Following two days of voting on April 14 and 18, Ryan Deasy has been named United Student Government (USG) president for the 2009-2010 school year, defeating his opponent, Joe Adams, by more than 150 votes. Sidnie Stevens was selected as Deasy's vice president after defeating Jana McLeod by less than 20 votes.
Nellie Mitchell, a 96-year-old woman, was awarded $1.5 million dollars in damages for a photograph of her that was used by The Sun in a fictionalized story. Melanie Geisler sued author Orlando Petrocelli and his publisher, Pinnacle Books Inc., for the use of her identity in his book "Match Set.
Star Trek has been a shell of its former self for a few years now. Ever since the failures of both "Star Trek Enterprise" (the show) and "Star Trek Nemesis" (the movie), the series has been in limbo. J.J. Abrams, producer and director of the new Star Trek movie, seeks to bring the legacy franchise back into relevance.
As baseball and softball seasons wind down with only a couple games remaining for each team, seniors on the teams will be playing their final games for teams they dedicated years of playing time to. "I'm going to miss being around the girls," Shaffer said.
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