Tony Paul The Detroit News Published 2:38 PM EDT Mar 27, 2019 With his prosthetic right leg painted black and gold, Sean English long has taken to jokingly referring to himself as a "living, walking billboard" for Purdue University. On Wednesday, the university he's always wanted to attend honored him as the inaugural winner of the Tyler Trent Courage and Resilience Award. It's a scholarship named after the Purdue superfan who captured the hearts of the nation before he died Jan. 1 at the age of 20 following a long battle with bone cancer. During Wednesday's campus ceremony, attended by English, a Northville native, and his parents, Purdue also named Ross-Ade Stadium's student entrance after Trent. It'll be the Tyler Trent Memorial Gate, include the monicker "T2" and feature a plaque with a picture of Trent that will read, "Forever Our Captain." “I’m stunned and honored to receive an award that bears Tyler’s name,” English said in a statement … [Read more...] about Northville’s Sean English named inaugural winner of Tyler Trent scholarship at Purdue
English through the news
Magazine opens up the world
Viet Nam News Trần Thị Thúy’s world opened up after she read a magazine that was in both Vietnamese and English. It encouraged her to learn English. She then became an English teacher. Her classroom has often been on a computer screen because she wants her students to make friends all over the world. by Mai Khuyên HƯNG YÊN — Teacher Trần Thị Thúy, 32, from Đức Hợp High School in the northern province of Hưng Yên remembered how her dream started, when she got hold of a bilingual magazine in 1999. “That was really an unforgettable moment. A new world opened up and I was inspired, so I pledged to study English as a way to help myself realise my dream,” said Thúy. Her determination empowered her to study and become a teacher of English to help local students connect with thousands of friends around the world by joining MEC (the Microsoft Educator Community). At an English class … [Read more...] about Magazine opens up the world
Review: Joe Jackson takes Bay Area fans on joyride through the decades
US Joe Jackson performs on the stage of the Nice’s Jazz Festival on July 21, 2009 in Nice, southeastern France. AFP PHOTO / VALERY HACHE (Photo credit should read VALERY HACHE/AFP/Getty Images) US Joe Jackson performs on the stage of the Nice’s Jazz Festival on July 21, 2009 in Nice, southeastern France. AFP PHOTO VALERY HACHE (Photo credit should read VALERY HACHE/AFP/Getty Images) English singer and songwriter Joe Jackson performs behind his piano on the Auditorium Stravinski stage during the 42nd edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival on July 5, 2008 in Montreux. The Montreux Jazz Festival runs from July 4 to July 19. AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI (Photo credit should read FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images) English singer and songwriter Joe Jackson performs behind his piano on the Auditorium Stravinski stage during the 42nd edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival on July 5, 2008 in Montreux. The Montreux Jazz Festival runs from July 4 to July 19. AFP PHOTO / … [Read more...] about Review: Joe Jackson takes Bay Area fans on joyride through the decades
Fuller Flavour: The worst side I’ve seen in my 40 years of supporting Town
Opinion PUBLISHED: 06:00 29 October 2018 Town fans sit in the lower tier at The Den, watching the Blues lose 3-0. Picture: PAGEPIX Pagepix Ltd 07976 935738 The past week has seen me angry, upset, philosophical, crying and wondering when any of it will get any easier. That’s the life of an Ipswich Town fan these days, writes Karl Fuller. Jonas Knudsen loses out in the air at Millwall. Picture: PAGEPIXI spent the early part of last week trying vigorously to ignore any conversation ITFC related that anybody really wanted to have with me. After the QPR debacle, I was just too irritated to be bothered really and wish I could just cut the club out of my life. If only we could end a relationship with our football team like most of us have probably done with a partner at some point in time!Losing to Leeds was no real surprise. I probably didn’t care enough to even have any feelings about it to be honest. MORE: North Stander - we need a miracle to get out of thisI felt … [Read more...] about Fuller Flavour: The worst side I’ve seen in my 40 years of supporting Town
For Honduran migrants in caravan, the journey is personal
Mark Stevenson and Sofia Ortega, Associated Press Updated 3:42 pm PDT, Wednesday, October 24, 2018 Honduran migrant Alba Rosa Chinchilla Ortiz poses for photos at a temporary shelter in the central park of Huixtla, Mexico, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. Chinchilla's husband, an ex-soldier in the Honduran army has survived three attempts to kill him, Chinchilla said. Her partner of six years, he has applied for asylum in the United States and she's trying to join him and their son. less Honduran migrant Alba Rosa Chinchilla Ortiz poses for photos at a temporary shelter in the central park of Huixtla, Mexico, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. Chinchilla's husband, an ex-soldier in the Honduran army has ... more Photo: Moises Castillo, AP Honduran migrant Marel Antonio Murillo Santos, poses for photos at a temporary shelter in Huixtla, Mexico, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. "What I want more than anything is to pay for treatment my … [Read more...] about For Honduran migrants in caravan, the journey is personal