Is It Just A Game?
by Allison Hurley

Youth athletics are wildly popular in America. From tee-ball to rec soccer on the weekends, thousands of children take to the field and the court every year. To most of them it's just a way to have fun, but sometimes it seems like their parents have a different idea.



Whitman Showcase A Success
by Pamela Hanscom

In celebration of the 150th birthday of both The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) and the printing of the first edition of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass, TCNJ hosted a Leaves of Grass Sesquicentennial Symposium from September 22-24, 2005. TCNJ was one of only three colleges in the country to host a symposium in Whitman's honor this anniversary year, making the event popular among literary scholars around the country.



Pool Prodigy
by Ben Leach

He's only nine-years-old, but he's been playing pool since he was just two. Kyle Lacy is his name, and the Millville, New Jersey resident is ready to take on the best the billiards world has to offer. Last May, Ben Leach chronicled Lacy for the The Daily Journal, a Gannett newspaper based out of Vineland, New Jersey.




Life in the Cemetery
by Desiree DiAngelo
Summer jobs are often a monotonous waste of time. Rarely do students ever learn the meaning of life and death. However, Desiree DiAngelo did just that. Her work at a cemetery taught her more than just how to keep the books and print death certificates. It was an education in how different people deal with death and the discovery of new life.