Word: spirit
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...community held a vigil yesterday in Meyers’ memory, where Teegarden and a handful of Meyers’ friends told stories about his compassionate, offbeat personality. Hillel Rabbi Akiva Herzfeld delivered a religiously-focused eulogy, in which he characterized Meyers as a “beautiful” spirit. He said the death of Meyers—who was studying classics at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences—was a “loss to the world.” “Isaac was a person whose life in this world was filled with acts...
...anecdotes about her school pride—wearing Carolina-blue sneakers and leading Tar Heels cheers before basketball games—and her dedication to helping others, even complete strangers. Her friends and school administrators say that the greatest memorial to Eve would be for others to emulate her spirit and passion, and to follow “the Carolina way,” a mantra that defined both her life and her school’s commitment to service. And although I only knew of her through a friend, the idea of this memorial has become very resonant...
This sounds incredibly corny and moralizing, but both the kind words written about Carson’s school spirit and a recent women’s lacrosse game have shown it to be otherwise. At the sparsely attended mid-week game, the entire women’s hockey team took a break from practice to cheer their fellow athletes on to a win. I’ve started going to more athletic events in my senior spring and I’ve realized this attitude is contagious—and wonderful. Wouldn’t you love a hockey-team?...
...BATMAN In the past, a katana, a Japanese sword, was a samurai's soul. The warriors may be long gone, but the samurai spirit lives on--particularly among Japanese professional baseball players. Take the Seattle Mariners' All-Star center fielder Ichiro Suzuki. Between games, Ichiro gives his bat the katana treatment: keeping it protected in a sealed aluminum case. After every game, he takes it to his locker and shows his gratitude for its service by going through the ritual of cleaning...
...team leader. “Shelly’s the type of captain that, as we’re heading into Cornell to open Ivies, she’s going to go in there and be a bulldog and fight.” It is not all about spirit and tenacity, though. Ability matters, too. To stay fresh, Madick spent time in the off-season working with Allard—a former college pitcher at Michigan—to develop a deeper arsenal.“She lived a lot on her curve last year and teams are going...