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
The Flea Circus
Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Style Subscribe Log In Subscribe Log In Today’s Paper Advertisement Supported by Dueling dealers! $1,000 T-shirts! Homemade fruit spreads! In the age of eBay, the Rose Bowl market’s still got it. ByJacob Bernstein Sept. 15, 2018 PASADENA, Calif. — At 4 a.m. on the second Sunday of every month, headlamps light up like fireflies in Lot K of the Rose Bowl Stadium here. They are worn by collectors searching for treasure: Hans Wegner club chairs, perfectly aged Levi’s jeans (preferably from before 1971), and AC/DC and Wu Tang Clan concert T-shirts. Owners of vintage-clothing stores complain relentlessly about the deals being “gone,” yet they not only come back, but also scale the chain-link fence at the perimeter to get a head start before the gates open at 5 a.m. This is what Patrick Matamoros, a dealer who placed Kim Kardashian in a Sade shirt … [Read more...] about The Flea Circus
The Latest: Florence now in South Carolina
By Associated Press September 15, 2018 at 12:33 am WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on Florence (all times local): 8 p.m. The center of Tropical Storm Florence has moved into South Carolina, and both it and North Carolina continue to face powerful winds and catastrophic flooding. Florence’s top sustained winds remain at 70 mph (110 kph) as it crawls west at just 3 mph (6 kph). At 8 p.m. Friday, Florence was centered about 15 miles (25 kilometers) north-northeast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and about 55 miles (90 kilometers) east-southeast of Florence, South Carolina. Tropical storm-force winds extend outward up to 175 miles (280 kilometers) from its center. The National Hurricane Center says a sustained wind of 55 mph (89 kph) and a gust to 68 mph (109 kph) were reported in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. ___ 8 p.m. The sheriff of a North Carolina county hit by Florence says four men are charged with break-ins that happened after residents … [Read more...] about The Latest: Florence now in South Carolina