2008 Woodie Awards
The elevator malfunction in the W.E.B. Du Bois library early in September has done more than just create long lines but safety concerns on campus as well. However, building maintenance at the University of Massachusetts wants to dispel students' worries about safety concerns.
With rape statistics climbing nationally, the University of Massachusetts Police Department is offering free defense classes to women on campus. The program, known as R.A.D. [Rape Aggression Defense] is "designed to teach women about awareness, prevention, risk deduction and avoidance while progressing into the basics of hands-on defense training," according to UMPD officials.
Massachusetts public-interest group, MASSPIRG, will be starting off the semester today with its semi-annual kick-off meeting in the Student Union's Commonwealth Room. The meeting, which begins at 8 p.m., will offer entertainment for its attendees that includes food, music and a guest speaker who is yet to be named.
A local educational-resource company is vying to put Amherst on the map. ODT Maps, Inc., an Amherst-based developer and manufacturer of maps, globes and other geographic resources, unveiled an equal-area map of the United States on September 7.
On the fifth anniversary of the September 11th attacks one week ago, police were called to the memorial on the Student Union lawn at the University of Massachusetts for reports of vandalism. When police arrived, they found the flags that had been put up as part of the memorial in disarray.