Announcements
Art: Try out your creativity, Sundays, any time from 2-4:30 p.m. in the Arts and Crafts Room.
CFH Film Series: The next feature in the CFH Film Series will be the 1999 Japanese anime epic “Princess Mononoke” directed by Hayao Miyazaki, which made Roger Ebert‘s list of 10 best films for that year. The film will be shown December 5 at 2 p.m. in the Community Room.
It features the voice talents of Yoji Matsuda as Prince Ashitaka who encounters a human princess raised by wolves during a trip to the Far East. Princess Mononoke is voiced by Yuriko Ashida. The princess and the forest animals are battling an evil mining conglomerate. The film also stars Gillian Anderson and Billy Crudup.
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.
Crochet and Knit Class: Saturdays from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm in the arts and crafts room.
It will be open to anyone who wants to learn, brush-up on their skills or just wants to work on an already existing project.
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.
▪Academic Fun Fair: December 8-14. Different projects and hands-on activities will be available on a variety of topics including: optical illusions, science experiments, psychology, politics, poetry, Christmas crafts, etc. Students will be given an opportunity to earn a prize upon completion of a passport card showing that they visited all of the displays.
▪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. December 3—“Legal Issues: What Are Your Rights?,” December 10—”The Story of American Workers,” December 17--”Globalization and the Future of Work.”
▪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
NFL Notes: Vikings--Minnesota judge blocks NFL’s suspensions of Viking stars Kevin and Pat Williams for violating leagues anti-doping policy but two players status for Sunday remains uncertain; Patriots--Patriots bring back veteran LB Roosevelt Colvin; has not played since being released by Texans during training camp.
NCAA Football Scores: LA Lafayette 42, Middle Tennessee St. 28.
NCAA Football Notes: Auburn--Tommy Tuberville steps down as Auburn head coach; had 10-year record of 85-40 including 13-0 season and second place finish nationally in 2004 but had 5-7 record this year and 36-0 loss to Alabama.
NBA Scores: Bucks 97, Bulls 90; Celtics 114, Pacers 96; Trailblazers 98, Wizards 92; Hawks 105, Grizzlies 95; Bobcats 103, Thunder 97; Cavaliers 118, Knicks 82; Lakers 114, 76ers 102; Magic 100, Timberwolves 89; Hornets 104, Suns 91; Rockets 103, Clippers 96; Heat 93, Jazz 89.
NBA Notes: Raptors--head coach Sam Mitchell fired; assistant Jay Triano takes over.
NHL Scores: Blackhawks 4, Ducks 2; Senators 5, Thrashers 1; Rangers 3, Penguins 2 (SO); Wild 4, Blues 0; Oilers 5, Stars 2.
NHL Notes: Hurricanes--Peter Laviolette, who coached team to 2006 Stanley Cup championship, is fired.
College Basketball Scores: Men--(15) Wake Forest 83, IU 58; (16) Syracuse 88, Cornell 78; (3) Pittsburgh 78, Duquesne 51; (10) Tennessee 87, NC Asheville 69 (14) Xavier 81, Auburn 74; (1) UNC 98, Michigan St. 63; Women--Bethel 64, Indiana Wesleyan 61; Butler 70, Evansville 52; Georgia Tech 70, (21) Michigan St. 57; (24) Pittsburgh 66, Duquesne 47; (2) UNC 72, (18) Ohio St 63; (14) Auburn 95, NC A&T 74; (1) U Conn 96, Holy Cross 37; (6) Oklahoma 69, Creighton 49; (25) Arizona St. 73, UC Davis 59.
ND Scores: Basketball, Saint Mary’s--SMC 80, Trine 72 (MIAA opener for both teams); ND Women--Joyce Center sold out for Sunday game between (11) ND and (17) Purdue; Boilermakers coached by former Miss Indiana Basketball from Mishawaka Sharon Versyp; Hockey--Billy Maday wins CCHA Rookie of the Month; Swimming, Men--ND men’s swimming fields solid recruiting class.
MLB Notes: Red Sox--Dustin Pedroia gets 6-year, $40.5-million deal after winning AL MVP award.
Sports Notes: OJ--O.J. Simpson to be sentenced Friday.
Local
Local Headlines: Arrest--police arrest South Bend father after 2-year-old girl taken to hospital with skull fracture; Fight--51-year-old beaten into uncon-sciousness in dispute over woman; 34-year-old arrested, charged with aggravated assault and residential entry; Left on Bus--Jackson Intermediate School student left on South Bend Community School Corporation bus Tuesday; third such incident reported this school year.
Nation/World
Nation/World Headlines: Transition--President-elect Obama confirms appointment of New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as commerce secretary; Florida congresswoman hangs up on President-elect Obama twice; thought she was being prank-called by a Barack Obama sound-alike; Economy--barrel of oil fall to 3-year low at $46 on weak economy; Automakers--automakers back to try and sell Congress on bailout; Healthcare--insurers proposing universal, centralized healthcare; plan offered by trade group America’s Health Insurance Plans which together insure more than 200-million people; Senators Ted Kennedy (D-MA) and Max Baucus (D-MT) say the AHIP plan will help advance healthcare reform; President-elect Obama has said healthcare reform will be a priority of his administration; Thailand--Thai airports open again; Thai king, 81, unable to give annual birthday speech due to illness; King Bhumibol Adulyadej is longest-serving monarch in world; Zimbabwe--Zimbabwe declares emergency because of cholera epidemic.
Weather
Today High 27 Low 16 Snow Showers
Fri High 25 Low 18 Mostly Cloudy
Sat High 27 Low 16 Chance Snow
Sun High 27 Low 16 Chance Snow
Mon High 31 Low 25 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--7-10 p.m., Making Healthy Choices 3-Hour Special; 57--8 p.m., Ugly Betty; 9 p.m., Grey‘s Anatomy; 69--8-10 p.m., Driving Miss Daisy.
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