2008 Woodie Awards
Seven years ago, the mayor of N.Y. was notified of a crisis that had occurred in his city. At that time he didn't know how bad the situation was, but when he arrived at the base of the World Trade Center, he looked up and witnessed a man jumping from one of the towers.
The congregation that frequents the university commons for Sunday Masses may notice a difference in the liturgical presentation. Starting this semester, the liturgical choir has been positioned to sing among the parishioners as a way to bolster the sound and encourage the community to participate during the Mass.
While some police departments are turning to officers patrolling on foot or motorcycles for more efficiency, the Sacred Heart University public safety department is dusting off their bikes and turning to pedal power. This year public safety has adopted the idea of having an officer patrol on bike, not only due to high gas prices but to help the efficiency of the unit.
Suicide is the third leading cause of death in people ages 15 to 24, according to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). "Suicide accounts for approximately 32,000 lives a year," said senior Kaileen Paiva, founder of the Sacred Heart University Active Minds chapter.
In a troublesome time with a plummeting economy and a concerned nation, The General Electric Foundation (GE) has stepped up to the plate to help Sacred Heart University minority students. The GE Foundation Scholars program at Sacred Heart University has accepted two grants from the GE Foundation for the 2008-2009 academic year amounting to $157,000.
Through the inflation of the dollar and high price of oil, Americans have been hit hard by the recession that has been going on for a few years. Americans have seen an increase in their cost of living, while at the same time, many have had their decent paying American jobs outsourced and moved overseas.
The up-and-coming 2008 presidential election has, more than any before it, seemingly caught the interest of America's younger demographic. The increase in young-adult, and even non-voting youth, attention is credited to the occurrence of the war in Iraq, the economy effecting the lives of our younger generation, and the fact that, no matter the outcome, this election will be historic.