2008 Woodie Awards
Vote Absentee
Obama and Biden visit Greensboro
Senators Barack Obama and Joe Biden came to the J. Douglas Gaylon Depot in Greemsboro Saturday, tying up the downtown area and bringing in an estimated 18,000 people (according to the News and Record). The crowd took up two-tenths of a mile, reaching from the depot at S.
Voting in Nov.? You better check
Four years ago during voting for the presidential election, numerous students left feeling like their vote didn't count- because it didn't. Karen Clark, an intensive care nurse at Moses Cone Hospital was a volunteer during the election and met numerous such dejected students.
Important imports...Ever wonder where unreleased music comes from?
Perhaps you're on the Internet, shifting from window to window, wandering aimlessly through procrastination with an IMEEM playlist in the background. Suddenly, when the next song from your favorite album fades in and you realize something: you've already bought the album of the artist this unrecognized song claims to be a part of.
Staff editorial: Don't leave your vote up to someone else
Over the past 19 months both presidential candidates have spent hundreds of millions of dollars, employed thousands of people, and campaigned endlessly to earn one thing: your vote. But what happens when you show up to vote on Nov. 4 only to find out that the elderly poll worker has no idea who you are? The seemingly legitimate campaign worker working a voter registration drive never turned in your paperwork simply because checked a different political party.
Rain can't dampen Spartan's spirit on homecoming
Old Town is bustling and the Sleeping Booty band outside of the EUC is rapping up their last song as they play to a dwindling crowd. The sky is an ominous gray. Today is homecoming, which at our school is marked by an annual soccer match and a handful of social activities.
Facebook: New but not improved
Facebook is a name known to the majority of college and high school students. It is an online social networking tool, students use it to stay in contact with friends in various networks like university, high school, and city.
Out of the millions of Facebook users, it's common knowledge that if the core of the site is edited, even the least perceptive will take notice.
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