2008 Woodie Awards
Embry-Riddle's Army Reserve Officer Training Corps starts off the school year strong with their third annual Zero Week. Thirty-eight incoming freshman Cadets and two transfer students checked in a week early on Sunday, Aug. 17, not knowing what was in store for them.
Construction at Sky Harbor will slow roadway traffic entering the Airport from the east beginning August 26. These roadway restrictions are expected to last nearly a year - through June 2009. From August 26, 2008 through June 2009 westbound lanes of Sky Harbor Boulevard south of Terminal 4 will be reduced from three to two lanes of traffic while construction crews improve the "C" Checkpoint at Terminal 4.
Gary Gear passed away July 28, 2008 at his home. He was an associate professor of computer and electrical engineering at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZ and research scientist at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards AFB, CA. He is survived by his wife Deborah, mother Claretta Gear, one sister, one son, one daughter, one step son, one step daughter and several grandchildren.
So sayeth new student Brandon Wagner from Esacada, Oregon during last week's 4-day New Student Orientation. Brandon seemed to have captured the feelings of other newly arriving students and their parents as they wandered in and around campus and the Hazy Library.
Despite the repercussions of downloading media via illegal peer-to-peer applications, over 90 percent of ISU students who lived on-campus during the 2007- 2008 school year used P2P software. The high volume of file sharing in the residence halls has led to a recent restriction of p2p applications on all of ISU's on-campus networks.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Prescott Campus announces Bill Thompson as the new director of Public and External Relaitons. "I am extremely pleased to have Bill join us in our effort to expand the scope of Embry-Riddle Prescott campus marketing," said Dan Carrell, Interim Chancellor for the Prescott Campus.
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander finishes off its 90th Martian day (or "sol", about 92 Earth days) of funded operation. The planned budget was to end on Tuesday Aug. 26, yet a recent extension added on 30 more sols of digging and analyzing Martian soil. Due to the Lander's successful 90 days of operation NASA administrators extended its operation period to mid September, and Phoenix robotic arm co-investigator Ray Arvidson of Washington University in St.
The U.S. House of Representatives voted to significantly increase college tuition benefits for veterans as part of a war funding bill passed on Thursday. College President James Wright has been a major advocate of the legislation, which will offer tuition benefits equal to those provided by the World War II GI bill.
This is a new endeavor for us here at ERAU Prescott. The focus of this article is to spread the word about our newly constructed Chapel, the services that will be beginning within the next few weeks and also, the "open" times where anyone can come into the Chapel and meditate or pray.
Two days after University of California Police Department and members of the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force raided a community cooperative where social activists often gather, community members say they are still in the dark as to why the officers seized dozens of computers and data storage devices believed to be the source of threatening e-mails.
As someone who has driven with people who slam on the brakes at the last minute or step on the gas as if they're in a drag race, it's very evident that people often use those two pedals without realizing how much gas it wastes in the process. With a gallon of gasoline costing $4 and wallets being gouged at gas stations, some have taken to hypermiling to get better mileage.
During the first Gulf war, Sadaam Hussein made use of medium range scud missiles, and there was very little we could do about it. Pilots could see the missiles being launched, and knew if they had a means of shooting them down, they could have prevented needless deaths.
