The big transition

agree that more facilities are needed. Recently, teams are fighting over territory. The softball team has been quarreling with the men’s lacrosse team over practice priority. “Both teams are out of season and need to prepare. They both are equally talented and both were named PAC Champions for 2004,” softball player, Megan O’Brien, a sophomore education major, said.

Leslie Danehy, the director of athletics, comes from an administrative point of view. Danehy said, “I feel that the student athletes are treated very fairly here. It is in my opinion that people on campus, from Academic Affairs to Residence Life to Financial Aid, all treat our athletes as they should; as students.” Danehy then continued to say, “Sometimes student-athletes stand out or attract attention, both negative and positive, due to their tendency to gather in large groups and due to their predisposition to be competitive and take risks.”