2008 Woodie Awards
The Award-Winning Student Newspaper of St. John's University
Students here at St. John's have been complaining about the lack of campus life for the past few years. Residents say that the campus dies each weekend, forcing them to go elsewhere to have some fun on days off. Sure, it gets quiet here on weekends, and perhaps more could be done by the University to foster life here on campus.
The Democratic primary is over, but what a long, strange trip it's been. Even though Barack Obama mathematically sealed the deal months ago, Hillary Clinton made good on her promise to see it through until the last vote was cast. So what happens now? In most cases, the party would rally behind the nominee and move forward, but this is not most cases.
It is very easy to get lost in the shuffle at a large, metropolitan university like St. John's, especially if this is a person's first year in college. To make sure that this does not happen to the fresh-faced and bushy-tailed freshmen that are still on the high of senior prom and graduation, each one is assigned a freshman advisor from the well-known Freshman Center located in St.
