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Picking up on pickleball

Pickleball, alas, does not involve an actual pickle.But according to the sport’s origin story, it does involve a Pickles.“In 1965 in the state of Washington, there was a family on vacation,” certified pickleball instructor Laurel Heilman tells me. “The kids were bored. They invented ...

Spark Girls Into STEM

During an orientation for an upcoming computer science class, Reshma Gudla quickly realized she was outnumbered, to say the least.Her count of students gathered in the Upper St. Clair classroom showed about 40, with five of them females.“And one girl actually dropped out,” Reshma recalls. ...

Six weeks in Lebanon

Here’s one for Hollywood, perhaps.An American volunteer who’s a recent college graduate travels to Lebanon and is assigned to a Syrian refugee camp, where his task is to teach a bunch of youngsters how to put on a play.Being typical kids, many of them don’t stay interested for all that ...

Down by the ol’ live stream

Let’s see if this sounds slightly familiar:“I’m not a musician, but I play one on the Internet.”OK, maybe I can strum some guitar chords and have a penchant for remembering lyrics without consulting an iPad. But considering just the number of people I know personally who have genuine ...

There's no doubt social distancing practices have done much to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus around the world.Many across Southwestern Pennsylvania have become sickened, and hundreds have died from COVID-19. The toll from the virus could have been much worse if not for the swift ...