Important Locksley news: John L. Smith is not – I repeat, not – eligible for the 2012 award. Why? Let’s consider the first reason: Smith is an interim head coach. I can’t blame you for not being fully aware with the Locksley’s laws and bylaws, seeing that said laws and bylaws have never been put into print. But one crucial factor is that a candidate must be a real, bona fide head coach – not an interim head coach, as is Smith. A second reason is that Smith would be such a lock for the Locksley that taking him out of the running evens the playing field among a slew of other highly qualified candidates. Now, is the

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Robert S. Wilson, PhD

The results from a new study by neurological researchers from the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center at Rush University Medical Center suggest that people who were emotionally neglected as children may have a higher risk of stroke in later adulthood.

“Studies have shown that children who were neglected emotionally in childhood are at an increased risk of a slew of psychiatric disorders. However, our study is one of few that looked at an association between emotional neglect and stroke,” said study author Robert S. Wilso

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A student has won a scholarship from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

Sarah Barrington, 18, from Burbage, won the James Clayton Undergraduate Scholarship, which will contribute £1,000 a year towards her mechanical engineering degree at Cambridge University.

Sarah, who attended King Edward VI Sixth Form College in Nuneaton, picked up her scholarship this week.

Earlier this week, a bill designed to better protect pregnant women in the workplace was introduced in the U.S. Senate. Under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, employers would be required to provide mothers-to-be with reasonable accommodations akin to protections provided by the Americans with Disabilities Act. A

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A rendering of Playbook, a large-scale mural that Mark Robbins 77 created for his Strong and Silent exhibition in Colgates Clifford Gallery

Returning to campus earlier this month to install his exhibition titled Strong and Silent, artist and photographer Mark Robbins ’77 could see clearly how his artistic growth began at Colgate.

Explaining the earliest work in the show — three short experimental films Robbins made as a student — he said: “They have to do with issues relating to gender roles, and the sports ethos and male ethos at Colgate, which was still predominantly male when I was a student. I found

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News: I will be joining USA Today on Oct. 1, covering college football, after spending five years at The New York Times and, most of all, the last two-plus years writing for you guys here at Pre-Snap Read. Believe me, its the latter stop that Im most proud of. Think of all that weve been through since May 4, 2010, when Pre-Snap Read first opened its doors with a somewhat incorrect manifesto – looking back, I promised a semi-regular podcast and didnt deliver. There have been three rounds of the Countdown; P.S.R. Op-Eds; Heisman breakdowns; Locksley breakdowns; B.C.S. conference profiles; non-B.C.S. conference profiles; news; analysis; the kitchen sink.

So my career of acronyms continues, from the N.Y.T. to P.S.R. t

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