Alisa Tangmunarunkit serves during her match against St. Joseph-Ogden in August. On Thursday, she took down Watseka's Ava Swartz in straight sets to lead Urbana to a 9-0 victory. Photo: PhotoNews Media File Photo
Box Score
URBANA 9 - WATSEKA 0
Singles:
No. 1 - Alisa Tangmunarunkit, URBANA def. Ava Swartz, WATSEKA 6-4 , 6-4
No. 2 - Luna Morales, URBANA def. Emma Simons, WATSEKA 6-1 , 6-2
No. 3 - Matika Pounginjai, URBANA def. Baler Rigsby, WATSEKA 6-4 , 6-2
No. 4 - Eisla Madigan, URBANA def. Moriah Pueschell, WATSEKA 6-1 , 6-1
No. 5 - Halie Thompson, URBANA def. Sarah Parsons, WATSEKA 6-2 , 6-4
No. 6 - Lorelie Yau, URBANA def. Annika Greene, WATSEKA 6-0 , 6-0
Doubles:
No. 1 - Alisa Tangmunarunkit - Luna Morales, URBANA
def. Emma Simons- Baler Rigsby, WATSEKA 6-3 , 4-6 , 10-7 No. 2 - Halie Thompson - Lorelie Yau, URBANA
def. Moriah Pueschell, WATSEKA - Sarah Parsons, WATSEKA 6-1 , 6-4 No. 3 - Eisla Madigan - Matika Pounginjai, URBANA
def. Annika Greene - Marisa Clark, WATSEKA 6-1 , 6-0
No. 1 - Alisa Tangmunarunkit, URBANA def. Ava Swartz, WATSEKA 6-4 , 6-4
No. 2 - Luna Morales, URBANA def. Emma Simons, WATSEKA 6-1 , 6-2
No. 3 - Matika Pounginjai, URBANA def. Baler Rigsby, WATSEKA 6-4 , 6-2
No. 4 - Eisla Madigan, URBANA def. Moriah Pueschell, WATSEKA 6-1 , 6-1
No. 5 - Halie Thompson, URBANA def. Sarah Parsons, WATSEKA 6-2 , 6-4
No. 6 - Lorelie Yau, URBANA def. Annika Greene, WATSEKA 6-0 , 6-0
Doubles:
No. 1 - Alisa Tangmunarunkit - Luna Morales, URBANA
def. Emma Simons- Baler Rigsby, WATSEKA 6-3 , 4-6 , 10-7 No. 2 - Halie Thompson - Lorelie Yau, URBANA
def. Moriah Pueschell, WATSEKA - Sarah Parsons, WATSEKA 6-1 , 6-4 No. 3 - Eisla Madigan - Matika Pounginjai, URBANA
def. Annika Greene - Marisa Clark, WATSEKA 6-1 , 6-0
"People in the winter time, particularly in northern, far northern latitudes or far southern latitudes, farther away from the equator will tend to get kind of sluggish and maybe depressed, they start to have carbohydrate cravings, and it may be enough that it’s really a significant problem for them," explains Dr. Scott Hamilton, a psychiatrist with OSF HealthCare Behavioral Health in Bloomington.
As a behavioral health psychiatrist, Dr. Hamilton works with people suffering from Seasonal Affective Disorder. He says there’s a difference between SAD and a case of the occasional winter blahs. If you find your mind and mood are impacting your relationships, ability to work, or social activities, it’s something that needs to be addressed.
There are a number of treatment opportunities for Seasonal Affective Disorder. Dr. Hamilton says one of the most effective is bright light therapy.
"These have a UV shield, full spectrum light, 30 minutes in the morning is how most studies were done with pretty good results. Pretty uniformly positive results in people that have wintertime depression, and people that don’t have winter depression, they do sometimes still help, but they’re not as likely to be helpful."
Dr. Hamilton says these light boxes are available online, often for less than $50. He also says that simple behavior modification can help with SAD symptoms. He says eating well and exercise can have a tremendous effect on depression symptoms, but if a person is having a tough time functioning on a day-to-day basis, he or she might want to see a therapist for professional help.
"I think trying that and getting more exercise and doing some healthy things first does make sense," said Dr. Hamilton. "If they get to the point where they can’t function or they get suicidal thoughts, things like that, then they ought to talk to somebody. Those would be the real red flags."
Learn more about Seasonal Affective Disorder 
Aiden Cromwell padded his stats with two assists, feeding the ball to Jackson Greer and Jacek Slowikowski in the final half. Riker Lockhart also put the ball between the post for St. Joseph-Ogden (4-1-1).
The Blue Devils scored first on a successful penalty kick from Bryson Lithgow in the first half with no response from SJO. In the second period, Greer tied the game for SJO's with the team's first score, followed by Ryker's go-ahead boot.
The St. Joseph-Ogden soccer team returns to their home pitch on Thursday to face the Olympia Spartans.
If you worked hard for a scholarship, paid your way through school, paid back loans or your family sacrificed for you to go to school, President Biden has shown that you were a big dummy.
Don’t knock yourself out. Just sit back and the government will throw you some crumbs to take care of you.
In a move that Biden had promised during his campaign he erased between $10,000 to $20,000 of debt from millions of Americans college spending spree extravaganza. Years ago, Americans starting learning to spend money like it’s water. Maybe they thought, “I won’t have to pay it back”. Their dream has come true. You and I along with the rest of America’s tax payers will get to pay at least a half trillion dollars of this debt.
This is just what you had been hoping for! More taxes! Oh wait, just those rich people in America will have to pay this off, right? Every American on some level will share in this new financial burden.
Universities are legally raping America’s families because we sign up and agree to pay the tuition. We do it to ourselves. Universities don’t put a gun to the heads of Americans and make us pay. Americans foolishly agree to this debt. Yet, most universities are the last sector in America to feel the pain of the economy. In 2020-2021, most of them received millions of free government paycheck protection program money. This is more government money that will be eaten by you – the taxpayer. Millions of American businesses also received tens of thousands to millions of dollars of free PPP money in the last two years that will also slam all Americans in more taxes.
Some tenured professors are making over $200,000, a year. Many University Presidents across the country are making over one million dollars a year, plus major perks. Many coaches make a million or more a year. Universities spend money like its water. They are the ones who need to be lending and collecting or forgiving some of this debt. Not you.
You probably already paid once. Now we get to pay more for the students and the Universities who just kept spending money. Why are you responsible for the foolish people who borrow $50,000 to $100,000 and more?
I believe in helping people, but Biden needs to pass some of this lending and collecting burden to the Universities. You the taxpayer keep giving the money. The universities want $30,000 to $50,000 a year and more. American families foolishly swallow the poison. Next, their financial insanity becomes everybody’s problem. Does this seem right to you?
Sadly, millions of Americans rack up college debt and never complete their degrees. Millions more get degrees they never use. You don’t need a college degree for a lot of jobs. Most jobs do require training that can be accomplished in far less time and money.
Congratulations if your debt is $10,000 to $20,000 lighter, but your debt will still have to be paid, by your friends, family, neighbors and others.
Consider spending the first two years in a community college or trade school. You can move on to the big-name school for your Junior and Senior years. The first two years are generally electives and classes you don’t enjoy that much anyway. You’ll save a lot of money and maybe grow up some before you land in a dorm room 200 miles away from home.
EVANSTON -- Katie Knappenberger, Director of Performance Nutrition at Northwestern University, will lead a discussion with Illinois coaches on how to help their athletes stay fueled for peak performance during every game. The online talk via Zoom will held on September 7 at 4pm.
Pre-registration for the free webinar sponsored by Midwest Dairy can be done here: 
