<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">Sorry about the typo in the last email - you can send comments to Wickstrom <span style="line-height:18px">until<b> 5 pm</b> on <b>Monday, MAY 28</b>.</span></span></div><div><div style="">
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</span></div><div style="">During construction of the new Rec Center, students should be able to play at the Andulka Park Tennis Center near the intersection of Chicago and Central. It was also brought to my attention by the tennis pro at Andulka Park that <span style="font-family:helvetica,arial">UCR, University of Redlands and CMS are the only remaining four-year university tennis programs in the Inland Empire (!).</span></div>
<div style=""><font face="helvetica, arial"><br></font></div><div style=""><font face="helvetica, arial">Thanks,</font></div><div style=""><font face="helvetica, arial">-Corrie</font></div></div><div style=""><font face="helvetica, arial">___</font></div>
<div><br></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 7:15 PM, Corrie Neighbors <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cneig001@ucr.edu" target="_blank">cneig001@ucr.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><br></div><div>Hey Rachel,</div><div><br></div><div>I thought that the graduate students might be interested in the fate of the UCR tennis courts. Would you consider sending out the text below to the GSA mailing list? Thanks! -Corrie</div>
<div><br></div><div>___</div><div><br></div><div>Hi all,</div><div><br></div><div><div>The University is planning to ax Men's Tennis and replace the tennis courts with sand volleyball courts. The <span style="line-height:18px">Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, Brian Wickstrom, recently told the Press Enterprise, "</span><span style="line-height:20px;text-align:left;white-space:nowrap;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Those tennis courts at the Rec Center get no use unless our men’s tennis team is playing there. There’s no demand for tennis." (!?!) </span></div>
<div><br></div><div>If you take issue with this, please send an email to<span style="line-height:18px"> </span><a href="mailto:AthleticsRFPC@ucr.edu?subject=Request%20For%20Public%20Comment" style="line-height:18px" target="_blank">AthleticsRFPC@ucr.edu</a>. Wickstrom <span style="line-height:18px">will be accepting written public opinions until<b> 5 pm</b> on <b>Monday, March 28 </b>and make a decision about UCR tennis in June.</span></div>
<div><span style="line-height:18px"><br></span></div><div><span style="line-height:18px">For more information on this topic, see the <a href="http://www.gohighlanders.com/sports/2012/5/17/GEN_0517120855.aspx" target="_blank">UCR Athletics page</a> and the <a href="http://blog.pe.com/jim-alexander/2012/05/18/ucr-mens-tennis-out-sand-volleyball-in/#more-611" target="_blank">Press-Enterprise</a> story.</span></div>
<div><span style="line-height:18px"><br></span></div><div><span style="line-height:18px">Thanks,</span></div><div><span style="line-height:18px">Corrie Neighbors</span></div><div><span style="line-height:18px">Ph.D. student in Earth Sciences</span></div>
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Corrie Neighbors<br><span><b style="font-weight:normal"><span>University of California, Riverside</span></b><br>
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<span>900 University Ave.</span><br>
<span>Riverside</span>, <span>CA</span> <span>92521</span></span></span><br><a href="mailto:corrie.neighbors@email.ucr.edu" target="_blank">corrie.neighbors@email.ucr.edu</a><br><br>
</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>--------------------------------------------<br>Corrie Neighbors<br><span><b style="font-weight:normal"><span>University of California, Riverside</span></b><br>
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<span>900 University Ave.</span><br>
<span>Riverside</span>, <span>CA</span> <span>92521</span></span></span><br><a href="mailto:corrie.neighbors@email.ucr.edu" target="_blank">corrie.neighbors@email.ucr.edu</a><br><br>
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