Jeff Band Goes to Semistate

The Jefferson High School Marching Band, anchored by its stellar clarinet section led my Michael and Tyler Eddy, will participate in the Class A semistate competition on Saturday.  The top ten bands from semistate will compete in the state finals on October 29 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.  Read the Journal and Courier story here.  Good luck, guys.

Paul's 3 Pigs Play Reviewed by NY Times

The New York Times review of the Atlantic Theater's production of The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs says the play is "one of the best children’s shows of the year." And the Times says, "The cast, directed by Anya Saffir, is excellent." Presumably including our own Paul Eddy. You can read the times review here.

Here's a glowing review of the play from a site for moms, and this one has pictures, including the one on the left with Paul. And here's the note from offoffbroadway.com, which includes a mention of Paul as a cast member. A similar note appears in the New York Theater Guide.com; see it here.

Van Morrison Enters the Scientific Lexicon

While reviewing Sarah's CV I ran across this:

Lecture. Sarah Eddy. 2011. It’s a marvelous night for a foot-dance: visual cues and Plethodon courtship. Animal Behaviour Society, Bloomington, IN

When was the last time a scientific presentation referenced a Van Morrison song?  Was this girl raised up right, or what?

Sarah Presents Workshop at National Conference

On Friday Sarah and another grad student will be presenting the workshop described below at the annual meeting of the National Association of Biology Teachers in Anaheim. It appears to be a large conference.

Speciation via Sexual Selection: A Discovery Based Activity
Grand J • Hands-on Workshop • Evolution • HS 4C

Role-play speciation! Students explore how sexual selection can split one species into two or more new species using dice and dress-up. Lesson plans provided.

Sarah Eddy & Kailtin Bonner, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

 The exclamation point is quite elegant.

Max's Essay on Steve Jobs

Max has published a thoughtful essay on Steve Jobs, who died this week, on the Geekosystems website.  In it, Max tries to analyze the nature of Jobs' hold on our imaginations. Unlike most of the tributes to Jobs, this one doesn't simply memorialize the great man.  Worth reading.  You can read it here. 

Miles and Julia in Rent

Below is the cast photo of the Roeper production of Rent, which Miles and Julia both both participated in.  Anybody got any video?

Caleb's Team Wins JV Cup

Yesterday Caleb's Harrison High junior varsity soccer team won four games in a single day to win the local Junior Varsity Cup. Of particular pride was the fact that the Raider defense did not yield a single goal to any of its opponents, and Caleb anchors that defense. Four shutouts in one day. Caleb and teammates are shown here with their championship medals. Great job, guys!