Finish the sentence as it relates to athletics and academics at Colgate: If I

could do it over, I would:

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Get involved with more carry-over/recreational sports after injury ended my collegiate

sports involvement. Healthy mind in a healthy body may be a cliché, but it's a worthy

goal and should be encouraged.

If anything, more should be done to help student-athletes - who , in effect, juggle their

D-I participation as a second major. There should be more flexibility in class

scheduling; greater support services; etc.

Do it exactly the same. My participation as a student-athlete not only pushed me to be a

better student, but also encouraged me to establish positive habits and behavior that has

served me well in life. Life is not an all-or-nothing endeavor, and any goal to isolate

academics as the SOLE focus of a collegiate experience is (among other problems)

entirely devoid of resemblance to reality - beyond a professor's bubble.

Do it the same way.

Have attended more optional lectures and speakers and supported other sports in the

stands.

Have been born with athletic ability. Sadly, I was not.

Have been more vocal in my support of Colgate athletics and student-athletes. They

had an experience that was more like the real post-Colgate world: balancing priorities,

time management, multiple responsibilities and multi-tasking.

Have given academics more priority. Too much time was expected and spent in the

pool. Morning work outs turned me into a zombie during my classes and forced me to

play catch up all semester long, every semester. Further, it prevented me from being

able to take advantage of other terrific opportunities on campus. I grew up swimming

competitively and loved it and loved my Colgate team mates, but I sacrificed much.

Have never joined a fraternity, pursued my athletics with more vigor, double majored in

chemistry and geography, and eaten fewer slices.

Have participated in athletics more.

Not change a thing.

Not get injured so I would have had the full opportunity to embrace both the athletic

and academic side.

Try as hard at the sports that I love as I did my studies.

Do nothing different.

Become more active on campus in an effort to lobby the administration to raise

academic standards for athletes. 2. Work harder to encourage the administration to

divert resources from large resource-consuming programs (e.g., hockey, football) to

smaller athletic programs where Colgate is more likely to compete for recruits and

where the University has a better chance to be athletically successful. 3. Support the

faculty letter suggesting revised academic guidelines for athletes.

100% do it again!

Absolutely play a sport at Colgate again. I would like to think I would have studied

harder - but that had nothing to do with athletics and everything to do with social

motivations.

Absolutely play soccer! Such a HUGE part of my Colgate experience.

Again participate in my varsity sport (if it still existed!) and enjoy the benefits afforded

in a Colgate academic and athletic experience.

Attend a co-educational Colgate and participate in freshman sports and intramurals as I

did during my Colgate years.

Attend and play both sports and two of my children did likewise at Colgate. We all

received a great education and a great athletic experience.

Attend athletic events as I did, and try my hand at participating in intramural sports.

Attend Colgate

Attend Colgate again and play softball.

Attend Colgate, and support the academic and athletic excellence. Experience the

fraternity leadership , appreciate Chapel attendance, and learn more from the required

core curriculum, taught by superior faculty.

Attend more games!

Attend more sporting events to support my friends more.

Attend some events as a spectator and maximize my participation in academic and

cultural activities.

Be a student athlete again. The lessons of grueling training in order to get desired

results, balancing academic and athletic demands, and competitive win or lose

experiences has made me into a stronger performer and leader in all aspects of life.

Be an athlete and a scholar.

Be better dedicated to the athletic side; less laissez-faire.

Be even more involved in sports to make friends

Be more actively involved in the arts and/or athletics.

Be more involved in all aspects of campus life.

Be more involved in athletics

Be more involved in athletics and Greek life.

Be more involved in fitness and sports activities. A well-rounded college graduate

should be strong intellectually and physically.

Be more involved in Outdoor Education.

Be the most blessed person ever born.

Become a Rhodes Scholar.

Been more active in athletics at Colgate; not on the varsity teams per se, but in some

form or another.

Branch out much earlier than I did (sophomore fall), and embrace the Colgate culture of

the past sooner than I did (i.e. outreach, summer research, Student Lecture Forum - may

no longer exist :(, and Experimental Theater).

Not change anything. I was proud of my own academic achievements as well as the

accomplishments of my athletic friends both on and off their respective fields.

Change nothing

change nothing

change nothing

Change nothing

change nothing

change nothing

Change nothing

Change nothing

change nothing

change nothing

Change nothing on the athletics side but I would have tried to get involved in more

non-athletic groups/activities or learning experiences. Looking back, I should have

probably focused a little more on academics but I feel that coming out of Colgate as a

D1 Athlete has opened a lot of doors for me when it comes to getting a job.

Change nothing!

Change NOTHING!

Change nothing, crew was wonderful. I only did it for a year because it was so

involved and a three-season sport and I wanted to involve myself with other activities

and it was very dominating, which I why I didn't do it all four years.

Change nothing.

Change nothing.

Change nothing.

Change nothing.

Change nothing.

Change nothing.

Change nothing. I had a terrific experience at Colgate as both a student and an athlete

Change nothing. The choices I made during my time at Colgate made me who I am

now and I am grateful for that.

Change nothing. Colgate was the best decision I ever made

Change nothing. Colgate, for the class of 1967, was a total college experience

conducted by the students, not dictated by administrators and faculty as it is today. The

college management see themselves as "all-knowing" and thus feel they should control

every facet of not only student life (both on and off campus), but also the surrounding

town of Hamilton.

Change nothing. I loved it. I wanted to be around smart people who appreciated

athletics. I am proud of Colgate's heritage. Please don't turn it into an "Arts" school. I

say this as person who played in bands at Colgate and continue to play in community

bands. I am not anti-arts. I just don't want Colgate to try to become Smith College.

There is plenty of room for both kinds of universities. Go 'Gate!!!!

Change nothing. I was part of the crew team for my freshman year and dropped it after

that in order to try more varied activities on campus and improve my grades. Not

everyone needs or wants to go down that path.

Change nothing. I'm so glad I chose to be involved in both music and football at

Colgate, and that I maintained an equal commitment to academic excellence. I learned

to adapt to my environment and get along with lots of different people, and to deal with

conflict and negotiate compromises. These abilities have served me well as a CEO, and

I wouldn't trade them for the world.

Change very little.

Cherish every single day.

choose a college that is able to balance both athletics and academics

Choose a different school

Choose Colgate and compete as a varsity athlete it formed me as a strong team player

and leader.

Choose Colgate--GO Gate '58

Colgate has a unique balance of academics and athletics. Finding and maintaining that

balance is never easy. Open dialogue between the athletics department and faculty is

important to maintaining this. Provided the goal is balance, I think Colgate will remain

a unique destination and provide a rich college experience

Colgate should put less money towards football and more towards basketball. The

basketball teams have a chance to make the NCAA tournament every year given the

weak Patriot League. Just one successful run in the tournament would do 100x more

for school prestige and recruiting than football will ever do.

Commit the same amounts of time to both academics and athletics.

Concentrate more on academics.

Concentrate more on both academics and athletics and less on social distractions.

Consider a different university. At the time I attended, Colgate Football was a Major

Independent in Division 1A. Although reclassification to 1AA occurred during my

senior year at no fault of the University at the time, the continued reduced emphasis of

athletics at Colgate has been extremely discouraging. I do not see why Colgate does

not strive to be the best both academically and athletically on par with other schools

such as Stanford, Vanderbilt, Duke, Rice, etc

Consider expanding my involvement in athletics.

Continue the "whole man" concept so essential to producing leaders in our society.

Continue the participation in both the athletics and academics as I did in under graduate

years.

Continue with the idea of developing the whole person-centered on academics and

complimented by involvement in student government, fraternity activities, volunteer

work, etc.

Cut more classes; I only missed two classes in four years

dedicate more time to studying, the same amount of time to football and campus-related

extracurricular pursuits and less time doing things that weren't constructive to my

development in one of those 3 things

De-emphasize the importance if athletic programs at Colgate. Too much money and

energy are devoted to something not core to an allegedly first rank institution of higher

learning.

Definitely be a swimmer again. Hopefully I would also pick a major before junior year

also.

Definitely be an student-athlete. It was one of the greatest experiences of my life.

Definitely be on the cheer team; it made my Colgate experience.

Definitely make Colgate athletics a part of my Colgate experience.

Definitely participate in athletics. It gave me an opportunity to meet others and visit

other colleges. It provided a focus and relief from the academic pursuits. I am still

involved in an academic profession and coach sports as well. Without the background

Colgate provided both academically and athletically I would not be able to pursue my

current career path.

Demand better faculty.

Discuss my athletic schedule in depth with my professors at the beginning of each

semester.

Do a pep rally in class.

Do absolutely the same thing. It was the best 4 years of my life

Do almost everything the same!!

Do almost the same thing I did last time. Maybe I would add cross country.

do as I did and focus on my academics

Do as I did.

Do everything exactly the same!

Do everything the same as I did then.

Do everything the same!!! I love Colgate.

Do everything the same, but encourage other athletes to pursue opportunities outside of

sports.

Do everything the same.

Do everything the same. My whole experience at Colgate was great- athletics and

academics included. Students have plenty of free time- they just need to prioritize.

Athletics are a big commitment that no-one is forcing students to make. It is a choice.

Do everything the same as it relates to the balancing of academics and athletics.

Do exactly the same. I think asking alumni who are not on the campus to make

judgments on this issue skews the results of the survey.

Do exactly as I did. Quit big-sport teams and focus on the academics, find other sports

to play which were fun and less demanding and stressful.

Do exactly the same thing.

Do exactly the same.

Do exactly the same.

Do exactly what I did during my time at Colgate. I had a very positive experience

balancing athletics and academics. I would not change a thing about my experience.

Also, I had many friends outside of athletics. In fact, 3 out of my 4 years at Colgate I

lived with non-athlete students.

Do exactly what I did upon entering Colgate.

Do exactly what I did. Academics and athletics belong together at Colgate. My

fraternity life did more to hurt my academics than did sports.

Do exactly what I did. I loved playing tennis for Colgate. The season was half the year;

the commitment was manageable.

do it again

Do it again

Do it again in a heartbeat! Colgate will always be my second home, and I will always

donate annually to the programs that helped develop me into the woman I am today.

Do it again, but I would do it differently and better! I would take more math and

computer science courses because I now have the belief in myself that I didn't have at

that age, AND find a way to win more than one Patriot League Championship!

Do it again.

Do it all again

Do it all again! I loved representing Colgate in athletic competitions.

Do it all over again

Do it all over again and not change anything. The life lesson that a student athlete is

taught are very important. The ability to manage your time effectively is what is

valuable in the real world. As a hiring manager I know that employers really look at

what activities a person participated in during college, because it shows how effectively

the can manage time.

Do it all over again:) @ Colgate!!!

Do it all the same! I loved it!

Do it exactly as I did--play sport, join a sorority, make lifelong friends, and get a

fantastically well-rounded education that set me up for long-term success in life. The

academic portion of my education was important, but it wasn't the ONLY part of my

education. All of the things above were important in making me who I am today, and I

thank Colgate for that balanced experience. Please don't change the culture that allows

for students to be nurtured on all of these levels.

do it exactly the same

Do it exactly the same

Do it exactly the same

Do it exactly the same as I did 35 years ago.

Do it exactly the same way!

Do it exactly the same way. Never regretted one moment, and in retrospect, celebrate

them all today!

Do it exactly the same.

Do it exactly the same.

Do it exactly the same.

Do it exactly the same.

Do it exactly the same. The experiences that I went through both up and down the Hill

have helped mold me into the person that I am today. I would not be where I am in my

career if it was not for the hard work and dedication that I learn both on the field and in

the classroom. When I tell people that I went to Colgate University, their faces spark

up and pay attention because of the great academic reputation the school has; but they

are also amazed when I tell them that I was also a varsity athlete. Everything about

Colgate has made me into the person that I am today and there would not be anything I

would have changed, except maybe winning a few more games.

Do it exactly the same. I loved my time on the crew team at Colgate - it taught me

lessons I could never expect to achieve in the class room. And vice versa - my

professors were supportive of our efforts and I grew academically under their tutelage.

do it just the same

Do it over. sounds like Yogi Berra-ism. What I mean is it was that mix of academics,

athletics, extra-curricular, and social that made the Colgate experience both memorable

and valuable. I didn't need - or want - faculty to tell me how I should do that.

Do it the exact same way.

Do it the exact same. Miss the good 'ole days.

Do it the same

Do it the same exact way in a heartbeat, because it was one of the best experiences of

my life.

do it the same way

Do it the same way

Do it the same way.

Do it the same way.

Do it the same way. Colgate allowed me to focus on education and play D1 football (at

the time, true D1) and gain admittance to law school immediately after college.

Do it the same.

Do it the same.

Do it the same.

Do it the same. I was glad I didn't participate on a sports team, but I am glad I made

the effort to make friends with all groups of people, including those who played

athletics.

Do it the same. My only regret (and I was an under-grad phys. ed. instructor for 3

years) was that Mark Randall was unable to initiate the rowing program whilst I was at

the 'gate. I trust my comments will add to the discussion. Best wishes.

Do just as i did. Two sports teams, chemistry major (math minor) and sorority.

do just what I did

Do more athletics :)

Do more athletics as it didn't impact my academics.

Do more of everything.

Do my part to encourage more students to participate in intramural sports and de-

emphasize the varsity sports that take too much time and distort the priority, which

should be on academics.

Do nothing different.

Do nothing different. Participation in sports teaches just as much about relationships

problem solving and setting and teaching goals than one could ever get in a single

academic course. We should encourage participation at all levels

Do nothing differently!

Do nothing differently.

do the same

do the same

Do the same all over again!

do the same thing

Do the same thing that I did at Colgate. I was happy with my Colgate education and

athletic career.

Do the same thing with regards to my involvement in athletics. I would have changed

my involvement in non-athletic extra-curricular activities, as well as which academic

courses I had taken.

Do the same thing, but try to get to know professors better and take more variety of

classes.

Do the same thing.

Do the same thing.

Do the same thing. I received 7 varsity letters, scored 96 percentile in my LSATs, was

accepted at Duke Law school and was president of our senior honor society at Colgate.

I still have my own law firm, served in the US Congress for 12 years, was appointed by

Pres Bush & Pres Clinton to cabinet level positions & later became CEO of NY Stock

Exchange Company because I was balanced and disciplined. Student athletes learn

balance and discipline.

do the same thing….you learn a lot about life on the athletic field that in some cases is

more useful than what is learned in the classroom!!!

Do the same things.

Do the same!

Do the same, except in my freshman and sophomore years when I'd not take some

classes seriously enough. But the resulting grades woke me up for the rest of my life,

starting with Dean's List for Jr and Sr years.

Do the same

do the same--I'm not an athlete and so still would not have participated in sports

Do the very same participation.

Do things just as I did them by balancing academics and athletics.

DO THINGS THE SAME!!

Done it the same. I stopped playing football my junior year. The relationships I formed

with my team mates and the mental ability to be able to wake up 6am to lift weights or

study for a final while my non-student athletes recovered from a hangover allowed me

to thrive in investment banking.

Eliminate varsity level athletics, eliminate scholarships. Fire all the coaches, have the

students as competitive as they can be - on the club level.

Embark upon the exact same journey that taught me so much about life and my own

capabilities.

Encourage my professors to speak up sooner about this growing problem.

Enjoy all the benefits of athletic and academic life while attending Colgate.

Ensure that Colgate continues to attract and admit the most talented students, including

athletes, musicians, debaters, and scholars to create the most dynamic student body

possible.

Ensure that education and academics is never diminished or encroached by athletics.

Exactly the same as I did it 60+ years ago! However, to the extent possible, I would

avoid courses taught by anti-athletic professors.

Find an athletic and academic match. I transferred to Colgate after being the best in my

team at USC. That program offered far less balance than Colgate did.

Focus less on my social life and more on academics. And I would focus more on my

music.

Focus more on academics.

Focus more on my academic career and not my athletic career. The faculty have

complained that athletics is taking over academics. I really think you need to look at the

coaches as the crux of this problem. I especially felt this my senior year, where my

coach was disappointed in me that I missed some of practice due to biology labs twice a

week. These labs were required for my senior thesis and he didn't seem to understand

that.

Focus more on outside activities (aside from track) in order to have a more well-

rounded Colgate experience. There was no time for extracurricular activities- only track

and class.

Focus my attention of physical fitness and take advantage of the beautiful surroundings

and play only on intermural teams for the social interaction so that my academics

would not suffer.

Focus on both sports and academics as i did the first time.

focus on the intellectual opportunities offered at Colgate

focus only on intramural athletics and concentrate on academic and social life

From the benefit of hindsight I would try to do a better at managing my time between

academics and sports so that I would have been able to take a number of courses that I

have regretted to this day not taking. It is funny but I have equally fond memories of

both athletic & academic experiences -- and for that I would not change a thing!

Get involved in some sort of athletic or fitness-related clubs or teams at Colgate. The

development of the whole person is not merely intellectual, but also spiritual and

physical.

Get involved with more people and opportunities in BOTH academics and athletics!

GO COLGATE!

Go out for more sports even if I didn't make the team. I always did best fall semester

when I was involved in soccer.

Go somewhere else.

Go somewhere warmer with better sports.

Go to a cheap school with good academics. The whole concept of it being worthwhile

spending so much money on college to get ahead is coming to an end.

Go to a college where the focus was not on athletics.

Go to a less rural, less Greek, less athletically-oriented college with interesting people.

Go to another University where there was more diversity in the faculty's political

preferences.

Go to class more often. I would play cards more often

Go to Colgate and do it all over again. The good, the bad - all of it. I wouldn't change

my experience for anything

Go to Colgate, live in a fraternity and get to know some athletes, excel in academics,

attend DI contests, and have a rewarding, successful career---just as it is now.

Go to more games or meets to support my athlete friends.

Go to more games!

Go to more hockey games (I missed a few - not many!)

Go to the gym more.

Gone to a co-ed school. Colgate was not co -Ed when I graduated.

Have a survey that included more choices for responding when not in favor of the

Have added soccer to the mix!

Have asked for help when I needed it. Aside from that, NOT A SINGLE THING!

Have attended more athletic activities to support my peers who were on a variety of

teams. I would've also taken advantage of more academic courses, as some of the

classes I chose were because they were seen as "easy" for athletes

have attended more athletic events

Have attended more games as a student fan! I don’t think I ever went to a lacrosse

game, maybe only saw a few soccer games. Our family tries to go to as many Colgate

athletic events as we can in our area, and I realized I missed out on that as a student.

Have been 3 inches taller so I could have made the basketball team.

have been a student athlete as I was

have been MORE active in athletics

Have been more involved in athletics. Really.

Have been more involved when Colgate decided to give up the baseball program. Ivy

League schools have many more varsity sports than Colgate. They seem to maintain

their academic excellence without a problem.

Have been more vocal against this anti-athletics attitude that has pervaded the faculty.

Have changed nothing. I lived everyday for its most and feel none student athletes live

in gray twilight

Have Colgate participate in the D3 NESCAC where it is a better fit with its peers

Have competed on the golf team

have completed a full 4 years wrestling rather than just two.

have dedicated more time to my athletic efforts at Colgate

Have done a better job educating 63 faculty around campus that athletics, especially at

a D-1 level, offer their own course "lesson plan" for helping students learn and develop

in a manner consistent with the values & goals of a Colgate degree

have done more intramural sports

Have focused more on athletics.

Have focused more on my athletic career and not concerned myself with those

professors who were inhibitors in this.

Have found the correct balance of athletics, academics and social earlier in my Colgate

career. This is something that cannot be dictated by faculty. It must be self discovered.

Have gone to a completely different university.

Have gone to a different college--One that placed more value on academics

Have gone to class more, which has nothing to do with athletics. In fact athletics

seemed to keep u more focused and maintain a rigid schedule.

Have gone to more games.

Have gotten a tennis scholarship to Colgate and picked up a book now and then.

Have gotten involved earlier in the arts sooner. But I am glad that I did get involved.

Have gotten more involved in extra-curricular activities, attended more games, and

been more of a Colgate Red Raider. I would not say that I would have spent more time

studying. I did that and my grades were excellent. I just wish I had been more

involved.

Have gotten myself in better physical shape so that I could have been part of an athletic

team - something that builds character, understanding how to set priorities, leadership

and, well you get my drift.

Have implored the baseball coach to find two more pitchers out via west coast alumni

networks. A winning season in the early 90s could have saved the program.

Have increased my involvement with athletics. Playing a team sport required discipline,

physical conditioning, and offered the opportunity to build wonderful memories and

close relationships with teammates. To a large degree, the kindness and support from

Coach Beyers was the catalyst which fueled my academic success. At 65, thanks to my

exposure athletics, I am fit as a fiddle. Did my academics suffer? In spite of my

exposure to athletics, I somehow managed to complete a masters and a doctorate in

clinical psychology.

Have joined the Colgate Men's Waterpolo team as a freshman instead of a Sophomore.

Have joined the golf team and that is a minimum of a 6 hour commitment each round or

practice!!!!

Have known that I would not continue with my sport prior to going to Colgate and

would have explored all the other options even more. I lived with hockey players whose

priorities were not academic and I wish I could have persuaded them to focus more on

academics - that is what will count in the long run.

Have liked to attend more varsity sports competitions, but I found time constraints

studying and participating in other student activities.

Have made a better effort to interact with non-athlete students.

have made fraternities less important

Have made some different choices in my professional career. I don't think this applies

to me.

Have married a Colgate football player!

Have minored in History. Won 2 more Patriot League championships. And stayed for a

5th year because I miss Colgate so much.

have no recruitment for sports, only for academics and arts and all sports would be

heavily invested in having fun and learning to play hard together, intra- and extra-

mural.

Have not changed a thing.

Have not played hockey.

Have organized my time a lot better.

Have paid more attention when the killed the baseball program. I regret not having

voiced my objection. By the time I found out about it, it was a fait accompli.

Have participated in intramural sports

Have participated more in academic clubs focused on my concentrations during my

freshman and sophomore years.

Have played a little more, and worked a little less. I was too serious a student.

Have played a varsity sport. I believe I would have done better at academics with a

larger commitment to a sport. Like in high school, athletics forces you to get your

work done and there is less time for partying!

Have played intramural ball.

Have played more intramurals in addition to the varsity sport experience

Have played soccer instead of wrestling. However I would have been involved in

athletics for as long as I could be. I know many people who were non-athletes who

allowed outside activities to take precedence over studies. The suggestion that a person

allows this to happen because that person is an athlete is wrong in my opinion

Have practiced harder in high school so I could play intercollegiate sports.

Have probably played a varsity sport as now, looking back, I realize that I could have

handled the academic workload. When I entered Colgate, I wasn’t sure that I could.

Have pushed myself harder academically but remained active in my extra curriculars.

Time management is key

Have put on my application that I was interested in playing a varsity sport instead of

struggling to adjust to a less structured, more sedentary lifestyle without athletics my

first year at Colgate. Thank goodness for the crew team's novice program!!

Have reported all the threats and intimidation by athletes to the Dean and if necessary

to the police. Many in the 1980s got a free ride.

Have run cross country.

Have run track.

Have skipped all those stupid games and gone to more of the plays and concerts and

actually learned something about humanity.

Have sought out the more obscurely promoted events.

Have spent more time cultivating the relationships I had with other students. In my

opinion the true value of a liberal arts education is not gained from professor to student

interaction, but rather from student to student interaction.

Have spent more time focusing on academics and I would have studied something I

was passionate about and that genuinely interested me.

Have spent more time studying and focusing on starting a career and less time on the

other aspects of life at Colgate.

Have stopped my involvement when I did, I became a much more engaged with the

Colgate community, however athletics did allow me to make amazing friends and

taught me life skills I otherwise may not have learned.

Have studied harder and been more involved with athletics.

Have studied harder at Colgate!!!

Have studied harder, but little of that has to do with Athletics. For me, the party culture

was more of a problem.

Have studied more and I wished I had a set schedule of study hall like the athletes

Have studied more and played less. My GPA reflected to work I put into studying.

Have taken a (hopefully constructive) gap year to learn a little more about the world

than just what I learned in the grade school and high school classroom.

Have taken athletes more seriously. I kinda thought they were dumb then, but now I

think they were an important and often funny part of the Colgate Cocktail.

have taken less sociology classes, because all of the football players take sociology

classes and the professors give them way too much leeway; it detracted from the

courses

Have taken the initiative to meet with this particular faculty or the academic dean to see

if this clear bias on their part could somehow be changed. Obviously some of these

same perceptions exist today.

Have tried out for one of the teams. It would have added focus and a sense of

achievement to my experience.

Have tried out for softball.

Have tried to be more engaged in campus activities aside from my athletic

commitment.

Have tried to be more involved in physical fitness activities at Colgate

Have tried to do better with my academics, but that would have entailed greater

personal maturity, and that's just not who I was at the time.

Have tried to take ore advantage of ALL Colgate had to offer both academically and

athletically.

Have won the Patriot League Championship.

Have worked harder in both fields.

Have worked harder to make the Lacrosse team.

Hindsight bias. My life is great, if it wasn’t I might feel differently one way or the

other, but that doesn’t mean anything.

Hire some new faculty.

Honestly, I probably would have transferred. I wanted to play Division 1 soccer, but I

was so unhappy as a part of the team that I wanted to quit, but I couldn't because I

would lose my financial aid package. If I could have kept my financial aid, I would

have left the team and focused more on my academics, and probably joined Outdoor

Education, which seemed like a friendlier and more academically committed group of

people. The things I liked the least about athletics at Colgate was that there was an

overwhelming pressure to participate in the alcoholic and initiation culture, which in

my experience was degrading and unnecessary.

hope that "my Colgate" still exists and that the College doesn't decide to become

intellectually supercilious (to repeat a term I used earlier)

Hope that Colgate continues its academic and athletic prowess.

I absolutely would.

I am a President's Club member in perpetuity and believe that athletics are over

emphasized.

I am quite content with where I am now. I most appreciate an environment that

encourages lifelong learning. I have benefited enormously from that ethos. Tolerance

for missing a class or exam or handing in a paper late erodes that environment and does

not reflect the operating procedures of the world of work.

I am satisfied with my experience.

I am totally opposed to football scholarships. Living in Columbus, OH one can see

what emphasis on football did to coach careers and school reputation.

I can only say that if this is what Colgate is coming to liberal professors with too much

influence/power, I will cease giving to Colgate as I have done since graduating in 1966.

Our faculty is a most prized treasure! If they are feeling what they have expressed, then

there has to be some semblance of truth to what they petitioned (perhaps not entirely

but some). I would dare say they are expressing the thoughts of other students to

include student athletes. I suspect no one is saying get rid of athletics en masse - just

that there could be some changes to insure we don't have it skewed too far one way. If

I was Colgate Administration I would applaud the 63 - insure they are appreciated for

their courage and love of Colgate and desire to make it a better place yet! Sixty-three is

a very large number - no one at Colgate can deny that. Embrace the 63 and insure their

voices are heard. Something great can come out of this! I am not sure why we would

not include the perspective of faculty when writing new regulations?

I can't think of anything! My coaches were so understanding, I picked the classes I

wanted, I practiced on my own if I needed to, etc.

I didn't participate in formal athletics.

I maybe would have tried to stick it out with varsity lacrosse. I wish I had focused on

doing better academically.

I was happy to accomplish what I did freshman year with Varsity Swimming, but I

chose to quit after the season because the time/energy commitment was too intense and

did not allow me to get the full college experience that I envisioned for myself (friends,

other extra-curricular activities, time for studies, traveling abroad).

i was not a student athletes so the questions s not relevant

I was not involved in athletics and was happy with it as such.

I was not on any athletic teams at Colgate! and still would. to be. I would have studied

harder, though:-)

I wasn't a student athlete. This question doesn't make sense.

I wish I could do it all again. For me and many of my teammates, if Colgate was a

NESCAC or similar school we would not have attended. this is not an indictment of

any of these schools, but instead an endorsement for the special opportunity Colgate

afforded me in competing at a high level athletically (which is why I chose over the

above type school), while at the same time offering a challenging and excellent

education.

I would do it over the same way.

I would do it over. It was the most exciting four years of my life. I loved it.

I would do it pretty much the same.

I would do the same things, and hope that the administrative could improve the "core

academic programs" which were a waste of time and my parents' money, which was

limited

I would go to Colgate and participant in sports AND academics at a high level---go

gate in the classroom and in the gym and field

I would have attended a school where i could get depth in my intended major to be

better prepared for the real world and to have a school I could internet thorough for a

job.

I would have been born later so that I could have competed. Title IX was too late for

me!

I would have been more supportive of the athletic teams not just my own.

I would have liked a campus that emphasized learning more, rather than a social life

and athletics.

I would have persevered on the women's soccer team.

I would have played soccer and got better grades.

I would have tried harder to make the ice hockey team's travel squad, and pursued

soccer for more than 2 years.

I would never have accepted the scholarship to play women's lacrosse at Colgate. The

coaching staff treated us like dirt, never understood the academic pressure we were all

under, never allowed us to enjoy our time on the field as a refuge from the classroom.

Athletics added much more stress than academics and I came to Colgate for an

education. These coaches and the AD that oversees the Department should be FIRED.

I would not change a thing.

As an alumna I'm consistently disappointed with Colgate faculty. Although they are

accomplished academics, they are the largest hindrance to a well-rounded modern

Colgate. We cannot become a top 10 institution with their out of touch opinions. They

are out of line.

I would NOT change if I were to do over

I would participate more in athletic programs, formal or not.

I would. And I'd try to apportion my time a little better.

I wouldn't change a thing.

I wouldn't change anything; I enjoyed all four years there, and have been back to

campus numerous times.

I wouldn't do anything differently. I enjoyed my time on the track team (both winter

and spring seasons), but realized (along with the coaches) that I should focus on other

activities and studies. I never felt that the athletic program infringed upon my course

work.

I wouldn't have changed anything about my involvement in Cheerleading. I tried out

for Cheer during April Visit Days and the social support/family atmosphere from the

team strongly supported my decision to choose Colgate. It provided so many resources

to me over the years having older girls to go to when I needed help for anything ranging

from selecting classes and managing my work to studying abroad or social issues. I

was even captain my senior year which took even more time from me. Being on the

Cheerleading team for all 4 years taught me a lot about time management.

I wouldn't I loved the whole thing every mistake and every success made me a better

man today

I wouldn't.

If I could do it again, I would do the same thing. play a varsity sport for four years,

have a successful academic experience at Colgate, have a great work experience and

retire at age 51, and a fantastic family life with an amazing wife (we met at work). No

complaints here and all of the experiences prepared for life. that is what college is all

about.

If I could do it all over again, I would have done the same used my extra time to protest

the Viet Nam War.

If I could do it all over again, I would not change much. Colgate provided the platform

for a good education and provided good non-academic experience (including athletics)

as well.

If I could do it over I would have spent more time in studying and less time socializing.

If I could do it over, I would go to Colgate and try to swim for 4 years. I think, with

good communication among athletes, coaches and professors, it is possible to do both

without sacrificing the quality of education or athletics. Right now, however, I believe

there are excessive practice demands put on student athletes. This culture of

"overwork" begins in youth sports and continues through college.

If I could do it over, I would have played football - the sport for which I was recruited

but declined to go forward with.

in a heartbeat.

insist that all students are equal and should not receive 'grants' beyond their financial

needs. I would urge our administration to study the programs of Vassar College and

Hamilton College to learn why we have failed to meet their high standing. I would

urge parents to read the New York Times article on presidential salaries.

Insist that no special preference be given to athletes.

join the fencing and sailing teams

joined the rowing team in my freshman year instead of my sophomore year.

Keep focus on academics!

keep the present balance between athletics and academics Both attract the finest

students,

Last time I checked, Colgate is a non-scholarship athletic recruiting school Has that

changed?

Learn to make better use of my time right from the beginning rather than take two years

to figure it out.

Leave it as is. The faculty letter offers no data showing that athletic participation is

harming academic performance. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Let this issue be handled between the individual student-athlete and his/ her professors.

I graduated over 25 years ago so things have clearly changed since I was there.

Let's face it, I'm a klutz. I could never have made it onto any competitive sports team at

Colgate. But I lived with football players my freshman year and I was very favorably

impressed by them.

lighten up and enjoy myself.

Made friends outside of the crew team because it was very socially isolating to only

know my team and have no escape when the dynamics changed for the worse under bad

leadership.

made more of an effort to promote the outstanding life experience that being a student-

athlete at Colgate provides.

Maintain the healthy balance and be proud of it.

Make an effort to remove certain faculty members from any position of authority

Make closer friends and engage in more activities.

make most varsity sports, if not all, D III.

make no change with regard to my status as an academic and athlete at Colgate.

Make sure I did everything to the best of my ability -- including athletics.

make sure my team was better funded so that we had the ability to compete as well

athletically as we did academically.

make sure sure I took a writing class B4 entering college.

make the same athletic choices and believe that athletics is a key part of the Colgate

culture. I fully support involvement in Division I athletics.

maybe try to play on the golf team (be involved in athletics MORE)

most definitely run track for Colgate again.

My academic and athletic success came after I graduated Colgate.

Never again schedule Syracuse in football or basketball, no matter what the

tradition.lamb to slaughter scenario

never have pledged a fraternity.

Never let any professor know that I was an athlete.

not be an athlete because it was too much of a time commitment. But I don't regret the

experiences I did have.

Not be in a fraternity. Frats were a bigger problem keeping one in group that was self

indulgent.

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not change a thing about my athletic and academic experience at Colgate. My four

years were the best I've had to date, and I find myself longing to go back in time.

not change a thing about my experience at Colgate. I worked hard in the classroom and

worked hard at supporting my college on the athletic field as a fan. Top flight

competition in ALL aspects of my Colgate experience made me better prepared for life

after Colgate.

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not change a thing. I was varsity athlete and a Philosophy & Religion major. I enjoyed

both. I lived in two different worlds at times, but I don't expect any amount of social

engineering will ever change that --and don't think anyone should try

not change a thing. Colgate gave me the opportunity to be an athlete on club sports, be

highly involved in Intramurals and get a great education. To limit or eliminate athletic

opportunities because of a faculty with an agenda would be extremely detrimental to

the University.

not change a thing. I thoroughly enjoyed playing intramurals year-round and bonding

with my teammates. Granted, it was nowhere near the time commitment that varsity

athletes devoted to their sports, but having had friends on multiple teams, the only issue

I heard of dealt with certain professors who wouldn't win any jock strap awards (i.e.

they provided no athletic support). Having served as a student rep on the Committee on

Athletics, I know that the faculty already have a voice in determining the role of

athletics on campus since professors served on the committee as well. So while I

respect many of the professors who signed the letter, I believe what they are asking for

is misguided. The tools are already in place to make a difference should the need be

warranted. Creating yet another committee is simply a waste of time and resources.

Not change a thing. However, Dr. Farnsworth would be flabergasted to learn that I

earned two masters degrees, taught economics at the US Naval , and published a book.

I guess pigs do fly once in a while.

not change a thing. I feel I got a well rounded education and had a successful business

career.

not change a thing. I had the privilege to go to Dartmouth or Yale in addition to Colgate

University and I chose Colgate because I felt that I would be able to have the best of

both worlds - a strong academic program and a budding athletic program. Colgate was

never my intended first choice but after my official visit and meeting with some

professors I was convinced - hence I have never looked back once on my decision to be

a Colgate student-athlete.

not change a thing. I participated in hockey, Colgate 13, Glee Club and Chapel Choir. I

was busy but happy. The Colgate friends I have now (50 years later) are predominantly

from these extra-curricular groups.

not change a thing. My experience was wonderful.

not change any of the decisions that I made.

Not change anything

not change anything about my involvement with athletics.

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not change anything. My experience at Colgate as a student and an athlete was a great

experience and has served me well in my personal life and business career.

Not change anything. Academics & athletics both contribute to life experience.

not change anything. Colgate University is a great school for academics and athletics.

Both can be achieved successfully and have been for the past decades without fail. It

would be a real shame for a handful of disgruntled faculty members ruin the experience

that thousands of students share during their four years. Athletics is more than just

playing a sport, it teaches discipline, hard work, leadership and most of all overcoming

adversity which will happen throughout one's life. Sometimes you never get these

components sitting in a classroom. As a former student-athlete that is in the workforce,

I am very thankful to have had the opportunity to play sports and learn from my

successes and failures to get where I am now. My competitive attitude is what has

given me an advantage over co-workers who give up when faced with adversity.

Not change anything. I would like to see the program continue to play at as high a level

to ensure the student athletes experience the life lesson skills they receive in sports.

not change anything. GO 'GATE!!!

not change anything--it was a great experience.

not change my participation in athletics at Colgate

not change one thing.

Not change the living situation that I had: Eaton Hall being a transfer with intramural

competition. When I joiined Phi Kappa Psi, I was next to athletes but they kept a

balance this was not 'jock culture' then.

not change the ratio of athletics to academics.

not change the relationship of Athletics to academics that I experienced at Colgate.

Not change anything.

not do a thing differently, except maybe take a geology class earlier. I also would have

kept my Milton book, which I sold back for drinking money. Stupid move, that. Look,

Colgate is an athletic place; it is part of the fabric of the University. There are creative

ways to balance the needs of a healthy athletic department, which can add to the

"value" of the school without alienating faculty. You need the right athletes, faculty

involvement and understanding, coaches dedicated to educating and graduating

students, and strong administration that is going to effectively mediate all these

relationships. Good luck, Colgate can do this.

not do anything differently, but my athletic involvement was limited. Athletics and

athletes should be supported but academics clearly should come first. Faculty should

be involved in ensuring that athletics does not interfere with academics but that does

not mean that athletics should necessarily be limited, especially where athletes are

successful in balancing the two. Some team activities may be too demanding; if so,

those activities should be scaled back.

Not do anything differently.

not do it any differently

Not get hurt

Not go downtown as much.

not go to colgate

Not go to COLGATE

not go to Colgate.

not have allowed my participation in athletics to promote acceptance into a fraternity.

not have been a hockey manager. The focus of my time there should have been directed

towards studying. However, this is a time when student begin to become adults. More

training on life skills should be offered so that students can grow as they pursue their

goals in life.

Not have changed a thing!

Not have changed anything

Not have changed anything. Except perhaps for telling that professor who threatened

me to just sit back and watch me excel in the class room. I chose Colgate because that

is what I wanted for my academic career and ultimate that is what I did.

Not have changed much. The thing I enjoyed most at Colgate, other than my friend in

my fraternity, was being a student athletic trainer. Although I was not playing on the

field, I still felt a great excitement and passion at all the games I attended, especially if

someone was hurt, and it was my time to perform. I really felt like I was doing

something important helping the players that were injured.

I bet my academics did suffer, because I did spend so much time on the road, leaving

me less time to study. In the big scheme of things I don't know that it really mattered, I

have been successful in my career and the education I received at Colgate helped me to

get where I am today.

Not have done anything differently with the exception of not joining a fraternity. My

lacrosse/academic balance was where it needed to be to ensure I was successful at both.

The fraternity was terrible and was a hindrance to my success.

not have injured my knee my Sophomore year so I could have finished my athletic

career at Colgate!

not have let my professors know that I played football.

not have participated in athletics.

not have quit playing my senior year and worked harder at my studies (this had nothing

to do with athletics, just my immaturity as a person)

not have used my advanced placement credits to finish a semester early so I could have

been on campus my senior spring, been with my friends, taken a few more history

classes, and played lacrosse.

not join a fraternity , play intramural only and try to be a better student and take

advantage of academics much more.

not participate in athletics

Not take life so seriously.

not waste my time worrying over how my years were spent; what's done is done. I had

the opportunity to do whatever and however I needed to make the most of my time at

Colgate.

NOTHING

Nothing different as it relates to my experience in athletics

Nothing. I learned as much from my teams as I did in the classroom. In fact, the need to

learn to juggle time and responsibility to a team has served me far better in the work

place than any reading of Shakespeare ever has.

Over emphasis on athletics. Athletics takes precedence over many other things on

campus. I think the focus at Colgate should be a more inclusive constructive campus

environment instead of isolated groups. Honestly, this is a pervasive problem for all of

college athletics. What happened to the day where average students could just walk on

to play casually for the school? Having student athletes at Colgate is a farce and I am

tired of watching the athletic department run the show.

play more sports

participate again in the swimming program; with today's training and medical

knowledge, I'd also be somewhat better at the sport!

Participate even more in intramural athletics, attend more varsity events, and remember

that academics come first.

participate in athletics all year round. I performed better in school when I had athletics

to help manage my time.

Participate in athletics and ask for the list of 88 professors who signed the letter so I

could avoid their courses.

Participate in athletics, excel in academics and change nothing about my Gate

experience.

Participate in even more extracurricular activities. ( I was an honor student.)

Participate in more athletic events

Participate in one sport- and sacrifice other activities. Colgate should not offer athletic

scholarships.

participate in the same way I did. I was very active at Colgate and used my time well.

Participate more

Participate more in athletics when I was at Colgate.

participated more in Div 1 athletics and partied less and studied more.

party less Freshman year so I could have been a better athlete.

Pay even more attention to academics coupled with an even stronger dedication to my

athletic activities.

play a sport at the college level. After seeing the positive impact it has had on my

daughter who is on a D1 rowing team (U Miami), I can only imagine how much better

my Colgate experience would have been if I had participated on a sports team.

Play all three sports again and enjoy my 4 yrs at Colgate and all its academic

opportunities.

play both sports and enjoy all that Colgate had to offer.

play four years of volleyball instead of taking a semester abroad senior year. My coach

supported my decision to travel abroad even though I had been elected captain for the

coming season. The Athletic Department always made us feel that we were students

first and athletes second.

play more sports and read less liberal content controlled fabrication

play on the golf team all four years.

play sports with maybe slightly more intensity than intramural leagues demand; I'd

practice several hours a week, but athletics wouldn't consume my life.

play sports, study hard, engage in extra-curricular activities and participate as wholly in

the Colgate experience as possible.

Play tennis again. Sports and academics combined makes very well rounded and

adjusted citizens. Look at the Ivy Leagues. Yale won the NCAA Hockey tournament

last year. Harvard has won numerous Ivy titles in all its sports programs. Stanford was a

top five nationally ranked Division 1 football team this year. I don't hear anyone being

critical of their academic rigors. Maybe the professors who feel this way are too

insulated and should get our more!

Played more sports.

Pretty much do the same thing for me. Football helped me get into Colgate and receive

a fine education. That was because I came from a working-class family and was

relatively unsophisticated and an average athlete and Colgate for me was like going to

Harvard. My kids are a different story. They are exceptional with ACT scores at 34 and

all state athletic honors. They will seek admission to schools on a higher academic

platform with a more established brand. Sure. Colgate athletes have an average 3.2. But

in what? Sociology? The problem here is that the really exceptional athletes who are

scholars are going to the Ivy League or Stanford or Northwestern Duke ect. Colgate's

athletic pool is not as intellectually gifted so that the demands of athletics are magnified

in regard to the athletes' true ability to maximize their education. In the 1970s Colgate

had a more balanced approach with athletics. Was not nearly as big of a deal. Fred

Dunlop the ultimate ego introduced the era of placing a higher emphasis on athletic

excellence and competition. The balance has been getting out of whack ever since. The

faculty deserve to inform the athletic department in regard to new regulations but they

don't deserve to control the agenda entirely. There is merit to their concerns but they

will take advantage of it to try to achieve their own fantasy that they are teaching at

Williams. I would guard against that impulse.

Pretty much repeat what I experienced. Both the academics and athletics were what I

thought they would be. I believe it was a good mix.

Probably come into college with much better study habits and a stronger education

foundation.

probably make all the same mistakes

probably not do it any differently. However, I along with being a 4 year Letterman in

lacrosse, I also went out for varsity football and found it to be a different creature -

there was absolutely an air of difference between the football squad and the rest of the

Colgate community.

Probably want to join a club sports team or be more involved

Put more of my efforts towards raising funds for the performing arts. The performing

arts at Colgate are really struggling due to lack of proper funding, and I could have

helped change that.

reach out more to student-athlete classmates and break down the academic-athletic

barrier.

recognize that Colgate University experience clearly demonstrates the elements of

higher education that are associated with elite liberalism/progressivism and is intolerant

of any non-conformist behaviors in or outside the classroom.

Recruit for academic preparation / interest only.

Relax, and have more fun during my Colgate tenure. I can say this now, 40 years out.

During my Colgate years, I was a very serious and struggling student concerned about

making it into law school, as a result, I concentrated more on studiousness, and less on

fun and socializing. Looking back 40 years, I wish I had balanced it more, but things

have worked out well for me, and Colgate certainly played a positive role overall.

report to the police the football players and their alumni who harassed and threatened

me for my activities on behalf of Colgate women.

retain de-emphasis on intercollegiate sports. We have more in common with Cornell

than Duke

sacrificed more of my extracurricular and social life to earn a higher GPA. I found that

when I graduated I was excluded from certain jobs I wanted because I graduated with

below a 3.5.

search out someone (faculty, upper-class person, preceptor, mentor) to help me learn

how to study and improve my study habits. (I had none!) Also, I was weak on time

management; I should have sought out help in this area.

Show my professors just how valuable athletics are to the being a well-rounded student

at Colgate.

Show appreciation and sincere gratefulness more often.

sign up for both commitments in an instant.

Since I did not participate in varsity athletics I did not answer some of these survey

questions

skip soccor concentrate on glee club and sailing club and other non athletic activities.

Swimming was 24/7 and left chlorine circles for study but I loved Mark Randal

spend less time studying and more time doing other things. I lived in the library

spend more time chasing women and less time drinking

Spend more time getting to know people at Colgate better.

Spend more time letting the administration know how biased the professors where and

how I was unfairly penalized.

Spend more time with those professors whom I felt were dismissive of me because I

was an athlete. I believe breaking bread and doing outside of classroom activities can

break down those barriers.

start a hiking club

still combine academics and athletics.

still do both.

still go to colgate

still have been a student-athlete at Colgate.

still have gone to Colgate. I learned how to educate myself and learned to have an open

mind.

Still have played men's lacrosse, but put it in a better perspective. I let how I played or

practiced affect my moods and choices too much. I should have had more fun, but that

is the challenge - I had to be extremely competitive to play and play well, but I also

wish I'd stepped back and left some things on the field. But to be brief - I'd still have

played, but I would have headed to the library more often, instead of to a friend's house

to hang out. I wish I was more mature, but at 19, hanging out can be more fun than

going to the library.

still love it!

Still not do varsity athletics at Colgate.

still participate in athletics, it is a part of the whole Colgate experience

still participate in Varsity Lacrosse, but that was back in the 1970s. I am quite sure that

I wouldn't do it if I attended Colgate now. The tremendous time commitment required

these days just seems disproportionate to the mission of the school.

still play Men's Lacrosse. ten times out of ten. I was successful on the field and in the

classroom and I am very proud to have been a member of Colgate Men's Lacrosse as

well as a graduate of Colgate University.

still play rugby, run thirty miles a week, study, chase the opposite sex, and coach on the

side pretty balanced life all-in-all

still play sports and still go to Colgate.

Still play varsity volleyball.

Study engineering or hard sciences and keep the core program which I have found

extremely valuable in my personal and professional life. I majored in English because I

was mesmerized by Dr. Kiestler but my strength was elsewhere. I never bloomed as a

student until I pursued an MBA/CPA after a tour in the army. Colgate is a great place,

but overemphasizes athletics which I enjoyed immensely too much for my own good.

study harder, play less.

study harder.

Study harder.

study more

swim at Colgate and also work very hard at my academic endeavors to get the most out

of all that Colgate has to offer.

Take a page from many high schools: if you do not maintain a certain GPA, you'll be

suspended from the team until such time as your GPA is rectified. However, it is

incumbent upon the University's Faculty to understand the value of the athletic program

and how it provides visibility to the school. Any bias on the part of academic faculty

toward athletes and athletic program at Colgate will not be tolerated by the University.

take advantage of both.

Take advantage of even more athletic programs to support overall fitness, not just sport.

take advantage of everything that Colgate has to offer, both academically and

athletically.

Take greater advantage of the academic opportunities that were offered to me.

Take greater advantage of the classroom and peer-assisted learning environment.

Take more courses outside of my major and worked even harder in the gym.

Take more English lit, history and Philosophy.

Take more time to just enjoy it all.

take one season off and travel/study abroard

take the college to division 3; reallocate funds to student life initiatives

Taken better advantage of the athletic and academic opportunities at Colgate.

Tell my coach how much I hated him for making me feel irrelevant.

The Colgate I knew and its values do not exist anymore

the exact same way.

The exorbitant price of an undergraduate education should be for the development of

critical thinking and an awareness of our culture and other cultures not for participation

in athletics. The faculty are right.

The real sticking point from my standpoint was the set-asides for athletes. Yes, I

understand that the football team needs unfettered access to the weight room.

However, when they have special facilities that the rest of the students/alum paid for

and nobody else gets to use during the off hours that is unfair and contributes to an

unmerited sense of entitlement. You can extrapolate this comment to other teams and

other facilities that aren't available for general student usage during the off times.

This probably does not apply to me since I returned to Colgate after a temporary leave

married with a family

Today's problem, as did yesterday's, starts with the tenured professors !

try again to participate vigorously in both academics and athletics as well as all other

extra curricular activities.

Try and get the faculty who signed the petition fired

Try and participate more in non athletic events that were on campus such as lectures,

concepts etc

Try out for the official team rather than go E-C

try to be better at both. Amen.

try to play on an athletic team.

understand that the faculty(most) sit on their laurels and point to their students who

they do not have to teach and say whta a great teacher I am and are annoyed with the

students who need to take classes and may need a bit more instruction than the

wunderkinds

Urge Colgate to take seriously the letter from the tenured faculty.

want Colgate to maintain a high academic ( comparable to the Ivy League) and athletic

program which includes a competitive NCAA Division 1 schedule in most/all sports.

want more funding and focus on club sports and intramurals. Varisty athletics are by

nature exclusive and largely irrelevant to the lives of most Colgate students.

We spent time learning many athletic skills like golf and tennis, but were belittled if

poor at either. I did intramural sports as a representative of my fraternity. I would focus

more on women this time around.

Wealthy enough to not depend on athletic abilities to receive scholarship funds to

attend a great school like Colgate. Play sports for fun.

Well, if my father had to pay for it again, he would tell me to transfer to University of

Connecticut. It was just too frustrating limping to class every day and then seeing

others out on the playing fields. What's a good word for that: "Envy"?

Wish I was a bit more mature in College, focused a bit more on academics. But also

wished I had the resources to do well. That could mean study halls, better areas to

study, easy access and encouragement to TA's, or even access to better food at better

times So that it was one less thing for me to worry about Therefore freeing up more

time to focus on my academics and being more involved in everyday life at Colgate.

Wish to repeat my Colgate experience of my undergraduate days. However, the

environment of political correctness and faculty hostility to athletics and the

fraternity/sorority systems would not allow me to enjoy that experience at the Colgate

of today.

without a doubt, do it again! I love Colgate and loved playing soccer there. It was one

of the things I was most proud of.

Work a little harder at both academics and athletics

Work hard, play hard. Make friends and live in the moment. Be proud of who you are,

athlete or not.

work harder and more gently so as to be on the baseball team; I would be a more

mature student, therefore.

WORK HARDER IN BOTH AREAS

Work harder to be a better player !

Would have gone to Williams.

Would still go to.Colgate but I would demand that something be done about situation

such as these

wouldn't change a thing

wouldn't change a thing. I managed to be involved athletically, achieve a 3.7 GPA in

molecular biology, and lead student groups across campus. Colgate attracts

overachieving, competitive students and athletics is a big part of that attraction.

Wouldn't change anything.