I had heard that the local high school had one the National Science Bowl. This sort of news spreads quickly when a faculty member's son is on the winning team. What I didn't realize was my alma mater came in third. I don't think we even had a team back when I was there -- I was a pretty big dork, so I would have heard about it. Go Vikings!
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