Talk:Big West Conference

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[edit] School type/religious affiliation

The religious affiliation or designation as "non-sectarian" is not so clear cut. For example, Duke University describes its ties with Methodism as "formal, on-going, and symbolic" [1] while Wake Forest University maintains "a dedication to the values rooted in its Baptist heritage" [2]. Both schools can be considered "non-sectarian" in that they are no longer under the direct auspices of their founding religious organizations. Likewise, Boston College maintains its Jesuit identity in spite of the fact that it severed its formal ties with the Jesuit Order (and thereby the Catholic Church) in the 1960s when it was independently incorporated under a lay board of trustees. Unlike the Catholic University of America, which is under the direct auspices of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, or the University of Notre Dame, which is governed by "fellows" who must be priests of the Congregation of Holy Cross, The Trustees of Boston College (BC's governing body) operate independent of any religious jurisdiction. This arrangement is probably similar to that at Duke or Wake Forest, except that the BC trustees have voluntarily chosen to elect members of the founding religious organization to the presidency (though they are not required to do so). In fact, similar arrangements exist at other Jesuit colleges and universities, where both women and non-clerics have been elected to presidency (most recently at Georgetown University). All of this is to say that I think the nature of a school's religious affiliation is beyond the scope of this article, and that "public" or "private" suffice in the context of the members table. --24.63.125.78 10:18, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

24.63.125.78 has coppied and pasted this on almost every college conference discussion board. Please refer to Talk:Atlantic Coast Conference so we can keep all the discussion in one place. Thanks. -- Masonpatriot

[edit] Football champions

While maintaining the college athletic conference categories, I moved the football champions raw text from Category:Big West Conference and minimally Wikified it. No matter what, this content did not belong in the Category page, but rather belongs in the main article, if anywhere. Regular editors of this page, please verify veracity of this information, then please remove this comment. —Optikos 23:13, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Logos

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Bigwestnew.gif

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[edit] Stadiums and capacities

I made a lot of changes to this article, mostly coming from these media guides:

Mens Soccer: http://www.bigwest.org/sports/msoccer/release.pdf

Women's Soccer: http://www.bigwest.org/sports/wsoccer/2007_WSoc_Guide.pdf

However, there's still a few oddities. First, it should be mentioned that Long Beach and Pacific do not field Men's Soccer teams, so those attendance figures and stadiums were taken from the Women's guide. However, the mens guide says the Spanos Stadium capacity is 17,750 while the women's says it's 17,775. Does anyone have an official number? Also, both media guides say Harder Stadium is 17,000, so I believe 16,000 (which is on the Wikipedia article for Harder Stadium as well) is incorrect. Also, the previous figure in this article for Stagg stadium was 28,000, but the women's soccer media guide says it is 30,000. Can anyone go through my corrections and make sure they all check out? Thanks!