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ALBANY Gerardo Suero, the fourth leading scorer in the nation, scored 26 points and the the University at Albany held on to beat Maine 76-75 in an America East game Saturday night at SEFCU Arena.
With the win, the Danes (4-1, 12-7 overall) move into a first-place tie with Stony Brook in the league. The Seawolves lost their first game of the season earlier in the day, at Boston University.
The Danes were leading 76-75 and the Black Bears (2-2, 8-7) were inbounding the ball at halfcourt with 17.1 seconds left. Maine never got a shot off, but the ball was in the hands of its best player, Gerald McLemore, at the end.
McLemore attempted to make a move around the Danes Mike Black, but the two players got tangled up. McLemore fell to the floor as the buzzer sounded. There was no call from the referee, and the game ended.
I kind of thought it went both ways, Black said. First, (McLemore) kind of swung his arms and hit me in the face, and I went down. Then my foot got tangled up with him, so, I mean, it went both ways. Im glad the ref didnt call anything.
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Connecticut’s new education commissioner is proposing a reorganization of his agency, saying it is part of efforts to provide more support to struggling schools and reduce red tape for high-performing districts.
Stefan Pryor started as education commissioner last fall. He has said he wants to streamline the state Department of Education so it can work more closely with local districts and others on reforming Connecticut’s schools.
He is scheduled to present his new organizational plan to the state Board of Education on Wednesday and to ask for the appointment of a chief operating officer.
That person’s identity and details of the proposed reorganization were not released Tuesday.
Pryor has visited dozens of school districts and attended professional organizations’ meetings statewide for suggestions on how the department could be improved.
Earlier today a press release for a study in the January 2012 issue of Sociology of Education caught my eye: Study Suggests Junk Food in Schools Doesn’t Cause Weight Gain Among Children.
According to the press release (I’m not a subscriber of the journal, so I didn’t have access to the full text of the study), “While the percentage of obese children in the United States tripled between the early 1970s and the late 2000s, a new study suggests that—at least for middle school students—weight gain has nothing to do with the candy, soda, chips, and other junk food they can purchase at school.”
To me, this makes a lot of sense. As one of the study’s authors, Pennsylvania State University Professor Jennifer Van Hook, points out, “Schools only represent a small portion of children’s food environment.”
But something in the release disturbed me: Van Hook’s comments that, in light of the focus in the media on the money that schools make from selling junk food and on schools’ ability to reduce childhood obesity, “We were really surprised by [these results] and, in fact, we held back from publishing our study for roughly two years because we kept looking for a connection that just wasn’t there.”
No one can deny that childhood obesity is an increasing problem in our society. And of course, there are things
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SU officials attend Jan. 5 White House announcement of Summer Jobs+ program
The White House has announced Summer Jobs+, a new call to action for businesses, nonprofits and government to work together to provide pathways to employment for low-income and disconnected youth in the summer of 2012. As part of the Summer Jobs+ announcement made at the White House on Jan. 5, Syracuse University, in collaboration with CNY Works, will continue to work as local partners in this federal and private sector initiative to provide 50 positions for 16-21 year-olds through the Summer Youth Initiative.Additionally, SU has committed to provide 200 jobs to college-aged students working in Say Yes to Education Summer Camps, which provide academic and youth leadership enrichment.
SU’s Kal Alston, senior vice president for human capital development, and Eric Persons, associate vice president of government and community relations, attended Thursday’s White House announcement by invitation.
Summer Jobs+ has committed to creating nearly 180,000 employment opportunities for low-income youth in the summer of 2012, with a goal of reaching 250,000 employment opportunities by the start of summer, at least 100,000 of which will be placements in paid jobs and internships.
Syracuse Universitys commitment to Summer Jobs+ will empower our communitys youth to make a difference, says SU Chancellor and President Nancy Cantor.
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