2008 Woodie Awards
View this section's front page!"You don't need any more holes in your head!" Chances are that a lot of the people with a body piercing could say that they have heard this advice before. But despite this guidance, they go ahead and get something pierced anyway. In fact, according to a study involving 766 body-pierced college students given by Rutgers University Health Center and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 69 percent of these students with a piercing got it between the ages of 18 and 22.
Is your body a blank canvas? Years ago, many people could say yes to this question, but in recent years, more and more people are beginning to express themselves through the art of tattooing. So how exactly is it done? According to the Mayo Clinic Web site, the procedure involves "a needle that's connected to a small machine with tubes containing dye (that) pierces the skin repeatedly-an action that resembles that of a sewing machine.
Thirty years ago, to find a person with tattoos, piercings and unnatural hair color was a rarity. But in recent years, self-expression has been at its peak, and people are no longer afraid to express themselves through their hair, dress and body. For many people, hair may just be something to wash, brush and take care of every morning.
Americans, and especially American women, love shoes. In fact, according to the Reuters Web site, "a poll of 1,057 women by the Consumer Reports National Research Center for shopping magazine ShopSmart found U.S. women on average own 19 pairs of shoes." However, shoes aren't important to everyone, such as Alex McNeill, 20, a junior political science major.
The tagline "Friendly neighborhood dining" well suits the restaurant Benjamin's quite well. This quaint restaurant and bar offers a wide variety of menu selections, including snacks to start, soups, salads, stout sandwiches, burgers and beef on buns and pasta, chicken, seafood and beef entrees.
At one point in time, it is nearly every boy's dream to be a cowboy and roam the endless plains of the lawless West searching for riches, whiskey and women. While the days of old West outlaws are long gone, films like the 2007 remake "3:10 to Yuma" are always there to saddle a person up for a trot down memory lane.
In a classroom with more than 20 students in front of her, Keri Davis, a senior elementary and early education major, teaches her fellow students the words to the song "Under The Boardwalk" by The Drifters. The students, arranged in the circle, look at Davis while moving their lips to the lyrics with music playing in the background.
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