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Walton, a 6'8, 230-pound forward/center, was hand-picked by the Crimson staff as the only freshman recruit. He hails from a basketball-rich lineage-- his uncle, Bill Walton, won NBA championships with the Portland Trail Blazers in 1977 and the Boston Celtics in 1986. Kam's father, Bruce, who is Bill's brother, also made a name for himself in professional sports as a member of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys...
...most intriguing recruit may be Peljto, who hails from Minnesota but is originally from Bosnia. Averaging 27.2 points and 13.0 rebounds a game during her senior season at Osseo High School while leading her team to a State Championship, Peljto was named the Associated Press and Gatorade State Player of the Year...
...classroom in Manhattan Beach, Calif. Last May a national educators' group named her its Teacher of the Year. And with the nation's public schools planning to hire 2.5 million new teachers over the next decade, Whirry is excited that each presidential candidate is pushing ways to recruit, train and reward better teachers. "They're both talking about teacher quality," she says. "We have a real opportunity right...
Gore's plan, endorsed by the teachers' unions, would spend $8 billion over 10 years to help recruit 1 million new teachers, with provisions for college aid, loan forgiveness and signing bonuses. Gore would spend an additional $8 billion to provide raises of as much as $5,000 each to teachers in poor districts that have adopted aggressive plans to improve teacher quality, plus as much as $10,000 each to teachers certified by a national board. Gore would also require states to ensure that all new teachers pass rigorous assessments. Says Feistritzer: "Gore's proposal might be a little...
Primarily sharing the goaltending responsibilities of Jonas will be highly prized freshman recruit Will Crothers. Arriving from the same high school as sophomore forward Dominic Moore, Crothers brings with him experience from the Ontario Junior League, where he proved himself as the premier goaltender in the league for the Aurora Tigers...