VU baseball reaches new heights
Proposal would change kindergarten cut-off date
Few girls in state get cancer-virus vaccine
Veto does not end English debate
Bausch & Lomb eye infections, lawsuits, surface in Nashville
VU baseball reaches new heights
The City Paper
Tuesday, Feb. 13
The Vanderbilt baseball program reached unprecedented heights Monday when new national rankings were released.
The Commodores are ranked No. 3 by Collegiate Baseball and No. 4 by Baseball America. Both are the highest positions in school history.
Proposal would change kindergarten cut-off date
WBIR.com
Tuesday, Feb. 13
The idea of looking at her son and saying "John, honey, they changed the rules, and you have to stay at home with Mommy another year" pains Michelle Rocha.
Her son will turn 5 in August and is scheduled to go to kindergarten this fall. But a lawmaker from rural northeast Tennessee wants kindergartners to be older before they start school and is proposing increasing the age requirement by 3 months.
Tisha Sanders, clinical assistant professor of early childhood education at Peabody College, is quoted.
Few girls in state get cancer-virus vaccine
The Tennessean
Tuesday, Feb. 13
Tennesseans may be familiar with the HPV vaccine, thanks mostly to a national TV ad campaign, but confusion over what the vaccine does and the high cost of the inoculation may be preventing people from getting it, local doctors say.
Dr. Naomi Duke, an adolescent health practitioner at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, is quoted.
Veto does not end English debate
The Tennessean
Tuesday, Feb. 13
The debate about making English the official language of Nashville has drawn attention from far and wide, making headlines from Wyoming to England.
Mayor Bill Purcell attempted to tamp down that potential blow to Nashville's image Monday by taking the rare step of using his veto pen and declaring, "This is not who we are."
Robert Barsky, a literature professor who has written books about the refugee experience, is quoted.
Bausch & Lomb eye infections, lawsuits, surface in Nashville
The City Paper
Thursday, Feb. 13
Two Nashville-area couples have filed separate federal lawsuits against the manufacturer of a contact lens solution that last year was the source of a nationwide health scare and the subject of a national recall.
In early January, John Richardson of Clarksville brought a civil lawsuit against Bausch & Lomb, the maker of the soft contact lens solution "ReNu with MoistureLoc Multi-Purpose Solution," alleging his use of the solution led directly to his development of "Fusarium Keratitis," a serious eye condition that can cause permanent vision loss.
Dr. Jeffrey Sonsino, an Optometrist at the Vanderbilt Eye Institute, is quoted.
