5 THINGS: Lots of Sports, Lots of Government!

Here are the (more than) Five Things for Tuesday, April 10, 2012:

Not about Alfred Hitchcock. Have vertigo? Pharmacy students from the University of Rhode Island will be giving a free information session at the Center at 10 a.m. today. Click here for more info.

“In America, anyone can become president. That’s the problem.” – George Carlin. Today’s government meetings:

• The Narragansett Historic District Commission at 6 p.m. at town hall.
• The South Kingstown Town Council will with the school committee at town hall at 7 p.m. to discuss the FY 2013 budget.
• The Galilee Advisory Committee at 7 p.m. at town hall.

“Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical.” – Yogi Berra. Today’s sporting events:

• Narragansett golf travels to Beaver River Country Club in Richmond for the Southern Division championship.
• Narragansett boys’ tennis (0-2, 0-2 Division III-South) travels to Coventry High School (0-3, 0-3 Division III-South) for a 4 p.m. match.
• Narragansett softball (0-2, 0-2 Division II-South) travels to Middletown High School (1-1, 1-1 Division II-South) for a 4 p.m. game.
• Narragansett junior varsity baseball travels to Johnston Memorial Park for a 3:30 p.m. game with the Panthers.
• Narragansett boys’ lacrosse (2-0, 2-0 Division III-South) hosts Westerly (0-0) at 3:45 p.m. Junior varsity plays at 5:30 p.m.
• Prout boys’ junior varsity tennis travels to Classical High School for a 4 p.m. match.
• Prout junior varsity baseball travels to Westerly High School for a 4 p.m. game.
• Prout girls’ lacrosse (0-2, 0-1 Division I-South) hosts East Greenwich (3-1, 2-0 Division I-South) at 4 p.m. at Ninigret Park.
• The Narragansett and Prout girls’ and boys’ track teams are competing at a 4 p.m. meet at North Kingstown High School. The Skippers and East Greenwich are also competing.
• Prout softball (3-0, 2-0 Division II-South) hosts Portsmouth (1-0, 1-0 Division II-South) at 4 p.m.
• Prout boys’ lacrosse (0-1, 0-1 Division II-South) plays under the lights at Gaudet Middle School against Middletown (1-2, 1-1 Division II-South) at 6:30 p.m.
• Prout boys’ tennis (1-1, 1-1 Division II-South) travels to Portsmouth High School (0-2, 0-2 Division II-South) for a 4 p.m. match.
• South Kingstown girls’ lacrosse (0-1, 0-1 Division I-South) hosts Cranston West (1-2, 1-1 Division I-South) at 4 p.m. at Curtis Corner Middle School. Junior varsity plays at 5:15 p.m.
• South Kingstown baseball (1-2, 0-2 Division I-South) travels to Tiverton High School (0-2, 0-2 Division I-South) for a 4 p.m. game.
• South Kingstown boys’ lacrosse (1-0, 1-0 Division II-South) travels to East Greenwich High School (2-0, 2-0 Division II-South) for a 6 p.m. game.
• South Kingstown softball (0-1, 0-1 Division II-South) travels to Toppa Field to play Rogers (0-1, 0-1 Division II-South) at 3:30 p.m.
• South Kingstown boys’ tennis (1-0, 1-0 Division I-South) hosts North Kingstown (1-1, 1-1 Division I-South) at 3:30 p.m. at the Broad Rock courts.
• South Kingstown junior varsity baseball plays Tiverton at the Pocasset School at 4 p.m.

It’s vaguely hipster, but not really. PostSecret is hosting an event at Edwards Auditorium at URI tonight. For more on PostSecret, read up on Wikipedia here.

Near, far, WHEREVER YOU ARE. According to Wikipedia, which is never wrong, the Titanic left Southampton on this day in 1912.

In his honor, please punch the nearest person today. Steven Seagal is celebrating his 60^th birthday today. If you don’t feel like punching someone, then just watch his 1994 classic On Deadly Ground, which is noticeable for universally negative reviews. Also, he saves the environment from evil oil drillers by, uh, blowing it up.

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