COLUMN: The Hodgson soliloquy

From Michael Hasday's "Curve Ball," Fall '95 From Michael Hasday's "Curve Ball," Fall '95To be a Quaker, or not to be a Quak- er: that is the question:From Michael Hasday's "Curve Ball," Fall '95To be a Quaker, or not to be a Quak- er: that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to use it in college,From Michael Hasday's "Curve Ball," Fall '95To be a Quaker, or not to be a Quak- er: that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to use it in college,Or to go to Rutgers and take arms against the Big East. From Michael Hasday's "Curve Ball," Fall '95To be a Quaker, or not to be a Quak- er: that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to use it in college,Or to go to Rutgers and take arms against the Big East.And by opposing Georgetown? To go to Rutgers?From Michael Hasday's "Curve Ball," Fall '95To be a Quaker, or not to be a Quak- er: that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to use it in college,Or to go to Rutgers and take arms against the Big East.And by opposing Georgetown? To go to Rutgers?To shoot hoops: to major in Basket- ball for Jocks;From Michael Hasday's "Curve Ball," Fall '95To be a Quaker, or not to be a Quak- er: that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to use it in college,Or to go to Rutgers and take arms against the Big East.And by opposing Georgetown? To go to Rutgers?To shoot hoops: to major in Basket- ball for Jocks;No more math, reading, spelling;From Michael Hasday's "Curve Ball," Fall '95To be a Quaker, or not to be a Quak- er: that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to use it in college,Or to go to Rutgers and take arms against the Big East.And by opposing Georgetown? To go to Rutgers?To shoot hoops: to major in Basket- ball for Jocks;No more math, reading, spelling;And by sleeping a lot we end the heart-ache and the thousand nat- ural shocks of life in Long Island. From Michael Hasday's "Curve Ball," Fall '95To be a Quaker, or not to be a Quak- er: that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to use it in college,Or to go to Rutgers and take arms against the Big East.And by opposing Georgetown? To go to Rutgers?To shoot hoops: to major in Basket- ball for Jocks;No more math, reading, spelling;And by sleeping a lot we end the heart-ache and the thousand nat- ural shocks of life in Long Island.Basketball is my life, but what hap- pens at the consummation of my career.From Michael Hasday's "Curve Ball," Fall '95To be a Quaker, or not to be a Quak- er: that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to use it in college,Or to go to Rutgers and take arms against the Big East.And by opposing Georgetown? To go to Rutgers?To shoot hoops: to major in Basket- ball for Jocks;No more math, reading, spelling;And by sleeping a lot we end the heart-ache and the thousand nat- ural shocks of life in Long Island.Basketball is my life, but what hap- pens at the consummation of my career.To go out every night, to play Nin- tendo;From Michael Hasday's "Curve Ball," Fall '95To be a Quaker, or not to be a Quak- er: that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to use it in college,Or to go to Rutgers and take arms against the Big East.And by opposing Georgetown? To go to Rutgers?To shoot hoops: to major in Basket- ball for Jocks;No more math, reading, spelling;And by sleeping a lot we end the heart-ache and the thousand nat- ural shocks of life in Long Island.Basketball is my life, but what hap- pens at the consummation of my career.To go out every night, to play Nin- tendo;To sleep through classes: perchance to dream of a career in the N.B.A: ay, there's the rub;From Michael Hasday's "Curve Ball," Fall '95To be a Quaker, or not to be a Quak- er: that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to use it in college,Or to go to Rutgers and take arms against the Big East.And by opposing Georgetown? To go to Rutgers?To shoot hoops: to major in Basket- ball for Jocks;No more math, reading, spelling;And by sleeping a lot we end the heart-ache and the thousand nat- ural shocks of life in Long Island.Basketball is my life, but what hap- pens at the consummation of my career.To go out every night, to play Nin- tendo;To sleep through classes: perchance to dream of a career in the N.B.A: ay, there's the rub;For I have about the same chance of making the N.B.A. as Gary Cole- man. From Michael Hasday's "Curve Ball," Fall '95To be a Quaker, or not to be a Quak- er: that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to use it in college,Or to go to Rutgers and take arms against the Big East.And by opposing Georgetown? To go to Rutgers?To shoot hoops: to major in Basket- ball for Jocks;No more math, reading, spelling;And by sleeping a lot we end the heart-ache and the thousand nat- ural shocks of life in Long Island.Basketball is my life, but what hap- pens at the consummation of my career.To go out every night, to play Nin- tendo;To sleep through classes: perchance to dream of a career in the N.B.A: ay, there's the rub;For I have about the same chance of making the N.B.A. as Gary Cole- man.When I have shuffled off this college thing,From Michael Hasday's "Curve Ball," Fall '95To be a Quaker, or not to be a Quak- er: that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to use it in college,Or to go to Rutgers and take arms against the Big East.And by opposing Georgetown? To go to Rutgers?To shoot hoops: to major in Basket- ball for Jocks;No more math, reading, spelling;And by sleeping a lot we end the heart-ache and the thousand nat- ural shocks of life in Long Island.Basketball is my life, but what hap- pens at the consummation of my career.To go out every night, to play Nin- tendo;To sleep through classes: perchance to dream of a career in the N.B.A: ay, there's the rub;For I have about the same chance of making the N.B.A. as Gary Cole- man.When I have shuffled off this college thing,Must give me a pause: there's the respect an Ivy degree gives that lasts as long as life;From Michael Hasday's "Curve Ball," Fall '95To be a Quaker, or not to be a Quak- er: that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to use it in college,Or to go to Rutgers and take arms against the Big East.And by opposing Georgetown? To go to Rutgers?To shoot hoops: to major in Basket- ball for Jocks;No more math, reading, spelling;And by sleeping a lot we end the heart-ache and the thousand nat- ural shocks of life in Long Island.Basketball is my life, but what hap- pens at the consummation of my career.To go out every night, to play Nin- tendo;To sleep through classes: perchance to dream of a career in the N.B.A: ay, there's the rub;For I have about the same chance of making the N.B.A. as Gary Cole- man.When I have shuffled off this college thing,Must give me a pause: there's the respect an Ivy degree gives that lasts as long as life;For who would want to go through life with a Rutgers degree -- the rejection letters, the raised eye brows, the unpaid internships when you're 29. From Michael Hasday's "Curve Ball," Fall '95To be a Quaker, or not to be a Quak- er: that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to use it in college,Or to go to Rutgers and take arms against the Big East.And by opposing Georgetown? To go to Rutgers?To shoot hoops: to major in Basket- ball for Jocks;No more math, reading, spelling;And by sleeping a lot we end the heart-ache and the thousand nat- ural shocks of life in Long Island.Basketball is my life, but what hap- pens at the consummation of my career.To go out every night, to play Nin- tendo;To sleep through classes: perchance to dream of a career in the N.B.A: ay, there's the rub;For I have about the same chance of making the N.B.A. as Gary Cole- man.When I have shuffled off this college thing,Must give me a pause: there's the respect an Ivy degree gives that lasts as long as life;For who would want to go through life with a Rutgers degree -- the rejection letters, the raised eye brows, the unpaid internships when you're 29.That's the road the unworthy takes;From Michael Hasday's "Curve Ball," Fall '95To be a Quaker, or not to be a Quak- er: that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to use it in college,Or to go to Rutgers and take arms against the Big East.And by opposing Georgetown? To go to Rutgers?To shoot hoops: to major in Basket- ball for Jocks;No more math, reading, spelling;And by sleeping a lot we end the heart-ache and the thousand nat- ural shocks of life in Long Island.Basketball is my life, but what hap- pens at the consummation of my career.To go out every night, to play Nin- tendo;To sleep through classes: perchance to dream of a career in the N.B.A: ay, there's the rub;For I have about the same chance of making the N.B.A. as Gary Cole- man.When I have shuffled off this college thing,Must give me a pause: there's the respect an Ivy degree gives that lasts as long as life;For who would want to go through life with a Rutgers degree -- the rejection letters, the raised eye brows, the unpaid internships when you're 29.That's the road the unworthy takes;To play Georgetown, St. John's, Syracuse, and then find oneself playing the unemployment game.From Michael Hasday's "Curve Ball," Fall '95To be a Quaker, or not to be a Quak- er: that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to use it in college,Or to go to Rutgers and take arms against the Big East.And by opposing Georgetown? To go to Rutgers?To shoot hoops: to major in Basket- ball for Jocks;No more math, reading, spelling;And by sleeping a lot we end the heart-ache and the thousand nat- ural shocks of life in Long Island.Basketball is my life, but what hap- pens at the consummation of my career.To go out every night, to play Nin- tendo;To sleep through classes: perchance to dream of a career in the N.B.A: ay, there's the rub;For I have about the same chance of making the N.B.A. as Gary Cole- man.When I have shuffled off this college thing,Must give me a pause: there's the respect an Ivy degree gives that lasts as long as life;For who would want to go through life with a Rutgers degree -- the rejection letters, the raised eye brows, the unpaid internships when you're 29.That's the road the unworthy takes;To play Georgetown, St. John's, Syracuse, and then find oneself playing the unemployment game.But if I grunt and sweat as a stu- dent-athlete, I would not need to dread my life after basketball.From Michael Hasday's "Curve Ball," Fall '95To be a Quaker, or not to be a Quak- er: that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to use it in college,Or to go to Rutgers and take arms against the Big East.And by opposing Georgetown? To go to Rutgers?To shoot hoops: to major in Basket- ball for Jocks;No more math, reading, spelling;And by sleeping a lot we end the heart-ache and the thousand nat- ural shocks of life in Long Island.Basketball is my life, but what hap- pens at the consummation of my career.To go out every night, to play Nin- tendo;To sleep through classes: perchance to dream of a career in the N.B.A: ay, there's the rub;For I have about the same chance of making the N.B.A. as Gary Cole- man.When I have shuffled off this college thing,Must give me a pause: there's the respect an Ivy degree gives that lasts as long as life;For who would want to go through life with a Rutgers degree -- the rejection letters, the raised eye brows, the unpaid internships when you're 29.That's the road the unworthy takes;To play Georgetown, St. John's, Syracuse, and then find oneself playing the unemployment game.But if I grunt and sweat as a stu- dent-athlete, I would not need to dread my life after basketball.For I could become a lawyer, a doc- tor or an intern with a stipend! From Michael Hasday's "Curve Ball," Fall '95To be a Quaker, or not to be a Quak- er: that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to use it in college,Or to go to Rutgers and take arms against the Big East.And by opposing Georgetown? To go to Rutgers?To shoot hoops: to major in Basket- ball for Jocks;No more math, reading, spelling;And by sleeping a lot we end the heart-ache and the thousand nat- ural shocks of life in Long Island.Basketball is my life, but what hap- pens at the consummation of my career.To go out every night, to play Nin- tendo;To sleep through classes: perchance to dream of a career in the N.B.A: ay, there's the rub;For I have about the same chance of making the N.B.A. as Gary Cole- man.When I have shuffled off this college thing,Must give me a pause: there's the respect an Ivy degree gives that lasts as long as life;For who would want to go through life with a Rutgers degree -- the rejection letters, the raised eye brows, the unpaid internships when you're 29.That's the road the unworthy takes;To play Georgetown, St. John's, Syracuse, and then find oneself playing the unemployment game.But if I grunt and sweat as a stu- dent-athlete, I would not need to dread my life after basketball.For I could become a lawyer, a doc- tor or an intern with a stipend!But the Ivy League is a conference I do not know of;From Michael Hasday's "Curve Ball," Fall '95To be a Quaker, or not to be a Quak- er: that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to use it in college,Or to go to Rutgers and take arms against the Big East.And by opposing Georgetown? To go to Rutgers?To shoot hoops: to major in Basket- ball for Jocks;No more math, reading, spelling;And by sleeping a lot we end the heart-ache and the thousand nat- ural shocks of life in Long Island.Basketball is my life, but what hap- pens at the consummation of my career.To go out every night, to play Nin- tendo;To sleep through classes: perchance to dream of a career in the N.B.A: ay, there's the rub;For I have about the same chance of making the N.B.A. as Gary Cole- man.When I have shuffled off this college thing,Must give me a pause: there's the respect an Ivy degree gives that lasts as long as life;For who would want to go through life with a Rutgers degree -- the rejection letters, the raised eye brows, the unpaid internships when you're 29.That's the road the unworthy takes;To play Georgetown, St. John's, Syracuse, and then find oneself playing the unemployment game.But if I grunt and sweat as a stu- dent-athlete, I would not need to dread my life after basketball.For I could become a lawyer, a doc- tor or an intern with a stipend!But the Ivy League is a conference I do not know of;They are not usually on T.V. and I like T.V.From Michael Hasday's "Curve Ball," Fall '95To be a Quaker, or not to be a Quak- er: that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to use it in college,Or to go to Rutgers and take arms against the Big East.And by opposing Georgetown? To go to Rutgers?To shoot hoops: to major in Basket- ball for Jocks;No more math, reading, spelling;And by sleeping a lot we end the heart-ache and the thousand nat- ural shocks of life in Long Island.Basketball is my life, but what hap- pens at the consummation of my career.To go out every night, to play Nin- tendo;To sleep through classes: perchance to dream of a career in the N.B.A: ay, there's the rub;For I have about the same chance of making the N.B.A. as Gary Cole- man.When I have shuffled off this college thing,Must give me a pause: there's the respect an Ivy degree gives that lasts as long as life;For who would want to go through life with a Rutgers degree -- the rejection letters, the raised eye brows, the unpaid internships when you're 29.That's the road the unworthy takes;To play Georgetown, St. John's, Syracuse, and then find oneself playing the unemployment game.But if I grunt and sweat as a stu- dent-athlete, I would not need to dread my life after basketball.For I could become a lawyer, a doc- tor or an intern with a stipend!But the Ivy League is a conference I do not know of;They are not usually on T.V. and I like T.V.I watch it all the time;From Michael Hasday's "Curve Ball," Fall '95To be a Quaker, or not to be a Quak- er: that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to use it in college,Or to go to Rutgers and take arms against the Big East.And by opposing Georgetown? To go to Rutgers?To shoot hoops: to major in Basket- ball for Jocks;No more math, reading, spelling;And by sleeping a lot we end the heart-ache and the thousand nat- ural shocks of life in Long Island.Basketball is my life, but what hap- pens at the consummation of my career.To go out every night, to play Nin- tendo;To sleep through classes: perchance to dream of a career in the N.B.A: ay, there's the rub;For I have about the same chance of making the N.B.A. as Gary Cole- man.When I have shuffled off this college thing,Must give me a pause: there's the respect an Ivy degree gives that lasts as long as life;For who would want to go through life with a Rutgers degree -- the rejection letters, the raised eye brows, the unpaid internships when you're 29.That's the road the unworthy takes;To play Georgetown, St. John's, Syracuse, and then find oneself playing the unemployment game.But if I grunt and sweat as a stu- dent-athlete, I would not need to dread my life after basketball.For I could become a lawyer, a doc- tor or an intern with a stipend!But the Ivy League is a conference I do not know of;They are not usually on T.V. and I like T.V.I watch it all the time;Not much else to do in Long Island.From Michael Hasday's "Curve Ball," Fall '95To be a Quaker, or not to be a Quak- er: that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to use it in college,Or to go to Rutgers and take arms against the Big East.And by opposing Georgetown? To go to Rutgers?To shoot hoops: to major in Basket- ball for Jocks;No more math, reading, spelling;And by sleeping a lot we end the heart-ache and the thousand nat- ural shocks of life in Long Island.Basketball is my life, but what hap- pens at the consummation of my career.To go out every night, to play Nin- tendo;To sleep through classes: perchance to dream of a career in the N.B.A: ay, there's the rub;For I have about the same chance of making the N.B.A. as Gary Cole- man.When I have shuffled off this college thing,Must give me a pause: there's the respect an Ivy degree gives that lasts as long as life;For who would want to go through life with a Rutgers degree -- the rejection letters, the raised eye brows, the unpaid internships when you're 29.That's the road the unworthy takes;To play Georgetown, St. John's, Syracuse, and then find oneself playing the unemployment game.But if I grunt and sweat as a stu- dent-athlete, I would not need to dread my life after basketball.For I could become a lawyer, a doc- tor or an intern with a stipend!But the Ivy League is a conference I do not know of;They are not usually on T.V. and I like T.V.I watch it all the time;Not much else to do in Long Island.The malls are way overrated.From Michael Hasday's "Curve Ball," Fall '95To be a Quaker, or not to be a Quak- er: that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to use it in college,Or to go to Rutgers and take arms against the Big East.And by opposing Georgetown? To go to Rutgers?To shoot hoops: to major in Basket- ball for Jocks;No more math, reading, spelling;And by sleeping a lot we end the heart-ache and the thousand nat- ural shocks of life in Long Island.Basketball is my life, but what hap- pens at the consummation of my career.To go out every night, to play Nin- tendo;To sleep through classes: perchance to dream of a career in the N.B.A: ay, there's the rub;For I have about the same chance of making the N.B.A. as Gary Cole- man.When I have shuffled off this college thing,Must give me a pause: there's the respect an Ivy degree gives that lasts as long as life;For who would want to go through life with a Rutgers degree -- the rejection letters, the raised eye brows, the unpaid internships when you're 29.That's the road the unworthy takes;To play Georgetown, St. John's, Syracuse, and then find oneself playing the unemployment game.But if I grunt and sweat as a stu- dent-athlete, I would not need to dread my life after basketball.For I could become a lawyer, a doc- tor or an intern with a stipend!But the Ivy League is a conference I do not know of;They are not usually on T.V. and I like T.V.I watch it all the time;Not much else to do in Long Island.The malls are way overrated.Thus not being on ESPN makes cowards of us all. From Michael Hasday's "Curve Ball," Fall '95To be a Quaker, or not to be a Quak- er: that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to use it in college,Or to go to Rutgers and take arms against the Big East.And by opposing Georgetown? To go to Rutgers?To shoot hoops: to major in Basket- ball for Jocks;No more math, reading, spelling;And by sleeping a lot we end the heart-ache and the thousand nat- ural shocks of life in Long Island.Basketball is my life, but what hap- pens at the consummation of my career.To go out every night, to play Nin- tendo;To sleep through classes: perchance to dream of a career in the N.B.A: ay, there's the rub;For I have about the same chance of making the N.B.A. as Gary Cole- man.When I have shuffled off this college thing,Must give me a pause: there's the respect an Ivy degree gives that lasts as long as life;For who would want to go through life with a Rutgers degree -- the rejection letters, the raised eye brows, the unpaid internships when you're 29.That's the road the unworthy takes;To play Georgetown, St. John's, Syracuse, and then find oneself playing the unemployment game.But if I grunt and sweat as a stu- dent-athlete, I would not need to dread my life after basketball.For I could become a lawyer, a doc- tor or an intern with a stipend!But the Ivy League is a conference I do not know of;They are not usually on T.V. and I like T.V.I watch it all the time;Not much else to do in Long Island.The malls are way overrated.Thus not being on ESPN makes cowards of us all.I would also not get a scholarship.From Michael Hasday's "Curve Ball," Fall '95To be a Quaker, or not to be a Quak- er: that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to use it in college,Or to go to Rutgers and take arms against the Big East.And by opposing Georgetown? To go to Rutgers?To shoot hoops: to major in Basket- ball for Jocks;No more math, reading, spelling;And by sleeping a lot we end the heart-ache and the thousand nat- ural shocks of life in Long Island.Basketball is my life, but what hap- pens at the consummation of my career.To go out every night, to play Nin- tendo;To sleep through classes: perchance to dream of a career in the N.B.A: ay, there's the rub;For I have about the same chance of making the N.B.A. as Gary Cole- man.When I have shuffled off this college thing,Must give me a pause: there's the respect an Ivy degree gives that lasts as long as life;For who would want to go through life with a Rutgers degree -- the rejection letters, the raised eye brows, the unpaid internships when you're 29.That's the road the unworthy takes;To play Georgetown, St. John's, Syracuse, and then find oneself playing the unemployment game.But if I grunt and sweat as a stu- dent-athlete, I would not need to dread my life after basketball.For I could become a lawyer, a doc- tor or an intern with a stipend!But the Ivy League is a conference I do not know of;They are not usually on T.V. and I like T.V.I watch it all the time;Not much else to do in Long Island.The malls are way overrated.Thus not being on ESPN makes cowards of us all.I would also not get a scholarship.But maybe I can through something called 'Financial Aid.'From Michael Hasday's "Curve Ball," Fall '95To be a Quaker, or not to be a Quak- er: that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to use it in college,Or to go to Rutgers and take arms against the Big East.And by opposing Georgetown? To go to Rutgers?To shoot hoops: to major in Basket- ball for Jocks;No more math, reading, spelling;And by sleeping a lot we end the heart-ache and the thousand nat- ural shocks of life in Long Island.Basketball is my life, but what hap- pens at the consummation of my career.To go out every night, to play Nin- tendo;To sleep through classes: perchance to dream of a career in the N.B.A: ay, there's the rub;For I have about the same chance of making the N.B.A. as Gary Cole- man.When I have shuffled off this college thing,Must give me a pause: there's the respect an Ivy degree gives that lasts as long as life;For who would want to go through life with a Rutgers degree -- the rejection letters, the raised eye brows, the unpaid internships when you're 29.That's the road the unworthy takes;To play Georgetown, St. John's, Syracuse, and then find oneself playing the unemployment game.But if I grunt and sweat as a stu- dent-athlete, I would not need to dread my life after basketball.For I could become a lawyer, a doc- tor or an intern with a stipend!But the Ivy League is a conference I do not know of;They are not usually on T.V. and I like T.V.I watch it all the time;Not much else to do in Long Island.The malls are way overrated.Thus not being on ESPN makes cowards of us all.I would also not get a scholarship.But maybe I can through something called 'Financial Aid.'And maybe I could go to Wharton like all the other athletes and become rich on Wall Street.From Michael Hasday's "Curve Ball," Fall '95To be a Quaker, or not to be a Quak- er: that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to use it in college,Or to go to Rutgers and take arms against the Big East.And by opposing Georgetown? To go to Rutgers?To shoot hoops: to major in Basket- ball for Jocks;No more math, reading, spelling;And by sleeping a lot we end the heart-ache and the thousand nat- ural shocks of life in Long Island.Basketball is my life, but what hap- pens at the consummation of my career.To go out every night, to play Nin- tendo;To sleep through classes: perchance to dream of a career in the N.B.A: ay, there's the rub;For I have about the same chance of making the N.B.A. as Gary Cole- man.When I have shuffled off this college thing,Must give me a pause: there's the respect an Ivy degree gives that lasts as long as life;For who would want to go through life with a Rutgers degree -- the rejection letters, the raised eye brows, the unpaid internships when you're 29.That's the road the unworthy takes;To play Georgetown, St. John's, Syracuse, and then find oneself playing the unemployment game.But if I grunt and sweat as a stu- dent-athlete, I would not need to dread my life after basketball.For I could become a lawyer, a doc- tor or an intern with a stipend!But the Ivy League is a conference I do not know of;They are not usually on T.V. and I like T.V.I watch it all the time;Not much else to do in Long Island.The malls are way overrated.Thus not being on ESPN makes cowards of us all.I would also not get a scholarship.But maybe I can through something called 'Financial Aid.'And maybe I could go to Wharton like all the other athletes and become rich on Wall Street.But the grading curve sucks there.From Michael Hasday's "Curve Ball," Fall '95To be a Quaker, or not to be a Quak- er: that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to use it in college,Or to go to Rutgers and take arms against the Big East.And by opposing Georgetown? To go to Rutgers?To shoot hoops: to major in Basket- ball for Jocks;No more math, reading, spelling;And by sleeping a lot we end the heart-ache and the thousand nat- ural shocks of life in Long Island.Basketball is my life, but what hap- pens at the consummation of my career.To go out every night, to play Nin- tendo;To sleep through classes: perchance to dream of a career in the N.B.A: ay, there's the rub;For I have about the same chance of making the N.B.A. as Gary Cole- man.When I have shuffled off this college thing,Must give me a pause: there's the respect an Ivy degree gives that lasts as long as life;For who would want to go through life with a Rutgers degree -- the rejection letters, the raised eye brows, the unpaid internships when you're 29.That's the road the unworthy takes;To play Georgetown, St. John's, Syracuse, and then find oneself playing the unemployment game.But if I grunt and sweat as a stu- dent-athlete, I would not need to dread my life after basketball.For I could become a lawyer, a doc- tor or an intern with a stipend!But the Ivy League is a conference I do not know of;They are not usually on T.V. and I like T.V.I watch it all the time;Not much else to do in Long Island.The malls are way overrated.Thus not being on ESPN makes cowards of us all.I would also not get a scholarship.But maybe I can through something called 'Financial Aid.'And maybe I could go to Wharton like all the other athletes and become rich on Wall Street.But the grading curve sucks there.But maybe I could go to The College, And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o'er with too much damn thinking. And when I just about decide where to go All I end up doing is watching some more T.V. Go Islanders! And Jets! J-E-T-S, Jets, Jets, Jets, But I digress. And then I tire so I sleep more; Perchance to dream. But I better wake up soon; But maybe admissions will let me get around that.

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