Listen to Wyatt Johnston react to netting the game-winning goal in the Stars' Game 7 victory over the Avalanche Gm1: Nylander goes five-hole on Bobrovsky to put the Maple Leafs on the board Mic Drop: The best mic'd up moments from the first round Take a look at the first ever live draft lottery Senators and Maple Leafs clash in First Round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs Watch every overtime goal from the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs Stars conclude back-and-forth series in do-or-die Game 7 Gm7: Lowry lifts the Jets to victory in double overtime Top 10 Goals from Week 2 of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs Wild and Golden Knights battle in First Round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs Gm7: Perfetti ties it in waning seconds with his second goal Gm7: Jets and Blues exchange handshakes at center ice Gm7: Binnington makes a game-saving stop in overtime Gm7: Faksa restores two-goal lead late in the 2nd Gm7: Kyrou nets one-handed shot for opening goal Gm 7: Johnston reacts to scoring the game-winner in Game 7 Gm7: Stars and Avalanche shake hands at center ice following Stars' victory Gm7: Rantanen notches first postseason career hat trick for 4-point game Gm7: Johnston rips it home from a tough angle to the put the Stars on top on the power play Gm7: MacKinnon doubles the lead early in the 3rd Gm7: Manson rings one off the post and in for a short-handed goal to open scoring Gm7: Blackwood flashes the leather on Rantanen in the 1st Canadiens and Capitals clash in First Round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs Gm6: Hellebuyck makes a great save amongst a scramble Gm6: Toropchenko buries it to put the Blues up by 4 Gm6: Perfetti sneaks it past Binnington for the PPG to even the score at 1 UPDATE:The two people who died in a shooting Saturday morning at Legends on Johnston Street have been identified Officials say the two were in a relationship and that the shooting was domestic in nature Early information shows Breaux was shot before Dauphine took his own life at the business in the 4500 block of Johnston Street Anyone with information is asked to call 337-291-8600 or Lafayette Crime Stoppers at 337-232-TIPS (8477) ORIGINAL:The Lafayette Police Department is investigating an incident they say appears to be a murder-suicide Officers responded to a call around 8:15 a.m Saturday in the 4500 block of Johnston Street Police confirmed the incident occurred at Legends Investigators have not released the identities of those involved and no additional details about the circumstances have been made public at this time Anyone with information is asked to contact the Lafayette Police Department at 337-291-8600 or Lafayette Crime Stoppers at 337-232-TIPS (8477) A former Smithfield police officer has been charged with shooting into a woman’s car According to the Johnston County Sheriff’s Office was charged with assault with a deadly weapon after deputies said he shot into his girlfriend’s car The sheriff’s office said the two had been arguing before the shooting and the victim was not hurt Jernigan was an officer with the Smithfield Police Department for five years before he resigned near the end of 2021 Jernigan was a former soldier and helped train enlisted soldiers in the Army a domestic violence service center in Johnston County said situations like the one that played out on Thursday are a growing trend in the county the county has seen an 11% increase in domestic violence-related incidents since 2023 which includes those needing services and filing protection orders “What we see here within our county [is that] it does not matter what your role is,” she said under the condition that he doesn’t contact the victim and stays away from her home and work If you or someone you know is a victim of domestic violence you can call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 (SAFE) the North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence has a list of resources at nccadv.org Wyatt Johnston sets up near the goal line and sends one past Mackenzie Blackwood on the power play giving the Stars the 3-2 lead in the 3rd period Gm1: Nylander wrists it into the cage to put the Maple Leafs up by 2 Gm1: Jones drills in a PPG to put the Panthers on the board Gm1: Rielly blasts it into the cage to put the Maple Leafs back up by 2 Gm1: Nylander goes five-hole to put Maple Leafs on the board Wyatt Johnston talks about the belief on the bench through the third period Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Wyatt Johnston adds more Game 7 heroics to his growing resume of playoff records as the Dallas Stars head to Round 2 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs Wyatt Johnston has added yet another impressive Game 7 performance to his repertoire Just when it seemed the Dallas Stars were down and out – trailing 2-0 with under 13 minutes left in the third period in the deciding game of their First Round series against the Colorado Avalanche – Johnston put the exclamation point on a 4-2 comeback triumph that brought everyone out of their seats at American Airlines Center After a pair of goals from new teammate Stars Mikko Rantanen playing against the Finnish forward’s former club Johnston netted the game-winner by ripping the puck from a challenging sharp angle home with 3:56 left on the clock Rantanen sealed his hat trick and the win with an empty-netter to insure the Stars were headed onto the Second Round The Stars are now set for date with the Winnipeg Jets and will open their series on May 7 on the road “Just a great feeling waking up knowing we won that game and the series,” Johnston told NHLPA.com the day after the win so it’s exciting knowing we’re still playing,” The 23rd overall pick of the Stars in 2021 deflected much of the praise and instead spoke glowingly of his teammates – a group that battled through the absence of key players “I learnt about the resiliency and character of this team,” said Johnston who signed a five-year contract extension in March “Those are two things I knew we have lots of but it’s super impressive what we were able to accomplish [on Saturday] given the circumstances.” who was traded from Colorado to Carolina in January and then  to Dallas in March took his performance to another level for the Stars against his former team Rantanen became the first player in NHL history to score a hat trick in the third period of a Stanley Cup Game 7 “He is just overall a super impressive player,” said Johnston “Got to know him well playing against him a ton but really got to know his game once he got here “I think his passing is what impressed me the most which I didn’t know how good it was when playing against him.”  Johnston had equally high praise for the character of the entire Stars lineup “Everyone banded together and worked hard throughout all the ups and downs in the opening round – everybody made a difference who has a knack for coming up clutch in winner-take-all games in a Second Round series against the Seattle Kraken Johnston lit the lamp from a tough angle with less than eight minutes left in the third period to give the Stars a 2-0 advantage The Kraken scored late to make it a one-goal game and Johnston was credited with the game-winning marker the centreman put his name in the record books as the youngest player in NHL history to score a series-clinching goal in a Game 7 He achieved the feat one day after celebrating his 20th birthday Johnston joined Wayne Gretzky as one of only two players to have notched a power-play goal and short-handed goal in a playoff contest before the age of 21 this time as the first player in league history to score a series-clinching goal in multiple Game 7s at age 22 or younger who became the first head coach or manager in NHL MLB or NBA history to achieve nine career Game 7 wins heaped praise on Johnston after his latest big-game heroics “So clutch,” DeBoer told the media “I don’t know if you saw the replay and the skill to make that shot at that time of the game at that age What Johnston does know is how to put on a masterclass in Game 7s Johnston's deal on Friday was overshadowed by the Stars getting Rantanen from the Carolina Hurricanes and signing him to a $96 million But keeping the young center once mentored by Joe Pavelski also is a significant move for Dallas it's a Player Q&A with Wyatt Johnston Dallas Stars teammates Wyatt Johnston and Chris Tanev are at different points in their respective NHL careers but the two continue to have the same goal in mind Johnston has had a front-row seat to take in a wealth of knowledge from veterans Jamie Benn and Joe Pavelski Tyler Seguin missed 58 games for the Dallas Stars due to injury but had a silver lining in spending time with his newborn daughter Lian Bichsel would love to pull his own hockey card Things you buy through our links may earn Vox Media a commission I got far stronger than I ever imagined I would all the moving parts of my new habits got easier and easier to sync up: eating Some of my fears had come to pass: getting pestered by the personal trainer being sexually harassed by the creepy filmer made me feel too good to cede it to a couple of losers they had proven to be the rare and unwelcome exceptions within the gym (and I never saw either of them again) everything I’d dreamed of — working out a normal amount eating a regular amount of food — had happened Lifting had laid bare the lies I’d been told about how food and bodies worked I didn’t have to scrape by on 1,200 calories a day my metabolism could easily take care of far more than 2,000 calories a day instead of like an increasingly rickety abandoned building I was still eating a lot and lifting a lot of weight but the amount of weight I was lifting was not going up as reliably as before my muscles once again trembled like wet Chihuahuas all the lifts began to feel hard in a way I wasn’t used to and strained as my elbows drunkenly wandered this way and that during bench My back hadn’t been straight during a deadlift in weeks and not in a “mistakes are how we grow” way I’d seen a bunch of my lifting heroes do this thing when they wanted to get stronger: “bulking.” Bulking is one of the less-understood parts of gaining strength in the wider world in part because it is instantly counterintuitive to the “weight loss = good” principle Bulking is the term for when lifters intentionally gain weight But it is not wildly more complicated than that We are all taught what happens when we eat more calories than our body can use: The extra fuel gets stored mostly as fat under our skin or around our organs The difference depends on what our bodies are doing as they are receiving these extra calories not only do those calories give us extra energy during strength-training sessions but they make it possible to cause more muscle damage than usual And that extra fuel and protein don’t just fuel a hyperpowered session; they fuel an extra-intensive recovery particularly once the easy recomposition days are over This means muscle can still grow and we can continue to get stronger Instead of the caloric surplus adding only body fat I ran the numbers on how much I’d have to eat: My maintenance food intake was 2,300 calories The strategy I was going to try required adding 20 percent on top of that that was not so much more food; it was equal to an extra good-size bowl of ice cream every night Eating an extra almost 500 calories each day meant I’d be eating nearly 3,500 extra calories per week which worked out to exactly one pound of added body weight per week According to my trusty sports dieting book I could expect about half of that to be muscle that meant I’d only be gaining twelve pounds — six pounds of muscle and six pounds of fat these numbers had been normal scale fluctuations — much less of an impact than I might have guessed would come from a “bulk.” The math of it was reassuring; whether I’d stick to the math was another question I’d be forced to finally confront my deepest body fear: becoming “bulky.” My size had always seemed to stay the same when I had been eating very little and that made it seem like it might skyrocket when I started eating more But as I’d seen over the last couple of years I also started eating about 50 percent more and I was still wearing all the same clothes so the idea of eating more to lift more was not exactly a hard sell I had reached a new understanding of my body of all the positive feedback loops that came from eating and training and resting including get stronger; it wasn’t just ornamental But I had never deliberately gained weight before in my entire life and so tenuous was my sense of self that those twenty pounds had knocked me out of orbit and careening deep into the black of disordered space I had organized all of my life around not gaining weight — and continuing to attempt to lose weight just in case I was gaining it and somehow not realizing it I wanted to be enlightened enough to gain weight dispassionately once the floodgates of eating were fully open What if I threw the careful new orbit I’d found off its axis and bulking became a pretense for just eating endlessly What if I destroyed the beautiful equilibrium I’d finally found I was sick of struggling with my bench press; I wanted to do a pull-up; I wanted deadlifts to finally click; I wanted my squat numbers to keep going up I set a date for my bulk to end in three months and began digging in I added eggnog to my breakfast overnight oats and I piled the Parmesan high; I added Oreos and Hershey’s syrup to the blender for my protein shake and butter — all the things I’d always avoided became priority number one if I wanted to get all my calories in by the end of the day I used a kitchen scale to be sure of the amounts I had worried I might start inhaling every food in sight I mistakenly ate a too-light meal — some bodega packages of nuts and chips — as I ran from a meeting to a PR event As I pieced together my foods eaten so far in the food-tracking app I figured; this is what McDonald’s is designed for until I had a meal that brought my calories to where they needed to be: a Quarter Pounder with cheese My days of WeightWatchers-inflected dieting had taught me that young ladies who wish to keep the pounds from piling up should eat their food slowly and carefully I cast off the chains and I ate as quickly as I could alternating sips of shake and bites of food like I’d seen competitive eaters do on TV I might never stop was a lie I’d been told about myself for so long that it had become one of my core beliefs But what I discovered when I started eating for lifting was that my cravings and food fixations were simply a product of the deprivation I’d undergone it turned out I was not some insatiable maw I was a human alive on Earth; I needed some goddamn food Bulking turned out to be the same: throwing open the doors to even more food didn’t change anything to track my weight to make sure I was eating enough The number jumped all over the place for a while I’d become attuned to my body in a new way Working at the outer limit of my capacity for intensity had slowly grown my awareness of my energy Drinking an extra beer the previous night or going to bed too late wouldn’t affect the way I’d go for a walk the fatigue or stress could sometimes jump out midbench or midsquat session perhaps go too far the previous night ordering a round of tequila shots This and a million other things could affect working-out energy so I learned not to be too attached to “being in the mood” or “feeling like it”; a middling day and I didn’t actually have to be at 100 percent every session to keep building Even days that I felt the least like lifting were usually the days I was the happiest I went and did it after all — 80 percent was that it produced the opposite feeling of too many tequila shots Maybe it was because my body had been in a kind of nuclear winter for so long but when I arrived in the gym the first time all stacked with extra carbs I pulled up to the squat rack absolutely crackling with energy the warm-up sets I’d do were a process of shaking myself awake and reaching pace like swimming through seaweed to get to clear water I was rampaging through them as if on a Jet Ski Reps that I had struggled with the previous week flew by My shaky ninety-five-pound bench became as smooth and sure as an archer drawing a bow I decided I’d actually test the limits and eat as much food as I possibly could I ate my overnight oats and then planned out the day as an adventurous food tour through the Lower East Side: a huge fully loaded bagel with lox and cream cheese two avocado toasts with chili oil and soy eggs a yeast donut stuffed with cornflake ice cream and drizzled with chocolate syrup I ticked everything I ate into my calorie-tracking app as I lay and I felt like I was about to burst and splatter all over the walls of my apartment I didn’t know how the 10,000-calorie influencers were doing it if they were faking it or using laxatives or what only a few pounds of muscle in three months It would take many years of hard training and eating a fairly specific diet — of trying as hard as I could to get big — just to gain even twenty pounds of muscle sliding off the jeans I’d had to jump into to get them up my legs and over my butt and pulling on my leggings before heading to the gym I was set to try and bench 110 pounds for one rep followed by four more upper-body accessory movements the barbell refused to fire off of my chest and instead dropped onto my sternum I mentally counted the days since my last period; I was always sapped me of about five to ten pounds’ worth of strength and I’d failed so smoothly that no one seemed to even notice I wiggled the upper half of my body around before realizing I could just kind of lever my body and roll the barbell down my body until I could stand up I came back to my apartment soaked in sweat after finishing the workout My muscles pulsed with what Arnold Schwarzenegger once lasciviously described as “the pump,” a tight swelling feeling that seemed to come from them pressing on your skin from the inside I caught sight of myself in the closet mirror In the incomplete overhead light of my apartment the shadows that fell on me seemed suddenly not just sharper If I squeezed my upper arm and angled my forearm just right I could see a bicep starting to form; if I pulled my arm across the front of my body just so which had previously perched above two sunken collarbones I had always internalized that being anything like an animal — raised by wolves The right thing to do with those resemblances was to control them The cultural disdain for being like an animal in any way was clear In my continuing research on the cultural history of strength I wasn’t surprised to learn that — while Christianity and lifting weights had dovetailed relatively recently in history — the war between Christianity and the animal body was ancient Catholic theologian Thomas Aquinas’s writings from the thirteenth century asserted that animal nature was contained in the essence of man but only the parts of man that were not animal could be considered proof of God everything good and important about people was the basis for our religion and a divine gift denial of the body and its wants was in service of our souls To give in to the body was to go against God The attempt to separate us from our natural selves to compartmentalize and isolate and operationalize our parts Except that where I’d always thought I’d see a monster Doing everything I’d feared had allowed me to become exactly what I’d dreamed From the book A Physical Education: How I Escaped Diet Culture and Gained the Power of Lifting by Casey Johnston Reprinted by permission of Grand Central Publishing Password must be at least 8 characters and contain: you’ll receive occasional updates and offers from New York It happened Saturday night in the parking lot of the Shell Gas Station at the intersection of Hartford and Atwood Avenue’s In the surveillance video from a nearby business you can see cars parked in the gas station lot a white car backs up and drives off while a police officer is standing directly infant of the car Police say the white car hit one of the responding officers prompting him to fire his gun at the driver A second police officer was standing to the left of the suspect’s car Johnston Police identified the driver of the white vehicle as 28-year-old Damian Peterson of Providence Police said the suspect was shot in the stomach the suspect’s father to learn his reaction to the newly obtained video “I truly believe he didn’t see the cop in front of him,” said David Peterson “You’re not going to see in front of you if your looking to the left if you look closely to the video he’s looking at the officer right to the side.” Police said after Peterson took off he managed to cross Hartford Ave before slamming into a pylon near ICandy Bella Ink Salon next to a Burger King The suspect was taken to the hospital where he is currently being held as he faces several charges including assault of a police officer and felony assault The suspect’s father told NBC 10 that he has not been able to speak with his son he said he want’s to learn his son’s side of the story and he wants to check in on his general condition but I don’t know if anything’s changed and I just want to make sure he’s okay,” said David Peterson “I think he needs help more than he needs to be put in jail he’s got a little bit of a drug problem and instead of getting help all he’s going to do is get locked up.” It’s unclear when Peterson will be released and when his next court appearance will be NBC 10's Molly Levine and John Perik contributed to this report Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application Amy was the beloved daughter of Anna Mae Gessner (Dupre) and Dick Gessner She was a proud graduate of Forest Lake High School where she was a member of the marching band and had the honor of marching in the Rose Bowl Parade in Pasadena CA—an experience she carried with joy and pride throughout her life Amy graduated from Mankato State University with a degree in graphic design a field that reflected her natural creativity and artistic spirit Amy grew up in a close-knit family and was one of seven siblings She is survived by her brothers Dan Gessner and Tom Gessner She cherished her family deeply and was the heart of many shared memories Amy was employed by Taylor Corporation (TOG) in North Mankato for many years and it became so much more than just a workplace She loved the company and cherished the people she worked with—many of whom became her closest friends They were an incredible support system: lifting her up through the hardest times and helping her find strength on days when she needed it most Their care gave her more precious time with her daughter Amy was deeply proud to be part of the Taylor Corporation family Amy's creativity was a reflection of her soul—gentle She had a rare gift for seeing beauty in everyday moments and bringing it to life in ways that touched others She designed the water tower logo for the city of Forest Lake and created many logos and designs for local celebrations Amy also loved designing holiday cards for her family and for reminding others how much they mattered A memorial service will be held at Mattson Funeral Home in Forest Lake Public visitation will be from 12 to 2 p.m. a scholarship will be established in Amy's honor to benefit the Forest Lake High School Marching Band The family extends a heartfelt thank you to Birchwood Health Care Center Tefferi—whose God-given wisdom and tireless care became a light in some of our darkest moments Mattson Funeral Home & Cremation Service Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors The Los Angeles Chargers could trade wide receiver Quentin Johnston just two years after they used a first-round pick to secure his services. Following a disastrous rookie season under former head coach Brandon Staley Johnston had something of a bounce-back season in 2024 While he never came close to justifying his draft capital he finished the year with a respectable 55 receptions for 711 yards and eight touchdowns while serving as the second option in a playoff-caliber passing attack With so many new mouths to feed in what should be a run-heavy offense the following four teams could probably get more out of Johnston than the Chargers but a Quentin Johnston trade could give Maye another set of hands with decent upside The Cleveland Browns need all the help they can find to get some production out of this disastrous quarterback room. No matter who wins the battle between veterans Joe Flacco and Kenny Pickett and rookies Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders and they might as well invest in a receiver with 1,100 yards to his name entering his age-24 season he could help turn either Gabriel or Sanders into a starting-caliber quarterback The Baltimore Ravens have one of the NFL’s best rosters, but they could use more wide receiver depth. While Pro Bowler Zay Flowers is an adequate starter, Rashod Bateman is inconsistent and the rest of the depth chart leaves something to be desired. With the Chargers needing a tight end, perhaps the Ravens could trade Mark Andrews to Los Angeles for Quentin Johnston and a draft pick. Main Photo: Troy Taormina – Imagn Images The Miami Dolphins UDFA class includes several talented players who have a real shot at making the Dolphins final 53-man roster. The Los Angeles Rams have had success with UDFA signings in the past, and this year’s class of Rams UDFAs has several promising prospects. After the latest breaking incident, the Cleveland Browns might not have a choice, but release the former first rounder. The rebuilding Cleveland Browns could either cut or trade this former Pro Bowler before the 2025 season begins. 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, a SQL command or malformed data. 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. and the series now shifts back to Denver for Game 6 in a series that’s been one of the most entertaining of the playoffs But I want to focus on what happened in the first nine seconds of the game because when I went back to watch the game this morning I spent close to 15 minutes re-watching the opening goal by Wyatt Johnston This is a bad-angle goal that kind of set the tone of the night for Colorado the Avalanche tumbled and the series potentially swung on this play It’s also a play that brings up one of the most popular discussion points about modern goaltending I’ve written a lot about the RVH before and how goalies overly use the technique including this piece from back in December Instead the RVH has become more of a default setting for pucks below the goal line, and there are some smart shooters — like Johnston — that intentionally shoot for the holes in it. Shap Shots is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Johnston, for example, spends time picking the brain of both Stars goalies and goalie coach Jeff Reese, trying to find holes that goalies leave exposed, according to Jake Oettinger. So when Johnston shoots from this space it’s intentional. It’s not a high-probability shot, but is a dangerous one and with Blackwood having his leg inside the post, it creates the potential backboard for the goal that eventually happens. Now it’s easy to point at the negatives on a goal against, to yell “you shouldn’t do that,” but we also owe it to readers here to explain what other course of action the goalie should have taken — because it’s not as simple as “just stay on your feet.” This is where we are going to get nerdy with goalie stuff, buckle up. OK, first we should talk about Blackwood in general. One of the strengths of Blackwood's game is how explosive he is going side-to-side and how well he typically uses his posts. Blackwood uses his post like a hinge to move with play and then push across, often staying a bit deeper in the crease and taking advantage of his 6-foot-4 frame. So for Blackwood if there’s a passing threat, he’s typically well prepped for it from this position, and on this goal by Johnston, Jamie Benn is turning into a passing threat in front of the net. So while there are sometimes egregious uses of the RVH, this actually isn’t one of the worst examples. Johnston has multiple options, can approach with speed, and has a developing passing threat coming to the front of the net. Blackwood has also sealed the post well with his shoulder and upper body, as you can see from the overhead. On this play, it’s matter of poor execution, not necessarily poor save selection by Blackwood. But, could there have been a better choice? It’s something I texted a couple goalie people about within NHL circles, and it led to a conversation about the next big thing in goalie post play, which you may or may not have heard of — the Panda Post Lock. The Panda Post Lock, which was coined by Calgary Flames director of goaltending Jordan Sigalet, is a modified type play where a goalie combines an overlap — staying on his feet, with his pad overlapping the the post — with an RVH on their post play. (Sigalet called it the Panda Post Lock because it reminded him of a panda rubbing its back against a tree.) Here is Blackwood in that position against Dallas. The biggest difference you’ll notice is it’s an RVH with the skate outside the post. It allows the goalie to stay square longer to the shooters and a bit more depth, while also covering a bit more of space above the shoulder. “The Panda” as it’s called by some, has been slowly trickling into the NHL in the past two years, with many pro goalies working on it for the first time really in 2023. For a better video visual, here is goalie coach Brian Daccord teaching the technique. Daccord is also the father of Seattle Kraken goaltender Joey Daccord. So if the Panda is fixing problems the RVH presented, should the RVH be tossed out completely? According to one goalie coach, both should be used. The Panda (which is more fun to say), can hurt a goalie’s ability to explode across on wraparounds or plays where the forward completely orbits the net with possession of a quick corner-to-corner pass. There’s also slightly more room for a goalie to be used as a bank shot from below the goal line on a quick passing play. So there are times where the RVH works and times for the Panda. There are also times for a goalie to stay on their feet with an overlap approach. Either way, goaltending needs to be about reading the play and being an athlete, not simply being robotically programmed. ReplyShare3 more comments...TopLatestDiscussionsNo posts A lot happened in Game 5 between the Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche. The Stars won 6-2, taking a 3-2 series lead, and the series now shifts back to Denver for Game 6 in a series that\u2019s been one of the most entertaining of the playoffs. But I want to focus on what happened in the first nine seconds of the game, because when I went back to watch the game this morning, I spent close to 15 minutes re-watching the opening goal by Wyatt Johnston. This is a bad-angle goal that kind of set the tone of the night for Colorado. Dallas fed on it, the Avalanche tumbled and the series potentially swung on this play. It\u2019s also a play that brings up one of the most popular discussion points about modern goaltending. The Reverse Vertical Horizontal, better known as the RVH. I\u2019ve written a lot about the RVH before and how goalies overly use the technique, including this piece from back in December. As a quick refresher, the RVH is a valuable tool, but it\u2019s a tool that\u2019s supposed to be used on transition plays with threat of a pass to the back door and wrap-arounds. Instead the RVH has become more of a default setting for pucks below the goal line, and there are some smart shooters \u2014 like Johnston \u2014 that intentionally shoot for the holes in it. So when Johnston shoots from this space it\u2019s intentional. It\u2019s not a high-probability shot, but is a dangerous one and with Blackwood having his leg inside the post, it creates the potential backboard for the goal that eventually happens. Now it\u2019s easy to point at the negatives on a goal against, to yell \u201Cyou shouldn\u2019t do that,\u201D but we also owe it to readers here to explain what other course of action the goalie should have taken \u2014 because it\u2019s not as simple as \u201Cjust stay on your feet.\u201D So for Blackwood if there\u2019s a passing threat, he\u2019s typically well prepped for it from this position, and on this goal by Johnston, Jamie Benn is turning into a passing threat in front of the net. So while there are sometimes egregious uses of the RVH, this actually isn\u2019t one of the worst examples. On this play, it\u2019s matter of poor execution, not necessarily poor save selection by Blackwood. It\u2019s something I texted a couple goalie people about within NHL circles, and it led to a conversation about the next big thing in goalie post play, which you may or may not have heard of \u2014 the Panda Post Lock. The Panda Post Lock, which was coined by Calgary Flames director of goaltending Jordan Sigalet, is a modified type play where a goalie combines an overlap \u2014 staying on his feet, with his pad overlapping the the post \u2014 with an RVH on their post play. The biggest difference you\u2019ll notice is it\u2019s an RVH with the skate outside the post It allows the goalie to stay square longer to the shooters and a bit more depth while also covering a bit more of space above the shoulder \u201CThe Panda\u201D as it\u2019s called by some has been slowly trickling into the NHL in the past two years with many pro goalies working on it for the first time really in 2023 here is goalie coach Brian Daccord teaching the technique Daccord is also the father of Seattle Kraken goaltender Joey Daccord So if the Panda is fixing problems the RVH presented can hurt a goalie\u2019s ability to explode across on wraparounds or plays where the forward completely orbits the net with possession of a quick corner-to-corner pass There\u2019s also slightly more room for a goalie to be used as a bank shot from below the goal line on a quick passing play So there are times where the RVH works and times for the Panda There are also times for a goalie to stay on their feet with an overlap approach goaltending needs to be about reading the play and being an athlete Shap Shots is a reader-supported publication consider becoming a free or paid subscriber Wyatt Johnston (DAL) scores power-play goal against Mackenzie Blackwood (COL) to make it 3 - 2 A multi-vehicle crash is blocking all eastbound lanes of Interstate 40 in Johnston County at Exit 312 for N.C Sky 5 flew overhead around 9:30 a.m and two cars appeared to have crashed into a divider with a third car crashed into the median WRAL News is working to learn what caused the crash and if anyone was injured passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Tuesday MA he was the son of the late Mary (Russo) and Pasquale “Midge” Civetti He was the beloved husband of 64 years to Elizabeth “Betty” (Kazlausky) Civetti Dick proudly served his country in the U.S It was there he met the love of his life Elizabeth who was also there serving in the Air Force he began his career with the Coca-Cola Bottling Company while attending Bryant College and earning his Associate’s Degree in Accounting His career spanned 35 years where he became a key employee serving numerous years as Vice President – Controller of The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of New England before retiring in 1997 his strong work ethic led him to take on the role of financial consultant and controller for KeySpan Dick was an active volunteer in the Johnston Little League (JLL) for over 35 years affectionately known as “the French Fry lady,” were often found working the concession stand at the annual JLL Car Show Dick dedicated many hours working with the members of the Johnston Youth Sports Bingo Association helping to raise money for the JLL and other youth organizations in Johnston he worked with longtime friend and JLL volunteer Frank Susi along with Parks Director Vincent Lafazia to construct the Frank Susi Jr Memorial Field of Dreams at Johnston War Memorial Park dedicated in 2004 Dick’s dedication to the youth of Johnston did not go unnoticed He and his wife received recognition awards from the Johnston Town Council on September 12 for their lifetime of service and commitment to the youth of the Johnston Community Dick also received citations from the Rhode Island Senate and Governor Donald Carcieri for his commitment and dedication to the JLL and the youth of the Town of Johnston He was an active member of the Johnston Democratic Town Committee and also past president and treasurer of the condo association in Florida where he spent time escaping the cold Rhode Island winters He instilled the importance of family and community in all his children and was always there to support his children and grandchildren at their sporting events and offering words of encouragement Dick also had a love for New England sports especially the Boston Red Sox and New England Patriots Dick leaves his beloved children: Patrick (Patty) He was the proud grandfather of Michael (Amy) He was the cherished great grandfather of Harper as well as dear friends in both Rhode Island and Greenacres from 4:00 to 7:00 pm at NARDOLILLO FUNERAL HOME & Crematory His funeral will leave at 9:00 am on Wednesday May 7 from the NARDOLILLO FUNERAL HOME & Crematory followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 am at Our Lady of Grace Church Entombment with military honors will be in Highland Memorial Park donations in his memory can be made to the Johnston Little League JOHNSTON − Footage from police body camera videos and a surveillance camera shows an encounter that prompted a Johnston police officer to shoot and wound a 28-year-old Providence man late at night on Saturday, April 26. who is accused of assaulting Palazzo with a white car in the parking lot of a Shell gas station on Hartford Avenue The surveillance video from the station shows a police cruiser pulling into the lot and parking in front of a white Nissan Sentra As the driver's- side door of the police cruiser opens the car reverses direction and begins to make a maneuver around the police car Shots are fired and the officer ends up on the ground the scene moves to the parking lot of a plaza on the other side of Hartford Avenue where officers encounter the driver – identified as Peterson The officers tell firefighters that Peterson has been shot in the stomach Peterson was wanted on a state police warrant accusing him of obstructing an officer and reckless driving Palazzo and other officers had arrived in the lot to handle a "potential argument" between two people in the lot Both the surveillance video and the charges against Peterson set the stage for some official judgments on Palazzo's use of force Investigating the shootingThe video from the surveillance camera will receive a close assessment by authorities investigating the shooting Under a protocol for officer-involved shootings the Rhode Island State Police and the Office of the Attorney General are jointly investigating Body camera footage from another officer's camera Johnston police say Palazzo was treated for minor injuries The footage from Palazzo's body camera does not begin until after the officer is on the ground Palazzo is still aiming his gun at the vehicle which crashes in the parking lot on the other side of Hartford Avenue Peterson was taken to Rhode Island Hospital where his condition was stable after initial treatment He was arraigned in the hospital and held without bail as a violator of both probation and bail Palazzo is listed in the arrest report as both the reporting officer and as the victim of a felony assault on a police officer Palazzo has been placed on paid administrative leave prior to a review of the shooting Patrons examine items for sale during a previous Peach Blossom Festival in Johnston Residents and visitors enjoy a previous Peach Blossom Festival This year's festival is set to begin at 9 a.m Hugh Morgan is the grand marshal of the Johnston Peach Blossom Festival parade Thousands of visitors will again descend on Johnston to enjoy a day set aside to honor the peach industry which has been so important in the development of the area The Johnston Peach Blossom Festival will bring entertainment cruise-in and more to the downtown area for the 41st year Morgan is a graduate of Strom Thurmond High School University of South Carolina and USC Medical School He began his family medical practice in 1984 in Johnston and they have two children and three grandchildren He worked in various upstate hospitals and emergency rooms before joining the Edgefield Medical Clinic and MEGALS Rural Health Clinic all before opening his own practice in 1984 in Johnston when crafters and food vendors open and entertainment begins The cruise-in will feature a variety of vehicles that will be available for viewing after the parade through about 3 p.m in the parking lot of All About Performance (formerly Jim Satcher Motors) All events are held in historic downtown Johnston The festival's Premier Sponsor is AT&T Other Corporate Sponsors are Edgefield County Healthcare Spanky’s Service Center/Ridge Auto Parts and Supply works to aid the community in areas such as economic development For more information, visit johnstondevelopmentcorp.org Your browser is out of date and potentially vulnerable to security risks.We recommend switching to one of the following browsers: A horse was safely returned home after found trotting along a road in Johnston Friday Johnston Animal Control said they received a report of a horse loose on Central Avenue Police provided a safe escort with their cruisers and plenty of love before settling down for a well-deserved nap 2025 at her home.   Visitation will be from 9:00 a.m 2025 at Snyder & Hollenbaugh Funeral & Cremation Services of Wapello.  Memorial Service will be 11:00 a.m 2025 at the funeral home.  Inurnment will be in the Wapello Cemetery.  A memorial has been established for the Wapello Fire Department and the Wapello Ambulance.    Online condolences may be left for the family at www.sandhfuneralservices.com the daughter of Robert “Bob” and Helen Maxine (Earnest) McKinney.  Karen graduated from Wapello High School in the class of 1963 and went on to attend Burlington Business School.  In 1968 Karen’s greatest love was spending time with her family and getting to  watch her children and grandchildren in their many sporting events.    Karen will be deeply missed by her children Kevin (Shelly) Johnston of Burlington and Tami (Brad) Kerr of Florida; grandchildren Kyla Johnston and Tyler Johnston; great - grandchildren Boston and Baylor Kerr; and brother David (Joellyn) McKinney of Wapello Karen was preceded in death by her parents; her husband A delayed sports complex in Johnston was given an ultimatum — put up some steel structure by the end of September and finish construction within two years or sell the land to the city or pay back its grants and costs The Johnston City Council on April 21 approved a new development agreement for the Ignit sports complex eight basketball/volleyball courts and outdoor fields developers expected the facility would open in late 2024 not much progress has been made beyond the foundation The city has awarded more than $3.5 million in pre-development grants to the project which Johnston could get back if Ignit misses new deadlines for the project The new agreement includes deadlines beyond the start and end of construction including deadlines in the months ahead for Ignit to submit more details to the city on financing and construction orders Ignit co-founder Chad O'Meara told the City Council he understands there's skepticism about the project five years after the council approved its original development agreement But he said he feels comfortable with the new deadlines "There has been a little bit of hiatus to get through the development agreement here And so now things will ramp back up and we have the commitment of everybody to move this project forward," O'Meara said O'Meara said more than $20 million has been spent on the site to date construction timelines for IgnitHere's more of what Ignit's developers have to achieve under the new agreement: City Council member Tom Cope said city staff added some buffer to deadlines "to help give these folks a real opportunity to demonstrate that they are able to do this." the city could buy the property back for about $1.4 million Or Ignit could keep the property but pay the city back for its $3.5 million in pre-development grants plus up to $300,000 in other city-related costs More: In Johnston, Bombers golf wrestles with economic uncertainty, Ignit looks for more financing The city has agreed to tax increment financing incentives worth up to $14.2 million over 10 years for the project Johnston also will pay Ignit $360,000 a year for five years to guarantee public use of the basketball pickleball or other courts or fitness studios That guarantee also could be extended for two more five-year terms The rec facility must employ 20 full-time staff The Project Rally building must employ 24 people full-time with eight more full-time employees at the supplemental commercial building Phillip Sitter covers the suburbs for the Des Moines Register. Phillip can be reached via email at psitter@gannett.com or on X at @pslifeisabeauty. Find out more about him online through the Register's staff directory No. 6 Tennessee (36-9, 13-8 SEC) will return to action Friday. The Vols will host No. 11 Auburn (31-14, 11-10 SEC) for a three-game series at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. Rankings reflect the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll The SEC series marks a return to Knoxville for former Farragut High School player Jett Johnston Johnston, a pitcher and utility player for the Tigers, is a Texas A&M transfer Johnston was on Texas A&M's team that lost in the finals of the 2024 College World Series to Tennessee Johnston has played in 12 games and made 11 pitching appearances He has compiled a 4-0 record and recorded one save Johnston has totaled 11.1 innings pitched and allowed seven runs (six earned) After beginning his high school career in Texas Johnson transferred to Farragut High School (Farragut helping the Admirals win two consecutive 4A state championships he was named District 4-4A Offensive Player of the Year and recorded a .401 batting average All-Region and All-State honors for Farragut and Stephen Page's 16-year-old daughter died in a boat crash but the justice system hasn't brought the local family peace They've had to return to court multiple times over the last four years as the person responsible for killing their daughter tried to change the terms of his probation the unthinkable happened to one Pinellas County family "She should have been on a high school sports team and she didn’t get that opportunity," said Shelly Page 16-year-old Rachel Herring and six other teens were riding home on a boat after going to a Halloween party At the wheel was then 16-year-old Gavin Johnston Investigators said Johnston sped through a no-wake zone and crashed sending all the teens flying into the water you can’t take care of your spouse or your friends and family because you’re not capable," said Page but Rachel’s family opted for five years' probation "We can’t even sleep at night it’s so disturbing," said Page Johnston returned to the courthouse for a second attempt to terminate his probation early Kevin Hayslett is Johnston’s attorney and said the request to end the probation was recommended they’ve got so many people they can supervise…he’s done 75% and done a perfect job and been a model probationer…and they’ve got folks that have jobs that they’ve gotta do and they want to focus on folks who need their attention," said Hayslett "I think it backfired on them trying to get out of what was a gift to them…it’s honestly disgusting to drag a grieving father and mother back to this court again," said Stephen Page the state stated that it had submitted evidence indicating Johnston had violated his probation by operating a boat on several occasions we have a system where we are going to get to the truth Johnston and Rachel’s family will have to return on May 30 after the submitted evidence is reviewed and I feel like that's part of where the system failed" Henry Betsey Jr. is facing charges for marrying three Florida women in three different counties at the same time. Now saying the system that handles marriage licenses kept them in the dark Latest Pinellas County News from ABC Action News Report a typo The Bombers Golf and Hotel project in Johnston has been given another construction extension with a new expectation that the golf facility's foundations are finished by next spring Johnston City Council on April 21 approved another amendment to Bombers' development agreement the eighth for the project since its original approval in February 2022 Developer Allen Stoye told the council at the meeting he feels good about where things stand "We feel confident and excited about where we're at right now," Stoye said of progress on Bombers and efforts to raise more financing More: Johnston tells developer to start construction on Ignit sports complex or sell the land And in the meantime, Topgolf announced, built and opened one of its own facilities in West Des Moines Here's the newly approved timeline for Bombers' golf facility: As for the hotel — likely to be a Hilton or Marriott — Stoye said he's in the process of securing financing for it told City Council that Johnston has provided about $2.4 million in pre-development grants for Bombers "Significant overall spending on this project far exceeds the grants that we've received," Stoye said The city has attached more than $20 million in tax incentives to Bombers Nashville-(WDEF-TV) Former Boyd Buchanan baseball star Brodie Johnston has made a smooth transition into the SE He has been a starter for Vanderbilt since day one and he currently leads the team in home runs Brian Armstrong caught up with Johnston this afternoon in Nashville entered into eternal life with her Creator and Savior on Wednesday She was the beloved wife of Russ Johnston III The family will hold her Celebration of LIFE "Day at the Beach" at The Citadel House on March 15th from 11AM - 6PM and was the cherished daughter of Kevin Lee Norris and Bridgett Yvonne Bartels Norris Brenda was passionate about and devoted to helping disciple the youth in her community to know and follow Jesus.  Brenda loved activities that reflected her vibrant personality and passion for life the most cherished moments in her life were those spent with her family she created unforgettable adventures and memories surrounded by the laughter and love of their four children—Kiera Johnston Brenda’s family extended beyond her immediate household including two siblings: Eric Norris (Elizabeth) of Tallmadge She was a fun and loving aunt to her four nieces—Shayla Jeffries (Nate) and she was preceded in death by her mother-in-law Brenda Diane Johnston will be remembered fondly for her unwavering faith in the Lord Jesus Christ her loving nature and dedication to her family the warmth she brought to every life she touched Her legacy of love and service will continue to inspire those who knew her Memorials may be made to https://www.givesendgo.com/johnstonkids A memorial message may be sent to the family by visiting our website at www.jhenrystuhr.com To listen to the Plaidcast, you can use the player above, Stitcher, Spotify, iTunes, Google Play Music Mental Skills Coach speaks with top junior riders Adriana Forte and Violet Tatum The Plaid Horse is a print and digital publishing company providing exceptional coverage for the hunter/jumper/breeding disciplines at reasonable rates and suppliers to the industry through horse show and event coverage Contact us: news@theplaidhorse.com Sign up for The TPH Newsletter and receive fresh inspiration from the hunter jumper world I would like to receive emails from The Plaid Horse Magazine and arm chair covers were among the items stolen from a Four Oaks area home The thefts occurred between April 20 and 25 on Devil’s Racetrack Road The 58 year-old victim said there were no signs of forced entry into the residence When she went to look for one of the items on April 25 she discovered the theft The Johnston County Sheriff’s Office is investigating it’s someone in their family… Second of all and discover that you need to repent and give the items back. the REAL question to ask is: What was this family doing that God wanted his word out of their house This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here It can be difficult to be honest and take an earnest inventory when writing about oneself As a person with enough food and body issues to fill a book (which I did) I have read a lot of writing on bodies—their needs searching for myself and my truth in their pages but never finding quite what I was looking for By the time I finally sold my book pitch for A Physical Education I hadn’t found an ideal role model for this kind of writing which meant I’d have to assemble the plane as it was taking off Most of the bodily challenges I faced in life revolved around disconnecting and dissociating: If I was about to be forced into a car with my drunk-driving father I found that so much of our cultural programming condoned and even encouraged this disconnection I was supposed to “deny” my cravings in order to adhere to eating 1,200 calories a day As I got into cardio “for my health” (read: to lose weight) I was supposed to ignore the pain in my muscles For a writer whose job was to relate her emotional and physical experiences make them tangible and legible as well as digestible There is an uncomfortable reality to a lot of body-related disordered behavior which is that the person going through it is both the victim and the aggressor to be too honest: it’s already difficult to watch a person on the page execute some of the ugliest disordered maneuvers for the same person to be the one being hurt Like if your brother were smacking your face with your own hand saying “stop hitting yourself” and you were both yourself and your brother in addition to being both victim and aggressor insightful observer who is exasperatingly unable to intervene Even just having a dedicated time and place to look directly at my feelings when it came time to documenting all of this I know plenty of people who espouse the “shitty first draft,” which they then shape and mold into a readable this is starting way too far along in the development process Asking myself what chapter I should write first was like asking what color to dye the cake frosting when I hadn’t even bought the flour yet I needed to give myself room for totally shapeless I needed to walk around in the forest of my thoughts and feelings without any particular goal Writing longhand actually helps me with this because even though I can’t even type that fast my fingers can go faster than my brain; writing with my hand helps keep the content a little more concentrated to preserve the physical act of writing when writing about physicality Writing this book involved a lot more sitting and staring into space than felt ideal for me I was struggling to work out my thoughts on multiple different levels and then let them all talk to each other to work things out had to come in and evaluate everyone’s work I found that even after I’d started writing formally I’d start to get squirrely about writing directly in the doc I would sidebar with a new text window or piece of paper and effectively just start talking to myself through writing—the old advice about trying to work things out by explaining them to someone else but the conversation is all between my head and my hand(s) facilitating exchange between my selves as protagonist For most of my life I’d rarely thought of my body as containing my self—that was my brain’s job—only to find that once I inhabited it more deliberately there was more of me pent up in there waiting to be unleashed than I’d ever imagined ________________________________________________ A Physical Education by Casey Johnston is available via Grand Central Publishing Created by Grove Atlantic and Electric Literature Masthead About Sign Up For Our Newsletters How to Pitch Lit Hub Privacy Policy Support Lit Hub - Become A Member Lit Hub has always brought you the best of the book world for free—no paywall you'll keep independent book coverage alive and thriving By Lia AssimakopoulosDallas Stars and college sports reporter but one that didn’t look all that comfortable either — was the battle scar the young forward had from the third Game 7 of his career it would’ve been all he had to show for his team’s effort But after a furious comeback led by Mikko Rantanen Johnston capped off the Stars’ win with his third career Game 7 goal and second career Game 7 series clincher Sports RoundupGet the latest D-FW sports news analysis and opinion delivered straight to your inbox GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy WYATT JOHNSTON AND THE STARS SOMEHOW HAVE THE LEAD IN GAME 7(Via @DallasStars | #TexasHockey)pic.twitter.com/192lgTADdN Colorado’s Jack Drury went to the box for a holding penalty against Tyler Seguin Just minutes after Rantanen tied the game on one power play Johnston received a pass across the crease from Matt Duchene and buried it to give his team the lead with 3:56 left in the game He wants to be in those situations and he rises to the occasion In the second round in 2023 against the Seattle Kraken Johnston scored from a tight angle with just over seven minutes left in regulation to give Dallas a 2-0 lead With Seattle scoring a goal in the last minute of regulation Johnston’s became the game-winner — and he became the youngest player in NHL history to score a series-clinching goal in a Game 7 In the first round in 2024 against the Vegas Golden Knights Johnston scored the first goal of Game 7 late in the first period Johnston’s teammate Radek Faksa found the game winner early in the third On Saturday night becoming the first player in league history to score a series-clinching goal in multiple Game 7s at age 22 or younger He also became the first player in franchise history to score multiple series-clinching goals in Game 7 “The fact that he’s 21 is crazy,” Stars goalie Jake Oettinger said Gonna be a great Dallas Star for a very long time.” Johnston became a key player for Dallas down the stretch of the series After leading the Stars in goals last playoff run he was quiet in the first few games against Colorado including one just nine seconds into the game He is now tied for second on the team in playoff points with seven (three goals and four assists) Johnston is also a key member of the Stars’ penalty kill that held Colorado to 0-for-3 Saturday night Johnston and the Stars hope it’s just one of many both during this playoff run and for years down the line “This isn’t the destination for us,” Johnston said “This is the start of what we plan to be a super long run and a Stanley Cup It’s awesome to get that first quarter done and we’re looking forward to the next series.” Twitter: @lassimak 49 imagesView GalleryMore from the Stars’ Game 7 win— 5 thoughts from Stars-Avs Game 7: Mikko Rantanen hat trick saves Dallas’ season — Mikko Magic: Rantanen leads Stars’ frantic comeback to eliminate his former team — Stars coach Pete DeBoer’s ‘super impressive’ Game 7 record is now the best in pro sports — Winnipeg Jets or St. Louis Blues? Who should Stars want to face in second round? — Avalanche, Nathan MacKinnon stunned after season ends at the hands of Dallas Stars — Stars coach Pete DeBoer expects both Miro Heiskanen, Jason Robertson to play in Round 2 — National reaction to Stars’ win: Mark Game 7 down as a classic in Dallas sports history The University is currently operating under normal conditions The award winners share thoughtful reflection on the teachers who inspired them to be better instructors Created in 1993 with a gift during the Bicentennial Campaign from Max Carrol Chapman Jr these awards honor distinguished teaching of undergraduate students The award carries a stipend of $30,000 to be used over the period of five years I’ve been fortunate to have so many amazing teachers and professors at each stage of my academic journey taught me the importance of iterative improvement in my research and teaching She modeled excellence and took the time to give me thorough and thoughtful feedback my graduate statistics professor and mentor helped me find my love for statistics and research methods His enthusiasm and his genuine care for his students was unmatched His passion made me truly appreciate the joy of sharing one’s love for a topic with others Both were hugely influential in shaping my professional path as an academic it is difficult to identify a single defining characteristic but I think care and compassion are absolute necessities Good instructors help students learn course material Great instructors mentor their students and care about their well-being Great instructors also have high expectations but remind students that they are people I believe that instructors have a duty to pass on caring and compassionate mentorship to the next generation of students My students know I love to use memes as instructional tools Having a good laugh at the beginning of class is a great way to break the ice and get started on a positive note Students in Statistical Principles of Psychological Research create course and topic-related memes that we present and discuss at the beginning of each class meeting Research suggests that creating memes is not just a chance to have some creative fun but also facilitates deeper encoding of course material I am blown away by the students’ creativity and some students even comment that the memes have helped them get over their fear of statistics I have been blessed to have had so many wonderful teachers in my life The most impactful teacher I had in my K-12 experience was my 8th grade Literature teacher It was because of her example that I decided I wanted to be a teacher She treated her students with respect and as if their thoughts mattered even though they were just tweens/young teenagers She made us feel valued and like we had something to contribute to discussions of literary works that had been studied for centuries During my undergraduate work at Truman State University He was a truly engaging teacher who had very high expectations for his students He also excelled at building community among students did Spanish sing-a-longs with us in class and sponsored the Spanish Club One time we were having a review session at the Student Union for one of his exams We were shocked (and thrilled!) that he actually showed up and listened to us as we went through the material chiming in to correct or add to what we were discussing It was amazing as a young adult to have someone respect us and care about us (and often advocate for us) in the ways that he so often did He made me a better student and inspired me to be a better teacher Two of the most important things are build community and be flexible The pandemic really drove home the damage that feeling isolated can cause to our health and well-being students need to feel comfortable enough to be brave and take risks using the language in front of the instructor and their peers If there is a strong sense of community in the class and if the students can sense that they are part of a larger learning community it makes it so much easier for them to put themselves out there and contribute to discussions Flexibility has become especially important since 2020 Deadlines are good things in that they provide structure but  flexibility when warranted shows students that we trust them and that we support them in meeting the objectives of the course even when life throws them a curveball that requires some grace I give students the chance to draw to show me they have understood something or to create a “product” in the target language Students often don’t get many opportunities to draw or color but many of our students across disciplines are quite artistic I have often given some kind of “visual art” dimension to an activity I have them make greeting cards in Spanish practicing the message inside using the subjunctive Or when we are studying the colorful diablos rojos I give them a blank bus outline and have them create their own diablo rojo in groups My favorite visual activity: I gave students the option of drawing a picture of a short story’s plot rather than answering comprehension questions The students produced some wonderful drawings and it was much more engaging for them and for me Department of English and comparative literature I’ve been fortunate to have a lot of fantastic teachers all of whom I try to emulate in one way or another a philosophy professor at the University of Oklahoma He was not only passionate about a potentially dry subject but able to make it approachable for undergraduates He had the ability to be brilliant and funny By pushing me to think deeply about important topics and taking an interest in me personally he basically turned around my flailing undergraduate performance I don’t think I would’ve gotten into graduate school without him I think passion for a subject is contagious I try to be open and honest with them so they will be open and honest with me Occasionally a joke lands and they do me the courtesy of laughing It’s important to create an environment where everyone feels comfortable sharing so it takes some effort to tease that comfort out for the class as a whole — at which point I try to make them uncomfortable I’ve had a lot of success examining the rhetorical situation of breakups Breakups are essentially arguments about who is good and who is bad with a variety of rhetorical nuances at play so it’s interesting and fun to consider which moves are effective and which fail miserably the lesson really opens up the class for discussion into a variety of subjects including rhetoric the stories are fantastic and the students love telling them these awards recognize excellence in undergraduate teaching Winners are nominated by Johnston Scholars and selected by a special committee of scholars in the James M Two winners will receive $5,000 and a framed citation I did not understand even half of Professor Singh’s physical chemistry course but I knew the material was important because it provides a quantitative explanation for chemical observations I’ve spent my career gaining that understanding and applying it to what I learned in Professor Depinto’s biochemistry class which showed how chemistry relates to biology In graduate school at Washington State University taught me the ropes of academic chemistry and served as my guide star for mentoring Michael Smith taught me the value of sticking with an idea (it got him a Nobel Prize) Professor Williams taught me that folks will tell you they have scooped your work but do not believe it until it’s published Professor Sorrell held my hand in my quest for tenure listened to me moan and taught me how to teach It’s the stealth move because so few people do it Good listening is difficult during a large class such as chemistry 101 even if a few students and I end up talking outside the lecture hall Accessibility of the instructor in large classes is important Questions can be asked that students would not be comfortable asking in front of a large number of their peers and getting to know students in this way has led to their doing research in my lab In smaller advanced undergraduate and graduate classes I hold a listening session during the first five or 10 minutes For graduate students and undergraduates working in my lab I have an open-door policy — if my office door is open This policy leads to new ideas and approaches It is used to make fertilizer (about 70% of the nitrogen atoms in each of us is from the process) but was also used by Germany to make explosives during the first World War Illustrating how discoveries lead to applications both broadens knowledge and creates interest in upper-division and graduate classes I have students read scientific papers that turned out to be wrong so that they understand how knowledge is built from wrong answers and well as correct ones The dean of the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy talks about her research The Well compiled all the details you need before attending UNC-Chapel Hill’s May 10 graduation The Well newsletter updates Tar Heels on UNC-Chapel Hill’s top stories NC Children’s will be North Carolina’s first freestanding hospital dedicated to caring for kids The Carolina sophomore shares her life through her poems © 2024 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill