PROVIDENCE – Providence College's Division I swim team is no stranger to success with a top-five finish in this year's Big East Conference. But last Saturday the Friars took home a different kind of trophy: the "SAA College Cup," given to the team that raised the most money for the Swim Across America (SAA) open-water mile, an annual fundraiser dedicated to fighting cancer.
The New England event was co-sponsored by Woman & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island and Swim Across America. SAA is a national non-profit that partners with cancer research institutes in hosting benefit swims. Since 1987, SAA has raised over $40 million. Olympic swimmers, Michael Phelps and Missy Franklin among them, have participated in SAA swims.
Donald Trump's recent rant against all things Mexican followed hard upon his promise of a gentler approach toward most of the estimated 11 million immigrants here illegally. The political media continue to agonize over what Trump really wants, but isn't it obvious by now? He wants confusion.
One of his tricks is to say ordinary things paired with vulgar smears against Mexicans. That makes the ordinary things sound tough.
