Today's pictures are more from Nicole's "Athens by Bus" series.
The most important news of the day is the Ball State University Women's Basketball team's win over Tennessee in the first round of the NCAA Basketball Championship. It was BSU's first appearance in the tournament, yet they beat a team that has NEVER lost in the first two rounds. It was such a huge upset that The New York Times even had the story. Of course Tennessee got more coverage than the team that won, but at least we got recognized. How ironic that Ball State's second-round game will be against Iowa 
State. Go Cards!
State. Go Cards! Jim and Sharon left yesterday morning. I think they enjoyed their week in Greece.
It's going to be a little quiet around here. We've had guests for the last three weeks, and now it's just Kim and me.
Kim and I went to church last night. We had missed the previous two weeks. At the risk of sounding like a religi
ous zealot, I really don't like missing mass and was glad to be back. We got seats near the front, but we were on a side aisle and behind a pillar, so it was like listening to the mass on radio - except for the readings. We had a clear view of that position, but couldn't see the altar. As I said before, a Roman Catholic mass in English is attended by immigrants. Most of them seemed to be Pacific Islanders.
ous zealot, I really don't like missing mass and was glad to be back. We got seats near the front, but we were on a side aisle and behind a pillar, so it was like listening to the mass on radio - except for the readings. We had a clear view of that position, but couldn't see the altar. As I said before, a Roman Catholic mass in English is attended by immigrants. Most of them seemed to be Pacific Islanders. Today was pretty uneventful. I worked on my conference paper and lecture PowerPoints. To let you know just how uneventful it was, the highlight was that Kim gave me a haircut.
Stelios (the department chair) called this evening to tell me that the university would likely close tomorrow afternoon for Independence Day. Wednesday is Independence Day, and in the Wednesday class's syllabus (Comparative Media) I listed it as a holiday - no class. But my Tuesday night class (Documentary) I had expected to meet. Stelios told me to forget it, that there wouldn't be any classes beyond 2 or 3 in the afternoon (my class is at 6). I worry that someone may not get the word and show up for class. I regret not having asked everyone for their e-mail address. 
I was surprised that Friday night's protests (that delayed my return home) weren't even mentioned in the English-language paper. Today's news story: Greeks feel a lot less safe today than they did a year ago. They perceive the crime rate is higher due to some high-profile acts.
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