2008 Woodie Awards
SJSU admitted more first-time freshmen this fall than it previously expected, despite the failure of 515 incoming freshmen to complete the enrollment process on the university's online student system, MySJSU, said Pat Lopes Harris, SJSU media relations specialist. (0) comments
Despite SJSU having 19 campus parking lots, three garages and a free shuttle going to and from campus, students are having trouble finding parking. "Parking is definitely a problem. It's an issue that needs to be addressed," said Freshman business marketing major Steve "Nino" Hardin. (0) comments
Once again, SJSU's 35 fraternities and sororities are going through their biannual recruitment efforts known as rush week. The entire new recruitment effort runs from Aug. 16 to Sept. 13. Strategically placed rows of small tents line the corridor next to the new Cesar Chavez gate. (0) comments
Out of the four walls of a classroom and beyond the borders of the university's campus, instructors and students interact actively in each other's lives and cultures, sharing their diverse backgrounds for a better understanding of the world. That's what the chair of the computer engineering department envisions. (0) comments
The new sports complex on SJSU's South Campus is still in its early conception as the representatives of San Jose's Department of Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services met with the Neighborhood Services and Education Committee on Aug. 14. The CSU Board of Trustees approved the proposal for the new project in May. (0) comments
A spin has been put on the children's riddle, "What's black and white and red all over?" The answer can be found on the second floor of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library. Allied Artists West, a local group of professional painters, created an exhibit described as "a visual response to the written news. (0) comments
Located between the Music Building and the new Associated Students print shop, the Cesar E. Chavez Monument, also known as The Arch of Dignity, Equality and Justice, is near completion. The Arch's dedication ceremony is scheduled for Sept. 4 at El Paseo de Cesar Chavez after last April's projected date of completion was pushed back to between late June and late August. (0) comments
