Archive for April, 2011

Gardens returns to state 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 [...]

Audit: Iowa should better track 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 [...]

Will and Kate’s Wedding: What It Says To A Watching World

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 [...]

Puppy police patrols North East ISD schools

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 [...]

Photo gallery: 2011 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 [...]