Altered Trai-jectory: outfield sees improvements from offseason adjustments
Apologies to opposing pitchers, but by the time VCU outfielder Trai Harris digs spike marks into the batters box, it’s too late.
He already knows.
He’s scanned the scouting reports and made a mental Xerox. He knows which side of the plate you’re working.
‘Tekken 5’ gets better with age
“Tekken 5” hit the PlayStation 2 console with the fury of an iron fist. Tekken 5 commemorates the 10-year anniversary of the Tekken franchise.
The Tekken series, notable for its one-on-one martial arts fighting using cutting edge 3D graphics, is considered an arcade staple.
Army hits Panhandle beach as part of recruiting drive
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Young men and women crawl across the sand, climb over a plywood wall and swing from overhead bars on an obstacle course as a sergeant in a camouflage Army uniform barks orders.
Basic training? No, spring break.
Dancer-comedienne Claire Porter to perform ‘Namely, Muscles’
Growing up in Connecticut, Claire Porter danced, sang in her high school performance group and attempted to choreograph for her dog. With her PORTABLES, a series of solo comedic movement monologues, the New York-based dancer and comedienne combines her humor and knowledge of movement.
‘Fight Night Round 2’ tournament to take place March 28
How would you like to put your boxing skills to the test?
You can on Monday, March 28, at the Stuart C. Siegel Center if you participate in the “Fight Night Round 2” boxing tournament, a videogame played on the Playstation 2.
Monday’s game is the follow-up to a previous “Fight Night” game, and “Round 2” allows players to create their own boxers who have total boxing control during the game.
Campus connector changes: buses take more direct route between campuses
Students who ride the campus connector, the bus that takes students to and from the medical and Monroe Park campuses, have discovered they no longer can step out at several corners of Grace Street or near the Coliseum.
This direct route with fewer stops pleases some students including Michelle Winslow, a sophomore criminal justice major and connector rider.
Paralyzed yoga teacher discusses mind-body connection
Yoga teacher, writer and founder of Mind Body Solutions, Matthew Sanford, recently lectured to 90 people about how to cross the boundaries between the mind and body. Sanford, who is 39 years old, is paralyzed from the chest down.
“If you think about the boundaries between you and the person sitting next to you – if you were to turn right now and look back and stare at the body next to you, not at their eyes, not where mental consciousness comes up but at their body – things will get suddenly uncomfortable,” he told the audience.
Philosophy, religious studies professor remembered
“Philosophy is often a difficult subject for students… despite that I think Earle always found ways to engage students to help them understand the struggle for big ideas.”
These words were expressed by Stephen D. Gottfredson, interim provost and vice president for academic affairs, while describing Earle Coleman, a professor emeritus of philosophy and religious studies who died March 1, 2005, at age 63.
Weird News
Woman marries clay pot
After her groom was late for their wedding, an Indian bride married a clay pot. The woman took her vows with the pot after her husband, an officer with the border police, was delayed by heavy snowfall. A photograph of the groom was placed behind the pot to represent the missing groom.
Enough already — pull the plug
It should never have come to this point. The fifteen-year struggle of a severely injured woman, her husband and her well-meaning parents have been thrust in the national spotlight as a center of intense media focus and national debate. It happens all the time in hospital rooms across the country – someone becomes so severely injured that they need to be put on life support, and there comes a time to consider whether it would be humane to continue that treatment.