Archive for November, 2008

30 Nov

Program Raises Field Trip Funds For Thousands Of Needy Kids

“Without it, they probably wouldn’t go,” Gambino said. There isn’t any money at the school for field trips, Gambino said, and many students’ families can’t afford to pay.
During a recent morning, Edison students, in neat red and blue uniforms, milled around digital-technology exhibits at the science center.
The field-trip initiative has existed in some form since [...]

29 Nov

Atletico Warn Fans Against Marseille Trip

Atletico Madrid have advised their fans not to travel for their final Champions League group D match at Marseille on 9 December. The game between the sides in Spain last month was marred by confrontations between visiting fans and local police, leading to Atletico having to play PSV Eindhoven behind closed doors last Wednesday.
‘As a [...]

29 Nov

Cowgirls Open Up Four Game Road Trip At Oregon

Joe Legerski wanted a simulation of the conference season early.
So far the Wyoming coach has got exactly what he wished for, and the Cowgirls have the bruises to show for it.
UW brought three teams destined for the postseason into Laramie last week to push around and help a young team grow up quickly, and though [...]

29 Nov

A Trip Down Staten Island’s Hylan Boulevard

Speeders passing law-abiding drivers on both sides of the road. Cars blowing through solid red lights, or making wild left turns that force drivers going the other way to screech short to avoid an accident.
And a simple experiment along Hylan Boulevard on a rainy Saturday afternoon earlier this month exposed dozens of drivers as brazenly [...]

29 Nov

Trip To Museum Puts New Twist On Christmas Story

“A Christmas Story” premiered on Thanksgiving 1983. It starred Peter Billingsley as Ralphie Parker, the boy whose greatest Christmas wish was a Red Ryder BB Gun. His dad was played by the late Darren McGavin. Cleveland was chosen for part of the filming, director Bob Clark said, because it most resembled 1940s Indiana.
The plain, clapboard [...]

29 Nov

Far From Coming Together

“There is playing time (available) on this team,” Skiles said. “It’s up for grabs. We’re trying to make clear to the guys that whoever wants to get with our program, defend, there’s playing time to be had. If anybody wants to do that. We’re searching.”
Ramon Sessions and Richard Jefferson scored 21 points each for the [...]

29 Nov

South Africa Foils Tsvangirai’s Morocco Trip

The South African government on Thursday barred Zimbabwe’s opposition MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai from traveling to Morocco on an expired Emergency Travel Document (ETD), local media said.
This comes hard on the heels of his attack on the facilitator in Zimbabwe’s inter-party dialogue, former South African president Thabo Mbeki, who accused Tsvangirai of being insensitive to [...]

29 Nov

Shuttle Starts Return Trip After Avoiding Space Junk

The Endeavour astronauts departed the international space station Friday, but stayed near the outpost for several hours longer than planned in order to avoid coming too close to debris from an old Russian satellite.
The seven shuttle fliers finally pulled away from the outpost late Friday afternoon, starting a two-day trip back to Earth. NASA will [...]

28 Nov

Maui Trip A Taste Of Things To Come For Indiana Basketball This Season

As I said last week, it’s going to be a long season for Indiana University basketball players, coaches, and fans alike. While the team will surely improve as the season pushes forward, the results in three games in Maui were likely a microcosm for what we’ll be seeing from them in the ‘08-’09 season.
Heading into [...]

28 Nov

Trip To Bahamas All About Business

Arkansas freshman Lyndsay Harris developed a love for beaches thanks in part to her family’s yearly trips to Destin, Fla.
Harris also has long looked forward to her first trip beyond U. S. borders.
Well, sort of. While Harris said Arkansas’ plans to attend this event were a plus during the recruiting process, she’s most excited about [...]