South Bend, Indiana; November 20, 2008

Announcements

Art: Try out your creativity, Sundays, any time from 2-4:30 p.m. in the Arts and Crafts Room.

Qi-Gong: Mondays, 1-2 p.m., in the Community Room. All are welcome.

Meditation: Wednesdays, 7:45 a.m., in the STAR classroom. Open to staff and guests.I Hear the Sound of Distant Drums: If anyone is interested in forming a drum corps please see Juanetta.

ABE

▪Learn Spanish: Sundays from 6-8 p.m. in the Adult Basic Education Room. Four students from Notre Dame will be coming to the ABE room to help students learn Spanish.

▪Advanced Excel Classes: Wednesdays, Nov. 19-Dec. 10; 3-4 p.m. Sign up in ABE.

▪Computer Basics and Microsoft Word: Wednesdays starting November 5, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Four sessions: November 5, 12, 19 and December 3.

▪Power In the Workplace: Wednesdays, 6-7:30 p.m. November 5—"The Story of American Workers," November 12—"What Does It Mean (or Not Mean) to Be in a Labor Union?", November 19—"Globalization and the Future of Work," December 3—"Legal Issues: What Are Your Rights?," December 10—TBA.

▪ABE Incentives: Students will be given a card to be initialed during each walk-in class attended. Once a student has attended 10 walk-in programs, cards can be redeemed for prizes.

▪Math Study Sessions: Mondays, 3-4 p.m., and Thursdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m., SOSH room.

▪GED: A new GED class started up October 10 in ABE. All GED-bound students are welcome to attend. The class meets from 1-3 p.m. Fridays and includes group discussions and time to work on testing, individual assignments and the computer. Please see ABE for details.

▪Poetry Jam: Poetry Jam returned October 17. The new hours are Friday, from 3-4 p.m., in the ABE Room. Read a favorite poem, share your own work; or just listen, relax, and enjoy.

▪Writing: Thursdays, 6-7 p.m., ABE. Improve your basic writing skills under the guidance of a trained instructor.

▪Creative Writing: Thursdays, 6-7 p.m.; open to everyone.

▪Book Clubs: Inspirational Reading Squad—Monday, 7-8 p.m.; Regular—will be meeting Monday, 8-8:30 p.m. Read books of choosing (approved by ABE staff). Sign up in ABE or on the ABE bulletin board by the men's lounge.

Herald Sports

ND Scores: Basketball—Women--(15) ND 96, Evansville 61 (Ashley Barlow scores 19); Washington High School's Skylar Diggins chooses ND; Diggins is third-ranked female high school basketball player in country.

NCAA Football Scores: (14) Ball St. 31, Central Michigan 24 (Ball St. 11-0 overall, 7-0 MAC).

NBA Scores: Trailblazers 116, Bulls 74; Hawks 91 Wizards 87; Pistons 96, Cavaliers 89; Raptors 101, Heat 95; Clippers 108, Thunder 88; Kings 105, Hornets 96; Mavericks 96, Rockets 86; Timberwolves 102, 76ers 96; Nuggets 91, Spurs 81; Jazz 105, Bucks 94.

NHL Scores: Bruins 7, Sabres 4; Canucks 6, Rangers 3; Capitals 6, Ducks 4.

College Basketball: Men--Butler 64, Ball St. 54; (5) Michigan St. , 70, IPFW 59; (20) Wake Forest 120, N.C.-Wilmington 88; (23) Villanova 77, Niagara 52; Women--Valparaiso 69, Bowling Green 58; IUPUI 66, IU-Southeast 40; Marquette 77, Indiana St. 53; (13) Vanderbilt 80, Eastern Kentucky 38.

NFL Notes: Cowboys--Pacman reinstated; Cardinals--RB Edgerrin James asks for release after being demoted to backup; Buccaneers--Bucs' top RB Earnest Graham done for season with ankle injury.

MLB Notes: NL MVP--Cardinals' Albert Pujols wins second NL MVP award; Trade--Red Sox trade CF Coco Crisp to Royals for reliever Ramon Ramirez.

Local

Local Headlines: School Safety--IUSB students worried about safety after three shootings near campus in last month; Freight--eight men face federal charges in theft of merchandise from local freight trains.

Nation/World

Nation/World Headlines: Transition—ex-Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle to be Secretary of Health and Human Services; Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano and Chicago hotel billionaire Penny Pritzker leading candidates for Homeland Security and Commerce jobs; Smokeout--Great American Smokeout is here; California--California Supreme Court to rule on recently-passed Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriage; Somalia--Indian warship sinks pirate vessel in Gulf of Aden; Pakistan--Pakistan protests over U.S. missile strikes; Economy--weekly jobless claims surge to 16-year high; Health--spokesmen for health insurance industry say they support acceptance of all applicants regardless of previous condition or disability if health insurance is made mandatory; President-elect Obama wants to make it mandatory only for children.

Weather

Today High 35 Low 21 Heavy Snow

Fri High 28 Low 15 Snow

Sat High 32 Low 24 Mostly Sunny

Sun High 40 Low 30 Partly Sunny

Mon High 37 Low 28 Chance Snow

TV Listings: 16--8 p.m., My Name is Earl; 8:30 p.m., Kath & Kim; 9 p.m., The Office; 9:30 p.m., 30 Rock; 22--8 p.m., Survivor 9 p.m., CSI; 25--8 p.m., Smallville; 9 p.m., Supernatural; 28---8-10 p.m., Kitchen Nightmares (two episodes); 46--8 p.m., Lester Sumrall Teaching; 8:30 p.m., Live From Studio B; 9 p.m., Harvest; 57--8 p.m., Ugly Betty; 9 p.m., Grey's Anatomy; 69--8-10 p.m., Men In Black II.