Booster ethics threaten Wisconsin one-year NCAA probation
An overzealous Wisconsin booster action led to a one-year NCAA probation, highlighting a wider problem in college sports as wealthy alumni offer players favors. The piece notes escalating booster influence, differing penalties for West Coast programs, and calls for strong athletic department integrity to control individual boosters.
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University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
NCAA
David Berst
Berst
Life without TV study prompts Ridgewood parents to resist turning off sets
In Ridgewood New Jersey parents and teachers challenged fourth through sixth graders to a week without television. Youth adapted but parents refused to follow, illustrating a divide between a child’s experience and a parent’s TV generation.
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Ridgewood
N.J
Rosewood
Reagan ousts Richard Allen as national security adviser
The article reports Richard Allen stepping down after White House and Justice Department findings and argues the real motive was to scapegoat a hard-liner. William Clark is named as Allen’s replacement, signaling a shift from Troika to Quartet without real policy change.
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Reagan
Richard Allen
House
William Casey
David Stockman
Office of National Security Adviser
Ed Meese
William Clark
al Haig
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Troika
Quartet
Allen
Scowcroft
Clark
Brent Scowcroft
Haig
Sinai
Oval Office
Letters to The Gazette on Lunch Program Cuts
A reader describes federal budget cuts to the subsidized hot lunch program causing children to be turned away for not meeting poverty tests. Teachers share leftover food to aid those who missed meals, highlighting perceived hypocrisy in government spending on defense while kids go hungry.
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Reagan
Town Talk on Driving Rules and Faith Doctrines
A reader recalls risky tailgating incidents with semi trucks and praises cautious behavior while praising a modest car. The letter shifts to a religious critique asking Christians to aid the hungry and spread the gospel over material wealth and self interest.
Belief and Endurance Amid Times of Trouble
This devotional urges believers to trust God during suffering, citing Job as a model of faith. It emphasizes praying and praising the Lord daily, viewing God as father friend teacher and redeemer, and offers a personal verse about belief through darkness and quiet faith.
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Satan
Lord
God
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