2008 Woodie Awards
Shaggy's on Main had its last call for the last time on New Year's Eve, shutting down after nearly three years in business due to unbalanced food and alcohol sales.
A gunman opened fire in a Northern Illinois University lecture hall on Thursday afternoon, injuring at least 15 people, authorities said. No victim fatalities have been reported. The gunman entered a geography class in Cole Hall on the NIU campus and open fired, according to university president John Peters on the Northern Illinois University's Web site.
The U.S. Senate Finance Committee demanded information from the university, along with 135 of the nation's other wealthiest colleges and universities, on rising tuition costs and endowment-spending practices.
Students, professors and teaching assistants filled every available seat of Trabant University Center's Multipurpose Room A Tuesday evening for one of the biggest nights in politics.
From general questions concerning her mother's policies, to more personal questions about being raised by a former president and a presidential hopeful - Chelsea Clinton encouraged both university students and members of the Delaware community to ask whatever might be on their minds on Feb. 4 in the Trabant University Center.
In the biggest "Super Tuesday" ever, Sen. John McCain, (R-Ariz.), emerged as the front-runner for the Republican nomination while Sen. Barack Obama, (D-Ill.) and Sen. Hillary Clinton, (D-N.Y.) continue to fight in the too-close-to-call Democratic race.
University police officers are now permitted to carry guns on foot around campus.
Just one month ago, 17-year-old Jonathan Baines said he could have never imagined being stopped in the middle of dinner with friends at McDonald's to sign an autograph.
Vincent "Winnie" Mayer, a baseball and football player at the university in the '30s, passed away earlier this month. Mayer was a prominent fixture around Newark, especially at sporting events on campus.
On Feb. 18, 2005, Jermaine Lamar Wilson was found hanging from a bed sheet in his cell, eight days after a judge ordered his release. His clothes were stained with blood from a gash on the back of his head. Prison officials claimed his death was a suicide.
It is the beginning of a new semester and most students know what that means - breaking the bank to buy new textbooks.
Prescription vending machines in Los Angeles are now dispensing medical marijuana to patients who want to use it as a treatment for various illnesses. These machines are giving patients a convenient way to obtain the drug with a valid prescription.
Newark is expanding a program that encourages city employees to mentor local school children.
In the midst of a highly anticipated presidential election, a Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions Survey of students preparing to take the Law School Admission Test concluded that 42 percent of LSAT takers will "definitely" or "probably" run for political office after graduating from law school.
Philosophy majors may not need to ponder their future career plans for too long. According to recent statistics from the Higher Education Statistics Agency, many employers are looking for what philosophers have to offer.
The Foundation for Jewish Culture and the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation awarded the university's Jewish Studies Program an $80,000 grant to fund a two-year postdoctoral teaching fellowship.
Peter Kolchin, Henry Clay Reed professor of history at the university, has been elected into the Society of American Historians in recognition of the notable work he has accomplished within his field.
On Jan. 23, state Sen. Robert Marshall (D-Wilmington West) proposed a bill which would raise Delaware's minimum wage twice over the next two years.
A 49-year-old woman fell victim to an internet scam Saturday, Cpl. Scott Simpson of the Newark Police Department said.
