2008 Woodie Awards
Acting on an anonymous tip, The Review learned a university administrator operated a profile on Facebook under a false name and listed himself as an undergraduate. This profile violates Facebook and possibly university policies. Matt Lenno, assistant director of student centers and judicial advisor for Judicial Affairs, held an account under the name Raymond Matthew, his middle and first names, respectively.
A man was struck and killed by a train at the railroad crossing on North College Avenue at approximately 12:18 p.m today, Newark Police said. In a press conference two hours after the incident, Newark Police Cpl. Scott Simpson said the man has not yet been identified, and would not confirm whether he was a student.
Ralph Sumner has lived on Madison Drive all his life. "There used to be a pond out there," he said, pointing to Edna C. Dickey Park from the back of his house. "We used to go ice skating, and hold bonfires. "Now, I won't even walk across that field at nighttime.
On a Winter Study Abroad trip to London, political science professor Matthew Hoffman scanned his bank statement and noticed unusually large daily withdrawals from across the country. Something did not add up. "I was pretty stunned," he said. "I immediately recognized that it was fraud.
The dashboard of the red Jeep Cherokee Dave Matushik drives down Main Street is littered with mementos from one summer's cross-country trip: a bird feather, a bundle of sage, an amethyst gemstone. The backseat is littered with just that - litter. Everything from cardboard boxes and milk containers to day-old bagels and cigarette butts make up the interior not only of his car, but his world.
As 4 a.m. passes on a Saturday morning, most university professors are asleep. Even most of their students are in bed. But Tammy Anderson is at a rave in Philadelphia, watching the all-night dance party wind down and gearing up for the after party. Anderson, who teaches sociology and criminal justice at the university, researches what she calls "club culture" on the East Coast and abroad.
In a flurry of bright fabrics and colorful costumes, various dance teams tempted the audience with traditional Indian dance fused with western Hip-hop themes Saturday night at Mitchell Hall during the Indian Students Association's 6th annual "Muqabala" spring show.
Big hair, corsets, platform heels and skin tight clothing adorned the stage at HAVEN's Miss Tri-State International Pageant and Female Illusionist Show Friday in the Trabant University Center. "Do we have any drag show virgins in the house," Amber Hikes, HAVEN social chairwoman and event coordinator, said.
The symptoms are everywhere - from flip flops, tank tops and mini skirts to Grotto's Pizza's patio, intramural sports and classes outside - Spring Fever has arrived and it's contagious. It is the time of year when everyone is desperately awaiting the arrival of spring while holding fast to taunting weather.
Darren "Digger" Kane always wanted to start a Web site as a way to reconnect with his college friends. Inspiration to finally go through with the idea did not strike until he was procrastinating on his computer at work. Kane, a 1995 graduate of the university, came across the homepage of fellow alumnus Jeff Kuhn.
With the banning of most abortions in South Dakota and the addition of two conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices, the topic of abortion is fresh in Americans' minds. A recent poll conducted by The Associated Press shows a deeply divided country on the issue, with 52 percent of adult Americans saying abortion should be legal most of the time and 43 percent saying it should be illegal in most situations.
Like every other March, the university admissions office began mailing out acceptance letters yesterday. However, an unexpected occurrence threw a wrench in the evaluation process this year. Admissions offices nationwide were notified in early March that 4,000 SAT scores from an October test date had been misgraded after a rainstorm warped the answer sheets.
With hoards of college students and noisy parties, Newark is no Boca Raton. Yet a growing number of retirees are shunning the sunny temperate climates and tennis courts of typical retirement communities and relocating to college towns like Newark. Roy Lopata, Newark's planning director, said he has noticed an influx of retirees relocating to towns like Newark because university cities offer an interesting, exciting and vibrant community in which to live.
In light of recent tragedies such as Hurricane Katrina and the Indian Ocean tsunami, people in the university community are asking "What can I do to help?" With the recent establishment of an American Red Cross Club on campus, students can now volunteer their services to those in need, as well as receive training for many life-saving skills.
In an attempt to force college admission boards to evaluate each applicant, many high schools have stopped releasing class ranks for their students. Instead, high schools send colleges a school profile, with a general distribution of students based on Grade Point Average.
The price of the cancer drug Mustargen (nitrogen mustard) has risen approximately 10 times, since Ovation Pharmaceuticals purchased the production and manufacturing rights from Merck last August. An anonymous source said Merck sold the drug because the company is planning on primarily using its plants to create vaccines and the choice was to either let the product die or sell it to keep it on the market.
Beginning April 3, free buttons, shirts, posters and other information will be available to commence the university's second annual Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) in the Trabant University Center. The Office of Women's Affairs and the Student Activities Center are two of the many university organizations that have planned and sponsored the month.
More students have opted to travel abroad in recent years, despite the unstable condition of international relations. In 1923, the university became the first school in the country to implement a Study Abroad program, allowing students to travel abroad on an academic basis.
Following a lengthy battle to acquire a special-use permit to keep its taps flowing later, Newark City Council granted Home Grown Café a license allowing it to serve alcoholic beverages until 1 a.m. Home Grown is the first restaurant on Main Street to receive a special-use permit that allows for extended serving hours.
With the possibility of the avian flu virus mutating into a contractible human pandemic, shortages of ventilators in U.S. hospitals is becoming a growing concern, with only 105,000 nationwide. ? In a worst case scenario, the country would need at least 742,500 ventilators, according to the national preparedness plan released by President Bush.
In an attempt to force college admission boards to evaluate each applicant, many high schools have stopped releasing class ranks for their students. Instead, high schools send colleges a school profile, with a general distribution of students based on Grade Point Average.
In an attempt to make its unique and advanced curriculum more effective, the Newark Charter School, which currently houses grades 5-8, has decided to open an elementary school on its campus that will open in 2007. The charter school, which operates on a curriculum known as Core Knowledge, which Diana Brewster, Webmaster for the foundation, said is based on the idea that elementary and middle school students need a solid, specific and shared knowledge base in order to advance socially and educationally.
Every semester junior Katie Prisco seems to find additional charges on her student bill. From residence hall fines, to library fines or unpaid parking tickets, she said she feels she is always paying more than just tuition. Prisco said she has had to pay for damage in her residence hall that was not her doing, has received parking tickets for accidentally parking in locations she thought were legal and last semester she had to pay a fine for an overdue book.
For some students campus honor societies are merely a way to pad a resume, but for others, benefits are reaped through giving back to the community. Melissa Green, a spokeswoman for The National Society of Collegiate Scholars, said the organization invites students to join and become involved in both the campus and local communities, to develop leadership skills and to serve.
Approximately 4,000 students became involved in a ruckus on Thursday, taking almost $150,000 worth of merchandise. And the university could not be happier. That is because this ruckus was actually called Ruckus, and the merchandise was songs legally downloaded from this new college-only multimedia service the university started providing free to students last week.
