2008 Woodie Awards
For a few days Congress' promise to quickly unite and bail out Wall Street seemed certain. Then it was back to politics as usual, lawmakers playing fast and loose with the American taxpayer's dollar. Seven hundred billion dollars, that is. On Thursday news leaked that both sides, Democrats and Republicans, found some common ground and could possibly hammer out a bill by the end of the night.
We live our lives in it. We think about it every morning. We worry about how others judge it. What is it? Its our fashion sense, it is what we decide to wear. The two prospective first ladies have definitely made a splash in the fashion world. Michelle Obama is a budding fashion icon.
Parking is a concern for many people on the University of Wisconsin- La Crosse campus as well as the nearby residential areas. From students, to teachers, staff and even community members, there never seems to be enough parking spaces available. Many students and staff members are commuters and there is only a limited amount of passes for on campus parking.
The weekend. To many students in the La Crosse area, these two words carry with them a sense of relief and relaxation. But the question still remains, how will the weekend be spent? While some students opt to flee their campuses, others stick around to engage in a variety of activities.
I spend an extraordinary amount of time on the internet. And like most college students my repertoire of current events comes directly from my home page. Don't laugh at that, you know it is true. And somehow one of the flashy pictures or a ridiculously worded title about relationship advice will somehow snag me by the mouse and drag me mentally kicking myself to the article.
Dear Humanity, In my pleas to you, humanity, I often proclaim the importance and efficacy of freedom, liberty, and personal responsibility. I am coming to find that an explanation of these terms and ideas and their relation to one another is quite necessary.
An old friend of mine called me out of the blue the other day. I'd grown up with her, and she was one of the few people I kept in close contact with after I moved to the other end of the state. We're kindred spirits and always have been-we're book worms, did above average in school, never got on well with other girls; things like that.
The Senate approved legislation last week that authorized the Treasury to spend $700 billion on the sinking banking industry. The House of Representatives followed suit the next day, and sent a finalized bill to the President's desk hours later.The money, which will take some time to precisely allocate, is a quick fix to a dire situation, an expense that will inevitably cost taxpayers.