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	<title>Stickin&#039; With Sam &#187; Dave Ruden</title>
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	<description>Follow student-athlete Sam Stevenson through freshman year of college</description>
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		<title>Lacrosse Is A Sister Act</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2010/08/20/lacrosse-is-a-sister-act/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:34:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Ruden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charlett (left) and Sam Stevenson. (For her final blog post before heading back for her sophomore season at Richmond, Sam asked that I write a story about her lacrosse relationship with her sister Charlett.         — Dave Ruden) It didn&#8217;t take Sam long during the recruiting process to decide that she wanted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: How I&#8217;m Spending My Summer Vacation</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2010/07/19/video-how-im-spending-my-summer-vacation/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2010/07/19/video-how-im-spending-my-summer-vacation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:13:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Ruden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am glad to say the project Sam and I embarked on last year, to offer an inside view of what it is like to be a freshman athlete at the Division I level, is going to be extended as Sam has agreed to continue to write this blog through her sophomore season. Sam and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All In All, A Great Freshman Season</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2010/05/03/all-in-all-a-great-freshman-season/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2010/05/03/all-in-all-a-great-freshman-season/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 23:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Ruden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We were really disappointed how we didn&#8217;t come out with an Atlantic 10 championship a week ago Sunday. We lost to Massachusetts in the final and we&#8217;re looking forward to coming back next year and getting another shot at them. I can&#8217;t believe how fast this year went by. It was even quicker than high [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stevenson Scores 3 Goals In Semifinal Win</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2010/04/23/stevenson-scores-3-goals-in-semifinal-win/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2010/04/23/stevenson-scores-3-goals-in-semifinal-win/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:07:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Ruden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Darien High School star and Advocate blogger Sam Stevenson picked the right time to have her best game of the season. Stevenson scored three goals to help lead Richmond to a 15-13 win over Temple this afternoon in the semifinal round of the Atlantic 10 Tournament. The Spiders will face either LaSalle or Massachusetts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Chase Begins For The Atlantic 10 Title</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2010/04/21/the-chase-begins-for-the-atlantic-10-title/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2010/04/21/the-chase-begins-for-the-atlantic-10-title/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Ruden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Richmond&#8217;s Sam Stevenson waits for a pass during a recent game. We won the regular-season title and are going to be the No. 1 seed in the Atlantic 10 Tournament, which begins Friday in Pittsburgh. We will play Temple in our first game. It&#8217;s really neat seeing how far we&#8217;ve come since to the beginning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Good Weekend Of Lacrosse With My Family</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2010/04/08/a-good-weekend-of-lacrosse-with-my-family/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2010/04/08/a-good-weekend-of-lacrosse-with-my-family/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 18:23:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Ruden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sam Stevenson plays during a recent win over Temple. This past weekend was very exciting for me because not only was it Easter weekend, but my mother and grandparents came down here, my sister Alex came and surprised me, and we had a very good game on Friday against George Washington, in which we won [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meet My Friend And Teammate Gabi</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2010/03/21/145/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2010/03/21/145/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:53:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Ruden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We lost to Towson 23-12 on Saturday, which was a rough game, even though I scored a goal. I hit the post three times — I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve ever hit the post that many times in a row. Maybe once or twice, but not three times. But today I want to talk about one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bouncing Back With A Strong Second Half</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2010/03/12/bouncing-back-with-a-strong-second-half/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2010/03/12/bouncing-back-with-a-strong-second-half/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Ruden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We played Old Dominion on Wednesday and beat them 14-10. I scored the first goal of the game. Gabi Wiegand, one of my best friends and another freshman, scored three goals. I am going to tell you more about her next week. We were excited by the warm weather. When we got there it was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reflecting On My First College Win</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2010/03/05/reflecting-on-my-first-college-win/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2010/03/05/reflecting-on-my-first-college-win/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Ruden</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/?p=136</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m excited that we got our first win under our belt, on Wednesday against American. Although it wasn&#8217;t a very good game, we know what to improve on and go from there. It was nice to get that first win, although I wasn&#8217;t completely satisfied with the way I played. I just felt like I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bouncing Back From Defeat</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2010/02/25/bouncing-back-from-defeat/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2010/02/25/bouncing-back-from-defeat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:04:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Ruden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since I last spoke to you we&#8217;ve played three more games against ranked ACC teams: Duke, North Carolina and Virginia, and lost all three. I felt like we played the same game three times in a row. It was so frustrating. Either we started off the first five minutes awfully and got strong, or started [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stevenson Scores Twice In Defeat</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2010/02/19/stevenson-scores-twice-in-defeat/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2010/02/19/stevenson-scores-twice-in-defeat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:19:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Ruden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sam Stevenson scored her second and third career goals today, but her Richmond women&#8217;s lacrosse team fell to Duke, 17-9. Stevenson and the Spiders will play North Carolina on Sunday. We will have a new blog post sometime after that game. — Dave Ruden]]></description>
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		<title>Starting And Scoring In My First Game</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2010/02/16/starting-and-scoring-in-my-first-game/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2010/02/16/starting-and-scoring-in-my-first-game/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:32:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Ruden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sam Stevenson started and scored a goal in her first college game for Richmond, on Sunday against Maryland. My college career has now officially started. We played Maryland, which is the No. 2 team in the country, on Sunday, and though we lost, 17-7, the game wasn&#8217;t as bad as the score would seem because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stevenson Starts, Scores In Her College Debut</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2010/02/14/stevenson-starts-scores-in-her-college-debut/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2010/02/14/stevenson-starts-scores-in-her-college-debut/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:06:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Ruden</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/?p=93</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sam Stevenson started and scored a goal for Richmond today in her college debut. The Spiders lost 17-7 to Maryland, the No. 2 team in the country. Sam&#8217;a goal was the final one in the game. Sam will have a new post up in the next day or two. — Dave Ruden]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Ready For My First College Game</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2010/02/11/getting-ready-for-my-college-debut/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2010/02/11/getting-ready-for-my-college-debut/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:58:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Ruden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even with all the snow we have had in Virginia our team is excited to play our first game of the season. Last weekend we got about 15 inches and we got another 3-5 inches yesterday morning. We are supposed to play our season-opener Sunday at Maryland, but right now the game is up in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nine Days Until My College Debut</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2010/02/05/nine-days-until-my-college-debut/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2010/02/05/nine-days-until-my-college-debut/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Ruden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m counting down the days until we open the season against Maryland a week from Sunday, which is both scary, though I am kind of excited. We&#8217;re really just getting down to just going over the basics in practice and really pushing ourselves to hopefully beat Maryland, which is one of the top programs in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>24 Days Until The Season Opener</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2010/01/21/24-days-until-the-season-opener/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2010/01/21/24-days-until-the-season-opener/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Ruden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is really starting to hit me that we are getting into our lacrosse season as we have longer and more intense practices leading up until we play Maryland on Feb. 14. I&#8217;m really excited. Not only is it going to be my first Richmond lacrosse game, but a majority of my family is going [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leaving Home To Return Home</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2010/01/15/leaving-home-to-return-home/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2010/01/15/leaving-home-to-return-home/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Ruden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I got back home for Christmas break I was definitely happy to see my family but I have definitely shifted to liking being at school to being at home. I just have become really comfortable here at school and have made a lot of good friends, I love my teammates. I love it here. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home For The Holidays</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2009/12/15/home-for-the-holidays/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2009/12/15/home-for-the-holidays/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Ruden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I got home for Christmas break on Friday and coming home now is much different from my other two trips home. I&#8217;ve definitely become more comfortable with school and my friends there and I&#8217;ve moved to liking being at school more than coming home. The first break I came home I was excited to see [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Post Coming Soon</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2009/12/10/new-post-coming-soon/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2009/12/10/new-post-coming-soon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Ruden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just an update: Sam has been busy finishing finals, thus the reason for no recent update. She is due back home for her holiday break tomorrow and we will have a new post up soon. — Dave Ruden]]></description>
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		<title>Catching Up On Video</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2009/11/28/catching-up-on-video/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2009/11/28/catching-up-on-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Ruden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(With Sam home for Thanksgiving break, we decided to do a video shoot today for her latest entry. We hope you enjoy it. — Dave Ruden)]]></description>
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		<title>Remembering My Darien Volleyball Days</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2009/11/16/remembering-my-darien-volleyball-days/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2009/11/16/remembering-my-darien-volleyball-days/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:38:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Ruden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past weekend I went down to the University of Virginia to watch it play Duke in volleyball and see my friend and former volleyball and lacrosse teammate at Darien, Phoebe Maglathlin, play for Duke. It was really weird sitting on the sidelines watching her team play. I felt I should be out there. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Big Weekend At Richmond</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2009/11/06/another-big-weekend-at-richmond/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2009/11/06/another-big-weekend-at-richmond/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Ruden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is Homecoming weekend at Richmond and after having a great Halloween weekend we get to kick off another one, with a big football game against Villanova. There is a big bond fire tonight that the football coach, Mike London, organized. I&#8217;m planning on spending the weekend with my teammates and tomorrow is the big [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ending Fall Ball On A Strong Note</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2009/10/29/ending-fall-ball-on-a-strong-note/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:03:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Ruden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We went to Duke last weekend for our final fall-ball tournament. We were pretty excited, except for having to get up at 5 a.m. I was really excited to see my mom, who flew down for the day to watch me play. We played five teams. We opened with Florida and got killed by them, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Happy Homecoming</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2009/10/15/a-happy-homecoming/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:53:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Ruden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a really nice fall break being back with my family and friends last weekend. I wish it could have been longer. I feel I didn&#8217;t get to do all I wanted to do, but I&#8217;m also really glad to be back here at school. It was weird coming back for a Darien football [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Ready For My Roadtrip Home</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2009/10/08/looking-forward-to-my-roadtrip-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Ruden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am coming home for fall break tomorrow and I am so excited to see my family and friends, who I haven&#8217;t seen for about two months now. I&#8217;m counting down the hours, though I still have to get through an early-morning workout tomorrow with the freshmen football players at 6 a.m. Hopefully I won&#8217;t miss [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking Forward to Parents&#8217; Weekend</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2009/10/01/looking-forward-to-parents-weekend/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2009/10/01/looking-forward-to-parents-weekend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:33:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Ruden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend is parents&#8217; weekend and it has made me think how fast time is flying. It kind of seems like it was just yesterday that my parents were dropping me off here and now they are coming back. I&#8217;m excited to see them, show them around and show them what it is like to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Catching Football Fever</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2009/09/23/catching-football-fever/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Ruden</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sure you want to hear something about lacrosse, but today I want to first talk about football. Everyone down here is so into football and the games are a really big deal. Richmond won the Division I national championship last year so the team has a big following. We played Hofstra on Saturday and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m 18, I Can Vote and I Can Drive an Ice Cream Truck!</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2009/09/17/im-18-i-can-vote-and-i-can-drive-an-ice-cream-truck/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2009/09/17/im-18-i-can-vote-and-i-can-drive-an-ice-cream-truck/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Ruden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The big news this week is I turned 18 on Monday and am now officially an adult. For having my first birthday away from home, it wasn&#8217;t as bad as I thought it was going to be. It was really nice. I&#8217;m used to celebrating with my family but my mother sent me a whole [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conditioning Is Really a Gas</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2009/09/10/conditioning-is-really-a-gas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:51:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Ruden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We officially started our lacrosse season with our first day of conditioning on Monday. It was as hard as I expected it to be. Maybe harder. Every one of the girls was mentally and physically pushed to the limit. We got timed on three 300-yard sprints in a row — you run from the endline [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dealing With a Swine Flu Scare</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2009/09/03/dealing-with-a-swine-flu-scare/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Ruden</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Of all the things I thought I would have to worry about during my first weeks at college, the last was swine flu. Right now there have been 12 cases on campus, and if it gets up to 20 classes are going to be cancelled. Fortunately I don&#8217;t know anyone who has caught it. I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Great Eight Days Of New Experiences</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2009/08/27/26/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Ruden</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been here at Richmond for eight days now and I&#8217;m getting much more comfortable with everything. My new classes, my new friends and my new home. I now know my way around campus, which buildings are which, the best places to eat — you have to go to The Pier for the chicken tender [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Oriented To My New Home</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2009/08/21/getting-oriented-to-my-new-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Ruden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I arrived at Richmond three days ago and I&#8217;m still getting adjusted to the new lifestyle here. I don&#8217;t have my own car anymore and can&#8217;t just do what I want to do, so I have to walk everywhere. My dorm is really far away from where the gym is, a 10-minute walk. It&#8217;s not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Special Final Night</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2009/08/18/a-special-final-night/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Ruden</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is Dave Ruden checking in for Sam, who as I write this Tuesday morning is on her way with her family to Richmond. Sam will be checking in later in the week to let us know how her first few days of school went, but before heading down south she had a special final [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Beginning of a New Adventure</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/sam/2009/08/12/the-beginning-of-a-new-adventure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Ruden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To explore what it is like to be a first-year student-athlete, Darien High School graduate Sam Stevenson, who will be playing lacrosse at the University of Richmond, is writing her own blog for The Advocate. Stevenson was the leading scorer for the Blue Wave last season as the team won league and state titles. During [...]]]></description>
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