2008 Woodie Awards
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So, you froze your credit card in a block of ice to keep from racking up bills while shopping for the holidays? Well, put down your ice pick. For the perfect holiday gift - beautiful and easy on the wallet - look no farther than the Trophy Room. Some 600 pieces of pottery - including plates, platters, bowls, cups, vases and bottles - will go on sale as part of the ceramics annual holiday sale, along with artwork by jewelry, printmaking and photography students.
With the economy in a downward spiral and state budget cuts looming, the California State university system has plans to turn away students as early as next fall, a decision that will affect DVC students hoping to transfer, and the college itself. Due to budget cuts, the 23-campus Cal State system stands to lose as much as $600 million this year and next.
When former Anne Breedlove and her husband told friends and family they were going to bike across North America, they were met with shock and dismay. "The vast majority of friends, family and co-workers genuinely believed [we] had gone off the deep end," she said.
The drama department's latest production, "Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train," is pulling up to DVC's Arena Theater. Directed by first-time director, student Marlon Deleon, this contemporary drama tells the story of two inmates held in a maximum security prison in New York.
DVC's switch to block scheduling is a big improvement over the previous five-day-a week pattern and should continue, despite student leaders' complaints. Seventy-five-minute classes now run back-to-back, four days a week, with many students finished by early afternoon and off on Fridays.
