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Math modelers set highest mark everApril 22, 2010Riah Lawry, news editorThe results are in, and Asbury’s math modelers have done better than ever before. This year, five teams, each composed of three students, tackled three complex problems that ranged from predetermining a serial killer’s next hit to identifying a baseball bat’s sweet spot. Math modeling has been a tradition at Asbury since 1987, and this is the first time three teams have placed meritoriously. There were 2,254 teams that competed internationally, and to place meritoriously, the three Asbury teams ...more» Bringing believers beyond the pewApril 22, 2010Whitney Ward, staff writerSitting around a boardroom table were six of the 15 men and women that make up the GO InterNational staff. The meeting began with a word of prayer and a short devotion given by Frank Wilbur. After the devotion, the men discussed the happenings of the previous board meeting. “We had a great board meeting this year and I think that was because we had more time to hear what the Lord had done in our lives and talk about His vision for GO InterNational,” Bert Jones, the president of GO InterNational, ...more» The problem with protestingApril 22, 2010Jesse Powell, senior opinion writerOn April 8, 2010, 250,000 people around the world participated in over 1600 One Day Without Shoes events. The events are held every year and were started by Toms Shoes. The idea is that participants go barefoot for few minutes, a few hours, or even an entire day to raise awareness “about the impact a simple pair of shoes can have on a child’s life.” (www.onedaywithoutshoes.com) People will see them walking around barefoot, ask them why, and the participants will have the chance to explain what they ...more» Two games from tournament, Eagles confidentApril 22, 2010Susannah Bretz, contributing writerAfter facing Brescia University in a double-header home game on Saturday, the Asbury women’s softball team emerged with two wins. These final home games of the season resulted in winning scores of 4-3 in the first game and 2-1 in the second. Left fielder Mary Ann Warford and short stop Emily Ethington scored Asbury’s first two runs of the first game at the bottom of the third, giving Asbury the lead until Brescia scored an additional two runs in the fifth. At the bottom of the seventh, Ethington ...more» |
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