April 11, 2008 11:45 AM
Sticking It to the Competition
With expectations riding high and a very new team taking the field,
Mercersburg’s women’s varsity lacrosse 2008 season started off with
more than a few doubts. However, the girls swept those away with a 22–1
win against Central Dauphin East and a 20–2 win against Lancaster
Country Day School. As the girls adjusted to each other and some rather
chilly weather, one thing became clear: this team could put numbers on
the scoreboard and balls in the net.
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April 15, 2008 8:00 AM
Senior Surge
Frequently, it seems, we focus on the predilection of seniors to tone things down in the spring after four years of labor and the news of college acceptances has arrived. This is a myth though, I feel, especially with the current class of seniors, who have opted to achieve as much as they can prior to graduation rather than finishing in a lackluster repose. There is something of a senior surge taking place where these students are working as hard as ever and achieving as much as ever before.
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August 21, 2007 10:00 PM
Advice on College Visits
Well, I spent a good bit of the summer traveling, and in that time I
visited more than a handful of colleges and universities – from the
highly sought after, such as Georgetown and Duke, to obscure gems, such
as Hiram, one of just forty college profiled in Loren Pope’s
influential book Colleges That Change Lives. Here’s some advice
regarding college visits – some trivial, some substantive – for
students engaged in the college search as well as for college
admissions officers…
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