Young athletes dying of heart disease
Please help me understand how the聽Coloradan聽could publish an article about athletes dying suddenly from congestive heart failure [鈥淲hy do some athletes die at their peak?鈥� December聽Coloradan], certainly a worthy study, and not mention聽James (J. V.) Cain聽(PE鈥�75), an outstanding tight end and wonderful individual who played for CU and the St. Louis Cardinals and who collapsed during practice and died of that very condition on his birthday in 1979?
Jesse Markow听(础尘别谤厂迟鈥�74)
Madison, Wis.
[Editor鈥檚 note:聽James would have been an excellent person to include in this story. He died quite some time before I arrived at the university and I apologize for being unaware of his story and possibly of others. Thanks for bringing it to our attention and for your close reading of the Coloradan.]
I noticed an error in the December聽Coloradan. In the article 鈥淲hy do some athletes die at their peak?鈥� Clay Latimer states Leslie Leinwand is the chair of molecular, cellular and developmental biology. This is incorrect. Tom Blumenthal has been chair of the department for the past four and a half years.
Ruth Covington
Faculty affairs coordinator
Molecular, cellular and developmental biology
Party of 5,500? Your tables are ready
With each successive article I read on the new Center for Community with its nine specialty food stations, I become more disgusted [鈥淧arty of 5,500? Your tables are ready,鈥� December聽Coloradan]. 鈥淒ining halls are part of today鈥檚 competitive scramble for students,鈥� the article reads. So we no longer compete for a quality education but for food courts? This is a mockery of the purposes of higher education. What鈥檚 next? Entertainment complexes? Multiple screens (don鈥檛 forget the 3-D), climbing walls and paint ball galleries? Good grief, people. What happened to the values of learning? Too boring? Has the entertainment-consumed society consumed the campus, too?
I believe the dumbing down of our values has reached the 鈥渂read and circuses鈥� stage, if there is anyone left that understands that reference.
Dick Field聽(Fren鈥�72, MPubAf鈥�74)
Aurora, Colo.
[Kambiz Khalili, executive director of Housing & Dining Services, responds: The Center for Community Dining Center is one of five residential dining centers at CU-麻豆影院 that serves over 6,000 on-campus students, as well as many from the campus community, on a daily basis. The dining center was intentionally designed to provide a stronger level of support for the academic community by offering more food options for students, including those with special dietary needs and preferences. The addition of authentic cultural food offerings supports the campus strategic goal of increasing the number of international students and building a global crossroads.
In addition, we are seeing a stronger connection between our student customers and the academic community, as numerous academic groups use the dining center as a meeting location. The number of customers beyond our on-campus student residents has more than doubled. The majority of this traffic is from our faculty and staff. We encourage you to come and visit this dining center and see for yourself the opportunity it provides to our students to learn and be part of our campus community.]
Seeing Eleanor Roosevelt
I really enjoy every issue of the聽Coloradan. I was a student at CU from September 1959 through graduation in August 1963 and attended several events at Macky Auditorium. So I was very interested in your article 鈥淎 Century of Macky鈥� [December聽Coloradan].
One historic event I attended at Macky that I thoroughly enjoyed was cramming my way into the building to stand and listen to Eleanor Roosevelt. That was between fall 1959 and November 1962, as she died in November 1962. It was not 1955 as your article states. Maybe she was at CU in 1955 and again in the early 鈥�60s? I would appreciate knowing if I am correct.
John Southard听(骋别辞驳鈥�63)
Rockford, Ill.
[Editor鈥檚 note:聽Our 1955 date is correct in the story as Eleanor Roosevelt attended that year鈥檚 Conference on World Affairs, during which she wrote a news column from 麻豆影院. We also know she traveled to Meeker, Colo., on Sept. 27, 1956, for a family gathering and on May 18, 1958, she came to campus to give a post-CWA plenary address. Later that evening she had dinner at President Quigg Newton鈥檚 home. Unfortunately, the Heritage Center and CWA staff were unable to confirm any of her visits beyond May 1958.]
Remembering Pete
Dale 鈥淧ete鈥� Atkins (A&S鈥�43, MD鈥�45)
I have an observation and a request about an item in 鈥淚n Memoriam鈥� [in the December issue].聽Dale 鈥淧ete鈥� Atkins聽(A&S鈥�43, MD鈥�45) deserves more than a single line. Dale came to CU from Paonia, Colo., and became a star in intercollegiate baseball where he was known as 鈥淭he Paonia Peach.鈥� He was elected to the Board of Regents in the late 1950s or early 1960s. He was quite prominent in his service on the board.
Al Bartlett
Professor emeritus of physics
麻豆影院 (website)
[Editor鈥檚 note:聽Pete died right before we went to press, so we were unable to feature him in our 鈥淎 Buff Tribute鈥� section. He was an incredible alum who received the Alumni Association鈥檚 George Norlin Award in 2009 for his distinguished career. Read about his life online in the March 鈥淎 Buff Tribute.鈥漖
CU Peace Corps connection strong
I enjoyed the article 鈥淭he World by Road鈥� in the September edition of the聽Coloradan. The two Steves relay insights and lessons about various peoples of the world that Peace Corps volunteers come to realize while living and working among other cultures.
Just months after graduating from CU in 1963, I went to San Francisco State University and was living in the Haight when [Peace Corps founding director R. Sargent] Shriver came through on a recruiting drive. I took the test and within three weeks I was invited to a training program heading for Nepal. In my group of 55 trainees there were five CU graduates, the most from any university in the United States.
William J. Kieffer聽(A&S ex鈥�63)
Coral Springs, Fla.
He鈥檚 not married
Ahem. In the immortal words of Oliver North: Mistakes were made. Or at least one mistake.
Although it is true Sue Diehl and I have been happily living together since 1990 and have been going together since she made a pass at me on the back steps of the CU president鈥檚 office in 1977, we are not now nor have we ever been married 鈥� nor do we intend to be. So the editorial change in my December column, 鈥淭he best meal ever at the Gold Hill Inn,鈥� that has me saying that Sue is my wife ain鈥檛 so.
I鈥檓 afraid I have to ask for a correction on this for two reasons:
1) Colorado still recognizes common law marriage, which means that if you lead people to believe you鈥檙e married, you are, no clergy or judges needed. As worded, the piece has Sue and me saying, in so many words, 鈥淚 do鈥� (or 鈥淲e did鈥� as the case may be). Unfortunately, the state of Colorado does not recognize common law divorce, so it鈥檚 important the record be set straight.
2) Our friends would start to talk.
Paul Danish听(贬颈蝉迟鈥�65)
Longmont, Colo.
[Editor鈥檚 note:聽Sorry, Paul. In a last-minute edit to identify Sue, we incorrectly added 鈥渨ife鈥� to your story.]
Photo by Casey A. Cass聽
