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AMES, Iowa – Dr. Calli Sanders, the second-longest serving Senior Woman Administrator (SWA) in Iowa State Athletics Department history, has agreed to continue as ISU’s Senior Associate Athletics Director of Sport Administration and SWA, rather than begin a phased retirement on July 1, Director of Athletics Jamie Pollard announced today.

“I am very pleased that Calli has decided to postpone her retirement plans for at least another year and continue in her current role with the Cyclones,” Pollard said. “Calli has been an integral part of our administrative team for more than 20 years and having her stay will provide tremendous continuity within our department as we navigate these challenging times in intercollegiate athletics.”

Only the second individual to hold the SWA position to the Big 12 Conference and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) within the Cyclone Athletics Department, Sanders currently has administrative oversight for 15 of Iowa State’s 18 intercollegiate athletic programs and serves as an ex-officio member of the Iowa State Athletics Council. The teams under Sanders’ supervision have risen to national prominence during her Iowa State tenure while combining to win 17 of ISU’s 31 all-time Big 12 Conference championships. The Cyclone women’s basketball, tennis and volleyball teams have all advanced to the NCAA Tournament’s Elite Eight; the softball team made an NCAA Tournament appearance in 2021; while the gymnastics, cross country, track & field and both men’s and women’s golf teams have all reached their respective national tournament championship sites under her leadership.

“With all of the changes in our industry and on our campus, I am happy to continue in my current role to help the department and campus that have been so good to me over my 22 years,” Sanders said. “It was humbling to be asked to postpone my plans and now I look forward to putting my time and energy back into Cyclone Athletics for a while longer. We have an amazing leadership team that works so well together; and it makes sense to have some continuity during this transformational time in college athletics.”

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Having a game. 28 pts, 8 rebounds, 14 assists, 3 steals and 0 TO’s

I mean, I like Carson Hansen as well as anyone, but comparing him to Christian McAffrey? Come on, man.

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...I didn't.

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He was protesting for Palestinians. Thank you democrats!

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I figured it would be Oregon because of Nike, track strength and one of the money conferences. Guess Miami had significant cash. Graduating next January, so this spring is his last chance to reset all his HS shot and discus records.

Looking for two good Dublin tickets, preferably one of the packages that ISU sold with pregame activities. Sometimes family plans change and I am hoping someone has a couple to sell.

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I believe this is the first time it's originated from Ames.

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Brett Yormark is about to meet with the media in Orlando, as well as via a Zoom call online. I'll post some highlights from that presser in the thread below.

I've never really spent the time to truly understand crypto and I've historically / hysterically turned my nose up at things like Paypal, Venmo, etc... I know I'm probably missing the boat but I've never understood where that boat was taking me... On this board we're generally of the seasoned set and curious how others of my vintage view these things and what persuaded / convinced you to adopt these new practices?

I'm not interested (kinda true) in the investment portion of crypto since all the billions of dollars have already been earned/lost/stolen but is there a case for having crypto wallet in anticipation of whatever?

I'll hang up my landline and listen to responses while I play Atari on my Curtis Mathis....

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Is it just me, or are a disproportionate number of militant atheists people in their 20s whose greatest challenge in life was when Fluffy died when they were away at college?

I’m not talking about just not believing in religion or a god. I’m talking about the ones who are in your face about it and think they’re being attacked anytime they see a cross or something.

So we now know that Joe Biden was never cognizant since day 1 of his presidency, and that people behind the scene were running the country, which is a coup or insurrection. These people were obviously doing things that only the POTUS is allowed to do, which I would say borders on Treason. Virtually every Bill and Pardon I would say is illegal at this point, it was all fraud for 4 years. Where do liberals go now for real truth? Is real truth even important liberals? We know that all liberal news sources have been lying to you for 4 straight years, on virtually everything.

After watching some CNN video, I have learned that there are 2 judicial systems, the 700 district courts, and the immigration courts. Based upon my knowledge at this point, I would say anyone that is an illegal alien can only go through the immigration courts. Immigration courts are purely under the domain of the POTUS. Judges work for the Attorney General, they are not lifetime appointments, and yes they can be fired. They do not answer to Congress or the Supreme Court, as congress set it up specifically this way. And so called Due Process in these courts is to NOT delay deportation, it effectively is whatever the Attorney General says. I will admit that I am no expert on this, but after watching the interview on CNN, I would say that it is very likely the POTUS has full control over deportations, it resides exclusively in the Executive Branch, not congress, not district courts, not in SCOTUS.

Sheek Pearson committed to Marquette a couple weeks ago. I know at one point he was one of our top priorities. I seem to remember Bill saying that we had backed off of him but that could have been someone else entirely. The old memory is what it used to be. Though I don’t remember if it was any good to begin with.

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