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NEWS 9/19/09 7:56pm

Instant Replay in College Football

With just under five minutes to go in the first half, Wake Forest's wide receiver Devon Brown appeared to fumble the ball after a pass from quarterback Riley Skinner, but the fumble was ruled after Brown was down, meaning there would be no turnover. Before the snap, however, the official stopped play and declared, "The previous play is under review." Instant replay is a common thing in the National Football League, but it has only become common in college football in the past year. There have always been things that could be reviewed, such as the placement of a ball.


NEWS 9/19/09 7:05pm

How Elon and Wake Forest compare off the field

Elon Wake Size Undergraduate: 4,992 Graduate: 209 Undergraduate: 4,476 Graduate: 1,344 Freshman Student Breakdown 26% In-state 74% Out-of-state 60% Women 40% Men 33% in top 10% of graduating class 26% In-state 74% Out-of-state 52% Women 48% Men 64% in top 10% of graduating class Test Scores (Middle 50%) SAT Critical Reading: 560-650 SAT Math: 570-660 SAT Writing: 570-660 ACT Composite: 25-29 SAT Critical Reading: 610-690 SAT Math: 630-710 SAT Writing: N/A ACT Composite: 27-31 Most Popular Majors Business/Marketing (22% of students) Communications/Journalism (17% of students) Social Sciences (22% of students) Business/Marketing (18% of students) Tuition $25,489 $38,622 Sports Men’s: Cross Country, Football, Soccer, Basketball, Golf, Tennis Women’s: Cross Country, Soccer, Volleyball, Basketball, Indoor Track, Golf, Softball, Tennis, Track and Field Men’s: Baseball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Soccer, Tennis, Track and Field Women’s: Basketball, Cross Counrty, Field Hockey, Golf, Soccer, Tennis, Track and Field, Volleyball


NEWS 9/16/09 4:03pm

The ugly truth on an ugly issue

Look, I get it. I'm racist, you're racist, the GOP is racist, Obama is racist, Twitter's racist...perhaps we're all, as Avenue Q informed us, a little bit racist. In fact, I think it's pretty safe to say that everything is racist.


NEWS 9/10/09 7:19pm

That thing I said was true? It's not. Trust me, since I'm so trustworthy...

That he is. For example, he's made a real difference in my sleep patterns, as terrifying visions of the exploits he detailed to a chap next to him (don't actually click this, you don't want to know what Duvall does in his spare time) have kept me clutching my pillows in fear of stairway-induced leakage. But his tales of such minor indiscretions such as, say, having sexual relations with a series of lobbyists with little regard for his wife or the whole, "Hey, you might not want to have sex with people trying to persuade you to do things," tenant of government, weren't true! No sir, for as you can read on his amazing one-page website... "I want to make it clear that my decision to resign is in no way an admission that I had an affair or affairs. My offense was engaging in inappropriate story-telling and I regret my language and choice of words.


NEWS 9/4/09 8:13pm

We don't need no education

Keep your kids out of school. And if you are a kid, keep yourself far away from the classroom. Not only just on Tuesday, when king commie fascist progressive Nazi-cuddling Empire-loving Khan-supporting butter-side-down-eating President Obama will be addressing schools that decide to broadcast his subversive message. And what message is that?


NEWS 8/19/09 3:24pm

District 9: Rewind

Great sci-fi isn’t built upon the bluster of battlecrusiers exchanging laser fire while orbiting far-flung planets, nor is it initially constructed with an ornate, complex back-story with confounding names and outlandish technological advancements. Great sci-fi hinges upon changing just a few major elements in the universe the visionary is creating, and then observing and analyzing natural human responses to these strange and wondrous alterations.



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