2008 Woodie Awards
Campus
Speaking up at USG
Members discussed the idea of a Student Bill of Rights at last night's meeting
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The United States Constitution has a Bill of Rights and the Undergraduate Student Government believes students of the University should have one too. During last night's general assembly meeting, USG Student Welfare Committee Chair Jon Dinan asked members what they would like to see included.
U of M tries to rally last minute voters
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Previously barred from canvassing in the dorms by University of Michigan policy, the College Democrats held a last-ditch voter registration effort in most campus residence halls. With the deadline to register to vote for next month's presidential election at midnight Monday, about 40 members of the group met at the union to get clipboards and registration forms.
On the road again
Charles Gibson and the ABC News crew to broadcast from the University
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Bowling Green might be unfamiliar to the American public, but ABC News will make the town known to the millions that tune into the program nightly. ABC News will put Bowling Green in the spotlight for one night when "World News with Charles Gibson" broadcasts live from the west side of University Hall tonight at 6 p.
Refund checks should be used for educational purposes
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Perhaps many students on-campus have seen the mile long line of classmates, coiled around the first floor of the Administration building at the beginning of each semester, anxiously awaiting their refund checks. "Refund checks are excess funds from federal, state institutional and external aid," said Greg Guzman, acting director of Student Financial Aid.
AlcoholEdu used to combat binge drinking
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The legal drinking age movement, called the Amethyst Initiative, began recruiting college presidents more than a year ago to incite national debate about the U.S. drinking age. Presidents from schools such as Duke, Dartmouth, Syracuse, Tufts, Colgate, Kenyon and Morehouse, Ohio State and others are calling on lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18, claiming current laws encourage dangerous binge drinking on campuses.
