2008 Woodie Awards
Campus
Committee to discuss worries over student loans
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WASHINGTON - Amid a weak national lending market that has already led to losses for large and small lenders across the country, some officials are worried that a new victim might emerge: students who take out private loans to pay for college. Members of Congress have expressed concerns with rising interest rates for student loans - currently averaging near 10 percent but sometimes as high as 18 percent - as private loans are becoming harder to secure.
Second Life weapons system earns more than $20,000
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Before setting foot on Brown's campus, Evan Donahue '11 made thousands of dollars creating weapons to summon damned souls and create rifts in space-time fabric to suck in adversaries. The weapons systems were for the virtual world of Second Life, a popular online role-playing game.
BGSU considers master's program in architecture
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Future architecture students looking to complete their master's degree might not have to look for a school past BGSU. At the Graduate Student Senate meeting last Friday, representatives from the Architecture Program Committee spoke about their proposal for a two-year master's degree program for the University.
Blotter for 3/17/2008
Friday 5:13 p.m. A vehicle parked on East Wooster Street was reported damaged overnight. 6:08 p.m. Two young males were reported seen with matches by the Dumpster behind Big Lots. 6:40 p.m. Lance A. Lundquest, 37, of Grand Rapids, Ohio, was arrested for shoplifting from Kroger's on North Main Street.
College students often targeted in pyramid scams
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Between school expenses, bills and rent, college students are often pressed for cash. This could make them easy targets for get-rich-quick schemes. Pyramid schemes, also known as Ponzi schemes, are developed when one person or group promises a large amount of money in exchange for a considerably smaller introductory fee, and are disguised as legitimate investments.
Students, faculty hold memorial for Meyer
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Last night the Peace Lutheran Church was transformed into a banquet hall. The students and faculty involved in the Student Council on Family Relations organized and held a memorial for the late Doug Meyer, husband of Laura Landry-Meyer, a professor in Human Development and Family Relations at the University.
Film festival winners announced
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Writers in Hollywood may have been lackadaisical for the past few months, but freshman contestants entering their films in the fourth annual Falcon Film Festival certainly weren't. The eight films showcased on Saturday night in Olscamp 101 gave viewers different perspectives on freshman life and the first-year experience.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Conservation starts with a few simple lifestyle changes
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The three are like peas in a pod: Reducing, reusing and recycling are all needed to keep the environment clean. But is one more important than the others? Reducing the products consumed and later reused essentially leads to less recycling being needed. But recycling cannot be forgotten; it gives new life to an old product.
