protected collegeTable getCollege(String id, Connection con) throws SQLException {
   try {
     ResultSet rs = null;
     Statement statement = con.createStatement();
     rs =
         statement.executeQuery(
             "SELECT * FROM "
                 + TABLECOLLEGES
                 + " WHERE "
                 + collegeTable.ID
                 + " = "
                 + id
                 + " LIMIT 1");
     // if found
     if (rs.next()) {
       collegeTable table = new collegeTable();
       table.setID(id);
       table.setShort(rs.getString(collegeTable.SHORTNAME));
       table.setFull(rs.getString(collegeTable.FULLNAME));
       return table;
     } else {
       return null; // not found
     }
   } catch (Exception e) {
     log.writeException(e.getMessage());
     throw new SQLException(e.getMessage());
   }
 } // end getCollege