2008 Woodie Awards
For Asia Brooks, the benefit of participating in tae kwon do is simple. "It makes me happy," said Asia, a participant in Champ Tae Kwon Do's summer training camp. At the camp, Asia doesn't just practice his tae kwon do skills. He gets to hang out with his friends, play in the park and even go swimming.
Hundreds of police and paramilitary troops stood watch and hand-picked onlookers cheered as the Olympic torch passed through the Tibetan capital on June 21, the scene of bloody anti-government riots three months earlier. No disruptions were reported, although the mood overall was far more subdued than at the torch's earlier stops in cities in China proper.
Wunderle earns Academic All-America honors UAA junior Nordic skier Raphael Wunderle was among 15 honorees named June 13 to the 2007-08 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America College Division Men's At-Large Team. The team, voted on by the members of the College Sports Information Directors of America, recognizes the top male student-athletes in terms of both academic and athletic accomplishment from among NCAA Division II and III and NAIA schools.