2008 Woodie Awards
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Forget the guns - should BG Undead even be on campus?
We're for universities as a place where ideas collide, and where from that collision you learn something new. This collision is totally different from the one where a zombie, in hot pursuit of a human, upends us on the way to class. BG Undead - they of the humans and zombies - has raised quite a fuss this week about the University barring them from using Nerf guns in their game.
For women, fairy tales are just that
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Fairy tales, finely-woven fantasies of inspiration and wonder, have been told as bedtime tales to children as a means of delightful entertainment. Three of the most famous fairy tales are "Cinderella," "Snow White" and "Sleeping Beauty;" all enchanting tales that centralize their plots around a damsel in distress, a helpless lady who needs to reach fulfillment through the daring rescue of a prince.
Real friends, real space
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It has always fascinated me how feelings change over time. One minute you might be laughing with a person, and the next you may hate them ("Hate" is strong word, so let's say "strongly dislike" instead). Or perhaps you believe you are "in love" with a person, or at least like them very much, and a few months or a few years later you're no longer speaking.
Nerf toys still resemble guns
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BG Undead has been involved in the hubbub of recent news. The news and the game's vibrant presence on campus caused me to ponder when I last saw any other student group running through campus. Yes, the juggling club occasionally stakes out a spot on the sidewalk to juggle and sometimes organizations band together to go paint the rock, but no one else has such an on-campus presence as does BG Undead.
Sean Martin's column didn't have any facts...
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I am writing in regards to the column titled "Barack's backers are the lowest of low" [March 26]. This column is nothing more that an anti-communist/Obama rant. Though my opinions of Obama greatly differ from Sean Martin's, that is not my problem. I have a problem with columnists who do nothing more than rant about topics they know nothing about.
...and only plunged itself into mudslinging
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EDITOR'S NOTE This is the second of two letters to the article analyzing Sean Martin's article "Barack's backers are the lowest of low," from March 26. Sean Martin's column didn't have any facts... "Godwin's Law", written by Mike Godwin, an Internet attorney and author, states that: "As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one.
