2008 Woodie Awards
Voices Articles
Our reader's voices
Broomfield development Take a step back in time to June 23, 2005. "Why does that date sound familiar," you ask, "and why does it give me a bad feeling?" That date was when governmental taking of property from one individual to give to another for the furtherance of a governments economic development plan was found constitutional by Justices Stevens, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, and Breyer in the case of Kelo v.
Ashley Weisberg
Do you plan on purchasing tickets for the MAC Championship game?
"No. I don't have money. Ashley Weisberg, West Bloomfield sophomore
Tiffany Warren
Do you plan on purchasing tickets for the MAC Championship game?
"I might. It's in my hometown. If I'm home that weekend I'll definitely go." Tiffany Warren, Detroit junior
Don Lake
Do you plan on purchasing tickets for the MAC Championship game?
"No. I'm a grad assistant. I don't have the time and I don't have the money. But if I were an undergrad, I'd definitely go." Don Lake, Springport graduate student
John Ketchum
Do you plan on purchasing tickets for the MAC Championship game?
"Yes. I think it's good to support the school. I think it's our support that got them where they are today. They can't win on talent alone." John Ketchum, Saginaw freshman
Lack of attendance
Campus community should show more support
Diversity, diversity, diversity. That's all university officials have seemed to preach during the past two years. They say how important it is to maintain diversity on campus. And they are right. Yet when there was an open forum for an affirmative action officer candidate, the second most important diversity official on campus, only two people bothered to show.
TV script writers strike
Get over it - pick up a book while late shows are on re-runs
The following editorial appeared in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram on Tuesday, Nov. 6: When "CSI: Miami's" Lt. Horatio Caine cocks his head, removes his sunglasses for the ninth time in the episode and utters some hyper-cheesy line like, "Evidence ... as always .
Champs
Congrats to football team after second MAC West title
The whole CMU fanbase held its breath as Western Michigan was running around in the waning seconds of Tuesday's game. Western completed lateral after lateral. It looked like the Broncos might have a chance to score and win the game. Finally, after making it all the way down to the CMU 35-yard line, the ball went out of bounds.
