By BETH J. HARPAZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Gap years are all the rage, and the rationales are many: Take a year off between high school and college to work, travel, learn a language or skill, or volunteer. Gap years can be "excellent opportunities for students to mature, follow a passion, or scratch an itch they've got, and return a year later," said Houston Dougharty, vice president of student affairs at Grinnell College in Iowa. But Dougharty says there are pitfalls: "I've also seen cases where a student has taken a gap year and not used the time effectively, and found it has not helped them either in terms of maturing or developing skills or being more ready for college." Organized gap-year programs ...
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Footage of a homophobic sermon given by the North Carolina pastor who called for gays and lesbians to put in an electrified pen and ultimately killed off is making the blogosphere rounds. Good as You blogger Jeremy Hooper has unearthed the following audio, in which a man identified as Pastor Charles L. Worley of North Carolina's Providence Road Baptist Church again condemns the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. According to Hooper, the audio dates back to 1978, the very same year that Worley began preaching at Providence Road Baptist Church. Calling himself "God's preacher...I just believe the book," Worley proclaims, "We're living in a day when...it saddens my heart to think homosexuals can go around, bless God, and get the applause of a ... Continue reading →
RT @khayadlanga A 94-year-old woman is reunited with her son 67 years after he disappeared http://t.co/Arvs1CXV RT @jaybilas Good article by Warren Zola on College Sports tipping point: http://t.co/gOCVF9R9 Biggest tipping point is NCAA's huge pile of cash. Good article by Warren Zola on College Sports tipping point: http://t.co/gOCVF9R9 Biggest tipping point is NCAA's huge pile of cash. Continue reading →
