Ask the Business Librarian 7-25
Q: I’ve recently seen advertisements for something called Spark Your Future 2009 at the library. Could you tell me more about this?
Mentor “Engineers” Students Bright Futures
Left: Dr. Pierre Percy, is recognized as the first African American to earn a doctorate in electrical
engineering. He will be
honored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science in February 2009. Courtesy photo
“Teachers respond to what parents demand. The message is take math and science because you need the math and science as a base. Biology is not medicine that doctors practice but you need biology to become a doctor,” said Dr. Pierre, “just as you need math and science to become an engineer.”
Making a Difference During Christmas
Left (l to r) – Gayle Jensen, Chris Jensen,Annette Fulwiley and her so, Devon and Tawana Anderson. TNCP photos
DON KING WEIGHS IN ON BUSH’S SHOE ATTACK
Boxing promoter Don King is raving over President George W. Bush’s cat-like reflexes as he dodged two shoes hurled at his face by an Iraqi journalist during a press conference Sunday in Baghdad.
Teen Talk 7-24
The holidays are a time for family members, celebrations, and mindless gorging of food. But what if you live too far away from most of your family.
Excuse me are you listening? 7-24
In the last edition December 7, 2008 – December 20, 2008, my teenage son, Gianni, wrote about bike riding. But it was not his article that sparked something in me, it was an e-mail that I received from Pastor Edward A. Thomas of Antioch Church in Lansing.
Blackflix Movie News Presents: Cadillac Records
The Wright Stuff: Jeffery Wright Stars as bluesman Muddy Waters
Book Reveiw 7-24
An Angel Just Like Me
By Mary Hoffman – Illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu
ISBN: 978-1-84507-733-4
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children’s Books
Available: Bookstores everywhere