Michael Bischoff MA '02, who qualifies for disability benefits because of an aggressive brain cancer, suggests that we think anew about "people who receive disability benefits as released friends, people who are released from the normal world of paid work, with the expectation that they will then contribute creatively, socially, spiritually, and culturally to society in powerful ways."
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ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿'s two men at the NCAA Track & Field Championships had a great final day, including junior hurdler (Winchester, Va./Millbrook) earning an All-America medal. (Bristow, Va./Patriot) moved up one spot from his seeding, finishing 13th in the triple jump.
After finishing fourth in his heat, (Winchester, Va./Millbrook) had to wait it out to see if he would advance to the finals of the 400m hurdles at this weekend's NCAA Outdoor National Championships.
(Chesapeake, Va./Great Bridge) and (Gladys, Va./Rustburg) earned spots on the D3baseball.com All-South Region Teams, which were announced today. ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ was the only ODAC school to have a player named to each the First Team and Second Team.
In his final race, senior  (Perkasie, Pa./Dock Mennonite Academy) not only lowered his PR in the 800m, he took down a 12-year old school record. He shaved 0.44 seconds of his previous best race, crossing in 1:52.75. Luke Yoder had owned the ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ record of 1:52.92 since 2005. Denlinger's time moved him up to No. 43 in the nation. Sophomore  (Charlotte Court House, Va./Randolph Henry) broke his own 100m record with a time of :10.80 seconds. He finished first among collegiate athletes at the meet. Since running an :11.20 on the wet day of finals at the ODAC Championships on April 22, Abdus-Salaam has run three straight races better than Leroy Dutton's ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ record of :10.94 from 1982.
ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ senior  (Gladys, Va./Rustburg) has been named to the District V Academic All-District Team, as voted on by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). He is now eligible for CoSIDA's Academic All-America voting.
After serving two decades in prison for complicity to murder, Gregory Winship was in 2010. Just a few days ago, in Harrisonburg, he became the first to receive a master’s degree in restorative justice from ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿. WMRA’s Christopher Clymer Kurtz reports.
ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ scored first and never let go of the edge, beating Bridgewater 7-4 on Friday to earn their first-ever season sweep of their rivals. (Waynesboro, Va./Wilson Memorial) pitched 7.2 solid innings while helping his team to a 3-0 lead with a run and RBI.
Jessica Sarriot '11, graduate student at Princeton University, leads a Rally for Hate-Free Princeton.