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What I Learned from High School Sports

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Kari Lucin

I learned a lot from participating in extracurricular activities in high school, which is a good thing, because I spent an awful lot of time on them. I was in golf and tennis, sure, but I was also in concert … Continue reading →

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Why Sports Are Important to Schools

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Kari Lucin

When I was a young geekette, I did not understand why sports can be so important to a school. I bitterly resented how much time and attention athletics got at my school. They took up several pages of the tiny … Continue reading →

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High School Sports in a Small Town

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Kari Lucin

Jamestown’s football coach has retired, after a painful 0-9 season and a bit of controversy. I’m not going to comment on that, but I did have an interesting conversation about the role of athletics in schools this morning with two … Continue reading →

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Babes Go Bowling

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Kari Lucin

I was invited to a five-year-old’s birthday party Saturday, and ended up spending about two hours watching tiny children bowl. It was a little like watching an episode of the Three Stooges, but without all the violence, because the siblings … Continue reading →

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Time Wasters: The Cost of Blood, the Phantom Barber and Homicidal Jellyfish

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Kari Lucin

A few links on sports, nuclear waste, the Babysitters Club and other random ephemera, all designed to help you while away your time. A geoscientist discusses how, exactly, the U.S. government intends to isolate nuclear waste for a million years. … Continue reading →

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Football Fever and the Baseball Bug

Posted on October 6, 2009 by Kari Lucin

People are speaking in tongues in the newsroom this week, and I haven’t the foggiest what they’re actually saying because I do not speak baseball and am not fluent in football. That’s not to say I’m not a Twins fan … Continue reading →

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Knee-Deep in the Brett Favre Hoopla

Posted on August 18, 2009 by Kari Lucin

So, Brett Favre has apparently, finally, really, actually, seriously and truly unretired (again) and will be playing with the Minnesota Vikings. I’m not a football fan, and in fact, when I was a kid I got in trouble multiple times … Continue reading →

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Holy Carp and Other Fish Tails

Posted on June 23, 2009 by Kari Lucin

This story about bowhunting for carp had one of our commenters asking whether bowhunting for fish in Whiskey Ditch was legal. Well, it depends, as you can see from this DNR release found by Beth Rickers in response to the … Continue reading →

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