“She’s a hero of mine,” says a representative of the campus Pan-Hellenic Council, introducing Angela Davis, our speaker for the “26th Annual MLK Commemoration,” celebrated for some reason 8 days after MLK Day. As the representative welcomes Davis on the left side of the stage, Davis comes in on the right, surprising the representative before

“Regrets are mistakes that memories make.” – Misheard Lyrics In My Head of Adele’s Someone Like You So, what is the point of all this? Well, the problem of memory and public culture here is that we’re remembering what we’re already living in, like a sad Alzheimer’s patient. We’re just stumbling around trying to find

First, some history for the sake of context. Starting in Winston-Salem, NC in 1879, Wachovia was a North Carolina staple of banking. If you live in the state and want the biggest frequency of ATMs, you simply go with Wachovia. Basically, a lot of people in North Carolina called Wachovia their bank. For a while,

The Facebook event says some 200 people are going to be there to Occupy Boone. I arrive and maybe 50 are there, with another 30-50 arriving by the time we actually start marching. The weather, to put it lightly, is miserable. 35 degrees, and rainy. It’s also a Friday, which means that everybody has the

My cousin in the Bronx, he knows everyone. And he said start the revolution without me, I’ll definitely be at the next one.” – Kaiser Chiefs Last week, as a college Senior, I realized something. I’d never protested before. After all, it seems that all great college experiences and great moments of history involve a