2008 Woodie Awards
Carl Harris got burned. A few times on his hands, and he has even singed a few patches of body hair. "I've burned a good patch of hair off the top of my head before," Harris, senior from Murray, said. The burns are the result of Harris's hobby, fire spinning, also known as Poi.
The concrete beneath their heads feels cold and hard. The village hospital is dark and cramped. It's too small to hold them all, so they must curl up tightly and try to sleep. Some of the younger ones cry, wanting to go home to their mothers. But, if they did, the Lord's Resistance Army might abduct them by morning.
Ah, February. A month of intense cold when it comes to temperatures, but, if you're lucky enough to have a boyfriend or girlfriend, a month of intense heat in other parts of your life. To celebrate this month of love, I picked up what could be considered the perfect Valentine's gift.
Nashville, Ind. Here's a secret. Did you know another Nashville exists outside of Music City, USA? Welcome to Nashville, Ind. - an quaint and unique area in Brown County. It is perfect if you and your sweetie need a place to go for a Valentine's Day getaway, or, if you're single, gather some friends for an action-packed weekend.
Grab some munchies, pull up a chair and journey through some award-winning stories from Germany, Great Britain and Africa. Cinema International presents free-admission films Thursday through Saturday, starting at 7:30 p.m. in the Curris Center Theater. This weekend, the film "Henry V", directed by Kenneth Branagh, is being shown.
With online gaming, shopping and chatting, the 21st century is all about instant gratification. It seemed only right for Murray State to jump on board and offer online broadcasts of its campus events and air them live. In the fall of 2006, Dana Howard from the Center for Telecommunications Systems Management and Todd Atchison from StreamerNet worked with several TSM students to stream a live feed from Homecoming tradition Tent City.
Vaginas always cause a stir on campus, but this year they're doing it double-time. Murray State's V-Day team performed "A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant and a Prayer" Tuesday in the Curris Center Theater. The group typically only performs "Vagina Monologues".
Life is a little slower in Murray. For Alexey Arkov, that is just perfect. Arkov earned his doctorate in biology from the University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center. He performed his doctoral research at the New York University Medical Center. "I have always been interested in research," Arkov said.
