New York 2006
John Ketchum interviews NAACP chairman
Chairman of the NAACP, Julian Bond visits Central Michigan University, and reporter John Ketchum (J Camp class New York 2006) is there to interview him before his speech. Among other things, Bond speaks about a conversation with “Doc,” as he called Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the election of Barack Obama to president of the United States.
Twin Cities Dragon Festival 2008
By Ian Yue, New York 2006 Originally aired on KFAI, July 14, 2008. July 12-13, 2008, marked the 12th year of the Twin Cities Dragon Festival, the state’s largest festival celebrating Asian American culture. While the event featured various cultural performances, martial arts demonstrations, and lots of Asian cuisine, a major focus was on the [...]
Standing up for stripping down
By Naresh Rammohan, New York 2006, and Marlei Martinez Republished from RTN 205.2. The New York Giants versus Arizona Cardinals game blared on the television screen as John Tidd put out his cigarette in the ashtray next to his computer keyboard. Scattered piles of paperwork, plastic kids’ meal toys and hot pink high heels littered [...]
Minions? No way!
By Mary Jo Pham, New York 2006 Originally published in The Republican, Oct. 10, 2006. First place editorial prize for Newspaper Foundation of America. The recent resignation of Republican U.S. Congressman Mark Foley over the disclosure of what have been called “overly-friendly” e-mails to young men who served in the Congressional House page program has [...]
