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[Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Mike Hopkins ? SEATTLE (AP) â In the view of  Mike Hopkins    his  first season as the head coach at Washington will be filled basically with freshmen.
That's not to be taken in the literal sense. What  Hopkins  means is that with a new coaching staff  a new style and new expectations  even the players that are returning from last year are just like the incoming freshmen.
"I think the biggest thing is we've focused on the day-to-day  how we're going to do the process of getting better "  Hopkins  said. "That's the standard of excellence every day and everybody here is learning a new system. A lot of the players end up being freshmen again because they're learning  from our zone to our press to how we're going to play offensively  defensively. I think they've made the transition pretty smooth."
After spending 22 seasons as an assistant at Syracuse and being the presumptive replacement for Jim Boeheim when he retired   Hopkins  left behind everything  he  knew in upstate New York and accepted the job of rebuilding the Washington program after the Huskies fired Lorenzo Romar following 15 seasons.
 Hopkins  also had to recruit those who slogged through a 9-22 record a season ago to keep them around. A number considered leaving. Most  including starters David Crisp  Noah Dickerson and Matisse Thybulle  all ended up staying with the chance to create the new foundation for the next chapter at Washington.
"The biggest concern with a new coach is the buy-in there "  Hopkins  said. "I think from the beginning our staff did a great job of really connecting with the kids  working with them  developing them  getting them to stay  that was our first priority. I'm very happy with the guys."
IN THE ZONE: Yes  Washington will play zone. Yes  it will be the same zone defense that  Hopkins  helped teach at Syracuse.
Defense was a major problem in the waning years of Romar's tenure. The Huskies' defense was more of a liability that an asset. How  Hopkins  is able to implement the zone will be important since the Huskies don't have a lot of size on the interior. A year ago  Washington allowed 81 points per game  11th in the conference.
"I know the benefits of it. The biggest thing I want to do is control tempo. So if you're fast  I can slow you down; if you're slow  I can speed you up  " Hopkins  said.
FINDING SCORING: One of  Hopkins ' first tasks will be finding enough scoring. Crisp is Washington's leading returning scorer at 13.8 points per game  while Dickerson averaged 12.5 points last season. But the Huskies don't have an obvious scorer on the roster that can carry the load or get points in crucial situations. In recent seasons  the Huskies have had Markelle Fultz  Andrew Andrews and C.J. Wilcox. Fultz averaged 23.2 points last season  while Andrews scored 20.9 per game the season before.
"You try and figure out how you're going to score 70 to 75 points per game and who is going to do it "  Hopkins  said. "That's been one of the processes."
DIFFICULT BEGINNING:  Hopkins  certainly isn't shying away from having a challenging schedule to begin  his  Washington tenure.
[A]: Positive


[Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Paula Marantz Cohen ? In a case of literary serendipity  right after I read Beck's piece  I stumbled onto an essay called "The Simplest Course I Ever Taught" in The Chronicle of Higher Education by Paula Marantz Cohen  dean of the Pennoni Honors College and professor of English at Drexel University.
 Cohen  describes  her  embrace of "slow teaching " an approach that designs a college course to "look closely â and by extension  slowly â at one major idea or text over the course of ten weeks."
Though the focus of  Cohen 's essay is a one-credit course  she  developed that "took the slow teaching approach to a new level" â  she  read aloud Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice to her students  and they discussed the plot and characters together â  she  explains that the honors program  she  heads offers a whole set of slow-taught courses. One of them focused on Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species  an indication that science as well as the humanities is involved.
A deliberate change on professors' part from trying "to cram in as much material as possible over the course of a term " Cohen suggests  brings benefits to the students. "I am convinced that key concepts and texts will adhere better to memory and understanding if their presentation is slowed down "  she  says in  her  essay.
Given what I wrote here last year about celebrating intellectual engagement on college campuses  it's no surprise that I'm convinced by  Cohen 's points. I'm not a skeptic about the slow-teaching approach.
Did  Cohen  have any thoughts on whether slow teaching would be as effective in the science as in the humanities?  She  replied  in part:
[A]: Positive


[Q]: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Shaun White ? Shaun White  center  and fellow halfpipe medalists Ayumu Hirano of Japan (left) and Scotty James of Australia (right) elevated their sport with their fierce final competition. (Gregory Bull/AP)
The greatest competition so far at these Olympics ended with the three medalists and rivals sharing a long hug. The embrace may have begun as obligatory congratulations to show sportsmanship  but as the Phoenix Snow Park crowd lifted its dropped jaws and the cheers grew louder  the men — Shaun White  Ayumu Hirano and Scotty James — turned sincere.
“Done ”  White  said. “And I won.”
 Olympic snowboarding champion Shaun White  shares  his  recovery from a face injury in October of last year that left  him  with 62 stitches. (Rick Maese/The Washington Post)
[ Shaun White  proves  he ’s greatest snowboarder ever  winning third gold]
 White  was in a similar position in 2014  failed and didn’t even win a medal after taking back-to-back golds in 2006 and 2010. This time   he  was assured at least a silver going into  his  last run. But if  he  had lost to Hirano  who won silver in Sochi as a 15-year-old  it might have been considered a torch-passing moment.
Hirano is 19 now;  White  is 31. James  the bronze medalist and the feistiest of  White’s  rivals  is 23. Hirano  James and other young prodigies still have time to catch  White . But the aging and evolving Flying Tomato had to stay on top. If he had lost any more ground  he would be competing against time to regain it.
[ White  apologizes for letting American flag drag on the ground after win]
The greatest athletes have a way of bending time. They have a way of manufacturing redemption. When  White  lost in Sochi   he  was emotionally absent.  He  had become too big for the sport.  He  needed to find  his  passion again. Then the new generation threatened to take over  and  his  passion wasn’t a problem anymore.
“It was motivating ”  White  said. “It’s nice to see up-and-coming riders pushing it because it helps motivate me to get to that next place. I needed that.”
“I knew what  Shaun  was going to do next  and also I knew  he  has the same tricks as I do  so I was not really relieved ” Hirano said. “I knew that  Shaun   even if he had a lot of pressure on him  would be able to do more.”
That’s how White  Hirano and James operate. They’re always looking at each other  expecting more. At times  the competition has been bitter  especially between  White  and James. Even on this day  James made veiled comments questioning whether  White  deserved a higher score than Hirano on his final run. James didn’t go into detail  but he concluded  “It could have gone either way.”
“I think it’s really healthy ” James said. “It’s awesome for us. I love watching guys in other sports ride it out. The process can be overwhelming.  Shaun  has achieved a lot of amazing things. It can be easy to discredit yourself when you’re against someone like  him .”
[After Shaun White’s perfect 100 last month  riders are judging the judges]
For now   White  stands  as usual  as the men’s halfpipe giant.  He  is savoring this moment more than the others not just because of what  he  had to come back from  but who  he  had to go through this time.
The present kept the future at bay.  White  won’t be able to do it forever  though. As wonderful as it has been to watch  his  reign  it’s becoming clear that the sport won’t suffer when  his  time ends. The evolution doesn’t diminish  his  legacy. It enhances it.
[A]:
Positive