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Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | yesterday
ASU uses an indexed tuition plan similar to what Shelton is proposing, and NAU began a frozen tuition plan, whereby each successive entering class has a higher tuition than the preceding one but the class tuition stays the same during its four years of undergraduate study.
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 11/29/2008
Junior forward Raymar Morgan made the biggest overnight improvement, going from four points against Maryland to 29 against Oklahoma State. He came off the bench at the beginning of the game and at the start of the second half.
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My Left Nutmeg - Front Page (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008
Shelton reported on election night that Jim Himes had defeated Chris Shays, which most of us thought was screwy because it had also voted for McCain/Palin and is known to be heavily republican. (There were only a handful of Connecticut towns which shared this dubious distinction.) However, the final (maybe -- see below) tally's as recorded by the CT Secretary of State are: Shays 7668 Himes 7000...
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Gristmill (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
By David Roberts Listen Play "Green," by Blake Shelton Blake Shelton is a popular country artist and the husband of another popular country artist, Miranda Lambert . This is the first song off his new album Startin' Fires . It's called "Green," and contains the immortal couplet, "I know a lot more about cane-pole fishin' / than I ever will about carbon emissions." Lyrics below the fold....
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
This could be a long weekend in Orlando for Michigan State's men's basketball team. After its poor showing against Maryland in the Old Spice Classic, resulting in an 80-62 loss, MSU has little time to recover and prepare for Oklahoma State, which lost 83-71 to Gonzaga. The teams play at 8 p.m.
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
This could be a long weekend in Orlando for Michigan State's men's basketball team. After its poor showing against Maryland in the Old Spice Classic, resulting in an 80-62 loss, MSU has little time to recover and prepare for Oklahoma State, which lost 83-71 to Gonzaga. The teams play at 8 p.m.
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People (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
Nov. 26, 2008 | 02:15 PM ESTVIDEO: Blake Shelton Tests His 'Sexiest Man' SuperpowersNow that he's been named in PEOPLE, the country singer hopes he's irresistibleBy Kate StroupIs Blake Shelton one of the Sexiest Men Alive? Or is that just Pure BS? In a , the country singer – who was featured in this year's PEOPLE special issue – takes to the streets of New York to find out. "Now that...
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Empirical Legal Studies (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
Steven Willborn, Dean at the Univ. of Nebraska College of Law, recently mentioned that he thought information on the Law School Admission Council's (LSAC) Shelton Prize would interest ELS Blog readers. I immediately agreed and reprint the nomination announcement below....
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Absolute Powerpop (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
If power pop were like a sports league, Jeff Shelton might be the frontrunner for MVP. From his work in the The Spinning Jennies to his current role as frontman for The Well Wishers to his work in keeping the power pop flame alive through active participation in Audities and his podcast ( The Power Pop Show ), Shelton does it all in our neck of the woods. Although it seems like yesterday...
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/30/2008
Back in 1961, a local author named Jack Shelton mapped out the perfect San Francisco day. It started at 9:30 a.m. aboard a cable car at Powell and Market streets, and he let readers know that a car is spun manually into position using an in-ground turntable, "...
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/30/2008
Like countless Bay Area immigrants, Jack Shelton came and then made his own way. Born in New York in 1923, he arrived here in 1956 as a direct-mail specialist but branched off as an author five years later because "San Francisco is such a unique and wonderful...
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Jake Weird (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
There are new additions in the IHJ gallery : Jake attending American Oceans Campaign Award Dinner (2001), below with Marley Shelton: Jake and Marley Shelton in "Bubble Boy" (2001), directed by Blair Hayes.