Borders Books: Photo Captures Grim Truth

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“Monique is aware of the risk”

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Extemporaneous After-bath Poetry

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Proud of My Journos

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My Journalism Students Covering Flight 93 Memorial Ceremony

Four reporters from the Setonian (Seton Hill University’s student paper) conducting an interview at the Flight 93 memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania on 9-11-2011. A black smudge visible between the trees (upper right) is one of three helicopters in the presidential entourage. Similar:So this is Pi DayMy wife says she bought the pies intendi…AmusingSHU Community Lines…

SHU Commemoration of September 11 Terrorism Attacks — Looking Back After 10 Years

Come to listen. Come to share. Come together. Memories, reflections, and inspiration from SHU community members. Candle-lighting ceremony; prayer (Sister Maureen O’Brien; Campus Ministry) Musical meditations (Ted Disanti; Balazs Tarnai) First-hand accounts of NYC on 9-11-2001 (Jack Ciak; Dan Bernstein) Archival materials on Seton Hill’s community experience (William Black) Contributions by Attendees (Do you have…

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory / Willy Wonka Lesson Plans

Through our local theater school, our children have gained confidence, seen first-hand the value of hard work, mentored younger children, learned from gifted and generous teenaged role models, and had a lot of fun. Oh, and they’ve also done a lot of singing, dancing, and acting. Thirteen-year-old Peter reads voraciously for pleasure, on topics ranging…

Students mark 9/11 anniversary

At Seton Hill University in Greensburg, about two dozen students, faculty members and staff gathered for a prayer and candle-lighting memorial that included Christian and Muslim prayers for peace. Participants shared memories of that day, recalling the clear, sunny weather that contrasted so starkly with the day’s dark events, while others described the scene on…

The Evolution of ‘Star Trek'(Infographic) | Space.com

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Brain Video

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No, not that kind of tablet…

Basic tablets (they’re available with all sorts of bells and whistles, the most notable being multitouch), are cheap additions to the classroom, and affordable enough that teachers and professors can simply buy the tablets themselves. The overhead projector might be dead, but for educators who miss the great lessons they could deliver with a few…

A Shattered Nation Longs To Care About Stupid Bullshit Again

Painfully funny-because-it’s-true satire from The Onion’s original coverage of the 9-11 terror attacks. According to Georgetown University history professor Timothy Schuitt, our interest in stupid bullshit is what makes America great. “The United States is a free country, a strong country, a prosperous country,” Schuitt said. “Many veterans gave their lives so we would have…