2008 Woodie Awards
View this section's front page!A married couple from Slippery Rock stood in a small room in Bogota, Colombia, surrounded by their smiling family members. Then, in a matter of minutes, the couple turned into a family. Slippery Rock University professors Chris Kreiser and Melissa Teodoro recently adopted a newborn baby girl, Luisa Mariana Kreiser-Teodoro, from the Bogota-based Foundation for the Assistance of Abandoned Children, known by their Spanish-translated acronym, FANA.
At St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., children who have been diagnosed with various forms of cancer and other life-threatening illnesses are often treated for their diseases by new experimental medicines and treatments that save hundreds of lives each year.
Since Black Friday and Cyber Monday have passed, holiday shopping is now on the minds of many. But while sale prices, store flyers and talk of the newest gadgets is circulating through the chilly air, parents with little more than old receipts and gum wrappers in their wallets may not be looking forward to the holiday season as much as others.
As the musicians lifted the bows to their instruments and the conductor raised his baton to cue the music to begin, the 2007 Slippery Rock Symphony Orchestra prepared for its fall semester concert on Nov. 26 in one of its final rehearsals in Miller Auditorium.
Smokey Bones Barbeque and Grill offers a rustic, mountain atmosphere in the middle of bustling Cranberry Township. One in a chain of 125 in the Eastern and Midwestern parts of the United States, the restaurant offers a wide range of American favorites but specializes in barbecue dishes.
Video-game cut-scenes of the next-generation gaming systems have become detailed and lifelike to the point that some games have become borderline mini-movies. This could be the reason that film adaptations of popular video games always seem like an appealing idea.
It's that time of year again, when students no longer need their textbooks and are on the prowl to turn them in for some extra cash. While typically students' only options would be to sell these books back to the SGA bookstore or through an online store like eBay or Amazon.
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