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Evansville's Signature School Is One Of America's Best High Schools

Jon Prell — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:38:15 +0000

This past weekend, the Mater Dei girl's basketball team won the state championship, one of several the school has won over the last few years in several sports. Other schools that have done well at the state level in recent years include Reitz, Memorial, Tecumseh and others, but all of these are athletic accomplishments which are great, but when was the last time one one of our schools was recognized for academics?

Grand Rapids Very Much Alive

Jon Prell — Tue, 31 May 2011 10:24:03 +0000

According to Newsweek magazine, Grand Rapids, Michigan is a ‘dying city’ and the people of Grand Rapids did not take kindly to that designation. So, the people of the city got together for the world’s largest Lip-Dub Ever. Certainly not the actions of a ‘dying city’.

Do You Know Enough For Citizenship?

Jon Prell — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:50:34 +0000

In order to become a U.S. citizen, you must take a test that covers American government, history, civics and rights. You are an american so, this test would be a breeze, right? Not necessarily. Newsweek recently asked 1,000 americans to take the test and the results were alarming. Some of the results included a failure [...]