2008 Woodie Awards
On a sunny day in Sept. 1963, the pews were packed with men, women and children ready to jump to their feet in prayer for a brighter future. Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley gathered in the basement to prepare for Youth Sunday, an 11 a.
Like most people that go to UMass, I'm unabashedly progressive when it comes to politics. However, I have a dirty little secret. When you ask me who I think did one of the best jobs as president, I'll look around to make sure no one else is listening and then whisper - Dwight Eisenhower.
Concerns about race relations from "Justice for Jason" leaders and Obama supporters bring to light one central assumption about the history of race in America: blacks, as former slaves brought to America against their will, have always been powerless in our white-majority society.
YouTube is a monument to the fallibility of man. Every sort of moronic behavior can be found in its database by searching keywords: from "funny pets" to "skateboarders" to "Palin." This information is accessible to people sitting through a boring humanities course with wireless Internet nearby, among others.