2008 Woodie Awards
Vote Absentee
Two suspects who allegedly broke into three University of Massachusetts dormitories and stole thousands of dollars worth of electronics Tuesday, reportedly have been falsely soliciting funds for a cancer foundation, according to the UMass Police Department.
Elections were in the air last night at the Student Government Association's 1,520th regular meeting. With 24 Senators present, discussion moved from the upcoming SGA elections and town of Amherst elections, to the recent vote by the Board of Trustees to hike the tuition price for University of Massachusetts students.
The University of Massachusetts History department hosted this year's Five College History Lecture yesterday at Memorial Hall. Dr. Roger D. Launius, chairman of the Division of Space History at the Smithsonian Institute's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.
For the most part, March indicates the first warm days of spring, the last fresh snow of ski season and the green beer of St. Patrick's Day. A growing number of students are beginning to realize the true madness of March: filling out a bracket for the NCAA men's basketball tournament.
March 13, 2007 11:11 a.m. A larceny was reported by a female living on Hobart Lane. The party reported having $180 in cash and all credit/debit cards taken out of her purse. 1:53 p.m. The owner of a 1999 Subaru Legacy reported a hit and run on Mattoon Street.
WAVERLY, Iowa - The frequent trips to the bathroom, locking the door and turning up the radio. The skipped dinners. The excessive workouts. Mandy Kakac saw all these signs, which sparked concern that her friend was in trouble. It wasn't until college that her friend was diagnosed with anorexia nervosa, an eating disorder that affects one in every five women.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - A closet filled with a brand new wardrobe, or spending over a year without sex. Would the average woman actually choose fashion over a man? According to a pre-Valentine poll taken by consumer products company Unilever, the average woman would prefer to abstain from sex for up to 15 months in exchange for a closet full of new clothes.
CHICAGO - Bradley Bernstein's parents say an electric cattle prod is the only thing that stops him from banging his head and violently punching his eyes, nearly blinding himself. The Illinois couple's fight to continue shock treatment on their severely autistic 48-year-old son and the uproar over a Massachusetts school that uses similar treatment have pulled back the curtain on this extreme form of behavior modification.
Viewers of a news show broadcast on a Phoenix-area cable television station received a lot more than news - hard-core pornography started streaming into their living rooms, replacing a health show featuring former NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw. The incident on KPPX-TV Monday night prompted a flood of calls to local news media outlets and cable provider Cox Communications, including one from Chandler resident Brenda Schodt, who said she was shocked to look up and see graphic sex acts on her television screen.
LYNN, Mass. - The bodies of a man and a woman were found Wednesday at the scene of an explosion and fire in a commercial building, the district attorney said. Essex District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett said the deaths appear to be a "domestic violence situation by use of an incendiary device.
BATON ROUGE, La. - A trend called "bum hunting" is on the rise. Teenagers and young adults have been committing acts of violence against homeless people across the nation. On Oct. 1, 2006, "60 Minutes" reported that two teenagers in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - President George W. Bush's recent budget proposal for 2008 could help more needy college students than ever before. Included in President Bush's $2.9 trillion budget proposal is an increase in the Pell Grant, according to the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.