The state’s 61st Teacher of the Year is the first from the Eden Prairie school district to win the award, organizers said. Eden Prairie High School English teacher Linda Wallenberg, who over her 49-year career has mastered the art of helping students feel understood, is Minnesota’s 2025 Teacher of the Year. Wallenberg, who students refer to as “Wally,” has taught at the high school since 1977. At a banquet at the St. Paul RiverCentre on Sunday, she was named the 61st Minnesota Teacher of the Year. She is the first teacher from the Eden Prairie school district to win the award. “I believe the classroom is hope, and we cannot surrender hope,” said Wallenberg, who considers herself an eternal optimist, after the ceremony. “If the classroom is the place where we have the ability to build bridges, to give our children what they need to succeed, then we have a bright future.” A Chicago native, Wallenberg studied in Sweden before going on to graduate from Gustavus Adolphus College in 1975. She earned a degree in English and Scandinavian studies, becoming the first certified Swedish teacher in Minnesota, according to Teacher of the Year organizers. She taught eighth grade English at Faribault Junior High for more than a year before joining Eden Prairie High School, where she has taught English and Swedish. She also has served as a gymnastics coach and has authored two books on the sport. Wallenberg has a master’s degree in English education from the University of Minnesota. She has been named Eden Prairie Teacher of the Year three times and also was a finalist for Minnesota Teacher of the Year in 2005. Wallenberg said she often pulls from her experience coaching gymnastics to offer students advice on resilience. “I became a teacher because I am fiercely curious, and I love to learn. And I believe our students love to learn, too,” Wallenberg said. She said she works every day to show students that “they belong here. That there’s a seat for them in the classroom. That there’s the ability within that classroom to open their eyes up to the world. That has made a huge difference.” Eden Prairie High School senior Sedona Lashkowitz nominated Wallenberg for the award. She said Wallenberg took extra care to help guide her through her freshman year. “She made me feel so seen and heard,” Lashkowitz said. “She’s had so many students, but she just interacts one-on-one with each student and seems to remember the finest little details about every single person. It just shows she cares about every single person.” After nearly five decades as an educator, Wallenberg said she remains committed to teaching, empowering students and bringing English curriculum and literature to life. “My students might say it’s all about advocating for the Oxford comma,” Wallenberg said with a laugh. “But I’d say the thing that really made me land on English was stories. Our most precious ability to know each other is to share our stories.” Wallenberg has taught generations of students who since have become professional athletes and writers, as well as many educators, some of whom were Minnesota Teacher of the Year finalists. She was selected as this year’s winner out of a pool of dozens of nominees, which was narrowed down to 12 finalists. The Teacher of the Year represents the state’s thousands of educators by speaking to education organizations, legislators and other community groups throughout the year. Sarah Ritter covers the north metro for the Minnesota Star Tribune. News & Politics Minnesota’s kindergartners have been below the recommended 95% threshold for years and more parents are getting exemptions for the MMR vaccine Where are children most vulnerable to infectious spread Hennepin County is highlighting salvage businesses in May to encourage residents to reuse construction materials and limit what gets sent to landfills Conservative board members had questioned the content of the books and curricula prompting criticism from the teachers union An Eden Prairie woman has been charged with misdemeanor assault and disorderly conduct after allegedly striking and shoving her neighbor during a property line dispute was charged April 30 in Hennepin County District Court with two counts of fifth-degree assault and one count of disorderly conduct The charges stem from a series of alleged confrontations in mid-April near homes in the 16000 block of Berger Drive the woman approached her neighbor on April 16 while the neighbor was gardening and told her to leave what she claimed was her property She then allegedly struck the woman in the upper arm with a garbage bag full of trash and pushed her The neighbor reported experiencing spinal pain and told police she may require treatment the neighbor told police the woman “rammed” into her The woman told officers she confronted the neighbor over spray-painted markings near the disputed property line but denied striking her She said she placed the garbage bag in the flower bed and was then accused of assault A summons has been issued for the woman to appear for arraignment on May 28 before Judge Jamie L Anderson at the Hennepin County District Court’s Ridgedale location in Minnetonka Each misdemeanor charge carries a maximum penalty of 90 days in jail and a $1,000 fine A dump truck driver charged in a crash that killed four men and seriously injured two more near the end of April in Eden has been terminated Michael Ray Vernon and Public Works Operations Superintendent Elmer “Dusty” Curry were terminated on Friday State Highway Patrol said Vernon, 66, was traveling north on Carol Street in a City of Eden dump truck on April 24 when he failed to stop at a stop sign at the intersection of Carol Street and Church Street Troopers said Vernon hit six pedestrians at the intersection Evans and Lockwood died from their injuries and Hunter Carter and Alexander suffered serious injuries Duke Energy said the men were contracted with the company to perform work Vernon suffered minor injuries in the crash and troopers charged him with a stop sign violation and misdemeanor death by motor vehicle adding that impairment was not a factor in the crash and their investigation was ongoing The city said the decision was made under the investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and other organizations The city said they had no further comments and directed all other questions to the NTSB as it may include unsustainable distributions and Return of Capital.Behavioral finance 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results No recommendation or advice is being given as to whether any investment is suitable for a particular investor Any views or opinions expressed above may not reflect those of Seeking Alpha as a whole Seeking Alpha is not a licensed securities dealer broker or US investment adviser or investment bank Our analysts are third party authors that include both professional investors and individual investors who may not be licensed or certified by any institute or regulatory body An Eden Prairie woman is facing charges after allegedly striking an ambulance with her vehicle and refusing a chemical test following her arrest last month is charged in Hennepin County District Court with second-degree driving while impaired (test refusal) Eden Prairie police were dispatched at about 10:45 p.m April 17 to a hit-and-run report near the 6200 block of St a residential street on the northeastern edge of Eden Prairie just south of the Minnetonka border near Baker Road and across from Life Time Crosstown Paramedics said a dark-colored Volkswagen hatchback collided with their ambulance on the driver’s side and continued west without stopping Officers traced the license plate to Tangen’s nearby residence slurred speech and a warm hood on the vehicle Officers also noted fresh damage to the front passenger side Tangen denied driving the vehicle and refused to perform field sobriety tests A neighbor later told officers Tangen had arrived home just minutes earlier and had been driving Tangen refused to submit to a breath test at the Eden Prairie Police Department Court records show Tangen has two prior DWI convictions She was booked into Hennepin County Jail early April 18 and released later that evening on $12,000 conditional bail Her first court appearance is scheduled for May 7 at the Ridgedale courthouse in Minnetonka a longtime English teacher at Eden Prairie High School has been named the 2025 Minnesota Teacher of the Year Wallenberg – known to generations of students simply as “Wally” – is in her 49th year of teaching She is the first educator from Eden Prairie Schools to receive the state’s top teaching honor during a ceremony organized by Education Minnesota An independent selection committee made up of leaders in education business and government chooses the award recipient from a group of nominees who opt in to the process Wallenberg is the 61st teacher to receive the recognition since the award’s inception “Teaching is about the journey – the opportunity every fall and every single day to begin anew to guide students along their own journeys not just scholars,” Wallenberg said in a statement released by Education Minnesota an awakening of sorts – creating a sacred space where students can feel seen and trust their own authentic voices to take them out to the world.” teaching eighth-grade English in Faribault She joined Eden Prairie High School in 1977 and has remained ever since she also taught Swedish and coached the high school gymnastics team to a 150-7 record and two national titles She was twice named National Gymnastics Coach of the Year and was inducted into the Minnesota Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2005 She earned a degree in English and Scandinavian studies from Gustavus Adolphus College in 1975 after studying abroad at Uppsala University in Sweden Wallenberg later became the first certified Swedish teacher in Minnesota and earned a master’s in English education from the University of Minnesota and for 42 summers has served as a teacher and director at Concordia College’s Swedish Language Village Wallenberg received the Royal Order of the Polar Star from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden for her work in Swedish language education She is also the author of two books: “Fundamental Gymnastics” and “Play-By-Play Gymnastics.” Many of her former students have gone on to be professional writers at least three Minnesota Teacher of the Year finalists have cited Wallenberg as their inspiration “Before meeting ‘Wally,’ I did not understand what true unbridled devotion looked like,” wrote 2024 Eden Prairie graduate Sophia Yoerks in a recommendation letter included with Wallenberg’s nomination “Not only does she teach impactful and informative material but she also finds countless ways to connect both herself and her students with it Even though I have known her for almost five years As noted in a December 2023 Eden Prairie Local News profile Wallenberg’s “AP Lit” course is often dubbed “AP Life” by students for its blend of literary analysis and life lessons She is known for coordinating her wardrobe with literary works for weaving student perspectives into her heavily annotated copy of “Hamlet,” and for creating what fellow teacher Sara Stein called “a sacred space” for students to find their voice indefatigable and full of love and curiosity for and about her students and the world,” Stein said in the 2023 article Wallenberg has been named Eden Prairie Teacher of the Year three times She was previously a finalist for the Minnesota Teacher of the Year honor in 2005 Wallenberg said her proudest accomplishment is the number of students she’s inspired to go into education “We have so many opportunities here to do this thing together link arm in arm,” she said in the 2023 story The Minnesota Teacher of the Year program is organized and underwritten by Education Minnesota Tradition Mortgage and Expedition Credit Union A Minneapolis man has been charged with felony third-degree burglary after Eden Prairie police say he was caught removing copper materials from a commercial building in the early morning hours of April 22 outside a building in the 6100 block of Blue Circle Drive According to a criminal complaint filed in Hennepin County District Court officers responding to reports of copper theft found Dahl placing copper-related materials into the back of a Toyota Dahl allegedly admitted to removing the copper but claimed he had overnight permission from a man named “Jamie,” a claim officers could not corroborate Contractors at the site told police that no one had been given permission to remove materials Dahl was charged April 23 with third-degree burglary a felony under Minnesota law punishable by up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine He was released from custody on April 24 after posting $20,000 bail under conditions that include electronic home monitoring and completion of a chemical dependency evaluation Court records show Dahl is scheduled to appear for an omnibus hearing on June 11 before Judge Kristen Marttila in Hennepin County District Court PAYNESVILLE TOWNSHIP (WJON News) -- An Eden Valley man was hurt in a tree-trimming accident Sunday in the 26000 block of Stearns County Road 34 in Paynesville Township The Stearns County Sheriff's Office responded to the scene where 62-year-old Daniel Ruprecht was cutting a large branch from a tree The branch measured 20 feet long and was approximately 10 inches in diameter The sheriff's office says when the branch came down Family members at the scene rendered first aid until first responders arrived to take Ruprecht to the hospital An Eden Valley man was hurt in a tree-trimming accident Sunday.\nRead More PAYNESVILLE TOWNSHIP (WJON News) -- An Eden Valley man was hurt in a tree-trimming accident Sunday \"Stranger Things\" creators Matt and Ross Duffer got a rude awakening during Season 4 when the popular sci-fi Netflix series' legion of fans took to social media to air their grievances about a major plot hole Early on, the series establishes Will Byers' birthday as March 22, but in Season 4, a time stamp shows the date as March 22 while Will and his friends are on a roller-skating trip, with no mention of his birthday. Did his friends forget? Nope, but the writers and creators did. The Duffer Brothers plan to retcon it by changing the Season 2 episode in which Will's mom \"We're thinking his new birthday … is going to be May 22nd because 'May' can fit in Winona's mouth,\" Matt told Variety This actor grew up in a family of entertainers: Born in the U.K. he lived in Portugal and the United States as a kid before landing his first film role at 13 years old Sign in Join now, it's FREE! EDEN MILLS – A rural long-term care facility has officially been given the go-ahead to operate as a retirement home.  Approved at a Guelph/Eramosa council meeting Monday afternoon, a staff report said the zoning amendment will allow the long-term care home to operate as a retirement home to address the "growing demand" for senior housing within the township and Wellington County Operating at 5016 Wellington Rd. 29 for over 50 years, the existing facility is 35,000 square feet with 56 bedroom units and 72 surface parking spots.  At a public meeting in March Pierre Chauvin, clarified that they don't intend to construct any new units and will convert some existing units into retirement units A previous report confirmed that 21 bedrooms are already operating as a retirement home.  While Chauvin previously confirmed there will be no shared accommodations the report says that if the entire facility were used as a retirement home there would be 28 rooms with single occupancy and 27 rooms with double occupancy for a maximum of 82 people living within the facility.  The development intends to use the existing well and septic system; any usage increase will require a new environmental compliance approval.  Isabel Buckmaster is the Local Journalism Initiative reporter for GuelphToday The morning started with clouds and drizzle but by the time the sausage was sizzling and the pancake griddles were humming the sun had found its way to True Friends Camp Eden Wood in Eden Prairie The Eden Prairie Lions Club’s annual Pancake Breakfast drew 576 guests on Sunday April 27 – a hearty turnout for a community tradition that’s been feeding families and raising funds since the 1980s “We didn’t run out of anything,” said event chair and Lions Club member Barbara Hanson now in her third year leading the breakfast I even got compliments on the pancakes and sausage.” when tables filled and latecomers scanned the room for open seats cheerful Lions – kept the lines moving and the coffee flowing The menu included pancakes and syrup donated by the Original Pancake House and kid-friendly toppings like whipped cream and chocolate chips. “People really love the sausage,” Hanson said Held each spring at the camp’s dining hall on Indian Chief Road the all-you-can-eat fundraiser supports a wide range of causes the Eden Prairie Lions Club donated more than $207,000 to local nonprofits and city services – including $50,000 to True Friends Camp Eden Wood and funding for public safety equipment like CPR mannequins and police drone technology All proceeds from the breakfast go back to the community With Schooner Days just weeks away – set for May 30 to June 1 at Round Lake Park – the Pancake Breakfast kicks off a busy season for the Eden Prairie Lions Club and it’s for a good cause,” Hanson said ahead of this year’s breakfast “It’s one of those events that brings people together – and that’s what we’re here for.” Erik Medina, a chemistry major from Miami, has been named the Princeton Class of 2025 valedictorian. Rosie Eden, a classics major from Scottsdale The Princeton faculty accepted the nominations of the Faculty Committee on Examinations and Standing at its April 28 meeting Commencement for the Class of 2025 will take place at Princeton Stadium on Tuesday Medina and Eden are expected to deliver remarks at the ceremony Medina said he is passionate about his research into upcycling unrecyclable plastics sharing science with others and the power of chemistry to improve people’s lives When, during his junior year, he saw Erin Stache assistant professor of chemistry, present her plastic upcycling research at a symposium he knew he’d found the perfect application for the organic chemistry he loved hadn’t planned to bring undergraduates into her lab yet real world applications and a personal connection with the professor was fantastic,” Medina said “That’s our flagship journal,” Stache said “We target JACS for every paper we want to publish For an undergraduate to get a co-first-author paper after less than a year of research — that just doesn’t happen.” having completed — and published — his thesis research Medina could be forgiven for taking it easy Stache said that Medina has developed a new research direction for her lab which will be continued by a postdoctoral researcher Medina is deeply engaged in language and culture studies he is not only bilingual in Spanish and English but also conversational in French and Mandarin Chinese and he took additional classes at Princeton in American Sign Language and Near Eastern studies the language classes were definitely the most impactful courses,” Medina said Medina’s professors describe his work as consistently exceptional “There wasn’t anything that he didn’t excel at,” said Michael Kelly who has taught chemistry at Princeton for 17 years “He was a student with me in three separate courses which spans the breadth of chemistry — from biology to quantum physics — and I’ve never had one student be the best at all of them before.” “He has a gift for presenting concepts to students in a way that they can easily grasp,” said Erik Sorensen Princeton’s Arthur Allan Patchett Professor in Organic Chemistry “He inspires his students as he teaches them We did not teach Erik to be this way; these traits and abilities are intrinsic to him.” program in organic chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison but first he will take a year to teach at Ransom Everglades School the high school where he played three varsity sports and graduated as valedictorian Medina is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society and has earned Princeton’s Shapiro Prize for Academic Excellence and the William Foster Memorial Prize in Chemistry the highest departmental honor given to a junior He also received a 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Honorable Mention from the National Science Foundation “I don’t think even his classmates realize how talented he is,” Kelly said willing to talk to everybody and very personable personable people to be doctors and teachers but a guy like Erik can figure out things about the world and how science works that other people have not yet discovered A lot of people say they aspire to change the world Eden, who is also pursuing minors in philosophy and humanistic studies, said she fell in love with classics after taking the interdisciplinary Humanities Sequence her first year at Princeton She is now a Humanities Sequence peer mentor helping to guide and build community among students in the yearlong class “I truly enjoyed reading and discussing ancient texts in the course and wanted to have the ability to read them in their original language which motivated my decision to study ancient Greek,” Eden said “I also felt so welcomed by the Classics faculty and community!” Eden said being selected as the salutatorian is a tremendous honor and she feels “immensely privileged to be able to address the class at Commencement.” After graduation, Eden plans to attend law school and hopes to one day become a judge. She said her interest in the law is closely tied to her experiences studying classics. The summer after her sophomore year, she interned for two judges at the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida in Miami through the Princeton Internships in Civic Service (PICS) program “In composing my first legal memorandum for one of my judges I began to notice parallels between the processes of translating classical texts and interpreting legal documents,” Eden said “Both fields demand a delicate balance in interpretation extracting core principles from complex texts This is the work I have always loved to do in studying classics and it is the kind of work I hope to continue in the legal profession.” Eden has focused her scholarship and research in classical philosophy — an interest sparked while taking the summer seminar “Plato in Paris” taught by Professor of Philosophy Benjamin Morison The class is held at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris and explores Plato’s “The Republic.” Students expand their understanding of the ancient work during cultural excursions throughout France Plato argues that literature as we know it should be banned from an ideal society Already back then Rosie was not satisfied with Plato’s argument,” said Morison “Rosie returned to the argument in her senior thesis and unearthing aspects of the argument that I had never seen before — and I thought I knew ‘The Republic’ well There is no better moment for a teacher than when your pupil starts teaching you new things.” Eden’s senior thesis evaluates Socrates’ use of the painter-poet analogy in his critique of imitation in Book X of “The Republic.” The project dovetails with her junior independent work which examined Socrates’ incorporation of Homeric quotations in “The Republic” and how the use of Homeric poetry fits within the text’s philosophical framework She also wrote a second junior paper that analyzed conflicting portrayals of Helen of Troy in Homeric epic and ancient scholarship In addition to her independent projects, Eden participated in a fall 2022 Humanities Sequence trip to Greece to conduct research on the Parthenon Marbles, and she later presented her findings during a Princeton Humanities Council program. She spent last summer in Greece writing for Athens Voice through Princeton’s International Internship Program Professor of Classics Johannes Haubold said he is continually impressed with Eden calling her a “talented and determined” student who immerses herself in her studies “She always works extremely hard and will not let go of a subject until she has fully mastered it,” he said Haubold said he “distinctly remembers” Eden’s final exam in his intermediate Greek class focused on Book VI of Homer’s “Odyssey.” “It was a truly wonderful performance and among the very best that I have seen in Princeton at this level,” he wrote in a letter of recommendation Eden is a member of the Behrman Undergraduate Society of Fellows treasurer of the Princeton Classics Club and a member of the Princeton Pre-Law Society She is also the director of outreach and communications for the Princeton Cycling Club which she has helped grow over the last four years there were only two of us traveling to the collegiate races every weekend the club has seen so much growth and has fostered some of my most cherished friendships at Princeton,” she said I had the opportunity to host nine of us from the cycling team in my hometown for our winter training camp This was one of my most meaningful experiences and I will miss this community immensely after I graduate.” She is a student blogger for the undergraduate Office of Admission and was a satire writer for the Daily Princetonian She spent three years as a member of the student crew for Princeton Reunions “I love listening to some of our oldest alumni recount their memories from their years as undergraduates,” she said “It is so bittersweet to be graduating from Princeton and I know I will miss this place so much." By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Private Policy and Terms of Use Brooke Eden at the 36th Annual GLAAD Media Awards held at The Beverly Hilton on March 27 The "Giddy Up!" singer is touring America to create LGBTQ-inclusive spaces — and she shares some moves with Out readers Brooke Eden wants you to "Giddy Up!" Through her new Pride anthem of the same name, released Friday, the queer country star is teaching LGBTQ+ folks how to line-dance in order to create more inclusive spaces — in music and the real world "Line dancing has always been a place of belonging for me," Eden says "I grew up performing in my dad's line dancing band and the community and joy of those nights inspired my new single I wanted to create a song that brought the queer and the line dancing communities together no matter who you are or where you’re from Eden created a short line-dancing tutorial for Out readers She's also teaching these moves across the country as part of her Giddy Up where she personally teaches the "fun and accessible routine" to fans of all skill levels she'll also perform her new singles "Giddy Up!" and "Rainbow Rodeo," as well as her 2023 Pride anthem "Outlaw Love." Watch Eden's line-dancing tutorial below. And find out more about her performances and music at brookeeden.com Daniel Reynolds is the editor-in-chief of Out and an award-winning journalist who focuses on the intersection between entertainment and politics This Jersey boy has now lived in Los Angeles for more than a decade 49ers PREP visited Heritage High School to spotlight student athlete Eden Enoru and how she is shaping the future of sports and leadership hosted a week-long football camp at Independence High School in San Jose designed for boys and girls ages 7-12 to develop and enhance their flag football skills hosted its annual Nike 11-On at Berean Christian High School in Walnut Creek where nine teams battled in a competitive 7-on-7 passing tournament and position-specific challenges hosted a high school takeover at the Aptos vs the 49ers Flag Football nominee for the Hispanic Heritage Youth Award executed their second High School Takeover at the Liberty vs Pittsburg High School Football game The takeover featured guest appearances from 49ers alumnus Dennis Brown and 49ers mascot Sourdough 49ers PREP hosted mentoring and team-building activities with over 50 high school tackle and girls flag football players 49ers rookies engaged with local high school tackle and flag football players for the 49ers Foundation's annual Mentorship Academy hosted a one-day Girls' Flag Football Skills Camp at Everett Alvarez High School for middle and high school athletes hosted a one-day Girls Flag Football Skills Camp at the Morgan Hill Sports Complex for athletes ages 9-17 Bank hosted over 150 female student-athletes for a practice at Levi's® Stadium during the team's third-annual Girls Flag Football Skills Camp Rising 8th-12th graders spent the day at Levi's® Stadium to learn from 49ers alumni coaches and current players for the fifth-annual 49ers PREP presented by U.S The 49ers partnered with the Honor Group to host the 2023 NorCal Honor Bowl Pittsburg high school football game featuring Sourdough Sam and 49ers alumnus Dana McLemore Bank teamed up with Nike to host the 11-On tournament with 10 local high schools in attendance Bank teamed up with Nike to host the second-annual Girls Flag Football Skills Camp powered by Gatorade led by the first-female NFL coach The 49ers partnered with the Honor Group to host the 2022 NorCal Honor Bowl featuring matchups between Silverton (OR) vs Bank teamed up with Nike to host the first-ever Girls Flag Football Jamboree led by the first-female NFL coach Bank teamed up with Nike to host the 11-On tournament with eight local high schools in attendance Bank teamed up with the Alameda County Deputy Sheriff's League and SF Police Activities League to host a flag football tournament with 49ers WRs Tay Martin and Taysir Mack and alumnus Dennis Brown on hand to coach and motivate the athletes Bank and the rookie class hosted 40 kids from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Silicon Valley at the SAP Performance Facility for a football skills and drills clinic Bank and BAWSI gave 45 female high school athletes the opportunity to meet and learn from the women of the 49ers front office during the T.H.I.N.K Conference presented by Fuel Up to Play 60 Bank and Sourdough Sam for a fun 30-minute virtual workout you can do from home featuring a \"This or That\" interactive game Rising 8th-12th graders spent the day at Levi's® Stadium learning from 49ers alumni coaches and current players for the 49ers PREP presented by U.S Fresh Lifelines for Youth and 49ers players led a session focusing on frustration management anger management and triggers to make a virtual impact on the residents of the Santa Clara County James Youth Ranch 49ers PREP partnered with Pro-Com Athletic League and Empowering Our Community for Success to bring free co-ed flag football to youth previously or at-risk for incarceration Bank and Sourdough Sam for a fun 30-minute virtual workout you can do from home featuring a "This or That" interactive game Get our award-winning print editions of The Daily Pennsylvanian delivered to your doorstep every week The Daily Pennsylvanian is a student-run nonprofit Please support us by disabling your ad blocker on our site When experience meets the exit door Teach votes, not just vectors The Daily Pennsylvanian is an independent, student-run newspaper. Please consider making a donation to support the coverage that shapes the University Your generosity ensures a future of strong journalism at Penn Get the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app. Learn More — Four people died and two were seriously injured Thursday afternoon when a man operating a city dump truck ran a stop sign and struck Carolina Power and Signalization workers in Eden of Eden, failed to stop on Carroll Street at the intersection with Church Street and Park Road and hit the workers according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol Vernon also hit a bucket truck before stopping in a ditch suffered life-threatening injuries and were airlifted to Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem and Carter was stable as of Thursday night was transported to UNC Health Rockingham with injuries that were not life-threatening Vernon suffered minor injuries and was transported to a hospital The Carolina Power and Signalization workers were doing contract work for Duke Energy "We are saddened about the tragic event that happened today and our hearts go out to the families and teammates of those involved contractors and customers is the highest priority at Duke Energy," Duke said in a news release Vernon was charged with a stop sign violation and misdemeanor death by motor vehicle a small roadside memorial with a Bible verse has been planted and another pays tribute to the workers killed with an American flag draped over it The National Transportation Safety Board said Friday that it is opening an investigation as well.  CORRECTION: The North Carolina State Highway Patrol originally said Madison Carter was 42 years old This story has been updated to say Carter was 32 This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Multiple people are dead Thursday from a crash in Rockingham County they discovered a City of Eden vehicle was involved State Highway Patrol said Michael Ray Vernon was traveling north on Carol Street in a City of Eden dump truck when he failed to stop at a stop sign at the intersection of Carol Street and Church Street Vernon then stuck six pedestrians at the intersection hit an occupied bucket truck and then traveled off the road before colliding with a ditch while Hunter Carter is in the hospital with serious injuries Troopers said Alexander's condition is "stable." Vernon suffered minor injuries in the crash Duke Energy confirmed the accident involved contractors with the company "We are saddened about the tragic event that happened today and our hearts go out to the families and teammates of those involved," The spokesperson said in a statement to WRAL News contractors and customers is the highest priority at Duke Energy We are working closely with law enforcement officials." State Highway Patrol said impairment was not a factor in the crash Troopers charged Vernon with a stop sign violation and misdemeanor death by motor vehicle Brooke Eden announces that her new track, “Giddy Up!,” is out now The upbeat anthem is her most authentic and unapologetic to date celebrating her country roots while embracing the joy and freedom of the dance floor “Giddy Up!,” is Eden at her most fearless and fun From two-stepping at her hometown bar to performing alongside the biggest names in music Brooke’s newest release marks a thrilling new era – one where authenticity takes center stage and everyone’s invited to the party “Line dancing has always been a place of belonging for me,” says Eden “I grew up performing in my dad’s line dancing band and the community and joy of those nights inspired my new song a series of line dancing events taking place at venues across the country fans are invited to hit the dance floor with Brooke herself as she teaches the official “Giddy Up!” line dance which is a fun and accessible routine designed for dancers of all levels she’ll perform the fan favorite 2023 track “Outlaw Love” and her new track “Rainbow Rodeo,” which is also available now Copyright © 2013-2025 The Music Universe. 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Cookie Preferences×Manage your cookie preferences below: Essential cookies enable basic functions and are necessary for the proper function of the website Statistics cookies collect information anonymously This information helps us understand how visitors use our website Marketing cookies are used to follow visitors to websites The intention is to show ads that are relevant and engaging to the individual user “We haven’t had the 14 hours a day to dedicate to this restaurant like we used to for years now,” the owners wrote Owner Maximillian Petty was just 25 when Eden Hill opened he was a semifinalist in the James Beard Award “Rising Star Chef of the Year” category three years running from 2016 to 2018 “It was a couple of punches,” is how Petty puts it People weren’t going out as often or spending as much on wine when they did It was getting harder to keep a full-service If part of the reason for the closure is the tightening nature of restaurant economics part of the reason is that Petty has changed He’s more focused on his family than he was back in his restaurant wunderkind days they were “impulsive mid-20-somethings deluded with a sense of invincibility.” That invulnerability has worn off with time “The food that made us popular — intricate and creative dishes with an ungodly amount of steps and Max’s pure creativity — was unsustainable The rapid changing restaurant economics was once a fun puzzle and now simmers resentment that bleeds into our hospitality It’s hard to feel generous when we’re feeling so strapped.” There are still five more months to go to Eden Hill for the pig’s head candy bar On Monday, the University named Erik Medina ’25 as valedictorian and Rosie Eden ’25 as salutatorian of the Class of 2025 The Daily Princetonian interviewed Medina and Eden on the achievement and learned more about  their Princeton experience.  Though Medina and Eden were informed that they were in the running about a week and a half in advance Medina was still shocked when Dean Michael Gordin told him the news “Obviously I’ve worked very hard throughout the years and it’s something that I would have liked to have entertained as a possibility,” Medina said in an interview with the ‘Prince,’ “but … I definitely was not expecting it at all.”  said her reaction to being selected as salutatorian was similar [There was] just a lot of shock … I immediately called my mom and I think we were both just in disbelief like crying on the phone,” she told the ‘Prince.’ “Burning Rubber Duckies with Flashlights: Applications of Photothermal Conversion to PVC Chemical Upcycling,” was co-authored with graduate student Hanning Jiang and published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS) The paper successfully identified a new method of transforming post-consumer products — from Styrofoam to rubber duckies — into useful chemicals without creating dangerous byproducts his interest in the physical sciences began at a young age I always wanted to be a particle physicist but then I discovered I was not quite good enough at math to do that,” he told the ‘Prince.’ “As I grew up I really ended up falling in love with chemistry just because I think it strikes a nice balance between physics [and] biology … you get to cover a lot of different ground.” Medina said that the friendships and connections he forged within the Chemistry department were a high point of his time at Princeton “The other chemistry undergrads are wonderful [and] I have nothing but amazing things to say about all of them,” he said He also noted his research advisor Erin Stache and Organic Chemistry lecturer Erik Sorensen as figures who all played integral roles in his experience within the Chemistry department.  it was taking the Western Humanities (HUM) Sequence in her first year that solidified her decision to pursue Classics as her major “It was reading [Greek and Latin] texts in the HUM sequence that gave me the strong desire to be able to read these texts in their original language,” she said The salutatorian address at graduation is traditionally given in Latin a summer study-abroad program led by philosophy professor Benjamin Morison these experiences also informed her decision to minor in Philosophy and inspired increasing interest in classical philosophy and literature Medina felt that keeping a healthy work-life balance during his time at Princeton had its difficult moments “I think that if I were to go back in time and do it all over again Eden said that a combination of love for her work and a concerted effort to carve out time for her extracurricular activities prevented her from becoming overly concerned with work “I think what really helps it come together for me is that I’m doing the classes and the extracurriculars that I’m passionate about.” When asked about what advice she would give to the next class of Princeton first years Eden recommended that they “take advantage of all of the wonderful opportunities that Princeton can give you That is something I think I started to learn as I went through my time here … Being able to go to Greece multiple times those kinds of opportunities are so so special Medina said that he would tell the Class of 2029 to “take one step in front of the other and make sure that you enjoy the time as you go.” “Enjoy going to lecture with your friends at as awful as it’ll be … Enjoy going to practice with your teammates enjoy doing all those sort of little mundane things I definitely wish I would have done more of that in retrospect because it goes by so fast and time just speeds up,” Medina said.  Leela Hensler is a staff News writer and Sports contributor for the ‘Prince’ from Berkeley Please send any corrections to corrections[at]dailyprincetonian.com By RICHARD EDEN FOR THE DAILY MAIL When the Duke and Duchess of Sussex abandoned royal duties for the US in 2020 the late Queen Elizabeth was keen to emphasise they would ‘always be much-loved members of my family’ In a personal statement issued by Buckingham Palace that January the Queen seemed to accept Harry and Meghan’s explanation that they wanted to leave Britain because they were desperate for more privacy ‘I recognise the challenges they have experienced as a result of intense scrutiny over the last two years and support their wish for a more independent life,’ Her Majesty said Heaven knows what she would have made of the couple’s publicity-seeking in the five years since – including Meghan’s latest promotional video for her lifestyle brand Insiders have previously told me that the Queen was gravely concerned about the Sussexes’ plans to make money. She knew all too well from previous experience – such as with Edward and Sophie’s commercial projects 25 years ago – of the scandals that can lurk for royals trying to earn money Heaven knows what the Queen would have made of the couple’s publicity-seeking in the past five years Lilibet (pictured in an image posted on social media by Meghan) featured in the Duchess's latest promotional video for her lifestyle brand That is why she made her grandson and his American wife agree not to use their HRH titles in their commercial ventures below the Queen’s 2020 statement was another ‘from Buckingham Palace’ which read: ‘The Sussexes have made clear that everything they do will continue to uphold the values of Her Majesty The Sussexes will not use their HRH titles as they are no longer working members of the Royal Family.’ we have seen evidence that appears to show the couple have broken this agreement with the late Queen cosmetics entrepreneur and podcast host Jamie Kern Lima uploaded an interview with the duchess to her YouTube channel she included an image of a gift basket Meghan had given her containing the duchess’s homemade jam flowers and a card reading: ‘With the compliments of HRH While her representatives have denied she is continuing to use the title for commercial purposes it is not the first time the duchess has publicised it in recent weeks we have seen evidence that appears to show the couple have broken their agreement with the late Queen A gift basket containing some of Meghan's produce came with a card reading: ‘With the compliments of HRH The Queen was initially delighted at the speed with which Meghan became a member of the Royal Family but her departure caused a deep rift she posted a message she’d received on her Instagram account it seemed a deliberately provocative act to publish the message which had been sent by a Ukrainian government minister And my sources question whether provocation could be the aim ‘Harry and Meghan are like rebellious teenagers,’ one insider told me this week ‘They’re constantly pushing the boundaries to test what they can get away with.’ Senior courtiers have made clear that they do not expect King Charles to take action against his younger son and daughter-in-law Our monarch has always avoided confrontation and has sought to keep options open for the Sussexes should they seek a return to royal duties he has not removed Harry from his role as a Counsellor of State which could see his son standing in for royal duties in the case of an emergency the King requested that Princess Anne and Prince Edward were added to the list of Counsellors so there would be less need for Harry or the scandal-hit Prince Andrew to be called upon The request was duly turned into a Bill and approved by Parliament in 2022 William would not be so indulgent of his brother US outlet The Daily Beast cited sources who claimed the Prince of Wales wants to ‘strip’ Harry and Meghan of their titles when he takes the throne While Kensington Palace has not commented on the claims my insiders say they expect the Prince of Wales to take some sort of action against his brother and sister-in-law once he is King One pointed to William’s public denial after the Sussexes’ explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021 ‘We are very much not a racist family,’ he told a reporter when asked about Meghan’s claim that a family member had questioned the skin colour of her future children ‘That gives you a taste of the no-nonsense approach that he would take,’ my source told me It seems a starkly different mood to Queen Elizabeth’s 2020 statement when she said she was ‘particularly proud of how Meghan has so quickly become one of the family’ If the Sussexes want to retain those ‘family’ bonds it appears they may need to consign their HRH titles to the past The comments below have not been moderated By posting your comment you agree to our house rules Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual We will automatically post your comment and a link to the news story to your Facebook timeline at the same time it is posted on MailOnline To do this we will link your MailOnline account with your Facebook account We’ll ask you to confirm this for your first post to Facebook You can choose on each post whether you would like it to be posted to Facebook. 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FacebookemailEditedbyMaddy ChapmanMaddy Chapman FacebookemailMaddy is an editor and writer at IFLScience with a degree in biochemistry from the University of York The Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt was built around 2600 BCE Was the Garden of Eden based on a real place These questions have puzzled biblical scholars for centuries a new study using computational analysis enters the ring with a sensational claim that the Garden of Eden was in Egypt and the Great Pyramid of Giza is closely associated with the “Tree of Life” though: the study author uses some – ahem – fairly unorthodox methods to reach these findings The Garden of Eden is a mystical place, rich with symbolism and spiritual significance, often seen as the origin of humanity and a lost paradise where we left behind our innocence. Although steeped in legend, some scholars have claimed it is based on a real geographical location just like many cities and sites in ancient religious texts of Abrahamic religions The Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament suggest the Garden of Eden was located where four rivers meet Genesis 2:10–14 reads: “And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted It continues: “The name of the first is Pishon; that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah where there is gold; and the gold of that land is good; there is bdellium and the onyx stone And the name of the second river is Gihon; the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Cush And the name of the third river is Tigris; that is it which goeth toward the east of Asshur And the fourth river is the Euphrates.”  We know two of these rivers today: the Tigris and Euphrates start in Turkey before flowing through Syria and Iraq and emptying into the Persian Gulf it’s unclear what the names Pishon and Gihon are referring to.  In a new study, Dr. Konstantin Borisov puts forward a new hypothesis after studying medieval maps He argues that Gihon is likely referring to the River Nile in Egypt which is an idea that has been previously speculated over the centuries Borisov writes: "Examining the Hecataeus Mappa Mundi reconstruction map from around 500 BCE it becomes apparent that the only four rivers emerging from the surrounding Oceanus are the Nile This is where things quickly nosedive into the realm of pseudoarchaeology The paper says the maps show Eden is located beside the encircling “Oceanus River” a symbolic “sky river” that gave rise to the four rivers This may be referring to the aurora borealis the natural phenomenon that creates beautiful ribbons of green and purple swirls in the night sky At the same time, Borisov speculates, it could link to an alleged global alignment of ancient archeological wonders – such as the Pyramids of Giza, Machu Picchu and the Nazca lines – which form a belt that "crosses the equator at an angle of approximately 30 degrees.” this path could be considered a plausible candidate for the ‘Sky River Oceanus’ It is reasonable to presume that cultures would congregate closer to this path due to its perceived religious significance,” the study reads He then goes on to say this underpins “the need for a structure capable of producing aurora-like light,” which he suggests may be the Great Pyramid of Giza he cites simulations of the King’s Chamber within the pyramid that reveal patterns resembling a glowing tree when struck with light From this, he makes the bold assertion that the Tree of Life from the Garden of Eden is, in fact, the Great Pyramid of Giza there existed a concept of the sacred mountain of the world upon which the tree of life was believed to be situated This discussion ultimately leads to the conclusion that the sacred mount the location of Eden is specifically pinpointed to Giza as no other structure worldwide encapsulates the significant characteristics outlined above,” the study explains but you should be healthily skeptical when interpreting massive claims like this Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence like “Prehistoric Alignment of World Wonders” which are not taken seriously by most academic archaeologists While the study's claims are bold and imaginative they lean heavily on speculative links and symbolic interpretations rather than empirical evidence.  The idea that the Great Pyramid of Giza is the Tree of Life may be an intriguing twist in the age-old Eden debate it belongs more to the realm of mythic reinterpretation than mainstream archaeology The new study is published in the journal Archaeological Discovery HumansT. 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RSS At this point in the Marvel Cinematic Universe Why sit through the endless credits for a small tease of what’s to come next will likely be less than what it advertised Why drift over to Disney+ to watch the required supplemental material That’s a task I quickly gave up on after “WandaVision” vastly overstayed its welcome.  like every Minnesota sports fan who’s lived through countless seasons of agony and deep soul searching there comes a time when the clouds lift and you feel as if you’ve been placed upon the highest mountain The release of “Thunderbolts*” (no that asterisk is not a typo) marks that time for the MCU I wrote that that movie was “a semi-comforting reminder that it’s OK for a movie to be just fine and forgettable.” Now I’d recalculate that allocation much more in the latter’s camp than the former everyone’s favorite raised-from-the-womb assassin speaks that “there’s something wrong with me … an emptiness … a void.” She’s going through the motions completing missions and erasing targets with nothing more than a blank stare director Jake Schreier doesn’t share her sentiments when it comes to manning this $200 million behemoth The guy at the helm of the Netflix series “Beef” gives the opening proceedings a more flavorful edge opting for a much-marketed practical skyscraper jump and longer-take in-camera fight choreography Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen) and Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko) in the belly of a secret underground bunker housing the secrets of CIA director Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) is definitely not a pleasant coincidence They’re all supposed to kill each other leaving no more loose ends for the impeachment trial that’s digging up all of their involvement in Valentina’s off-the-book endeavors Since they all realize that they have a common enemy the loners decide to team up to increase their chances of survival just means that they’d like to prolong the inevitable delay until their fate catches up with them But unlike the Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy this ragtag group does not consist of heroes looking to strengthen their commitment to protecting humanity or lovable misfits who just needed a chance to do good They’re also characters that don’t immediately scream that they’re all that interesting Walker and Valenita are from “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” a show I never watched Ghost and Taskmaster respectively appeared as the antagonists in “Ant-Man and the Wasp” and “Black Widow,” two films I’ve completely memory-holed Yelena did make an impression in “Black Widow” and her successive appearances in the MCU much of that coming from Pugh’s innate charm and pathos as well as co-writers Eric Pearson and Joanna Calo for making these less-than-desirable characters into compelling people and the ones that do stick around land at a much more consistent rate David Harbour’s Red Guardian does throw off that balance on a few too many occasions with the character’s lovability being sabotaged by an overwhelming eagerness There’s also the presence of Bob (Lewis Pullman) a Valentina-sponsored human experiment who has the power to make those that he touches relive their worst nightmares With the aid of the A24 veteran duo of cinematographer Andrew Droz Palermo and production designer Grace Yun, there’s a more natural balance to the emotional depth of these characters. That “Absolute Cinema” trailer touting the indie credentials of all the talent involved may have reeked of cinemaphile desperation but the final product illustrates that the marketers weren’t lying about the goods they’ve assembled here The theme of the film is recovering from driftlessness through finding a purpose alongside friends and family For as much as a gun or a fist can accomplish some nice words and a hug can do a lot more To be talking about ideas and themes instead of Easter eggs and cameos is a breath of fresh air for the MCU one that I dubiously hope they’ll maintain as they wade into the titans that are this summer’s “Fantastic Four: First Steps” and next year’s “Avengers: Doomsday.” Walt Disney Studio Motion Pictures will release “Thunderbolts*” in theaters nationwide on Friday