2008 Woodie Awards
View this section's front page!With all sections of the band assembled for its 4 p.m. practice on Monday, a huge projection screen in the Swope Music Hall auditorium shows the SRU Marching Pride performing the halftime show at last Saturday's football game. The video shows marching band members, the drum line, the Rocklette dancers and the color guard marching and dancing in unison in the middle of N.
When going to a movie theater, many people will purchase a ticket and food from the concession stand. When going to the SRU home football games, many do the same. The concession stands at N. Kerr Thompson Stadium are managed by Boozel Dining Hall, which is run, along with the other dining areas on campus, by AVI Food Services.
While most people come to home football games to relax and cheer on their team, five men see nearly as much action as the players on the field. Thanks to Duncan Sargent, the retired dean of graduate studies and the announcer of home SRU football games, and his crew in the press box, fans know who tackled whom and other details of the game.
R - O - C - K, R - O - C - K R - O - C - K, ROCK, ROCK, ROCK, ROCK! Situated between the football team and the fans in the stands, the SRU co-ed cheerleading squad screams, stunts and gets the crowd pumped for the games. Coached by Gemma Fotia, who is now in her 15th year of coaching at SRU, the cheerleading squad is made up of both male and female cheerleaders.
The Slippery Rock football team scores, cheerleaders cheer, the crowd goes wild and cannons are fired to celebrate the touchdown. But who is behind firing the cannons? Instead of random students volunteering for the job, members of the ROTC have been setting off the cannons for at least the last 20 years.
A student eating at the Weisenfluh dining hall asks for vanilla soft-serve ice cream with cookie crumbles and chocolate syrup. With a friendly smile and excited eyes, Gena, "the ice cream lady," Humphrey nods. Humphrey is one of the dining hall workers that students know best around campus, yet all anyone really knows about her is the fact that she can make almost any kind of ice cream sundae.
Despite the rapidly growing tourist area of Grove City, the restaurant My Brother's Place has been locally owned and run for more than 20 years. This family-style restaurant offers a full bar and menu selections which include Soups and Starters, From the Garden, sandwiches on a 'Roll, Bun or Bread,' Entrées and Pasta, Pasta, Pasta.
This summer saw the return of the R-rated comedy, with remarkably raunchy yet charming films like "Knocked Up" and "Superbad" banking more than $100 million each. But even with Dane Cook as its lucky charm, "Good Luck Chuck" falls short of this year's earlier risqué achievements.
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