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Nada Al Huwait, 14, of the UAE women's national soccer team, helps teach a girl from the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington how to juggle during a soccer clinic at Cardozo High School in Northwest Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, July 13, 2011. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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Fatiha Ouadah, 23, Jalila Al Nuimi, 7, and fellow teammates from the UAE women's national soccer team, do drills with kids from the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington during a soccer clinic at Cardozo High School in Northwest Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, July 13, 2011. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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Alaa Ahmed Hassan, 9, and fellow teammates from the UAE women's national soccer team, do drills with kids from the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington during a soccer clinic at Cardozo High School in Northwest Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, July 13, 2011. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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Athletes from Bell Multicultural High School and members of the UAE women's national soccer team mix up teams for a scrimmage during a soccer clinic at Cardozo High School in Northwest Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, July 13, 2011. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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From left, Alaa Ahmed Hassan, 9, Shahad Amhed Budebs, 19, and Houriya Taheri, 1, of the UAE women's national soccer team, huddle up for a cheer with kids from the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington during a soccer clinic at Cardozo High School in Northwest Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, July 13, 2011. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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Jalila Al Nuimi, 7, of the UAE women's national soccer team gets her team pumped up during a soccer clinic at Cardozo High School in Northwest Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, July 13, 2011. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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Nada Al Huwait of the UAE women's national soccer team shakes hands with an athlete from Bell Multicultural High School during a soccer clinic at Cardozo High School in Northwest Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, July 13, 2011. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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Shahad Ahmed Budebs of the UAE women's national soccer team attends a soccer clinic at Cardozo High School in Northwest Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, July 13, 2011. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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The UAE women's national soccer team attended a soccer clinic at Cardozo High School in Northwest Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, July 13, 2011. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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Jalila Al Nuimi, 7, of the UAE women's national soccer team, jokes around with kids from the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington during a soccer clinic at Cardozo High School in Northwest Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, July 13, 2011. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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Alaa Ahmed Hassan, 9, of the UAE women's national soccer team, sits with Nathaniel Green, Jr. from the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington, as she signs a soccer ball for him during a soccer clinic at Cardozo High School in Northwest Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, July 13, 2011. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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Sparkman High School seniors Sarah Donahue (left) and Leslie Easley, both 18, work in a science class in Sparkman, Ark. In an effort to save their school, residents in Sparkman are sending their graduates to college. (Associated Press)
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Virginia Tech senior and resident adviser David Dorsett (left) visits with fellow student Matt Londrey. Virginia Tech, among many other public colleges and universities, is raising tuition rates this fall. (Associated Press)
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PRATIK SHAH/THE WASHINGTON TIMES Milwaukee Bucks point guard Brandon Jennings shoots during a game at Spingarn High School in Northeast D.C. Jennnings graduated from Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Va.
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This photo provided by California University of Pennsylvania shows a letter postmarked February 1958 that arrived at the campus mailroom last week. The love letter to a college student is on its way to his current home in Illinois. (Associated Press)
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PHOTOGRAPHS BY ROD LAMKEY JR./THE WASHINGTON TIMES "Great schools, great people, great community connections" is the mantra of Kaya Henderson, the chancellor of D.C. public schools.
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**FILE PHOTO ** The controversy over racial preferences in higher education admissions may lead colleges and universities to reexamine how to legally create racial diversity. (Associated Press)
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Janet Turner, 42, wipes the sweat off her brow while watering her plot at the Decatur High School Community Garden on Tuesday, July 12, 2011, in Decatur, Ga. (AP Photo/Erik S. Lesser)
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A member of a Pakistani tribal militia stands with locals outside a school gutted by militants in Nusrat Dara in Dir, Pakistan on July 7, 2011. (Associated Press)
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDIA RELATIONS Whitney Neuhauser, a former University of Virginia standout, qualified for the U.S. Women's Open on her fourth try at making the tournament.
