April 2009

By Broadside Correspondent Ebad Khan

The women’s lacrosse team partook in their final regular season game against their conference counterparts, the James Madison University Dukes. With the sound of the whistle blowing promptly at 7:00 p.m., the Lady Patriots began their attack and held on to defeat the Dukes 8-7 in a seesaw battle between the in-state rivals.

By Staff Writer Marian McLaughlin

Just in time for Earth Week, the Art and Visual Technology Department unveiled their newest exhibit, agriART: Companion Planting for Social and Biological Systems in the Fine Arts Gallery.

Assistant Professor Mark Cooley, who teaches New Media Arts at George Mason University, helped curate the show along with Ryan Griffis, an assistant professor at the University of Illinois.

By Staff Writer Hayley Roder

Paul Bell, president of Dell Computer’s global public sector and Katari Callahan, president of the Alliance to Save Energy, spoke last Wednesday at a news conference at the National Press Club to commemorate Earth Day 2009.

Dell and ASE have been collaborating for the past three years to work on the ways in which information technology can reduce energy consumption. Callahan noted that by implementing more efficient IT, emissions of carbon dioxide can be reduced by 15 percent globally and by 22 percent in the United States alone.

Photo by John Porter.
Phil Davis defeated Terry Cohens by T.K.O.

By Broadside Correspondent John Porter

S. Marcello Foran, the Ultimate Warrior Challenge CEO, held another successful mixed martial arts event at the Patriot Center with over 4,000 fans in attendance and the rest watching a live stream on sherdog.com.

Saturday, April 25, was the sixth event held by the mixed martial arts organization, UWC. Some major sources have labeled the UWC as the East Coast’s Strikeforce.