2008 Woodie Awards
Vote Absentee
Lorraine Warren, the world-renowned clairvoyant and paranormal investigator, lectured Tuesday at the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts in her annual visit about her career as a self-proclaimed ghost hunter. The unique presentation was carried out through a series of video clips and slides, while Warren and her son-in-law and colleague, Tony Spera, carefully explained each piece of evidence on display from her career of more than 50 years. (1) comment
The UConn chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha began a clothing sale yesterday to help raise money for the North American Food Drive, a charity that the fraternity has been associated with since 1933. With the help of Run of the Mill, a company based out of Newport, R. (0) comments
Some people argue that feminism began with Susan B. Anthony and Alice Paul, suffragettes rallying, rioting and inducing hunger strikes for the sake of women's rights. Some believe that feminism began around the 1960s and 70s, when women were burning their bras and singers like Janis Joplin and Joni Mitchell were singing arguably political songs like "Big Yellow Taxi," a Joni Mitchell song about the environment and corruption. (0) comments
It's hard to describe it but everyone knows what it is - it's that moment where a song unleashes its full glory upon the listener. You're just sitting there, headphones on, nodding your head to the music and then BAM - the song takes an unexpected turn for the better. (0) comments
With the release of the third version of the ground-breaking game "Guitar Hero"comes the newest installment of "Guitar Hero" soundtracks, "Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock." The extraodinary thing about this album is that it not only gives listeners songs from the game to listen to at will (without having to play the songs on expert level and break the plastic guitar … "Jordan" anyone?) but this CD includes a companion to the actual game. (0) comments