True friendships - the kind you love, not just tolerate - are rare. And it's rare for teammates to share that true friendship - one goes off to college somewhere else, the other falls in love and doesn't have time. But for Lady Panthers Amanda Newton and Kara Rutledge, true friendship is very much real.
Why do we say "bless you" or "God bless you" when someone sneezes? I was sitting in a class the other day and it happened, just like it happens in every class: someone sneezed and two or three people chimed in to bless the sneezer. And for the first time, I couldn't help but wonder why.
The first thing most people ask after hearing Eisley is usually, "Are they Irish?" The answer is no, they're from Texas, but Eisley sounds about as much like Texas as Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Though this band of four DuPree siblings and a neighbor has been described by Rolling Stone as "music for unicorn Barbie," the release of their first full-length LP, Room Noises, has drawn a huge response from longtime fans and new listeners.