<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Dear Scott:</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><br></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Thanks for posting this information, some of which I included in a recent column.  See sections appended below. Full column attached. </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><br></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">The thing to keep in mind is that Gonzaga is a rare exception. For example, the "Flutie Effect" has fizzled at BSU and Boston College.  An LCSC baseball star has gone to the majors, but at one time average professor salaries were lower than Idaho's K-12 teachers!</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><br></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#000000" face="Georgia, serif">Nick</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#000000" face="Georgia, serif"><b><br></b></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Alumni Donations Do Not Correlate with Athletic Success<span></span></span></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span> </span></span></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Some have argued that
winning teams would result in a boost in</span><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black"> both alumni
giving and student enrollment. With regard to donations this assessment by
former Notre Dame<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> Vice President Richard Conklin
still holds true: “There is no empirical evidence demonstrating a correlation
between athletic department achievement and alumni fund-raising success. 
A number of researchers have explored this putative relationship, and they all
have concluded that it does not exist.”<span></span></span></span></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span> </span></span></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">Indiana University Professor Emeritus
concurs: “Many studies indicate that alumni giving is independent of college
sports success or failure, and has no relation to whether a school has a
big-time intercollegiate athletic program or not.” In his research UC
Berkeley’s Michael Anderson did find a positive correlation between alumni
donations and athletic success, but he found that “the effects appear
concentrated among teams in the six elite conferences.” He admits, however,
that “these positive effects would not recoup however much money a college
invested in its athletics program.”<span></span></span></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">With regard to student enrollment Harvard
professor Douglas Chung has found that “when a school goes from being mediocre
to being great on the football field [from four wins to ten] applications
increase by 17.7 percent.” However, Chung calculated that the same effect could
be achieved by either a 3.8% decrease in the cost of tuition or by recruiting
higher quality faculty who are paid 5.1% above the market rate. <span></span></span></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">The
“Flutie Effect” at Boston College, Gonzaga, and Boise State<span></span></span></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">Some would point
to the great success attained at Gonzaga University. Since the Bulldog
basketball team started winning in 1999, Gonzaga has registered 86.4 percent
more students, its endowment has increased 218 percent, and a doubling of
donors has increased giving from $13.4 to $31.1 million.  Boise State’s alumni giving increased
four-fold from 2006 to 2011 during a period of great football achievement.<br clear="all">
<span></span></span></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">Gonzaga’s
basketball success was sustained achievement, while the Vandals’ three bowl
wins did not balance out losing records (some lopsided) in other years.
Furthermore, UI student enrollment did not increase appreciably and in one year
it actually dropped.<span></span></span></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">Gonzaga has
experienced the “Flutie Effect,” named after quarterback Doug Flutie who
carried Boston College to national fame in 1984.  These are rare exceptions rather than the
rule, and once the teams stop winning, the donations and student enrollment generally
drop off.  <i>The quality of academic programs—not athletic success—is still the key
to higher education excellence.<br clear="all">
</i><span></span></span></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">Boston College’s
application rate did go up 16 percent and 12 percent two years after their
upset win over the University of Miami, but they also went up 17 percent after
a 4-7 season and up 9 percent after their worst season ever (0-11). After of a year
of embarrassing athletic scandals, application rates remained the same as the
previous year.</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><b style="text-indent:0.5in"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black"><br></span></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><b style="text-indent:0.5in"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">Boise State Has Low Freshman Retention and Graduation
Rate</span></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">In 2010, after
beating Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl in 2007 and winning it again in 2010, Boise
State’s freshman class enrollment peaked at 2,400—16.5 percent over the low of
2,104 in 2003. It has now returned to 2001 levels, even though BSU won yet
another Fiesta Bowl in 2014. <span></span></span></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">This temporary
success is mitigated by the fact that BSU’s freshman retention rate is only 69
percent as opposed to 93 percent at Boston College.  BSU’s graduation rate of 29 percent is also
one of the lowest in the nation. BSU administrators boast about record numbers
of applications, but what counts is not only new freshman enrolled but those
who go on and graduate.<span></span></span></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">With a high number
of applications, BSU has the pick of the best students for their freshman
classes. Even so, average ATC and SAT scores for these students are only
somewhat higher than before. Economist Craig Depken states: “</span><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black;letter-spacing:0.05pt">I can talk about how the incoming
freshman class has a higher SAT score, at the same time, in many places it’s
been documented that a successful football program tends to correlate with
lower GPAs, that is lower performance in the classroom, especially amongst male
students.” </span><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black"><span></span></span></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">Faculty Salaries Rarely Correlate with Athletic Success<span></span></span></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">Faculty salaries
at Gonzaga increased dramatically, but UI and BSU professors are still 20-30
percent behind their peers. <i>Rarely has
there been, nation-wide, a transfer of athletic revenue to academic budgets. </i>BSU
salaries still remain at the bottom of a list of 10 comparable metropolitan
universities. The Lewis-Clark State Warriors have had winning baseball teams
since 1972 with a win-loss percentage of .777, but average faculty salaries are
below Idaho K-12 teachers. For details go to <a href="http://idaho-aft.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Survey16.pdf">http://idaho-aft.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Survey16.pdf</a><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0.5in;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></b></p></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 9:04 PM, Scott Dredge <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:scooterd408@hotmail.com" target="_blank">scooterd408@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">




<div>
<div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">
<div><b>President [Thayne] McCulloh credits Gonzaga’s volunteer leadership – in particular the acumen of members of the boards of Trustees and Regents – for identifying the opportunities presented by the success of basketball to grow enrollment to support academics.</b></div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Since 1999, when the Zags – led then by Coach Dan Monson – advanced to the Elite Eight in their second NCAA Tournament appearance before falling to eventual national champion Connecticut, Gonzaga’s undergraduate enrollment has risen 83.2 percent, from
 2,816 (1998-99) to 5,160 (2016-17).</div>
<div>
<h2><span style="color:#3366ff"><strong>Other Key Figures 1999 vs. 2017:</strong></span></h2>
<ul>
<li>Total enrollment has increased 86.4 percent (from 4,061 to 7,572)</li><li>Undergraduate admission applications have grown nearly 300 percent (from 1,841 to 7,342 – as of fall 2016)</li><li>Freshmen enrollment rose 124.9 percent (from 569 to 1,280)</li><li>The annual budget rose 289.2 percent (from $72.7 million to $283 million – as of May 31, 2016)</li><li>To accommodate a larger student body, full-time faculty increased 55.5 percent (from 279 to 434), allowing Gonzaga to maintain a small average class size: 22 students (1998-99), 24 students (2016-17).</li></ul>
</div>
<div><a href="http://news.gonzaga.edu/2017/gonzaga-leverages-basketball-success" class="m_3700069116444025170ydpcab7b5dcenhancr_card_9179483426" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gonzaga Leverages Basketball Success to Boost Academic Mission - Gonzaga University News Service</a></div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div id="m_3700069116444025170ydpcab7b5dcenhancr_card_9179483426" class="m_3700069116444025170ydpcab7b5dcyahoo-link-enhancr-card m_3700069116444025170ydpcab7b5dcymail-preserve-class m_3700069116444025170ydpcab7b5dcymail-preserve-style" style="max-width:400px;font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">
<a href="http://news.gonzaga.edu/2017/gonzaga-leverages-basketball-success" style="text-decoration:none!important;color:#000!important" class="m_3700069116444025170ydpcab7b5dcyahoo-enhancr-cardlink" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">
<table class="m_3700069116444025170ydpcab7b5dccard-wrapper m_3700069116444025170ydpcab7b5dcyahoo-ignore-table" style="max-width:400px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="400">
<table class="m_3700069116444025170ydpcab7b5dccard m_3700069116444025170ydpcab7b5dcyahoo-ignore-table" style="max-width:400px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224,228,233);border-radius:2px" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="m_3700069116444025170ydpcab7b5dccard-primary-image-cell" style="background-image:url("https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/NPKD0vibCLDTJBUum5hUnYTI8coR7BCWxWPtKBaOMa_F84gc2XkKXXX6Q29bdRic7lPzplO04eXKW0JvAucOPOG5jiJvjmzmyl0InayKoYB9R-wBShTn-4aM0DFdoFGd-bfATJwZBi7vDhI45jNzujpTJPMx0YhPRiMSAvGW7km3Hjf-G6A-5kBqDY6sGrSP47jI27baA5ODakBUCG7tPZYQW6b5R4efgthZ6F09FmoJrWAEeGQh2r9Buajm2vsY7sDtryDtKepUgPfHRL6MLC7DPYPXjHZMtObs7bDxfH8FT_cP=s0-d-e1-ft#https://s.yimg.com/lo/api/res/1.2/vC1RW04Tm6oa_3sfxl5pUw--/Zmk9ZmlsbDt3PTQwMDtoPTIwMDthcHBpZD1pZXh0cmFjdA--/http://news.gonzaga.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/drone-college-hall-4-forweb-450x300.jpg.cf.jpg");background-color:rgb(0,0,0);background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover;border-radius:2px 2px 0px 0px;min-height:175px" valign="top" bgcolor="#000000" background="https://s.yimg.com/lo/api/res/1.2/vC1RW04Tm6oa_3sfxl5pUw--/Zmk9ZmlsbDt3PTQwMDtoPTIwMDthcHBpZD1pZXh0cmFjdA--/http://news.gonzaga.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/drone-college-hall-4-forweb-450x300.jpg.cf.jpg" height="175">

<table class="m_3700069116444025170ydpcab7b5dccard-overlay-container-table m_3700069116444025170ydpcab7b5dcyahoo-ignore-table" style="width:100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="m_3700069116444025170ydpcab7b5dccard-overlay-cell" style="background-image:url("https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/9MX9QEEylZURXXw0qJZnW-GOGq9S53Yf6zspbeA7sKoimRZl3Stf-KY4D33XOCes4VlI7tG9MDzorvSJYTKzqign_kw3MbH1BZ2Q3osnaZpcUU-GVMnOkH_nBditME69atOoU75L1mk=s0-d-e1-ft#https://s.yimg.com/cv/ae/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV21/1/enhancr_gradient-400x175.png");background-color:transparent;border-radius:2px 2px 0px 0px;min-height:175px" valign="top" bgcolor="transparent" background="https://s.yimg.com/cv/ae/nq/storm/assets/enhancrV21/1/enhancr_gradient-400x175.png">

<table class="m_3700069116444025170ydpcab7b5dcyahoo-ignore-table" style="width:100%;min-height:175px" border="0" height="175">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="m_3700069116444025170ydpcab7b5dccard-richInfo2" style="text-align:left;padding:15px 0 0 15px;vertical-align:top">
</td>
<td class="m_3700069116444025170ydpcab7b5dccard-actions" style="text-align:right;padding:15px 15px 0 0;vertical-align:top">
<div class="m_3700069116444025170ydpcab7b5dccard-share-container"></div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<table class="m_3700069116444025170ydpcab7b5dccard-info m_3700069116444025170ydpcab7b5dcyahoo-ignore-table" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);background-image:none;background-repeat:repeat;background-size:auto auto;width:100%;max-width:400px;border-radius:0px 0px 2px 2px;border-top:1px solid rgb(224,228,233)" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:16px 0 16px 12px;vertical-align:top;border-radius:0 0 0 2px">
</td>
<td style="vertical-align:middle;padding:12px 24px 16px 12px;width:99%;font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;border-radius:0 0 2px 0">
<h2 class="m_3700069116444025170ydpcab7b5dccard-title" style="font-size:14px;line-height:19px;margin:0 0 6px 0;font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;word-break:break-word;color:#26282a">
Gonzaga Leverages Basketball Success to Boost Academic Mission - Gonzaga...</h2>
<p class="m_3700069116444025170ydpcab7b5dccard-description" style="font-size:12px;line-height:16px;margin:0px;color:#979ba7;word-break:break-word">
SPOKANE, Wash. – As Gonzaga University enters its first Final Four appearance on Saturday following a magical 36...</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</a></div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
</div>
</div>

<br>==============================<wbr>=========================<br>
 List services made available by First Step Internet,<br>
 serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br>
               <a href="http://www.fsr.net" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.fsr.net</a><br>
          mailto:<a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>
==============================<wbr>=========================<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>   <div style="height:auto;width:auto">   <div> <div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt"><div><span style="font-size:13.3333330154419px">A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. </span><br style="font-size:13.3333330154419px"><br style="font-size:13.3333330154419px"><span style="font-size:13.3333330154419px">-Greek proverb</span></div><div><br>
“Enlightenment is man’s emergence from his self-imposed immaturity. 
Immaturity is the inability to use one’s understanding without guidance 
from another. This immaturity is self- imposed when its cause lies not 
in lack of understanding, but in lack of resolve and courage to use it 
without guidance from another. Sapere Aude! ‘Have courage to use your 
own understand-ing!—that is the motto of enlightenment.<br>
<br>
--Immanuel Kant<br>
<br><br></div></span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
</div>