What our partnership is trying to do is get more use of the space above downtown. There are just all kinds of possibilities here. We have some good assets and there are a lot of places for people to enjoy.

You have all the facilities and none of the yard work. There are some really neat places down here and we are just trying to attract people to try and revive some of these places.

Each institution maintains its separate identity, but the partnership in terms of space and library and just the cross-pollination of student life and faculty life … has been a very positive thing.

Each institution maintains its separate identity, but the partnership in terms of space and library and just the cross-pollination of student life and faculty life … has been a very positive thing.

It's a good, strategic move, a good partnership. Sears is trying to jump into the e-commerce world in a pretty big way, focusing on their strengths and their hardware lines and appliances and home areas.

We're just trying to get back to basics and get back to the style of play that we want to play. Obviously if you're on the outside looking in, it's looking like it's pretty bad. But we know what we have to do.