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article illustration TOO BIG A SPLASH?

To compete for athletes, even small colleges are building multimillion-dollar sports facilities. Some say it's not a good use of their money. Gettysburg College's current pool (above) will be replaced in a new, $25-million athletics center planned for 2009. (Photograph by Justin Kase Conder)

Small Colleges Sweat Over Sports Facilities

To compete for athletes, small, lower-division colleges are building multimillion-dollar sports facilities. Critics say it is not a good use of their money.

DOG IS DEAD: Uga VI, winningest in the University of Georgia's line of bulldog mascots, has been laid to rest in a marble vault.

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