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“To boldly go where no one has gone before.”  These are the voyages of Aaron Coe ’19, a physics and computer science alumnus who has already made valiant advances into the world of the unknown, despite graduating only a year ago. While he is more of a Star Wars fan, he certainly resonates with Star Trek’s iconic call to adventure—one that he hopes to pursue through a life dedicated to researching condensed matter physics. In 2019, Coe was awarded the Swedish Council of America’s (SCA) Glenn T. Seaborg Science Scholarship, which included a trip to Nobel Week to present his own research as well as absorb the research of some of the brightest minds in science. Coe is currently working toward a Ph.D. in condensed matter physics at Harvard. He recently received the 2020 National Defense Science and Engineering (NDSEG) Fellowship , which covers three years of full tuition and fees, a monthly stipend for cost of living, a travel budget, and health insurance. The award has a five to ...

The Value of Reflection: During Times of Distress, We Must Stay Socially Connected June 23, 2020 Editor’s Note: The following was written by WIU Law Enforcement and Justice Administration Professor Anthony McBride. MACOMB/MOLINE, IL — Western Illinois University and many universities and colleges are the central hub of a community for creating leaders and changing and saving lives. WIU is the foundation for many to be proud to say “I’m a Leatherneck.” So, as a University community and a proud educational institution, during difficult times, we must respond as a shining institution, that many of its alumni represent in our communities. It’s the Western Illinois University way; it’s the purple that flows throughout the journey of every student; it’s the “Destined for Success;” and it’s the “We Believe in Where Your Potential Will Take You.” As an educator I support the student journey. I plan to help in the listening and healing process as we foster in our student’s education an...

When you think of sparks flying, one of three things will most likely come to mind. Your brain might automatically revert back to the summer of 2011 when Taylor Swift released her music video for “Sparks Fly.” You may imagine a spray of fiery specks bouncing off a welder’s mask. Or perhaps you picture the cheesy meet-cute from your favorite romantic movie. Something that doesn’t immediately come to mind? A highly selective coeducational liberal arts college nestled in the scenic Hudson Valley. Positing that the most exceptional discoveries, whether in medicine, in the arts or somewhere in between, occur only by digging deep and pushing boundaries, Vassar may be defined in future campaign messaging by a three-worded, somewhat muddled and controversial phrase: “Where sparks fly.” These words are only one part of a set of comprehensive guidelines for a new branding concept for Vassar. Sophie Wood ’23 said of the phrase, “It sounds a bit romantic, like it should be the slogan for some Dis...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — High schools across the country are trying to figure out how and when students might return to classrooms this fall. Many are also making sure their star quarterbacks and other athletes will be in shape when they do. While states have been easing the economic and social lockdowns prompted by the coronavirus pandemic, some are now letting high school athletes return for summer workouts before teachers have even figured out how they are going to hold classroom instruction. In places like Texas and Florida, where the “Friday Night Lights” culture of high school football runs deep, strength and conditioning sessions are bringing thousands of athletes to school for workouts, even while those states are seeing record numbers of new cases and hospitalizations since Memorial Day. Some schools have already been sent scrambling when a player tests positive. At football powerhouse Arlington-Martin High School near Dallas, about 600 athletes attended the first day of summ...

No looking back. 90 Day Fiancé star Danielle Jbali (née Mullins) is “done” with her ex-husband, Mohamed Jbali , despite recently reconnecting as friends three years after their divorce, she tells In Touch exclusively in a new video interview.  “[I’ve] moved on for good,” Danielle, 47, reveals.   While there is no chance of the former flames getting back together, they were able to rekindle a friendship. Danielle explains Mohamed was the one to reach out to her, which was about six months after the last time they spoke.  Courtesy of Danielle Jbali/Instagram “Then all of a sudden in February, someone messages me and like, ‘Hi, how are you?’” she says. “We’ve been talking since then. It’s funny. I’ve never dreamed in a million years he would reach out on his own.” The 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After alum speculates Mohamed is OK with being friends now because so much time has passed since they parted ways after a particularly nasty split and messy divorce....

The events of the last few days have been both heady and even macabre: the departure of a young, brilliant and talented actor with an envious dream for the future that burst like a bubble fleeting on the surface of life to the ignominy of what man can do to man in the equally mortifying departure of 20 of our brave hearts on the border at the hands of a cowardly enemy unheard in the annals of martyrdom; had left me numb and remorseful (especially having donned the uniform and faced similar ‘eye-ball to eye-ball’ situations). I was looking for a way out to come out of the ennui and my diary was kind enough to nudge me in reminding the advent of the World Music Day and I surmised that nothing could be better to cross the shoreline onto terra firma than embrace music, as Victor Hugo whispered, “Music expresses that which cannot be put into words, and that which cannot remain silent.” Still in a state of drift as I was looking for an early return to the means of music that I invariably s...

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The best meals I have ever made are the ones I make up in my head. I spend a lot of time pottering around up there in the dusty recesses of my mind: I rehearse earth-shaking put-downs; I wonder how I’d explain things like bootcut jeans to an alien (how could an alien ever understand how a couple of inches around the ankle could change your trousers’ entire cultural DNA?); I hash out the details of my dream career du jour — pastry chef one day, psychiatric nurse the next. I date women soccer stars! I skateboard! But most of all, I cook. My daydream cooking is usually wild and weird, the kind of food that you’d expect a child to dream up. There’s a cake I often imagine making: a bubblegum-pink cake with strawberry goo running through the middle like a sugar artery. On my phone, I keep a list of dream ice cream flavors which swing between the coyly experimental (bay with honeyed peach) and the recklessly dreamy (thunder and lightning, lemon grove, blueberry dream). I do all this outrage...

The Packet is serialising Falmouth-based journalist Nicola K Smith’s debut novel, A Degree of Uncertainty, printing one chapter a week for six weeks to help keep readers entertained in these straitened times. A Degree of Uncertainty was published in November 2019 and has since sold more than 500 copies, as well as attracting more than 130 free downloads as part of a St Piran’s Day promotion in March. It has been continually on loan at Cornwall’s libraries too. The book tells of a fictional Cornish community divided by its growing university. Formidable Vice Chancellor Dawn Goldberg is pushing for expansion, while local businessman Harry Manchester is fighting to halt further growth and protect his beloved home town from what he sees as certain ruin. A Degree of Uncertainty is inspired by Falmouth, but is set in a fictional Cornish community with imagined characters. It has been variously reviewed by readers as “a fast paced story seething with romantic subplots and small town j...

I have watched a trending video in which Prophet Nigel Gaisie, leader of Prophetic Hill Chapel, known for his fulfilled prophecies said on Metro TV’s “Good Evening Ghana” programme hosted by Paul Adom Okyere that former President John Dramani Mahama will win the 2020 presidential election by 52.1%. “God told me he’s going to use former President Mahama to do something great in Ghana, and that nothing can change this direction,” said the prophet. After watching the video, I quickly checked a list of things the former President has promised doing for Ghana in the event that he becomes president again. They are as follows: Expand and double the capacity of the 37 Military Hospital, construct two international-standard Infectious Diseases Centres, establish two additional international research centres, establish a National Infectious Disease Response Plan, make Ghana safe for journalists and restore companies collapsed by the NPP government. That was not all. The former president say...

Published: 6/20/2020 11:42:04 AM I arrived at the Iron Bridge in Shelburne Falls on June 6 at about 10:40 a.m. full of anxiety about what might happen at this rally. I was not part of planning it, but I did help do outreach and I had asked several people to do peacekeeping to deal with any hecklers or angry motorists. I had heard about some inappropriate comments and behavior in Shelburne Falls while Sunny and her biracial daughter stood on the corner with “Black Lives Matter” signs. I’d passed at least 50 people on the Buckland side and then, as I was mid-bridge, a large group came up from the Shelburne side of the bridge with Joey Kotright in the lead — shouting: “Say his name” “George Floyd” “Say His Name” “George Floyd.” They all walked to the center of the bridge and stopped right across from where I was standing. Joey explained what he was doing. He told us how he had planned to lie down on the bridge for 8 minutes and 46 seconds. But he had done a dry run earlier in the...

Share this story! By Nicholas Damascus To understand “the value of the human connection” from the perspective of the Eastern Orthodox Christian faith, we will begin by briefly defining the human person. You may find that some of these premises, as defined by the Christian fathers, may be counter-cultural, however, that being said, let us begin. The human person is created with two centers of consciousness.    The first level of consciousness is the cognitive, rational soul with the mind as its window, which connects us to the limited physical reality through our five senses. The second higher level of consciousness is often referred to in Eastern Christianity as the nous, or more commonly in the west, as the heart/spirit region. It is there that we say is the center of consciousness, where we are mystically connected to one another and our creator, through the presence and activity of the Holy Spirit of God within us.  The human connection is simply...

There are great opportunities for women in STEM, but many women are still treated differently in STEM professions. I’ve experienced students responding to me differently than they do to my male colleagues. And I’ve seen male colleagues operate in “good-ole-boys clubs” and unintentionally leave women out of their academic collaborative endeavors. But none of that diminishes the value of the meaningful work and fulfilling career that can come in engineering. So what’s my advice for getting through the toughest days, whether they be because of your gender or because engineering is a demanding discipline? Rise above it. I see successful and strong women as those that speak their minds with confidence, but are respectful and willing to compromise. Women are exceptional leaders in engineering and academia when they skillfully execute some of their inherent traits: compassion and empathy, organization, and careful listening. Some women are able to synthesize the dialogue in a room full of...