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Ferrum hosts USA South Hall of Fame Ceremony
Sports ReporterFerrum College wrapped up a weekend of celebrations by hosting the USA South Conference's annual Hall of Fame ceremony on Sunday. Ferrum's own Abe Naff was among the five inductees. He coached the Panther baseball team for 23 years and is currently the...Tags: Sports, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Christopher Newport University, Chicago Cubs, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Milks earns highest honors at Lynchburg
Shelly Milks, a senior at Lynchburg College, recently was awarded two of the top honors at Lynchburg College's annual awards banquet. Milks, a Gloucester High School graduate, won the Female Senior Award and the Female Athlete of the Year honor....Tags: Robin Williams, Sports, Old Dominion Monarchs, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Marshall University
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UConn Study: When Video Game Players See Enemy As Human, They Are More Aggressive
The Hartford CourantA new study of video games found that a player's perception of enemies as human, not alien, led the player to be more verbally aggressive afterward. The study also found that men were more physically aggressive than women in behavioral tests taken...Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, University of Connecticut, Sony Corp., Entertainment, PlayStation
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Big Ten academic committee reaches out to UM
While the University of Maryland won't be able to reap most of the rewards of joining the Big Ten athletic conference until the move becomes official in July 2014, it will start benefiting from its academic counterpart — the Committee on...
Tags: College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), Purdue Boilermakers, Michigan State Spartans, Atlantic Coast Conference, Ohio State Buckeyes
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Erin Pankau to wed Trevor McEvoy
Ted and Mary Jo Pankau of Lake Geneva, Wisc., announce the engagement of their daughter, Erin Pankau, to Trevor McEvoy, son of Rick and Shelley McEvoy of Bel Air. Pankau is a graduate of Badger High School and Wake Forest University and is a faculty...Tags: John Carroll
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According to Studies, Kids Are the Worst
NY Magazine has a new article titled, “All Joy and No Fun: Why Parents Hate Parenting.” The headline caught my attention because A) it’s incredibly sensationalistic, and B) I was unaware that so many parents had such contempt for their...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Nobel Prize Awards
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The ministry of back scratching
As soon as I asked the question, I asked myself why I had asked the question. Even as I was mouthing the words, the stodgy side of me whispered to the daring side, “What do you think you’re doing?” She has been a resident in the long-...Tags: Itching, Long Term Care
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Lifelong Franklin County resident and Waynesboro attorney to run for seat on bench
Jeffrey S. Evans, a Waynesboro attorney and lifelong Franklin County resident, will run for the position of judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin and Fulton counties. “I have a broad range of experience and understanding of the law, and I...
Tags: Primaries, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Justice System
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Colleges start posing mind-bending essay questions: Where’s Waldo?
L.A. NOWFrom Caltech in the West to Wake Forest University in the East, colleges are offering up mind-stretching, offbeat or downright freaky essay questions in an effort to gain better insights into young people's minds and personalities.... -
New college application questions encourage creative thinking
"So where is Waldo, really?" That's not the kind of question most high school seniors expect to find on their college admission applications. But it is one of the essay options that applicants to the University of Chicago face this year in their quest...
Tags: School Examinations, Students, Teaching and Learning, University of Chicago, Colleges and Universities
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Naughty and nice: That’s the million-dollar question
The Religion WorldWake Forest University is spending $1 million to better understand virtue and vice. The Character Project awarded eight grants on the philosophy of character and eight on the theology of character from 170 submitted proposals. “Those selected... -
Hairstyles may keep some black women from exercise
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A number of obstacles may stand between a person and exercise, and hairstyles may be one of them for African-American women, according to a new study. Researchers found about two of every five African-American women said...Tags: Health, Medical Research, Dermatologists, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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