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Reform Refereeing to Prevent Bad Calls in the NCAA Basketball Tournament

Post author:Janet Ruth Heller
Post published:August 10, 2014
Post category:Sports

I love the NCAA basketball tournaments and March Madness. I enjoy both the men’s and the women’s games. This year was especially exciting because my alma mater, the University of Wisconsin, went to the men’s Final Four. After years of watching the Badgers lose in the early rounds of the tournament, I had the privilege of cheering for my team in April!

I have one concern about the NCAA Tournament: some of the referees’ calls were clearly wrong and changed the final outcome of games. (more…)

Serena Williams and Anger Management

Post author:Janet Ruth Heller
Post published:October 17, 2011
Post category:Sports

Two years ago, when she was penalized for a foot fault, star tennis player Serena Williams completely lost her temper in a semi-final match at the U. S. Open. She screamed at the line judge and threatened to stuff a tennis ball down her throat. Williams’ tantrum continued. Eventually, the chair umpire ended the match, which Williams was losing badly to Kim Clijsters. (more…)

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I love books by British writers P. D. James, Seamus Heaney, S. T. Coleridge, Jane Austen, William Wordsworth, Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, George Eliot, W. B. Yeats;

American writers Judy Blume, Edna St. Vincent Millay, T. S. Eliot, Maxine Kumin, Jim Daniels, Mong-Lan, Robert Hayden, Langston Hughes, Naomi Shihab Nye, Alberto Ríos, Gail B. Griffin, Jerry Spinelli, Jane Yolen, Kathryn Erskine, Gary D. Schmidt, Adrienne Rich, Judith Minty, Gwendolyn Brooks, Marge Piercy, Grace Paley, Alicia Ostriker, Jaimy Gordon; South African writer Athol Fugard;

Israeli writers Chaim Nachman Bialik, Yehudah Amichai, Rachel Bluwstein, Chaim Guri, S. Y. Agnon; and Hispanic writers Sor Juana, Federico García Lorca, Ruben Darío, Antonio Machado, Jorge Guillén, Pedro Salinas, and Dámaso Alonso.

I also love Japanese haiku, especially those by Matsuo Bashō.

My writing has been influenced by many other authors, including British writers Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Jane Austen, William Wordsworth, Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, George Eliot, W. B. Yeats;

American writers Edna St. Vincent Millay, T. S. Eliot, Maxine Kumin, Adrienne Rich, Judith Minty, Gwendolyn Brooks;

Israeli writers Chaim Nachman Bialik, Yehudah Amichai, Rachel Bluwstein, Chaim Guri, S. Y. Agnon, and Hispanic writers Sor Juana, Federico Garcia Lorca, Ruben Dario, Antonio Machado, Jorge Guillen, Pedro Salinas, and Damaso Alonso.