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With the first win of 1998 under its belt, the Crimson next turns to the 16th-ranked University of Massachusetts squad which knocked off ninth-ranked James Madison 4-2 in Charlottesville, Va., yesterday...
...which gaining admission to top-shelf high schools and colleges has become a blood sport, self-interest trumps community building most of the time. In Montclair, N.J., lawsuits brought by African-American parents in the late 1980s forced Montclair High School to detrack one course--ninth-grade literature--so that students of all abilities and test scores would sit next to each other and read the same books. School officials say students who previously went unnoticed are flourishing. "Kids have started to find they have a voice in the room," says teacher Dana Sherman. "When you start giving kids...
...national standards that would articulate what all of our kids need to know." But the first step may be even simpler--as simple as challenging average kids as much as we do the brightest students. Just ask Meghan Malone, a high-achieving, freckle-faced Des Moines ninth-grader. "When you expect all kids to be smart," she says, walking out of her honors English class, "they will be." It may not be that easy, but it would be a start...
Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs hit his 61st and 62nd home runs of the season at home on Sunday to pass Roger Maris and pull into a tie with Mark McGwire for the most homers in a single baseball season. Sosa hit No. 62 in the ninth inning off Milwaukee Brewers relief pitcher Eric Plunk. (The Cubs won the game, 11-10, in 10 innings.) Both Sosa and McGwire have 12 games remaining this season...
...this bucking bronco called Slam. "We" are the Los Angeles team--Thea Iberall, Poetri (yes, his name is Poetri), Jerry Quickley and I--four poets, linked by a love of words and a passion for competition. We are in Austin to sling verse and reap scores in the ninth--and largest--National Poetry Slam in history. Forty-five teams and 14 individuals are here from 26 states, the District of Columbia and Canada, all vying for cash prizes of up to $2,000 and yearlong bragging rights...