This article was originally published in Iowa Capital Dispatch. Always make sure you have an escape route. Stay on paved roads when you can. Don’t get too close. Iowa State University students and instructors chasing storms this spring knew those rules well, remembering their own experiences and having lessons on storm chasing drilled in over […]
Iowa State University students and instructors chased storms across Tornado Alley as part of a course. (Photo courtesy of Iowa State University) Always make sure you have an escape route. Stay on paved roads when you can. Don’t get too close. Iowa State University students and instructors chasing storms this spring knew those rules well, […]
The piercing scream, like a sound from a horror film, triggered taekwondo instructor Simon An to draw on his years of martial arts training. Around 4 p.m. Tuesday, shortly after the doors of his family-owned and -operated studio in Texas opened for evening classes, An and his father, his mother, his older sister and his […]
A suspect has been arrested over the stabbing of four instructors from Iowa’s Cornell College who were teaching at a Chinese university in the north-east city of Jilin. Police said a 55-year old man with the surname Cui was walking in a public park when he bumped into a foreigner. He then stabbed the foreigner […]
Four US university tutors are in hospital after they were stabbed by an unknown assailant at a public park in China. The Iowa Cornell College instructors were injured in a “serious incident” during a daytime visit to the park in the northern province of Jilin, a college statement said. Iowa Representative Adam Zabner said his […]
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine’s top commander said on Monday he had signed paperwork allowing French military instructors to visit Ukrainian training centres soon. “I am pleased to welcome France’s initiative to send instructors to Ukraine to train Ukrainian servicemen,” Oleksandr Syrskyi said on the Telegram messaging app after talks via video link with French defence minister […]
Apr. 16—FAIRMONT — Two culinary instructors from Pierpont Community and Technical College are now among the top of the profession. Instructors Sara Feltz and Anthony Anobile recently achieved the level of Certified Executive Chef through the Jacksonville, Florida-based American Culinary Federation. According to the ACF, an individual must have at least five years of experience […]
Inside Look is a Star series that takes our readers behind the scenes of some of the most well-known and not-so-well-known places and events in Kansas City. A few months ago an article in the Star addressed the “zipper merge” and how it could improve traffic flow. After it was published, a reader who’d lived […]
Students recently bustled throughout the kitchens at Metro Tech preparing dishes, cleaning prep stations and practicing various techniques. Some looked on from beyond the glass walls separating the kitchen from Metro Cafe, while others nervously approached their instructor seeking her feedback on their latest efforts. “In my family, you do one of two things — […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A former Afghan Air Force pilot training for a commercial license in Oregon ignored his flight instructor’s advice to not return to a small airport because of low visibility. The plane later crashed, killing the pilot and the other two passengers on board, according to a preliminary federal report of the […]