| On the road again: BSU men head to Northern Illinois
DeKALB, Ill. -- In late November, Ball State's basketball team embarked on a journey it probably wasn't ready to tackle. The inexperienced Cardinals began a streak of five consecutive road games with a contest at St. Joseph's in Philadelphia. They lost that game, and their next four -- all by at least 10 points. .
Student Views: snow days, snacks
UW-Madison education major Sarah Young, who is student teaching at Madison's Jefferson Middle School, used the Wisconsin State Journal's Forum section in her newspaper unit as a model for writing opinion pieces. The letters below are from students in Young's eighth-grade language arts classes. Schools should better plan for snow days A terrible blizzard blew into southern Wisconsin on Dec. 10. The roads and sidewalks were dangerous for cars, buses and walkers. There were many car accidents and at least two people died as a result. In addition, buses needed to drive safely and slowly, therefore most were late and people were tardy for work and school. This storm followed an earlier one, and sidewalks and streets were already a mess. Madison schools should have closed.
Tears, Passion, Logic: Spot the Odd One Out
There is some strange stuff indeed happening in the world of science lately, and William Saletan has been on the beat. In Saturday's Human Nature column, Saletan looked in on science's progress at defining the physical properties of thought. Mangar launches a full-throated assault against such philosophical contemplation of science's progress: Enough of this metaphysical nonsense from Saletan. [Neuroscience] is a materialist enterprise. I'm getting pretty sick of Saletan coming at us again and again with the "we've found the soul, we've scanned choices, natural selection is shaped by free will.. Did I blow your mind?"
No, dooood, you did not. The reason it sounds so freaky to scan "free will" or "the soul" is because you haven't...no one can and no one will.
Premature 'miracle' baby home in time for the holidays
HASTINGS — This Christmas, Heidi and Jason Davis are celebrating two firstborn sons: one born in Bethlehem a few more than 2,000 years ago, the other born Aug. 22 in Omaha.They consider both to be miracle births.Born 12 weeks premature, weighing 1 pound, 3 ounces, and measuring 12 inches in length, Calin Lee Davis went home Dec. 15 after spending nearly four months in the natal intensive-care unit at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. .
Dr. Dello Russo Introduces the New EYE-Q Lasik
NEW YORK, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- At a media event held today at the Dello Russo Laser Vision Center in Manhattan, New York, prominent lasik surgeons Drs. Joseph and Jeffrey Dello Russo introduced the most advanced eye laser by Swiss laser maker Alcon, which goes "beyond Custom-cornea". .
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