When one thinks of Amsterdam, what comes to mind? Van Gogh? The Anne Frank house? Coffee shops? It is true that those things are tied to Amsterdam but there is a lot packed into this tourist trap of a city. Amsterdam itself is situated in the Netherlands in the northern part of Holland. Filled with canals and […]
Archive for February 16, 2016
When a well-known figure is as prolific as these two were and are, it isn’t hard to compare them both. When you think about it this way, 16th century Martin Luther and 21st century Donald Trump do bear some kind of resemblance. Not only in the way they addressed the public in either writing or […]
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Artist Kendrick Lamar’s powerful Grammy 2016 performance
Posted by: dhollan2 | February 16, 2016 | No Comment |Grammy award winning writer/artist Kendrick Lamar gave a highly lauded performance yesterday evening on the Grammys. And it was epochal. The reasons why this performance is going to be rightly viewed by critics as well as those who are well-versed in the arts as powerful and socially progressive are innumerable. Kendrick is known for his […]
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Tags: artist, black history, controversial, grammys, grammys 2016, hip hop, kendrick lamar, music, rap, wegonbealright
German contributions to journalism: The printing press
Posted by: Alec Moore | February 16, 2016 | No Comment |Though Germany has made many contributions to journalism, none are comparable to the invention of Johannes Gutenberg. Though printing presses were already a popular technology at the time, the simple invention of movable type would change the world. Before Gutenberg’s invention, printing was both a time consuming and incredibly expensive process. In fact, during Gutenberg’s […]
The Roman acta: our first Rolling Stone
Posted by: Tatyana White-Jenkins | February 16, 2016 | No Comment |When we are not consuming hard hitting news, we often find ourselves reading human interest stories, or more commonly known as feature stories. Feature stories are set apart from hard news stories due to the memorable crafting and creativity of the reporting. These stories also tend to be longer and gravitate toward subjects that would interest […]
Johannes Gutenberg was not the inventor of movable type, but he is credited with the development of the printing press that would ultimately change the history of the world. Why is he credited with this invention despite the invention of movable type hundreds of years earlier? He created the business-like model that would let the […]
The 2016 NBA All-Star Weekend was full of revival and goodbyes. NBA All-Star Saturday night has been a big draw for fans to watch the NBA players compete in the skills challenge, 3-point contest, and the slam dunk contest. This year none of these contest disappointed. The skills challenge saw a new addition in to […]