SPORTS FACT OF THE DAY
Sports in Brief
BASEBALL
The Rams traveled to New York over the weekend and left victorious after taking 2 of 3 games from Hofstra. The Pride won Friday’s game 3-2 in 12 innings, but VCU bounced back with a 19-5 win on Saturday and a 5-3 triumph on Sunday. The black and gold scored 11 runs in the top of the ninth inning in Saturday’s win.
NFL Draft 2007. headaches and all
While many football fans spent Saturday and Sunday in front of their televisions watching the NFL draft, I spent both days working on a project for a mass communications class. It’s a good thing, too; the draft reviews on ESPN gave me a big enough headache.
The many adventures of Dr. Tran
He is a man of action, he is a man of honor and he is a man of duty . here comes Dr. Tran! Using a classic gag, Lone Sausage Production’s almost eight-minute short focuses on an argument between a five-year-old boy and a movie preview narrator. The animation opens with five-year-old Tran eating an apple.
Weird News
Beer research proves useful
A mathematical formula can be used to predict how the froth on beer changes over time. And U.S. researchers said it might have more practical applications than just pouring the perfect pint.
The formula explains how the foam bubbles grow.
May arts & culture calendar
“I Heart Huckabees,” film and discussion
Wednesday, May 2
7 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Opera talent shines at annual show
Impressively full-toned, full-bodied voices filled the Sonia Vlahcevic Concert Hall in the W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts Saturday and Sunday night. The Opera Theatre VCU and VCU Symphony Orchestra presented Mozart’s “The Magic Flute,” sung in English.
Your Turn Letters to the Editor
So, you want to know where your student fees are going?
Foreign aid should’ve been accepted for Katrina victims, not brushed aside
The U.S. federal government is in dire need of improving its management skills.
Let’s take the incompetent and tardy response following Hurricane Katrina-no, not Michael Brown and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, nor the Army Corp of Engineers. Lucky for me, there is more to scrutinize in this dark pattern of bureaucratic buck passing.
Professor teaches, learns in Ukraine
Most teachers would only dream of having their lessons reach students half way around the world. Associate professor Jeff South is living that dream by spending this spring semester in Ukraine. South is part of a Knight Foundation Fellowship teaching journalism abroad.