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Hockey Player Says "Meow" 7 Times in Single Interview, Is Our New Hero

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Ray Kaunisto is a hockey player for the Kalamazoo Wolves. He’s also our new hero. Following a recent ECHL game, Kaunisto went all Super Troopers during an interview, answering questions about the just-completed contest while trying to utter “Meow” as many times as possible in just 40 seconds. Ray Kaunisto Plays the Meow Game in Interview (For those who somehow don’t understand the origin for the Meow Game, go watch Super Troopers online . Trust us. You won’t regret it.) In the 2001 comedy, the Super Trooper who pulled over a motorist was able to squeeze 10 Meows into his interrogation – but while Kaunisto only managed seven, he had far less of a window in which to do so. For those keeping track at home, Kaunisto averaged one Meow every 5.7 seconds, an impressive rate that beats out the one featured here: Super Troopers Play the Meow Game “I thought about doing it a little bit before and then I just figured just let it rip and see what happens,” Kaunisto told MLive.com after the game. “I almost chickened out. I almost didn’t do it, but I kind of just went with it.” Amazing. Remember when this hockey player made this young fan’s day by waving to him? Well… Kaunisto just made our lives. Jordin Tootoo Gives Kid Hockey Stick: See the GIFs! 1. Jordin Tootoo Meets Fan Jordin Tootoo runs into a young fan in this GIF. He ends up giving the kid his stick.

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New Uncensored video of Kalamazoo, Michigan Female School Bus Driver Being Beaten

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

New Uncensored video of Kalamazoo, Michigan Female School Bus Driver Being Beaten added by: CarlosBobthe3rd

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President Obama’s Trip To Kalamazoo Central High School: Behind The Scenes

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Race to the Top contest winners get an intimate gathering with the president before his commencement speech. By Gil Kaufman President Barack Obama greets graduates from Kalamazoo Central High School on Monday Photo: Mandel Ngan/ AFP/ Getty Images Before he took the stage Monday to give the commencement address at Kalamazoo Central High School in Kalamazoo, Michigan, President Obama took a few moments to meet with the school’s seniors to offer some special words of wisdom. As they screamed and held out their cell phones and digital cameras to get snaps of Obama, the president made his way around the auditorium and shook the hands of the young men and women he hopes will pave the way for a renewed focus on college education in America. “It was the most amazing thing ever that could ever happen to anybody,” one particularly enthusiastic student gushed, while another classmate chimed in, “That moment right there changed my life, just meeting the president.” At one point, a girl yelled, “Oh my God! I love you, Obama,” as the smiling president reached out with both hands and greeted the throng of students, who looked like they were breathlessly awaiting the arrival of a teen pop star, not the leader of the free world. And, wouldn’t you know it, seconds after pressing the flesh, they rushed to update their Facebook statuses and tweet about their presidential moment. “I’m not going to make a long speech now, because I’ve got a long speech later,” the president told the rowdy students in a smaller gathering in the school’s gym before the official commencement ceremony. “I wanted to come by in a less formal atmosphere to just let you know how incredibly proud I am, your parents are, your principal is, your teachers are, your superintendent is, of everything that you’ve done.” Though he jokily brushed off complaints that after a recent commencement address at the University of Michigan it seems the administration has a bias toward Michigan, Obama explained why he chose the school’s “We Are the Giants” video as the winner of his Race to the Top challenge. “The truth is that what we saw here going on was not only the community coming together with the promise, not only teachers and principals dedicating themselves, but we saw young people who were committed. And young people who didn’t buy into this whole notion that somehow public schools can’t be as good as private schools, that only kids from certain backgrounds can succeed in schools. You guys didn’t buy into all those stereotypes.” He praised their diversity, their ability to get together and build a better community, and he asked them to carry with them the confidence that “if you are working hard, if you keep your eyes on the prize, if you internalize a sense of excellence, if you carry with you the sense of community you got here in your hometown, there is nothing you can’t accomplish.” Get Schooled is a national program aimed at increasing high school and college graduation rates and promoting the importance of education, developed by Viacom in partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Related Videos Race To The Top: President Obama Inspires At Kalamazoo Central High School

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How Did President Obama End Up At Kalamazoo Central’s Graduation?

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Michigan high school won the Race to the Top challenge and a commencement speech from Obama. By Gil Kaufman President Barack Obama delivers the commencement speech for Kalamazoo Central High School on Monday Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images Back in February, President Obama put out a challenge to graduating seniors all over the country: Prove that you did the best job meeting his Race to the Top challenge and he would deliver the commencement address at your high school. “Public schools that encourage systemic reform and embrace effective approaches to teaching and learning help prepare America’s students to graduate ready for college and a career and enable them to out-compete any worker, anywhere in the world,” the president said in a video message. “This is your opportunity to show me why your school exemplifies the best that our education system has to offer.” Education Secretary Arne Duncan added that the Race to the Top challenge was a chance for the nation’s schools to share their accomplishments and aspirations and for teachers, students and principals to show how they are putting education first. The key to the challenge was a four-question essay in which each school was asked to demonstrate how they were helping prepare students to meet the president’s goal of having the highest proportion of college graduates in the world by 2020. More than 1,000 schools submitted applications for the honor, with the White House Domestic Policy Council and Department of Education narrowing the list of finalists down to six high schools. Then the hard work really began, as each school encouraged supporters to weigh in to help them get into the winner’s circle. According to the White House, between April 26 and 29, over 170,000 short videos and essays were received from the six finalist schools, with President Obama selecting the national winner from the three high schools with the highest average ratings. The finalists included Blue Valley Northwest High School in Overland Park, Kansas; Clark Montessori in Cincinnati; Denver School of Science and Technology in Denver; Environmental Charter High School in Lawndale, California; Kalamazoo Central High School in Kalamazoo, Michigan; and MAST Academy in Miami. Kalamazoo Central’s “We Are the Giants” video ultimately came out on top. Backed by a community looking to rise above its economic challenges, the diverse student body of Kalamazoo Central showed that the Giants take preparing for college and a career seriously. Nearly 94 percent of Central’s seniors are headed to college, and for those efforts, they got to meet the president himself, first as a group when the seniors joined him in an intimate gathering before their commencement ceremony on Monday. “It was the most amazing thing ever that could ever happen to anybody,” one particularly enthusiastic student gushed, while another classmate chimed in, “That moment right there changed my life, just meeting the president.” And again on the graduation stage, when each student shook President Obama’s hand after he delivered his first-ever high school commencement address , as promised. In the speech, he lauded Kalamazoo Central’s students for their hard work, dedication and ingenuity and called the school a model for success in the 21st century. “It gives me great confidence to know that we’ve got such incredible young leaders that are going to be remaking the world in so many ways,” Obama said. “I’m here tonight because I think America has a lot to learn from Kalamazoo Central about what makes a successful school in this new century.” Get Schooled is a national program aimed at increasing high school and college graduation rates and promoting the importance of education, developed by Viacom in partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Related Videos Race To The Top: President Obama Inspires At Kalamazoo Central High School

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President Obama’s Appearance At Kalamazoo Central Was ‘Electrifying,’ Students Say

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‘Everybody was screaming. Nobody was forming sentences,’ Xavier Bolden says of surprise meeting before graduation. By James Montgomery Kalamazoo Central High School student Simon Boehme Photo: MTV News A salutatorian. A future lawyer. And an actor. Up until Monday, all three were students at Kalamazoo Central High School in western Michigan, and all three were responsible for “We Are the Giants,” the winning entry in the White House’s “Race to the Top High School Commencement Challenge.” So all three were responsible for the prize: President Barack Obama , who came to town to deliver the : commencement address at Central’s graduation ceremony. MTV News and Get Schooled — a national program aimed at increasing high school and college graduation rates — gave all three students video cameras to document their graduation and, of course, all the excitement that came with having the Commander in Chief in town to help them celebrate. “I woke up on Monday, had two early morning interviews at 6 a.m. with local TV news stations, and then after that, I relaxed a bit,” Central’s salutatorian Simon Boehme told MTV News. “After that, I read over my speech, and then, well, I got a new tie, met my family, went out to lunch with the mayor of Kalamazoo, and then got ready. It was a pretty hectic day.” Nicole Allen, who will head to Western Michigan University in the fall and law school after that, had a busy day too. “This morning at 6:30, I had an interview with a local CBS news affiliate, and then I came home and tried to take a nap, but that didn’t work out so well,” she recounted. “Then, I had [graduation] rehearsal from about 8:30 to 10, and after that, I went home and finally managed to take that nap … around 2 p.m., I started getting ready, only we had serious car problems. So I was rushing around, hoping I’d make it there on time!” Due to Obama’s appearance, Central’s graduation ceremony was moved to nearby Western Michigan University, where the soon-to-be grads milled about anxiously until principal Von Washington Jr. gathered them in adjoining room, where they got the surprise of their lives: a meeting with Obama himself. “I had no idea. I was actually filming some of it [for MTV], and I looked underneath the curtain, and I was like, ‘Wait … that’s got to be Obama. Look at the shoes! From the ankles down, that’s him,’ ” laughed Xavier Bolden, who stars in the “Giants” video and will study theater at WMU in the fall. “Still, though, when he came out, I was shocked! It was electrifying. Amazing. Everybody was screaming. Nobody was forming sentences.” “We were sitting in the room, and then all of a sudden, out walks the president!” Allen said. “It was completely a surprise! When he came in, I cried, but then I cried when I found out we won. People say I’m emotional, but it was so unexpected. I burst out crying. I was shaking. My whole body was.” And as for Obama’s actual speech, well, all three students found his message of hard work, selflessness and service inspiring. Even Boehme, who used his salutatory speech as a platform to ask Obama to form a youth advisory council (“I always knew I wanted to ask him about it,” he said). As they head out into the world, they’ll always remember their graduation day and who they got to speak at it. “I mean, the president is standing right in front of us! That doesn’t happen every day,” Allen said. “And to be in high school and have the president give your commencement speech, I won’t ever forget that.” Get Schooled is a national program aimed at increasing high school and college graduation rates and promoting the importance of education, developed by Viacom in partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Related Videos Race To The Top: President Obama Inspires At Kalamazoo Central High School

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President Obama Delivers Commencement Speech At Kalamazoo Central High School

Posted on June 7, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| 1 Comment

‘Be a part of something bigger than yourself,’ he urged the Michigan students, who won Get Schooled’s Race to the Top contest. By James Montgomery President Barack Obama speaks at Kalamazoo Central High School on Monday Photo: Whitehouse.gov In early March, students at Kalamazoo Central High School submitted a video to Get Schooled’s Race to the Top competition, a nationwide search to find the school most dedicated to making — as Get Schooled put it — “great strides on personal responsibility, academic excellence and college readiness.” More than 1,000 high schools across the country entered; Kalamazoo Central won. On Monday (June 7), the school finally received its prize: President Barack Obama showed up to deliver the commencement address for the class of 2010. And it was worth the wait. Delivering his first-ever high school graduation speech, President Obama lauded Kalamazoo Central’s students for their hard work, dedication and ingenuity and called the school a model for success in the 21st century. “It gives me great confidence to know that we’ve got such incredible young leaders that are going to be remaking the world in so many ways,” Obama said. “I’m here tonight because I think America has a lot to learn from Kalamazoo Central about what makes a successful school in this new century.” Obama earned cheers for those remarks and for another passage early in his commencement speech. He mentioned an article in the local newspaper that quoted a Central student named Kelsey Wilson saying that her school “never gets credit for what we do.” “Well, Kelsey, I’m here tonight because … I know, and America knows what you’ve got at Kalamazoo Central,” Obama said, singling Wilson out from the audience. “You are amazing. We know!” Obama got more than a few laughs and whoops when he admitted that, in his younger days, he “sometimes … partied too much” (“This is a cautionary tale; don’t be cheering when I say that,” he chuckled) but that he quickly learned that the only way to achieve lasting success in this world was through tireless dedication and hard work. And to that end, he also used the speech as an opportunity to give the class of 2010 some post-grad pointers (“Right now, you’re getting plenty of advice from everybody. Some of it’s helpful,” he joked. “And so I hate to pile on, but while I’m here, what the heck?”), urging them to never settle for instant gratification, take responsibility for their successes and failures, and to strive to expand their horizons — not just in the field of education, but in life as well. “Don’t just hang out with people who look like you or go to the same church as you or share the same political views. Broaden your experiences, because that’s how you’ll learn what it’s like to walk in somebody else’s shoes,” Obama said. “Be a part of something bigger than yourself … because there is work to be done, and your country needs you. We’ve got an economy to rebuild … we’ve got an oil spill to clean up, we’ve got clean energy to discover. … It’s going to be up to you. Pursue excellence in everything you do. After all, you are the Giants, and with the education you got here, there’s nothing you can’t do.” Before delivering the commencement address — which was held at nearby Western Michigan University, due to the large crowds — Obama met with Kalamazoo Central’s graduating class in a special ceremony. The school’s winning video (called “We Are the Giants” ) was selected as the winning entry by Obama and the Department of Education. Get Schooled is a national program aimed at increasing high school and college graduation rates, developed by Viacom in partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.