The Valparaiso Family YMCA has successfully completed its move and is now open to members and the community! They are now located at 1201 Cumberland Crossing Drive, in the Cumberland Crossing Development, formerly known as County Seat Plaza. They...
Brett Fuller
Running Diary of Game 6: Bulls-Celtics
Game 6: Bulls-Celtics Tonight is Game 6 of the (2) Celtics vs. (7) Bulls Eastern Conference Playoff 1st round series, possibly the best non-Conference Final/NBA Final playoff series ever. Why? Digest these stats. Through five games, there have been:...
Beware of Facebook Phishing
Facebook is facing a new attack on its users. "Fbstarter" is a new thread going across the site, usually sent via the site's messenger service. The attack asks users to "Check out this site", with a link to fbstarter.com. There, a faux-Facebook login...
Running Diary of Game 6: Bulls-Celtics
Game 6: Bulls-Celtics Tonight is Game 6 of the (2) Celtics vs. (7) Bulls Eastern Conference Playoff 1st round series, possibly the best non-Conference Final/NBA Final playoff series ever. Why? Digest these stats. Through five games, there have been:...
Dollars for Scholars 3-on3 Tournament Raises Over $6600 For High School Scholarships
On Saturday April 18th, the Public Education Foundation of Valparaiso hosted it's annual Dollars for Scholars 3-on-3 basketball tournament. Everyone had a great time, and the foundation was able to raise quite a bit of money for a good cause. During...
Parkview’s Stacy Schmidt Named VCS’ New Director of Elementary Education
Valparaiso Community Schools has named Stacy Schmidt the director of Elementary Education. Schmidt, the principal of Parkview Elementary, is excited to be coming to the new position. “I have been thrilled to serve the students and parents in the...
Samardzija to be Called Up to the Cubs’ Major League Roster
According to Paul Sullivan of the Chicago Tribune (via MLB Trade Rumors), former VHS and Notre Dame star Jeff Samardzija will be called up to the Chicago Cubs’ major league roster on Thursday. The news comes as the Cubs’ early season bullpen...
It’s Time for You to Follow the NBA Again
Last night reminded me of exactly why I feel the NBA is a better brand of basketball to watch than the NCAA. Bulls-Celtics Game 2 was a barn burner—after half way through the second quarter, no one was up by more than six points the rest of the...
Bulls – Celtics Playoff Preview
Call me an eternal optimist, but 2009 appears to be a banner year for Chicago sports. It may be the first year ever that all 5 major sport teams (Bears, Blackhawks, Bulls, Cubs, and White Sox) may actually all make the playoffs. The Bears have Jay...
Social Networking Sites: How Much is Too Much?
Yesterday, I went to go check on the wonderfully robust ValpoLife Facebook page (Become a fan!). On my way there, as most Facebook users will be familiar with, I checked on my “News Feed”. I used quotations there on purpose. The top, most recent...