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| Prep stint helped WSU softball coach form philosophy - Dayton Daily News Posted: 07 Dec 2010 01:20 AM PST By Kyle Nagel, Staff Writer 11:55 PM Thursday, December 2, 2010 FAIRBORN — Lynn Curylo's first softball coaching stint came at an urban California school a long way from her hometown and success as a player. In 2001, not long after she finished her career as an outfielder at Illinois-Chicago, Curylo took over the program at Milikan High School in Long Beach, Calif. The Chicago-area native branched out because her college roommate was from the city. Within a few years, she became the youngest coach to win a California Interscholastic Federation championship. That stint started a career that has led her to Wright State, where she became head softball coach in October. Curylo discussed her time in California as a defining period for her as a coach. "I was just teaching high school science and coaching for six years," she said. "I really was able to find out what my philosophies were." She started that growth as a standout center fielder with UIC, which advanced to the College World Series during her freshman season. After her first season with the high school team, she was offered an assistant coaching job at Illinois, which she turned down. After six years in Long Beach, Curylo continued her dream of becoming a college coach, first as an assistant at Tennessee State and then at Illinois. The WSU job opened when Linda Garza left after one season (and an NCAA tournament appearance) to become an assistant at Cal Poly. Curylo saw a Midwestern opportunity in a league with which she's very familiar. Although her playing days against Wright State don't necessarily stand out in her memory, they held their own significance. "I was home for the holiday and my dad pulled out a media guide from my senior year (at UIC)," Curylo said. "Under my profile it said I had an 11-game hitting streak end against Wright State, and the next time we played them I went 4-for-4. So, I guess I've had a taste of each here already." Coming up • The men's basketball team (3-4) will play the last of four straight games away from the Nutter Center at noon Saturday at Detroit, its Horizon League opener. The Raiders return home for games against Air Force on Wednesday and Tusculum on Dec. 11. • The women's basketball team (2-3), after a two-game home stretch, will play five straight on the road before returning to the Nutter Center against Central Florida on Dec. 22. Contact this reporter at (937) 225-7389 or knagel@DaytonDailyNews.com. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| Justifying selfishness: Republican philosophy and morality - Burlington County Times Posted: 07 Dec 2010 12:04 PM PST By DAVID D. JONES The first time I was ashamed to be an American was when O. J. Simpson was declared not guilty of murder when everyone, including the jurors, knew he was guilty. The second time I was ashamed to be an American was after the recent mid-term elections. Turning a blind eye to the fact that our fiscal crisis has been caused almost entirely by the Republican Party, many voters blamed President Obama for our broken economy, yet anyone who reads the newspapers should be aware that the economy was broken long before Obama took office by George W. Bush and his policies (especially his war policies). Republicans don't believe the federal government should closely regulate financial markets, another reason for the financial collapse. Nor do they believe the government should play a major role in health care. (As long as they have health care, why should they care that poor people don't?). This brings up an important question that for too long has not been broached: is it possible to be a Republican and a Christian? To answer this, we must ask ourselves a series of questions. 1. Republicans are against health care for the poor and most would repeal the new health care bill. Would the founder of Christianity have voted against health care for the poor? 2. Republicans are in favor of tax cuts for the super-rich, which, if enacted, would create an even more inequitable distribution of wealth. Would the founder of Christianity be in favor of this? Would he be in favor of a small percentage of Americans owning the bulk of the wealth? 3. The main goal of the Republican Party in both the House and Senate is to defeat President Obama and the Democrats rather than to pass legislation in the best interests of the people. Would the founder of Christianity be in favor of such a cynical philosophy? 4. The Republicans are in favor of privatizing prisons and have moved in that direction, which implies keeping prisoners in jail for as long as possible (to make more profit) rather than rehabilitating them. Would the founder of Christianity be in favor of such a hypocritical policy? 5. The Republicans believe pharmaceutical industries should not be regulated and that they should be allowed to charge whatever they want, a recipe for continued medical bankruptcies. Would the founder of Christianity be in favor of the outrageous prices and shameful profits of the drug companies? 6. The Republicans believe insurance companies should have the right to opt out of insurance agreements with those with serious illnesses so they don't have to pay for expensive treatments. What would the founder of Christianity have to say about that? 7. The Republicans, led by the Supreme Court, are in favor of unlimited corporate contributions to political candidates without disclosing where this money comes from. Again, would the founder of Christianity be in favor of such a devious proposition (which, incidentally, may allow foreign countries to affect the outcome of our elections)? 8. Would the founder of Christianity believe, as many Republicans do, that life in America should be a survival of the fittest or, as many Democrats believe, a partnership between government and business that includes safety nets for the poor, the sick, and the old? Could it be rightly stated, with regard to social policies, that the Democrats believe in the Golden Rule and the Republicans believe "gold rules"? Please review the quote below by John Kenneth Galbraith recently cited in this newspaper: "The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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