2008 Woodie Awards
Vote Absentee
Rich acoustic sounds resonated across campus as the UUB Coffeehouse hosted three bands Wednesday evening: Hartfelt Sorrow, Swizzle Tree and Lucky Boys Confusion. The bands played various original pieces behind the University Union in the free speech area. A group of more than 200 people - students, faculty members, area residents and band groupies alike - gathered to enjoy the music and refreshments. (1) comment
SPRINGFIELD (AP) - Plans to demolish the building where a gunman killed five Northern Illinois University students have been scrapped after the university community overwhelmingly opposed it, the school's president said Tuesday. It was also apparent, however, that the community does not want Cole Hall to continue unaltered as an instructional facility, President John G. (0) comments
1670 The Hudson Bay Company was chartered by England's King Charles II. 1863 Confederate Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was accidentally wounded by his own men at Chancellorsville, Va.; he died eight days later. 1890 The Oklahoma Territory was organized. (0) comments
Senate panel votes to block money for Iraq reconstruction 1 WASHINGTON (AP) - A Senate panel has agreed to block U.S. funding for Iraq reconstruction projects worth more than $2 million and to try to force Baghdad to cover the costs of training and equipping the country's security forces. (0) comments
WASHINGTON (AP) - Barack Obama's presidential campaign wants federal regulators to investigate fellow Democrats who are backing Hillary Rodham Clinton's candidacy, taking intraparty discord to a new level of confrontation. Obama's campaign lawyer, Robert Bauer, filed a complaint Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission, accusing the pro-Clinton American Leadership Project of violating campaign finance laws by running ads against Obama. (3) comments