Arts & Culture

Actor Takes on Role of Activist

In what is viewed by some as blatant discrimination, on November 8 (2008) the California Supreme Court upheld the controversial Proposition 8 and defined marriage as being between one man and one woman.

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Telling a Compelling Story – A Tribute to Don Hewitt

The Editor in Chief remembers broadcasting icon Don Hewitt, founder and producer of 60 Minutes and so much more.

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Missing in News Media

By Laura Pacifici , Pennsylvania – July 2006                                          
            For a group of students from a small liberal arts college in Pennsylvania, news reports from Iraq of insurgency, sectarian violence, mortar attacks, civilian deaths and IEDs (improvised explosive devices) were insufficient. Lacking were the voices of the Iraqi people and the war’s effect on them. 
            And so when [...]

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Two Bowls and a Teapot

 By Abeer Abdalla, Florida – July 2006
            Searching for motivation is something all people struggle with. But do the volatile times in which we live further belie our ability to be inspired to create the unimaginable? Not so for 27-year-old Grant Achatz who is living his dream in a kitchen-playground as chef and co-creator of [...]

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