Communication freshman Lucy Basile was amazed to discover that Veronica Roth (Weinberg ‘10), author of the internationally bestselling “Divergent” series, wrote the first book during Winter Break of her senior year at Northwestern. “That must have been such a girlboss moment,” Basile said. “Just thinking about the fact that a college student was capable of.
A Leamington business recently joined forces with a Kenilworth organisation to help people s mental health.
Archways Drum School has been able to open its doors to students once again.
To celebrate their re-opening, and to coincide with mental health awareness week earlier this month, Archways partnered up with organisation TakeHeart, which sends out crochet hearts with the message reminding people ‘you are not alone.’
(L to R) Louise Scrivener - TakeHeart founder, Ryan Field - drum teacher, Alfie Sully - Archways student, Sharon Sully – Alfie’s Mum and TakeHeart member and Nick Jones – drum teacher. Photo supplied
During the pandemic Archways Drum School embraced online video technology to enable lessons to keep going, whilst TakeHeart ran online tutorials on how to crochet hearts via social media live events.
Originally posted on Sportress | By Jason Rowan | Last updated 5/19/21
New York Mets outfielder Kevin Pillar is somehow maintaining a remarkably positive perspective in the wake of a terrifying incident earlier this week when he was hit by a pitch during a game against the Atlanta Braves.
Pillar was hit in the face by an offering from Braves pitcher Jordan Webb during Monday night’s victory. It was a grisly, disturbing scene, as the Mets outfielder was left bleeding profusely from the incident. After taking understandable time to initially recover from the devastating contact, Pillar ultimately was able to walk off the field under his own power.