Ostensibly, at first glance, it is to provide perspective on the pretensions and affectations of our neighbors to the west since they have pointedly trumpeted the intellectual superiority and stature of their university at the expense of our own alma mater. But look deeper, akmarq, and you will see that this thread does indeed tie in with the theme of Marquette basketball. We are, after all, a community with shared experiences, observations, perspectives, and identities that transcend the generations. The basketball team merely ties together the forebearance of that perspicacity. Whether it is bars, professors, winter storms, tournaments, or favorite chili we have come together not for the strong affinity we have for a particular college basketball team but for the commonality of choices we have each made. Identity, association, fellowship, fraternity - perhaps the most essential, enriching, and profound dimension of the human condition. We share so much, perhaps in different decades, and that is a vital component of each of us here.
