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Too many tents at Zuccotti Park?
***This is a piece I did for my interactive class at CUNY last week (11/10/11) using SoundSlides. Please click on link at the end of this text!*** Audio slideshow here: http://digitalstoragespace.com/12/LIN/Vennard_OWS_intents/soundslider.swf?size=1&format=xml Tents are completely occupying Zuccotti Park, and one could think that is to the benefit of all the protesters of Occupy Wall Street. … Continue reading
Big island- bigger ideas: physical therapy app developed in Hawaii
An app was developed to help individuals inquire more information about physical therapy treatments- for free. The app is striving to promote change in the United States’ health care system and its gaining attention, thanks to its accessibility. IREHAB.com was officially established in 2007 by founder/CEO Hawaiian resident Keith Krugh. The app was rated the … Continue reading
OWS Medical Center Preps for Cold Weather
***As published in City Limits on Oct. 17*** Financial District — A cardboard sign that reads “Red + Black Cross Street Medicine” identifies the medical center at the Occupy Wall Street encampment in Zuccotti Park. Medical supplies, volunteers, including registered nurses, and protesters were sheltered there under black and blue tarps on a rainy and … Continue reading
Beach Bum in the Big Apple part 3: Oh grad school, you’re breaking my heart, you’re shaking my confidence daily
My ma wrote “MISS YOU!!” on my Facebook wall. While I was writing “I miss you too” I could feel it building up…that intense cry with the heaving-breathing was coming. There was no stopping it. It probably didn’t help that coincidentally I was listening to LCD Soundsystem’s “New York, I Love Your But You’re Bringing … Continue reading
Beach Bum in the Big Apple Part 2: Self discovery in New York
Living with a bunch of strangers is the best way to discover who you really are. Luckily, I’m what you would call a “people person.” And thankfully, having an extrovert personality has helped me connect with a good core group of friends at my apartment building and at school. The funny thing is, it’s weird meeting people … Continue reading
Beach Bum in the Big Apple…
I was pretty sure when my parents were going to be kissing me goodbye before catching a cab to JFK I would ultimately, immediately, cry myself to sleep. Of course I cried! I was completely freaked out. They left me alone in NYC with no knowledge really of living on my own. I have been … Continue reading
Thanks for nothing, Jerry Springer
*Opinion* Call it trashy…lewd…pointless even. An embarrassment to American society, maybe. I call it… entertaining. I don’t mean to condone this type of television behavior, but it’s like a train wreck to me and I just can’t look away. Jerry Springer, Steve Wilkos and Maury Povich have become dear friends to me this summer. I … Continue reading
The penis and the bachelorette
*Opinion* The bachelorette started cracking up when her maid of honor handed her a wand, saying she had to carry it around throughout her bachelorette party. It was pink with ribbons, topped off with an erect penis. All of us girls were giggling at the penis wand, passing it around, putting it in each other’s … Continue reading
Life and the Abominable Snowman
*Opinion* Madness, stress and chaos can be metaphorically illustrated by a computer game my grandma used to play when I was little. We had…wait? What was it? Microsoft 94? Dial-up internet. Remember that slow connection? In the game, you had to use the mouse to guide a skier down a mountain, avoiding randomly spread out … Continue reading
Welcome to The After Party
In high school they were pretty much the only four boys in their small town in Manhattan, Kansas who strutted in tight pants. They were the only four who formed a band, too. “We didn’t really fit in,” Alan, 19, the drummer, said. In high school people would tell us we were wasting our time. … Continue reading
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