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...notched 10 years of experience as a fundraiser at a nonprofit in Tennessee before she was laid off last year. But now that Shands is considering moving into sports management, she's interning with the Knoxville Ice Bears hockey team, writing game summaries and handing out stats on game day. She devotes about 10 hours a week to the Bears, and she does it for free. "I'm getting to see the inner workings of a professional hockey team, learning about the business side of sports, and I get to watch hockey," Shands says. "I'm having...
...February 27, Staff Sergeant William "Seth" Ricketts, 27, was killed by small-arms fire in Badghis province, a remote and previously uncontested area of western Afghanistan that has recently seen an upsurge of violence. On his fifth tour since joining the Army the day after 9/11, he became the 997th U.S. casualty in the war, according to Pentagon records...
...Four days after arriving at Dover, Ricketts' body was flown to Corinth, Miss. He had grown up in nearby Glen (pop. 300). Ricketts left behind his wife Rosie and two young children, with another due in September. In her father's home, Rosie remembered her life with Ricketts. They had met in church: she was the preacher's daughter; Ricketts was intriguing, with his spiky hair and goatee. The day before he left for basic training, they confessed their feelings for each other. When he came back, he asked her father for permission to date Rosie. They married...
Hundreds attended the viewing, the memorial service and the funeral at the Corinth National Cemetery. Others lined the convoy route, waving American flags, with their hands on their hearts. As the last light of day faded and hundreds of flowers were placed on the freshly dug grave, Ricketts' 3-year-old son Aiden posed like a ninja as his grandmother snapped pictures...
...within a fixed time period with a false weapon (Harvard’s is usually a water gun). Players’ rooms and dining halls are typically designated “safe zones,” but targets may be required to expose themselves at least once a day. Over the years, many Harvard players have created additional rules, such as the now-repealed “streets are safe but sidewalks are not” rule and the “naked people are safe, but not from other naked people” rule, which has led to much...