4 Wheel City Teams up with Fordham University to Make Hip Hop History
The dynamic paraplegic rap group known for inspiring people to never give up, 4 Wheel City, has announced they will be performing live at the 1st annual “One Mic, One Movement: Advances in Hip Hop Therapy & Hip Hop Psychology” Conference & Concert taking place Saturday, February 4, 2012 at Fordham University, Lincoln Center Campus, (New York, New York). ...

'J-term' expands student opportunities
MIDDLEBURY — For the next few weeks most Middlebury College students won’t be studying typical academic subjects like biochemistry or economics. Instead, they will learn about topics ranging from adventure writing to Motown.

West county community briefs: Workshop to focus on college planning
The CAIL Group of Ventura County is offering a free college planning workshop from 7:15 to 8:15 p.m. Tuesday at the Camarillo Library, 4101 Las Posas Road.

Military calendar for the week of Jan. 13
If your group will be holding an event for local military personnel, please email the information two weeks in advance to military@nctimes.com.

North Central Community Calendar – Today, Jan. 18-Jan. 25
North Central Community Calendar – Today, Jan. 18-Jan. 25 Send your North Central public event notices (including recreational sports) for free to Edmond Ortiz at eortiz@primetimenewspapers.com; by fax at 250-3350; or by mail to him in c/o North Central News, P.O. Box 2171, San Antonio, TX 78297-2171. North Central Baptist Hospital hosts support groups and free educational programs: couples ...

The Morning Line, 2/1 (Timhorton7 Edition)
We’re on a two-day Mobster streak. Please welcome TimHOrton7 . Good morning, Mobsters and Mobsterettes. When Doc told me that I could play Hemingway on his blog one of the days during his hiatus, I asked him if he felt like the father of Joel Goodson in Risky Business, at the point when the father [...]

Physics-math student wins W&M Jefferson Prize
From William & Mary News WILLIAMSBURG -- Ari Cukierman enrolled as a freshman at William & Mary intending to major in music and philosophy. He’ll graduate near the top of his class of 2012 as a physics-math double major, with at least one important peer-reviewed paper to his credit.

Brent Burke: From humble beginnings to the Grand Ole Opry
Pell City — John O’Rear sits in his recliner, a CD player on the edge of the faded sofa next to him. With a set of headphones pressed to his ears, John listens, the rhythmic sounds of bluegrass consuming him as he gazes at photographs of grandchildren that cover the living room wall.

Faculty Senate approves 3 new majors, removes 1
Faculty Senate members unanimously voted to approve three new majors and eliminate another at their meeting on Tuesday. Students can now major in risk management and insurance, peace and conflict studies and organizational communication and leadership. RMI and PCS will also offer minors.

Professors seek continuing education
On Monday at 12:30 p.m., as the bells of Harkness Tower began to ring, a group of professors and graduate students gradually filed down the length of the Saybrook dining hall with trays in hand, heading toward the fellows’ lounge. They settled into chairs around a long table for a discussion of the Latin poet Catullus. The biweekly Greco-Roman lunch, one of over 45 lunchtime groups known as ...