CollegeHighway.com

Looking for toy stores that sell every toy you could possibly want to buy? Check out this online toy store for cool toys like radio control cars, electric rc helicopters, and Hydro-Foam.

Trippin?

Book your flights and hotels online NOW!

Check Yourself

Aptitude, Entrepreneurship and Personality tests

Ephemerids

One Day like Today...

Welcome

You are Anonymous user. You can register for free by clicking here.

Introduction

Introduction

You just clicked into the coolest place to get all your college news and information about college life. Looking to join the CollegeHighway crew? Click here.

( Read more... )

Sports in Marin: Wednesday, Thursday

Posted on Wednesday, April 22 @ 00:01:43 PDT (6 reads)

Wednesday’s local events prep baseball san domenico vs. Urban, 3:30 p.M., San francisco marin academy vs. Lick-wilmerding, 4 p.M., Skyline college boys golf san marin vs. Tam, 4 p.M., Mill valley gc men’s golf dominican at pacwest championship, all day, las vegas women’s golf dominican at pacwest championship, all day, las vegas boys lacrosse head-royce at marin academy, 3:30 p.M., San rafael girls lacrosse bishop o’dowd at branson, 4 p.M., Ross prep softball archie williams at novato, 4:30 p.M., Novato tam at terra linda, 4:30 p.M., Terra linda hs marin catholic at redwood, 4:30 p.M., Larkspur san marin at san rafael, 4:30 p.M., San rafael prep swimming san domenico vs. Jewish school, university, 4 p.M., San francisco boys tennis bcl quarterfinal: san domenico vs. Marin academy, 3:30 p.M., Dominican thursday’s local events prep badminton san domenico at international, 4 p.M., San francisco college baseball napa valley at marin, 2 p.M., Kentfield boys golf san rafael vs. Novato, 3 p.M., Marin country club marin academy vs. Drew, 3:30 p.M., Presidio gc redwood vs. Archie williams, 4 p.M., Meadow club branson vs. Terra linda, 4 p.M., Mcinnis park men’s golf dominican at pacwest championship, all day, las vegas women’s golf dominican at pacwest championship, all day, las vegas boys lacrosse san marin at redwood, 4 p.M., Larkspur san rafael at tam, 4 p.M., Mill valley university at terra linda, 4 p.M., Terra linda hs girls lacrosse lick-wilmerding at marin academy, 3:30 p.M., San rafael archie williams at novato, 4:30 p.M., Novato branson at marin catholic, 6 p.M., Kentfield redwood at san marin, 6:30 p.M., San marin hs tam at san rafael, 7 p.M., San rafael college softball dominican at menlo (dh), noon, atherton prep softball rancho cotate at redwood, 4:30 p.M., Larkspur sonoma valley at archie williams, 4:30 p.M., San anselmo san marin at terra linda, 4:30 p.M., Terra linda prep swimming drew, urban at marin academy, 4 p.M., San rafael boys tennis archie williams vs. Branson, 4 p.M., Com redwood vs. Marin catholic, 4 p.M., Ross valley bay club san marin vs. San rafael, 4 p.M., Terra linda hs terra linda at novato, 4 p.M., Novato college track and field dominican at pacwest championships, all day, san diego boys volleyball novato at marin catholic, 5 p.M., Kentfield terra linda at archie williams, 5 p.M., San anselmo tam vs. San rafael, 5 p.M., Terra linda hs redwood at san marin, 5:30 p.M., San marin hs

( Read More... | 4916 bytes more | comments? |

)

Center For Family Health Jackson County Scoreboard - April 21st, 2026 | JTV

Posted on Wednesday, April 22 @ 00:01:43 PDT (6 reads)

Girls soccer madison heights bishop foley at lumen christi. Photo by hannah tacy, jtv sports baseball concord 12, stockbridge 1: nate fritz batted 3-4 to lead the yellowjackets. Three other players added two hits, and gavin riske earned the pitching win with seven strikeouts. concord 13, stockbridge 3: nate fritz, colton gray, and adam miller each batted two hits for concord. Chs improves to 4-7 overall. (3 inn.) Marshall 3, parma western 2: the game was delayed in the 3rd inning due to rain. (4 inn.) Springport 4, union city 1: the game was delayed in the 4th inning due to rain. (3 inn.) Hastings 9, northwest 8: the game was delayed in the 3rd inning due to rain. lansing cc 9, jackson college 0 softball stockbridge 9, concord 2 stockbridge 15, concord 0 spring arbor univ. 8, goshen 0 spring arbor univ. 15, goshen 4 lumen christi 10, gpw liggett 6: lily ganton drove in four runs on two hits to help lead the titans in game one. Mallory arcaro batted 3-4, and alison furnas batted 2-4 with an rbi. lumen christi 10, gpw liggett 4: alison furnas batted 3-4 with an rbi to lead the titans to a sweep. Bree okoniewski earned the pitching win, throwing five strikeouts and allowed one hit. Lc improves to 8-2 overall. (4 inn.) Springport 0, union city 0: the game was delayed in the 4th inning due to rain. (4 inn.) Hastings 3, northwest 1: the game was delayed in the 4th inning due to rain. (2 inn.) Marshall 6, parma western 3: the game was delayed in the 2nd inning due to rain. boys golf cascades jamboree at hankerd hills gc: 1st: parker gough, columbia central (39) 2nd: adam senkewitz, columbia central (41) 3rd: ayden boyk, hanover horton (42) t-4th: cam pasch, leslie; lucas schwartz, addison (43) cascades jamboree at ella sharp park gc: 1st: lucas conaway, napoleon (40) 2nd: damian falls, napoleon (41) 3rd: cayne hays, michigan center (43) t-4th: gavin davis, napoleon; gavin lewallen, homer; jack sturgill & cole trumper, jonesville (45) dexter, aa huron at jackson: 2nd: brayden norton, jackson (39) t-4th: ethan haldane & leo nguyen, jackson (41) big 8 jamboree at timber trace gc: 1st: maximilian argumedo, springport (39) 2nd: jax sergent, quincy (40) t-3rd: brody baum, springport; brady garrett, concord (42) t-5th: eli worth, springport; john ransom & wyatt loso, stockbridge (43) cascades boys golf jamboree at hankerd hills gc. Photo by joseph miller, jtv sports track & field coldwater at northwest: the meet was delayed due to rain. Results from completed events here hastings at western: the panthers dominated in the boys race, and the girls just edged out the saxons by a team score of 69-68. Full results here leslie, east jackson at napoleon: leslie defeated both napoleon and ej, and the pirates defeated ej in the boys race. The host pirates defeated both opponents in the girls race. Full results here jackson at chelsea: chelsea defeated the vikings in both the boys and girls races. Full results here track & field grass lake, hanover horton at michigan center. Photo by kelly evans, jtv sports on deck – wednesday april 22nd baseball columbia central at manchester 4pm hanover horton at michigan center 4pm vandercook lake at east jackson 4pm jonesville at grass lake 4pm homer at napoleon 4pm jackson at ypsilanti community 4:30pm lumen christi at chelsea 4:30pm softball columbia central at manchester 4pm hanover horton at michigan center 4pm vandercook lake at east jackson 4pm jonesville at grass lake 4pm homer at napoleon 4pm girls soccer springport at stockbridge 5:30pm manchester at columbia central 5:30pm leslie at grass lake 5:30pm jonesville at michigan center 5:30pm hanover horton at napoleon 5:30pm northwest at jackson christian 5:30pm jackson at tecumseh 5:30pm coldwater at parma western 6:30pm track & field big 8 tri-meet at springport 4:30pm lacrosse kalamazoo central at jackson united (lumen christi hs) 6pm

( Read More... | 7758 bytes more | comments? |

)

Lenco president passes the torch to a new leader

Posted on Wednesday, April 22 @ 00:01:43 PDT (6 reads)

Adrian — although lenco credit union is 56 years old this year, only two people have ever served as its president and ceo. now a third person is joining those ranks, as longtime leader ben neal prepares to retire and hand over the reins to fran brant. neal started working at the credit union in 1985, not long after graduating from college. He became president about a decade ago upon the retirement of david chambers. he has seen a lot of growth since he started working at lenco. The credit union’s assets have expanded from $4 million in 1985 to $143 million today. Membership has grown as well — both in terms of numbers and in terms of who can join. Lenco was originally founded to serve teachers, but a little over 25 years ago, the national credit union administration — the federal agency that regulates credit unions — made it easier to form community charters. Now it’s open to anyone who lives, works, worships, or attends school in lenawee, hillsdale, jackson, monroe or washtenaw counties. services have expanded as well; for example, the credit union started offering mortgages about a decade ago. and there have been plenty of other changes. Most notably, although the credit union did have computers in 1985, the technology was in its infancy. “we were writing receipts and then entering the information into people’s accounts,” neal said. reflecting on his four decades with the credit union, neal said: “it’s been a privilege to serve the members. It’s been made simple by a very good board that i’ve served under over the years, mentoring by a good friend and former ceo, dave chambers, and also made easy by the tremendous staffs i’ve had over the years.” neal’s successor is a lifelong lenawee county resident, having grown up at devils lake and attended addison community schools. Brant has lived in adrian since a few years after graduating from eastern michigan university. brant has about 30 years of experience in financial services, having started out working in banks. She joined lenco in 2024 as vice president of consumer lending. She said she aims to have a “member-first” approach as president and ceo. “i just am a strong believer in giving back to our community,” she said. she aims to continue keeping pace with technology, noting as one example that the credit union has added support for digital wallets. A new website is coming soon as well. brant’s children attended madison schools, and she has served with numerous organizations including the lenawee county association of realtors, catherine cobb shelter, zonta of lenawee, habitat for humanity, the boys and girls club, and catholic charities.

( Read More... | 5358 bytes more | comments? |

)

MassLiveHS Scoreboard: Check out all the scores from April 21

Posted on Wednesday, April 22 @ 00:01:43 PDT (6 reads)

Note: scoreboards are based on results sent to masslive. If a result is missing, coaches should email sports@masslive.Com. boys volleyball tuesday, apr. 21 catholic conference chelmsford high school 3, saint johns high school (shrewsbury) 0 - box score east southwick regional school 3, chicopee high school 0 - box score pioneer valley christian academy 3, east longmeadow high school 0 - box score sci-tech high school 3, ludlow high school 0 - box score south southwick regional school 3, chicopee high school 0 - box score pioneer valley christian academy 3, east longmeadow high school 0 - box score sci-tech high school 3, ludlow high school 0 - box score independent chelmsford high school 3, saint johns high school (shrewsbury) 0 - box score boys tennis tuesday, apr. 21 pioneer west springfield high school 4, chicopee comp high school 1 - box score tri-county palmer high school 2, springfield central high school 1 - box score girls tennis tuesday, apr. 21 pioneer pope francis prep school 3, palmer high school 2 - box score valley league amherst-pelham reg high school 5, belchertown high school 0 - box score boys lacrosse tuesday, apr. 21 bay state - herget walpole high school 14, needham high school 8 - box score catholic conference minnechaug regional high school 11, saint johns high school (shrewsbury) 8 - box score xaverian 15, catholic memorial school 4 - box score staples 4, st. Johns prep 3 - box score pioneer league pittsfield high school 19, belchertown high school 6 - box score suburban league mount greylock regional school 15, monson high school 3 - box score valley league pope francis prep school 13, algonquin regional high school 10 - box score valley wheel minnechaug regional high school 11, saint johns high school (shrewsbury) 8 - box score independent pope francis prep school 13, algonquin regional high school 10 - box score staples 4, st. Johns prep 3 - box score girls lacrosse tuesday, apr. 21 bay state - carey natick high school 17, mansfield high school 3 - box score pioneer league amherst-pelham reg high school 15, belchertown high school 1 - box score valley league amherst-pelham reg high school 15, belchertown high school 1 - box score valley wheel west springfield high school 11, wachusett regional high school 8 - box score algonquin regional high school 15, agawam high school 7 - box score independent west springfield high school 11, wachusett regional high school 8 - box score algonquin regional high school 15, agawam high school 7 - box score natick high school 17, mansfield high school 3 - box score baseball tuesday, apr. 21 bay state - herget needham high school 3, st. Johns prep 2 - box score walpole high school 7, westwood high school 2 - box score hingham high school 4, braintree high school 3 - box score milton high school 7, attleboro high school 1 - box score bi-county north chicopee high school 23, ware jr./Sr. High school 0 - box score catholic conference needham high school 3, st. Johns prep 2 - box score franklin high school 3, catholic memorial school 2 - box score xaverian 3, taunton high school 2 - box score boston college high school 2, chelmsford high school 1 - box score suburban west chicopee high school 23, ware jr./Sr. High school 0 - box score tri-county north smith voc. High school 18, sci-tech high school 4 - box score mccann technical high school 5, pathfinder tech 2 - box score westfield technical academy 22, palmer high school 3 - box score tri-county south smith voc. High school 18, sci-tech high school 4 - box score gateway regional high school 14, smith academy 4 - box score lee middle/high school 27, high school of commerce 10 - box score putnam voc/tech high school 2, libertas academy charter school 1 - box score valley east east longmeadow high school 13, belchertown high school 3 - box score independent franklin high school 3, catholic memorial school 2 - box score xaverian 3, taunton high school 2 - box score boston college high school 2, chelmsford high school 1 - box score walpole high school 7, westwood high school 2 - box score hingham high school 4, braintree high school 3 - box score milton high school 7, attleboro high school 1 - box score softball tuesday, apr. 21 franklin east blackstone valley regional voc/tech high school 14, franklin county tech. School 1 - box score franklin west mount everett regional high school 27, housatonic valley (ct) 13 - box score suburban east granby jr./Sr. High school 21, chicopee comp high school 12 - box score chicopee high school 23, ware jr./Sr. High school 0 - box score springfield international charter school 4, pathfinder tech 2 - box score suburban west hoosac valley middle/high school 24, taconic high school 12 - box score wahconah regional high school 13, mount greylock regional school 4 - box score valley wheel mccann technical high school 18, lee middle/high school 0 - box score mccann technical high school 20, lee middle/high school 1 - box score pioneer valley regional high school 7, mohawk trail regional middle/high school 4 - box score independent blackstone valley regional voc/tech high school 14, franklin county tech. School 1 - box score mount everett regional high school 27, housatonic valley (ct) 13 - box score

( Read More... | 10456 bytes more | comments? |

)

PM lays out education reform plan

Posted on Wednesday, April 22 @ 00:01:43 PDT (6 reads)

The government of saint lucia has unveiled a comprehensive roadmap to transform the island’s education system, with prime minister philip j. Pierre outlining a series of reforms aimed at strengthening lifelong learning, expanding access, and aligning education with modern workforce demands. presenting the 2026/2027 budget in the house of assembly on tuesday evening, the prime minister highlighted the administration’s guiding philosophy, stating that “a fundamental belief of my administration is that learning is a lifelong endeavour, and our policies are designed to achieve this national goal.” he explained that this vision continues to shape national priorities, particularly in early childhood education, special education, and technical and vocational training. the prime minister pointed to existing initiatives, noting that “we introduced the first generation scholarship programme and the one university graduate per household initiative.” He confirmed that these programmes will not only continue but be expanded. “this year, 25 new scholarships will be offered in partnership with monroe college,” he said. discussions are also expected with the university of the west indies (uwi) to broaden access. the prime minister stressed the need for modern learning environments: “we must upgrade our classrooms into smart classrooms,” he said, making them more “dynamic” and “interactive” while aligning education with the evolving needs of the workplace. pierre pointed to a “persistent shortage of science and mathematics teachers” and announced plans to address this gap by increasing teacher numbers and introducing “the concept of a master teacher to strengthen instruction in these critical areas.” beyond the classroom, the government is placing renewed focus on the role of families in education, and the prime minister warned that without effective parenting, many of our children will not attain their full potential. in response, a joint initiative involving the ministry of education, the ministry of youth development, and the saint lucia social development fund will support parents while targeting student retention. The programme will include early identification of at-risk students and the expansion of technical and vocational pathways for learners whose strengths lie outside traditional academic routes. special focus will be placed on vulnerable students, particularly boys, who continue to account for the majority of school dropouts. He noted that while males continue to dominate the dropout figures, the new measures will provide targeted counselling, mentorship, and behavioural support, alongside a senior student support programme for forms four and five. early childhood education remains a central pillar of the reform agenda, with the prime minister describing these formative years as “the most critical and receptive for learning”. government therefore plans to standardise the sector through the development of a national curriculum and a comprehensive assessment of both public and private early childhood centres. More than $1 million has been allocated in this year’s budget to begin implementation. technical and vocational education and training (tvet) will also be significantly expanded, with four secondary schools already being transformed into technical and vocational institutes. Further collaboration with the centre for adolescent renewal and education (care) will support behavioural development, reduce dropout rates, and improve employability through structured training. additional measures under the oecs skills and innovation project will support the development of national tvet standards and curricula aligned with labour market needs. Training subsidies will also be introduced for vulnerable learners, alongside a grants management facility to promote innovation and entrepreneurship. to support implementation, the programme for education realignment and transformation will establish tvet laboratories and workshops in selected secondary schools, equipped with modern, industry-standard tools and technology.

( Read More... | 8236 bytes more | comments? |

)

Software is dead. See whats next in El Segundo - NewsBreak

Posted on Wednesday, April 22 @ 00:01:43 PDT (6 reads)

By eva terry , 14 minutes ago michelle budge, deseret news / source: getty images clad in a black tank top, 28-year-old jared west wheeled a mystery object to the front of a packed room of investors and young engineers in el segundo, california. He yanked off the mysterious item’s blue tarp to reveal a gleaming, porcelain toilet. then he declared that his company, western chemicals , had developed the first synthetic fuel process with net negative carbon and hydrogen input costs. simply put, west is making gasoline out of wastewater. since wastewater has the same elemental ingredients as gasoline (carbon and hydrogen), biomanufacturing can turn human filth into a potential power source. And west says he can do it 50% cheaper than anyone else. every seat in the darkened warehouse was filled, and the back half was jammed with mostly young men, standing shoulder to shoulder. At one point, when several loud conversations in the back made it difficult to hear the presentations, i watched attendees turn around, looking annoyed. anthony shumate as west spoke, a jittering line of other early-stage founders stretched along the left side of the room, waiting for their two-minute turns. They promised tech ranging from autonomous surgical robots to using terahertz (thz) for radio connectivity for the first time. each founder was selected to present by discipulus ventures, a venture capital fund and hard-tech accelerator. Last wednesday’s group of young entrepreneurs marked the fund’s fourth cohort. This go-around, applicants had a 1% chance of acceptance. each of the ten early-stage companies chosen to make presentations was awarded $100,000 and given access to 120-plus partners from top firms. discipulus ventures is run by jakob diepenbrock. In less than a year he raised $60 million for this project. He’s 22 years old. anthony shumate his goal is to aid the country’s transition from a software-based tech market to a renaissance of physical hardware. Diepenbrock and others believe this shift will help the u.S. Compete in a global market where advanced software comes to life through physical infrastructure. the result has been a hard-tech explosion in el segundo. palmer luckey, the designer of the oculus rift and founder of anduril industries, gave the event’s keynote address. the ‘build real things’ movement luckey has been a trailblazer in the “build real things” movement for more than a decade and has been outspoken about his values — an attitude which left him scathed by silicon valley. after word got out that he’d donated $10,000 to an anti-hillary clinton group, facebook fired him from his executive position in march 2017. anthony shumate luckey picked himself up, and the next month he founded anduril — now a $60 billion company — just to the south of el segundo in orange county. During his remarks on wednesday, he presented a case for building in southern california. the area’s natural beauty and existing infrastructure make it well suited to attract talent and develop new hardware, he said. and discipulus ventures agrees. In an interview with the deseret news, diepenbrock explained how his firm chooses which companies to boost. “our target persona is basically a young technical founder,” he said. Ideally, each founder has worked at a company in their space for several years, understands their problem well and wants to solve it with physical infrastructure. but beyond a shared hard-tech interest, this generation of new industrialists has several other unifying qualities. Critics have painted the self-described “gundo bros” as a political phenomenon, which diepenbrock says is wrong. discipulus ventures describes itself as being dedicated to ideals like religion, patriotism and family. When aligned, those ideals drive founders to success, diepenbrock said. “If you want to build important things, work hard, solve real problems, push through it and make it work, that’s what we want.” building el segundo into the hard-tech capital of the u.S. Warehouses dot the tight sunny streets of el segundo, just south of lax. Inside the buildings, wires have been absentmindedly draped over open doors. American flags are pinned up against walls, and engineers sit quietly, bent over their work. in 2023, augustus doricko, now 25, was deciding where to set up headquarters for his cloud-seeding business, rainmaker . His friend cameron schiller, the co-founder of an advanced metal-casting company, told him, “i have a vision. El segundo can become the deep-tech hardware capital of the u.S.” the city is located right beneath los angeles international airport and is close enough to san francisco to raise money, schiller reasoned. doricko said schiller told him they could start companies right where they were, and make it cool to work on hard problems again instead of going into finance or crypto. that fall at a conference, diepenbrock met doricko. “He was pretty convincing about what was going on there,” diepenbrock said. “There was this cultural change in tech, specifically in el segundo, where a lot of people were very excited about building really critical companies for the country.” so diepenbrock dropped out of northeastern university where he was studying computer science and finance and moved to southern california. “jakob is so compelling because he’s incredibly young. He’s so well spoken, and he’s outspoken about his faith” jared west, founder of western chemicals just as doricko hooked diepenbrock, diepenbrock has been attracting others to the area. “jakob is absolutely a magnet,” west of western chemicals told the deseret news in an interview, friday. “I think the quality of the program, along with the character and technical talent he attracts is insane.” he continued, “i think jakob is so compelling because he’s incredibly young. He’s so well spoken, and he’s outspoken about his faith. I’m a christian man, and having investors who back me who have the same value set is of critical importance to me.” west also mentioned doricko and isaiah taylor, the founder of valar atomics . Taylor designs small nuclear reactors, the first of which is currently being assembled in orangeville, utah. Dubbed the “ward250,” taylor’s first reactor is expected to come alive on july 4, this summer. anthony shumate “magnets attract more magnets. I hope to be that for more young guys and gals — whoever wants to start companies, west said. discipulus ventures now brings 10-20 new companies to el segundo a year. however, the momentum in el segundo did not appear ex nihilo. The area has a century-long legacy of building hard tech. Howard hughes founded hughes aircraft in 1932 as a 28-year-old; boeing set up shop there in 2000, developing military satellites and spacecraft components; elon musk founded spacex in el segundo in 2002. a rejection of silicon valley and internet-isolated software silicon valley changed the world, and now — according to the gundo bros and much of the internet — it is now facing a reckoning . this small region, in the southern san francisco bay area, developed the internet, the smartphone, social media and artificial intelligence. The top 10 tech companies in silicon valley produce around $1.8 trillion in revenue annually. however, in march, two of silicon valley’s most successful companies, alphabet inc. (Google) and meta, were found guilty of engineering their apps to “addict and harm” young users. The now-20-year-old plaintiff will be awarded $6 million in damages, with meta on the hook for 70%. the ruling’s precedent is not the only threat silicon valley faces. “software is dead,” one 20-something engineer told me in an el segundo warehouse last wednesday. Artificial intelligence annihilated the barrier to entry for much of the software industry. Anyone can vibe-code an app, he said. and the gundo bros see the reckoning as an opportunity to return the best american minds to physical infrastructure. “human beings are capable of multitudes if we believe so.” jared west, founder of western chemicals “our generation was really sold, ‘go to school, get a good job, work that job, retire.’ That job looks like sitting in an office. That was the american ideal. And i think that young folk now are feeling in their bodies that that is not the truth,” west told the deseret news. “The truth is in the physical world. The truth is in exploration. The truth is in adventure.” he referenced the wright brothers and their early test flights in north carolina. “I would have loved to be in that barn right when they were building. Those guys were having the best time. They were exploring a new frontier that nobody thought was possible,” west said. “i remember a headline from that time where it was like, ‘it would take the combined effort of all human minds a thousand years to take flight,’ but it was just two guys in a barn. And that’s just the truth. Human beings are capable of multitudes if we believe so,” he said. an unapologetic place for young men when diepenbrock was still in school in boston, he applied for a job in investment banking. He was a freshman at the time, and the interviewer told him that “if i was a different race or gender, i would have been pushed forward.” “i was actually told that,” diepenbrock said with a laugh. “Obviously, that’s not encouraging.” he thought to himself at the time, “i already have a knock on my resume because of a particular thing i can’t control.” in el segundo, “no one’s asking about any of that stuff,” he said. the gundo bros are focused on fixing real-world issues like energy deficits and drought. They’re scaling their solutions to reach as many people as possible. the earliest and most successful gundo bros do not have traditional higher-ed credentials. Doricko dropped out of uc berkeley his senior year, diepenbrock dropped out of northeastern after two years, and taylor didn’t attend university at all. their success in attracting other intelligent and capable young men (regardless of credentials) is likely due to their belief that the american education system has left boys behind. in 2022, the top two-thirds of the 10% highest achievers in schools were girls, and the inverse was true of young men, according to brookings . Of the bottom 10% of students, two-thirds were boys. Boys are three times as likely to get expelled as girls, and women significantly outpace men in college attendance . beyond the current american education system, gen z faces other issues, like a drought of worthy role models . Thanks to the rise of social media, which consumes nearly five hours of gen z’s days, the most visible and hailed people of the generation are “influencers.” instead of aspiring to become astronauts or doctors, more than half of gen z (57%) said they’d become influencers if ever given the chance, per morning consult data. “i thank god that we just went around the moon,” west said. “We sent people as far away from earth as they’ve ever been. That is amazing. I hope that kind of activity — same with the el segundo companies and other great startups and hard tech — will continue to inspire young children to see these things and be like, ‘oh, humanity is actually capable of so much more than talking into a little microphone and saying stuff that’s weird and, you know, harmful.” to the gundo bros, being alive in 2026 is spectacular: it’s the age of splitting atoms, turning sewage to fuel and catching rockets with chopsticks. the best of american excellence is not locked in the past, buried alongside the wright brothers and manhattan project engineers. It’s in the present, hunched over a piece of machinery in el segundo, wrench in one hand, a celsius in the other.

( Read More... | 23772 bytes more | comments? |

)

Thomas Haughs Unprecedented Return Gives Florida Hopes of National Championship

Posted on Wednesday, April 22 @ 00:01:43 PDT (6 reads)

Thomas haughs unprecedented return gives florida hopes of national championship retaining talent in college basketball is so difficult for so many reasons but florida has found the formula. not only did the gators keep its frontcourt of thomas haugh, alex condon, and rueben chinyelu away from the transfer portal but it’s likely that all three will return to gainesville after haugh’s announcement on tuesday that he is withdrawing from the nba draft. condon announced last week that he was removing his name from the draft while chinyelu is still going through the draft process, he is expected to return to the gators. haugh was considered to be a lottery pick in june’s nba draft, projected to be picked as high as no. 10 overall by some outlets. He was named as a first team all-sec selection this season as well as a consensus second team all-american after averaging a career-high 17.1 points, 6.1 rebounds, and 2.1 assists per game. most guys in my position in the draft, it would be a no-brainer to go to the nba, he told espn about his decision. Its not just the nil. Its a chance to play with my boys. To play for coach golden. To go to the school i love to play for. It was definitely a tougher decision than last year, but it was best for my career and future. his return puts florida firmly in the mix to be the no. 1 team in the preseason poll next fall after earning a no. 1 seed in the ncaa tournament this season before its upset loss to iowa in the round of 32. i [didnt] want my last memory of florida basketball to be that,” he continued to espn. it’s another example why players getting paid is a major win for college basketball as thomas haugh remains in the sport for another season and will try and leave his mark as an all-time gator legend. follow kevin connelly kevin is a graduate of st. Johns university with a degree in journalism. He started his career as a writer for fansided in which he covered the duke and st. Johns mens basketball programs. He is excited to expand his coverage to covering college basketball at a national level. Kevin is also a freelance sports broadcaster around the new york city region and versatile in many sports such as football, basketball, baseball, soccer, lacrosse, volleyball, and more. Kevin can be reached at connellykevin24@gmail.Com or on x @kevinconnelly24 follow kevinconnelly24

( Read More... | 4724 bytes more | comments? |

)

Columbus Designers Hit The Runway At Genoa Park This Summer

Posted on Wednesday, April 22 @ 00:01:43 PDT (6 reads)

Columbus knows how to do a festival. But every year, there’s one moment at the columbus arts festival that feels just a little extra. it’s the runway. the “fashion as art” show is officially returning this summer, taking over the genoa park stage on friday, june 12 at 8 p.M. And yes, it’s free, just like the rest of the festival. organized by columbus designer and fiber artist celeste malvar-stewart, the show blends high fashion with straight-up artistic expression. This isn’t your average mall runway. Expect bold silhouettes, unexpected materials, and pieces that feel just as at home in a gallery as they do on a catwalk. this year’s lineup features four columbus-based designers, each bringing their own perspective to the stage. aspen grazier, a recent graduate of columbus college of art & design, draws inspiration from everything from vintage comics to the pet shop boys. Logan baldauf, who has shown at past fashion as art events, returns with more of his evolving work. kaia armstrong brings a fine art approach to fashion, using airbrush techniques to turn garments into storytelling canvases. And tracy powell of the house of isa rounds out the group with a polished, high-fashion edge shaped by her unconventional path into design. music for the show will come courtesy of dj moxy martinez, because a runway without a soundtrack is just people walking in fancy clothes. festival organizers say the show has become a staple over the years, and it’s not hard to see why. “the fashion show has become a popular mainstay at the columbus arts festival,” says festival director alexis perrone. “Given columbus’ role as a fashion center, it makes sense that we would feature it alongside the visual arts, music and performances at the festival. Our audiences love the show, and we’re excited to once again feature a new crop of columbus-based designers and models.” columbus has built a reputation as a fashion hub, and this is one of the best chances to see that creativity on full display. the columbus arts festival runs june 12 through june 14 along the scioto mile, packed with artists, performances, food, and more ways to spend a summer weekend than you can realistically fit into one schedule. but if you’re planning your visit, circle friday night. That runway tends to steal the show. To see what else you can find at the festival, head over to columbusartsfestival.Org.

( Read More... | 4842 bytes more | comments? |

)

Piatt Moves Back To His Roots...New Celina Coach Looks For Trust And Will To Win

Posted on Wednesday, April 22 @ 00:01:43 PDT (8 reads)

After six years at miami, hamilton, a national title in ncaa satellite campus basketball, a runners-up, and four final fours, mike piatt returns to his roots, friday nights rivals, and that trusted culture of basketball. celina, oh – if you’ve known mike piatt as long as i have there was little question that eventually he would land one more high school coaching position. In this case, the boys job at celina high school, as was announced this week. to do it, he left six years as the head coach at miami university, hamilton campus, a member of the united state collegiate athletic association, an association of smaller, satellite campuses across the country, and in this case, not directly related to the miami university, oxford campus. Grades and credits transfer without a problem, basketball players do not. and for the last six years piatt routinely won with players too small for ncaa division i basketball, not gifted enough, an overlooked at division ii and division iii ncaa basketball for lack of one article of basketball pedigree, or another. in a sense, piatt and miami, hamilton were made for each other as both players and coach had something to prove. One can make the case for piatt being overlooked and under-appreciated during the course of his past coaching experiences – at sidney lehman, at miami valley, at tippecanoe where he served as the assistant head coach during jim staley’s brief stay, at west milton, and new knoxville for a couple years…but long after the gettin’ was good at nk in 2008 with the state title team coached by dan hegemier. for instance, piatt led lehman catholic to an 18-5 record and the district finals in 2007 where they lost to cincinnati lockland in the final minute. It was lehman’s best year and best team in memory, and piatt was named southwest district coach of the year. But he was fired after the season for differences with school administration – he stressed winning and made no excuses when he lost. subsequently he went into private business while toiling with hopeless coaching situations like miami valley school, where without the efforts of piatt’s son austin, a gifted shooting guard, it’s doubtful miami valley would have won a game in his two years as coach. The cupboard was otherwise bare. his time at tippecanoe was temporary as he was named interim coach when jim staley abruptly left the head coaching position midway through the season. when he took the job at miami, hamilton in 2020 it brought a degree of stability and coaching fulfillment, and piatt immediately proved that his basketball and coaching instincts were adaptable to any level of competition. But the college game at that level is a grind, and not surprising…unnoticed and obscure. In six years there were no calls from oxford, barely even a “good job”. the daily drive from his residence in vandalia was another hurdle – dayton traffic – and the regular guessing game of where traffic was backed up between dayton and hamilton, and for how long. and the road trips. Uscaa schools do not fly or charter buses for road trips, but rather ride in two school-owned conversion vans driven by, you guessed it, piatt and his assistants. “you drive six hours to someplace in new york state, play the game, get right back in the van, and drive all night to get home in time for school the next day,” says piatt. “You get tired of it.” and he didn’t get rich, either. The stipend for coaching at miami, hamilton is less than what he’ll make as the first-year coach of the celina bulldogs, a district that historically takes care of its athletes and coaches. “i wasn’t looking to leave hamilton to coach high school,” piatt said this week. “But when the celina job came open it was the one high school position that i was willing to apply for. The district has a history of winning basketball, though not lately. But celina has won the second most wbl titles in the history of the league (17), second only to ottawa-glandorf (21).” but what really appealed to piatt was the opportunity to teach…develop…and groom adolescent kids for the next steps in basketball, and life – to imbue kids with his own brand and experience. He grew up in cambridge, ohio, where played for hall of famer gene ford. So, it’s natural that he trusts the small community culture of friday nights with a packed gym at the field house in celina…that will be replaced after next year with a sparkling new school and basketball facility that seats twice the number of the current historic relic. “the administration, the parents, the community…they’re enthusiastic, and they want to win,” says piatt. “And this position doesn’t come with the obstacles of the past. “the trip from my house to celina is just about equal to my house to hamilton, but i don’t have dayton traffic. But i love the western buckeye league because of small towns with one school – celina, wapakoneta, definance, van wert, st. Marys – 10 to 15,000 people, good towns and good communities. They love their sports and they love to win. And then on saturday night you can throw in some con-conference games with marion local, coldwater and st. Henry. Those are great towns with great coaches that we want to compete against.” what he hasn’t said – and what he won’t say – is about the opportunity to prove that 18-5 at lehman was no fluke; and that four final fours, a national runner-up and a national title at miami, hamilton didn’t come by accident. piatt has always owned the reputation for having good basketball accumen, as well as the ability to watch an opposing team for twenty minutes and understand how they play, and what it takes to beat them. “there’s really nothing original about basketball,” he’s told me, previously. “You borrow from just about everybody.” his matchup zone has worked wherever he had the talent to play it, and he’s always had a shooter, or two. “we’ll return a couple of kids next year who can play, including one who averaged 18 points and scored 30, twice.” mostly, he respects the coaching culture of western ohio basketball and looks forward to the competition. “i don’t know if i can get to 800 wins like coach kortokrax did at kalida,” piatt smiles. “I’m already 60. But it’s just neat to see someone like him stay at one place for 43 years and have that kind of success.” all you need is some trust, and a will to win. thus, mike piatt has left his greatest success in coaching to come back to that which he loves the most. in celina!

( Read More... | 13176 bytes more | comments? |

)

Software is dead. See whats next in El Segundo

Posted on Wednesday, April 22 @ 00:01:43 PDT (7 reads)

Clad in a black tank top, 28-year-old jared west wheeled a mystery object to the front of a packed room of investors and young engineers in el segundo, california. He yanked off the mysterious item’s blue tarp to reveal a gleaming, porcelain toilet. then he declared that his company, western chemicals, had developed the first synthetic fuel process with net negative carbon and hydrogen input costs. simply put, west is making gasoline out of wastewater. since wastewater has the same elemental ingredients as gasoline (carbon and hydrogen), biomanufacturing can turn human filth into a potential power source. And west says he can do it 50% cheaper than anyone else. every seat in the darkened warehouse was filled, and the back half was jammed with mostly young men, standing shoulder to shoulder. At one point, when several loud conversations in the back made it difficult to hear the presentations, i watched attendees turn around, looking annoyed. as west spoke, a jittering line of other early-stage founders stretched along the left side of the room, waiting for their two-minute turns. They promised tech ranging from autonomous surgical robots to using terahertz (thz) for radio connectivity for the first time. each founder was selected to present by discipulus ventures, a venture capital fund and hard-tech accelerator. Last wednesday’s group of young entrepreneurs marked the fund’s fourth cohort. This go-around, applicants had a 1% chance of acceptance. each of the ten early-stage companies chosen to make presentations was awarded $100,000 and given access to 120-plus partners from top firms. discipulus ventures is run by jakob diepenbrock. In less than a year he raised $60 million for this project. He’s 22 years old. his goal is to aid the country’s transition from a software-based tech market to a renaissance of physical hardware. Diepenbrock and others believe this shift will help the u.S. Compete in a global market where advanced software comes to life through physical infrastructure. the result has been a hard-tech explosion in el segundo. palmer luckey, the designer of the oculus rift and founder of anduril industries, gave the event’s keynote address. the ‘build real things’ movement luckey has been a trailblazer in the “build real things” movement for more than a decade and has been outspoken about his values — an attitude which left him scathed by silicon valley. after word got out that he’d donated $10,000 to an anti-hillary clinton group, facebook fired him from his executive position in march 2017. luckey picked himself up, and the next month he founded anduril — now a $60 billion company — just to the south of el segundo in orange county. During his remarks on wednesday, he presented a case for building in southern california. the area’s natural beauty and existing infrastructure make it well suited to attract talent and develop new hardware, he said. and discipulus ventures agrees. In an interview with the deseret news, diepenbrock explained how his firm chooses which companies to boost. “our target persona is basically a young technical founder,” he said. Ideally, each founder has worked at a company in their space for several years, understands their problem well and wants to solve it with physical infrastructure. but beyond a shared hard-tech interest, this generation of new industrialists has several other unifying qualities. Critics have painted the self-described “gundo bros” as a political phenomenon, which diepenbrock says is wrong. discipulus ventures describes itself as being dedicated to ideals like religion, patriotism and family. When aligned, those ideals drive founders to success, diepenbrock said. “If you want to build important things, work hard, solve real problems, push through it and make it work, that’s what we want.” building el segundo into the hard-tech capital of the u.S. warehouses dot the tight sunny streets of el segundo, just south of lax. Inside the buildings, wires have been absentmindedly draped over open doors. American flags are pinned up against walls, and engineers sit quietly, bent over their work. in 2023, augustus doricko, now 25, was deciding where to set up headquarters for his cloud-seeding business, rainmaker. His friend cameron schiller, the co-founder of an advanced metal-casting company, told him, “i have a vision. El segundo can become the deep-tech hardware capital of the u.S.” the city is located right beneath los angeles international airport and is close enough to san francisco to raise money, schiller reasoned. doricko said schiller told him they could start companies right where they were, and make it cool to work on hard problems again instead of going into finance or crypto. that fall at a conference, diepenbrock met doricko. “He was pretty convincing about what was going on there,” diepenbrock said. “There was this cultural change in tech, specifically in el segundo, where a lot of people were very excited about building really critical companies for the country.” so diepenbrock dropped out of northeastern university where he was studying computer science and finance and moved to southern california. “jakob is so compelling because he’s incredibly young. He’s so well spoken, and he’s outspoken about his faith” — jared west, founder of western chemicals just as doricko hooked diepenbrock, diepenbrock has been attracting others to the area. “jakob is absolutely a magnet,” west of western chemicals told the deseret news in an interview, friday. “I think the quality of the program, along with the character and technical talent he attracts is insane.” he continued, “i think jakob is so compelling because he’s incredibly young. He’s so well spoken, and he’s outspoken about his faith. I’m a christian man, and having investors who back me who have the same value set is of critical importance to me.” west also mentioned doricko and isaiah taylor, the founder of valar atomics. Taylor designs small nuclear reactors, the first of which is currently being assembled in orangeville, utah. Dubbed the “ward250,” taylor’s first reactor is expected to come alive on july 4, this summer. “magnets attract more magnets. I hope to be that for more young guys and gals — whoever wants to start companies, west said. discipulus ventures now brings 10-20 new companies to el segundo a year. however, the momentum in el segundo did not appear ex nihilo. The area has a century-long legacy of building hard tech. Howard hughes founded hughes aircraft in 1932 as a 28-year-old; boeing set up shop there in 2000, developing military satellites and spacecraft components; elon musk founded spacex in el segundo in 2002. a rejection of silicon valley and internet-isolated software silicon valley changed the world, and now — according to the gundo bros and much of the internet — it is now facing a reckoning. this small region, in the southern san francisco bay area, developed the internet, the smartphone, social media and artificial intelligence. The top 10 tech companies in silicon valley produce around $1.8 trillion in revenue annually. however, in march, two of silicon valley’s most successful companies, alphabet inc. (Google) and meta, were found guilty of engineering their apps to “addict and harm” young users. The now-20-year-old plaintiff will be awarded $6 million in damages, with meta on the hook for 70%. the ruling’s precedent is not the only threat silicon valley faces. “software is dead,” one 20-something engineer told me in an el segundo warehouse last wednesday. Artificial intelligence annihilated the barrier to entry for much of the software industry. Anyone can vibe-code an app, he said. and the gundo bros see the reckoning as an opportunity to return the best american minds to physical infrastructure. “human beings are capable of multitudes if we believe so.” — jared west, founder of western chemicals “our generation was really sold, ‘go to school, get a good job, work that job, retire.’ That job looks like sitting in an office. That was the american ideal. And i think that young folk now are feeling in their bodies that that is not the truth,” west told the deseret news. “The truth is in the physical world. The truth is in exploration. The truth is in adventure.” he referenced the wright brothers and their early test flights in north carolina. “I would have loved to be in that barn right when they were building. Those guys were having the best time. They were exploring a new frontier that nobody thought was possible,” west said. “i remember a headline from that time where it was like, ‘it would take the combined effort of all human minds a thousand years to take flight,’ but it was just two guys in a barn. And that’s just the truth. Human beings are capable of multitudes if we believe so,” he said. an unapologetic place for young men when diepenbrock was still in school in boston, he applied for a job in investment banking. He was a freshman at the time, and the interviewer told him that “if i was a different race or gender, i would have been pushed forward.” “i was actually told that,” diepenbrock said with a laugh. “Obviously, that’s not encouraging.” he thought to himself at the time, “i already have a knock on my resume because of a particular thing i can’t control.” in el segundo, “no one’s asking about any of that stuff,” he said. the gundo bros are focused on fixing real-world issues like energy deficits and drought. They’re scaling their solutions to reach as many people as possible. the earliest and most successful gundo bros do not have traditional higher-ed credentials. Doricko dropped out of uc berkeley his senior year, diepenbrock dropped out of northeastern after two years, and taylor didn’t attend university at all. their success in attracting other intelligent and capable young men (regardless of credentials) is likely due to their belief that the american education system has left boys behind. in 2022, the top two-thirds of the 10% highest achievers in schools were girls, and the inverse was true of young men, according to brookings. Of the bottom 10% of students, two-thirds were boys. Boys are three times as likely to get expelled as girls, and women significantly outpace men in college attendance. beyond the current american education system, gen z faces other issues, like a drought of worthy role models. Thanks to the rise of social media, which consumes nearly five hours of gen z’s days, the most visible and hailed people of the generation are “influencers.” instead of aspiring to become astronauts or doctors, more than half of gen z (57%) said they’d become influencers if ever given the chance, per morning consult data. “i thank god that we just went around the moon,” west said. “We sent people as far away from earth as they’ve ever been. That is amazing. I hope that kind of activity — same with the el segundo companies and other great startups and hard tech — will continue to inspire young children to see these things and be like, ‘oh, humanity is actually capable of so much more than talking into a little microphone and saying stuff that’s weird and, you know, harmful.” to the gundo bros, being alive in 2026 is spectacular: it’s the age of splitting atoms, turning sewage to fuel and catching rockets with chopsticks. the best of american excellence is not locked in the past, buried alongside the wright brothers and manhattan project engineers. It’s in the present, hunched over a piece of machinery in el segundo, wrench in one hand, a celsius in the other.

( Read More... | 23482 bytes more | comments? |

)

Upcoming Events

Classifieds