UPCOMING EVENTS

Field Hockey Fri, Aug. 31, @ American,  Washington, D.C., 4 p.m. Sun., Sept. 2, @ Georgetown,  Washington, D.C. Noon Men’s Soccer Fri., Aug. 31, vs. Virginia Tech in  Nike/Alltel Classic, Sports Backers Stadium, 8 p.m. Sun., Sept. 2, vs. Albany in Nike/ Alltel Classic, Sports Backers  Stadium, 3:30 p.m. Women’s Soccer Fri., Aug. 31, vs. […]

SPORTS BRIEFS

BASEBALL Former Rams relief pitcher Mick Mattaliano has been promoted from shortseason class A to class A by the Baltimore Orioles. Mattaliano played with the  Aberdeen Ironbirds and the Delmarva Shorebirds of the South Atlantic League.  The Pennsylvania native struck out 13, gave up 12 hits and put together a 1.69  ERA for the Ironbirds […]

College football pick ’em

Each week the CT sports editors, a guest and a coin will pick the outcomes of  Saturday’s football action. If you wish to participate, bring a copy of the games  listed here with your picks to the Student Media Center (817 W. Broad St.) by 5  p.m. Friday. The top score each week receives a […]

Vick hearing timeline

5:30 a.m. – Alex Dynan and Matt Doyon, hosts of “The  Aftermath” on WVCW Radio, arrive at Richmond Federal  Courthouse. Representatives from The Richmond TimesDispatch and ESPN have been here since 5 a.m.  5:45 a.m. – Police begin blocking off roads that surround  courthouse. Only remaining street open to traffic is Main  Street. 7:40 a.m. […]

Learning from Vick’s mistake

    For one man, he sure knows how to draw a crowd.  He’s done so in sellouts for the Atlanta Falcons for  seven years at the Georgia Dome and then again  Monday downtown in a media circus.     Michael Dwayne Vick is now a convicted felon in one  of the most bizarre sports stories in recent memory, as  he pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to operate  an interstate dogfi ghting ring in U.

Weekend Calendar

Thu. Aug. 30 17th Street Farmer’s Market, 8:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. Flowers After 5 at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, live music,  6 p.m. $6-$10. Bogart’s Backroom: Jackass Flats, 9 p.m. $5. Emilio’s: Existor, 10 p.m. $5. Mars Bar: ‘80s Pop Dance Night, 10 p.

Check this out

    The School of the Arts has created an interactive Web site for  listing events and happenings. The site is named “Ester Knows,” after  the mother of the founder of the School of the Arts, Theresa Pollak.      Four categories – “shows,” “us,” “guests” and “elsewhere”  – appear on the main page, each with a […]

WEIRD NEWS

Headless German          A German court awarded a man 3,000 euros  ($4,100) after he lost the top half of his skull  because of faulty hospital equipment. The man’s  skull had to be replaced with plastic because  the cold storage where doctors placed the top  of his head during surgery turned out to be  defective.  […]

Bayou creatures enliven Commons

    “Birds”  made  from  plaster  and  women’s underwear fly through the air  as a bright red swag of fabric sweeps  across the room and into a pile of beans.  A “Sweater Monster” sits perched on  a pedestal, waiting to pounce, while a  sparkly, black mesh pregnant alligator  curls toward the sky.        Senior sculpture major […]

Developing the future of photography and film

    Students are seldom excited about the costs that accompany their education.   Certain fine arts majors may have even less to be thrilled about this semester.     “I’m a student,” said Sarah Hendrich, 21, majoring in photography and film.   “I can’t afford to be spending $450 on a program bundle I won’t even be legally  […]