A Guiding Mission At UConn (Hartford Courant)
In the fall of 1971, Larry Druckenbrod took his father's advice and entered college as an accounting major. But he grew increasingly disenchanted with his studies and with the prospect of a career in the field and eventually "loaded into a Volkswagen with three friends" to travel throughout the U.S and Mexico for a year until he found out what he really wanted to study. ...more...Notes (USA Today)
Kings...more... Reduce Recidivism by Understanding Relapse Triggers (PR Web)
Each year, the prison system releases nearly 600,000 offenders. Instead of making a successful transition back into society, more than half of these offenders will find themselves back behind bars within three years. To reduce statistics like these, professionals and counselors working with offenders are trying something different. They're reevaluating what factors cause an offender to relapse ......more... CASE OF THE GIVING GAME (James Kilpatrick via Yahoo! News)
How much is too much? In one context or another, the Supreme Court often has considered the question. Now a criminal case is pending that presents the question in the light of professional fund raising. Prepare to raise at least one incredulous eyebrow. Or maybe two....more... A moveable feast (The Daily Iowan)
Shawn Cornally and Vikram Patel are shopping at the Waterfront Hy-Vee when they have a near crisis. "[The store] doesn't have any blood oranges," Cornally says. "Or pomegranates. It just had them yesterday." "I have an idea. What if we take pears," Patel says, snagging one from the nearby display, "and soak them in lemon or lime juice to get the citrus flavor?"...more... Students learn ins and outs of self-sufficiency (Provo Daily Herald)
On Thursday, 1,300 teenagers from high schools in Alpine School District got a taste of how hard it might be to make ends meet -- and even afford food -- during the Financial Literacy Expo at Utah Valley State College. "Some of the students realize they are going to have to downsize from their house to a townhouse, just in order to eat," said Rosemary Lindberg, a Family and Consumer Sciences ......more... College Applications - Time to Think Ahead to Fall 2008 (The Signal)
OK high school juniors, while you're daydreaming about proms and cars and all the sun and fun you're going to have this summer season, don't forget that other season - application season....more... Eighth-seeded Warriors pull off NBA stunner in playoffs (The York Dispatch)
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Baron Davis knew his tender hamstring would limit him, so Stephen Jackson took a huge load off Golden State's do-everything star....more... Giving a voice (The Gleaner)
Emma Stocking and her 21 fellow volunteers in the local CASA program are a lot like those brave souls who sign up for military duty in wartime....more... |