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DESERVING  

a poem

Here four AC sportswriters debate four topics and then ask for the reader to weigh in on our answers. This is our 10th installment and we've been gaining a nice little following. Please join us and tell us who is an expert and who is a clown.

Everyone thought Reggie Bush was the consensus overall pick to be the first selection of the 2006 NFL Draft. However, the Texans decided that defense was the best way to make up ground with the team from Indianapolis.

Halo 3 had the biggest launch in video game history. It broke records by astounding numbers. But does it deserve the hype and the praise?

The Dreamfields Healthy Low Carb Living Pasta is really a delicious stuff that has carved a well deserving niche in the food list of pasta lovers.

We are taught that America is the most free and fair country in the world. What we never hear or see, however, is the government fighting to keep out immigrants that are just as deserving of freedom and fairness as American citizens.

Each month they travel the United States and present awards to two deserving Americans. These Americans are named Heroes In Our Midst because of the positive impact they have had on other people's lives.

Finally, we get to see Jim and Pam take their ongoing romance to a new and audience deserving level.

Why was the US able to apologize to the Japanese and the Indians with no protest from citizens but an apology to African Americans are viewed as a non deserving wasteful attempt?

In a year of groundbreaking film and breakout performances, the Oscar nominations went to old favorites and left out several deserving nominees.

Although deserving of special recognition every day, there is one day each year that is designated specifically to honor mothers. Mother's Day in the United States lands on the second Sunday of May.

It is about wrongfully signaling a person out, hurting their feelings or embarrassing them in public. Homosexuals are just as deserving of kindness as anyone else.

Father's Day is almost here. Don't wait for the eleventh hour to get him a well deserving father's day gift to symbolize your appreciation for his hard work and love for the family.

A look at the Tarheels court performance vs. ranking

Are the new inductee's to the Rock and Roll Hall of fame deserving

There were some major Oscar snubs this year by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. A number of deserving actors, directors and films did not receive Oscar nominations. There were also a couple of nice surprises for unsuspecting actors.

With recent inductees, who really needs to be remembered for rock and roll?

Let's face it. It's true we all do not remain married for one reason or another. But, through it all for those of you who have children, there's nothing better than having a child to love. I find it very, very deserving and challenging of being a single parent.

A look at the careers of Bobby Matthews and Tommy John. Two of the winningest pitchers not in the Hall of Fame.

The key difference between someone who is confident versus someone who is cocky is that the confident person truly believes that he is deserving of his self-empowerment.

An undefeated Big East team should without a doubt be provided an opportunity to play in the BCS title game. After last nights win for Rutgers, if they go on to win out, including a game at West Virginia, consider them the opponent for OSU or Michigan.

With the use of steroids in the world of sports there is no telling whose deserving of the rewards of good sportsmanship or not, this is unsettling.

I wrote this for an AP English class assignment about my beloved boyfriend.

For too long the fans of baseball have been given the chance to vote for their favorite players to play in the All-Star Game. It's gotten to the point where all they do is vote for their favorites and not those deserving. These are the players that are.

Why would hundreds of thousands of available dollars not be awarded to deserving high school athletes, especially with tuition prices continuing to soar? Well, it's a combination of small recruiting budgets and relying on the high school coach.

It's time to treat American Idol with the respect deserving of a show that most Americans don't watch.

The homophobia that runs rampant in our community is directly linked to the deep religious roots of the black church who spend far too much time supporting the idea that maybe Michael Sandy, Sakia Gunn and others like them are deserving of their fates.

Babe Ruth was the greatest baseball player of all time and all the recent talk suggesting that Barry Bonds might be the best is debunked.

Black History Month is a celebration of African American heritage and culture. Are all ethnic groups deserving of this attention?

Popular artists are chosen over artists who consistently present quality content over the years. Its is unfair to these people.

Once again the BCS proved to be an inadequate system. For the second time in two years, a very deserving team was left out of the National Championship. Michigan is a better football team then Florida. They should be in the title game.

The Matamoros Children's Home is a godsend for over 100 of Mexico's most needy children. They can use your money, your kids' hand-me-downs, anything.

When is the NCAA Tournament selection committee ever going to learn? Don't they realize that it is media darling schools, and the upstart mid major and small conference schools that give "March Madness" its charm?

The Make-A-Wish Foundation is truly a stellar charitable foundation, deserving of your consideration as you make your New Year's resolutions and choices for charitable contributions this year.

Bobby Knight is the same as the deserving fist, except his fingers coil into the visage of a curled verbal barrage of "tough crap if you don't like what you hear" verbage. And what do "men" do? They cower and cry and run for reasons to fire him.

The streets of Des Moines are like a recycling-bin of human beings who are not strongly enough recognized as deserving the same chances for a quality life as everyone else.

Why Stanley Kubrick's film version of Stephen King's The Shining is more psychologically interesting and compelling.

Non-profit organizations help those who need it the most - but they wouldn't exist without support. You can make a difference today and beyond without breaking the checkbook. Here are ten easy ideas to get your altruistic nature a little nurturing.

Fable isn't the game it was cracked up to be, but plainly put it is still a great RPG.

Despite its reputation as one of the shadier sides of New England, Worcester, Massachusetts' art museum is a truly top-notch cultural facility that should make any citizen of Worcester proud.

Why Alexander Hamilton deserves to be ranked higher in the Discovery Channel's list of greatest Americans ever.

Media and popular culture portray the largest part of the country's population as inferior to those with money and power.

Panda Express is growing and looking to do for Chinese food what Taco Bell did for Mexican fast-food. Panda Express is probably making plans to open a drive-thru in your city.

In a recent Q&A with UCLA Screenwriting professor and author Hal Ackerman, I asked what it takes to increase the odds of making it in the difficult industry of screenwriting. Here's what he told me.

During the early Middle Ages, the tribal society of a European people managed to live for over 100 years without being invaded. Out of sheer happiness, they invented a democratic system of rule.

I recently had an opportunity to interview one of Detroit's most revered hometown heroes, Willie Horton. The very humble Mr. Horton shared some tidbits with me that I would like to pass on to the world.

Abortion, and whether you believe it is a choice or a killing, is perhaps one of the most divisive social issues in U.S., if not world, history...why I am opposed to the practice of abortion.

It is clear that "they" do hate us for what we stand for. Unfortunately, we stand for neither freedom nor democracy. Rather, we stand for arrogance, barbarism, and violence.

If you've already devoured the Harry Potter books, you have a new treat in store. MAGYK: Septimus Heap is the first book in a promising new fantasy trilogy by Angie Sage.

In defending the use of torture against individuals suspected of being "terrorists who kill civilians," the Journal, like Bush & Co., indulges in the same relativism of morality they so indignantly decry.