January 31, 2021 at 11:53 PM
SPARTA, NJ - SPARTA, NJ – Sparta area students have earned accolades and degrees from their colleges and universities. Due to the pandemic, some information about the spring 2020 semester was only recently available.
Readers are welcome to share their students’ information by emailing jdericks@tapinto.net for future publication.
Jeremy Dericks, Nicole Donnelly, Alexis Faria, Jess Fenners, John Geba and
Maddi Roth have been named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2020 semester at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.
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Students return to the University of Scranton
After virtual classes and a long winter break, the University of Scranton welcomed students back to start the spring semester. Author: Amanda Eustice (WNEP) Updated: 6:17 PM EST January 30, 2021
SCRANTON, Pa. Hugs and kisses were given as parents dropped off their students at the University of Scranton. Its move-back-in-weekend at the university, and students couldn t be happier to be on campus. It s definitely nice to be back. I definitely prefer being on campus, rather than being away. It s nice to see my friends and everything like that, and be able to have that support, said Madison Schmerder, a sophomore.
University of Scranton students work to get kids moving
Keeping kids moving. That is what a group from the University of Scranton is focused on in the midst of this pandemic. Author: Sarah Buynovsky Updated: 8:27 AM EST January 29, 2021
SCRANTON, Pa. It may be tougher for kids to get that exercise in now than ever before.
“It was an issue beforehand, already, obesity was, and with the pandemic, people are staying home, and they are not getting out and exercising as much. They’re not getting their structured gym class, they’re not getting their structured recess time, and that’s a big problem, said Jennifer Schwartz of the University of Scranton physical therapy program.
Redfiend Publishing announces the release of the novel SUPERPOWER(S.) by Lauren Fairbanks
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SUPERPOWER(S.) Front Cover BOCA RATON, Fla. (PRWEB) January 31, 2021 Redfiend Publishing today announces the release of the novel SUPERPOWER(S.) by Lauren Fairbanks. This is Ms. Fairbanks’s third book. Her earlier works, Muzzle Thyself (a book of poetry) and Sister Carrie (a novel) were published by Dalkey Archive Press.
Ludivine is the heroine of this postmodern novel. SUPERPOWER(S.) contains a screenplay within a novel. In this novel, Ludivine provides her commentary on the filming of her screenplay, which consists of her life in her own words. The action transports the reader in time and space, popping back and forth from France in 1944 to the Vatican, to more recent NYC fashion world and Pakistan. All it takes is a little superpower from Ludivine.
Positive resolutions easier to keep
The McDonough County Voice
Dear Doctor: I saw on the news that there s a new study about how to make a successful New Year s resolution. My wife and I have the same list of resolutions every year, including to stop eating so much junk food and to quit sugar. And around this time every year, we give up on them. We would love to know why it s hard to follow through.
Dear Reader: It wouldn t feel like the start of a new year if we weren t hearing from readers about their love-hate relationship with resolutions. On one hand, the calendar hands you a clean slate. It arrives after weeks of festivities during which overindulgence has been a guiding principle. We ve eaten and drunk our fill, and we now find ourselves not only ready, but even eager, for a reset. On the other hand, we re still the same people we were before Thanksgiving signaled the start of the annual bingeing season. All of the reasons we didn t lose those 10 pounds last August, or didn