Archive | June 2008
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No Apologies
No Apologies Not that sweet, but still pretty short. Without straying: Not to be underestimated. A quirky personality and easily frazzled, but not one to back down. Size has nothing to do with it. Size has everything to do with it. Not always thinking before speaking or taking action but ready to [...]
Respecting our First Amendment rights Pt. II
A few weeks ago I was in the Half-Price Books in Lynnwood. I’d already made my purchases and was on my way out the door when a book on display caught my eye. At first it was just the one word title: Killed. With a title like that–in bright red, nonetheless–it’s bound to catch your [...]
Mariners baseball is in an upheaval
On top of the fact that the Sonics may be leaving Seattle, Mariners are now getting the axe left and right to the point where even the players must be questioning what uniform they’ll be wearing next week. What’s next? Matt Hasselbeck gets traded? Good lord, let’s hope not. Who knows how that will affect the [...]
I’m graduated! Now what?
So last week my career as a college student at the University of Washington came to a bittersweet end as I graduated (Thursday, Department of Communication; Saturday, UW). Starting out as a freshman back in 2004 (good lord, has it really been four years?!), I didn’t really know where I was going or what I would be doing. [...]
Respecting our First Amendment rights
The other day, the New York Times posted an article about a weekly news magazine in Canada that printed an article in October of 2006 about how “the rise of Islam threatened Western values.” The article goes on to say that topics the article discusses are nothing different from what conservative magazines and blogs here [...]
Did Clinton Damage “Glass Ceiling”?
To say that this year’s race for president has been historical is an understatement. Not only did we have an African American candidate, but we also had a female candidate. With Hillary Clinton having officially suspending her campaign this weekend, one question that has come up is, how far have women truly come in this [...]
The impact of technology on our lives through song and spoken word
This quarter has been all about how technology is taking over traditional newsrooms and extending it out into the general public. I got a little curious about how technology is affecting people in other places besides the newsroom. So, being the typical college student, I went on YouTube to see what I could find.
