by KELLI FONTENOT
Published Feb. 11, 2009 in The Current Sauce
Brittany Pippin, a freshman psychology major, said she never expected to win the title of Miss Northwestern Lady of the Bracelet.
"When they called my name, I just couldn't believe it," she said. "I still don't think it has really set in yet. It's such an honor."
Mandi Ridgdell, the 2008 Lady of the Bracelet, crowned Pippin Saturday at the 2009 LOB pageant in A. A. Fredericks auditorium. Pippin will receive a full scholarship to Northwestern State and will represent the university at the Miss Louisiana pageant in Monroe this spring.
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Monday, March 2, 2009
Ladies prepare for Bracelet battle
by KELLI FONTENOT
Published Feb. 4, 2009 by The Current Sauce
Five of the 10 Lady of the Bracelet pageant contestants met on a Thursday night to make plans for the hectic rehearsal schedule, discuss pageant rules and regulations, and of course, practice answering interview questions.
"What is your favorite book and why?" was one classic.
"I actually really did like Dante's 'Inferno,' but I don't think that will go over really well," junior liberal arts major Shanice Major said.
Sitting around a table in the Student Activities Board office, the contestants laughed and chimed in with some of their beloved titles.
"Somebody's going to say 'Twilight,' I just know it," freshman hospitality, management and tourism major Melanie Kay said.
"I'm in love with Edward Cullen," freshman Brittany Pippin joked. "I would marry him."
"OK, ladies," said Julia Anderson, the pageant coordinator, a patient reminder that they should be concentrating on the work at hand. She announced the dates and times of upcoming rehearsals and committee meetings as the girls pulled out their cell phones.
In jeans and sweatshirts, the girls didn't appear to be organizing a pageant. They were just hanging out, giggling, joking around.
But the contestants have a hand in preparing for - and even publicizing - the event. At the committee meeting, they made lists of locations for posters and attached stickers to gold wrapped mints to promote the event. The girls also composed their talent introductions and folded up T-shirts to sell as promotion for the pageant and Children's Miracle Network.
Published Feb. 4, 2009 by The Current Sauce
Five of the 10 Lady of the Bracelet pageant contestants met on a Thursday night to make plans for the hectic rehearsal schedule, discuss pageant rules and regulations, and of course, practice answering interview questions.
"What is your favorite book and why?" was one classic.
"I actually really did like Dante's 'Inferno,' but I don't think that will go over really well," junior liberal arts major Shanice Major said.
Sitting around a table in the Student Activities Board office, the contestants laughed and chimed in with some of their beloved titles.
"Somebody's going to say 'Twilight,' I just know it," freshman hospitality, management and tourism major Melanie Kay said.
"I'm in love with Edward Cullen," freshman Brittany Pippin joked. "I would marry him."
"OK, ladies," said Julia Anderson, the pageant coordinator, a patient reminder that they should be concentrating on the work at hand. She announced the dates and times of upcoming rehearsals and committee meetings as the girls pulled out their cell phones.
In jeans and sweatshirts, the girls didn't appear to be organizing a pageant. They were just hanging out, giggling, joking around.
But the contestants have a hand in preparing for - and even publicizing - the event. At the committee meeting, they made lists of locations for posters and attached stickers to gold wrapped mints to promote the event. The girls also composed their talent introductions and folded up T-shirts to sell as promotion for the pageant and Children's Miracle Network.
Friday, July 4, 2008
Universities test competition cars at regional airport strip
By KELLI FONTENOT
Published June 20, 2008 by The Dalles Chronicle
On your marks, get set, go — to California.
For the first time in 12 years, the Western Washington University automotive engineering team has finished building a formula-style racing vehicle in less than a year, team captain John Furtado said. The team will race its car, the Viking 43, at the Formula SAE West Competition in Fontana, Calif. The Society of Automotive Engineers will host the event at the California Speedway from June 25-28.
With the big competition only a week away, three teams — WWU, Oregon State University and University of Washington — gathered at a decommissioned runway this week at the Columbia Gorge Regional Airport in Dallesport to test their cars, select drivers and catch a glimpse of the competition.
Published June 20, 2008 by The Dalles Chronicle
On your marks, get set, go — to California.
For the first time in 12 years, the Western Washington University automotive engineering team has finished building a formula-style racing vehicle in less than a year, team captain John Furtado said. The team will race its car, the Viking 43, at the Formula SAE West Competition in Fontana, Calif. The Society of Automotive Engineers will host the event at the California Speedway from June 25-28.
With the big competition only a week away, three teams — WWU, Oregon State University and University of Washington — gathered at a decommissioned runway this week at the Columbia Gorge Regional Airport in Dallesport to test their cars, select drivers and catch a glimpse of the competition.
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