2008 Woodie Awards
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Former United Nations Ambassador John R. Bolton's lecture at Amherst College last night was met with mixed reactions from both audience members and demonstrators. The lecture, entitled "Dealing with Rogue States After Iraq," elaborated on points addressed in Bolton's recent memoir, "Surrender is Not an Option," such as the effectiveness of the U.
Acclaimed climber Mark Synnott spoke to a crowd gathered in the basement of the Campus Center of his experience that brought him out of rural Jackson, N.H., and on top of the largest rock walls on Earth in a presentation titled "Climbing Round the World" held last night by the University of Massachusetts Outing Club.
Parents living in Massachusetts may start thinking twice before laying a hand on an uncooperative child's bottom, as a new bill introduced to the state legislature seeks to ban the age-old disciplinary practice of spanking. State representative Jay Kaufman, D-Lexington, introduced the "anti-spanking" bill, formally titled "The Act of Prohibiting Corporal Punishment in Children," to the legislature on Nov.
An annual project at the University of Massachusetts is bringing holiday cheer for less fortunate children. University Health Services will be hosting its Giving Tree project for a second year. According to Karen Dunbar Scully of Communications and Marketing at UHS, "The Giving Tree project began in 2006 as part of FISH [First in Student Health] UHS' employee-led initiative to enhance the work environment.
With the effort of both the Haitian American Student Association and Casa Dominicana, the 14th annual HASA/Casa cultural event helped unite the island of Hispaniola. The event took place on Saturday at the Student Union Ballroom from 6:30 p.m. to 2 a.m.
A new threat to college students has emerged known as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA. It has gained attention ever since a student died from it in October. MRSA is a strand of Staph infection that has so far shown to be resistant to antibiotics, and was originally bacteria generally only found in hospitals.
The annual Toys for Tots drive held on campus last weekend managed to collect only a small amount of holiday gifts for needy children, but event sponsors are hoping to make up for it. The event took place Saturday during the University of Massachusetts women's basketball game against the University of Hartford at the Mullins Center and was co-sponsored by U.