Panthers Off to Smooth Start

The UPEI Panthers kicked off their pre-season on a good note last weekend, winning the Stu Aberdeen tournament in Acadia, topping home-town

Acadia 60-56 in the decid- ing game. The game was tight, with UPEI up only 3 points with 9 seconds remaining, but Sherone

tournament all-star team, and also named tournament MVP, scoring 45 total points and grabbing 17 boards in 2 games. Engen ~ Nurumbi, a rookie forward for _ the Panthers, was also named to the tournament all-star am, after scoring 11 points the final game. The anthers hope that their

Astros Vs Cardinals : The Series North America Forgot

While all the media attention going to the American League Championships, having two of the biggest teams duke it out, there was another game seven happening in the National League. After falling behind early, home town St. Louis was able to overcome the one run deficit in the 6th inning with a few clutch hits by MVP Albert Pujols and a two run shot by Scott Rolen. The Cardinals, who posted the best record in the majors, winning 105 games, will face Boston on October 21st at Fenway Park to kick off the World Series.

Edwards was sent to the line and capitalized, keeping the Panthers up for good. The win sealed the tournament for them, giving them only their second Aberdeen tournament in seventeen years. Edwards was named to the

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In an unprecedented comeback, the Boston Red Sox overcame an 0-3 defeat in the ALCS to beat the New York Yankees in a deciding game seven match-up, 10-3. Johnny Damon broke out of his slump in a big way, busting out 2 home runs, cashing in 6 in the process. The Yankees were able to manage a small comeback in the late innings, getting a few runs off of Pedro Martinez in a relief appearance, but

the Bo Sox were able to fight it off,

nblemished pre-season record gives them momentum for the regular season. Their first game is November 13th, while their first home game is Nov. 20th, hosting St. FX.

keeping a solid lead for the rest of the game. No team in the history of baseball had been able to come back from a 3-0 deficit in a 7 game series. The Red Sox hope to make history again, reaching the World Series for the first time in over 17 years, by winning the coveted championship for the first time since 1918, when they sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees, starting the supposed "Curse of the Bambino".

Sichuan University - China.

ibrarian to work on their library skills and many of the resources our ywn students receive.”

zive professors experience in anoth- er country. It has raised excitement already with a portion of the facul- ty, even though the project is still tentative.

The first university in the program is Sichuan University. This diverse school offers many pro- grams including: arts, sciences, engineering and technology, law and many others. Sichuan and UPEI have set up a four year program consisting of two years abroad and two years on the island. This uni- versity also has numerous oversea

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The program would also.

experts from Russia, Australia, America, France, India and Canada to name a few.

The second school in coop- eration is the Beijing School of Business and Technology, which is actually a school of liberal arts. Beijing offers a first year UPEI experience for the Chinese student in their home country. They get to know how things work by truly being immersed in English educa- tion, based on a UPEI general first year curriculum.

“T really like the idea,” said Zee He, a local student formerly from Beijing. “It gives Chinese stu- dents a chance to really study some-

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