2008 Woodie Awards
Hogan predicts additional budget rescissionsPresident Hogan anticipates an additional 2 percent budget cut for the university, which would result in an $18 million loss in 2009, he said at the Board of Trustees meeting yesterday. Hogan also said he anticipates a 5 to 10 percent rescission in the services budget in fiscal year 2010, which could mean a loss of anywhere from $29 to $47 million.Budget cuts hurt club sportsWomen's rugby searching for new ways to fund teamShards of glass, sharp rocks and odd smells - what sound like the makings for a horrific science experiment are the conditions the UConn women's rugby team faces each time they take the field at Depot Campus after university-wide budget cuts. UConn's Club Sports Council, following the trend of many other organizations on campus, has had its budget substantially cut, passing the effects on to the many teams it oversees.
Faculty lots should open to students for late classesWhen the weather gets colder, students are more likely to begin trying to find ways to avoid walking to class. Especially with sunset coming earlier and earlier, the temptation builds to hop in the car, instead of trudging all the way across campus in the dark.
The Warsaw Philharmonic filled the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts with the symphonic sounds of a professional orchestra. Orchestra takes over JorgensenThe opening of Wojciech Kilar's Orawa needed just a handful of violins playing, but it served as suspense to the dramatic entrance of the rest of the Warsaw Philharmonic last night at the Jorgenson Center for the Performing Arts. The overwhelming power of 50 tremendously talented musicians playing together was just one of the musical treats the orchestra provided that night.'Day of Mourning' better describes ThanksgivingTypically, when one invades a country, conquers its native inhabitants and puts the vast majority of them to the sword, one does not then declare a national holiday and invite the descendants of the few remaining survivors to join in on the festivities. But, hey, the Pilgrims were never exactly well known for their social graces. |
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