Wednesday is a work night for most, but that didn’t stop indie rock fanatics from attending the WBRU Winter Warmer at Lupos Heartbreak Hotel on December 14 to benefit Girl’s Rock! RI. The night's lineup included Warpaint, K. Flay, and Joseph. Girl’s Rock! RI is a volunteer-based nonprofit that uses music creation and critical thinking to foster empowerment, collaborative relationships and the development of healthy identities in girls and women.

John J. Bowen announced his anticipated December retirement in a memo sent out to the university body on January 11. He began his career at Johnson & Wales in 1974 as a faculty member in the newly established culinary arts program. Bowen rose through the ranks to become Director of the Culinary Division and then Dean of Culinary Arts in 1983.

It was about 12:30 PM, and I was let out of my Search Engine Marketing class an hour early, which is highly unusual. It snowed the night before, and it appeared to be cloudy and foggy, so I wanted to treat myself to lift my mood. Typically, I either pack a lunch, walk back to my apartment to eat lunch, or order the sub of the day at Subway, but I wanted to do something different for around the same cost and double the energy.

This is a academic media analysis paper that I wrote for my cult of celebrity and idolatry in the digital age class taken at The University of Westminster in London, England this past summer. The purpose of the assignment was to choose a celebrity and explain how the media influences their brand image. I chose to write about President Donald Trump because I was curious to see how the different media outlets in the United Kingdom cover his presidency.

Many people have misconceptions on what it means to be a leader. A leader can be someone who works hard every day to put food on the table for their family or who does small things in great ways. This week as we worked with United Way of Central Maryland, Boys and Girls Clubs and others, we were not here to change the whole world. Rather, I leave knowing that I changed a few people’s lives.

“New York at Christmas” would be an understatement when walking in to Radio City Music Hall at 7:30 PM earlier this month. The city was jam-packed with pedestrians waiting in line to get their bags inspected and you could hear the repetitive sound of cab drivers honking their horns nearby. By the time we arrived inside, the cocktail line must have been filled with over 50 people waiting for a Pinot.

My short time in this class has definitely been a learning experience. It was an adjustment coming to a new campus, with new people and different grading criteria. I learned how to think outside of the box and that journalism is never straightforward. It takes a lot of creative thinking even for news stories and it requires many skills that are developed over time.

Irving Martinez, JWU Providence marketing major and study abroad office student assistant is the fifth JWU student ever to have been selected for the Gilman International Study Abroad Scholarship.