South Bend, Indiana; January 8, 2008

First Herald of New Year
Announcements

Artistic Newsletter: Are you an artist, poet or writer?
Place submissions for the new Artistic Newsletter in Emily Pickerill’s box. Express your talents and ideas by participating. Start submitting as soon as possible.
Art Group: Interested in exercising your creative spirit? Want to see some of your original art work on display in the hallways?
Please see Meg about details for joining a new art group at CFH
VA Hospital Van: To schedule a ride to the VA Hospital in Ft. Wayne, St. Joseph County veterans can call Doug Davis (USMC, retired) at (574) 243-VETS (8387).
The van service also provides connecting rides to the VA hospitals in Marion and Indianapolis.

ABE

▪Dead Poets Society: Thursdays, 6-7 p.m., ABE Room. All are welcome.
We will discuss short stories and poems.
The ABE staff hopes to revive Science Club and Creative Writing when new volunteers become available, according to Andrea in ABE.

Herald Sports

BCS Championship; (2) LSU 38, (1) Ohio St. 24: Matt Flynn threw four touchdown passes as the Tigers (12-2) won their second BCS title in five years.
Chris “Beanie” Wells had twenty carries for 146 yards for the Buckeyes (11-2), including a 65-yard burst for the game’s first score. It was the second year in a row that Ohio State had come in to the championship game with the top ranking and lost to a SEC team.
LSU scored 31 straight points after falling behind 10-0. The Buckeyes scored a pair of fourth quarter touchdowns, including one in the last minute, to make the score a little more respectable.
Motor City Bowl; Purdue 51, Central Michigan 48: Chris Summers kicked a 48-yard field goal as time expired for the victorious Boilermakers (9-5).
The 99 points was the second-highest bowl total; California beat Virginia Tech 52-49 in the 2003 Insight Bowl.
Purdue’s Curtis Painter threw for 546 yards and four touchdowns. He broke the Boilermaker single-game record held by current NFL quarterbacks Drew Brees (New Orleans Saints) and Kyle Orton (Chicago Bears).
CMU’s (8-6) Dan LeFevour passed for four touchdowns and ran for two more. His 19-yard toss with 1:09 left tied the game at 48.
Painter was 4-5 on the winning drive.
CMU head coach Butch Jones interviewed for the vacant position at West Virginia but that school decided to promote assistant and interim coach Bill Stewart. Jones wound up signing a three-year extension. Jones and Stewart were both assistants to new Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez at WVU.
Insight Bowl; Oklahoma State 49, IU 33: Zac Robinson passed for 302 yards and three touchdowns and ran for two more TDS for Oklahoma State (7-6).
IU’s (7-6) Kellen Lewis threw a pair of touchdown passes; he also ran for 83 yards and a score.
It was the Hoosier’s first postseason appearance since 1993 and ended an emotional season which was clouded by head coach Terry Hoeppner’s death in June.
International Bowl; Rutgers 52, Ball St. 30: Junior Ray Rice gained 280 yards, including a 90-yard scamper, for the Scarlet Knights (8-5).
It was Rutgers’ second bowl win in a row after the Scarlet Knights had gone 136 years without a postseason victory.
The Cardinals (7-6) are still looking for their first bowl victory after six tries.
NFL Wild Card Games—Seattle 35, Washington 14; New York Giants 24, Tampa Bay 14; Jacksonville 31, Pittsburgh 29; San Diego 17, Tennessee 6. This Weekends Games: San Diego at Colts, Seattle at Green Bay, New York Giants at Dallas, Jacksonville at New England.