2008 Woodie Awards
Opinion Articles
How to run for president
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Both Gov. Sarah Palin and Sen. Barack Obama have come under fire for not having enough experience, but looking back on the past eight years, it has become painfully evident that experience plays a small role in presidential efficiency. The two candidates also demonstrate that as long as anyone wants to be in power bad enough to put up with the race and gender card accusations, anything is possible.
Boob job Web site boosts self-esteem and charity
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Charitable organizations such as American Red Cross and UNICEF may be making the world healthier, but the pioneering Web site myfreeimplants.com is making the world happier and boobier. It all started with a trip to Las Vegas. Three buddies decided to try to get their friend the breast implants she had always dreamed of, according to the site's press kit.
Give love a chance, dating disasters not inevitable
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Awkward, pimply-face high school boys with raging hormones, sweaty palms and uncontrollable nervous laughter come to mind when thinking about first dates. That might be because the last time I went on an official date was a little after high school, and those pimply-face boys left a lasting impression that made me never want to date again.
Editorial: Students' electoral excuses alter vote
The election is a little more than a month away. National and local candidates will appear on the ballot, all of which operate as equally imperative parts of the government. The California youth - ages 18 to 29 - turnout to the polls for the 2000 presidential primaries was 574,807, according to CIRCLE.
Anti-meth ads miss mark, distort reality
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The addict's arm glistened gangrene and abscessed. He screamed as doctors wheeled him, prostrate, to the emergency room. He didn't want to tell anybody about his self-wrought infection for fear of prosecution, and just told everybody he had a spider bite. Then it was too late.