The Chicago Sun-Times reported today that as part of its enhanced commitment to basketball, "UIC is rumored to be dropping its hockey program and turning its practice facility into a basketball facility". The article then went on to quote the Interim UIC Athletic Director, Jim Schmidt, "It's been studied" and "No decision has been made". Stay tuned for further developments. Just as the firing of the UIC basketball coach was made by someone "much higher up" than the Interim Athletic Director, it appears that the fate of the UIC hockey program will be decided by the anonomys "higer Ups", presumably in Champaign. Jack Berenzweig HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.