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BEST OF 2002-2003

NEWS

Students unite with one voice of hope

Photogallery of flags and candles remembering September 11,2001 victims

Jewish students walk for Israel

IMPRESSIONS

A patriotic war is just to protect people (1)

Americans face their toughest challenge

Proud beyond words to be an American

War is necessary for justice

Not all Middle Easterner's are suspect

Failure ought to be the stepping stone to success

Students vote matters

A lot of good Lott's apology did!

It is a matter of principle and ethics

EXPRESSIONS

Red, White, & Blue

Constitution supports God and patriotism

One Numb-er

He sees you all the time

Vote for the perfect candidate 24-7!

What if Jesus talked football?

Gospel revealed through semantics and word play

Only the right antidote can protect your life

God's love is alphabetically revealed in random languages

HOTPRESSIONS

Homosexuality examined in light of Scripture and Science

No choice is not an excuse to do wrong!

Consequences do not imply hate!

Casual sex cheapens a person

PHOTOGALLERY

Photogallery of students enjoying Thanksgiving feast at the Marketplace

Photogallery of Pitt women dominating the 1st place prizes at the Marketplace

Photogallery of men's basketball team plaing Blue-Gold Scrimmage game

Photogallery of students camping out for basketball tickets

Photogallery of homecoming extravaganza

Photo gallery of Pitt v.s. Notre Dame game highlights during the Big East opener.

Photo gallery of Pitt students being fired up for Pitt v.s Notre Dame game

Get to know your Pitt Panther being carried by Oakland Zoo fans during Pitt v.s. Notre Dame

FEATURE

What Kappa Delta means to me!

Pitt dance team dances into the hearts of Pitt fans

Freshman cheerleaders love their cheerleading experience

Pitt student experiences love of the Cross Seekers

SPECIAL FEATURE

The top 44 answers to "Camping out for basketball tickets is like...."

Top 25 reasons of 2002 given by students eating at the C-side Marketplace for the origins of the candy cane!

Top 14 reasons to ‘Why being in love is beneficial for your health…..”

Top 14 responses to "Love is...." including #1 answer in many common languages

SPORTS    

Lottery fever for basketball tickets reaches O'Hara St

Panther's blowout win over Orangemen begins tough road ahead

Newspapers across Pennsylvania cover Pittsburgh Panthers Insight Bowl victory                       

Pitt athletes and friends come together

Reddy's crazy NFL rankings after the regular season

 CONTEST

PS NCAA Tournament

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY DEC 13

News: 100 years ago
1903 -
Italo Marcioni patents the ice cream cone (New Jersey).

Source:  http://www.ThisDayThatYear.com

News:  50 years ago
1953 - KOAM TV channel 7 in Pittsburg-Joplin, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting

Source: http://www.ThisDayThatYear.com

News:  25 years ago
1978 -
Susan B Anthony dollar, 1st US coin to honor a woman, issued.

Source: http://www.ThisDayThatYear.com

News:  10 years ago
1993 - Deadline for Israeli troop withdrawal from Gaza, they don't.

Source: http://www.ThisDayThatYear.com

News:  5 years ago
1998 - Puerto Rican voters reject US statehood.

Source: http://members.xoom.virgilio.it/all42day/history/h4dec/h4dec13.html

News: 1 year ago
2002- Pope John Paul II accepts the resignation of Cardinal Bernard Law as Archbishop of Boston, after he is alleged to have covered up sexual abuse of minors by priests.

Source:  http://members.xoom.virgilio.it/all42day/history/h4dec/h4dec13.html

December 13th happenings in history!

Inventions:

1928 - Clip-on tie designed.

Source: http://www.ThisDayThatYear.com

Music:

1759 - 1st music store in America opens (Phila).

Source: http://www.ThisDayThatYear.com

News:

1742
- Willem KH Friso tests his mothers potatoes.

1918 - Woodrow Wilson, becomes 1st to make a foreign visit as president (France).

1920 - League of nations establishes Intl Court of Justice in The Hague.

1944 - Japanese kamikaze crashes into US cruiser Nashville, kills 138.

1949  - Knesset votes to transfer Israel's capital to Jerusalem.

1961 - Gideon Hausner in Jerusalem demands death penalty for Adolf Eichmann.

1966 - 1st US bombing of Hanoi.

1974
- Malta becomes a republic.

1983 -  Martha Layne Collins inaugurated as Kentucky's 1st female governor.

1988 - 3 men end 29-hr all-466-station subway ride in NYC.

1990 - President De Klerk of South Africa meets with Mandela to talk of end of apartheid.

1991 - Both Koreas sign an accord calling for reconciliation.

1993 -  Dow Jones hits record 3764.43.

1995 - US Federal Court votes that Cable companies must carry local stations.

Source: http://www.ThisDayThatYear.com

1999 - Pope John Paul II declares that human rights "have no borders.”

2000 - US Presidential candidate Vice-President Al Gore concedes the election to Texas governor George W. Bush.

Source:
http://members.xoom.virgilio.it/all42day/history/h4dec/h4dec13.html

Publications:

1843 - "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens published, 6,000 copies sold.

Source: http://www.ThisDayThatYear.com

Religion:

1835 - Birth of Phillips Brooks, American Episcopal clergyman. Though he produced ten volumes of sermons, he is better remembered today as author of the Christmas carol, "O Little Town of Bethlehem," written in 1868 for the children of his Sunday School.

1950 -
American missionary martyr Jim Elliot wrote in his journal: 'I think God is to be glorified by asking the impossible of Him.'

Source: http://www.scopesys.com/today

Compiled by Ramesh C. Reddy

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