Issue date: 4/1/08 Section: Campus

NU students, band play in 'Wheel of Fortune'

NU students were all over the "Wheel of Fortune" set March 7-9 at Navy Pier.

Communication senior Erika Kokkinos and Communication freshman Sonya Roberts both competed on episodes for the show's College Week episodes, which will air the week of April 28. Medill senior Julie Bartoszek also competed during the tapings for Get in the Game Week, which will air the week of May 12.

NU's marching band performed during the March 8 taping, and several student groups were part of the audience during the tapings.
- CHRISTINA SALTER


SportsNight takes home top prize for newscasts

Northwestern News Network's SportsNight, a weekly broadcast that highlights news about Wildcat athletics and the Big Ten conference, took home the award for Best Newscast at the College Television Awards Gala on March 15.

SportsNight beat out two other newscasts in the category, both from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, to win first place.

"My adrenaline was so high that I can't even remember what went on," said Medill junior Ryan Dietz, an executive producer on the show . "This just kind of shows that sports is news."

SportsNight is student-run with support from the Medill School of Journalism.

"The news and production values on SportsNight are of the highest caliber, and it was terrific to see those values recognized by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences," said Prof. Larry Stuelpnagel, SportsNight's faculty adviser.

The SportsNight team walked away with a cash prize of $2,000, which they hope to invest in improving the show. "We want to make the show more aesthetically pleasing to the viewer," Dietz said.

This was SportsNight's first College Television Award.
- CHRISTINA CHAEY

Purple Haze to compete with Europe, USA's best

Purple Haze took first place at the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella Midwest semifinal, held in Cahn Auditorium on March 15.

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