Feb
22
A senior administrator at Claremont McKenna College, a distinguished liberal arts school in California, resigned on Jan. 30 after he admitted to submitting false SAT score data to U.S. News & World Report for the past six years, the New York Times reported. The college was ranked No. 9 on the Best Liberal Arts College …
Feb
22
Golfers who play at Laurel Hill Golf Club in Lorton already consider the course, designed by architect Bill Love and owned by the Fairfax County Park Authority, to be among the best for value and golf experience in the region. However, local opinion is now confirmed by a recent Links magazine rating, which ranks Laurel …
Feb
22
WICHITA, Kan. – The Wichita State women’s track & field team is ranked 34th nationally and 13th in the Midwest Region in the latest NCAA Division I indoor track & field rankings released by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Tuesday. The Shockers moved up 13 spots from last week …
Feb
22
CHAMPAIGN — Sometimes even when you know it’s coming, there’s nothing you can do about it. That’s been the case for many of the 27 victims of Harlem sophomore wrestler Sage Hecox, who has used his family’s famous move to vault himself into the state tournament for the second year in a row. Hecox, like …
Feb
22
Here in the commonwealth, we like to fancy ourselves as the “basketball capital” of these United States. In a big-picture sense, however, it’s a hard claim for us to make stick. Unlike our equally hoops-mad rivals North Carolina and Indiana, we don’t have an NBA team inside our state. Hard to be the nation’s basketball …
Feb
21
(By Rob Rains) –JUPITER, Fla. – It was exactly one year ago on Tuesday when Adam Wainwright walked off the pitching mound at the Cardinals spring training complex, knowing he had suffered a serious injury to his right elbow. Wainwright will be back on the mound, albeit not the exact same one, on Tuesday because …
Feb
21
In a unique split-team weekend, a majority of the ISU men’s and women’s track and field team competed at cross-town rival Illinois Wesleyan’s Keck Invitational, while selected Redbirds traveled to South Bend, Ind., for the 25th-annual Meyo Invite. In both invitationals, the Redbirds broke numerous records, as two runners marked bests at the Meyo Invite …
Feb
21
INDIANAPOLIS (CBS) – Companies paid an average of $3.5 million for a 30-second spot during Sunday’s Super Bowl. Perhaps one of the most interesting commercial was a Chrysler ad, that ran for two minutes. The commercial featured Clint Eastwood, who essentially gave a speech about the re-birth of the auto maker and Detroit. “It’s halftime …
Feb
21
NEW FACES Karily Taylor has been named executive director of the Marian Clinic. She previously served as regional director for National Healing Corporation. In her new role, Taylor is responsible for executing the health care mission and carrying out the objectives of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health Services Corporation as it relates to …
Feb
21
NEW YORK (AP) – One autumn morning in Buffalo, N.Y., a college student named Adeela Khan logged into her email and found a message announcing an upcoming Islamic conference in Toronto. Khan clicked “forward,” sent it to a group of fellow Muslims at the University at Buffalo, and promptly forgot about it. But that simple …
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