Searing, insightful and one of the most controversial books about sports of all time. Buzz Bissinger will address the more than 2,000 graduates who will be receiving more than 2,300 associate degrees and/or certificates at the annual ceremony. The book Friday Night Lights is not simply for Odessa or Texas, but a book for all of America. Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and author H.G. Bissinger chronicles a season in the life of Odessa and shows how single-minded devotion to the team shapes the community and inspires–and sometimes shatters–the teenagers who wear the Panthers’ uniforms. With frankness and compassion, empathy and brutal honesty, H. But every Friday Night from September to December, when the Permian high school Panthers play football, this West Texas town becomes a place where dreams can come true.
In bad times, the unemployment rate barrels out of control in good times, its murder rate skyrockets. 6, 2010 Community College of Philadelphia will celebrate the accomplishments and diversity of its students at its 44th Annual Commencement at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, May 8 at Temple Universitys Liacouras Center, 1776 North Broad Street (West Montgomery Avenue and Broad Street). Socially and racially divided, its fragile economy follows the treacherous boom and bust of the oil business.
Odessa, Texas isn’t known to be a place big on dreams, but the Permian Panthers help keep the hopes and dreams of this dusty town going.
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