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Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Major highways leading into Kingstree are sporting new signs. The Williamsburg Academy Stallions Football team made local history when they won the 2013 South Carolina Independent School Association Football Class A State Championship. It is the first state football championship for the academy. In recognition of their achievement SC Department of Transportation signs have been erected along Hwy. 52 north, Hwy. 527, Hwy. 261 and Hwy. 377 (Martin Luther King Avenue).
Lieutenant Governor John Yancey McGill was on hand for the presentation. I can tell you many a parent is smiling today and the coaches. How proud we are of them and the players, said McGill. A state championship - history at its best. Congratulations Williamsburg County and congratulations Williamsburg Academy.
Kingstree Mayor Ricky Burrows echoed the lieutenant governor. Everybody at the Town of Kingstree is so very happy that the academy won a state championship, said Burrows. Its been a long time since weve had one and wed like to congratulate the team and the coaches.
Stallion Head Football Coach Ken Kellahan sought the advice of the lieutenant governor before moving forward. We asked him if he thought it needed to be done and he jumped on it, with the help of Mayor Ricky Burrows and Kingstree Town Manager Dan Wells it happened. said the second-year coach. Were very proud of it and I think the boys are very excited and I know our school and our community are very excited about it. Kellahan is a 1995 graduate of Williamsburg Academy and former assistant coach at his alma mater The Citadel.
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Independent study. Students have 4 months to complete the assignments.
This short course can be taken anytime as an independent class and as a prelude for CS102 Traditional Medical Astrology and CS101 Horary Astrology in depth (this workshop or the equivalent is required for these two courses).
How do you determine which planet is stronger when looking at aspects? How do you quickly find the strongest planets in the chart? Or which planets may pose more challenges even if they aren't aspected or mainly have trines? Classical astrologers used essential dignities and debilities.These were their building blocks for interpretation.
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The club is selling pillows made from old uniform jackets, and the finished product will definitely become collector items, especially for former band members and their families.
Jody Moroney, the new president for the Band Boosters, said since the beginning of the school year, she had been hearing about the old uniforms and that they needed to be sold.
"I went online to a few sites and noticed the same uniforms had been there for months. I did a little research and found an article about the University of Miami and pillows made from their uniforms being sold to raise money," she said.
Moroney said she approached band director Corey Tanner and he thought it was a great idea. She said Katie Knighton, who is one of the band students, is making the pillows.
"We actually have a list of uniform numbers back to 2006, so we can give former band members the actual jacket they wore," Moroney said.
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But then, there is this – even with all the mistakes and sloppy play, Jones County did come out of its first region game with a victory last week, as coach Dwight Jones was quick to point out to his players last Friday.
"We can enjoy this one tonight because it was a win, no matter how ugly," he told them immediately after the Greyhounds survived a late rally to down Greenbrier 20-14 in the Region 2-AAAAA opener for both at Greyhound Field.
"But we can't celebrate long. We've got a short week before we play Warner Robins on Thursday, and you all know we've got to play a lot better than we did tonight."
The Greyhounds visit Warner Robins Thursday night to take on the Demons, who are ranked No. 8 in the AJC poll and 10th in the AP rankings. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. at McConnell-Talbert Stadium.
Both teams are 3-1 overall, having lost their second games of the season on the road to schools from lower classifications – Warner Robins to Peach County 29-24 and Jones County to Mary Persons 25-21. And both are 1-0 in the region after winning at home last week – Warner Robins downed Evans 34-6.
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Thanksgiving is over as my 8-year old daughter has reminded me; "mommy, it's time to put up the Christmas tree, come on mommy now!" Okay, okay already. Mr. Waters hauls all of the boxes out of the garage for ME to put up our FAMILY Christmas tree.
Now, understand every year I try to be pro-active for the next year by labeling the boxes but nothing is where it is suppose to be. It takes more than hour to put the tree together (lost instructions years ago) and another 2 hours to untangle the lights, plug in and test the lights then put them on the tree. Finally, time to plug in the lights to see the fruits or lights of my labor only to find out, I have put them on backwards, the plug is at the top of the tree! And you wonder why people drink?
So my thoughts went to Rednecks and how they are getting a bad rap for leaving their Christmas tree & Christmas lights up all-year-round.
Rednecks do this for a reason! Lazy? I say not, smart is more like it. You see THEY don't have to have the husband pull everything out and put everything back up 30 days later like I have to do. Oh no, and Rednecks don't have to worry about assembling a tree, testing the lights and all that jazz because, the darn thing is already up! Been working fine all year! So, the next time you think Rednecks are stupid & lazy, think again. I'm thinking, I may just leave MY lights up all-year-round!


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Debra Hines pled guilty in Jones County Superior Court March 21 and was sentenced to 15 years each for four counts of identity fraud. Counts one to three run consecutively but concurrently with count four for a total of 45 years. The first 15 years are to be served in confinement, with the remainder to be served on probation. As part of the plea agreement, Hines is to receive credit for time served in custody since Nov. 23, 2009, the day she was sentenced after being found guilty of her crimes by a Jones County jury. Hines is ineligible for parole.
A Jones County jury found Hines guilty of identity theft, following a weeklong trial. At that time Hines was sentenced to 45 years with 20 years to serve in prison.
Evidence at the trial showed she committed crimes under several different names and left her victims in dire financial straits while they attempted to reclaim their identities. The jury heard from a number of Hines' victims with charges dating back as far as the 1980s.
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The strip of stores on the streetscape includes the Carriage House and All About the Cake, Treasures by the Tracks, Wesley Music, Kema's Hobby Bookstore, and Pieces of the Past. Somewhere in those shops is a gift or two for anyone who has been left off the Christmas shopping list, even the hard-to-buy-for person who has everything.
The shops are open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday - Friday, and 10 a.m. to 4 Saturday. The variety of available items are quite literally too numerous to mention.
The Carriage House has shelves filled with jewelry, collectibles, ornaments, travel pillows, candles, homemade soaps, picture frames, wreaths, Georgia Bulldog memorabilia, lamps, purses, children and infant clothing, and scarves.
The All About the Cake bakery is located inside the Carriage House and offers made to order cakes, gift boxes, and cookie and candy-filled holiday tins. The number to call to place an order is 986-CAKE (2253). The bakery shelves are filled with cake pops, cupcakes, cheese straws, wedding cookies, pecan and lemon bars, and divinity for walk-in customers.
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The whole country got excited by Houdini's campaign against faking spiritualists. He careened through the country, offering money for spirit contacts he couldn't duplicate by admitted magical chicanery. It was a heyday not only for Houdini but for the spirit-callers and there was an equally famous protagonist who thought the spirits could indeed be contacted, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A photo at the front records a meeting between Houdini and Doyle and Houdini gives Doyle his own chapter. There's an earlier chapter on Daniel Dunglas Home, the English engineer of spectacular paranormal effects. Houdini raises hell with spiritualists who were giving their (usually paying) clients a vision of heavens to come, and shares the methods used to practice "fake" and sensational spiritualism.
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People who are religious who decide to force there religion on me, example saying that god is watching and going to punish me for having an opinion and for the way I act.
I have been christened. I am technically a Church of England.... Protestant...I think? I went to church from the age of 5-11. Hated it.
My reasoning, they (people) tell you from an early age that Santa, easter bunny tooth fairy is real, and even fake proof to make you believe it's real. Then you find out it's all a lie and they made it up.
With Christianity they have a book,which is meant to be the word of god, the book has been translated and rewritten many times, how do we know that the book is reliable?
Sorry if this offends anyone,but I don't see why people can tell me that god will punish me or whatever when I don't believe in god. I have a right not to believe just as they have a right to believe. I usually have a great respect for people who are religious it just really annoys me when people try to force there beliefs on me.
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(06-03-2012 01:12 PM)Londonlipton Wrote: People who are religious who decide to force there religion on me, example saying that god is watching and going to punish me for having an opinion and for the way I act.
I'm a religious person but I get what you mean. Relgion is there for you to have someone to talk to,something tha is always there for you,if you wanna believe in God or a higher power than that is your own personal decision but there is no reason to shove it down people's throats or tell people their sinning or whatever..I hate that!
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RE: Rants.
(06-03-2012 01:12 PM)Londonlipton Wrote: People who are religious who decide to force there religion on me, example saying that god is watching and going to punish me for having an opinion and for the way I act.
The reason the Bible is reliable is because it's got the most "original" copies of any religions book of all time so it's believed to be true. I kinda forget how the pastor at the old church I went to explained it but I know sometimes it's hard to understand. For me I just have faith and so far I'm still around and things seem to be going well for me every time I pray so for me I'm a christian for those reasons. I just have a feeling it's right and that's what matters to me.
But I get what you're saying. I HATE that in HS I had two friends that were "friends" but didn't actually get along. One was a pastor's daughter and the other was a Jahova's Witness. They would fight and the JW would try to convert me to her religion while in school. I hated it and it made me feel really odd so I try my best to spread what I believe...but never in a way that makes others feel odd. I hate feeling that way I'd never put that on another person.
Here's a story though. Lately I've been feeling odd whenever I go to church like everyone is watching my bf and I when we're there EVEN though it's a very forgiving place and not at all strict or weird. I just feel odd because we didn't want until marriage....to do the deed lol. I feel weird about it sometimes but the thing is yes I sinned but I love my bf and we have always wanted to get married it's just timing and everything. Nobody I talk to condemns me but at the same time I feel like I'm not a "good" anymore. I waited honestly for God to cause horrible things to happen in my life because of it but honestly, I've had more blessings this past year than ever before. So to me, if God hasn't abandoned me and told me I'm hopeless....then I can't help but believe in him more and more.
06-06-2012, 12:16 PM (This post was last modified: 06-06-2012 12:18 PM by Tiffanyloveszac2012.)
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RE: Rants.
i give up i just accept the way things are. its nothing i can do to change it. it is what it is. am down in the dumbs today. i swear i have no energy to even fight anymore.
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RE: Rants.
Very scared. I need to pass both finals to maybe get a decent grade that's passing (80%=B-) for A&P1. AHHHH this weekend I'm all about the studying or else I'll be retaking this class for a THIRD TIME!
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RE: Rants.
Good Luck Stephanie!
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RE: Rants.
(06-11-2012 12:38 AM)Firefly Wrote: Good Luck Stephanie!
Thanks. Physiology final tomorrow. Got the study guide done but I don't feel anywhere prepared so it's freaking me out. Gonna study more before bed.
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RE: Rants.
i hope u do really well on it!
06-12-2012, 01:52 AM (This post was last modified: 06-12-2012 02:37 AM by Stephanie.)
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RE: Rants.
I have had the worst few days than I have in a long time for TWO reasons. I'll list them in parts.
Part 1:
My cousin had this bf she supposedly broke up with Friday night.
She came to my house and was saying how happy she was to be rid of him.
So when she posted a FB status saying she wasn't with him I'd said in SUPPORT of her, since she claimed at my house that she hated him,
"You focus on yourself and don't let stupid boys get in the way. This is your time after graduation to have fun."
Well, guess my aunt and my cousin's ex bf decided they didn't like it and apparently my cousin decided she wanted to start a fight too because they went off on me and my cousin denied she ever hated her ex bf and started calling me and my sister a couple of liars and that we're disrespectful of her ex bf.
My sister started to defend me and all that ended up happening is that my aunt started saying demeaning things to my sister and I for no reason and my cousin called me an F-ing B and then uninvited my sister and I to her graduation next Monday. My mom got involved and so did my grandma. My sister's friends did as well and one of my sister's friends happens to be my bf's cousin.
SO my bf went off on my aunt and cousin and said so much that they were all dumbstruck and couldn't find a comeback. You don't mess with my bf's cousins haha.
Part 2:
While all of this is going on, the rest of my extended family is all taking sides and talking and most of them HATE me so they are of course taking my aunt's side even though my aunt is clinically insane. We all know it she just refuses to get help. I think she might have quite a few mental illnesses but one of them is Bipolar disorder I think. Anyway beside the point.
So while I'm battling with my own family, my bf's MOM...HIS FREAKING MOM who I've met once, decided to jump in and tell me that I shouldn't post anything on fb and that I should be more respectful or something along those lines.
Ohhh well my mom and sister didn't like that and I started crying to my bf so while my sister and mom were telling his mom to stay out of our business since she has no idea what was going on, my bf called his mom and told her to just stop making comments towards me and to just stop because she is humiliating him and herself as well. (Which btw I might have understood had she known me, known the situation and lived here with us. She's in FREAKING GEORGIA so she has no idea what's going on. Just wanted to pick at me.) She got all upset and started trying to make my bf feel sorry for her which didn't work because she was in the wrong. She claims I was talking about her family WHEN I WASN'T. I mentioned in my status that I wasn't a Rookie at family drama after dealing with my bf's family. (Idk if anyone on here knew about my bf's crazy crazy aunt and cousins who turned his entire family against me but that's the old story. We're not talking to that aunt or that section of his family anymore and things WERE better.)
So his mom deleted her comment and I thought all was well. NOT.
I get on two hrs later and see that his mom has deleted me from her fb.
That I'm hurt about because I've been trying to make this lady like me for a 1 1/2 now and nothing seems to help. I've ignored his mom, I've been friendly, I've been hospitable, we took her out to dinner to Applebees where she criticized me the entire time AND STILL paid for her. I took my Christmas break to take her places with my bf and she still had nothing nice to say. His aunts have been working on giving her nice thoughts about me. They have even gone as far as tonight asking me to give them some ideas of how the other aunt lied to his mom about me so maybe she'll see reason.
NOPE his mom hates me and deleted me and doesn't care. BUT she still has me on her fb as her profile page with my bf and his little brother. I feel really creeped out that she'd delete me from her fb and keep my pic. I hope she changes it soon. I relayed all of this on FB in an email to my favorite aunt of his. She'll read it soon and I'll see what she says.
Point is in a recap:
My aunt is crazy laterally
My cousin and her ex bf are a couple little idiots willing to start drama.
The rest of my family who hates me and took their side are idiots too because they are too afraid to stand up to my psycho aunt.
My bf's mom HATES me for no reason except that I took her son away and after a yr and a half still won't accept me and when you tell her she's wrong she deletes you like an 8th grader who hasn't gone through puberty.
His family now has all the leverage to hate me too.
Everyone except for my bf and my immediate family, my grandma and MAYBE a couple of my bf's aunts, hate me. Like LITERALLY everyone but those few people hate me. Mind you, I'm not a mean person nor did anything I've said so far been rude. I didn't even speak to my bf's mom, she just decided she wanted to delete me.
AND to top it all off, my lab partner in A&P1 hates me now, some chick in my class fell to the floor and passed out today right before our test, AND I'm freaking out about my last final that I need to do well on or I won't pass the class. My bf's crazy aunt and HIS crazy cousin are still at it trying to make my life a complete hellhole! NOT to mention I just got through a horrible fight with my bf Saturday! THIS is my life and I'm tired of it.
Not to brag, but I don't think anyone can top this one right now. Not unless your really sick or have had a death of the family....that would honestly be the only way someone could top this and I HOPE nobody can cause that'd be so sad.
SO please guys, I beg of you....I'm sorry if my moderator duties are slacking a little. I just don't have the energy to even look at another thread for at least a few days :[ I just wanna go cry. I've never had so many people hate me at one time that it makes me wonder if maybe I really am just a horrible person and I don't deserve to have all that I do. I am honestly REALLY angry with God right now. I asked and prayed that things would be okay but this is what has happened.
and to add more to this yet again. MY UNCLE has now decided to tell me off on fb too about how I shouldn't be writing my statuses about not happy stuff and complaining. I told him to either freaking GET HIS FACTS straight or get off my facebook because I'm not in the mood to deal with his crap or anyone elses. I think he's drunk though because he deleted his weird comment and replaced it with THE SAME ONE only put some slurred "jeeeez" on the end.
Did I mention I HATE MY FAMILY!
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RE: Rants.
Families suck big time Steph.
Big hugs.
It will all blow over eventually. Trust me, my family is full of people like your cousin and aunt. They will eventually call you up or whatever and be like nothing has ever happened.
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TODD YATES/CALLER-TIMES A path has been worn by groups of immigrants crossing a ranch in remote Brooks County.
TODD YATES/CALLER-TIMES A ranch in Brooks County is littered with water bottles, clothing and other items discarded by unauthorized immigrants. In 2012, 129 bodies were recovered from the county's ranches, and 2013 is on pace to set another record.
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The Rush Northville 00 Girls (U14) will be heading to regionals June 20-25 in Beavercreek, OH. The girls received the Wild Card bid after finishing as finalists in the U14 Michigan State Cup this past fall. This will be the groups first trip to the Regional Championship and they are excited for the opportunity. After tryouts in June the team will train daily in preparation for the event and will look forward to competing against the top teams in Region 2. Congrats to the players and good luck at Regionals!


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GREENSBURG, PA – In a must-win league road game, Hilbert College withstood a furious Pitt-Greensburg team on hot pursuit for a late-season upset in men's basketball. The Hawks survived their poorest shooting percentage from the field and thrived with their almost perfect execution at the foul line to escape with a 61-59 Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference win February 9. Hilbert moved to a three-way tie for second place with a 12-4 record with one week left to play in the regular season.
Hilbert's Anthony Hodge {in photo} pumped in 23 points to lead all scorers. Dan McFarland netted 17 points and pulled down 8 rebounds to earn game-high honors for the Hawks. Brian Heinle scored 16 point for the Bobcats (6-10) and teammates Anthony Papini and Jerell Figueroa each added 11 points for the hosts.
Hilbert opened the first half shooting 32.8% and watched Greensburg fire-off a blazing 57% from the floor. The Bobcats built their largest lead (28-21) with 1:49 left in the first period. Hilbert finished the half on a 9-0 which started with Trevor Stark's 3-pointer and ended with his layup which gave Hilbert a 30-28 half time lead.
In an exciting and emotional second half, both teams took turns holding the lead. Anthony Hodge scored a jumper at 13:44 to give the Hawks their largest lead (39-36) in the period. Greensburg, who shot just slightly worse than Hilbert after the break (28.1% to 28.6%) regained a 5-point spread (51-46) by 7:21. McFarland carried the Hawks through the game's final minutes scoring 6 of the team's last 9 points. Hilbert earned the victory at the foul line making 7-7 to close out the game.
The Hawks shot a season low 32.8% from the floor but a season high 93.3% from the foul line. Hilbert owned the boards (44-34) and for the third straight game were credited with 10+ steals.
Hilbert holds its own destiny in their hands this upcoming week. They host Penn State Behrend February 13 and La Roche February 19 with the intent of capturing their first AMCC regular season championship. Behrend (12-4) currently sits in a three-way tie with Hilbert (and Medaille) for second place and La Roche (13-3) sits alone in first place. Hilbert suffered a 68-61 loss January 14 in Erie, PA after the Hawks captured a 73-71 victory in Pittsburgh, PA on January 6.
Besides the play-off run, McFarland is 6 steals away from becoming Hilbert's All Time Career Steal leader.
Hilbert College, located in suburban Hamburg, N.Y., south of Buffalo, is a private four-year college founded in 1957 in the Catholic Franciscan tradition. With nearly 1,100 students, Hilbert is a dynamic Western New York college that offers career-focused majors, including one of the top criminal justice programs in the region, and more than 50 minors and concentrations. The college's engaging, student-centered campus community offers numerous leadership, internship, and service learning opportunities from which students launch successful careers while making positive changes in their communities. The Hilbert Blueprint promotes a well-rounded student experience over four years – starting with the Foundations Seminar in the freshman year, followed by Sophomore Service, Junior Symposium, and culminating with the Senior Capstone. Hilbert has expanded its academic offerings with the college's first graduate programs and new Accelerated Degree Programs geared to adult learners.
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Romi Burks
Professor of Biology
Areas of expertiseAquatic ecology, wetland science, apple snails, invertebrate biology
I am an aquatic ecologist interested in how organisms interact within and impact shallow lakes and ponds. My graduate work focused on looking at predator-avoidance behaviors in an important aquatic herbivore, Daphnia, that influences whether lakes exist in a clear or turbid state.
Since my arrival at Southwestern, my lab has been taken over (somewhat literally!) by an exotic, invasive apple snail, Pomacea maculata (formerly P. insularum). We have been studying this snail for 8 years now and still have a lot to learn. Advances in the field have been happening faster than we can investigate. For the most recent work on invasive apple snails, I recommend this great new scientific blog (Snailbusters).
Receiving my Ph.D. in the lab of noted exotic species authority Dr. David Lodge at the University of Notre Dame has helped me switch my current research emphasis to questions associated with invasion biology. In particular, I collaborate with student researchers to investigate multiple aspects of basic life history of this new invader. In addition, the work has expanded to include an international collaboration in Uruguay where native apple snails occur.
PhD, University of Notre Dame 2000
BS, Loyola University Chicago 1995
BA, Loyola University Chicago 1995
Co-Chair of the Animal Behavior Program
Southwestern University
August 01, 2006 - present
I help direct the only interdisciplinary science major on campus.
Co-Chair Environmental Studies
Southwestern University
August 01, 2012 - present
I help administer one of the fastest growing interdisciplinary programs on campus.
Associate Professor of Biology
Southwestern University
August 01, 2009 - July 31, 2013
Paideia Professor
Southwestern University
August 01, 2009 - May 10, 2012
Mentored group of 5 young women through the Paideia Program
Assistant Professor of Biology
Southwestern University
August 01, 2003 - July 01, 2009
Teaching Philosophy
How I seek to "Engage Minds and Transform Lives"
I teach because I never stopped being a student. My alma mater, Loyola University Chicago, recently adopted a new motto that states their dedication to preparing students to live extraordinary lives. Live beyond the ordinary. I have learned that the extraordinary aspect of living comes when we learn to function comfortably outside the norm, or ordinary. In The Courage to Teach, Education expert Parker Parmer writes of the courage necessary to take on this extraordinarily influential role of a teacher and states that students who learn are the finest fruits of teachers who teach. If I considered myself the fruit in that metaphor, I matured under close guidance of my professors. Now, I plant my own seeds, nourish them with 3 basic truths and watch them transform.
Truth 1: Teach who you are (Live the Teacher-Scholar Model) I place much faith in the practice of teach who you are. I am a planner, a scientist, an English major, a systematic individual, a lover of rubrics, an animal lover and a pretty creative thinker, although the dominance of these personalities changes depending on the task. I am also intense (students sometimes unfortunately mistake this for intimidating). I prefer the terms dedicated, direct and passionate. I believe in the learning process. Teaching who I am translates into genuine enthusiasm for teaching that students clearly recognize. I think this goes a long way toward being a successful long-term Southwestern faculty member. My undergraduate experience at a liberal arts university shaped the way I see connections between teaching and disciplines. By willing to experiment with innovative approaches, extraordinary things happen.
Truth 2: Make your classroom another lab (enhancing the Teacher half of the model) For me, part of engaging minds involves shifting the way students approach questions. I wear many different hats during any given day at Southwestern. However, my scientist hat feels permanently glued to my head and my approach to each class mirrors my scientific side. Through experimenting with different teaching strategies and pedagogies, I refine my approaches in small slices. Without frequent enough change, things get stale. Still, I try and resist changing too much at once. I try to see each class as a series of small-scale experiments. Somewhat literally, I hope that I routinely engage a lot of little wheels turning in the heads of my students when I stress that everything eventually connects to everything else and that the study of life does not occur in a vacuum but spans disciplines. Of the few hundred evaluations of Biodiversity, one in particular sticks in my mind. I don?t remember which year but one student wrote something like 'Dr. Burks ruined me. I cannot watch TV, go shopping or to the movies or even relax without finding examples of biology everywhere.' I do not know if the student meant that as a compliment but I take it as one.
Truth 3: Make your lab another classroom ? (enhancing the Scholar half of the model) My experience has taught me that the extraordinary happens through the process of teaching students the art of doing ecological research. In the beginning, I found it hard to recruit students early enough to invest in the long-term nature of research. I also found that snails are not necessarily as sexy to students as something medically-related like cancer. It takes my enthusiasm for the crazy critters or the word from one of the already ecologically-converted to convince some students otherwise. Students make up my lab community and I consider them real contributors to the research. The practice of guiding students through the complete scientific process (i.e. where outcome results in some type of publication) serves as the best evidence of my teaching effectiveness. I look for every opportunity to combine teaching and research. I do not consider them separate or opposing pursuits. I teach research methods and I research teaching methods.
Previous Courses
BIO50112 Biodiversity
BIO50434 Invertebrate Ecology
PSY33111 Introduction to Animal Behavior
BIO50434 Ecology
UST105 First Year Seminar: Multi-chocolated
In addition to lab alumni and current students, collaborators on apple snail research include Mariana Meerhoff (email) and colleagues in Uruguay, Mark Kramer (email) at Armand Bayou Nature Center and Ken Hayes (email) and colleagues in Hawaii (for molecular IDs).
Our current research efforts focus on:
- Understanding oviposition behavior of invasive apple snails
- Estimating hatching efficiency of egg clutches and their role in population dynamics
- Investigating how predators of both eggs and hatchlings could interact with applesnails
Professional Work
Click here for a link to my curriculum vita, which can be found on my personal website.
· Burks, R. L. 2012. One McBug Burger Please: Eating insects in ecology class to contextualize climate change discussion. EcoEd Digital Library, http://ecoed.esa.org/index.php?P=FullRecord&ID=383.
· Kyle, C. H.*, A. W. Kropf and R. L. Burks. 2011. Prime waterfront real estate: Apple snails choose wild taro for oviposition sites. Current Zoology 57(5): 630-641.
· Burks, R. L., S. A. Hensley* and C. H. Kyle*. 2011. Quite the appetite: juvenile island apple snails (Pomacea insularum) survive consuming only exotic, invasive plants. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77(4): 423-428.
· Burks, R. L., C. H. Kyle* and M. K. Trawick*. 2010. Pink Eggs and Snails: Field oviposition patterns indicate shallow aquatic systems susceptible to invasion by Pomacea insularum. Hydrobiologia, Shallow Lakes 2009 Special Volume 646: 243-251.
DOI 10.1007/s10750-010-0167-1.
EDITORIAL SUMMARY (not peer-reviewed):
Meerhoff, M., M. Beklioglu, R. Burks, F. García-Rodríguez, N. Mazzeo and B. Moss. 2010.
Shallow Lakes: Preface. Hydrobiologia DOI 10.1007/s10750-010-0247-2.
· Burks, R. L. and M. M. Chumchal. 2009. To Co-author or Not to Co-author: How to write, publish, and negotiate issues of authorship with undergraduate research students. Sci. Signal. 2 (94), tr3. [DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.294tr3] PDF Available via RB website
· Burks, R. L. 2009. A Kernel of Truth: Microwave popcorn makes it easier to teach basic statistics. The L&O Bulletin 18(2): 36-40. PDF Available via RB website
· Kyle, C. H.,* M. K. Trawick,* J. P. McDonough* and R. L. Burks. 2009. Population dynamics of an established reproducing population of the invasive apple snail (Pomacea insularum) in suburban southeast Houston, Texas. Texas Journal of Science 61(4): 1-5.
· Barnes, M.A.*, R. K. Marfurt*, J. J. Hand and R. L. Burks. 2008. Fecundity of the exotic applesnail, Pomacea insularum. The Journal of the North American Benthological Society 28(3): 738-745 (with color photo). PDF Available
· Youens, A. K.* and R. L. Burks. 2008. Comparing applesnails with oranges: the need to standardize measuring techniques when studying Pomacea. Aquatic Ecology 42(4): 679-684. DOI: 10.1007/s10452-007-9140-0. PDF Available
· Boland, B.*, M. Meerhoff, C. Fosalba, N. Mazzeo, M. Barnes* and R. L. Burks. 2008. Juvenile snails, adult appetites: Contrasting resource consumption between two species of applesnails (Pomacea). Journal of Molluscan Studies 74(1): 47-54. [DOI: 10.1093/mollus/eym045.] PDF Available
· Burks, R. L. and L. Boles. 2007. Evolution of the Chocolate Bar: A creative approach to teaching phylogenetic relationships within evolutionary biology. The American Biology Teacher 69(4): 229-237. PDF Available
Burks, R. L. 2007. Math for Wiser Decisions (a review of Rockwood's Introduction to Population Ecology). BioScience 57(3): 288-289.
· Burks, R. L., G. Mulderij, E. Gross, I. Jones, L. Jacobsen, E. Van Donk, and E. Jeppesen. 2006. Chapter 3 - Center stage: The Crucial Role of Macrophytes in Regulating Trophic Interactions in Shallow Lake Wetlands. Pages 37-59 in R. Bobbink, B. Beltman, J. T. A. Verhoeven, and D. F. Whigham (eds) Wetlands: Functioning, Biodiversity Conservation, and Restoration. Ecological Studies, Volume 191, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
· R. G. Howells, L. E. Burlakova, A. Y. Karatayev, R K. Marfurt*, and R. L. Burks. 2006. Chapter 5 - Native and introduced Ampullaridae in North America: History, status and ecology. Pages 73-112 in R. C Joshi (ed) Global Advances in Ecology and Management of Golden Apple Snails. Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), Philippines. PDF available
· Lindquester, G., R. L. Burks, and C. R. Jaslow. 2005. Developing information fluency in introductory biology students in the context of an investigative laboratory. Cell Biology Education 4: 58-96. PDF available
· Tuchman, N. C., R. L. Burks, C. A. Call, and J. J. Smarrelli. 2004. Flow rate and vertical position influence ingestion rates of colonial zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha). Freshwater Biology 49: 191-198. (revisions completed at SU)
· Burks, R. L. and D. M. Lodge. 2002. Cued in: advances and opportunities in freshwater chemical ecology. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 28(10): 1881- 1897.
· Burks, R. L., N. C. Tuchman, C. A. Call, and J. E. Marsden. 2002. Colonial aggregations: the effect of spatial position on zebra mussel responses to interstitial water quality. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 21(1): 64-75. PDF available
· Burks, R. L., D. M. Lodge, E. Jeppesen and T. L. Lauridsen. 2002. Diel horizontal migration of zooplankton: costs and benefits of inhabiting littoral zones. Freshwater Biology 47: 343-366. PDF available
· Burks, R. L., E. Jeppesen and D. M. Lodge. 2001. Pelagic prey and benthic predators: impact of odonate predation on Daphnia among complex structure. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 20(4): 683-696. PDF available
· Burks, R. L., E. Jeppesen and D. M. Lodge. 2001. Littoral zone structures as Daphnia refugia against fish predation. Limnology and Oceanography 46(2): 230-237. PDF available
· Burks, R. L., E. Jeppesen and D. M. Lodge. 2000. Macrophyte and fish chemicals suppress Daphnia growth and alter life history traits. Oikos 88(1): 139-147. PDF available
· Lauridsen, T. L., E. Jeppesen, S.F. Mitchell, D. M. Lodge and R. L. Burks. 1999. Horizontal distribution of zooplankton in lakes with contrasting fish densities and nutrient levels. Hydrobiologia 408/409: 241-250.
Honors & Awards
2013 - 2014:
- Mentor: Women Evolving the Biological Sciences
- Collaborator: American Museum of Natural History
- NSF-IRES Principal Investigaor
- ECO-DAS Mentor
- Texas Academy of Sciences President
- Associate Editor, American Midland Naturalist
- Ph.D. Opponent, Lund University, Sweden
- Section Chair, Ecologists at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions, Ecological Society of America
- Texas Academy of Sciences President-Elect and 2011 Program Chair
- Editorial Board, Freshwater Biology
- Invited participant, Vision and Change: Transforming Undergraduate Biology Education conference
- Panelist for IRES, National Science Foundation (NFS)
- Texas Academy of Sciences Fellow
- Guest Editor, Hydrobiologia, 2008 Shallow Lakes Meeting
- Selected as BEN (BioEdNet) Scholar, AAAS
- Nominated for Outstanding Teaching Award SU
- Southwestern University Nomination for Piper Professor
- Finalist for Brown Junior Investigator Award
- Panelist for NSF DDIG Review in Ecology
- Nominated for Outstanding Teaching Award, SU
- Recognized for work with disability issues, SU
- ACS Environmental Fellow
- ACS Technology Fellow
- Invited participant (16 chosen from 70 applicants) for SEEK
- Invited panelist for NSF Grant Review in Ecology
Before Southwestern:
- DIALOG IV in Bermuda
- Kaneb Center Graduate Award for Excellence in Teaching
- Fulbright Scholar
- Denmark Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year Award
- 1995 Presidential Medal Recipient, Loyola University Chicago
- 1993 Phi Beta Kappa
Two pseudochildren Bichons Twinkie & Cupcake, fiction reading, travel, chocolate


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LEE COUNTY SCHOOLS: Patrice McNeill of SanLee Middle is recipient of Teacher of the Year
Patrice McNeill, a SanLee Middle School language arts teacher, was named the Teacher of the Year for Lee County Schools. She received an extra day of leave, a $500 check and a $400 gift catalog at the annual awards banquet held Tuesday evening at Lee County High School, and she will be driving a new (and free) car for the next 12 months.
McNeill seemed to be quite touched — and certainly shocked — that she won the award. Her jaw dropped when Supt. Jeff Moss said her name, and she began crying as it sunk in. McNeill gave a short speech, saying she wouldn't be able to talk long without crying again and joking that she speaks better in front of a classroom of children than a conference room full of adults anyway.
"I'm very happy that I get to do things that I love every day," the 20-year veteran of Lee County Schools said.
A group of several of the district's past teachers of the year, plus current Principal of the Year Vicki Haislip (Greenwood Elementary School) and Assistant Principal of the Year Frank Thompson, Jr. (Lee County High School) chose McNeill, who is now a finalist for a regional Teacher of the Year award. Each school provided a short biography of its nominee; McNeill's stated that she is thoughtful, humble and a quiet yet effective helper. She gives her co-workers cards and candy on their birthdays and sometimes takes students to her alma mater, Meredith College, to get them thinking about post-grad plans even before they get to high school.
McNeill will even be teaching a lesson in financial and environmental responsibility when she pulls up to school tomorrow in her new car. She was given the choice of three fresh-off-the-lot vehicles from Wilkinson Chevrolet-Buick-GMC-Cadillac, all Chevrolets: Camaro, Cruze or Sonic. Passing up the flashy Camaro and spacious Sonic, she chose the Cruze, citing its 40 miles-per-gallon fuel efficiency. Wilkinson, along with Wells Fargo and the Sanford Area Chamber of Commerce, were Teacher of the Year sponsors.
And how will her students react when they see her new ride, not to mention the plaque declaring her the best of the best?
"They'll probably be as shocked and thrilled as I am," she said after the ceremony was over, still a little choked up.
McNeill began her career in 1993 at Greenwood Elementary School, spending five years teaching 4th and 5th grade. She then taught for a year in the Academically and Intellectually Gifted (AIG) program at Tramway Elementary School, and in 1999 she began teaching middle school. McNeill taught at East Lee Middle School for nine years before moving to SanLee, when the school opened in 2008, as a 6th grade English teacher and head of the school's language arts department.
McNeill has been a member of the school's leadership team since her arrival in 2008, and she has served as an Art of Collaboration Educator with the North Carolina Museum of Art since the year before that. She graduated from Meredith College and also has a Master of Education degree from Campbell University.
The winners of each individual school's Teacher of the Year award were:
* Debra Collins, Bragg Street Academy School (special education).
* Stephanie Needham, B.T. Bullock Elementary School (3rd grade).
* Amy Perozo, Broadway Elementary School (1st grade).
* Cheryl Ashley, Deep River Elementary School (1st grade).
* Matt Brown, East Lee Middle School (7th grade science).
* Dana Hendrick, Floyd L. Knight School - The Children's Center (middle school).
* Judy McDonald, Greenwood Elementary School (art).
* Lisa Foushee, J. Glenn Edwards Elementary School (kindergarten).
* Kim Himes, J. R. Ingram Jr. Elementary School (2nd grade).
* Lynn Knight, Lee County High School (finance, multimedia and web design).
* Tonya Comeaux, Lee Early College School (world history, civics and economics, and ACT prep).
* Patrice McNeill, SanLee Middle School (6th grade English).
* Pam Davis, Southern Lee High School (algebra II and AP statistics).
* April Bussy, Tramway Elementary School (K-3 exceptional children math and language arts).
* Tiffany Harris, Warren Williams Alternative Elementary School (3rd, 4th and 5th grades).
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – The Chattanooga Lady Mocs (25-21, 9-8 SoCon) split its Saturday double-header with UNC Greensboro with an 8-7 loss in game one and a 6-5 win in game two. Senior Kasey Tydingco (Fairfield, Calif.) combined for four hits and cranked her team-leading fifth home run of the season while freshman Sam Taylor (Chickamauga, Ga.) extended her hitting streak to 12 games with a 2-for-4 and 1-for-4 performance against the Spartans.
Chattanooga jumped out to an early lead in game one, going up 6-0 in the first inning, but would fall late to a Spartans rally. The Lady Mocs found themselves on top again in game two, but despite a late-inning comeback from UNCG, Chattanooga and freshman pitcher Kaisey Carson (Indianapolis, Ind.) hung on for the win.
"I think we got complacent in the first game," Head Coach Frank Reed said. "We thought six runs were going to be enough to win it but we fell apart in the late innings. We did a better job in game two of, not only putting runs on the board, but also limiting UNCG to scoring chances."
Chattanooga 7 – UNCG 8
The Lady Mocs came out swinging in the first inning of game one, totaling six runs to begin the game. Taylor led off the game with a single and senior Sara Poteat (Thomaston, Ga.) legged out an infield single to get the ball rolling. Chattanooga tied together five-straight hits in the first inning, including hits from Anyssa Robles (Lawrenceville, Ga.), Tydingco and Sarah Beth Roberts (Mt. Juliet, Tenn.).
Chattanooga batted around with Ninjja Suetsugu (Sao Paulo, Brazil) being hit by a pitch, Stephanie Rieck (Chandler, Ariz.) reaching on an error and Kaiti Dutton (Tulsa, Okla.) walking with the bases loaded. Freshman Alyssa Taylor (Orange, Calif.) topped off the scoring inning with a two-RBI single to put UTC up 6-0.
Each team went quietly through the next four innings before UNCG found its way onto the scoreboard in the top of the sixth inning. A one-out single from Kately Bedwell boarded one and a Heather Robb double advanced the runner to third. A walk issued to Eileen Horseman loaded the base and an error on the next batted ball, off the bat of pinch hitter Toni MacReynolds, allowed one runner to score. A fielder's choice would allow a second run to score, cutting the score to 6-2.
Chattanooga added another run in the sixth as Poteat tripled and Robles hit a sacrifice fly to left to drive in the speedy senior, but the Spartans plowed over the Lady Mocs in the top of the sixth on five hits and two errors. Two singles and two walks to the first four batters of the inning led to a run scored. A single from Robb drove in a second and a throwing error allowed a third run. The fourth run of the inning scored on a single from Dominique Madruga and a two-run single to center off the bat of Allison Geiner both tied and gave the Spartans the lead.
UNCG shut the Lady Mocs down in the final half inning to take the game 8-7. Despite the loss, Chattanooga managed 11 hits with Poteat, Robles, Tydingco and Roberts each finding a couple of base-knocks.
Chattanooga 6 – UNCG 5
Despite looking like a repeat of game one in the final score, Chattanooga was the team to walk away with a one-run win over UNCG. This time, six runs were enough to put away the Spartans.
The Spartans struck first in the top of the first inning for two runs on Carson. On two hits and a throwing error, UNCG led early but the Lady Mocs bounced back with two runs of their own in the bottom of the inning. Taylor walked to lead off and a groundout advanced the speedy freshman to second. After hustling into scoring position, Taylor would get to jog home as Tydingco lifted a pitch over the outside part of the plate to opposite field to tie the game 2-2.
UTC took a stingy lead in the second inning and didn't give it back as the Taylor Gang dealt back-to-back blows to the Spartan defense. Alyssa Taylor reached on an error with two outs and Sam Taylor followed up with a double to drive in the go-ahead run, 3-2.
Tydingco singled to lead off the third inning and Roberts walked to board two runners. A Suetsugu single scored Tydingco and freshman Jenny Garcia (Miami, Fla.) reached on an error that resulted in Suetsugu and Roberts crossing the plate.
Greensboro then proceeded to play catch-up in the fourth and fifth innings. Two hits scored a run in the fourth inning off Carson and a two-run fifth courtesy of a Bedwell two-run shot brought the Spartans within one run.
Sophomore Taylor Deason (Clarksville, Tenn.) came on in relief of Carson in the fifth inning and mowed the remaining Spartans down. The sophomore struck out one batter and gave up just one hit over 2.2 innings of work to record her second save of the season.
Carson came away with the win, giving up seven hits through 4.1 innings of work, to earn her third win of the season. The freshman allowed just two earned runs and struck out two Spartan batters.
Sam Taylor and Tydingco each recorded two hits while Taylor, Tydingco and Suetsugu accounted for the Chattanooga RBIs.
Chattanooga wraps up the series Sunday at 2 p.m. with a single game at Frost Stadium. Live stats for the game will be available via the Lady Mocs softball schedule page and live streaming of the event will be available by subscription through MocsVision.


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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Too little, too late for the Marshall University football team Saturday.
Marshall trimmed a 24-point deficit to seven points late, but the UAB Blazers (3-7, 2-4 Conference USA) got a strong effort by running back Darrin Reaves and took a 38-31 victory at Legion Field.
Reaves carried the football 32 carries for 184 yards and two scores, including the decisive touchdown with less than three minutes to go.
"We dug too deep of a hole to try and get back in it," Marshall head coach Doc Holliday said. "I thought our kids came out in the second half and did some good things, but you have to give UAB credit."
After looking dismal offensively for much of the contest, Marshall (4-6, 3-3) cut the UAB lead to a lone score at 31-24 following a 38-yard field goal by Justin Haig with 7:18 left.
However, the Thundering Herd defense could not stop Reaves as the Blazers churned out a time-consuming drive to walk out of Legion Field with the win.
Reaves capped his performance with a 17-yard touchdown with 2:50 remaining that pushed the lead back to two scores.
Marshall quarterback Rakeem Cato hit Gator Hoskins on a 4-yard touchdown pass with 1:41 left to trim the lead back to one score, but the Herd failed in its on-side kick attempt and UAB escaped with the win.
Cato was 25 of 34 passing for 216 yards and two touchdowns.
UAB's defense dropped eight in coverage and forced the Herd rushing attack to beat them. Marshall was unable to do so, finishing with 121 yards on 41 carries.
"We didn't think that's what they were going to do, so it was an adjustment," Marshall offensive lineman Jordan Jeffries said. "It took us longer than it should have to adjust to that."
Marshall trailed by 17 late in the third quarter but used an interception by Jermaine Holmes to jumpstart a comeback attempt. The ensuing drive culminated with a 7-yard touchdown run by Kevin Grooms which cut the lead to 31-21 with 14:40 left in the game. Grooms finished with 75 yards to lead the Herd's rushing attack.
UAB drove down the field behind Reaves on the next possession, but the Herd got a needed stop when Brandon Sparrow blocked a 52-yard field goal attempt and Dominick LeGrande returned the kick to the UAB 29 to set up Haig's field goal.
The Blazers led 24-7 at the half and increased the lead to 31-7 following a 32-yard pass from Austin Brown to Nick Adams with 5:23 left in the third quarter. Brown finished 20 of 34 for 197 yards with two scores and three interceptions.
Marshall's defense forced four turnovers, but it was all for naught after a dismal first half in two of the game's phases.
UAB's large first-half lead came in part because of a Marshall offense that produced just 121 yards in 41 plays and a special teams unit that gave up huge returns in the kick and punt games.
Jackie Williams had a 79-yard punt return for a score and the Blazers later followed a punt block with a 33-yard touchdown pass from Brown to Patrick Hearn in the second quarter to forge the lead.
"Awful," Holliday said. "We didn't play well there. When you get a blocked punt and a punt returned for a touchdown, it's hard to win a game."
Reaves also had a 4-yard touchdown run in the first quarter which pushed UAB to an early advantage that it never looked back from.
Marshall has to win its two remaining games to become bowl eligible. The Herd is back at home for a noon, Saturday, clash with the Houston Cougars. The regular season ends Nov. 23 at East Carolina.
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Iron Man 3 opens this week. For some viewers the film's appeal isn't the eponymous superhero, but the sarcastic-yet-sensitive hero behind the gravity-defying, repulsor-ray-shooting suit of armor.
I refer, of course, to Shane Black. Iron Man 3's co-writer–director recharged the buddy-cop flick in the '80s with his screenplay for Lethal Weapon, but found himself exiled to the Phantom Zone--OK, Marvel Zombies, to Nightmare's Dream Dimension, sheesh--after two spec scripts he sold for record sums became pricey box-office failures. He rebounded with 2005's well-received but low-profile Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang.
Iron Man 3 is Black's return to presumptive blockbuster filmmaking, and his first at-bat as director of a big-budget megalith. Herewith, a revisitation of the major pictures in Black's weirdly specific filmography: Four of the movies he's written are, to a greater or lesser degree, buddy thrillers set at Christmastime. (And Iron Man 3 is set--well, just guess.)
Lethal Weapon (1987)
If 48 Hours inaugurated the modern, shoot-from-the-quip buddy action flick five years earlier, this Vietnam-vet–cops vs. Vietnam-vet–heroin-smugglers thriller, which Black wrote when he was only 23, perfected the formula. But Lethal Weapon didn't feel formulaic, because it brought vulnerability to the 'splosion genre in an era when Stallones and Schwarzeneggers reigned. Die Hard was still a year off when we met Mel Gibson's Martin Riggs, bawling with a photo of his recently deceased wife in his lap--and his Beretta 92F in his mouth.
The heart of the film is the scene where Danny Glover's Roger Murtaugh invites his possibly psychotic new partner home with him for a family dinner. The wife napalms the roast, the teen daughter won't stop making eyes at Riggs, and the two youngest Murtaughs goad their father into trying to rap. It's all beautifully written and performed; we actually buy that we're watching the spark of an emotional bond that will restore Riggs's will to live, love, and, obviously, kill again.
The movie climaxes with Riggs and a never-crazier Gary Busey having a superfluous-but-awesome mixed martial arts fight on Murtaugh's front lawn while the other cops stand around and watch. Gibson and Glover turned out to have great chemistry, but every beat of their whirlwind proto-bromance was right there on the page.
The Last Boy Scout (1991)
Black set his first screenwriter payday record when he got $1.75 million for this lurid, potty-mouthed mystery about a plot to assassinate a senator. A swollen Bruce Willis stars as an alcoholic P.I. who was once a hotshot Secret Service agent; a jacked Damon Wayans plays a pill-popping pro football player banned from the league for gambling. Kaboom!
Director Tony Scott shoots the thing through with testosterone (revealingly, he made this movie in between Days of Thunder and True Romance), but you can still feel faint echoes of existential 1970s L.A. detective films like Chinatown and The Long Goodbye (though the later The Long Kiss Goodnight is the Black joint where we actually see Samuel L. Jackson watching that Arthur Penn gumshoe classic on TV). It contains two scenes where Willis uses his surprisingly funny comic patter to buy time while he thinks of a way to kill the guy holding the gun to his head.
Black's script contains a subplot about snuff films and a boat-chase climax around Catalina Island. Neither element made it to the screen, but the movie's subbed-in football-game finale, wherein a stadium-load of bystanders hangs around to cheer a video of Bruce Willis dancing after they've just been sprayed with machine gun fire, is really the only way this thing could end.
Last Action Hero (1993)
This is the sole Shane Black picture that doesn't accomplish its mission. But then, no one involved with Arnold Schwarzenegger's biggest turkey ever agreed on what its mission was, other than to out-gross Jurassic Park, which opened one week earlier.
Black didn't conceive this screenplay, nor was he its sole script doctor. William Goldman and Carrie Fisher were both among the big-name scribes brought into try to fix this ambitious but rushed and tonally unsettled mess. The result? An overlong, not nearly funny enough mashup of Terminator 2 and The Purple Rose of Cairo. Robert Zemeckis or Penny Marshall might've had some idea of how to handle this material, but director John McTiernan--who, like Black, had been handpicked by Schwarzenegger after their collaboration on Predator, in which Black has a small but memorable acting role--was far outside his wheelhouse.
So: Don't Blame Me, I'm Just (One of) the Writer(s). Though hiring Shane Black to rewrite what began as a parody of Shane Black-style action movies seems, in hindsight, dumb.
The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
Black's third buddy movie is so entertaining I can't believe it isn't on Encore Action twice a day. Naturally, it tanked. Geena Davis plays an amnesiac cookie-baking schoolteacher who gradually pieces together--with the help of Samuel L. Jackson's opportunistic private dick--that she's actually a covert assassin being hunted by her former comrades. This script sold for another record sum: $4 million. "I lost friends over it," Black told The Onion's Nathan Rabin in 2005. "No one talked about the creative content of anything I did any more."
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Thursday, June 6, 2013
An email to Mount Pleasant Town Council members from Mount Pleasant Police Chief Carl Ritchie indicates that at 12:22 a.m. Thursday morning an individual was making a deposit at Bank of America ATM on the Isle Of Palms Connector. He was approached by an armed subject who robbed him of $671.
Mount Pleasant officers responded to the area and began patrolling for the suspect, according to a news release by Maj. Stan Gragg Thursday afternoon. Within 10 minutes an officer came upon two suspects matching the description near Rifle Range Road and Long Grove. He and another officer got out with the pair and began talking with them about the incident. One of the suspects fled on foot and after a brief foot chase he was apprehended.
The memo states that the suspect is a 17-year-old boy who lives in the general area. In his possession was a stolen gun and $671 in cash. They were later recovered by deputies. He has been charged with two counts of armed robbery, unlawful possession of a pistol and possession of a stolen pistol.
A bond hearing was set for Thursday.
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