Vietnam veteran David Spencer, 51, served in the Navy for two and a half years and entered the Reserves after the end of the war. Spencer is a husband, father and a retired General Motors employee. And now, he is a student working on pre-algebra. Spencer is one of many veterans in the Veterans Upward Bound program, which is a free program designed to help veterans with developmental courses to prepare them for college and vocational school.

I’m gonna pull a Seinfeld here and make this the column about nothing. Full of ramblings. Full of futility. Bubble. Pop. Electric. For example, spring break was definitely needed. For the previous nine or so weeks, I’ve been running around like a jack rabbit.

Lead role on a national television show? Got it. Featured in People magazine’s 50 Sexiest Men issue? Old news. Play reading with Tom Hanks? Not a problem. Winchester native Matt Long’s to-do list is a bit shorter and quite different than the average 24-year-old since he began portraying the character of Jack McAllister on the WB series “Jack and Bobby.

Michael Rosenbaum After graduating from Western in 1995, it didn’t take Rosenbaum long to get wotk on television. He is currently playing Lex Luther on the WB’s “Smallville.” He has also appeared in the show “Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane” and in movies “Midnight in the Garden Of Good and Evil” and “Urban Legend.