust Bank in Atlanta. He
then joined the Florida Marlins of Major League Baseball. As the Manager of Finance, he coordinated
efforts to fund a $400 million ball park in downtown Miami.
As a player, Whittle was a four-year letter-winner at Washington University, helping the Bears to a 7927 record and two NCAA playoff appearances including a 1996 Elite Eight. Whittle received a
Masters in Education degree in 2008 from William Woods University in Fulton, Mo.
He is married to the former Beth Slaughter of Albany, Ore.
Macalester College, founded in 1874, is a national liberal arts college with a full-time enrollment of
1,858 students. Macalester is nationally recognized for its long-standing commitment to academic
excellence, internationalism, multiculturalism and civic engagement.
Dayton Daily News
England, Katherine Elizabeth Benham*
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News Death Notice
ENGLAND, Katherine Elizabeth Benham "Kit"
Passed away April 12, 2009 peacefully at home
surrounded by her family after a prolonged battle
with breast cancer. Born September 18, 1946 in
Dayton, OH to Emily Verwold and James Ellsworth
Benham. She graduated from Oakwood High
School and William Woods College with a degree
in Education, followed by a masters in Reading
Education from the University of Houston. She
taught primary school in Spring Branch, TX and in
the Centerville School District. While raising a loving family, she devoted her life to
extensive volunteer work. She served as Board Member and Chair of the United Way of
Greater Dayton, Board of Trustees and Chair of Montgomery County Children Services,
past President of the Junior League of Dayton, International Board of Directors of the
Association of Junior League, Board of Trustees and Chair of Saint Joseph's
Residential Treatment and Childcare Center, Board of Trustees and Secretary of Senior
Citizens' Center of Greater Dayton Area, Chair of Dayton Art Institute Experiencenter,
and Board of Trustees of Planned Parenthood of Montgomery County. Additionally she
worked with Dayton Foundation, Designer Show House, Bara Court of Ladies Oriental
Shrine, Public Television Auction, Aullwood Audubon Center, Friends of Dayton Ballet,
Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission, Leadership Dayton, Kettering Holiday at
Home, United Way Task Force, United Issues Forums, Honorary Chair of Susan B
Koeman Cancer Walk, Voluntary Action Center, and numerous projects with Kettering
Foundation. Her favorite activities included performing with Center Stage Show Choir,
playing bridge, and traveling. She was a loving shelty owner and extraordinary cook,
perhaps inspired by the years spent working with her father and grandmother at
Benham's Catering. She was a faithful member of Christ United Methodist Church.
Survived by husband of 40 years Stephen; children Brandon (Liz), Ashley (Nick)
Heniser, Lindsey (Matt) Bayer, Justen; grandchildren Madison, Graham, Ashlyn; sister
Mary Lynn "Mitzi" (Bob) Mittlestead; nephews Brad, Tyler, Todd; aunts "No-no" Covert
and Enid Dover; mother-in-law Dorothy (Bob)Masters; and a loving network of friends
and relatives. Memorial service will be held at Christ United Methodist Church on
Saturday April 18th at 12 pm. Guests will be greeted starting at 10 am. Kit requests
cheerful Spring attire. In lieu of flowers, Kit requested donations be sent to the Avon
Walk for Breast Cancer to support her children's ongoing participation in the fight for a
cure of breast cancer. These donations should be directed to "The Whole Kit and
Kaboodle" team found at http://www.avonwalk.org under the New York 2009 Walk.
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Posted: Monday, Apr 20, 2009 - 10:06:10 am CDT
Wooley's one-hitter lifts William Woods in AMC play
By RYAN BOLAND
The Fulton Sun
ST. LOUIS - Junior pitcher Nick Wooley threw a one-hitter and struck out seven Friday, helping send
the William Woods University Owls to an 8-1 victory over Missouri Baptist University.
William Woods - ranked No. 20 in the NAIA - gained a split of the American Midwest Conference
doubleheader after losing the opener 8-3. The Owls are now 30-9 overall and in first place in the AMC
at 11-3.
Wooley allowed just one walk in raising his season record to 6-1. He lost both his no-hitter and shutout
when the Trojans' Trevor Sampson hit a solo home run in the bottom of the fourth inning.
Sophomore first baseman Tyler Tamayose went 4-for-4 with a double, four runs batted in and a run
scored to ignite William Woods' 11-hit attack. Junior center Merrick Conway - the Owls' leadoff hitter was also 3-for-3 with four runs scored.
Tamayose finished 1-for-3 with a two-run home run as the Owls collected six hits. Junior pinch-hitter
Nick Signaigo was also 1-for-1 with a solo homer.
Senior starter Josh Goodin took the loss for William Woods, giving up four runs - three earned - on five
hits in 4 1/3 innings. Goodin (5-4) struck out two and walked one.
The two teams closed out their four-game series with a doubleheader on Saturday. Results were not
available at press time.
Posted: Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 - 10:01:13 am CDT
William Woods baseball 4, Ottawa University 2
By RYAN BOLAND
The Fulton Sun
TOPEKA, Kan. - Sophomore first baseman Tyler Tamayose went 3-for-4 with a home run, his sixth of
the season, and two runs batted in Tuesday night to pace the Owls.
William Woods University - which moved up one place to No. 20 in this week's NAIA poll - won its
fourth game in a row to raise its season record to 28-8. The Owls have won 14 of their last 16 games.
William Woods trailed 2-1 before going in front to stay after coming up with two runs in the top of the
sixth inning. The Owls, who finished with five hits, added an insurance run in the seventh.
Junior reliever Mike Bultitude - the third of five William Woods pitchers - earned the victory by throwing
1 1/3 perfect innings. Bultitude (1-1) struck out one.
Senior Cody Morrow worked the ninth, striking out two, to log his eighth save of the season.
The loss dropped Ottawa to 9-33.
The Owls travel to St. Lous for American Midwest Conference doubleheaders against Missouri Baptist
University at 1 p.m. both Friday and Saturday.
Posted: Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 - 10:01:12 am CDT
WWU softball sweeps Harris-Stowe
By RYAN BOLAND
The Fulton Sun
The Lady Owls improved to 24-14 overall and 10-2 in the American Midwest Conference after Tuesday's
doubleheader sweep of the Lady Hornets at Backer Complex.
William Woods University stretched its winning streak to eight games, including six straight AMC
victories. Harris-Stowe State University dropped to 11-15 overall and 2-6 in conference play.
The Lady Owls made quick work of the Lady Hornets in the first game. William Woods scored two runs
in the first and pushed across three runs in both the second and the fourth, ending the game on the
eight-run rule after five innings.
Freshman pitcher Kelsey Schulte scattered two hits over five scoreless innings to pick up the victory for
the Lady Owls. Schulte (12-4) issued two walks and struck out none.
Junior catcher Colleen Dailey went 3-for-3 with two doubles, three runs batted in and two runs scored
as William Woods amassed 10 hits. Junior second baseman Tara Schulte was also 2-for-3 with three
RBI, while senior center fielder T.J. Quick - a Fulton graduate - went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and
an RBI.
The Lady Owls continued their hot approach at the plate in the nightcap, breaking out for 13 hits.
Sophomore right fielder Morgan Parkhurst finished 3-for-5 with a home run, five RBI and two runs
scored, while Kelsey Schulte - playing shortstop - was 3-for-5 with a triple, four RBI and two runs
scored.
Sophomore pitcher Megan Bote earned the complete-game victory for William Woods, giving up four
earned runs on seven hits. Bote (8-4) recorded five strikeouts while walking four.
The second-place Lady Owls host first-place Columbia College (8-0 AMC), ranked No. 22 in the NAIA, in
a conference showdown today. The doubleheader starts at 1 p.m.
Posted: Tuesday, Apr 14, 2009 - 10:18:07 am CDT
Owls overpower Harris-Stowe for two wins
By CHRIS WALLER
The Fulton Sun
The William Woods University baseball team took two games from visiting American Midwest
Conference foe Harris-Stowe University on Saturday afternoon.
Harris-Stowe took an early 2-0 lead in game two, but the Owls responded with a nine-run second
inning to regain control of the game.
Center fielder Merrick Conway propelled William Woods offense by going 3-for-4 with four RBI and a
homerun. Shortstop L.J. Watson was 2-for-3 on the night while left fielder Garrett Oliver, second
baseman Matt Thompson and catcher Matt Denney each contributed two RBI apiece.
Michael Hufty earned the win for the Owls. Hufty pitched 4 1/3 innings and gave up three runs on three
hits with two walks and two strike outs.
In the early game, William Woods took advantage of Harris-Stowe starting pitcher Zach Buxman by
scoring two runs in the first, third, fourth and fifth innings.
First baseman Brian Bishop lead the attack, going 2-for-3 with two RBI. Oliver knocked in two RBI of
his own, while Denney went 2-for-3 from the plate.
On the mound for the Owls, Tim Stunkel (6-1) earned the complete-game victory while giving up three
runs on eight hits and no walks with six strike outs.
William Woods (28-8, 10-2 AMC) will be back in action today as they begin a four game series at
Missouri Baptist University.
Posted: Friday, Apr 17, 2009 - 10:10:51 am CDT
WWU softball splits with Columbia College
By RYAN BOLAND
The Fulton Sun
The Lady Owls split a doubleheader with the Lady Cougars - ranked No. 22 in the NAIA - in an AMC
showdown Thursday at Backer Complex.
William Woods University, handing Columbia College its first conference loss of the season, is now 25-
15 overall and 11-3 in the American Midwest Conference. The Lady Cougars are 23-8 overall and in first
place in the AMC at 9-1.
Sophomore third baseman Chelsea Loethen and freshman pitcher Kelsey Schulte both went 1-for-3
with a home run and three runs batted in to guide the Lady Owls' seven-hit attack in the opener.
Freshman designated player Carinda Schulte was also 2-for-3 with a double and two runs scored.
Kelsey Schulte gave up just an earned run on six hits in going the distance for the victory. Schulte
logged four strikeouts while walking two.
Columbia College rallied in the nightcap, tying the game 8-8 with a run in the seventh and then pulling
off the comeback by producing the winning run in the eighth.
Kelsey Schulte - who started the game at shortstop and then pitched the final 3 2/3 innings - went 2for-5 with two RBI as William Woods collected 10 hits. Sophomore Zoroya Brittan was also 2-for-3 with
two runs scored and an RBI, while Carinda Schulte - playing first base - went 1-for-4 with two RBI and
two runs scored.
Kelsey Schulte (13-5) suffered the loss in relief, allowing two earned runs on nine hits. Just five of
Columbia College's runs were earned as the Lady Owls committed three errors.
William Woods plays Saturday and Sunday in the University of Illinois-Springfield Tournament.
Posted: Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 - 10:01:11 am CDT
Kressig, Lady Owl golfers finish second at Park University
By RYAN BOLAND
The Fulton Sun
PARKVILLE - Senior Ceanne Kressig tied for second-place individual honors Tuesday and the William
Woods University women finished second overall at the Park University Spring Invitational.
Kressig compiled a two-day score of 160, sharing second place individually with Western Illinois
University's Claire Gursh. The Lady Owls - ranked No. 7 in the NAIA - finished with a team total of 659,
coming in behind team champion Western Illinois' 644.
Also placing in the top 10 individually for William Woods were freshman Jada Bennington, fourth with a
161, and senior Char Cruchelow, tied for ninth with a 165.
The Lady Owls play in the American Midwest Conference championships April 26-28 at The Rail Country
Club in Springfield, Ill.
Sunday, Apr 19, 2009
Posted on Thu, Apr. 16, 2009
Seipp hitting .411 for the Owls
BY STEVE KORTE
News-Democrat
Senior outfielder-catcher Laura Seipp is batting a team-high .411 for William Woods University.
Seipp, an O'Fallon High School graduate, has 17 runs scored and 11 RBIs.
Sophomore outfielder Morgan Parkhurst, a graduate of Belleville West High School, is hitting
.374 with 21 runs scored and 23 RBIs for the Owls.
The Owls are 24-14 overall, 10-2 in the American Midwest Conference.
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William Woods downs Braves, 4-2
By The Herald Staff
TOPEKA — The Ottawa University baseball team fell 4-2 to William Woods University Tuesday at the
Lake Shawnee Baseball Complex in Topeka.
It was a single nine-inning game. Ottawa was limited to four hits by pitchers. Seven Ottawa pitchers
combined for a five-hitter.
Josh Sturm led Ottawa with two hits as the Braves notched two runs in the fifth inning.
Ottawa (9-33, 5-13) plays Friday at Bethany College (15-22, 4-10).
Springfield MO Soccer
Southwest Missouri’s Soccer Resource
Rob Podeyn named SBU women’s soccer
coach
BOLIVAR, Mo. — Southwest Baptist University has announced the
hiring of Rob Podeyn as head women’s soccer coach. Podeyn becomes the eighth head coach in the
history of the SBU program. He joins the Bearcats after serving as the head women’s soccer coach
at Northwood University in Cedar Hill, Texas, a position he held since 2006.
Podeyn (pronounced po-DINE) has taken NAIA Northwood from a #212 national ranking and 3-12
conference record to a #34 national rank and two consecutive conference championships. His teams
have produced 16 all-conference players, two all-region players and one All-American in three
seasons. For the last two seasons, Podeyn’s teams were recognized by the NAIA as Academic AllAmerican teams with a 3.18 GPA.
Prior to Northwood, Podeyn was head men’s and women’s soccer coach at William Woods University
in Fulton, Mo., from 2003 through 2006. The women’s program went from #104 to as high as #27
in three seasons. The program ranked first in improvement in the country in NCAA or NAIA in 200304 to 2004-05 after a 50-goal improvement.
Podeyn and his wife, Sondra, have two sons: Roby, 14, and Matthew, who turns 12 this week.
Coach Podeyn will begin his duties with the Bearcats on May 1.
PS - the Southwest Baptist Bearcats play against the Drury Panthers in a Spring exhibition game
this evening at Harrison Stadium, beginning at 7 pm.
The Omnibus
SBU names Rob Podeyn as new women's
soccer coach
Posted: 4/15/09
Southwest Baptist University has announced the hiring of Rob Podeyn as head women's
soccer coach.
Podeyn becomes the eighth head coach in the history of the SBU program. He joins the
Bearcats after serving as the head women's soccer coach at Northwood University in
Cedar Hill, Texas, a position he held since 2006.
Podeyn (pronounced po-DINE) took NAIA Northwood from a #212 national ranking and
3-12 conference record to a #34 national rank and two consecutive conference
championships. His teams have produced 16 all-conference players, two all-region
players and one All-American in three seasons.
For the last two seasons, Podeyn's teams were recognized by the NAIA as Academic AllAmerican teams with a 3.18 GPA.
"I'm excited about the opportunity to work with the SBU women's soccer program," said
Rob Podeyn. "I would like to thank Brent Good, Dr. Taylor and the faculty, staff and
players that I met through the process. Also the chance to work with the talented athletes
that are at SBU and compete in one of the toughest conferences in the country is a great
opportunity. There are many very good coaches in the conference, including a few that I
know very well. To work against them and to be able to show our commitment to
competitiveness and the skills we've been blessed with is a great opportunity."
"We're excited to welcome coach Rob Podeyn to the SBU family," SBU athletics director
Brent Good said. "He brings experience and strong recruiting ties, both nationally and
internationally. Coach Podeyn and his family are familiar with Missouri and the region
having coached and competed against our conference and regional opponents while at
Northwood and William Woods."
Good added, "I feel he brings tremendous character and organization.
He's a proven winner and prides himself in his team's success, on the field and in the
classroom. His faith and family are a great fit for the SBU and Bolivar community."
Prior to Northwood, Podeyn was head men's and women's soccer coach at William
Woods University in Fulton, Mo., from 2003 through 2006. The women's program went
from #104 to as high as #27 in three seasons. The program ranked first in improvement in
the country in NCAA or NAIA in 2003-04 to 2004-05 after a 50-goal improvement.
"Anyone who's ever played for me or watched my teams would say that we're very
possession-oriented and attack-minded," said Podeyn.
"In the three years at Northwood, we've scored 152 goals. In six years of college
coaching, it's 317 goals. My teams are very goal-oriented and produce offense-minded
teams, which is what I'll try to bring to SBU."
"Rob's Christian commitment and commitment to his family will a good fit for SBU.
Under his leadership, the soccer program will help fulfill the mission of the University,
both in athletics and academics," SBU President Dr. C. Pat Taylor said.
Podeyn shared what led him to this position. "The opportunity to bring my family back to
the Midwest, for the values held there, along with the history and tradition of the
program, were just some of the things that attracted me to SBU," he said.
Podeyn's playing career included a seven-year run as starting goalkeeper for the Long
Island Stars of the ASL, where Podeyn was a two-time league MVP. He has also
authored two books published by World Class Coaching.
Podeyn is a 1990 graduate of Dowling College in Oakdale, N.Y. with a bachelor's degree
in English and secondary education. He later earned a master's degree in athletics and
activities administration from William Woods in 2006. Podeyn will begin his duties with
the Bearcats on May 1.
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Articles Regarding Higher Education
April 20, 2009
Stephens selects new president to replace Libby
By Janese Heavin
Published April 21, 2009 at 11:40 a.m.
Dianne Lynch, dean of the Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca College in New
York, has been tapped to be the next president of Stephens College, the private women’s institute
announced this morning.
She will begin duties June 2, replacing Wendy Libby, who after a six-year
tenure is leaving Stephens to become president of Stetson University in
Florida.
“Dianne has been described by her peers as smart as a whip, dynamic,
genuine, creative, energetic, positive and happy,” Jill Griffith,
chairwoman of the search committee, said in the written announcement.
“What more could we ask of a president who will lead our ‘Smart, Strong,
Savvy’ women at Stephens?”
Lynch, who will be formally introduced during a campus visit tomorrow,
has served in her current role since 2004. During her tenure, she created the Center for
Independent Media, a program aimed to discover new journalistic forms. Before joining Ithaca
College, Lynch was a faculty member and chairwoman of the Department of Journalism at Saint
Michael’s College in Burlington, Vt.
Stephens’ vice president of public relations, Amy Gibson, declined to say how many applicants
the college received for the post, but she said it had an “excellent pool of candidates with great
depth and breadth of experience.”
Lynch’s résumé is not without blemish. Two years ago, the University of California, Berkeley
tapped her to become dean of its journalism school, but she backed out two months before she
was supposed to begin duties, the Oakland Tribune reported at the time. She was quoted in a
statement released by the college that “it became clear to me that Ithaca College is the best place
for me and my family.”
Lynch was unavailable for comment this morning.
Columbia College weathers fiscal storm
Conservative approach key to school’s success.
GERALD T. BROUDER
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
As the drum beat of the economic downturn continues to sound, many organizations are taking measures —
some more drastic than others — to minimize the negative financial impact. No sector of business and industry
is immune, and so it is with higher education.
Many higher education institutions rely heavily on earnings generated by investments, usually through an
endowment, to undergird the operating budget and provide scholarships. Therefore, as market losses increase,
there is a corollary decrease in funds with which to operate. Only those institutions that have embraced and
implemented a policy of fiscal conservatism and strategically have not incurred significant debt will solidly
weather the storm — perhaps buffeted, but not broken.
Fiscal conservatism, especially in the independent or private sector of higher education, has been somewhat of a
hallmark of existence for some schools. Columbia College serves as an example. We have budgeted and
invested conservatively for years. Market investments have consisted of a careful mix of equities and highgrade fixed-income instruments. So far, in the current climate the Columbia College endowment has lost about
19 percent of its market value. Our losses have not been too bad when compared to some academic institutions
losing 30 to 40 percent of market value because of a large portion of holdings invested in equities. The average
college endowment has lost between 25 and 30 percent since last June, according to the National Association of
College and University Business Officers (NACUBO). Columbia College is well below that level, thankfully.
As we know from local and national media, colleges and universities around the country have been forced to
implement no less than draconian measures to maintain a semblance of equilibrium. Common practices include
hiring and salary freezes, ending contributions to employee retirement funds, layoffs, furloughs and even the
selling off of capital assets. I am pleased to report that at Columbia College there is no need to implement such
measures. All positions, whether newly requested or replacements, will continue to need presidential approval
before filling. Expenses will continue to be monitored but not curtailed, provided they are within budget.
Fundraising will continue in support of scholarships and capital projects. Columbia College will issue meritbased faculty and staff salary increases this year. We will continue to provide previously announced student
financial aid funded by the institution and other sources. The college will continue to fund 100 percent of it
retirement contribution for faculty and staff.
There is a yet-to-be-proven theory that as the economy weakens, the number of students who enter or return to
college increases concomitantly. That appears to be the case, and competition for such students increases in
parallel. Columbia College is uniquely positioned to serve these learners with flexible course schedules, small
classes and affordable tuition.
The college “big picture” for winter 2009 shows a total of 2,319 new students, an increase of 9.2 percent from
winter 2008, bringing the number of total students for the session to 16,901, an increase of 16.9 percent over the
same period last year. As mentioned earlier, a distinct advantage, especially in a difficult economy, is that, as an
organization, Columbia College is debt-free. That happy fact is attributable to the fiscal conservatism practiced
by the administration with the concurrence of a strong and supportive Board of Trustees. The premise is simple
— do not spend money you do not have. Save first and then proceed. The incurring of debt was necessary in the
not too distant past when the college struggled financially. The creative use of debt is a legitimate means of
financing we simply have choosed not to employ it while the college is prospering.
My hope is that this positive report shines a beam of light through the clouds of local, negative financial news.
Columbia College, through its success, benefits not only itself, but the city, county, state and many states served
by our 35 nationwide and online campuses. We are doing our best to help heal the economy, especially locally.
We will continue to do so by remaining fiscally conservative while embracing the concept of strategic
investment. By doing so, the college is positioning itself to face a future filled with opportunity.
Gerald T. Brouder is president of Columbia College
Local colleges
Weathering the fiscal storm
By Henry J. Waters III
Friday, April 17, 2009
I was pleased to see the column written on these pages Tuesday by Columbia College President Gerald Brouder
saying his institution is weathering the economic storm, largely because of its conservative fiscal policies. The
college endowment fund has suffered less than average, the college is debt-free and enrollments are up.
Moreover, the college recently revealed plans for future campus expansion to accommodate additional oncampus living and a new science teaching building. The plans involve expansion into nearby areas with the
approval of the neighborhood association. Most small private college presidents would love to be able to issue
such a report.
Across town, Stephens College is in the same economic storm but without as much fiscal stability. I have been a
Stephens trustee for a number of years. When we hired President Wendy Libby, Stephens was in a desperate
deficit position. Libby and her administrative colleagues had to reform budget priorities at the same time
deficits were being gradually erased. Stephens is not Harvard or even Columbia College when it comes to fiscal
underpinning, but enrollments and fundraising have increased, and momentum is in the right direction.
For the first time in years, Stephens’ next budget will be balanced. Whew. May the future be bright for both
colleges, meaning for Columbia more of the same and for Stephens more progress.
HJW III
Conflict of interest?
Is it wrong for a newspaper publisher to actively work privately and publicly for community projects while also
writing editorials on those subjects?
My own efforts in behalf of a new building for the State Historical Society of Missouri recently have been
questioned in this way. As a member of the society board of trustees, I have worked hard to gain favor for this
very important project, including comment in this column. I have disclosed my position on the society board.
All activities and communications subject to the state Sunshine Law have been open.
I have a confluence of interests, not a conflict. I plan to keep working hard with all the resources I can muster
for the betterment of the community as I see it. I hope I can do some good, but sometimes I will be a target for
critics. Fair enough.
HJW III
http://chronicle.com/daily/2009/04/15892n.htm
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Number of Colleges That Fit the 'Liberal Arts' Mold
Is Falling, Study Finds
By PETER SCHMIDT
San Diego
Back in 1990, David W. Breneman, an education economist then at the Brookings Institution, stirred debate in
higher education by publishing an article titled “Are We Losing Our Liberal Arts Colleges?”
A paper being presented here today at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association
looks back at his study and answers his question with an emphatic yes.
Of the 212 institutions that Mr. Breneman classified as liberal-arts colleges, just 136, or 64 percent, continue to
meet his definition of such an institution, according to the paper, by Vicki Baker Sweitzer, an assistant professor
of economics and management at Albion College; Sumedha Makker, an undergraduate at Albion; and Roger G.
Baldwin, a professor of higher, adult, and lifelong education at Michigan State University.
Mr. Breneman used the designation “Liberal Arts I” for institutions that awarded more than half of their degrees
in the arts and sciences. He used the designation “Liberal Arts II” for institutions that were too small to be
called comprehensive colleges under the Carnegie classification system, and awarded less than 60 percent of
their degrees in professional fields.
Mr. Breneman was concerned at the time that many historic liberal-arts colleges were shifting away from their
emphasis on the arts and sciences and were instead becoming “professional colleges,” which train a large share
of their students to enter fields like business or nursing. He worried that such transformations were diverting the
colleges from their traditional missions and undermining the intellectual coherence of their offerings.
In their paper, "Where Are They Now? Revisiting Breneman's Study of Liberal Arts Colleges," the researchers
updated Mr. Breneman’s analyses using federal data from the 2006-7 academic year on the degrees that
colleges awarded, by discipline. They could not find data on nine institutions that he listed. Of the remaining
203 colleges, 67 were found to offer too many graduate degrees or too many degrees in professional fields to be
classified as liberal-arts colleges under his terms. Of those, 37 had drastically changed their missions, with 19
now being classified as comprehensive colleges and 18 as master’s universities. A few others had been
subsumed by larger institutions.
On the whole, the researchers found that the more selective colleges were, the fewer professional degrees they
had added to their offerings. The researchers speculate that highly selective liberal-arts colleges with national
reputations and large applicant pools may be less sensitive to shifts in the higher-education market and under
less pressure to evolve to attract students.
Study paints picture of collegiate mental health
By Genaro C. Armas, Associated Press Writer | April 20, 2009
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. --Ever since campus counseling centers were established in the 1940s, college officials have
known that the prevalence and severity of students' mental health problems were rising. They just didn't know by how
much.
A pilot study released Monday by the Center for the Study of Collegiate Mental Health, at Penn State University, hopes to
fill that void. Organizers call it a first-of-its kind effort by college counseling centers designed to get an up-to-date picture
of mental health trends affecting higher education.
Most schools collect data of counseling center clients on their own. Until now, though, there have been no national data to
help study perceived trends, organizers said.
"Mental health affects every aspect of a college student's functioning," said Ben Locke, executive director of the center.
"The earlier you intervene in mental health issues, the more likely you are to be successful in treating it."
The numbers will further help colleges and universities equip themselves to support students, Locke said.
The Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors does a separate annual survey of its members.
That survey estimated that about 1 in 10 college students seek treatment from campus counseling centers.
But the Penn State study is the first to get data from the counseling center clients themselves, Locke said.
"This is actual data from the counseling centers: the clients who are coming in, what they're saying," said Robert Rando,
the director of counseling and wellness services at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. "It's accurate in that way, and
no one has done that."
There is concern about the increased severity of mental health problems counseling centers are seeing among student
clients, in part because of the increased use of medications such as Prozac by high school students, Rando said.
The collaboration began four years ago, but data collection began only in fall 2008.
The effort had been in the works before the high-profile campus shootings at Virginia Tech in 2007 and Northern Illinois
University last year.
The killing of 33 people, including the gunman, at Virginia Tech and five people at Northern Illinois put a spotlight on
campus counseling services and risk reduction, said Dennis Heitzmann, director of counseling and psychological services
at Penn State.
"What this effort will do will keep our work in the forefront, identify the importance of our function before the administration,
parents and students themselves," Heitzmann said.
More than 130 schools nationwide are registered with the center. Of them, 66 participated in the initial study, with
responses from more than 28,000 students who received mental health services in fall 2008.
Each counseling center asked clients to answer standardized questions, with the data pooled nationally. All data were
anonymous.
Among the study's findings:
-- One percent of students who answered a question about binge drinking reported going on a binge 10 or more times in
the previous two weeks. Nearly half of those respondents said they had seriously considered suicide in the past.
-- The vast majority (93 percent) of students who responded to a question about campus violence had little to no fear of
losing control and acting violently.
-- The 7 percent considered to have strong fears were most likely to be male and said they had previously harmed
another person. They also tended to have experienced a cluster of other symptoms, such as a fear of having a panic
attack or suicidal thoughts.
The results "don't translate into a guaranteed assessment or reliable profile at any point, but they offer a starting point in
assessing risk in counseling center clients," Locke said.
The center has received $45,000 in funding over the past five years, Locke said. The Jed Foundation, a nonprofit that
describes itself as trying to reduce suicides and emotional distress among college students, is listed as a past contributor.
The center also requires members to pay a $150 annual fee. In addition, researchers have received about $100,000 in inkind funding from Titanium Software.
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law plans to build new mock trial courtroom
Posted by kkroll April 20, 2009 17:08PM
Geoffrey Mearns, dean of Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, standing in the school's existing courtroom,
designed for appellate cases heard by three judges. The college is raising money to build a second mock
courtroom, for jury trial instruction.
• This law school fund-raiser has style
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
Founded: In 1897, as the Cleveland Law School. It was the first law school to admit women. Merged with John
Marshall School of Law in 1946. Cleveland-Marshall College of Law affiliated with Cleveland State University
in 1969.
Enrollment: 670
Faculty: 44
Bar passage on first try: 89 percent (July 2008)
CLEVELAND -- Justice is for sale in Cleveland.
A judge can be had for $100,000. Defense lawyers for $50,000. A juror for $10,000.
This isn't some John Grisham-type scheme to bribe the court, though. These sums are for enhancing legal
justice.
The Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University is appealing to attorneys and law firms to
chip in on a $1 million mock trial courtroom. Naming rights for features of the room, from the judge's bench to
an individual jury seat, are one way to contribute. A style show fund-raiser Wednesday evening, organized by
female lawyers in Cleveland, is another.
The courtroom will give Cleveland-Marshall students training in trial procedures and equipment. Practicing
lawyers can rent the room to prepare for trial, testing out jury arguments and advanced technology for evidence
displays. Firms can use it to acclimate young associates to the legal arena.
More than that, the courtroom will spotlight Northeast Ohio as one of the country's biggest law hubs, said Irene
Rennillo, the powerhouse behind the style show.
"That's the kind of town this is. We have critical legal capital here," said Rennillo, a former trial lawyer and
president of the Rennillo court reporting company in Cleveland.
Geoffrey Mearns, who has won praise as dean of Cleveland-Marshall since 2005, also sees the mock court as a
way to draw attention to his home town's legal strength.
"To my knowledge, no one else in this area has a courtroom as attractive, modern and flexible as this," he said.
Trial courts are familiar turf to the former assistant U.S. attorney, who won convictions against a member of
New York's Gambino crime family and Oklahoma City bomber Terry Nichols in a career that also spans whitecollar criminal defense work at Baker Hostetler, Thompson Hine and Jones Day.
Mearns said he wants students to get practical experience that will hone them into great trial lawyers. And he
sees the courtroom as a natural tie-in to local firms and lawyers.
"We've always had a strong connection to Northeast Ohio," Mearns said. "This facility will just be a further
manifestation of that connection."
Cleveland-Marshall already has a mock courtroom, but it's built like an appellate forum: a bench for three
judges instead of a single trial judge, no witness stand, no jury box. Some law schools have convertible
courtrooms, but Cleveland-Marshall's is not.
The college hired Bostwick Design Partnership to design a second courtroom for trial practice.
Plans call for a simulation of today's modern courtrooms, such as the one at the Carl B. Stokes Federal
Courthouse in Cleveland, with their complex web of audio-visual and information technology.
A "sympodium" between counsel tables features a touch-screen device that allows attorneys to "mark up"
anything displayed on a 72-inch flat-panel plasma evidence screen positioned opposite the jury box. A touch
screen on the witness stand allows the witness to annotate digital evidence at the instruction of attorneys.
Each juror has a 17-inch display panel, and 42-inch monitors are mounted in the gallery. High-definition video
cameras allow the proceedings to be viewed from a room across the hall with seating for 75 people. Law
students and faculty can watch by logging on to the school's internal network.
Cleveland-Marshall ran out of money to build the courtroom after using most of a $5 million donation from the
family of real estate developer Bert Wolstein to renovate its 1970s-era building last year. The upgrade added
new offices and law clinics and a dramatic new entrance at the corner of East 18th St. and Euclid Ave.
The trial courtroom, planned for completion in January 2011, already has sold some of its naming rights. Gone
are the plaintiff's table, witness stand, court reporter, podium, alumni judicial portraits and IT manager/bailiff
center, bought for $25,000 to $50,000 each.
The college is still accepting money for the rest of the room. Contact Anne-Marie Connors, director of
development, at 216-687-2300, aeconnors@law.csuohio.edu, for details.
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Comments
siplgeorge says...
Instead of a mock court room, this law school should build a legal ethics center.
Not a week goes by when a dozen lawyers or more are either suspended or disbarred from practicing law, most
often for either mishandling or misappropriating or outright stealing client funds, or just taking client money
and failing to provide legal services.
Far more lawyers are crooked than the profession and bar associations are willing to admit.
Then there is a good percentage of lawyers who are addicted to alcohol and/or drugs.
The average Joe of modest means cannot afford a lawyer.
There are far too many of them, and then, they are a monopoly under very loose regulation by the Supreme
Court of Ohio. Lawyers need to be regulated by non-lawyers, much in the way that the U.S. military ultimately
answers to a civilian President and Congress.
Far too many lawyers go beyond zealous representation of their clients' interests and become uncivil to
opposing lawyers.
Cleveland-Marshall is a state-funded law school. It has no business soliciting private donations for a Taj Mahal
devoted to more unethical, pompous, arrogant, and self-serving behavior by a profession that already thinks far
too highly of itself.
Posted on 04/20/09 at 6:01PM
highres says...
Marshall is an up-and-coming, nationally-ranked program. It's also a relative bargain for students.
Marshall deserves to have first-rate facilities.
Maybe CWRU's sad law school can learn a thing or two...
Posted on 04/20/09 at 6:06PM
grumpygramp says...
They have no money but keep building. Better idea LOWER TUITION
Posted on 04/20/09 at 6:08PM
cadet514 says...
And when the US News rankings come out on Wednesday, they will still be a tier 3 law school. They should
invest that money in some professors who teach some critical thinking, so their lawyers can make better
decisions in those courtrooms, rather than just teaching to the Ohio bar. Passing the exam doesn't make one a
good lawyer....and neither does CSU
Posted on 04/20/09 at 6:14PM
cadet514 says...
highres,
Actually, CSU isn't nationally ranked. It's not up and coming...Schools below 100 aren't ranked. And what
would you know about CWRU? What the plain squealer reports? CWRU is 55 in the rankings that will be
released Wednesday, third in Ohio behind Ohio State (34), and U of Cincinnati (55).
Posted on 04/20/09 at 6:17PM
vonbonroy says...
cadet
maybe case should teach the number line at their law school, as every once in awhile lawyers need to know
which of two numbers is higher:
CWRU (55) is ranked third behind Cincinnati (55)??? HA!
well, at least we don't have to worry about you practicing law, as you likely won't pass the bar if you go to case.
Posted on 04/20/09 at 6:38PM
dave5000 says...
Just what Cleveland needs.
Lawyers produce NOTHING. They should tear down every law school in Ohio and re-direct the resources to
engineering departments.
Posted on 04/20/09 at 6:43PM
judicialwtch says...
Posted by grumpygramp on 04/20/09 at 6:08PM
They have no money but keep building. Better idea LOWER TUITION
_____________________________________
It costs less to obtain a law degree from Cleveland-Marshall than an UNDERGRADUATE degree from most
schools in Ohio.
Posted on 04/20/09 at 6:54PM
frmohio says...
CWRU doesn't need to learn a thing or two. The city of Cleveland and its media outlets need to reverse the antiCWRU bias that has been plaguing the school for years.
Case already has outstanding facilities, outstanding professors, and outstanding graduates. Unfortunately
Cleveland media outlets would rather criticize the higher-ranked school, and Cleveland law firms continue to
hire CSU grads over out-of-town Case grads who want the opportunity to stay in town and help rebuild this city.
As a result, the better trained Case grads will continue to seek and find jobs in New York, Chicago and other
large-market cities.
Posted on 04/20/09 at 7:17PM
fpliving says...
siplgeorge,
I heard the school has added a mandatory professional responsibility course to their curriculum. The course is
supposed to basically act as a legal ethics course.
Posted on 04/20/09 at 7:17PM
frmohio says...
CWRU doesn't need to learn a thing or two. The city of Cleveland and its media outlets need to reverse the antiCWRU bias that has been plaguing the school for years.
Case already has outstanding facilities, outstanding professors, and outstanding graduates. Unfortunately
Cleveland media outlets would rather criticize the higher-ranked school, and Cleveland law firms continue to
hire CSU grads over out-of-town Case grads who want the opportunity to stay in town and help rebuild this city.
As a result, the better trained Case grads will continue to seek and find jobs in New York, Chicago and other
large-market cities.
Posted on 04/20/09 at 7:18PM
hoipolloi says...
Will the mock courtroom be modeled after the awesome courts at the Justice Center?
Posted on 04/20/09 at 7:21PM
frmohio says...
Vonbonroy,
You are a moron. When two schools tie for the same rank (e.g. Case and U of C at 55) both schools are listed as
3rd and neither is ranked 2nd.
Nice job embarrassing yourself. Clearly you go to CSU.
Posted on 04/20/09 at 7:23PM
cadet514 says...
Vonbonroy,
It was a typo on my part, Cincinnati is 52, Case is 55. Apologies.
Posted on 04/20/09 at 7:46PM
lbits47 says...
my law school is better than your law school! omg! omg! you're stupid, i'm smart!
What is this place?
Posted on 04/20/09 at 7:55PM
cadet514 says...
By the way Vonbonroy,
There is no statistic more misleading than the bar passage rate.
CWRU graduating class is 200+. 91 took the Ohio bar in 2008 with a passage rate of 88%. What the Plain
Dealer didn't report was that 26 of 27 passed the New York bar, which is along with California the toughest bar
in the country. Speaking of California, 9 of 10 passed that one.
Also, Capital University, a Tier 4 law school had the highest rate in Ohio with 94%, OSU, which is ranked 34,
had a success rate of 90%...so tell me, is Capital better than OSU?
Law school is so much more than passing the bar exam. Obviously you're not a lawyer, or you'd have some kind
of grasp at how the system works. Law school is supposed to teach critical thinking not how to pass the bar
exam. Taking a standardized test is by no means a measure of your success as a lawyer.
And FYI...I am an attorney, I made a typo earlier, I work for a big firm, and I passed the bar on the first try.
Posted on 04/20/09 at 8:08PM
vonbonroy says...
frmohio
"When two schools tie for the same rank (e.g. Case and U of C at 55) both schools are listed as 3rd and neither
is ranked 2nd."
HA! So if the top two schools in the country are tied, then they tie for 2nd!?!? I am a moron!?!? You guys are
too funny!
Posted on 04/20/09 at 8:21PM
kevinwinslow says...
When did Case get a law school?
Posted on 04/20/09 at 8:44PM
ClevelandBil says...
I received my bachelors degree from CWRU then my law degree from Cleveland-Marshall and am now a
practicing attorney. I get paid (very little) from my clients who need me for the usual reasons--they are alleged
to have committed a criminal act or they're involved in a dispute about money.
We've all heard the lawyer jokes ...
But our society fails without lawyers. It wouldn't even be here if it were not for lawyers. You see us as a cost on
society. WE ARE. But the cost to society is far greater when innocent persons are punished, when contract
disputes are settled with battle, when nobody worries about breaking the non-existent rules because there's
nobody there to make sure they're followed.
Your point that there are problem lawyers is well-taken. But if the problem is alcoholism-then like every other
profession there is treatment. If it is crime-then like every other profession there is imprisonment. But to
denigrate law students for aiming to improve themselves by learning? To bash Cleveland-Marshall for trying to
improve itself? To promote a CWRU/C-M warfare? That is just ignorance that gets nothing for anyone. Don't
throw out the baby with the bathwater here. And don't tell me about a society run by engineers ... the world has
already tried that ...
Posted on 04/20/09 at 9:06PM
azgirl says...
Lawyers are liars. It's always okay for them to lie. To destroy lives and incomes. They have the ability to pursue
someone to the end of the earth and to destroy that person whatever the cost.
Posted on 04/20/09 at 9:23PM
mike1269 says...
Yeah guys lay off the "smart" lawyers who attend those uppity law schools and then go on to work for big
firms. These smart lawyers and their big firms defend important companies - big tobacco firms, wall street
financiers, oil companies, bank mergers, hedge fund managers, AIG and counsel bank executives on bailout
money spending. Let's stand and give them the round of applause they deserve rather than picking on them.
Posted on 04/20/09 at 9:25PM
bedford1989 says...
Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs ROCKS!
Posted on 04/20/09 at 9:35PM
siplgeorge says...
fpliving ~
A "mandatory" course in ethics isn't the same as
a Legal Ethics Center.
The Ohio Supreme Court already requires ethics and substance abuse continuing education for active lawywers
in Ohio. Has no impact on the numbers
of lawyers in Ohio who steal from clients.
Cleveland-Marshall is a glorified 3rd tier law school and will continue to be that until it commits to hiring and
retaining a quality faculty.
Posted on 04/21/09 at 1:51AM
copyedit says...
We have a mandatory Professional Responsibility course, exam, and a separate, mandatory Legal Ethics course.
Posted on 04/21/09 at 7:39AM
frmohio says...
Vonbonroy,
I wouldn't expect you to understand, but yes, when two schools tie for a rank, they are both listed as that rank.
See the U.S. News rankings for law schools released last year: http://gradschools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/grad/law/search Note how both Harvard and Stanford are ranked
second. They tied for number 2 so they are both ranked number 2. Get it?
"I am a moron!?!?" Yes, you are.
Speaking of moronic, this string of comments has become moronic. I'm going back to work.