Local poet wins high accolade: The Guggenheim (finally) goes to ... (Santa Maria Times)
Accomplished poet Christopher Buckley of Lompoc?s Vandenberg Village received validation of his success in writing earlier this month when he was notified that he will receive a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship award. ...more...Florence serves a broad community well (Southlake Times)
Florence Elementary School is a part of the Keller Independent School District, is located in Southlake and pulls its students from Keller, Southlake, Roanoke and Westlake....more... We emperors without clothes (The Daily Texan)
Editor's Note: In the typewritten days of the newspaper industry, "-30-" denoted the end of a story. A -30- column gives graduating sen-iors an opportunity to reflect and speak their minds. My first year in college began in the fall of 2002, which turned out to be one of the most stained eras for journalists this country may ever remember....more... Titanic battle (Boston Globe)
Frank J. Goldsmith was nine years old when the Titanic went down in April 1912, with the loss of 1,500 lives. His British parents had booked passage in hope of starting a new life in America. As the ship listed, the boy stuffed his pockets with gumdrops before leaving his parents' third-class cabin. On a lifeboat with his mother as ......more... Veteran teacher says 'It's time to leave' (East Valley Tribune)
Steve Beckwith has talked about retirement before. This time, the longtime eighth-grade social studies teacher and softball coach at Scottsdale's Supai Middle School says he means it....more... Fast Feedback (WSTM-TV NBC 3)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - There's been talk at the state Capitol recently about whether New York state should reinstate the death penalty....more... Borders Group Establishes External Diversity Council (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Borders Group, Inc. has formed an external diversity council of leaders from academia, the publishing industry, business and the non-profit sector who will provide objectivity, expertise and guidance to the company's internal diversity task force....more... UWSPs Cornerstone Press seeks book manuscripts (Stevens Point Journal)
Cornerstone Press, a University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point student-run publishing company, is accepting book-length nonfiction, fiction, or poetry manuscripts for publication. Students taking English 349/549 (Editing and Publishing) in the fall will again edit and publish one or more books. Selected authors will receive royalties for all book copies sold. They will also work closely with authors ......more... C.P. teen's comic being published (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
CROWN POINT | In the tradition of the popular Marvel and D.C. comics, a Crown Point High School senior has created his own super hero....more... |