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Scholarships for students are
now available online
by Mike Cooklis
staff writer
A student’s daily college work can
be overwhelming at some times. And
with the rising cost of school, a schol
arship can always be a welcome fi
nancial aid.
Another way to look at a scholar
ship is as free money. This money is
never expected to be paid back. There
are many different scholarships avail
able to students, but the way that you
searched for them in high school
might be the way of the past,
Today, one of the easiest and fast
est ways to search is on the web. One
of these sites is fieescholarships.com.
This site is exactly what its name
is.. .free. It would compare almost to
a lottery system. Winners are picked
daily, monthly, and quarterly. And
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you don’t have to be qualified for
these scholarships.
To become eligible for the schol
arships that are being .offered, you
must first register. Registration is
very easy, requiring you only to cre
ate your own login name and pass
word. Right away you are given one
chance to win in each drawing, The
daily drawing gives awaylo,ooo dol
lars, the monthly gives away 25,000
dollars, and the quarterly gives away
50,000 dollars.
To earn more chances, you can do
many things. Searching the web page
or playing games on the site can earn
you more chances. Even referring a
friend to the site will earn you more
chances of winning.
Another way of winning on the site
is by earning “schollars”. Each time
you earn a chance, you are also eam
ing a schollar. The schollar is the
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online currency of the site, You can
spend this “money” at the
freescholarships.com online auction.
At this auction, you can bid on
many different items in the same way
you would bet on an item at an auc
tion house. There are many great
prizes to be won, and you can even
bid on more scholarships. This is a
new part of the site, and it is not yet
running, but you can still save your
scholiars for when it does open.
I anxiously await every drawing in
the hope that I might come away with
a scholarship.. 1 have not yet won, but
I would like to think that my chances
are getting better every day. For the
amount of time that it takes to get set
up at this site, there is no excuse that
everyone shouldn’t be a part of
freescholarships.com.
Beth Wood lights up Behrend
by Leanne Acklin
staff writer
Bare foot and bare voiced, Beth
Wood performed acoustically in front
of a humble crowd Saturday night in
Bruno’s. With a rich, clean voice,
Wood belted out nearly ten originals
spanning her three CDs including her
most recent release, “Late Night
Radio.”
Wood’s tunes ranged from tales of
major disappointment to playful
storytelling, while they combined pop
and folk music with spry country
lyrics. Calm, upbeat tempos
dominated the evening, evident in
songs such as, “Late Night Radio,”
“My Miles Davis ‘Kind of Blue,’’’and
a new one she tested called “Company
Man,” which Wood accredits to her
hard working, understanding
“sweetie.” Wood also performed a
cover of U2’s “I Still Haven’t Found
What I’m Looking For” doing no
dishonor to U 2.
Some Behrend students such as
Stephanie Falcone seemed hooked on
Wood's lyrics. “She’s so great, she’s
a fantastic songwriter,” remarked
Falcone. While the lyrics were often
witty, Wood’s voice quality is
undoubtedly her most remarkable
attribute. During the performance of
“My Miles Davis ‘Kind of Blue,”’
Wood proved her pure, clear voice
was also extremely versatile, as the
song’s vocal range was quite
demanding. Even while singing the
piece in a large room with, sadly, only
a dozen people, her voice sustained
flawlessly.
Influenced by singers such as
Shawn Colvin and Chris Whitley,
Wood decided to take on her music
full time about three years ago.
Behrend was just one stop of her
spring tour which covers the East
Coast in promotion of her
independently released third album,
Crossword
ACROSS
1 Commonplace
writing
6 Musical
improvisations
11 Building addition
14 Travels far and
wide
15 Dickens’ Heep
16 Churchill’s
gesture
17 Preminger and
Kruger
18 Arms of the sea
20 Beer barrel
22 Lurks
23 Misdirects anger
at
29 "Ars Amatoria"
poet
30 Telescope
element
31 Make into law
35 Lady's title
36 Hightail it
37 Dimensions
estimator
38 Scads
39 Cinders
41 Identify
42 Shadings
44 Cartooter
45 Valley
46Arden"
47 Black-and-white
cookie
48 Watch over
49 Small, fast
warships
52 Endeavored with
effort
55 Faux _
56 Fishburne and
Olivier
60 Asian capital
64 Partof TGIF
65 Practice recycling
66 _ cotta
67 Cushion
68 Brushed
69 Idyllic gardens
DOWN
1 Paid athlete
2 Decay
3 Cereal grain
4 Fire-safety device
“Late Night Radio." “It’s going
great,” she said of the tour, “I’m really
racking up the miles." Wood stated
that the new album was based on
“grass roots," and mentioned that
"Border’s (Books & Music) has been
really helpful” in the promotion of it,
where the CD is being featured in
listening posts across the country,
Beth Wood performed at Bruno's last Saturday
5 Curvy letters Solutions
6 Regret
7 Tax grp.
8 Match up
9 Soul seller
10 Military dress hats
11 Villainous
12 Onion's kin
13 Fewer
19 Deteriorating
21 Radnerof'The
Woman in Red"
23 So far
24 King Arthur’s
paradise
25 Geisha garb
26 Small British
restaurant
27 Toward the coast
28 Led to a seat
32 Flowering shrub
33 Concrete
ingredient
34 Prevailing
movements
40 Eavesdropper
43 Pushers
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50 Make fresh
51 Moisten
periodically
52 Willowy
53 Casual farewell
54 Oxidation
57 Pool tool?
according to Wood s website. With
a classic voice and continued
exposure at colleges and clubs across
the country, success tor this heartened
singer/songwriter appears inevitable.
For more information on Beth
Wood, including ways of obtaining
CDs and mailing list information,
visit www.bethwoodinusic.com.
Mind-reading
letters
Prepared
Mine vein
Coffee server
Presley movie,
“Viva _ Vegas"
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