Crested Butte: Real town, real tough
When spring comes ? and that'll be any day now here in Central Texas ? you'll need one last blast of cold before the furnacelike heat sets in.
That means a spring break jaunt to the mountains, a pine-powered, snow-filled reboot to get you through
MTSU enrollment up
Despite the uncertainty surrounding the future of state higher education, thousands of students returned to MTSU's campus this week following winter break.
Approximately 21,600 students were enrolled for spring semester as classes began Thursday, but
Phan brings skewering humor to Liberty High School fundraiser
There's more to Dat Phan than standup comedy. Phan uses humor to skewer assumptions about Vietnamese people. And he proves just what you can accomplish if you never give up.
Phan, whose family moved from Saigon when he was an infant, lived in poverty
Ball State volleyball kicks off historic season tonight
The Ball State men's volleyball program opens what promises to be a historic season tonight at Worthen Arena.
Ranked No. 13 in the nation, Ball State plays host to No. 3 Stanford at 7:30 p.m.
The Cardinals enter the season three wins shy of the 1,000
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A teen girl who participated in Daytona, Fla., spring-break contests involving wet T-shirts, bananas and coital positions can't file suit over photos of her antics posted on the Internet. She claimed she had been tricked into acting in a "sexually
COASTAL BUSINESS
The magazine's readers named Myrtle Beach the No. 2 overall beach destination and family destination. Orlando, Fla., again took the top spot for best family destination, while Destin, Fla., was the top vote-getter for best beach
Parents should schedule kindergarten screenings in Willard school district
Families with children in the Willard district who plan to send them to kindergarten next fall should plan on making an appointment for kindergarten screening after spring break.
Screenings for those attending Willard Central or Willard North will take
Curacao
Best Cocktail
Sample genuine Curacao liqueur (produced in Chobolobo, a 17th-century plantation house); belly up to the bar, and order drinks like the Blue Lagoon, Zombie, Bleeding Heart and Fuzzy Pirate.
Best Souvenir
If you can't bring back
Journey to the End of the World
No, we're not back in Mayo (hehe!). We made it to Ushuaia! Its literally the end of the world, the closest you can get to Antartica without actually going there.
We last left you at Villa Gesell. From there we took a bus to Puerto Madryn and took a
Open Jaw: 'There has never been a worse time to spend money on a holiday abroad'
The best of times or the worst of times to travel?
Simon Calder used to talk sense, but now he's just a mouthpiece for the travel
industry. There has never been a worse time to spend money on a holiday
abroad. The pound has tanked and you may not have
