Posted on July - 14 - 2011
A family squabble over season tickets to Duke men’s basketball games has resulted in a legal fight.
A woman filed a lawsuit Friday against her sister, her sister’s husband and Duke University regarding the transfer of two tickets that once belonged to her father for games at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Katina Dorton is seeking unspecified damages and asking the court to invalidate the “fraudulent transfer” to Gordon and Sophia Caudle that occurred without the knowledge or consent of her father or other family members, according to the complaint.
“This is important and it’s valuable,” said Randall M. Roden, an attorney for Dorton. “She’s a graduate. She genuinely wants to support the Blue Devils and go to the games. But she was shocked by the way Duke handled this.”
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Posted on July - 14 - 2011
You’ll find the activities chart just above the essay questions on the the Common Application. It looks straightforward, and in some ways, it is. However, given the differences between communities, high schools and your individual passions, it is important to give some thought to the way you represent your extracurricular time.
The Common Application specifically asks you to list your activities in the order of importance to you. (They bold it in their instructions too.) The activity that you believe sounds most impressive may not be your most personally significant activity, and unless you’ve demonstrated an unusual level of commitment to it in other parts of the application you’ve just lost some legitimacy with the application reviewer.
- Carefully explain your activity and your role in it. The Common Application allows limited space for this, so choose your words carefully. Remember, the name of the club alone does little to clarify your passions for the admission committee.
- Likewise, don’t assume that the college wants to see any specific activity listed as most important. Listing your community service requirement first doesn’t speak to your passions. Colleges want all sorts of students on their campus. They want tuba players and tennis players, presidents and prose writers. Be yourself.
- While many of your activities might take place within the context of your high school, think about all of your time. Do you devote significant amounts of time to a hobby or special interest. Are you particularly involved with a church or religious group? One year, our committee had a student who had spent a great deal of time baking. She took the time to explain her commitment to the croissant. Did we find her compelling? Absolutely? Had she explained that her
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Posted on July - 14 - 2011
The NCAA tournament’s opening round will stay in Dayton, Ohio, for at least the next two years.
The NCAA said Monday that the First Four will be played at the University of Dayton in 2012 and 2013.
Last year was the first one for the so-called First Four games in the newly expanded 68-team men’s tournament. Two games match the lowest seeds, Nos. 65 through 68, with the winners advancing to play a top seed. The other two games match the last four at-large qualifiers.
Gene Smith, the Ohio State athletics director and chair of the Division I Men’s Basketball Committee, said the panel decided Dayton should host the First Four at least through the tournament’s 75th anniversary in 2013.
The 2012 First Four will have two games on March 13 and two on March 14.
Posted on July - 13 - 2011
There are a lot of things I just don’t understand.
How a plane gets off the ground. Microwaves. The unbelievably cold temperature inside of movie theaters. Why every pencil I’ve ever used is a #2.
How copiers work. The complex engineering system known as an intercom (I have no idea which button to push).
And last but not least, mandated testing.
Oh, and I almost forgot… junior high boys.
But my greatest unsolved mystery is why humans can’t get along with each other, but they are capable of falling in love with other species.
I’m talking about dogs.
We love them.
At least most of us love them.
All the people I trust love them (I just don’t get you cat people).
We absolutely love these animals and they walk on four legs and have brains the size of golf balls.
The
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Posted on July - 13 - 2011
STATELINE, Nev. — Self-described “pip-squeak” actor Jack Wagner made seven birdies Friday to jump out to the first-round lead at the American Century Celebrity Golf Championship at Lake Tahoe.
Former NHL All-Star Jeremy Roenick and ex-quarterback Chris Chandler were tied for second at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course.
Others in the hunt included hockey’s Mike Modano and Brett Hull, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo and former pitcher Rick Rhoden, who has won the event a record eight times.
Five years ago, Wagner became the only non-professional athlete to win in the tournament’s 22-year history. He had seven birdies Friday for a total of 29 points in the modified Stableford scoring system. He shot a 3-under 69 in a regular format.
“The great part about this event is we’ve kicked around together for 20-some years now,” said Wagner, who tied for second last year and has finished outside the top 10 only five times in 21 previous appearances.
“I think these guys kind of like that they have a little pip-squeak actor they can play with,” he said.
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