March 21, 2010
In College Sports, How the Other Half Lives
Judy Griesedieck for The Chronicle
Minnesota State U. at Mankato, one of Division II's strongest athletics programs, still retains its small-town charm.
Mankato, Minn.
For everyone who thinks that college sports has been swept away by an irreversible tide of commercialism, take note: Here at Minnesota State University at Mankato, at least one team raises money the old-fashioned way—with $6 plates of spaghetti.
The spaghetti dinner, held by the women's golf program, is unlikely ever to make the nightly telecast of ESPN's SportsCenter. But the scene is far more reflective of the ethos at most college athletics departments than the glitz
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