2008 Woodie Awards
Student voters at the University of Massachusetts overwhelmingly supported Deval Patrick for governor of Massachusetts and cited higher education, child care and diversity at the level of state government as the issues that sent them to the voting booths on Election Tuesday.
Newspapers have been the cement of an informed society, delivering people with the knowledge of the world around them. Whether coupled with the morning coffee, scattered across kitchen tables or at the foregrounds of dinner or office conversation, newspapers have shared a special kinship with the American people.
Students, alumni, faculty members and members of ROTC from the University of Massachusetts joined together yesterday to commemorate United States war veterans at the Veteran's Day Vigil, conducted by the UMass Airforce ROTC. . The ceremony began at 4 p.
University Health Services and the School of Nursing at the University of Massachusetts will host a flu clinic on Thursday, November 9th. The clinic, which will be open from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m., will be located on the lower concourse at the Campus Center.
In the face of the upcoming hikes in minimum wage and in response to the approval of drastically increased funding of certain Registered Student Organizations in spring 2006, the Student Government Association of the University of Massachusetts is currently in a desperate search for avenues to increase funding.
Monday 8:57: Amherst Police responded to an automobile accident. A 1999 Jeep Grache crashed on 29 Hobart Lane and needed to be towed by Amherst Towing Company. 9:26: Amherst Police investigated vandalism at 7 Watson Farms. 12:30: Amherst Police sent summons to two Amherst minors charged with disturbing a school assembly 1:00: Amherst Police recovered a bottle of Suboxone belonging to a Mr.
EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio - Crashing voting machines and other computer glitches forced at least two U.S. states to extend voting hours, but balloting in most places was, as one voter said, a "piece of cake." As millions of Americans cast their ballots in crucial mid-term congressional elections, early fears of new voting dramas emerged as soon as polls opened ? especially in Ohio and Florida, the two battleground states scarred by voting dramas in 2000 and 2004.
NEW YORK - The number of overseas graduate students taking courses in the United States has increased after three years of decline in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks, officials said. The Council of Graduate Schools announced a modest one percent rise from 2005 to 2006 in the number of foreign graduates taking U.
ROUND ROCK, Texas - Two high school students have been charged with conspiracy to commit capital murder after authorities uncovered what they described as potentially deadly school attack plot. The boys, whose names were not released, were arrested Thursday, Williamson County Sheriff's Department Detective John Foster said.
CLEVELAND - Fire swept through a house early Tuesday, killing four children and injuring three other people, one who jumped from a second-story window and two boys who were pulled to safety by a passer-by, a fire official said. The passer-by, Nick Haviaras, saw the flames as he drove home about 3 a.