A Day in the Life
Tuesday November 17th 2009, 6:08 pm
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Today I have the wonderful opportunity to be a shadow at the Concord Monitor. It was tiring, yes, but educational and fabulous as well. Upon arrival and to my delight I saw that my fellow intern was Emma Scudder, of whom I played soccer with long ago. That day Emma and I were placed under […]



Wake up Teenage America!
Thursday November 05th 2009, 7:31 pm
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As I placed my ballot in the slot the employees applauded around me, making the grin on my face, if possible, grow more prominent. Picture if you will with me this scene, as it happened last Tuesday in the Ward 7 voting building. What could possibly soil this picture of complete and utter triumph? Teenage America. I had been […]



Parched for New Blood
Saturday October 03rd 2009, 3:53 pm
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I found myself in the public library a few days ago, just browsing. It was then that I realized that female teenage America had been abducted: by vampires. Maybe this was a long time coming and I simply overlooked it, but now it seems to be bursting at the seams. The popular Twilight Series seems […]



Video Killed the Radio Star?
Thursday July 16th 2009, 10:03 am
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“Video killed the radio star”. A rather bold statement made into a pop culture piece by the  British group the Buggles in the 1979. This happy tune sends out a deeper message about today than most people catch. When TV first hit the big time, many thought that that was the end of the world for radio stations […]



Ice, Ice, Monkey?
Tuesday July 14th 2009, 11:28 pm
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When visiting the Air and Space Museum in D.C., one would expect to see space crafts, airplane displays and planetary models right? But a monkey in a jump suit on display?   Didn’t see that one coming. As we headed up the stairs to visit the top floor, one of our group members had a recollection of […]



Opening Speaker- Brian Lamb
Sunday July 12th 2009, 10:58 pm
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For our first speaker of the week, all the WJMC Correspondents were gifted by having Brian Lamb come and speak to us. When I found out that the President and CEO of C-SPAN was coming to speak to us, I immediately began to ponder. What will he be speaking on? How can someone who has […]