Bus vandalism cancels Windham classes
- Public schools in Windham are closed today due to vandalism to school buses. Assistant Super. Pamela Barker-Jones says the vandalism was discovered Wednesday morning at the M&J Bus Co . on Tuckee Rd. “One of the dispatchers came in early this morning and went to fuel a bus, and noticed the cap was missing, and there was dirt all over the outside of the tank,” said Maintenance Director George Whitney. “He proceeded to walk around the rest of the buses and find that the caps were all missing.” Scratch marks seem to indicate where somebody grabbed up sand and gravel and put it in to the fuel tanks. As many as 30 of the company’s 47 buses were affected and as of late morning only two fuel caps had been retrieved. “We’ve got people running around, trying to find fuel caps because it’s not like you can just run down to your local store and get a fuel cap for a school bus,” Whitney said. “So we’re doing what we can to run around the state and get fuel caps.” To go with the tedious task of cleaning the fuel and tanks is an estimated two hours’ worth of work per bus. T Read more…
SU Commencement 2012: Remarks by University Scholar Stephen A. Barton
Representing the group of University Scholars and the entire SU graduating class, Stephen A. Barton, a triple major in international relations; economics; and Russian language, literature and culture in Syracuse Universitys College of Arts & Sciences, delivered the student address at SUs 158th Commencement, Sunday, May 13.
Id like you to pause, take a moment, and fathom the thousands of photographs that have been taken of, by or around you during your time at Syracuse.
A photo of you and your friends surrounded by 34,616 other Orange fans in this Carrier Dome; a snapshot of you lounging on the Quad during a precious moment of warm weather; an image of you nervously wielding a nail gun on the roof of a Habitat for Humanity house in the Near Westside; a picture of you taking back the night with a thousand other students; those photos from Mayfest that you wish had never been taken
The past four years have been a series of such photographic memories.
Ecke on incident: I probably overreacted, but I was protecting my son
Mark Ecke said his reaction to a viscous and illegal hit on his son during a junior varsity lacrosse game at Glastonbury is the reason why he was escorted out of the game by three Glastonbury police officers on May 3.
Ecke, whos been the head coach at Cheshire high school for 17 years, declined to discuss the suspension or his future as football coach with Connecticut Post. However, he said he was compelled to defend his actions when the news broke via Board of Education chairman Gerald Whittingham Friday.
Whatever happens with my future as a coach at Cheshire High, it doesnt matter, Ecke told Connecticut Post Friday evening. For me, my family is my first priority. This was about my son and Im very protective of him.
Political Science Professor Receives Fulbright
Professor John C. Laursen of the political science department has recently been named a 2012-2013 Fulbright Scholar. With the aid of this scholarship, Professor Laursen plans to travel to Spain for three or four months in the fall, where he will continue his present research and teaching on the role of skepticism, cynicism, and irony in politics. His 2012 publications on the subject include “Hamburg/Altona as a Fertile Ground for Theories About Freedom of the Press in the Mid-Eighteenth Century” (published in Berlin) and “Cynic Kingship in the German Enlightenment” (published in London).
During his visit to Spain, Professor Laursen will be living in Santiago de Compostela, a city in the northwest where the Royal University of Santiago de Compostela was founded in the sixteenth century. It has recently been named one of the most prestigious schools in the entire country by the Ministry of Education. Althoug
Psychiatrist leads national trial for depression biomarkers
DALLAS – May 15, 2012 – UT Southwestern Medical Center psychiatrists are leading a national clinical trial to find biomarkers that can better predict how people suffering from depression will respond to medications so physicians eventually can personalize treatments.
Dr. Madhukar Trivedi, professor of psychiatry at UT Southwestern and principal investigator for the study
The new trial, launched at UT Southwestern and three other U.S. institutions, is an effort to bring clinical solutions to issues raised by the world’s largest depression study, which was conducted by UT Southwestern. That study showed that most depressed patients must make multiple attempts before finding an antidepressant that works best for them.
“Depression is very complex and difficult to treat, and individual differences can impact the way medication works with a particular patient,” said Dr. Madhukar
A tip of the hat to Galt’s “super girl”
Its got nothing to do with high school sports, but take a minute to read the inspirational article by Liz Monteiro in Tuesdays Record about Galt Collegiate “super girl” Erika Koehn.
Best of luck to Erika and and the other students that will participate in GCI’s Relay for Life, an all-night cancer fundraiser. Organizers hope to raise $50,000 for cancer research.
A pair of Resurrection soccer squads were handed wake-up calls by St. Benedict opponents on Monday.
The Phoenix senior boys and girls were both held to 2-2 ties by Bennies on Monday, ending their hopes for a perfect season.
Both Rez teams are now 5-0-1 on the season.