2008 Woodie Awards
View this section's front page!While the rest of the students are saying "see ya next year," graduating seniors are saying "so long" and "farewell" to the college lifestyle they been living for years, and "hello" to the real world as their final year at SRU comes to a close. As students are preparing to leave SRU, some say they fondly look back on some of their most memorable moments throughout the years, and realize just how much they are going to miss.
To sell or not to sell? That seems to be the question these days. Now that the semester is coming to an end, many students don't need their textbooks anymore. Therefore, some students may start selling their books back to the bookstore, online or even to the "man in the van," all in the hopes of getting a good sum of money in return.
When people think of summer, thoughts of beaches, road trips, sunglasses and pools normally come to mind. The one thing that is normally furthest from students' minds is classes. But this is exactly what some students have to think about as the current school year winds to a close.
For one reason or another, everyone looks forward to May in Slippery Rock. SRU students and faculty get some time to rest and regroup before the fall semester. Some students graduate and move on to the next phase of their lives. For Slippery Rock residents, the town will be relatively quiet for the next three months.
This summer, the silver screen was lit up with battles involving spiders, robots, pirates, wizards, babies, teen angst and yellow cartoon families. When it was all said and done, records were broken, trilogies ended, stars were born and franchises continued their dominance.
Even though the weather is getting nicer and the sun is shining brightly, prepare to spend most of the summer months in pitch-black rooms filled with crying babies, ringing cell phones and overpriced popcorn. With much-anticipated films being released nearly every weekend, this could be the greatest summer for movies ever.
With colored lights flashing and a fog machine, two-time Grammy Award winner and rap superstar T.I. performed Monday night in the Aebersold Student Recreation Center gymnasiums. The approximate 2,100 people in attendance were crammed tightly together in front of the stage as the opening acts, DJ Bonics and Wiz Khalifa, took the stage respectively.
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