Essays

The Transformers by Sarah Fidelibus
President Obama reminded us in his address to a joint session of congress on Tuesday, February 24 that, "[A]t every moment of economic upheaval and transformation, this nation has responded with bold action and big ideas." Now is the time for both, of course, and our current circumstances present us not only with some of the toughest challenges we've faced in nearly a century, but also the greatest number of opportunities to truly transform our nation into what we want it to be going forward.
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Railed: Appreciating America's Forgotten Workhorse by author to come
We inevitably lose interest in certain things as we age, binkies, cartoons, flashing lights. These are understandable examples, but when it comes to trains and railroads and their ilk, the awe that we held as children inexplicably disappears. We grow up, buy cars, spend months of our lives in traffic, and only remember trains when we're stuck at a junction while a mile-long freight train rolls in front of us.
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Blood, sweat, and tunes - A band's passion in a changing world by Jennifer Miller
Recently named one of Music Connection's Top 100 unsigned bands of 2008, Shattered Atom is breaking barriers and pushing forward as they prepare to launch their first full length album, "The Knife, The Thief." Jeremy Wilford (vocals/keys), Kelsey Drayton (drums), Daniel Khim (guitar), and Troy Ross (bass) formed Shattered Atom, an indie rock band that fuses organic and electronic sounds with pop structure. Their sound is commonly compared to the likes of Coldplay and the Killers.
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