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Deadline for registration is Wednesday, October 29th
by 5:00pm. For more information call 346-4113.
Comfort and Ease in Your Posture
Saturday, November 1st, 10:00am - 1:30pm
Our first workshop is for the student who wants to feel completely at ease
in the postures.
Instructors: Michele Bulgatz, Sat Ganesha Khalsa
Strength & Stretch, to Your Max
Saturday, November 1st, 2:30pm - 6:00pm
Our second workshop is for the student who wants to push their limit but
in a safe and fun environment.
Instructors: Michele Bulgatz, Joan Davis
Meditation, Befriending Your Mind
Sunday, November 2nd, 2:30pm - 6:00pm
Learn through multiple techniques to reduce stress, quiet the mind,
celebrate your wisdom, beauty, and intelligence, and above all be refreshed.
Instructors: Sandy Alder, Viriam Khalsa
Cost per workshop: Students $20; Faculty/Staff $25
Workshop Location: Student Recreation Center, Mat Room ttl
Register at the Recreational Sports Office located in 102 Esslinger Hall.
Pre-registration only. Space is limited.
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The Blue Demons want
a place in the same
conference as Notre Dame
and Marquette, two rivals
By Skip Myslenski
Chicago Tribune (KRT)
It appears the stage is set for DePaul
to leave Conference USA and join the
Big East. ITie move could become offi
cial as early as Nov. 4, the day Big East
presidents are expected to meet and to
also invite Conference USA members
Marquette, Louisville, Cincinnati and
South Florida to join.
"Anything could happen at the 11th
hour, so I'm not going to say 100 percent
that we're going to make this move,"
Blue Demons athletic director Jean Lenti
Ponsetto said Sunday. "But I feel really
confident that it's likely to happen."
As plans stand, DePaul and the other
Conference USA schools would begin
play in the Big East in the 2005-06 aca
demic year. The Blue Demons would
be in a basketball division that also
would include Marquette, Notre Dame,
Louisville and Cincinnati.
"For years, DePaul has wanted to be
in a conference with Marquette and
Notre Dame," Ponsetto said. "Our
two oldest rivalries are Marquette and
Notre Dame in almost every sport we
have. So the Big East would give us
that kind of opportunity."
But the reasons for the expected
move go beyond athletics, she said. It
also would put the Blue Demons in a
conference with St. John's, Villanova,
Seton Hall, Georgetown and Provi
dence, Catholic institutions with aca
demic profiles similar to DePaul's.
'The other component — our abili
ty to be able to recruit students from
those markets — is obviously key,"
Ponsetto said. "To be able to move
into big-city markets that have large
Catholic populations and large pop
ulations of students interested in (a
school like DePaul), it's huge for the
university. This gives us an opportuni
ty to expand into another region that
we haven't had a lot of access to in the
last 10 or 15 years. That's so promis
ing for the institution.
"When we set in place the master
plan, to be the largest Catholic institu
tion in the country, to be very multicul
tural and diverse and to serve urban
Chicago, it became important to us to
have a great span of cities to recruit
from. Major cities. The Big East does
that for us institutionally as well as, ob
viously, the traditional athletic stuff."
The Big East has wanted to add
schools since losing Miami, Boston
College and Virginia Tech to the At
lantic Coast Conference, which result
ed in bitterness and a spate of law
suits. But Big East Commissioner
MikeTranghese and Conference USA
Commissioner Britton Bankowsky
have worked together in recent
months, and DePaul's move is expect
ed to happen seamlessly.
"The commissioners have worked
very collegially to make this very
palatable," Ponsetto said. "No one
wanted there to be any bloodletting."
The two sides exchanged so much
information, in fact, that Ponsetto
said she had few questions for
Tranghese when they met for the first
time 10 days ago.
"Everything was very positive,"
Ponsetto said. 'The Big Fast has a high
level of interest in DePaul, and we re
ciprocated that we would be interest
ed. It makes all the sense in the world
for us."
Said Blue Demons basketball coach
Dave Leitao of the pending move: "It
could advance the essence of what De
Paul University and DePaul basketball
is all about and has been all about —
reconnect to its past with the rivalries.
And as for what the future holds in
college basketball, it could put us in a
very good light. Those kinds of things
make me excited."
Conference USA is expected to re
place the schools it stands to lose with
Marshall, Rice, SMU and Tulsa.
(c) 2003, Chicago Tribune. Distributed
by Knight Ridder/Tribune Information
Services.
To break up or not: Time for
Marlins to decide who stays
Just days after its World
Series win, Florida is faced
with financial decisions
By Jerry Brewer
The Orlando Sentinel (KRT)
NEW YORK — For the sake of cyni
cism, the comparison must be made
In 1997, the Florida Marlins won the
World Series, faced an uncertain offsea
son, disassembled the team and mined
baseball in South Florida.
Six years later, the Marlins have an
other World Series title and another un
certain offseason.
Distrust dictates doubt. The Mar
lins, under different ownership now,
ask for faith.
'There's going to be a lot of decisions
to make," third baseman Mike Lowell
said. "But 1 hope our management is
capable of keeping this team together."
There is hope, and then there is reali
ty. Ihe Marlins have nine free agents
and 15 players, including Lowell, eligi
ble for salary arbitration. The team's
payroll would be in the S80-S90 mil
lion range if it focused on complete re
tention. Management likely will want
to stay near $53 million, which is what
it paid in player salaries this season.
Some tough decisions are forthcom
ing. Catcher Ivan Rodriguez, the Mar
lins' most accomplished player, is the
top free agent. Second baseman Luis
Castillo and closer llgueth Urbina are
also on the list. Lowell, right fielder
luan Encarnacion and first baseman
Derrek Lee are among the players eligi
ble for arbitration.
In addition, Manager Jack McKeon,
who joined the Marlins after a 16-22
start and refocused them, must decide
whether he wants to return. McKeon
has hinted that he wants to come back,
but he might wait to see what manage
ment does before making a decision.
"I understand the ownership is going
to do the best they can within their
means to keep as many guys as possible
together," McKeon said. "You've seen
this in every ballclub throughout base
ball. It's pretty tough today to keep
clubs together because of the salary ar
bitration and the free agency."
Don't underestimate General
Manager Larry Beinfest. He helped
rebuild this franchise despite mone
tary restraints.
If Florida keeps its starting pitching
staff intact, it can absorb some loses on
offense and take chances with younger
players. The Marlins' staff should im
prove if A.). Burnett recovers from Tom
my John elbow surgery. Burnett had
been considered the team's best player.
The Marlins likely will make several
trades in the off-season. They may be
willing to part with Lowell because 20
year-old Miguel Cabrera flourished in
the postseason.
Lowell injured his hand late in the
regular season, and Cabrera played so
well that McKeon kept Lowell on the
bench to start the playoffs. Later he de
cided to start Lowell at third base and
move Cabrera to the outfield. But Cabr
era wants to play third. The Marlins
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cannot afford a logjam.
Rodriguez would be the most signifi
cant loss in free agency. After receiving
little attention last summer, he settled
for a one-year contract for $10 million
and agreed to have $7 million deferred.
He wants more love this winter, but
the Marlins know his value If all works
out, Rodriguez hopes this franchise can
become a true beast. He refers to the
Marlins being like the New York Yan
kees. It's an optimistic goal for a team
with only a third of New York's payroll.
"1 think if this team stays together
the way it is, I think they can be like
the Yankees," Rodriguez said. "They
can win pretty much every year in
the playoffs. This is a team that can
do everything."
Not to be pessimistic, but did Ro
driguez just refer to the Marlins as
"they" instead of "we"?
Memories linger of former owner
Wayne Huizenga's purge after the 1997
championship. It contributed to five
consecutive losing seasons and disbe
lief from the fans. Even during this
amazing season, Florida barely aver
aged 16,000 fans per home game That
average increased to more than 65,000
fans during the playoffs.
Winning reunited baseball and
South Florida. Surely, the Marlins won't
mess up again.
"We created a buzz," Lowell said.
'These fans deserve more good times."
(c) 2003, The Orlando Sentinel (Fla.).
Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune
Information Services.
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