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Aggie Basketball Coach Inspires Teamwork Through Leadership Course
Fifth-year Texas A&M men’s basketball coach Buzz Williams helps teach a leadership course for the Corps of Cadets, though the class is open to anyone on campus. Cody Hitchcock/Texas A&M University Division of Marketing & Communications Fifth-year Texas A&M men’s basketball coach Buzz Williams considers teaching a class about the principles of leadership part of…
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Writers of Banned Books Speak Out
Image credit: Andranik Hakobyan on istock.com PEN America described the 2022–2023 school year as “marked to date by an escalation of book bans and censorship in classrooms and school libraries across the United States.” There were nearly 700 attempts to ban books in the first eight months of 2023 alone, as reported by NPR. Books are being…
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Casa de Cultura de Picada Café está de portas abertas para o público
A Casa de Cultura Joaneta, depois de um período fechada em função das obras de construção do Arquivo Público Municipal, volta a abrir suas portas para o público visitante. O espaço está aberto às segundas, quartas e sextas-feiras, no turno da tarde. Foi necessária a realização de algumas melhorias e para isso a Administração Municipal…
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Study: New Jersey’s hottest travel destinations this year
Nov 16, 2023, 1:45pmUpdated 6h ago By: News 12 Staff Many New Jerseyans are getting ready to jet off for the holidays. According to the AAA, almost 113 million Americans will travel more than 50 miles away from home over December. A new study by MattressNextDay reveals which Thanksgiving and Christmas destinations are getting the…
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Vincent Neil Emerson Releases The Golden Crystal Kingdom
Vincent Neil Emerson of Van Zandt County, Texas, released his third album last week titled The Golden Crystal Kingdom. Emerson is quickly becoming a staple among folk and country music fans nationwide, celebrated for his honest tales of life on the road, heartbreak, and struggles of all sorts. On the new album, Emerson transcends the…
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Flamengo e Fluminense vencem concorrência pelo Maracanã com proposta de R$ 234 mil mensais
A Secretaria de Estado da Casa Civil do Governo do Rio de Janeiro homologou nesta quinta-feira a proposta vencedora de Flamengo e Fluminense para seguir na gestão do Maracanã e do Maracanãzinho pelo ano de 2024. O valor de outorga definido foi de R$ 234 mil mensais – acima do valor mínimo exigido de R$…
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Women diplomats call for greater focus on mental health and climate action
A high-level event on the intersection of climate change and mental health has considered how policymakers can best address the needs of vulnerable people, especially vulnerable women. The event ‘Climate Vulnerability and Mental Health: Voices of Women’ was held this week at Marlborough House, the Commonwealth Secretariat’s headquarters in London. It was hosted by the…
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What NOT to buy on Black Friday, according to consumer experts
Black Friday is the biggest shopping day of the year for many consumers but not every deal you see is necessarily a good deal. There are some items you’re better off waiting to buy if you don’t need to gift them for Christmas. This year shoppers nationwide could spend an estimated $10 billion on Black…
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Award-Winning Sports Writer and Broadcast Journalist Gene Wojciechowski Joins College of Communication and Information Faculty
Gene Wojciechowski, a distinguished sports journalist and New York Times bestselling author as well as a proud alumnus of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s College of Communication and Information, will join the CCI faculty in August 2024 as a full-time professor of practice in the School of Journalism and Media. Wojciechowski’s hire, backed by 12…
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One-Album Wonder: Box Car Racer With Anna Zanes
At the height of Blink-182’s success, Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker set out to make a harder record, a side project, the band Box Car Racer and its titular album Photo by Ollie Millington/Redferns via Getty Images Box Car Racer is a weird and wild look into the mind of Tom DeLonge. At the height…