Just another beautiful day on campus. This is the view from one of the plazas on the quad, in front of Cumberland Law and beside the Davis Library.
The occasion was something called News Engagement Day. Students were out interviewing passersby and giving them a current events quiz. I strolled out to give moral support and took the quiz. (I passed! No pressure in getting that result.)
.@SamfordCrimson editor @feathers_878 taking a CE quiz on #NewsEngagementDay at #SUNewsEngagement. (She crushed it.) pic.twitter.com/B2GHdOlz1W
— kenny smith (@kennysmith) October 6, 2015
.@samfordu's president, Dr. Andy Westmoreland is very informed on #NewsEngagementDay with #SUNewsEngagement. pic.twitter.com/OHScGFn6La
— kenny smith (@kennysmith) October 6, 2015
The students also produced some nice videos.
Members of the @SamfordU community discuss the value of news for #NewsEngagementDay #SUNewsEngagement https://t.co/89yHn1z1KD
— Clay Carey (@ByClayCarey) October 6, 2015
More from #NewsEngagementDay at @SamfordU, produced by @TheLocal_bham & @SamfordCrimson staffs https://t.co/2lQNWABCtg #SUNewsEngagement
— Clay Carey (@ByClayCarey) October 6, 2015
This story starts “When you’re in your 80s, rarely do you embark on a new profession.” But, really, you’re going to click this link to see the video. It is a wonderful four minutes.
This one will strike a different chord, Jason Gunter faces last shot at redemption in Ironman. Just your standard “double amputee looking to finish the race that thwarted him six years ago” story.
Every day since collapsing about four miles from the finish line Oct. 10, 2009, at the Ironman World Championship, the Fort Myers double amputee and attorney has plotted and prepared for redemption.
For the first five years, the unlikeliest of Ironmen would log onto the 140.6-mile race’s website in early April. He would survey the five winners of the triathlon’s physically-challenged lottery, of which there were 25 to 30 entrants. He would not see his name.
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Gunter, 50, said this will be his second and last attempt to conquer Kona, the world’s most famous triathlon.
(Update: Did he do it? Yes he did.)
