2008 Woodie Awards
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A private citizen's group, which has run Amherst's Fourth of July parade since 2002, is angry that the Town of Amherst's decision to hold a similar event may force them out.
Teachers and educators gathered with community members on Monday night at a seminar to argue the benefits of standardized tests on children and high school-aged teens. The discussion, led by Stephen G. Sireci, was entitled "Educational Testing: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Unanswered Questions.
Want to know how to become a millionaire? If at the age of 25, you begin depositing 286 dollars every month into a Roth Individual Retirement Account at the average rate of nine percent, by the age of 65 you will have accumulated one million dollars, ready for your retirement enjoyment.
The Student Government Association introduced Shaun Robinson as its new speaker of the Student Government Association senate, and Cheryl Feinstein as associate speaker at its senate meeting last night. Robinson defeated senator Devin Ashe, who ran for SGA president this spring.
Two actors walked onto the stage; a woman wearing nothing but a towel, and a man in his underwear. They began to argue about the man's choice to play Russian roulette, which is spinning the cylinder of a revolver loaded with only a single bullet, and pulling the trigger.