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Aug 15, 2011

SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, Aug 15, 2011


National efforts under way to raise bar for science, social studies curriculums
The Herald-Mail
Some local science teachers attended training sessions this summer to learn about those standards and teaching strategies such as promoting science, technology and engineering in a cross-disciplinary approach, said Clyde Harrell, director for ...
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“Children's Scientific Leadership will Determine India's Leadership Among ...
Press Information Bureau (press release)
Shri Vilasrao Deshmukh, Minister of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences urged children to study science, pursue a career in research and avail the facilities available under other components of INSPIRE programme of the Ministry of Science and ...
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Professors measure computer efficiency
Roanoke Times
Virginia Tech researchers will be part of a project to better understand the effect of carbon dioxide on geologic formations. The Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research at Tech will lead the test project, in which 20000 tons of carbon dioxide ...
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SALINE: Saline High School pilots Senior Capstone Experience course
Heritage Newspapers
About 70 students are enrolled for the pilot course, which combines English, social studies andscience in a college-style lecture format and seeks to prepare students for their foray into global society. "We wanted to take that iconic coasting year ...
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Parents concerned about high-tech classrooms in Connecticut
West Hartford News
In Connecticut, schools and economic development agencies alike are working to prepare a new generation of students for careers in math in science, with new jobs being created by projects like the new Bioscience Connecticut. While these high-tech ...
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Progress towards Mexican silverside commercial farming
FIS
After a decade of research, scientists at the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo (UMSNH) -- supported financially by the National Council of Science andTechnology (Conacyt) and the Joint Funds of the state of Michoacán -- developed a ...
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FIS
After bumpy start, East Tech connects with its students
Plain Dealer (blog)
Two of East Tech's academies -- Ninth Grade and Engineering, Science and Technology -- are holdovers. To those were added New Tech, which stresses project-based learning," and Community Wrap Around, which will integrate school with social and other ...
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Educational institutions celebrate Independence Day
Pakistan Daily Times
He said that there was a need to promote science and technology to bring Pakistan at par with the developed nations. A flag hoisting ceremony at Lahore College For Women University (LCWU) was held which was attended by Acting Vice-Chancellor Dr Farhat ...
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SSC II position-holders unsatisfied with curricula
Pakistan Daily Times
According to her parents play major role in the success of students. She urged the students to focus on their studies while shunning absenteeism. Samar suggested that new technologies should be introduced in the syllabi. “There is a big difference in ...
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Dreaming of a walk in space
Trinidad News
She is also one of 41 Caribbean women who have made significant contributions to science,technology and innovation, who were featured in the new book “Caribbean Women in Science and Their Careers”. Wardrop Alleyne has been in Trinidad since Monday, ...
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Nanotechnology improves chilling of fish
Anchorage Daily News
And the science can easily be applied to making better ice. NanoICE technology, invented in Iceland 10 years ago, is available for the first time in the US The ice is made up of tiny crystal particles about the size of most bacteria, and the frigid ...
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Decision to allow Pistorius to compete against able-bodied athletes a ...
Insidethegames.biz (blog)
Dr Ross Tucker, a senior lecturer with the University of Cape Town's Exercise Science and Sports Medicine Department, has offered insidethegames a new analysis of the Court of Arbitration for Sport's (CAS) decision in May 2008 to allow Pistorius to ...
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Crackdown on SAT hagwon finds lots of violations
JoongAng Daily
The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and the Gangnam office of the Seoul Metropolitan Education Office said yesterday that 28 hagwon specializing in SAT preparation for US colleges were checked since July 12. Of them, 18 were found to have ...
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Taiwan awards 25 Belizeans scholarships
The Reporter Belize
Brian Samayoa and Luis Hernandez will study tropical agriculture at National Pintung University of Science and Technology. Gale Quiroz and Evami Tench will both study business administration at National Cheng-Chi University; while Kimberley Westby will...
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The Reporter Belize
New initiatives set for Rapides Parish schools in 2011-12
Alexandria Town Talk
Streaming Plus gives students access to a variety of information on various subjects, including physical science, chemistry, math, language arts, reading and social studies. The library also uses various delivery methods, such as videos, pictures and ...
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Rain Dance Capital: Civic-minded investment group plays key role in Abilene ...
ReporterNews.com
Another investment of at least a million has been into Texas Multicore Technologies, a company founded by Dan Cooke, who was chairman of Texas Tech University's computer science department at the time of his death in October. ...
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Grower's Secret: Chance discovery a 'rough gem' in Pacific
Maui News
It's one of those things we found by accident," said Wesley Chun, chief science officer of Grower's Secret, the company that markets Hiromoto's discovery. The result of Hiromoto's accidental finding and the development of the plant growth enhancer have ...
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Chair, Prof. Supply Chain Management at Penn State Smeal College of Business
Venture Outsource
His most recent research has focused on evaluating total distribution costs in global supply chains, the design and application of mode-choice models, and the pooling of lead-time risk. Dr. Tyworth has been a principal investigator in major studies ...
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Interim EPISD Superintendent Terri Jordan brings hope amid scrutiny
El Paso Times
Jordan has held positions as executive director of technology services, assistant superintendent for language arts and social studies, assistant superintendent of college readiness, associate superintendent for secondary schools, and chief of staff. ...
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Beneficiaries appeal for extension of Scholarship Programme
Ghana News Agency
Beneficiaries like Ms Georgina Adongo Atibire, a Social Science Student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and Ms Elizabeth Awewegu, also a Social Science Student of the University of Development Studies, as well as others, ...
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Whalewatchers attack starvation claim
Victoria Times Colonist
However, spokesmen for the whale-watching fleet deny Anderson's claims and say his science is faulty. Marine zoologist Anna Hall, who skippers a vessel for Prince of Whales Whale Watching, said the whales are not starving and studies do not conclude ...
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A breast cancer breakthrough?
Boston Globe
I want every woman to have access to this technology. I got my sisters down here when it was approved. I was like, 'You're all going to get this!' Because in my heart I know it's better.” Andy Smith, Hologic's vice president of imaging science, ...
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Boston Globe
Customer frustrations as starting point
Business Times (subscription)
But eventually, it realised there was a limit to relying on internal skills, and it started to tap researchagencies throughout the world, said Mr Brown. P&G has a partnership with Singapore's Agency forScience, Technology and Research (A*Star), ...
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What makes me angry?
Tucson Citizen
13, 2011, under Uncategorized Recently a local radio station featured a discussion about the EthnicStudies issue with Tucson Citizen and Arizona Independent writer, Lori Hunnicutt. I listened to the entire program and it made me incensed. ...
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Future bright for summer Penn State graduates
Centre Daily Times
Coulter's degree, a Bachelor of Science in human development and family studies, was one of more than 1200 undergraduate degrees conferred by the university Saturday as part of its summer commencement ceremony. Coulter was one of a few hundred ...
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Centre Daily Times
Movers & Shakers from the Aug. 15, 2011 issue
Worcester Business Journal
He has a bachelor's degree from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi-Ghana and a master's from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Perrin joined the bank in 2006 and previously served as a sales manager for Workers' Credit Union in ...
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Tacoma schools in $4B federal improvement experiment receive varying levels of ...
TheNewsTribune.com
He took a nationally recognized school model called STEM – for science,technology, engineering and math – and grafted the arts onto it. He calls the concept STEAM. He also has tried to foster partnerships between the three schools. ...
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TheNewsTribune.com
Culture: Preserving endangered languages
Summit County Citizens Voice
As part of that effort, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National ScienceFoundation are helping with a series of grants, this year totaling $3.9 million, a small price to pay for preserving such a basic facet of human culture and ...
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Our Social Networks
Republican & Herald
David presented his research at the 2010 international conference on security and management and published his first paper in the 2010 World Congress in computer science, computer engineering and applied computing. His co-ops were with Rochester Gas ...
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Irish, Robare exchange wedding vows
The Hillsdale Daily News
The groom has a bachelor of science degree in education from Central Michigan University and is a middle school social studies teacher. After a Baltic cruise, the Robares are at home in Three Rivers. Read the story here or in our print edition.
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Trinity Students Develop Android App to Aid Haitian Relief Efforts
TMC Net
A prototype was unveiled in Haiti in March by Ralph Morelli, professor of computer science and principal investigator of Trinity's HFOSS program, and Trishan de Lanerolle, HFOSS project director. Six students who participated in the HFOSS Summer ...
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Book considers a world of Edens
TheDay.com
Wilensky-Lanford approaches her subjects with respect, enthusiasm and conscientious research, and succeeds in doing what the best one-subject historical studies do, which is to reframe history, freshening up long-familiar events. ...
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An Open Letter to the Lemon Grove City Council: Stop the SDG&E Smart Meters
Patch.com
[8] There are literally thousands of studies that raise concerns about the health impacts from EMF. Many of these are detailed on the Center for Electrosmog Prevention www.electrosmogprevention.org, EMF Safety Network www.emfsafetynetwork.org, ...
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Shark bite victim becomes pioneer to serve amputees
The Tennessean
Hutto also reviews other studies and literature about prostheses for the team. Vanderbilt researchers estimate there are 620000 people in the United States with a major lower limb amputation, and about half are above the knee, similar to Hutto's. ...
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School news
Tuscaloosa News
Holt High welcomed new faculty: JT Gosnell, math; Matt Patterson, social studies; Renea Richardson, science; and Itaya White, commerce and information technology. -- Opportunities for Holt High School students, parents, teachers, and community are: ...
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New Website Targets Teachers and Students to Study Native Responses to ...
Art Daily
Users can see how tribes use their traditional culture, values and indigenous knowledge in combination with contemporary science and technologies to inform their environmental work. One of the primary objectives is that students everywhere will see a ...
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JHS class of 2011 reflects on graduation, future
Joplin Globe
He had talked enthusiastically about attending Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla for degrees in electrical engineering and computer engineering, and about one day owning a robotics firm. At the time, he was even building his first ...
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Two Consumer Studies Reveal That Chinese Save Money, Americans ...
By Juliana Chan
For her study, published in the Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal, Yao looked at three common savings motives: precautionary, education and retirement. By studying and comparing results from the American 2007 Survey of ...
AsianScientist.com | Asian Science,...

SPORTS, Athletics News, Aug 15, 2011

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NCAA approves athletics for full Division I status
Houston Baptist Collegian
By CHASE HERNANDEZ President Robert B. Sloan Jr. poses with members of the women's soccerteam at a press conference on the University being approved for full Division I membership in the NCAA. The athletics program has been approved for full Division ...
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It takes a team to feed Purdue football
Journal and Courier
Welcome to Purdue's Athletic Dining Room, located in the basement of Cary Quadrangle. For the two-week training camp, this is where the players eat breakfast, lunch, dinner and devour late-night snacks. The women's soccer team also stops by to eat. ...
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Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Sunday, Aug 14
Yahoo! Eurosport UK
JOHNS CREEK, Georgia - After failing to win any of the last six majors, the United States hold the top five spots heading into Sunday's final round at Atlanta Athletic Club with the unheralded pair of Jason Dufner and PGA Tour rookie Brendan Steele ...
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Changes ahead for fall season
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
By Tom Robinson Fall sports teams in the Lackawanna Interscholastic Athletic Association and around the rest of Pennsylvania will begin official practice Monday in preparation for the upcoming season. Girls' soccer and girls' volleyball have undergone ...
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Pinckney Schools Celebrate Opening of New Sports Stadium
WHMI
It has specialized turf to allow it to be used for several of the district's outdoor sports as well as track and field competitions. Yesterday's open house included games played by Pinckney's soccer and football teams as well as activities like ...
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WHMI
Luzerne County Sports Hall of Fame set to induct new members
Citizens Voice
He also co-founded the Wyoming Area Football Alumni Association and the Bike Athletic Club which sponsors local flag football and softball teams and still coaches youth soccer. He is president of Independent Graphics Inc. in Pittston. ...
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In the game: Harrisburg Senators trainer dreams of big leagues
PennLive.com
Team doctors and athletic trainers for the professional baseball, indoor football,soccer and hockey teams all share a love of sports and a commitment to being a team player, and feel fortunate to help the athletes perform. Fans might not notice them ...
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PennLive.com
Centre Men's Soccer 2011 Season Preview
Centre Athletics
The Colonels, who finished with an 11-6-2 overall record in 2010 and a fourth place finish in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC), will return nine starters, led by seven seniors, a strong junior and sophomore class, and an impressive ...
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Centre Athletics
ABAC Fillies look to continue success on soccer field
Tifton Gazette
Aside from bringing the world's most popular sport, they have also brought a lot of success in their five years of existence. In their first season, they were good enough to host a playoff game, which is an almost unheard of feat in college athletics. ...
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Sharples earns national high school sports award
Norwich Bulletin
That's because high school football camps open Wednesday for those schools that didn't hold a spring football practice and on Aug. 22 for those schools that did. “It's been pretty competitive,” Ledyard High football coach and athletic director Jim ...
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Rich and poor find common ground in pressures of sports
Kansas City Star
The sports calendar is endless in Tract 84; schools' athletic schedules give way to summertime swim leagues, sports camps and private instruction. Some homes here have tennis courts, soccer nets or batting cages in their yards to afford constant ...
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Kansas City Star
Proctor and RFA join Tri Valley League despite objections
YNN
After multiple appeals, the New York State Public High School Athletics Association has officially cleared Proctor and Rome Free Academy to immediately join the Tri Valley League in most sportsdespite the league's argument that the two schools are too ...
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C-Town Sports Productions will be internet broadcasting home for Ursuline ...
Plain Dealer
By Brian Lavrich, Sun News C-Town Sports Productions will once again be the internet broadcasting home for the Ursuline College Sports Network. The partnership between C-Town Sports and Ursuline calls for the broadcast of soccer, volleyball, ...
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Mike Arbutina, Gordy Combs, Barry Stitz, Liane Williams To Be Inducted Into ...
Citybizlist (press release)
TOWSON, Md. - Former linebackers Mike Arbutina, '95 and Gordy Combs, '72 of the footballprogram join soccer standout Barry Stitz, '92 and gymnastics record-setter Liane Williams, '99 as this year's inductees into the Towson University Athletics Hall ...
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Help Ontario High School athletics and activities at test-drive event
Ontario Argus Observer
... UR School event to correspond with the kick off of the fall sports season, so people who test drive a car also have the opportunity to see fall sports scrimmages, beginning with volleyball in the gym, followed by football and boys and girls soccer. ...
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Duke & W&M Battle to 2-2 Draw in Exhibition
GoDuke.com
“We have a lot of things to work on both offensively and defensively and on set plays,” commented Church. “We will be ready to play on Friday night.” For tickets to all of Duke's home women's soccercontests, contact the Duke Athletic Ticket Office at ...
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Prep Sports: Athletes back at it again for fall season
Carroll County Times
Maryland's public schools were allowed to begin fall prep sports practice starting Saturday, which meant athletes across the county showed up for tryouts in cross country, golf, field hockey, football,soccer and volleyball. ...
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Louisiana enacts laws to protect young athletes from injury
Alexandria Town Talk
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that concussions can occur in any sport, and usually aren't followed by a loss of consciousness. "When you really stop to think about it, it's everything from basketball to soccer to cheerleading," ...
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Former Giants named new Keystone coaches
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
The men's soccer and cross country teams start August 23. Women's tennis and golf report Aug. 29. Most of the University of Scranton fall athletes will arrive Friday. Lackawanna College has already started football practice. ...
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Centerville defensive lineman ranking among nation's top prospects
Dayton Daily News
Both of Ifeadi's parents — Linda and Thomas — are from Nigeria and were raised on its nationalsports of soccer and track and field. They were certain that Ifeadi would excel in both. “We knew absolutely nothing about football,” said Linda, ...
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Whits' Crimson Club grows ranks
The Spokesman Review
Friedrichs also served the department as interim athletic director from October of 2009 through June of 2011, during which time the Pirates claimed a pair of NWC McIlroy-Lewis All-Sports Trophies. The class of 2011 will join a group of 71 individuals ...
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Mater Dei's Wannemuehler seems to be headed for soccer greatness
Evansville Courier & Press
... School All-America forward Max Lachowecki now a freshman at Notre Dame, Mater Dei all-state forward Travis Wannemuehler seems to be his heir apparent — as the next truly great player in the Southern Indiana Athletic Conference boys' soccer ranks. ...
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How young is too young for sports training?
CBS News
The push is on from slick videos urging parents to get infants into the swing of things, from little baby baseball to soccer training for toddlers at Lil' Kickers in Chicago. Instructors say they're toning tiny muscles, developing coordination and ...
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The toughest game-winning feats in sports
Tulsa World
An athletic goalkeeper standing in front of the net presents a problem for shootout participants. But a bigger problem is fatigue. "In soccer you are playing 120 minutes with all that you have," Chavez said. "Not only do you have to put up with all the ...
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Concussions getting closer attention
Amarillo.com
“It's not just football,” he said during the National Conference of State Legislatures. “It's basketball,soccer, wrestling … any competitive sport.” In fact, his bill is named after Natasha Helmick, asoccer player at Texas State University in San ...
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Love takes charge of Marygrove volleyball
Hometownlife.com
In the long run, football may regain its place in Love's athletic outlook. He'd eventually like to coach in the NFL or work in pro sports management. For now, however, don't be surprised if Love's athleticpassion makes the Mustangs an interesting team ...
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Health Is No. 1 Heading Into Fall Season
Patch.com
Can the Suffield girls soccer team reload and repeat as Class M champs? What about the Somers boys in Class S? Will Tolland and EO Smith play another memorable Thanksgiving football game? Will there be more at stake? Are Manchester and Rockville ready ...
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Carrboro to host 'The OC'
Chapel Hill News
"He said, 'We have so many great soccer minds around here, why aren't we doing something for the kids?' I formed a plan, and he and my athletics director (April Ross) were very supportive," Kadlecik said. Orange High School and Chatham Central were the ...
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Women of Troy gearing up for title run
Daily Trojan Online
By nick burton · Daily Trojan USC women's soccer coach Ali Khosroshahin makes the team's goal very clear at the beginning of the season. “At USC, the goal is to win a national championship,” Khosroshahin said. “Whenever I see [Athletic Director] Pat ...
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Basketball arena is GCU's gateway to Division I athletics
Arizona Republic
"Overall the aesthetics of the campus are starting to become more and more attractive," AthleticDirector Keith Baker said. Special events, from Christian rock bands to speakers, will be held in the arena, besides sports events, such as high school ...
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New Book Highlights the Intersection of Sports and Racism
Left Eye On Books
Millions upon millions participate in the spectacle of athletic competition. Terry Eagleton has written compellingly on the important emotional needs sports serve in a capitalist society, providing space for feelings of solidarity and working class ...
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Left Eye On Books
The Ann Arbor Rec and Ed department did an outstanding job organizing YouthWorks
AnnArbor.com
Sean and Seth provided our group with the involved process that is master scheduling an entiresports season. They even assigned the kids a homework assignment to schedule a mock youthsoccer season! Glenn gave the kids a tour around Pioneer's athletic ...
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BOYS' PREP SOCCER: Falcons going through rebuilding phase (08/14)
News Enterprise
Hardin thought about having his squad compete as a club team instead of at the varsity level in the Kentucky Christian Athletic Association. Then school started, and the turnout increased – and Hardin's outlook changed. “I think inexperience is going ...
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Longtime West Torrance, El Camino coach Fred Petersen passes
Daily Breeze
He wanted athletics to be a pathway to become better students. And he firmly believed that many would not graduate high school without athletics." Petersen also took an active role in his family's hectic sports schedule, either serving as a coach or ...
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Ward leads Canada
Brampton Guardian
Ward is one of four athletes from Brampton competing at the multi-sport games. AJ Gray, a former standout at St. Augustine, now at St. Francis Xavier University, is on the men's soccer team, which has opened with a pair of losses, 2-1 to Great Britain ...
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MU women's soccer coach more confident
Hometownlife.com
“Last year we were so far behind,'' said Hodgson, whose team finished 3-6-7 overall and 2-1-3 in the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference. “You can already see it in the scrimmage matches. From where we were at last year, and where we are this year, ...
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Men's, Women's Soccer Host 'Kick With The Raiders'
Madison County Courier
By Gloria Nantulya, Athletic Communications Assistant (Hamilton, NY – Aug. 11, 2011) The Colgate University men's and women's soccer teams are inviting fans and friends to join them for the annual Kick With The Raiders event on Monday, Aug. ...
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All Waukegan High sports teams will start on Wednesday - Lake ...
Practice will begin Wednesday for all fall-sports teams at Waukegan High. Before being allowed to work out, an athletics must have an athletic permit. ... Football — 8 a.m. for all levels in school locker room. Updated: August 9, 2011 2:22AM ... Twitter: Follow News-Sun on Twitter · RSS: Subscribe to our RSS feed ...
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