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Charlottesville gears up for Va. Festival of the Book Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 5:54AMCHARLOTTESVILLE — Hundreds of writers and millions of words will flow through Charlottesville during the 16th annual Virginia Festival of the Book, which runs from March 17 to 21. This year's schedule includes more than 40 University of Virginia faculty members and alumni, speaking on topics as diverse as Ayn Rand, living through war and examining historical times.
College coordinator Boyle leads a busy life Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 5:03AMFebruary was National Pancake Month and March may be Maple Syrup Month in New England, but every weekend is Pancake Day to David Boyle, Glenbrook North High School's college coordinator and Gurnee dad of two. "Saturday morning pancakes for the kids," said Boyle, when asked what tops the list as a favorite meal to serve his children. "And if it is their birthday, they get a pancake in the shape ...
Antiquarian booksellers adapt to keep industry alive Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 3:09AMAntiquarian bookshops are closing every year because small business owners cannot compete with internet platforms. The solution, it seems, isn't to go completely online, but to mix old strategies with modern methods.
Gateway budget ax might fall on libraries, art and music Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 2:41AMGateway School District's preliminary budget includes spending cuts, many of which are concentrated in library costs at all district schools, building principals said at last week's meeting of the school board budget and finance committee. read more »
Community Extra: Calendar Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 2:16AMCatholic Daughter of America, St. Rita Court of Everett: 10:30 a.m. third Saturdays at Washington Oakes Retirement Home, 1717 Rockefeller Ave., Everett. Barbara, 425-514-3016, or Dorothy, 425-377-6202.
Popular fictional sport inspires campus group Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 2:11AMBy: Gerald Rich Texas Quidditch becomes first official University league, keeps books’ spirit It’s a beautiful day in the Honors Quad, and a crowd has gathered to gawk at students holding brooms between their legs, throwing dodgeballs and chasing someone running around in a yellow jumpsuit. Quidditch has finally come to UT....
Things to do (March 11-17) Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 1:22AMThe following are southern New Mexico events, activities and other happenings in the week ahead. Listings are free of charge.
Johnson & Wales chefs influencing restaurants across the region Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 6:04PMSince opening its Charlotte campus in the fall of 2004, Johnson & Wales University has transformed the tastes of a region. Its influence radiates out from the heart of downtown Charlotte to beyond this side of the Catawba River. Last year, Chad...
Spark it Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 5:40PMThe first Ignite event in the Lansing area was held in the cavernous undeveloped space atop the Barnes and Noble Bookstore in downtown East Lansing. That space now is part of the MSU/ East Lansing business incubator.
Are You the Biggest Loser on Campus? Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 3:31PM"I'm looking around, and I see lots of losers in this room!" April Baer, project coordinator for University Wellness, said Tuesday night during the registration for "The Biggest Loser on Campus." Inspired by NBC's reality show, "The Biggest Loser," this program is designed to promote health and wellness through out campus.
Honoring black inventors, pioneers 365 days a year Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 2:30PMA Pittsburg man's annual history calendars are catching on at schools and in bookstores.
Updated WrestleMania 26 Events List Inside, NXT/SD! Tapings, Y2J, More Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 1:33PMThe dark match for tonight's WWE NXT and SmackDown! tapings will be Edge and Rey Mysterio vs. Chris Jericho and CM Punk. On April 8th, Chris Jericho will host the Golden Revolver Heavy Metal Awards. The awards will air on May 22nd on VH-1 Classic.
First Coast Beaches' sights and sounds Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 11:48AM- Mezza music - Students from the University of North Florida's renowned jazz program will be performing tonight and every Wednesday during Musical Happy Hour from 6 to 8 p.m. at Mezza Luna restaurant, 110 First St., Neptune Beach. Also, longtime Beaches-area musician Mike Shackelford plays every Thursday during that night's Musical Happy Hour, also from 6 to 8 p.m. Shackelford, accompanied by ...
Rocky Mountain Writers' Festival at ISU Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 10:49AMThis year's Rocky Mountain Writers' Festival will run March 10 through March 13 in Pocatello, Idaho, with many events hosted at ISU. The Festival was founded in the 1990s by Will Peterson, writer, art supporter and owner of the Walrus and Carpenter bookstore in Old Town.
Books Are Dead. Long Live Books! Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 10:09AMNew technology could keep paper books alive, despite digital disruption.
Filmmakers set out to solve 124-year-old murder mystery Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 9:17AMBY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Christopher Rott and Steve Steinhauser were just biding time in a bookstore when they came upon a passage that may lead to solving one of Monmouth County’s oldest murder mysteries. read more
Aries Caces and Joseph Esmilla in PPO concert Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 8:32AMTHE Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra’s (PPO) seventh concert season features guest conductor Aries Caces with highly acclaimed Filipino violinist Joseph Esmilla on March 18 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ (CCP) Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (CCP Main Theater) at 8 p.m.
University considering housing partnership Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 10:54PMBy: Xerxes A. Wilson Handicapped by dwindling funding, the University is planning a public-private partnership to subsidize new housing. The University is considering entering a public-private partnership to fund new graduate housing to replace the Nicholson Apartments, which...
E-books cheaper, but still unpopular Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 10:17PMBy: Mike Mullen On Monday, applied economics professor Donald Liu met in his office with a sales representative from McGraw-Hill, a major textbook publisher. Liu said he pressed the representative on the publisher’s price of electronic textbooks, which had previously been offered at a discount of only around 10 percent. “I said that the production cost for a copy of an online textbook, I mean ...
Are Universities Clicking Their Way To A Better Education? Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 2:11PMWhat's Your Reaction? BOULDER, Colo. — The students in Michael Dubson's physics class at the University of Colorado fell silent as a multiple choice question flashed on a screen, sending them scrambling for small white devices on their desks.
Dr. Cornel West to Speak April 1 at Savannah State University Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 12:05PMPrinceton University professor and noted activist, author and scholar Dr. Cornel West, will deliver a lecture Thursday, April 1, at Savannah State University.
Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 10:11AMWritten by bestselling author Derald Wing Sue, Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation is a first-of-its-kind guide on the subject of microaggressions. This book insightfully looks at the various kinds of microaggressions and their psychological effects on both perpetrators and their targets. (PRWeb Mar 8, 2010) Read the full story at http://www ...
Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 8:45AMWritten by bestselling author Derald Wing Sue, Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation is a first-of-its-kind guide on the subject of microaggressions. This book insightfully looks at the various kinds of microaggressions and their psychological effects on both perpetrators and their targets.
New views of the Main Street University of Delaware Bookstore Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 8:34AMThe following images come courtesy of the University of Delaware and DIGSAU, a Philadelphia-based architectural firm. You must be a Registered User to view the rest of the story.
'Clickers' Bring Game Show To Classroom Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 6:59AMClickers -- not unlike gadgets used on television game shows -- first appeared in college classrooms over a decade ago, but do they really help kids learn?
Student center at MU far ahead of schedule Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 8:37AMThe main-level atrium of the new Student Center on the University of Missouri campus is expected to open in August, almost a year ahead of the original schedule.
Tzu Chi Buddhists spread goodwill from Highland Heights church Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 6:02AMThe year was 1966 when a young Taiwanese woman practicing Buddhism taught compassion and the serving of others in that Far East country. Before long, she had acquired a group of 30 housewives as followers. Without means to fully serve those around her, that woman, Dharma Master Cheng Yen, asked for two cents a day from her followers’ grocery money to help families in the community.
Local briefs: Officers able to assist troubled caller, baby Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 3:15AMSmyrna police responded to a call Friday afternoon after a Lebanon woman said she was thinking about harming herself and her 3-year-old child, according to Sgt. Bobby Gibson.
Incentive program gives sandbagging credit Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 12:26AMCollege students in Moorhead now have a little more incentive to bag sand. The city of Moorhead’s “Bags for Books” promotion will give students a $10 gift card to their school’s bookstore for every two hours that they bag sand.
Around your town Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 10:20PMMeet Double Adobe quilter Peggy Kennedy Atkinson. Her family homesteaded in the Sulphur Springs Valley, and her grandfather near the San Pedro River in Hereford after separating from his wife. In 1939, he was struck by lightning and died. Peggy’s parents and her brothers Charlie and Clifford, and sister, Marjory, moved over to take care of the farm until her Uncle Donald would arrive. In 1940 ...
Declining Numbers Worrisome At Stockton's Stan State Campus Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 8:10PMDeclining enrollment and the closure of the campus bookstore have students at California State University, Stanislaus' Stockton campus wondering if the university will be around long enough for them to graduate.
Buzz Builds About EMU Basketball Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 3:33PMTickets sold out Friday ahead of the EMU-Centre match-up in the NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament.
Coming This Week for March 6 Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 3:27PMTODAYAfro Russe Dance performance "Return to Sender: Africa and Back": 4 p.m., ARTworks,
BookHampton Closes Amagansett Store Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 1:19PMAfter two years of business in Amagansett Square, BoBookHampton may have closed its Amagansett location, but its Sag Harbor store, pictured here with manager Sarah Doherty and Barry Lisee, is still going strong.okHampton owner Charline Spektor this week announced the independent bookstore would close the location, citing economics and “the surprising lack of foot-traffic in [...]
Construction of Student Center on Schedule Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 1:09PMUniversity Architect Ed Schmittgen calls the current construction at Cleveland State, “the biggest build since the beginnings of CSU.” The construction is progressing as expected. At this point, the only delay is the College of Education, where move-in was planned during spring recess.
Top things to do in Fort Collins: A three-day planner Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 11:17AMIt's the weekend. Here's your guide to what's happening in terms of concerts, new movies, sporting events and more.
Entertainment Calendar: 03/05/2010 Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 6:30AMItems for this calendar must be received by the Record-Eagle at least 10-14 business days in advance. All calendars are published on a space available basis.
Campus Cards Go Contactless With Blackboard Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 6:00AMBlackboard Inc. today announced the general availability of Release 3.6 of Blackboard Transactâ¢, and with it the introduction of a unique contactless campus ecosystem that aims to make the student experience significantly more convenient and secure.
Weekend Calendar Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 5:46AMRichmond Ballet; Benefit variety show; Maple Sugar Festival; Home Show 2010; Tea dance; MSO family concert
Planning group gets an earful on bookstore plan Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 5:36AMThe Newark Planning Commission took a look at plans for a new University of Delaware bookstore before a crowd that was largely unimpressed with the design of the building.
[ENS] Christian-Muslim leaders issue call to action for global peace, reconciliation (mdavies [ENS] Christi) Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 4:47AMEpiscopal News Service is available at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/ens.
Extra points Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 2:33AMCool people just call it The Babcock, said David Graham, fashion editor for the Toronto Star. The lucky red school tie worn by trendy alum Mike Babcock flew off the shelves at Montreal's McGill University after he coached Canada to an Olympic gold medal.
Book celebrates Whidbey Island's many charms Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 1:21AMDan Pedersen of Langley, like others who live on Whidbey Island, said he's developed a deep affection for the island's forests, farms, beaches, prairies, wildlife and small towns.
SGA candidates explain survey responses Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 1:07AMBy: These candidate responses are supplements to the campus issues survey chart on Page 8 and 9 of The Maroon’s 2010 election guide. While the chart only reflected a yes or no answer, editors gave the candidates a chance, if they chose, to expand on whe...
L&M offering textbook rentals Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 6:12PMPrivately owned stores around campus began rentals this year
March 2 Friends and Neighbors Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 4:58PMWednesday ‘Silent Screams’ on screen
Pregnant sports fans can still look fab Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 3:22PMGayle Clark is a die-hard University of Florida fan and rarely missed an opportunity to express that adoration with her clothes.
New Scrutiny on Censorship Issues for U.S. Companies in China Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 10:30AMDAN LEVIN Now that Google has thrown down the gauntlet, American companies may find arguments about the need to obey local laws do not offer blanket protection from questions about conduct.
In the galleries calendar Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 6:42AMHere's a sampling of the happenings at the region's art and history galleries. Admission, lectures and receptions are free, unless otherwise noted. CITY LIGHTS AND CO.
News Briefs Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 3:43AMFLORENCE Authorities try to identify burglar Authorities say a burglar was caught on video after he broke into a residence on Vulcan Avenue, and now police are asking the public to help identify him.