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Patrick Marty
Executive Director,
Communications and
External Relations
from the
CORRECTION
As a young journalist, I worked in the sports
department of a big-city paper. The sports editor was an
ink-stained wretch straight out of central casting, down
to his shabby trench coat. The kind of guy who refers to
the Breeder’s Cup as “Our National Championship.”
That same editor also once offered me this nugget:
“Sports comes down to two simple things. It’s about
people doing amazing thing with their bodies, and
stupid things with their money.”
It’s easy to be similarly cynical about sports today:
athletes manipulate their bodies pharmacologically,
and professional franchises are valued higher than
the GDP of a small country, while major athletic
conferences serve as their
de facto
minor leagues.
But at places like Lycoming College, athletics still serve their highest-and-best use:
Mens sana in corpore sano
. Shared glory in victory and shared sacrifice in defeat. Teaching
teamwork. Teaching leadership.
Our student-athletes are exactly that — and in that respective order. They enter our gates
with the drive to succeed at both, and they hone that discipline during their time here. This
same discipline not only translates to Lycoming’s classrooms, where our student-athletes
retain at the same or higher rates than their peers, but it is also foundational for their success
as leaders across a spectrum of professions and vocations: physicians and accountants;
soldiers and teachers; artists, executives and legislators.
In this issue,
LC Magazine
celebrates one of the College’s greatest teachers in the field of
leadership, Coach Frank Girardi. His selection to the College Football Hall of Fame caps off
a remarkable year of success for Lycoming on the pitch, the hardwood and the mats. We also
honor the leadership of one of Coach Girardi’s good friends, and a true “team captain” both
at the College and in the community, Bob Shangraw.
Meanwhile, our own team at the magazine has a new point guard, and we welcome Marla
Kramer, who is already running the floor on this summer issue. Let’s go, Warriors!
Mens sana in
corpore sano.
Shared glory
in victory and
shared sacrifice in
defeat. Teaching
teamwork. Teaching
leadership.
In our Summer
2015 issue, the
article titled “Take
Back the Night
Event Increases
Rape Awareness”
indicated that
the event was
“the first ever” on
campus. To clarify,
the event was the
first organized
by the student-
led organization
“Revolution Against
Rape.” The College
has a long tradition
of raising awareness
about sexual and
domestic violence
through Take Back
the Night marches
and other events
organized by
various faculty,
staff and student
groups.
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