Clive Davis

Music veteran Clive Davis received the Vanguard Award at the NAACP Image Awards last night. The award recognizes work that contributes to raising awareness of racial and social issues. Davis has played a major role in developing the careers of Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Alicia Keys, TLC, Jennifer Hudson (http://fdrmx.com/jennifer-hudson-excited-broadway-debut/), and other recording artists. Davis accepted his Vanguard Award, and made a very powerful and compelling speech. The music executive said that he realized early in his career that African-American R&B artists were not treated fairly in the music business, and they were suffering financially and missing out on career opportunities. Davis wanted to make sure black artists were recognized for their work, and compensated for their contribution to the music industry. During his speech, Davis said he was honored to receive the award from the NAACP. In 2000, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a non-performer. The music executive is also a five-time Grammy Award winner. As a producer, Davis received four Grammys for Best R&B Album (Jennifer Hudson; Jennifer Hudson), Best Pop Vocal Album (Breakaway; Kelly Clarkson), Album of the Year (Supernatural; Carlos Santana), and Best Rock Album (Supernatural; Carlos Santana). The executive was also awarded the Grammy Trustees Award in…

Doing so well in school she got to graduate early than the rest of the students. When she was 14 she wrote her first songs called “butterflyz”. A record company was watching her closely and she ended up with a lot of people on her back and ended up bidding for her talents. She got a full scholarship to go to columbia university but only went four weeks and ending up dropping out because she wanted to follow her music career 100%. Alicia decided to work with Clive Davis which is an…

WestJet Airlines Case Analysis WestJet Airlines was founded in 1996 in Calgary, Alberta. Clive Beddoe, Don Bell, Mark Hill, and Tim Morgan got together to create an airlines that stood apart from the other airlines in Canada. They wanted to create a low-fare carrier in Canada similar to what Southwest Airlines was in the United States. Another big part of their airlines was the company environment and culture. WestJet Airlines started off small by only working in certain regions in Canada. This…

I am a sophomore who has learned a lot of useful knowledge and loves my life in UC Davis. Yet, I am writing to point out problems with the quarter system. Similarl to many aggies, in my first college year, I had a hard time adapting to the university life because of the quarter system. To succeed in university, every UC student must spend a lot of time adapting this depressive and painful system. However, after acclimating this schedule, students still need to bear massive stress and many…

does. To be able to create a fully functional, successful design we must limit who can actually design the place. This is where the idea of social competency comes in; people who use this and know what students need should be the ones to decide what the place needs. Now, there might be a problem with this because not all students are architects or designers, so they can’t actually build anything per se, but they can express their suggestions to the designers and make them know what is really…

“UC Davis Career and Internship Fair” This fall I started my journey with UC Davis. Davis is a really exciting, new and challenging chapter in my life. I moved from San Mateo, where I lived with my fiancée, to an apartment in Davis where I live on my own. Starting new school, and being surrounded by many new faces is not easy. I am not a person who can easily meet and connect with new people. UC Davis offers a lot of events for its students, some of them are very exciting like the…

Summary: The ASUCD Finder is designed by, Crystal Han, a 5th Year student in the Design major and Theater major, and the Chairwomen of the Aggie Public Arts Committee, ASUCD. This map will address the following problems, who is ASUCD?, where are they located?, and how can I get involved?. The map is of the UC Davis campus, distinguishing ASUCD properties and resources. ASUCD stands for the “Associated Students, University of California Davis.” This map is for all residents of Davis who wish to…

Evaluating Passionate Text: Significance of the Chestnut Tree in Jane Eyre The thunder rumbled through the clouds and as a sudden streak flashed across the sky; the lightning violently hit the tree and the repercussions of this (God-like) action had little arcs that danced across the thick, black sky. The tree hung in despair and disbelief, almost as if it were a weeping willow instead of a horse chestnut tree. In Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre, “the chestnut tree is hit by lightning on the…

Clive Barker, the author of the novel The Thief of Always, develops the story well using the setting to drop hints and symbolize elements of the story. Harvey, on a mission to get back his childhood and destroy Mr. Hood and his Holiday House, encounters lots of interesting places, which are used as clues in the book. The setting is very important to the plot, and builds depth. The setting is a key element in the Thief of Always. Millsap, the town which Harvey lives in, is one of the biggest…

Just so we know before the story starts the author clearly states that Marley dead, dead, dead, dead. This is about Scrooge, who is a phenomenally sorrowful, dismal, person that is extremely oblivious to multiple of people in cruel, bitter ways. He absolutely despises all objects and feelings that include happiness and generosity, especially Christmas, accordingly the text states that people try to sing Christmas carols, but he made them leave. Two gentlemen from a local charity visited Scrooge…