COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) – College Station must seem like heaven to many Aggies. So the city of College Station is putting the finishing touches on an eternal resting place for them.
The new Memorial Cemetery of College Station is set to open in a few weeks, and it’s reserved a special section for Aggies and their supporters who want to be close to the Texas A&M campus forever.
The Aggie Field of Honor can accommodate 2,900 Aggie graves and overlooks Kyle Field in the distance.
MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. – A former student claims in a lawsuit that the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey discriminated against him for the way he described his background in classroom discussions on cultural diversity.
Paulo Serodio said that in 2006, he told a professor and classmates that he was “white, African, American,” which he says accurately reflects the fact that he was born in Mozambique but later became a U.S. citizen.
He said some classmates and staff members at New Jersey Medical School found it offensive that a Caucasian man would call himself “African-American” and that the fallout led to harassment and eventually his suspension from the school.
Order a meal in any fast-food restaurant, and you’ll likely walk away with a sandwich, fries and a drink. If you had to identify the ingredients of this meal, you might list beef (or chicken), lettuce, tomato, cheese, ketchup, bread, potatoes and soda. Not complicated, right? Wrong.
Burger and chicken joints don’t think of the building blocks of a menu item as ingredients. They think of them as components, which are made of ingredients. For example, McDonald’s famous Big Mac jingle — “two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun” — suggests the sandwich has seven components. Would you believe it has 67 ingredients?
10. Citric Acid: The Most Common Preservative
9. High-fructose Corn Syrup: The Most Common Sweetener
8. Caramel Color: The Most Common Color Additive
7. Salt: The Most Common Flavor or Spice
6. Monosodium Glutamate: The Most Common Flavor Enhancer
The federal government may be using a lot of Monopoly money these days, but no matter how you slice it, $20 million is a lot of cash. That’s what the United Methodist Church is spending on its ReThink Church campaign over the next four years. That’s $13,699 per day, every day, until 2013. And if it works, it will be worth the money. Spending generously on marketing is a good investment if it’s done correctly. But that’s a big “if”.
At the current pace of a new English-language word created about every 98 minutes, English will cross the Million Word Mark on June 10th, 2009 at 10:22 am (Stratford-on Avon Time)
Looking for a fun project this weekend? I recommend you go to your nearest Fiesta Supermarket, buy yourself a cow head and make some delicious barbacoa.
I don’t watch The Biggest Loser, but I like how the contestants on the final show break through an old poster of themselves where they were morbidly obese. Inspiring. But three friggin’ hours of this show is just ridiculous.
Sometimes it’s the little things in life that make me happy, such as when I’m using the weed-eater and the wind starts to blow all the clippings away.
My lawn has never been greener or has grown so fast.
It would be hard for me to pay someone to mow my lawn. Don’t get me wrong, sometimes I really don’t want to mow, but I love that sense of accomplishment I get after mowing and seeing how pretty the lawn looks. Not to mention, it seems like a waste of money for something that I can certainly do myself.
The same goes for washing my car, but a $4 is hard to pass up.
I do have a neighbor that pays to have his lawn mowed. He works very long hours, and wants to spend as much time as he can with his toddler son.
Beauty pageants are just plain stupid.
Having celebrity judges at beauty pageants is also stupid, even if your name is Perez Hilton. But if I was a judge at a pageant, that would be cool.
I applaud Miss California for the way she answered his question. It was an eloquent and well thought answer that came from her heart. Feel free to disagree with her stance on the topic, but she answered it well. But it might have helped if she explained what made her take that stance – that is, her Christian faith.
Just imagine if the question asked was on a subject just as divided such as abortion, the use of torture, or should Romo continue to date Jessica – would there be the same kind of coverage?
I don’t know what her platform is as Miss California, but I think before she goes on to be a spokesperson for whatever anti-gay-marriage organization she wants to support, she should do it after she passes on the crown and focus on her platform.
She states that she’s a Christian and believes she’s being attacked for her faith – that may be partly true, but the whole Miss California organization paying for her breast implants and posing in topless lingerie does seem a bit disingenuous. I will say that after seeing censored photos of her baring her breasts on TMZ.com and hearing her excuse that it was just the wind blowing, I don’t find her to be a good role model for young ladies.
And saying that her failure to disclose those photos upon entering the Miss California pageant was a miscommunication is just as bad as when Bill Clinton questioned the definition of “is.” But both worked, so maybe they are the smart ones.
Donald Trump loves controversy, and that’s why she’s keeping her crown.
I also find it a bit weird for Focus on the Family to start supporting people that have basically posed nude. But then again, they think Bristol Palin is a positive role model. Dobson states he’s a man of forgiveness and compassion, but I didn’t see that side of him when the 42 president revealed his affair.
I have not watched one episode of American Idol this season.
I’m looking forward to my favorite shows going away for the summer.
I didn’t know that Pizza Hut rakes in more than Domino’s and Papa John’s combined. Link
If you are the least bit offended by elephant mating, then don’t click on this link that shows how a family vacation can go wrong.
The North Texas Super Bowl Committee released information yesterday on where related events will take place. The media is going to rip the event organizers because it’s all too spread out.
Rick Astley sings karaoke using his own song. YouTube
If there was ever a dog that deserved a second chance, Andre is that dog.
