What would exercise behaviors look like on a diverse, science- and health-heavy campus like University of the Sciences? This is what Elisha Shumard DPT11, Lora Packel, assistant professor of physical therapy, and Dr. Paul Furtaw, director of Student Health and Counseling Center, wondered. So, they conducted a survey concerning first year students exercise behaviors. For her capstone project, Shumard used the research tools she learned at USciences to analyze this topic, realizing that in general people arent exercising and meeting national guidelines. Shumard and her faculty mentors decided to look at first-year students because this is a time when theyre learning life-long behaviors. First year students are at a transitional point in their lives where they have new feelings of independence and fewer restrictions, said Shumard. It is important to make them feel like they have the power and tools needed to adapt exercise into their lives, because they are at a vulnerable point in their lives. Read more…

DAYTON — Ryan Adams was easily the best player in the area at his position last football season. But unlike scores of other great players and even teammates, he wasn’t close to landing a college athletic scholarship.

No matter that he had crisscrossed the Midwest, attending every summer football camp he could find. In his estimation, he went to 30 during his high school career at Carroll.

“The only way that you’re going to get a scholarship is to kick in front of them,” Adams said. “I went all over, all summer.”

The message was the same everywhere he went: We like you, but …

“It was up and down like a rollercoaster emotionally,” he said.

Adams was living the life of a frustrated kicker.

At 6 feet 1 inch and 195 pounds, Adams ably earned the tag “thunder foot.”

He didn’t just kick off; he rocketed unreturnable bombs – 18 of 25 – into the end zone, even into stiff wind.

Two of his five field goals last season were 52-yarders, both on grass fields. Others went for 44 and 37 yards.

His punts also whi

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LOS ANGELES — One of baseball’s proudest franchises is in tatters, its future to be decided not on the field but in the courtroom.  

The Los Angeles Dodgers filed for bankruptcy protection in a Delaware court Monday, blaming Major League Baseball for refusing to approve a multibillion-dollar TV deal that owner Frank McCourt was counting on to keep the troubled franchise afloat.  

McCourt, upset that baseball Commissioner Bud Selig rejected the proposed TV deal last week, hopes a federal judge will approve $150 million in financing to be used for daily operations, which would give him more time to seek a more favorable media contract. A hearing is set for Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. in Wilmington, Del. 

“The action taken today by Mr. McCo

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Now that the 2011 NHL Draft is over, the 2012 NHL Draft can officially begin. Frankly, 2012 should be a much more fun year to cover than this past year for American/NCAA fans.

I decided to take a rough crack at a list of players that could be in consideration for being drafted next year. Of course, if this past draft has taught us anything, it’s that lists this early shouldn’t be taken too seriously, since what a player does in his draft year is extremely, extremely important, but it’s still fun to try and take a look ahead.

I don’t exactly have the budget to make a complete comprehensive list of players from around the world, so I just stuck with players that I’ve seen, with a couple high-end guys thrown in that I’ve heard are pretty likely to be top round picks. I split things up like the NHL Central Scouting early watch lists with ‘A’ ‘B’ and ‘C’ prospects. ‘A’ would be a top three round prospect.

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University of the Sciences Emeritus Trustee and former Board of Trustees Chairman Dr. Delbert S. Payne passed away on Monday, May 30, 2011. Dr. Payne, who had served on the USciences board since 1990 and chair since 2000, had previouslyannounced his retirement on April 29, 2011. He was elected emeritus trustee at the May 12, 2011, board meeting and recently presented the honorary degree recipients at USciences Commencement on May 25, 2011, as his last official act as chairman.

In a life time there are only a few names that transcend into an era. Del Payne, however, is the name of a man who will remain a forever and sustaining mention, said USciences President Dr. Philip P. Gerbino. His mark will endure for generations. His love of life, of family, of people, of education, and of helping others will endure as an example of the finest of men, a gentlemans gentleman, a mentor, a statesman, a colleague, and my friend. We are all so blessed to have had the honor to work with and know him, and be the fortunate recipients of his wisdom, guidance, and advice.

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But for many of us in education — and to my mind that includes parents, family and friends — the problem is more than knowing what’s needed. It’s knowing how to get it done and make it work, how to get young African-American men not only interested but engaged in learning, and enjoying rather than dreading the journey. That requires a lot of commitment from them and from us, and there are no shortcuts.

Besides my work here at NPR, I am a tenured professor in broadcast journalism at California State University, Los Angeles. I primarily teach writing, and it troubles me to no end to see young black men struggle in my classes because they can’t or don’t see the value of an education and the effort required to obtain one. Records show black male students badly lagging in their graduation rates from colleges and universities. When we see them on campus, they often dress differently, speak differently, have different expectations, and in the classroom can sometimes be difficult to reach.

I get that life for them is tough, sometimes in ways that I don’t fully appreciate, even though I grew up in the ’60s in South Central Los Angeles. My

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