2008 Woodie Awards
Vote Absentee
Today marks the beginning of the Student Government Association elections. UMass students may or may not have noticed the ubiquitous campaign posters promising more or less the same things. Taking their cues from the demands of last semester's student strike, SGA presidential and trustee candidates have all made nearly uniform promises to pursue interests parallel to those of the United Student Action Coalition.
With roughly 40 lawsuits staring them in the face, phone companies are finally starting to breathe a little bit easier. Days after a press conference where President George W. Bush enthusiastically urged Congress to help the war on terror, it now looks as if the Democratically controlled Congress will reauthorize the Protect America Act.
I turned on the TV recently and put CNN on to catch some news before class when I found that I was staring at the breaking news headline of another deadly shooting on a university campus. This time the tragedy occurred at Northern Illinois University, a mere 10 months after the Virginia Tech Massacre.