Earlier today Mitch Daniels, the esteemed President of Purdue, distributed an open letter to the people of Purdue aimed at students, alumni, and faculty as sort of a "State of the University address. In it, he addresses ongoing research, student success, athletics, anti-discrimination and more. While the research and student successes are excellent, for the purposes of this blog I wanted to discuss the athletics section. If you would like to view the full letter it can be found here.
Here is what President Daniels had to say, with my comments following each section:
Few activities can infuse life into a campus as much as our intercollegiate sports teams do.