2008 Woodie Awards
Presidential election left education sorely overlooked
In October, an Associated Press election poll reported that 46 percent of respondents called education an "extremely important" issue, ranking it above taxes, housing or the environment.
But many political analysts say that our most recent presidential election left little room for candidates to discuss their views on education policies and change; concerns about the economy effectively stole the spotlight.…
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The bells!Campus bell music: Quaint or queasy
TEAM: Queasy
Rebecca Bauman
Opinion Editor
Clang, clang, clang goes the ... Beatles?
Surely not. Surely, Lennon, McCartney and Harrison never intended for their good instrumental works to ring by way of near-deafening, amplified bells while America's future scientists, artists and auto mechanics attempt to converse, focus on math lectures or simply survive hangovers.…
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This week's questionWill you be waking up early to enroll?
"No. I'm not worried, because I see how many seats there are. I've already done my advisement. There aren't any classes that I really need to get into right now, because I haven't started working on my major yet."
Keiva Robinson, freshman in
fashion merchandising
"Every semester, I've gotten up at 5 o'clock in the morning to get signed up for classes.…
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