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K-9 Leo making his mark, attacking reporter
David Skaar, chess player turned philosopher
An Imperfect Inspiration: Chess player talks about life, philosophy at Carver Hall
“Excuse me,” David Skaar yelled to two students crossing the sidewalk near his bench. “I’ve got a handkerchief. How do you make that handkerchief dance?”
The two men paused on the sidewalk.
“You put a boogie in it!” He yelled, finishing with a shimmy.
They laughed a little nervously, smiled and left. [Read more]
Homeless in Greene County
The cities in Greene County are often perceived as sleepy towns nestled amid cornfields where there’s little hardship and more boredom.
In reality, two siblings, 5 and 10, were sleeping on front porches around Jefferson, drifting from home to home every night.
A pregnant mother and her 2-year-old lived out of their car that they parked outside a gas station at night.[Read more]
A trip through time with Helen Nelson
Jefferson resident Helen Nelson has lived through a lot of history — more than 10 decades’ worth — and even after her 104th birthday last month, Nelson can recall the stories of her life with a laugh and a joke.
1910
Two years before the sinking of the Titanic and the invention of the Oreo cookie, Helen Shearman was born on May 19, 1910, in her home on the family’s rural Jefferson farm. [Read more]
Winner of death march puts experience in perspective
Before winning the Bataan Memorial Death March, Zach Graham, senior in anthropology and a member of ROTC, listened to a military-style roll call. It was not his name being called.
Graham listened to the names of the 10 survivors of the original Bataan March being called off, then a moment of silence for the other survivors that recently passed away. [Read more]
Coach off the court
Jeff Cesler has been coaching players through their academic careers longer than most of today’s student-athletes have been alive.
Ces, as his advisees call him, has worked at the Office of Student-Athlete Development since 1994.
From his office in the Hixson-Lied Student Success Center, Cesler is a model of efficiency, sporting a long-sleeved, white Under Armour shirt and khaki pants, shifting through an array of colored papers littered across his desk. [Read more]