2008 Woodie Awards
On Tuesday night, when people filled Seattle's streets shouting and blocking traffic in response to the election results, Marianne Mork was in her apartment listening to the roar of excited voices. Broadway may have been filled with Obama's supporters Tuesday night, but there were some people for whom the day was not a cause of elation.
When long days become long nights and a good night's sleep turns into a passing thought, the negative effects on the body and mind often go unnoticed. A spittle of drool on the desk during class or a helpful nudge from a fellow classmate reveal more than a sign of sleep deprivation.
Between the buzz of excited conversation and the tightly packed students littered throughout the room, the red carpet sprawled across the floor of Lemieux Library could hardly be seen.
Three fingers notched halfway, arms up in the air and instruments on laps, the Seattle University pep band put up their spirit talons for a free throw. "They're kind of like spirit fingers," said Erika Bishop, junior chemistry major and resident clarinet player.
Ten Seattle U law students are spending long hours on a criminal case this fall-not for A's on their transcripts but to save a man from life in prison. First year Seattle University law student Natalie Carson said no episode of CSI could compare to the graphic crime-scene photos she had to sift through for the murder case of defendant Sergio Reyes-Brooks.
While the various parts of the human body enjoy equal representation in most theatrical performances, the vagina is the only reproductive organ to have an entire production dedicated to it at Seattle U. Seattle University's Society of Feminists, SOF, will be working in collaboration with the Fine Arts Department to put on "The Vagina Monologues."
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Her work has sometimes been surrounded by controversy, including her famous 1981 photo of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, her nude photo of the then-pregnant Demi Moore and those scandalous pictures of Miley Cyrus earlier this year. But whether viewing her work with shock, amazement, disgust or fondness, people haven't looked away.
Teammates and coaches agree senior volleyball student-athlete Libby Graff is the last person to seek the spotlight. However, on Nov. 12 she will be the star of Senior Night at Redhawk volleyball's last home game of the season. After last year, when five out of six seniors-to-be left the program for various reasons, Graff became the sole senior on the team.
When Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election, Seattle went crazy. Fireworks exploded all around Capitol Hill, and people danced in the streets all over the city. The citywide party persisted until the wee hours of the morning, a mob mania overtaking many involved. People seemed drunk on Obama's victory, drunk on his promise of change and drunk on a new beginning. The morning after, everyone woke up with a post-election hangover they didn't know how to handle.
