2008 Woodie Awards
The San Jose Evergreen Community College District became the second educational entity, along with SJSU, to ban blood drives based on the FDA's ban on gay male donors.
The district's board of trustees adopted the resolution Tuesday night unanimously. The decision is effective immediately, said district chancellor Rosa Perez. (1) comment
The Campus Village Building B resident-only cooking classes wrapped up its fourth and final class with an "Iron Chef"-style cook-off on Tuesday.
The rules of the contest were that every student had to use a specific ingredient - an onion for this class - to use in a snack, breakfast, lunch and dinner dish of their choosing. (0) comments
Students in swim suits, black and neon masks, flippers and huge oxygen tanks lumber around the bottom of the indoor pool three nights a week at SJSU.
Frank Barry teaches the 2-unit, KIN 008 scuba diving course Wednesday and Thursday nights, and Friday mornings. (1) comment
The English department plans to offer students another degree option in Fall 2008. The department, college curriculum and undergraduate studies committees approved the Bachelor of Arts, Concentration in Creative Writing last semester, but the university curriculum committee hasn't openly supported the concentration yet. (0) comments
Volunteering at soup kitchens inspired Erik Johnson, a junior biology major, to arrange an event for SJSU students to partake in feeding the homeless and the poor in San Jose. He collaborated with Jenny Ginorio, a young adult minister at the SJSU Catholic Campus Ministry, to organize the event that took place Tuesday at 3:30 p. (1) comment
It's Monday morning. The alarm rings at 9:30 a.m., and he wakes up with the peace of mind that justifies his late night sleep. He's ready to check events off of his planner. And by 10:30 a.m., as he walks from Campus Village to the Associated Students House, he prepares himself for the corollary course of his days: classes, meetings, duties and his expanding e-mail inbox. (1) comment
