2008 Woodie Awards
The Denton City Council has begun the process of creating an ordinance to ban cell phone usage in school zones. The council should vote on the issue by next month, and, if approved, it will be in effect by the beginning of the next academic school year, City Councilwoman Charlye Heggins said. (4) comments
Blankets were scattered across the lawn of Denton's Courthouse Friday night for a showing of Walt Disney's "Beauty and the Beast." The Alpha Tau fraternity and the Children's Advocacy Center for Denton County organized a family movie event to raise awareness for child safety. (1) comment
Full-time students at the NT Dallas campus taking daytime classes in certain fields will get at least $2,000 in scholarships for the fall 2008 semester, according to a university press release Wednesday. Officials hope the scholarships, called the Daytime Incentive Program, will speed the transition of NT Dallas from a satellite school to an independent university. (0) comments
Students applying to attend or work at NT might not undergo a criminal background check, NT officials said. Director of undergraduate admissions Marcilla Collinsworth said when any student applies for admission he or she must complete a security affirmation clearance section during the application process. (0) comments
Kermit the Frog immortalized the lament, "It's not easy bein' green." Today, with a growing green movement on campuses across the nation, things have changed. It doesn't require a big lifestyle change to go green. In fact, most students, faculty and staff members could boost their environmental contribution with just a few small decisions. (0) comments
Mark down Chile as another country whose media is being bought up by large corporations, one Chilean dean said Monday. "Competition is harder for mass media in Chile because these new companies have come in and things have changed," said María Ignacia Errázuriz, dean of the School of Communication at the Universidad de los Andes in Santiago, Chile. (0) comments
Ben Lundeen said he knows that nature abhors a vacuum, and so he is demolishing the traditional barriers that divide academic disciplines. As president of the NT Biology Graduate Student Association, the Wisconsin native organized the fifth annual Graduate Student Research Conference. (0) comments
