April 30th, 2011 by Kiara Zox | Tags: Final, Final Four
PALM BEACH GARDENS – Going to the state semifinals has become a routine for Palm Beach Gardens softball. The Gators cruised past Cooper City 11-1 in six innings Tuesday night to secure their fifth semifinal berth in seven seasons. They’ll play Monday in Clermont against the winner of Clermont-East Ridge and Sarasota’s regional final. Pitcher [...]
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April 30th, 2011 by Kiara Zox | Tags: Recruiting, Recruiting Travel
The University of Iowa athletics department will enhance its oversight of recruiting trips taken by coaches to decrease the risk of NCAA rules violations after an internal audit found some shortcomings, school officials said Friday. Nearly half of the records of 52 recruiting trips randomly reviewed by auditors could not be linked to a specific [...]
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April 29th, 2011 by Lachlan Feez | Tags: Wedding, Wedding Says
Will and Kates wedding today communicated so many significant and worthwhile things to the estimated 2 billion people who watched. A writer who goes by the name hogan at Redstate has some thoughtful insights on the significance of the wedding.. Here is an excerpt: It can hardly be bad for whatever flaws of the people involved [...]
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April 28th, 2011 by Ryan Windeyer | Tags: East, North East
A Labrador retriever named Leonard works with North East Independent School District police to sniff drugs. Photo by Jennifer R. Lloyd In the midst of epic budget cuts, sometimes it’s nice to take a break from the board meetings, dollar signs and job losses to focus on something, well, cuter. In this case, I’m referring [...]
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April 28th, 2011 by Isabel Atkinson | Tags: Awards, Poetry Awards, Tufts Poetry, Tufts Poetry Awards
The Claremont Graduate University campus community came together on Thursday, April 28 to celebrate the winners of the 2011 Tufts Poetry Awards. Chase Twichell received this year’s $100,000 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award for her book Horses Where the Answers Should Have Been. Atsuro Riley received the $10,000 Kate Tufts Discovery Award for his book Romey’s [...]
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