2008 Woodie Awards
Junior Mark D'Avella and his brother, Matthew, were fired from their job at a New Jersey grocery store and are being sued by its parent company for a rap video they uploaded onto YouTube.com.
Newark Police recently arrested 48-year-old Newark resident James Hardwick and charged him with 35 counts of rape in the first degree, one count of attempted rape in the second degree, one count of sexual solicitation of a child and one count of sexual extortion.
A study released last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the suicide rate for 10 to 24-year-olds in the United States increased by 8 percent from 2003 to 2004 - the largest annual jump in 15 years. According to the study, suicide was the third leading cause of death among 10 to 24-year-olds in 2004, resulting in approximately 4,600 deaths.
It records your every move and sound. It points out any significant motion or noise. It requires your fingerprint to establish your identity. Big Brother is watching you - take a test. The Securexam Remote Proctor, which makes sure students are not cheating on exams for online classes, is the newest technology to accommodate distance-learning college students.
Take 10,000 potatoes, 3,000 pounds of sauerkraut and nearly a third of a mile of smoked bratwurst, weisswurst and frankfurters. Add more than 17,000 raucous German-culture fans and put it all together on a two-acre plot off of Salem Church Road in Newark.
Many graduate students today are choosing to start a family while pursuing their degree, increasing the need for benefits such as maternity leave. In an effort to ease graduate students' balance of academics and family, the University of California, Berkeley, recently instituted a new policy, which provides female doctoral students up to six weeks paid maternity leave.
Waking up early on a Sunday morning after a long weekend of partying, the last thing most college students would want to do is set off on a fifteen mile run. Junior Barney Fortunato, however, takes on this workout four times per week, running through The Green in his short-shorts, to turn dreams into a reality for African orphans.
Putting an end to hazing on college campuses has been an ongoing struggle, but now, several national Greek organizations are helping to resolve the issue. Twenty-three Greek organizations have sponsored the creation of an anti-hazing hot line, which would allow people across the country to call and report incidents of hazing.
New technology known as Vehicle to Grid Power, or V2G, may make electric cars profitable for their owners in addition to having environmental benefits. V2G is a technology that enables electricity from vehicles powered by batteries, fuel cells or gasoline hybrids to flow to power lines, according to the university's V2G research Web site.
Local and state police officers are currently investigating a series of vandalisms that took place throughout Christina School District in New Castle County. Sgt. Josh Bushweller of the Delaware State Police said the vandalism incidents began in late August.
The university's Center for Biomedical Engineering Research is beginning the semester with several new research projects funded by an $11 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. The projects, led by Thomas Buchanan, professor and chairperson of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, will research the effects of osteoarthritis and also serve as a mentoring program for female scientists in the university's faculty.
Facing a variety of games set up on the lawn in front of Memorial Hall, 11-year-old Jared Oriol zeroed in on the miniature golf course and tugged on his father's arm. "When are you going to get the tickets, Daddy?" Oriol asked. Oriol, along with his father, Eli, and his sister, Isabella, was one of the thousands of Newark residents who attended Newark Community Day festival, held Sunday on the Green.
Traditionally, romance is defined as the act of courting or wooing someone or treating them with ardor or chivalrousness. Some would say the college definition has evolved into something more vulgar. "Most people see romance as making out and having sex," freshman Selasie Buatsi said.
Directorship magazine is honoring Professor Charles Elson, ranking him 17th out of the top 100 most influential people in the field of corporate governance. "I was very honored and excited when I received the news," Elson said. Elson, who was a professor of corporate law for 10 years prior to coming to the university in 2000, holds the position as director of the John L.
With laptops now as light and portable as paper notebooks, students are beginning to switch from pad and pencil to their computers. Although many students bring laptops to class, it is ultimately up to the professor to decide whether they are allowed. The key-clicking and glowing screens can be distracting not only for students but for professors as well.
The university has teamed up with the energy company Exelon in the construction of a $2 million financial trading lab scheduled to open next fall in Purnell Hall. Model trading labs provide students with the opportunity to take a step into the real world of finance while remaining in the comfort of an academic setting.
Two university professors and a graduate student are taking part in a continuing research project monitoring the motion and thickness of Arctic sea ice off the coast of Alaska. One of the professors, Cathleen Geiger, associate research professor in the department of geography with the Center for Climatic Research, spent two weeks in April living in an ice camp on the Beaufort Sea, north of Barrow, Alaska.
DelDOT held an open forum Thursday, inviting New Castle County residents to voice their opinions and concerns on transportation in the county. It was the third Capital Transportation Program workshop, which occurs every September. One is held in each county.
Although a recently released study by the National Fire Protection Association shows the number of residence hall fires at national universities increased from 1,800 in 1998 to 3,300 in 2005, such trends are not the case at the university. Kevin McSweeney, the university's fire protection engineer, said there has been no noticeable increase in the number of dormitory fires in the past few years.
