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grapesodatozier · 2 years ago
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"hey boss sorry I’m late I was zoned out in the shower thinking about what dnd 5e class each of the losers would be" -me this morning
lol anyway here’s what I came up with!! would love to hear others’ thoughts on this!! my personal character interpretations are very book heavy with cherry-picked movie influences and a respectable scoop of fanon interpretations I like lol so I think there’s a lot of options here and I think it would be so fun to hear other people’s interpretations of this!!
bill: oath of vengeance paladin whose god is maturin. his favorite spell is compelled duel. no further elaboration needed.
mike: farm boy mike made me consider druid or ranger, but I think his motivations are very strong around maintaining derry’s history, and he’s incredibly dedicated to that, so I think knowledge domain cleric makes most sense to me (his god is also maturin, bike maturin acolyte boyfriends so real <3 )
ben: book ben is soooo fighter. that man threw back an insane amount of alcohol, went back to derry no question, stomped on some alien eggs, and took decades to confess to a cute, corny little 3 line love poem, then respectfully swept his childhood love off her feet. that’s just so fighter to me. like there is nothing more Fighter than starting your story alone in a tavern venting vaguely about your past heroic exploits to the bartender. fighter for sure with some significant levels in artificer for his architecture career
stan: wizardddddd he literally escapes pennywise with the powers of his bird watching guidebook!!!! literally got magic powers from a book in canon!!!!! also he's very happy being an accountant and i feel like math and desk jobs feel very wizard to me lol. also it would be so interesting to explore his feelings about being able to shape reality when he's so attached to maintaining reality. but. he literally changed reality with his book like!!!! so much to think about here.
bev: i kinda want bev to be a rogue, but i think that's just what she initially tries to be. she wants to fly under the radar so bad but she never can. honestly i think she's a barbarian!! it's what she deserves!!! 2017 babygirl kills her dad by bashing him over the head with a toilet cover!!! that's some barbarian shit she has so much anger and rage that she deserves to let out!!!!! also her premonitions about It coming back? danger sense. decades in advance danger sense lmao
eddie: listen. i considered rogue. killing your childhood bully with a broken perrier bottle is some rogue shit. i also considered monk, bc our boy loves to go fast!! but i think the most fitting class for him is ranger. his "super power" is always knowing where to go and where he is. he uses it in the sewers, he uses it to drive around new york city better than anyone else. knowing your terrain that effortlessly is some ranger shit. also he's happiest just chilling on a grassy hill or hanging out in the barrens!! nature baby boy!! also rangers can be a dex class so it still works for him wanting to run and run and run
richie: okay i spent way too much time thinking about richie's bc he's my favorite <3 lol so this is gonna be long. listen we all have biases okay. anyways he's obviously a bard like hello he can change his voice and convince people he's someone else. basically literally casts silvery barbs in book canon. constantly performing. described as having "exhausting charm." support class 100%, while everyone leans on bill he's the one bill leans on. favorite spell is disguise self bc he wants so badly to be someone else. but i don't think he's just a bard. i think he pretends to be just a bard, but such a big part of richie's character is being afraid of things inside himself that he'd like to ignore but can't control. It shows him a werewolf with his name on it which yeah I'm very pro bisexual interpretation of that but more generally is just about feeling like he's got smth uncontrollable and scary that he doesn't understand within him. all of which screams wild magic sorcerer!! so i think he's a wild magic sorcerer who learns bard stuff so he can pretend he's only a bard bc he's scared of his natural magic
okay ty for reading please feel free to share your thoughts if you have them <3
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bluemeta · 2 years ago
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10 Things to do With Your Family in Cloverdale During The Covid Lockdown
Whether you have been living in the Surrey Cloverdale area your whole life or you just moved here you are likely getting tired of sitting at home during the pandemic lockdown.
As a Cloverdale native with a family, I wanted to share a few great activities families can do to mix up the fun at home. This is especially helpful for the families just moving into the neighborhood as we will introduce you to a few local businesses that need your support as the pandemic continues to affect our local Lower Mainland businesses.
Try a Meal Kit Service For Dinner
Cooking dinner or trying a new recipe together can be fun. If you are a well-seasoned cook and your family is used to creating meals together I would suggest trying the local Nanaimo Bar recipe with your kids.
If your family is not as seasoned at cooking new recipes together there are two great new local meal kit services
Eat Your Cake
Fresh Prep
Both services are local to the surrounding Vancouver area and deliver to all of Surrey and Langley residents. Each meal kit comes with food from local vendors across BC and keeps sustainable practices in mind. Servings are priced on average from $6 to $12 depending on the box and meal you choose.
Delivery Location: Surrey, Langley, Maple Ridge, Burnaby, Vancouver
Take an online cooking class
WellSeasoned has been around in Langley for many years with great cooking classes and even better-baked goods. The store has moved its business model to also offer great online cooking classes.
You can find a free Facebook live kids class on Wednesday or an adult pay-what-you-can class on Thursday evening. The Thursday class is a fundraiser to help the chefs at WellSeasoned through the Pandemic as classes sit canceled or at half capacity.
Store Location: Langley
Unique Family Game Night
After playing the same games over and over again your family may be tired of Monopoly or Trouble. Try a virtual or outdoor mystery game with Vancouver Mysteries. Virtual games are played over Zoom and can include costumes and teams. This is a great way to connect with family or friends, not in your core bubble. Vancouver Mysteries is usually played outdoors in the Downtown area but with new virtual events, it is easier to start up a game in your own home.
Store Location: Vancouver
Pottery Painting To Go
Located right in historic Downtown Cloverdale Create It Emporium offers to take home pottery painting kits good for the whole family. With many different pottery items to choose from simply email the store and pick up your kits. All kits include everything you need to paint your item and the firing when your item is finished.
Location: Cloverdale
Check Out a New Local Park
While the weather may be rainy with some snow at times 2021 has proven a year filled with more sunny days than expected. Here are some local parks that have easy trails to take the whole family on.
Bose Forest Park in West Cloverdale
Tynehead Trails in Surrey following the Serpentine River
Cloverdale River Park in Cloverdale
Location: Cloverdale
Take-Home Cookie Decorating Kits
A take-home cookie decorating kit is a great way to keep the kids busy for an hour or two and get a fun treat at the end. Many local bakeries have started offering to take home cookie kits like Four Little Piggies Baking or Reddy Made Cakes both located in Aldergrove, Abbotsford area.  
If they aren’t currently offering cookie kits Sweet Valley Cookies always has some available for delivery.
Delivery Location: Abbotsford, Langley, Chilliwack, Mission, Surrey, Vancouver, New Westminster, Richmond, White Rock, Coquitlam, Burnaby, Fort Langley, Cloverdale, Delta, Maple Ridge, Steveston, North Vancouver, West Vancouver.
Story Time With Surrey Libraries
The digital branch of Surrey Libraries now offers online storytime and book clubs allowing you to enjoy reading and connection while at home. With new readings and events each week there is always something available for your family to enjoy.
Location: Surrey
Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival
The Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival is a great way to get out of the house and support local cafes while keeping your distance. Options are available at local restaurants for pick up only. You can visit one or all locations participating in the event. Check out Vancouver Hot Chocolate Fest for a list of locations and flavours
Location: Vancouver and surrounding area
Watch a Quarantine Concert
If you aren’t ready to leave home quite yet don’t worry many people are in the same boat. Your family can set up a concert night and watch a concert live from your living room. Grab some popcorn and snacks and get the best seat in the house.
Location: Home
Watch Live Theater at Home
If you are a fan of live theater now is your chance to catch a show in the comfort of your own home. Don’t forget to get a popcorn delivery on Skip The Dishes from your local Cineplex. Without movies, our local theaters are doing their best to offer new ways to keep the doors open.
Location: Home
If you are interested in learning more about the local Cloverdale market and things happening in the area follow the Corbin & Co. team on Facebook. We specialize in buying and selling homes in the Surrey and Langley area. As specialists, we love our community and always look for great ways to support the local businesses making Cloverdale and all of Surrey great!
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scaredbisexual · 7 years ago
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Coming Home| Reddie Short Fic
Summary: Summer is ending and The Losers have only one year left before going to college. But they don't really care and try to make the most of it.
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Drunk Eddie and Richie trying to get home after a party.
Warnings: Underage drinking, some curses (duh), some kissing, but fluff mostly
Word Count: 2002
ENJOY!!  READ ON AO3
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             The town was mostly silent. It was two in the morning, the stars were shining brightly, almost as brightly as lamps on the streets. There could be some voices heard from time to time, giggly teenagers walking across the streets and drunk adults wandering around, loud laughter erupting from their throats. The night wasn’t particularly cold, it was the middle of august and summer vacations after all, but some wind blew from time to time, making people hold onto their hats.
              There were two boys walking together through the middle of the street. They weren’t afraid of cars, it wasn’t common for vehicles to loiter around in the middle of the night. One of the boys was tall and lanky, his curly hair was unruly and wild, combed by the wind. His cheeks were pink and eyes unfocused, affected by alcohol that could be sensed from a few feet. He was wearing a bright smile while holding tightly onto the other boy’s hand. He was much smaller, a bit less bubbly and distracted but also slightly drunk. He was talking about something in a shushed tone, not wanting to wake anyone up.
              It wasn’t common for them to have a chance to stroll around the town holding hands and enjoying each other’s company without judgmental looks being thrown their way. He wanted to make the most of it, so he, not so smoothly, moved closer to his boyfriend and circled his waist with his arms.
-What’cha doin’ Eddie Spaghetti?- the taller boy murmured in a playful tone. He smiled even wider than before and put his hand behind Eddie’s head, making little circles with his thumb behind the other’s ear. His boyfriend purred like a cat and the boy could feel his heart clenching painfully. He though he could combust just from looking at this beautiful creature that was cuddling him in the middle of the street.
-Lovin’ ya, Rich- Eddie slurred. He was plenty drunk and Richie couldn’t help but laugh out loud. Eddie may have seemed like the responsible one but he was just the opposite. He just had more self-control and could act not drunk if wanted, the bastard. Richie envied him that ability, it could have saved him a gazillion times.
              Eddie glared at his boyfriend and huffed, but didn’t move. He was just too comfortable, even though their knees would bump from time to time while walking. He felt like he was embracing the most comfortable and warm pillow in the world, a big puppy maybe.  
              They had two weeks left to the beginning of their last year in high school and they were terrified. Neither could imagine what would happen after this year, what would university bring with it and if they would stay together. It wasn’t just about them but also about their best friends- Beverly, Mike, Stan, Bill and Ben. They would all be missed dearly by them. Nobody knew for sure where they wanted to study further but their ideas weren’t too close to one another.
              That’s why they had decided to make the most of it during these last days of summer. They had gotten together on Mike’s farm, made a bonfire and drank a lot of beer, vodka, even some wine Bill had found in his parent’s hiding place. It was fun, they danced and laughed and told each other stories- just like it was when they were younger.
              They got pissed and didn’t feel like moving from their spots on the freshly mowed lawn. But Eddie’s mom had been calling him the whole time so he finally decided to go home. He was angry with her but this was something for another day. Of course Richie, the best boyfriend in the world, insisted on walking Eddie home.
              And that’s how they had found themselves near Eddie’s house with breathes stinking of cheap alcohol and shushing each other’s laughs. Their eyes were shining with humor and love, lips pink and wet from kissing and palms sweaty. At some point Richie had given Eddie his jacket, not because it was cold but he just loved the sight of the smaller one in his baggy clothes. It brought a smile on his face- so Eddie complied without a fuss.
              They were walking in silence, their fingers loosely intertwined, eyes blinking lazily and cheeks red from the blowing wind. They were almost at Eddie’s when Richie suddenly stopped and pulled at his boyfriend’s arm. He was smiling almost wildly.
-Wait, I’ve always wanted to do it- he said and started rummaging through his pockets. Eddie was confused, he didn’t know what to do with himself so he just stomped from one foot on the other and tipped his head to the side. He was observing Richie with a hazed gaze until he finally found his phone and smiled even wider than before.- Just a second, baby- he murmured and pressed a swift kiss to Eddie’s forehead at what the boy smiled softly and nodded in response. He felt a strong urge to be close to Richie so, without a filter that could stop him from being clingy, he moved closer and enveloped Richie in a tight hug, pulling a soft “umpf” noise from him. The boy laughed but didn’t stop searching for something on his phone. It had a few cracks here and there because Richard Tozier was a really clumsy boy but if worked just fine, even though Eddie insisted on taking it to the repairing place.
-You could have a brand new glass for just few dollars Rich, it would look nicer and maybe you would treat it better, clumsy-ass- he said once when they were laying in Richie’s living room and watching something on tv.
-What for though? It would be like throwing money to trash, you know god damn well it would end up looking just the same- Richie replied with a stupid grin on his face, all of his teeth showing and Eddie only huffed in annoyance.
              It was one of the many things that were differencing them. Eddie was a tidy, responsible man with a clean wardrobe, phone that had two years but looked brand new and his nails always nicely done. He had a collection of ironed shirts and nice t-shirt hanging in his closed, all the books laying on their place where they were labeled and a small backpack that always had everything essential for a day out placed next to the door. He was organized and polished, had a whole skin care routine for night and day planned out and various creams laying around his bathroom that made his skin soft and pretty. He was a walking-talking perfection. A fierce one though. He could argue about something very unimportant for a few days (it had happened once when Richie said that his shirt was blue, but it fact it was navy- don’t blame him, he had a rough day and Richie could be a real pain in the ass).
              Then there was Richie- his room was a mess, clothes were hanging on his armchair, completely neglecting existence of a wardrobe, packs of opened cigarettes had their place under pillows and you could always find some empty cans of coke laying on the floor. Richie didn’t even own a comb so his hair was always unruly, wild and sometimes greasy when he didn’t feel like washing it. Don’t get me wrong, he wasn’t a gross person, he was just sometimes too lazy to even get up. He had an awful collection of stupid shirts with floral prints and even worse one of band t-shirts with holes here and there. He wan annoying and could win a gold medal in making Eddie lose his shit but he also knew the best how to calm him.
              They were different and often argued but at the same time they couldn’t imagine life without the other one. They were made to be, soulmates even.
-Finally- Richie said when he found what he was looking for and clicked one last time on the cracked screen. Music started playing from the speaker and Eddie looked up like he was hit with a lightning. It was his favorite song and he couldn’t help but grin when Richie took a step back from his embrace, crunched over a bit and extended his hand in an inviting gesture. Eddie giggled and put his palm on Richie’s.
              The song was playing faster and faster, coming to the chorus and they were dancing happily in the middle of the pavement. Richie put his other hand on Eddie’s back and dipped him a bit, careful not to trip them over. Eddie laughed loudly and let himself loose, dancing like a madman.
-Honey, I love you; that's all she wrote- Richie sang to Eddie’s ear making the other giggle because it tickled his neck but answered nevertheless.
- Oh, Ophelia, you've been on my mind, girl, like a drug.
              When the song ended they stayed close for a while. Richie reached for Eddie’s face and put a loose curl behind his ear before leaning in and pressing a sweet kiss to his boyfriend’s lips. He replied eagerly while standing on his tippy toes and threw his arms around Richie’s neck. They kissed for a while, tongues dancing just like they did before and small smiles interrupting.
-Richie
.Rich- Eddie tried to speak but Richie wouldn’t let him, prepping butterfly kissed onto his face. The smaller boy scrunched his nose and put pressure on Richie’s chest to stop him.- I have to be home soon ‘Chee.
-Yeah, okay- Richie rested his forehead on the other one’s and breathed heavily for a moment. He gripped Eddie’s hips tightly and then let them go.- Let’s go- he murmured and took Eddie’s hand.
              They finally got to Kaspbrak’s house and alcohol swimming though their veins was almost gone by then. All the lights were out so Mrs. Kaspbrak was thankfully asleep. At the begging of summer holidays she would stay up until Eddie got home and then lecture him for being out for so long but then Eddie brought Richie with him and she witnessed some drunk kissing and she was so shocked she didn’t talk to him for a whole week. Eddie felt embarrassed and awful while Richie just laughed it off but the smaller one wouldn’t let him inside until his mother declared that she wouldn’t wait up for him anymore.
-Come inside?- Eddie asked when they were standing in front of the door. Richie, who was playing with his boyfriend’s hair, only nodded and moved to let Eddie open the door. They got inside, took off their shoes and proceeded to quietly make their way to Eddie’s bedroom.- Be quiet you fucking idiot- Eddie hissed when Richie stumbled a little and hit into one of the pictures hanging on wall. Richie only shrugged and send Eddie a kiss.
              They got inside the room and Eddie, as silently as he could, closed the door behind them. He them smiled at Richie and pressed a quick peck to his cheek.
-I love you- he said, only because he felt like it. Richie watched him as he started rummaging through his drawers to find some pajamas. A wave of affection washed through his whole body and when Eddie handed him a t-shirt he head previously stolen Richie stepped closer and pulled him into yet another bruising kiss. Eddie squealed in surprise but reciprocated the kiss right away. He tangled his hands into Richie’s hair what made him hum in pleasure.- ‘m tired- Eddie interrupted. Richie only sighed but nodded in understanding and let the boy go.
              They quickly got changed and got to bed facing each other. Eddie curled up into Richie’s chest and got a hold of his t-shirt to ground himself. Richie put his arm around the smaller boy and pulled him even closer, while burying his face inside Eddie’s hair.
-Goodnight Price Charming- said Richie and Eddie smiled tiredly.
-Goodnight Princess.
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mitchbeck · 6 years ago
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CANTLON'S CORNER: WOLF PACK OFF SEASON VOLUME 14
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BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT - With just about sixty days remaining until the start of the 2019-'20 professional hockey season gets underway, teams are beginning to ramp up their final roster decisions and making more signings. PLAYER & COACHING MOVEMENT The Hartford Wolf Pack have been busy. They announced the signing of a forward, Lewis Zerter-Gossage, to a one-year, AHL deal. Zerter-Gossage played four years at Harvard (ECACHL) playing in 128 games scoring 42 goals adding 43 helpers for 85 points. He joined the Wolf Pack at the end of last season on an ATO deal. Zerter-Gossage played in five games in which he tallied two goals. He played his prep school hockey in Connecticut at Kent, which is also where Rangers head coach David Quinn played when he was a young man. The Rangers made it official and brought out Kevin Shattenkirk (Greenwich/Brunswick Prep). The move gives the Rangers immediate cap relief for this year. It puts the Blueshirts under the $81.5M cap at $80.4M. The team's two remaining UFA’s, Brendan Lemieux and Tony DeAngelo, are expected to play for their NHL qualifying offers for this coming season. Coming from out of left-field, former New Haven Nighthawk, and Hartford Whaler, Paul Fenton, was relieved of his duties as the Minnesota Wild's GM after just one season. In a "Hide-and-seek" move to rid the team of the contract of ex-Wolf Pack and Ranger, Ryan Callahan, who you may remember retired last month as a result of a diagnosis of degenerative back disease, was “dealt” by the Tampa Bay Lightning to the Ottawa Senators along with a fifth-round pick in the 2020 entry draft for goalie Mike Condon and a sixth-round 2020 draft pick. Sens had the cap space to spare while Tampa needed to create some. Totally legal within CBA rules. Tampa Bay also signed ex-Sound Tiger, Stephen Gionta, as an amateur scout. Ex-Pack, Vince Pedrie played very sparingly in Hartford last year and included an ECHL reassignment to the Maine Mariners before being released. He then signed with the Milwaukee Admirals where he played quality minutes into the Western Conference Final has signed with the Tucson Roadrunners on an AHL contract for next season. Ex-Sound Tiger, Casey Bailey, returns from HC Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia–KHL) and signs a try-out deal with the Hershey Bears. Wade Megan (South Kent Prep) who played with the Grand Rapids Griffins last season and had some recall time with the Detroit Red Wings, announced his retirement at age 29. He will concentrate on his hockey school in his native Canton, NY. The Charlotte Checkers announced the hiring of Pat Dwyer as a new assistant for new head coach Ryan Warsofsky. On the same day of his hire, Dwyer announced his retirement as a player after spending last season with the Belfast Giants (Northern Ireland-EIHL). The Texas Stars announced the retirement of Travis Morin, 35, and noted that his number 23 will be retired. It was also announced that he is being hired as a skills development coach. Former New Haven Nighthawk, and Hartford Whalers draft pick, Jerome “Boom-Boom” Bechard, has been hired to be one of two associate coaches with the expansion Columbus (GA) Fire Dragons (FHL). He coached the SPHL Columbus Cottonmouth for seven years before the team folded after the 2016-17 season. Matt Finn, who played four games in Hartford with the Wolf Pack, as well as with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, and had two other AHL PTO signing stops in Ontario and Grand Rapids, signs in Europe with EHC Linz (Austria-EBEL). Finn played the majority of his season with the Florida Everblades (ECHL). Jamie Arniel, the nephew of former Nighthawk and Rangers assistant coach, Scott Arniel, split last season with Vienna (Austria-EBEL) and then Augsburger (Germany-DEL) has signed with HC Bolzano  (Italy-EBEL). Another pair of Euro AHL signings. Bobby Farnham of Springfield signs with Belfast (Northern Ireland-EIHL). Ryan Murphy, who played with two AHL teams (Binghamton, Iowa) and two NHL squads (New Jersey, Minnesota), signs with Neftekhimik (Russia-KHL) making 63 AHL’ers to sign overseas for the upcoming season. European camps start in the next week. Ex-Pack, Brendan Kotyk, re-signs with Toledo (ECHL). Ex-Sound Tiger, Scott Burt, is named the new assistant coach with Boise (ECHL). Ex-Sound Tiger, and Rangers draft pick, Daniel Maggio, leaves Norfolk (ECHL) for Herning IK Blue Fox (Norway-NEL). Ex-Sound Tiger, Alan Letang, the head coach for Owen Sound (OHL), has been added to the Canadian WJC Team as a scout. Former Whaler, Jody Hull, signs a two-year extension as the head coach of the Niagara IceDogs (OHL). He hires a longtime AHL’er Mark Mancari, as a new assistant coach. Mancari played in Rochester, Portland, Chicago, and San Antonio. He concluded a four-year stint in the German DEL to end his playing career. The Sudbury Wolves (OHL) have hired one-time Whalers scout, Tony MacDonald. He went to North Carolina and worked with the Hurricanes and retired there as the Director of Amateur Scouting after the draft in Vancouver. He was their top scout for the final three years in Hartford. He will be a Special Advisor in Sudbury. The Wolves also hired a new assistant coach. He is long-time AHL enforcer, Zach Stortini, who retires from Charlotte to become the Wolves second assistant coach replacing former Nighthawk and Springfield Indian, Bud Stefanski. Stefanski coached with his son-in-law, the team's head coach, Corey Stillman, last year. He officially retires from coaching. Stortini finished 16th on the all-time AHL PIM list with 1,825 in 603 AHL games. He tallied 109 points and played 257 NHL gamers with 41 points and 725 PIM. He is also the all-time PM leader in Sudbury history with 746 in 247 games. His total numbers, 1,109 games played, 124 goals scored, 270 total points, and 3,296 PIM. A few more to add in college player signing categories. Meirs Moore, from RPI (ECACHL), signs with the South Carolina Stingrays (ECHL). His college teammate, Brady Wiffens, signs with the Reading Royals (ECACHL).  Spencer Trapp of Holy Cross (AHA), signs with South Carolina as well. Trapp’s older brother, Bear Trapp, played four years for Sacred Heart University. Liam Morgan leaves two years early from Union College (ECACHL) and heads to Belfast (Northern Ireland-EIHL). Jack Jenkins of Notre Dame (Big 10), signs with the Indy Fuel (ECHL). Marly Quince of Clarkson University (ECACHL) heads to the Adirondack Thunder (ECHL) while Brett Supinski of Union College (ECACHL) inks a deal with the Rangers' secondary farm team, the Maine Mariners (ECHL). He did play two games in the spring with the Ontario Reign. That makes for 188 Division I players to have signed North American pro deals Cory Anderson of Division III's Manhattanville College (UCHC) signs with Huntsville (SPHL) making 24 Division III players to have signed pro deals. 50 college players have signed in Europe and 254 overall between Division I and III have signed. The first Canadian college transfer occurs as Andrew Dodson of the University Alabama-Huntsville (WCHA) will play for the University of Guelph Gryphons (OUAA). There was just one college transfer to the Canadian major junior ranks as Sam Comrie leaves Denver University (NCHC) for Kelowna (WHL). Former Sacred Heart University assistant coach, Josh Beal, is hired as an assistant coach with Bentley University (AHA). Ex-Pack, Layne Ulmer, 38, retires after four strong seasons at Cardiff (Wales-EIHL) that included several championships, He is retiring from hockey and moving back to Canada. Ex-Pack, Juris Stals, re-signs with HK Kurpads (Latvia-LHL). Ex-Pack, Richard Nejezchleb, goes from HC Nova Zamsky (Slovakia-SLEL) to HC Poruba (Czech Republic Division-2). Goalie, Kohl Reddy, leaves Loomis Chaffe Prep (Windsor) for Kirkland Lake of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League, (NOJHL) one of the ten Canadian Junior A leagues. One of the all-time wildest players in AHL and minor pro history, Kevin “Killer” Kaminski, becomes the head coach of the La Ronge Wolves (SJHL). UCONN ANNOUNCES REMAINDER OF 2019 CLASS After reporting several of the incoming freshmen class for UCONN, the school announced the remainder of their incoming class. There is plenty of reason for optimism when the group hops over the boards on opening night October 5th in Bridgeport at the Webster Bank Arena against Sacred Heart University (AHA). Jacob Flynn, Defenseman - Bridgewater, Mass./Thayer Academy (USHS-MA Prep) The 5-foot-10 defenseman from Bridgewater, Mass., concluded his high school career in 2018-19 at Thayer Academy.  Flynn was Thayer’s top-defenseman this past season. He finished with a career-high seven goals and 23 points in 28 games as his team finished 13-10-4 in the ISL. In his senior season, Flynn earned ISL all-league honors.  During his junior season, he posted three goals and 12 assists in 30 games.  During his four years at Thayer, Flynn appeared in 119 career games with 12 goals and 33 assists for 45 points.  Ryan Keane, Goaltender - Lewisville, Texas/Jamestown Rebels (NAHL) The 5-9 goaltender from Lewisville, Texas spent the past two seasons in the NAHL. Keane played in 36 games with the Jamestown Rebels. In 2018-19, he finished second in the league with a 1.81 Goals Against Average (GAA). He posted a 23-10-0 record and had three shutouts.  He finished the year with a .927 save percentage.  In 2017-18, Keane saw action in 33 games with the then Philadelphia Rebels and was 24-7-0 with a 1.90 GAA and a .924 save percentage. He earned the NAHL (East) Goaltender of the Year honors. Keane ranked second in the league in GAA and had three shutouts. He was named to the NAHL All-East Division team. Prior to his two seasons in the NAHL, Keane played nine games with the Omaha Lancers (USHL). In 2016-17, the second Texas-born and bred Huskies goaltender, comes out of the Dallas Stars U-16/U-18 program. The other was Rob Nichols (Dallas) who played from 2013-2017. He will be the number two goalie behind returning sophomore, and Czech native, Tomas Vomacka. Yan Kuznetsov, Defenseman - Murmansk, Russia/Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) The 6-3 defenseman from Murmansk, Russia comes to Storrs after playing last season in the USHL with the Sioux Falls Stampede, the 2019 Clark Cup champions. He was the 157th overall pick in the 10th round of USHL Futures Draft in 2018. Kuznetsov played in 34 games and had four assists. In international play, in November, he helped lead Team Russia to its fourth gold medal in the six-game showcase, World Under-17 Hockey Challenge in New Brunswick, Canada. In addition to earning a medal, he was named to the WHC All-Star team.  He also played for Russia’s U16 team in 2017-18 and has skated for CSKA Moscow U-16.18 squads as well. No relation to the former pro player Sergei Kuznetsov. Harrison Rees, Defenseman - Oakville, Ontario/North York Rangers (OJHL) The 6-2 defenseman from Oakville, Ontario has played the last two seasons with North York of the Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL).  In 2018-19, he helped lead the Rangers to the top of the OJHL South Division while putting up 44 points on six goals and 38 assists in 53 games.  In 16 playoff games this past season, Rees scored six goals with seven assists. At the end of the season, he was named to the 2018-19 OJHL All-Star second team. In 2017-18, Rees had a 14 points season in 50 games, scoring three goals with 11 assists.  He spent the 2016-17 season with The Hill Academy's U16 Prep team, playing in 12 games. In 2016, he was drafted in the 11th round, 221st overall pick of the OHL Priority Draft by the Erie Otters. The foursome all join previously announced incoming players of, Carter Berger (North Vancouver, British Columbia), Matej BlĂŒmel (Tabor, Czech Republic), Vladislav Firstov (Yaroslavl, Russia) and Eric Linell (Great Neck, N.Y.). They round out this coming season’s eight-player freshmen class. This year’s class features three players taken in June’s NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, Firstov (Minnesota/2nd round/42nd overall), Blumel (Edmonton/4th round/100th overall) and Berger (Florida/4th round /106th overall). (Portions of a UCONN press release were used in the formation of this piece) WORLD JUNIOR SUPER SUMMER SHOWCASE Now in its third year in Plymouth, MI, this a summer hockey appetizer preview of the World Junior Championship. This year it will be held in Ostrava, and Trinec, Czech Republic. The four countries that participate are the host US, Sweden, Canada, and Finland. The US team features a few important names including the NY Rangers first-round pick (22nd overall) in 2018 in defenseman K’Andre Miller of the University of Wisconsin. It also includes a pair of former Avon Old Farms Players in Spencer Knight (Darien/Boston College), Trevor Zegras (Boston University), and Christian Krygier. Also on the list is the son of former Whaler, UCONN Husky, and Nighthawk, Matthias Samuelsson (Western Michigan) who is the son of ex-Nighthawk, Kjell Samuelsson. Lastly, there's Shane Pinto (US Selects Academy at South Kent Prep). Rangers draft pick, Zac Jones, (Tri-City USHL 2019, third round, 68th overall), a defenseman, and current Sound Tiger, Oliver Wahlstrom, and Jack Drury (Harvard), the son of former Whaler, Ted Drury who also is the nephew of Wolf Pack GM, Chris Drury from Trumbull. On Friday, Miller had another solid offensive rush from the US goal-line but was denied as Rangers' President John Davidson was in attendance. In the waning minutes of the first period, Cole Caufield, and Drury were each denied on Grade-A chances. Miller nailed Drury with a shot in front of the net, and he, of course, was back at in the second period. The US battled back from a 4-1 deficit after giving up four goals of the seven scored in the second period. They got a late goal from Trevor Zegras with 1:31 left in regulation but fell one short in the 6-5 loss to Finland despite 51 shots on goal. Miller assisted on Zegras' tally, and Drury added a power play goal from the right-wing circle set-up by Caulfield. The US routed Sweden on Wednesday, 6-0. Knight recorded the shutout with 22 saves. His best work came in the first period stopping four point-blank shots including one on Ranger prospect, Karl Henriksson. His former Avon Old Farms teammate, Zegras, scored one of the six goals while Jones has another strong game with an assist and five shots on goal. The US lost to Canada 4-1 in the opener with Caulfield scoring the only US goal. Miller had two good strong plays, one on a coast-to-coast rush and a screen shot that Canadian netminder Olivier Rodrique snatched away from the top right corner spot he was shooting for. Miller set up Drury for an in-front tip in play, but that was denied by Rodrigue as well. The series concluded with the US winning over Canada on Saturday. Of note on the other three teams are Jack McBain of Canada, the son of former New Haven Senator, Andrew McBain, and the goalie coach for Canada is all-time Wolf Pack great, Jason LaBarbera. Sweden had three Ranger draft picks in defenseman Nils Lundkvist (2018 first-round, 24th overall), Karl Henriksson (2019 second-round, 58th overall) and goalie, Olof Lindbom (2018 second round, 39th overall). While both are eligible to play in the WJC in December, both Jack Hughes (New Jersey), and Kaapo Kakko (Rangers) are expected to be in the NHL and were not invited to this tourney. Read the full article
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Is The SAT Secure? What the College Board Is Doing to Respond to the Admissions Scandal
The details of the admissions-fraud scheme revealed by federal prosecutors last month sound like something out of a heist movie. A private admissions counselor allegedly bribed a proctor of an SAT test, and in some cases paid someone to take the test for a student, or have someone change answers to improve a student’s score.
The incident has raised questions about the fairness and validity of the admissions process as a whole, and specifically about whether the SAT is as secure as it should be.
EdSurge sat down this week with Jeremy Singer, the president of the College Board, which makes and administers the test, to ask how the organization is responding, and about his thoughts on the broader issues around college admissions.
Listen to the discussion on this week’s EdSurge On Air podcast. You can follow the podcast on the Apple Podcast app, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Play Music or wherever you listen. Or read a portion of the interview below, lightly edited for clarity.
EdSurge: In the wake of this college admissions scandal, what do you do as an organization to help restore trust in this environment when people are looking anew at whether this system is secure?
Jeremy Singer: I think the Varsity Blues scandal [the codename of the federal investigation] hit a real nerve for most people about the inequity that we see in the system between families with more resources, and those who don’t. There’s a depressing stat that Raj Reddy [a Stanford social-mobility researcher] published that showed that people in the top 1 percent of income are 77 times more likely to get into these Ivy League plus schools [the eight Ivy League colleges, University of Chicago, Stanford, MIT, and Duke] than the bottom 20 percent.
And that’s because there are a lot of things in the system that advantage people with money, frankly. So this story hit that nerve. College Board was founded to try to address that inequity. It was these East Coast schools, Ivy League schools, that said: Hey, we don’t have the resources in the early 1900s to find students from Milwaukee, from Montana, Idaho. And so we need a vehicle to assess their readiness. And that was how College Board and SAT was started over 100 years ago.
We’ve had some success, but there are still, as Raj’s stat shows us, a lot of issues. The Varsity Blues incident was a very extreme example of it, and a very small one. A few students were able to switch the school where they tested. They got accommodations, and they didn’t take the exam at their [usual] school. They went to another school where the school didn’t know them and somehow they paid a proctor and they took advantage of that by taking the test for them or helping correct their answers. It happened in two cases.
Yes, but I think prosecutors suggested there may have been other incidents.
It’s extremely rare. We take it very seriously. We’ve invested millions upon millions, and we continue to, on securing the test. The integrity of the test is critically important. If the higher education system doesn’t see it as a valid objective measure, they won’t use it, so it’s important that we protect it. We focus on a lot of things around test security. There are a whole series of initiatives.
For this specific example, we’re taking action. [In the cases in the scandal, the students who cheated falsely claimed they had a learning disability, which let them take the test at a different school than they usually attend, an accomodation which made it easier for them to cheat.] But typically, those students still take the exam in their home school where they’d be known. But some can’t, for whatever reason. And we’re just tightening those procedures. If it’s a valid case, we’ll allow it, but it won’t be easy. You’ll be in your known school where that would essentially eliminate that chance of this kind of impersonation piece.
There has been discussion online by some parents concerned that the College Board might roll back these accommodations for students with disabilities now that someone’s gamed the system.
When I came to College Board six years ago, we talked to a lot of groups representing students with learning disabilities. Frankly, they were frustrated because the process to get accommodations was really burdensome. In our New York office, we have a quarter of a floor with clinical psychologists reviewing cases to make sure they are valid, so we take it very seriously.
But we did take steps to keep the validity of the process, but make it easier on those students, so that it wouldn’t be as hard to get for those who deserves accommodations. We don’t plan to roll that back. That’s an important community that we need to continue to serve. We’re not planning to change the accommodation rules; we’re planning to change this one very specific case that we think will address the issue.
There’s probably a moment before any of us in the general public knew about it, when you found out about the Varsity Blues scandal. Can you describe that moment and what your reaction was to having someone say this happened?
First of all, it was unfortunate. My last name is Singer, and the guy who organized, his name is Singer. That was unfortunate.
But I take it there is no relation between you and Rick Singer, the alleged mastermind of this admissions-fraud scheme.
No relation. I got a lot of texts and emails as soon as it broke. For me as a parent, I related to it. I have 17-year-old twins who are going through the college process right now. They’re high-school seniors. And they’re lucky in many ways because my wife and I and our parents all went to college. Obviously with my job, I have a lot of knowledge about the college-going process. And even then I still found it complex.
But as we’ve raised them, we wanted them to recognize the advantages that they were born into that most other kids don’t have.
So Varsity Blues to me is the polar opposite of that. These are parents trying to give their students all these advantages that are beyond the norm. And then, hide it from them. Instead of saying, ‘Hey, you’ve done great, but you’ve also got a lot of advantages.’ They’re trying to manage the outcomes and then hide the fact of all the advantages, so then you get kids who feel they’ve accomplished what they’ve done by themselves or by their effort, which is just not true. It hit me personally very hard on that, seeing that, really, is the polar opposite of how I’ve tried to raise my kids to be citizens and human beings.
So how did you find out? You didn’t first read it in the paper?
No, no. The College Board was cooperating with the FBI and the investigation. We’ve known something was going on; we didn’t know the details. But, obviously, we are always happy to work [with law enforcement] when there’s anything shady happening. We want to root that stuff out.
Were you surprised that that kind of breach could happen in the system?
It’s rare. This is not a pervasive thing. Before I was at College Board, about eight, 10 years ago, there was a 60 Minutes story about a student who was impersonating other students and was taking the tests for them. And it was a few instances, but it got a lot of news attention because it’s a good story. But does that happen a lot? No, it happens very infrequently.
Our response then to protect against this was that a student has to create an admissions ticket when they register for the exam. And that ticket includes a photo of their whole face. There are rules: It can’t cut off the forehead, it can’t cut off the chin. And then they have to bring that admissions ticket with the photo and a valid ID, which is very specific to what we allow, to the school the day of the test.
That was eight or 10 years ago. And that has really [cut back on] impersonation. It’s a very rare instance that they took the test not at the home school in these [Varsity Blues] instances, but they transferred the kid to a different school. So if we can just tighten that process, we’re very confident that this sort of edge case will be eliminated.
The other thing that the Varsity Blues case really highlighted is that there’s so much stress around the admissions process that many parents go through perfectly legal means that still raise fairness issues, like hiring high-priced consultants or test coaches.
When David Coleman and I started at The College Board a little over six years ago, one of the first priorities was: How do we increase access and equity for all students and give all students this pathway to college? I had seen when I was in the paid test-prep [world], that people who could afford test prep had an advantage. They practiced and they built their skills. [So] we partnered with Khan Academy and launched Official SAT Practice. It’s free.
We’ve had eight million students use it since we launched it a few years ago. We had 100,000 students in the last year who improved their score by 200 points or more, and 400,000 students who improved their score by 100 points or more.
When we started, we were worried that we were going to this free, great tool, but it will be used by those families with greater resources because they’ll have knowledge about it. So we did a lot to build awareness through school counselors, through a lot of different communities. And the great news is we’re seeing it used pretty much proportionately by income, by race, and by first-generation students.
[Listen to the audio version for more, including Singer’s answer to whether the SAT is part of the problem of hypercompetitiveness in college admissions]
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