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St Andrews offers golf scholarship
Prince William's old university has set up a scholarship that could help unearth the next Tiger Woods. St Andrews University, based in the world famous golfing town, is inviting promising young golfers from minority communities in America to apply for a free place. The ancient seat of learning will target hard-up African-Americans, Hispanics, Asians and Native Americans who all have a passion for learning and golf. .
South/East Business News
Standard Aero was selected as the winner of the 2006 Great Ideas Competition award at the SAE Department of Defense Maintenance Symposium and Exposition. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency SmartWay Transport Partnership awarded H-E-B an Environmental Excellence Award. The award recognizes H-E-B's leadership in reducing emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases from its freight transport activities. Atlas Van Lines recognized Imlach Movers of San Antonio for achieving specific customer service ratings and maintaining operational excellence. A new Emergency Pet Center has opened at City-Base Landing on Southeast Military Drive. The facility is the first of its kind on the South Side. The San Antonio Public Library is among six organizations to receive the nation's highest honor for extraordinary community service presented by the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services.
GANNETT NJ NEWSPAPERS
All of Mason Robinson's teammates listened intently as he stood at the podium at Somerville High School's football banquet last night. Even his closest friends wanted to know what college he was headed to next season.
"One of my friends went to Somerville last year and she's cheerleader," Robinson said. "She was there with her parents so I led off by saying I should see them a lot next year." That cheerleader . . . goes to Rutgers. And so, too, will Robinson, one of New Jersey's most sought-after recruits. The 5-foot-11, 185-pound running back committed to the Rutgers program last night, becoming the 18th recruit to pledge to the 2007 incoming class. "He was definitely one of (Rutgers') top targets," said John Otterstedt, recruiting analyst for Scarletnation.com, part of the rivals.com network.
Ghana: Journalism - the Beauty And the Beast
I am nearly through a good book on the history of British journalism by the accomplished editor of the BBC, Andrew Marr. So far, it's been a brilliant account of a refreshing mixture of beautiful and ugly tales, with sharp vignettes of eccentric characters who have survived the topsy-turvy world of western journalism. Like ours, British journalism has struggled through periods of near perdition to an age where the profession was merely tolerated as a necessary nuisance. Even as a respected and the most revered press the world over, Marr notes: "regular doses of hype, sloppy reporting and uncorrected mistakes have long marked British newspapers, despite the attempts by the best of them to use reader's ombudsman and the regular corrections to improve their standing." .
Inside the First Amendment: Don't fear freedom
The First Amendment turned 215 years old this week (on Dec. 15). At its birth as it is today, this constitutional guarantee was a breathtakingly beautiful testimony to the value of freedom of conscience and expression. When it was ratified as part of the Bill of Rights in 1791, the First Amendment secured all other freedoms because it provided protection for a nation of citizens to question their government, to foment change, to fight injustice. It encouraged a democratized conversation in which individuals could freely create and criticize, give voice to passion and pain, give substance to their dreams. It invited all Americans to proclaim their power as citizens and their worth as human beings. The promise and wisdom of that compact has been affirmed time and again over the course of two centuries.
Class Notes
Shawn Leetch has graduated with a bachelor of science degree in the dental hygiene program at Loma Linda University in Loma Linda. He attended Monte Vista Christian High School and Monterey Peninsula College. Leetch is the son of Ken and Christine Leetch of Marina. Applications are being accepted for the fall 2007 Master's in Public Policy program at CSU-Monterey Bay. The deadline is March 1. An open house about the program will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Jan. 9 in the Alumni and Visitors Center, Building 97 on Third Street at CSUMB in Seaside. For information, see csumb.edu/mpp. To receive an application packet, call 582-3565 or e-mail mpp@csumb.edu. The Korean-American Grocers' Association recently held its annual awards dinner and gave out a $500 scholarship to each of the following Alisal High School students: Rosanely Avalos, Mayte Avalos-Mancer, Susana Camberos, Rocio Cardenas, Cristina Hernandez, Lorena Maldonado, Angel Ramirez and America Ruacho.
Young Jeezy Offering Scholarship To Atlanta Area High School ...
Young Jeezy and his label Corporate Thugz Entertainment are putting local Atlanta high school students to the test by offering a $1,000 scholarship to one lucky winner of an essay contest. The rapper announced the "What Inspires You" Essay contest, in honor of his upcoming sophomore release The Inspiration. High School students in the metro Atlanta area can participate by submitting a 300 word or less essay explaining where their daily inspiration comes from. The grand prize winner will receive a $1,000 scholarship, an autographed CD and poster and a pizza party for the winner's entire senior class. CTE, which was launched in 1998 with partner Demetrius "Kinky B" Ellerbee, is also involving local Atlanta businesses that will provide goods and services to give the lucky winner the "ultimate Jeezy treatment." Young Jeezy will personally deliver the grand prize to the winning student's school.
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