| Panel: Schools need to change
The 16-year-old junior at Southeastern High School in Detroit has taken advanced courses and joined a slew of extracurricular activities, including an ensemble and robotics team, to further her goal of obtaining a doctorate in psychology and a master's in mechanical engineering as well as a juris doctorate. But seeing dwindling resources for college-minded students distresses her. "I want to see action," she said. "There needs to be more information." That's why Tynes attended a live town hall meeting Thursday at WXYZ (Channel 7) studios to hear education experts and community leaders examine the state's climate for college education. The hour-long meeting, sponsored by the station, Detroit Regional Chamber, DTE Energy Foundation and The Detroit News, followed Tuesday's release of findings from a 600-resident poll by EPIC-MRA and sponsored by Your Child and the Skillman Foundation.
S/W microwave seeks toaster
Isn't it funny how time always seems to get away from you? I think it was the German philosopher Hegel who compared time's elusiveness to that of Dr. Claw from Inspector Gadget. Or maybe that was a dream I had. Either way, I think Hegel wouldn't have had such a problem with time had he built his own oscilloscope clock, yeah? On today's edition of Gadgetbox we would like to share with you, our delightful readers, the latest in automated robotic servitude helpfulness, the oddest Xbox 360 peripheral to date, and the very best in combination microwave/toasters. Exterminate pool scum! Exterminate! .
Victims to get degrees
VIRGINIA Tech will pay tribute to the university students killed in a gunman's shooting rampage by awarding them degrees at this year's graduation ceremony, a school official said.
The university has been flooded with messages of support since the Monday incident, vice-president for student affairs Zenobia Lawrence Hikes said.
University administrators have decided to award “all students who were killed on Monday posthumous degrees from Virginia Tech for the degree they were pursuing", provost Mark McNamee, the school's top education officer, told a news conference on Thursday.
“The families are very happy about this," he said. “We are going to award those degrees during the regular commencement exercises that the students would have participated in with their friends."
Classes at the stricken campus in southwestern Virginia are scheduled to resume on Monday, but because of the emotional strain students will have leeway in completing their courses, McNamee said.
High School Robotics Competiton Raises Enthusiasm for Science
About a month ago, more than 30 high school teams in California got a crate full of metal parts. Their mission was to build a robot to compete in San Diego's first regional robotics competition. Qualcomm and NASA sponsored the event which took place over the weekend in San Diego. KPBS Education Reporter Ana Tintocalis followed three local teams and has this report. It's one day before competition. Hundreds of high school students are adjusting and testing their robots in the iPay One Center’s pit area. Most of the teams here come from San Diego County. Senior Alan McCowski and junior Don Clark are with the Devil Duckies -- a robotics team from Madison High School in Clairemont. McCowski: We're basically a really good defense robot we can block a lot of robots from scoring on a rack, and we can pick up other robots.
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