Friday, March 13, 2009

South Bend, Indiana; March 13, 2009

Announcements

Art: Try out your creativity, Sundays, any time from 2-4:30 p.m. in the Arts and Crafts Room.
Meditation: Wednesdays, 7:45 a.m., in the STAR classroom. Open to staff and guests.
Crochet and Knit Class: Saturdays from 9:30 am to 11:30 pm in the arts and crafts room.
Zumba Class: We now have a Zumba class for STAR students and other interested guests and staff, on Tuesdays from 3:00 until 3:45 in the Community Room. Zumba blends Latin dance and aerobics for a high energy workout. Kelly Thrall, former Front Desk Coordinator and certified Zumba Instructor, is the facilitator.

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.
▪Positive Life Skills: Wednesdays, 9-11:30 a.m.
▪Money Smart: 10-week finance class starting March 2 sponsored by Lake City Bank; Mondays 7-8:30 p.m. Get paid $15 per class! Build or fix your credit through interest-free loans.
Priority eligibility: STAR graduates, Transitional guests, Starting Over Graduates, coach referral (if open seats exist). Sign up in ABE room.
▪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.
▪GED: All GED-bound students are welcome to attend. The class meets from 1-3 p.m. Thursdays and includes group discussions and time to work on testing, individual assignments and the computer. Please see ABE for details.
▪Poetry Jam: Mondays, 3-4 p.m.
▪Writing: Tuesdays, 7 p.m., ABE. Improve your basic writing skills under the guidance of a trained instructor.
▪Reading: Tuesdays, 6 p.m.; Thursdays, 6-7 p.m.
▪Creative Writing: Thursdays, 6-7 p.m., Art Room.
▪Math: Computation--Tuesdays, 7:30-8:30 p.m. and Fridays, 1-2 p.m.; Applied--Thursdays, 3-4 p.m. and Fridays, 2-3 p.m.
▪Gender Roles: Fridays, 3-4 pm.
▪World Masterpiece Seminar: Tuesdays, 6-7:30 p.m., starting February 10. Sign up in ABE.
▪Intermediate Computer Classes: Thursdays, 3-4 p.m.
▪Grammar Classes: Thursdays, 7-8 p.m.
▪Book Clubs: Inspirational Reading Squad—Mondays, 5-6 p.m., in the chapel.

Herald Sports

ND Scores: Baseball--Illinois St. 3, ND 2; Tennis, Women--(4) ND 5, (3) Duke 2; Saint Mary's--Haverford 5, SMC 4; College of New Jersey 8, SMC 1; Softball, Women--ND 4, (4) Oklahoma 3; Saint Mary's--SMC 5, Curry (MA) 0; SMC 4, Bowdoin (ME) 0 (Belles 9-1); Lacrosse--(4) ND 10, Bucknell 6; Basketball, Men--Luke Harangody earns All-America honors.
NBA Scores: Lakers 102, Spurs 95; Cavaliers 119, Suns 111.
NHL Scores: Sabres 3, Panthers 1; Blue Jackets 4, Penguins 3 (SO); Devils 5, Coyotes 2; Bruins 5, Senators 3; Capitals 2. Flyers 1; Flames 6, Red Wings 5 (SO); Islanders 3, Canadiens 2 (OT); Lightning 4, Maple Leafs 1; Rangers 4, Predators 2; Blues 3, Sharks 1; Stars 3, Hurricanes 2; Avalanche 2, Wild 1 (SO); Thrashers 4, Oilers 3 (OT).
NHL Notes: Rangers--Alf Pike, 91, member of 1940 Ranger Stanley Cup champion team, dies.
College Basketball Scores: Men--Ball St. 64, Central Michigan 61 (OT) (Mid-American Conference Tourney); Penn St. 66, IU 51 (Big Ten Tourney); (15) UCLA 64, Washington St. 53 (Pac 10 Tourney); (14) Missouri 81, Texas Tech 60 (Big 12 Tourney); (18) Syracuse 127, (3) U Conn 117 (6 OT) (Big East Tourney); Oklahoma St. 71, (4) Oklahoma 70 (Big 12 Tourney); (4) Memphis 51, Tulane 41 (Conference USA Tourney); West Virginia 74, (2) Pittsburgh 60 (Big East Tourney); (13) Washington 85, Stanford 73 (Pac 10 Tourney); (25) BYU 80, Air Force 69; (Mountain West Tourney); (23) Arizona St. 68, Arizona 56 ( Pac 10 Tourney); Georgia 86, (17) Clemson 81 (ACC Tourney); (10) Villanova 76, (21) Marquette 75; Baylor 71, (11) Kansas 64 (Big 12 Tourney); (19) Xavier 66, St. Louis 47 (Atlantic 10 Tourney); (5) Louisville 73, Providence 55 (Big East Tourney);
Women--Evansville 58, Southern Illinois 53 (Missouri Valley Tourney); (23) Texas 62, Missouri 59 (Big 12 Tourney); (22) Kansas St. 68, Colorado 51 (Big 12 Tourney).
MLB Exhibition Scores: Royals 9, White Sox 3; Braves 6, Nationals 2; Rangers 9, Mariners 1; Pirates 6, Twins 4; Cardinals 4, Red Sox 2; Rockies 6, Angels 4; Rays 3, Phillies 2; Athletics 6, Diamondbacks 1; Marlins 16, Mets 8; Padres 10, Brewers 10 (10).
World Baseball Classic:
Cuba 16, Mexico 4.

Local

Local Headlines: New Carrier--Air Azul to offer flights from South Bend Regional to New York City; Haney St. Murder--Haney St. murder victim is 77-year-old Minerva Barnes; suspect Paul Fine, 45, was released from prison in November; Fine arrested but not charged.

Nation/World

Nation/World Headlines: White House--President Obama gets update on stimulus plan from Fed Chairman Volcker; Volcker is also chairman of president's economic recovery advisory board; Wall St.--Wall St. posts gains for fourth straight session; Madoff--Bernard Madoff pleads guilty in giant Ponzi scheme; Madoff's victims cheer as he is led off to prison; Australia--oil-soaked Australian beaches named disaster zones after tons of fuel oil leak from damaged cargo ship; Pentagon--Army fired 11 gay soldiers in January; Germany--German police close school in southwestern Germany after threat of shooting spree on internet chatroom; threat came two days after 15 killed in shooting spree at another German school; gunman Timothy Kreschmer, 17, had warned of shooting on chatroom; Space Station--astronauts man ISS's Soyuz "lifeboat:" as debris from satellite collision barely misses space station.
Entertainment: Anna Nicole--Anna Nicole Smith's boyfriend and doctor charged with providing her thousands of pills which led to her overdose and death.; American Idol--"Idol" judges given veto power for first time in show's seven-year history; fans calling move "un-American."

Weather
Today High 37 Low 25 Partly Cloudy
Sat High 49 Low 28 Sunny
Sun High 50 Low 32 Partly Cloudy
Mon High 53 Low 34 Mostly Cloudy
Tue High 54 Low 41 Partly Cloudy

TV Listings: 16--8-9 p.m., Howie Do It (two episodes); 9 p.m., Friday Night Lights; 10 p.m., Dateline NBC; 22--8 p.m., Ghost Whisperer; 9 p.m., Flashpoint; 10 p.m., Numb3rs; 25--8 p.m., Everybody Hates Chris; 8:30 p.m., The Game; 9 p.m., America's Next Top Model; 10-11 p.m., Seinfeld (two episodes); 28--8 p.m., Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicle; 9 p.m., Dollhouse; 10 p.m., Fox News; 46--7:30-11:30 p.m., College Basketball (teams TBA); 57--8 p.m., Wife Swap; 9 p.m., Supernanny; 10 p.m., 20/20; 69--8-10 p.m., Smackdown; 10 p.m., Maury.

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