2008 Woodie Awards
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Dead Head FredBByWith a unique concept, quirky design and easy controls, “Dead Head Fred” manages to be a satisfying and entertaining title for the Playstation Portable. While it’s not without flaws, the good outweighs the bad, and the bad isn’t really terrible. |
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Drug WarThe family of 18-year-old meth addiction victim vows to do all they can to fight plagues of drug and alcohol abuseByAfter a long battle with methamphetamine addiction, he came to his family asking for help in his own personal war against the drug. His family sent him to a recovery facility out-of-state to separate him for the drug dealers and users that he knew. Six days into that recovery program, he took his life. |
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Forward MarchWhat drives students to enroll in campus military programs?ByJohn Orsini enlisted and served in the United States Army for nine years. Now, Cadet Orsini is one of 140 cadets in the Arizona State University Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, a program that pushes enrollees toward becoming an officer. The ASU Army ROTC program, which also includes cadets from Phoenix, Mesa and Scottsdale Community colleges, as well as Grand Canyon University, paves the way for students to become leaders. |
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Is it Rape?Alcohol blurs line between consensual sex and sexual assaultByThe facts on sexual assault are sobering. One out of every four female college students will be sexually assaulted – and most of those attacks will come from someone a woman knows. In fact, despite the fact that most rape prevention seminars focus on preventing random violent attacks, as many as 95 percent of sexual assaults come at the hands of acquaintance or date rape, according to Commander Jim Hardina, with the ASU Department of Public Safety. |
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