2008 Woodie Awards
Anyone who has ever taken a class at UNH knows the drill at the end of the semester. The teacher hauls out a folder full of Scantron sheets and passes one out for each student to fill in and write comments on. The system is one of the major components of a professor's evaluation process each academic year.
As the economy continues to plummet and jobs become increasingly scarce, more students are choosing to attend business, law or graduate schools as a ways of riding out the economic storm. UNH is responding by drawing up plans for a new business college and a merger with Franklin Pierce Law Center.
Matt Parent made what could be his last game at Cowell Stadium one for the ages. Against heated rival UMass, on the day designated to celebrate the accomplishments of he and his fellow senior teammates, in a game with serious playoff implications, the linebacker played out of his mind.
November 4, 2008 may well be remembered as a historic day in American history. Barack Obama ascendancy to the highest office in the land is already being called many things; a victory for civil rights, a Democratic mandate, the dawn of a new era for American politics.
