Group seeks to spark student interest in science Benjamin Boswell discovered his interest in science and technology when he started growing a sugar cane plant in his front yard in the Near South Side neighborhood. Boswell, a 14-year-old eighth-grader at Mark Sheridan Academy at 533 W. 27th St., got the idea from his grandparents, natives of the West Indies who grow sugar cane, mangos, papayas, bananas and other plants at their home in Florida. "My grandpa always gives me sugar cane to try, and I love it," he said.
