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- 101st Airborne Division Artillery Brigade “Red Knights” hone air assault artillery capabilities
- Mono-unsaturated fats from plants, not animals may reduce risk of death from heart disease and other causes
- NASA has worked with John Deere for over a decade with Self-Driving Tractors
- Nashville Predators defeat Colorado Avalanche 3-2 can clinch series on Friday in Nashville
- APSU Softball’s Morgan Rackel powers team to 4-1 win over Samford, Govs drop nightcap 8-4
- Tennessee Highway Patrol seeks information on Dickson County Fatal Hit and Run Crash involving Pedestrian
- APSU Women’s Golf has record setting round on final day of 2018 OVC Championships
- APSU Beach Volleyball joins Atlantic Sun Conference
- City of Clarksville Flags to fly at half-staff to honor Barbara Bush
- APSU Men’s Basketball adds guard Isaiah Hart to squad
- Clarksville’s Bridgestone Metalpha U.S.A. Awarded Incumbent Worker Training Grant
- Clarksville Online Welcomes Whitney Robertson Johns
- Nashville Sounds game at Iowa Cubs postponed due to Weather
- APSU Soccer signs Meghan Dees from Eastern Florida State College to squad
- 101st Airborne Division Band musicians support Division Field Exercise
- NASA’s Global Precipitation Measurement satellite monitors Eastern United States Storms, Tornadoes
- Nashville Sounds defeat Iowa Cubs 3-2, Win Streak now at Four
- Clarksville City Councilwoman for Ward 2 Deanna McLaughlin to hold Town Hall Meeting Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018
- APSU Women’s Golf sits in Fourth heading into final day at OVC Tournament
- Austin Peay State University Softball heads to Samford, Wednesday
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New adaptation of “Iph…” to play APSU
Iph…, a new adaptation of Euripides’ Iphigeneia at Aulis by Irish playwright Colin Teevan,will be staged at Austin Peay State University October 1-4 at 7:30 p.m. and October 5 at 2:00 p.m.
Agamemnon, the great warrior general, leads the Greek army to war in Troy. On their journey, they arrive at the island of Aulis to rest and prepare for the battle. However, the wind ceases to blow, paralyzing their ships and trapping them on the island. The goddess Artemis, angered by the Greeks’ lack of respect, has punished the entire army and demands from Agamemnon a sacrifice – his daughter, Iphigeneia. Now Agamemnon must decide between his love for his family and his duty to his country, while his wife, Klytaemnestra, must battle for the life of her daughter. Caught between these two powerful forces stands the innocent, good-hearted Iphigeneia – a young girl faced with making the ultimate sacrifice for the greater good of her people. «Read the rest of this article»
Paddling your child? Corporal punishment in schools still legal in Tennessee
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Spare the rod, spoil the child? It’s an axiom many of us grew up with. It’s in the news again, though, sparking controversy over the application of corporal discipline to children by school teachers and administrators.
Nearly half of our states, including Tennessee, still allow and use corporal punishment in schools. Tennessee is among thirteen states reportedly using corporal punishment “frequently,” according to the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education. The group said Wednesday that some 200,000 children were subjected to this practice (spanking or paddling) in the 2007-08 school year.
Surprised? Many people were. Angry? Even more people were.
In the 125-page report, “A Violent Education: Corporal Punishment of Children in U.S. Public Schools,” the ACLU and Human Rights Watch found that in Texas and Mississippi children ranging in age from 3 to 19 years old are routinely physically punished for minor infractions such as chewing gum, talking back to a teacher, or violating the dress code, as well as for more serious transgressions such as fighting. Corporal punishment, legal in 21 states, typically takes the form of “paddling,” during which an administrator or teacher hits a child repeatedly on the buttocks with a long wooden board. The report shows that, as a result of paddling, many children are left injured, degraded, and disengaged from school. «Read the rest of this article»
Obama responds to fiscal crisis, says “the American people need to hear from us”
In response to John McCain’s decision to return to suspend campaigning and return to Washington, his request to postponed the scheduled Sept. 26 debate in Oxford, Mississippi, and in response to the fiscal crisis and a proposed $700 million bail out, Senator Barack Obama spoke out on the issues at a Press Conference Wednesday afternoon. We offer our readers a replay of Obama’s statement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9PGP3m2hSoBroadway’s RENT finale rocks into local theater for limited screening
RENT: The Broadway Finale, is screening at Great Escape Cinema at 7 p.m., September 24, and at noon on the 27-28.
When the first televised ad for the movie version of Broadway’s RENT cabled into our home a couple of years ago, my eldest granddaughter heard the strains of Seasons of Love and the verdict was in: a die hard fan was born and the film version hadn’t yet been released. Yes, we saw RENT (the movie) together, several times, applauded, cried, let the music run through our minds on instant replay. Last summer that granddaughter, Brandi, accompanied Clarksville Online to the live production of RENT at T-PAC in Nashville. Clutching the programs and her newly acquired T-shirt with RENT splayed across the front, Brandi sat with us, mesmerized by this piece of Broadway that had fallen our backyard, so to speak.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDuHQm1WVhg «Read the rest of this article»
McCain drops campaign to focus on economy; seeks postponement of upcoming debate
BREAKING NEWS: John McCain this afternoon announced he was suspending his campaign to focus on the economic crisis in America and has requested that the Sept. 26 debate be rescheduled.
President Bush to address nation at 8 p.m. CST.
McCain’s decision is a complete about-face from his prior statements that the United States economy is “fundamentally sound.” This is John McCain’s statement, released at 3 p.m. today.:
Sen. John McCain
America this week faces an historic crisis in our financial system. We must pass legislation to address this crisis. If we do not, credit will dry up, with devastating consequences for our economy. People will no longer be able to buy homes and their life savings will be at stake. Businesses will not have enough money to pay their employees. If we do not act, ever corner of our country will be impacted. We cannot allow this to happen.
Last Friday, I laid out my proposal and I have since discussed my priorities and concerns with the bill the Administration has put forward. Senator Obama has expressed his priorities and concerns.This morning, I met with a group of economic advisers to talk about the proposal on the table and the steps that we should take going forward.I have also spoken with members of Congress to hear their perspective. «Read the rest of this article»
Finding the world in the pages of a book
In celebration of Banned Books Week, Clarksville Online will offer our readers articles, and Best Books lists — yes, lists — of the best in literature for both adults and children. Have you read a banned Book? We hope so!
Becca and Rochelle await the midnight hour and the last Harry Potter book
Some time ago, three generations of my family, myself included, some of us costumed to honor favored characters, stormed the bookstores for the midnight release of the final Harry Potter novel, Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows. My granddaughter, in her Harry Potter Sorting Hat, and a friend stood guard at the shop’s storeroom door hoping for glimpse of, … Oh my! Can it be? A book! Not a rock star. Not a movie idol. A BOOK.
Granted it was a big book. A special book. It was a book with all the answers to all the questions derived from the first six books in the series. Thus, somewhere around 2 a.m., five copies of the pre-ordered book in our house — everyone wanted “my own” copy, and we could not all read the same book at the same time.
J.K. Rowling, with her first scrawled story, got an entire generation of children to read books. Not read…devour, with an insatiable hunger for more. «Read the rest of this article»
Opinions are like Belly Buttons…
I am finding recently that a lot of opinions are being tossed about. With this being an Election year it seems everyone has something to say. Everyone thinks what they have to say is the truth. Everyone thinks what they have to say is important. So I say to everyone, you are right.
We all have a constitutional right to say what is on our minds. Our country was founded on that belief. However, more and more it seems that what someone has to say is not always welcome. In some cases even its forbidden, or even chastised. Who are we to slap a hand or remove a blog, or delete a comment that someone has posted just because its what they perceive to be as right, whether we agree with it or not!
It’s a delicate time we are living in. You must be careful what you say to someone. You must always be politically correct. You must always be conscious of someone’s feelings. «Read the rest of this article»
Local women to address women’s suffrage celebration
Cindy Pitts, motivational speaker, leads list of esteemed speakers for Women Suffrage 88th Anniversary Commemoration
Clarksville Women for Obama will mark the 88th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, which gave American women the right to vote , with a commemoration program on Friday, September 26, at 7 PM at the Montgomery County Democratic Party headquarters, 534 Madison Street. The program features a roster of local women speakers.
Terry McMoore chats with Cindy Pitts at a recent meeting
Cindy Pitts, motivational speaker and wife of State Representative Joe Pitts, will headline the anniversary commemoration. Other esteemed speakers joining this event are LaVerne Walker, Equal Opportunity Activist and Elizabeth Adamski of H.O.P.E. (Hispanic Organization for Progress and Education).
The commemoration anniversary is open to the public. This event is the forerunner to the University of Mississippi Presidential Debate Watch Party. For more information, call 931-552-9076 or visit the website at: <www.ClarksvilleForObama.com> Refreshments will be served. Volunteer food and soft drink donations will be appreciated.
NAACP “Power, Justice, Freedom” voter registration rally planned
On Friday, September 26, hundreds of Tennessee NAACP unit presidents and members, along with the community will hold a “Register to Vote for Power, Justice & Freedom Rally” Friday, September 26, at 2:00 p.m. on the Austin Peay University Campus at Pettus Park, across from the APSU Dunn Center.
Tennessee NAACP members will be in Clarksville for their 62nd Annual State Conference, to be held at the Riverview Inn Hotel at 501 College Street in Clarksville. The NAACP is one of the leading organizations in this country and continues to fight for the rights of people in this country.
With only one week to go before the voter registration deadline on October 6, the NAACP wants to mobilize its members and the community to register, new voters before the deadline, and begin their “Get Out The Vote” Campaign. «Read the rest of this article»
Mr. & Mrs. Middle Class: You’ve been punked!
You are being told that we must pony up for Wall Street’s mistakes over the past 20 years. You are being told that if you do not it will only cost you more in the long run. You are being told that if you do not do so, the world as we know it will cease to exist. That part, at least, is correct.
For the past twenty years, beginning with the Reagan administration, economic war has been waged on you, the middle class. The champions of the “free market” demanded that all fetters, all regulations, be removed from the market. It was claimed that regulations were bad, that they prevented the market from operating “efficiently”, that the “freer” the market, the more we would all benefit. «Read the rest of this article»
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