2008 Woodie Awards
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• Virginia Tech vigil. Students are asked to wear orange and maroon to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the tragedy. The vigil will include a presentation of the colors by the University's Air Force ROTC and performance by Noteworthy, the University's renowned female a cappella group. … 0 Comments
The food science and technology department couldn't survive without Adam Blaschke. Blaschke, a senior computer science major from Watkinsville, addresses anything from broken printers to HTML programming as the department's computer specialist. He was named the best student worker at the Second Annual Student Employee of the Year awards luncheon Tuesday. … 0 Comments
Incoming freshmen will pay $180 more in tuition each semester than older students pay. The Board of Regents approved Tuesday an increase in tuition at all University System institutions. Full-time in-state students at each of the state's research institutions, including the University, now will pay $2,428 per semester, up 8 percent from Fall 2007. … 1 Comment
AIDS killed 2.5 million people in 2007. Anne De Groot said that is 2.5 million too many. De Groot, an immunologist from Brown University, spoke Tuesday on why the world should keep searching for an AIDS vaccine. In 2007, 5 million people were infected with HIV, De Groot said. … 0 Comments
The University's Hispanic population accounts for 714 undergraduate students - 2.1 percent of the student population - but those numbers did not stop a handful of Latino students from starting up a second Latino fraternity at the University. Juan Lazo, a sophomore from Peru, was one of the four founding brothers of the Gamma Epsilon chapter of Lambda Theta Phi Fraternidad Latina, Inc. … 0 Comments
There is discrimination on campus against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students, two University groups said. Every student and faculty member has the responsibility to help these students feel safe and promote an environment of equality at the University, according to an outline issued by the Safe Space program, which is a part of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Resource Center and Lambda Alliance. … 0 Comments
University professor Ronald VanSickle was honored for more than 25 years of distinguished service in teaching economics by the National Association of Economic Educators. VanSickle, a professor of social studies education, began working with the Center for Economic Education in 1977 and has served as associate director, director or co-director since 1982. … 0 Comments
Freshman Josh Glickman, an English major, performs at Stressbuster Night, an event sponsored by the Nuci's Space Student Organization in Reed Quad Tuesday. The event is part of the Third Annual Depression and Suicide Awareness Week. … 0 Comments
Today marks the one year anniversary of the Virginia Tech shooting, and many students say they think about the possibility of a similar tragedy happening at the University. "It's a reality. It could happen here," Anna Bearden, a senior from Commerce, said. … 1 Comment
The University set in motion several initiatives to build upon existing security systems within weeks of the tragic shootings that left 32 people dead at Virginia Tech last year. But interviews with University security and administration officials revealed the University has not officially adopted an "out with the old, in with the new" mentality in regards to safety improvements. … 1 Comment
