2008 Woodie Awards
Vote Absentee
The Web site thetakeaway.org is giving students the opportunity to take part in New Voices, which "is an election project from The Takeaway that provides a forum for the issues and thoughts of students and young voters across the country," according to vote2008.
Being the face of an organization is no small task. Often the president or CEO of a group is the first person to blame when something goes wrong. As an easy target for a firm's shortcomings, the amount of pressure on the person in a leadership capacity is astounding.
For the 12th year, Current TV was a sponsor for the Art Under the Bridge Festival in DUMBO, which was held from Sept. 26 to Sept. 28. Current TV is "about what's going on in your world: all the things you and your friends are actually interested in - that you won't find on any other news site or cable TV channel.
A feeling of disgust followed by the sight and sent of decay and filth is a common sight on the streets around pace university. It is unfortunate, but there are homeless people everywhere. Every time I walk by a homeless being I feel inclined to help. After all I am attending a prestigious university and they are rotting on the side of the street.
The number of homeless families have risen. The number of single adults have declined. There are 14,000 homeless children in 9000 homeless families. Many of these individuals stay in shelters that are far from humane. I wonder of those children trigger a feeling of disgust? Or, are the only people that are "decaying" and "filthy" - who also happen to be littering the streets around our prestigious University - just those who drink and drug, the adults? That same article states that the city's Independent Budget Office is spending $603.
University students in attendance at the 2nd debate viewing party were among the 69.9 million viewers watching the vice presidential debate on Oct. 2, 2008. Students gathered in the Schimmel Theatre for the view party headed by political science professor Christopher Malone.
More women are attending college than men in the U.S., making up between 55-60 percent of the student population in universities, according to the PBS News Hour. As well, more women than men are earning Bachelor's degrees, but still men are the primary breadwinners of today's society.
Technology, terrorists, the government and Shia LaBeouf make up the race-against-time thriller Eagle Eye. Directed by D.J. Caruso (Disturbia), the film spins a cautionary tale about the consequences of abusing technology. With a political message underlying the film, Eagle Eye manages to be entertaining even though certain parts of the film tend to become a little unpredictable.
To the Editor: I am writing in response to the October 1, 2008 editorial by Jennifer Garvey, "Not as Safe as You May Think." Everyone at Pace is concerned with making our student security policies as good as they can be. Like most societies, we are constantly reexamining the essential and difficult balance between freedom and protection.