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Daniel Kirk wonders<\/a> whether he has discovered what else I do at Butler besides teaching religion. <\/p>\n

The truth is, there is another Jim McGrath at Butler, in Athletics<\/a>. He was at Butler first, and he\u2019s the reason I have the awkward e-mail address with the middle initial and truncated last name. He\u2019s also one of the reasons I go by \u201cJames\u201d rather than \u201cJim\u201d \u2013 to make it easier to tell us apart.<\/p>\n

Not that anyone who has seen me in person thinks I could possibly be in athletics\u2026.<\/p>\n

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