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<img src="http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/images/features/hockeygoal_300x212.jpg" height="212" width="300" />The Vermont Catamounts' run through the NCAA Hockey Tournament came to a close on Thursday night with a 5-4 loss to Hockey East rival Boston University, the nation's top-ranked team.

<img src="http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/images/features/hockeystretch_300x212.jpg" height="212" width="300" />As the hockey team readies for Vermont's first Frozen Four since 1996, University Communications staff writer Tom Weaver is following the final days of preparation in Burlington and the team's journey to Washington, D.C. Read on for a glimpse of life with the Cats as the semifinal showdown with Boston University approaches, and check back for updates throughout the week.

<img src="http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/images/features/dinitz_300x212.jpg" height="212" width="300" />You are the commissioner of a neighborhood football league. Your task: organize a round-robin tournament so that the Aardvarks, Bumblebees, Clams, and Dromedaries all play each other. It's just four teams. Not too hard, right? In round one it's A vs B and C vs D. Round two: A vs C and B vs D. Round three: A vs D and C vs B. All set to play ball?

<img src="http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/images/features/jbowman_300x212.jpg" height="212" width="300" />Lined up at the stoplights, bikes often outnumber cars on Joe Bowman's five-mile commute to work from his London apartment. Bowman '01 is among the two-wheeled converts on the street, but he stands out from the crowd on his Ultra Motor A2B, an electric bicycle that he not only rides but champions as a guiding force of the company that makes it.