I'm a music major at Northeastern State University, and I've listened to my share of the Rat Pack and Ella Fitzgerald. But music should be original. If I want to listen to 'Smells Like Teen Spirit,' I want to hear Kurt [Cobain] sing it.

My favorite meet was [the] indoor conference [meet] this year. We get along well with the Case [Western Reserve University] guys, and they are a lot of fun. We hung out and just chilled. I think everyone set a PR [personal record] in the shot that day.

We certainly welcomed the input we got from Ball State University, Purdue University, Ivy Tech, and the Indiana State Department of Agriculture, ... Not that those were endorsements, but they were just very helpful in looking over our plan and offering suggestions to make it the best it could be.

None of this was a reaction to the situation with the University of Mississippi. Our meeting with him as the result of it being the end of the season.

We had hoped the university would see the error of its ways and correct this wrong without going to court. Unfortunately, the controversy only emboldened them to further divide students along the lines of their deeply held religious beliefs. It's really too bad it had to come to this.

This long and unpleasant chapter in the university history has ended once and for all. We have learned some hard lessons from this experience, but we emerged from it with a stronger program and a renewed commitment to the highest standards of integrity.