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This Philadelphia group immediately grabbed our attention when they debuted their track “Fever.” It’s a falsetto fury with synths that made its way onto every “party” type playlist we created. Night Panther have followed up that track with further songs of brilliance – “Fire” and “Lioness.” Each track surprises and takes you in a direction […]

You probably wouldn’t know it by looking at them, but Pierce Freelon and his colleague Stephen Levitin are both professors at the University of North Carolina. Together they teach Beat Making Lab at the university, where students learn the basic skills needed to create and distribute beats for various genres including hip-hop. In addition to teaching, both men are […]

Using marketing & media to change the course of history. Something we know a little bit about… The film No premiered on limited screens in February 2013 and was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards. The movie centers around René Saavedra, an ad executive in 1988 who comes up with […]

When Grant Oyston sat down to write a response to the Kony 2012 phenomenon he only expected a few dozen of his friends to read it. However like many things online, within a week his blog was read more than 2 million times. Despite his desire, Grant was perceived by many as a credible source in the case against KONY […]

A few weeks back, I ventured to Slab City with two other IC comm/art interns to explore the desert and see what life off the grid actually means. Slab City is a community who has decided to live differently. Named after the concrete slabs that were left after the deconstruction of a former army base, a […]

The kingdom of Bhutan – a small country nestled deep in the Himalayan mountains, has a unique approach to economics. While most countries focus extensively on Gross National Product, Bhutanese culture is rooted in Gross National Happiness. In the 1970s the Fourth King of Bhutan, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, adopted the idea. The approach seems to be working – in 2006 Business Week […]

As evident by our constant communication about this Australian band The Trouble With Templeton, we’re pretty big fans. We randomly happened upon a solo set by the lead singer Thomas Calder on New York City’s Lower East Side during the annual CMJ Australian BBQ. Our friend Amy who works for CMJ insisted that we hang […]

Phiona Mutesi wasn’t always a jet-setting, child chess prodigy. The 16-year-old grew up in Katwe, a slum in Kampala. Her father died of AIDS when she was three and her sister met the same fate shortly thereafter. For Phiona, finding her next meal and caring for her brothers and sisters while her mother was working […]

A ceremony was held to honor 91 Legacy Scholarship Program university graduates who successfully completed their studies in the fields of science, arts and business studies from different universities and technical institutions around Uganda. During the ceremony, students shared their innermost joy blended with life’s true testimonies of their struggles in achieving a good education. […]

War criminal Bosco Ntaganda has reportedly surrendered to the U.S. Embassy in Rwanda. This is something to celebrate. Like Joseph Kony, Bosco Ntaganda has been indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes and crimes against humanity. This is the arrest warrant that was issued in 2006 for crimes committed in the early […]