McMillan: Marist assistant is returning home
There was plenty of excitement on a special charter flight yesterday. The Marist College women’s basketball team traded the chill of Poughkeepsie for the sunny warmth of Baton Rouge, La. Tomorrow, the Red Foxes will attempt to make more history once more in the NCAA tournament.
Assistant coach Keila Whittington was excited for another reason — she was returning home.
“It’s great for me to go down because I get to visit with family and friends, and also get some great food,” said Whittington, in her first season on the Marist staff. “New Orleans has always been the most special place in my heart.”
Whittington grew up three hours north of New Orleans and graduated from Dillard University in the Big Easy. Although not much of a night-life person, she spent some time in the French Quarter, watching revelers and conventioneers from far and wide enjoy the city made famous by Mardi Gras and its unique Cajun cuisine.
“There’s the gumbo and shrimp po’boys and et touffet and shrimp Creole,” Whittington smiled, rolling off mouth-watering dishes made famous by chefs such as Paul Prudhomme and Emeril Lagasse. “My most favorite is a shrimp po’boy. It’s really like a Subway sub, a Quiznos sub. The authenticity comes from the French bread they use, and all the po’boys are overstuffed with whatever you want: the shrimp, the oysters, the catfish. It’s a lot of meat and fixins you want.”
The food is great, but it’s the people who make New Orleans special, Whittington says.
“I love the people because they are very welcoming and took me into their families, and now I have life-long fans,” she said.
That’s why Whittington was panicked when she watched Hurricane Katrina slam into New Orleans in September 2005. Whittington had visited the city just days earlier and stayed in the apartment her cousin was renting in advance of the new house she was closing on. The apartment filled to the ceiling with muddy, polluted waters and the flood stains in the new home reached four feet high. It took Whittington more than a week to track down her cousin and she was relieved to hear that her family was OK.
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Clinton will lose a super delegate because he is stepping down as described in this article:http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ …
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It was implied by the school’s reaction to the piece.
The moral elite in this country don’t want you to directly pay for your sex. They’d rather you GAMBLE for booty instead. Now if I take her out to a fancy joint, buy her some junk, and take care of her dog this weekend, I surmise my odds of getting laid are 80%…
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Spitzer should be resigning BEHIND BARS. This man MUST BE incarcerated and MUST serve the MAX. Those who violate our civil liberties do not deserve to keep theirs. Slam him.
You’re right, I’d agree with sloppy journalism. Also, if his mental evaluation showed he was fine, why didn’t they allow him back, albeit under the direction of a different teacher?
This article does not provide the whole story, or even anything close.Let’s look at the “scary” paper. It involved the narrator contemplating murdering his teacher “Mr. Christopher” and committing suicide afterewards. His teacher’s name? Christopher Scalia. It’s tough not to read that as a threat.Additionally, while he had a license to carry concealed firearms, having them on campus represented a violation of school policy.http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/154908I do not defend the school’s reaction of expulsion, but I certainly think there was more to this than “scary,” especially considering the heat that VT took in the wake of their response to Cho Seung-Hui for not doing anything about him after a professor raised concerns.
I wonder how much bribery money he took while he was AG? Was he working for organized crime when he prosecuted brothels? Did he prosecute to eliminate competition? Did he get pay-offs for the prosecutions?Look for a Racketeering Indictment in Mr. Spitzer’s near future. He was as corrupt as Bugsy Siegel.
After a school shooting, I have never once thought, “Why didn’t the school do more to stop it?” It’s not the school’s place. Convening in public carries inherent risks. Carry a gun if it worries you. When someone gets shot in a 7-11, you never hear the newscasters debating what more the 7-11 should have done.
What the fuck is 1010 WINS? Wait, I don’t even care. That name is awesome.
He was such an aspiring young man in High school, but look at the terror that is college’s superficiality. Sad …
From reading about the story and his history, it sounds like he got hoisted on his own petard. There are some happy politicians and businessmen right now who are raising a glass. Please save us from “righteous” people, the ones who have “right” on their side. They tend to mess things up. He has done more harm with his hypocrisy than most of the folks he prosecuted/harassed/pursued.