Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

Zaiden tapped his steering wheel to the beat of Elvis Presley’s “Burning Love.” He was on his way to Anywhere But His Hometown, trying to escape the fact that he was the family disappointment for not getting a baseball scholarship to the same fancy school his father graduated from. Zaiden had no desire to attend a place that valued money over education. He grew up in the tiny town of Ellis, Maine with the grand population of 623 bigoted people. Putting the town in his rearview mirror was his way…

Ryan Erik Adamsons,based in Chicago, is an active composer, performer, and educator. He received a Bachelor of Science Degrees in Jazz Studies and Brass Performance from the University of Akron (OH), and a Masters of Music concentrating in Jazz Composition from DePaul University in Chicago (IL). He currently works as an Artist Advisor at the Denis Wick/Vandoren Musician’s Advisory Studio in downtown Chicago, and serves on the Board of Directors for the Chicago Jazz Orchestra as their Director of…

PRESS RELEASE Kanye West for President Kanye West Announces Formation of Presidential Exploratory Committee (Miami, Florida) October 12th, 2015: Today, Kanye Omari West, the internationally acclaimed music producer, business magnate and world renounced fashion designer, officially declared he is compiling an exploratory committee to ensure if his plan of running for the Presidency of the United States of America as an attainable course of action. Mr. West stated, “If my grandfather was here…

Blurred Lines It is a Friday night in East Halls; Fetty Wap, Drake, and Justin Bieber are blasting from all of the different rooms as gaggles of underage girls and boys are putting back Fireball, Svedka, and Vladimir Vodka (basically nail polish remover) like it is going out of style. Scantily clad lasses drunkenly stumble as they run to catch the over packed White Loop with their Vineyard Vines attired frat bros trailing at their heels. Upon arriving at their destination, the dimly lit basement…

Andor Kertesz was born July 2 1894 in Budapest to the middle class of Jewish family of Lipot Kertesz that was a bookseller, and his wife Ernesztin Hoffmann. Andor was known as Bandi by his friends. He was the middle child of three sons including Imre and Jeno. When Lipot died in 1908 from tuberculosis, Ernesztin was without a source of income to support their three children. Her brother Lipot Hoffmann provided for the boys and also acted like a father to the boys. They soon moved to Hoffmanns…

Throughout history mankind has battled temptation, greed, and guilt. These three issues are forever lasting in the world in a wide array of cultures and time periods. In Mark Twain’s, The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, Twain explains his views on the themes of temptation, greed ,and guilt. Temptation is no stranger. Each person faces temptation daily. In the case of the people of Hadleyburg, they were tempted when an unsuspecting man delivers a sack of gold. The stranger does not give…

A Village to Raise a Child “Help me, Mama. I need you to help me.” “It’s too late for that, the woman said. You got yourself into this, you can just get out of it” (Haruf 10). Parents are a main source of comfort and care for children. However, in Plainsong, parent abandonment is a main theme. Ike, Bobby, and Victoria are three characters whose lives change drastically from decisions of their parents. However, “It takes a village to raise a child.” The abandonment of their parents causes hard…

While indulging in a binge watching weekend I spotted one of my all-time favorite films. Recently placed on Amazon prime Trouble with the Curve starring Clint Eastwood and Amy Adams. There are so many reasons why I love this movie. First and foremost it is the romance aspect, being that I am truly a romantic at heart, I can never pass up a romantic comedy. The second reason is that it’s a movie about baseball. I love a good baseball game and how could I pass up a baseball movie with some good…

Have you ever heard of Justin Bieber? He is currently twenty two, but when he was only twelve Usher another famous singer discovered a music video Justin had made on a website called YouTube. Usher got into contact with his manager who soon signed Justin to a record label. Justin Bieber has been now one of the most recognizable and famous artists in the world; he makes around $80 million dollars a year. It is funny to think that he gained all his fame just by posting that one YouTube. The…

March 28, 1986 the world had no idea that a star was born.Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanott is known as the world wide famous Lady Gaga.Lady Gaga learned how to play the piano by ear at the age of four. Lady Gaga is known for her singing, songwriting, acting, fashion, self-empowering messages, and crazy high end fashion.She started out in theater and high school plays, before dropping out to peruse her music career she studied Collaborative Arts Project 21 at Tisch School of Arts. Electropop…