A selection of recent mentions of 乐播传媒 and 乐播传媒 people in the news.
Amy Bass 鈥�92
Opinion: The Swiftie math of the Super Bowl is a perfect score 鈥� CNN
An academic expert in the fascinating intersection of sport and and society, Amy Bass 鈥�92 wrote a pair of opinion pieces for CNN about how this year鈥檚 Super Bowl 鈥� with Taylor Swift in attendance 鈥� further entrenches the NFL 鈥渁s a bona fide entertainment industry.鈥�
While NFL as entertainment has been true for decades, Bass, who is a professor of sports studies at Manhattanville College, took it up a notch this year.
In turn, the NFL embraced her presence at games and 鈥渢he adulation, condemnation, and profit generation that follow her and her merry band of Swifties wherever she goes.鈥�
After the game, : 鈥淔rom Nickelodeon鈥檚 broadcast of the game, which included a lower-third caption on [Travis] Kelce on the bench that read 鈥淭aylor鈥檚 Swift鈥檚 boyfriend 鈥� good at football鈥� to the arena鈥檚 jumbotron showing Taylor downing a drink alongside longtime friend Ashley Avignone, it was yet again clear that the NFL has been thrilled with what has been called The Swift Effect on football.鈥�
Larry Handerhan 鈥�05
Two 鈥榚xtreme extroverts鈥� find love in a pandemic bubble 鈥� The New York Times
A New York Times 鈥淢ini Vows鈥� story from October 2023 . 鈥淚n the early months of their relationship, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the two spent a lot of time together,鈥� writes Sanam Yar.
Handerhan and McDowell both identify as 鈥渆xtreme extroverts,鈥� they told Yar, but as Handerhan explained, 鈥渁s someone who has double-booked social activities my entire life pre-pandemic, it was such a blessing to not have anywhere to go but have someone I really enjoyed being with. I 100 percent fell in love with him on his couch, watching TV, not really moving very fast.鈥�
The couple were married at Martha鈥檚 Vineyard Agricultural Society鈥檚 Agricultural Hall in West Tisbury, Mass., on Sept. 30, 2023.
Nora Demleitner 鈥�89
St. John鈥檚 president Nora Demleitner appointed collegewide president 鈥� Eye On Annapolis
Effective July 1, which has campuses in Annapolis, Md., and Santa Fe, N.M. Demleitner has served as the Annapolis campus president since 2022.
鈥淪he is a strategic thinker who is outcome-focused, and, most importantly, a listener who understands the needs of our students, alumni, and community,鈥� said Pam Saunders-Albin, vice chair of the board of trustees.
Aleksander Diamond-Stanic
Odd radio circles are glowing around some galaxies. Now we know why 鈥� NPR鈥檚 Short Wave
The national media reported on landmark space research by a team of scientists including Aleksandar Diamond-Stanic, a 乐播传媒 associate professor of physics.
The team鈥檚 research, published on Jan. 8 in Nature, offers an explanation for the origin of so-called odd radio circles, which are 鈥渞ings of light in the radio portion of the electromagnetic spectrum from an unknown source,鈥� explains NPR鈥檚 discovery-focused Short Wave program.
The ORCs are now thought to result from a starburst galaxy, a 鈥渇orce from these combined explosions can expel large amounts of shocked gas, like outflowing winds.鈥� Meanwhile, 鈥elps astronomers ultimately understand what impact the phenomena may have on shaping galaxies over time.鈥�
Erica Rand
鈥淕ood Hair, Bad Math鈥� 鈥� Transgender Studies Quarterly
Among the most-read articles in the academic journal TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly in 2023 was one by 乐播传媒 professor Erica Rand, 鈥淕ood Hair, Bad Math: Breaking Apart Gender on a Figure Skating Pairs Team鈥� The article appeared in the .
A professor of art and visual culture and of gender and sexuality studies, Rand is a competitive figure skater, who, since 2019, has been part of a white, queer, gender-nonconforming figure skating pairs team with Anna Kellar.
And in recent years, she’s turned her scholar鈥檚 eye and her activism toward the growing efforts to
In the essay 鈥淕ood Hair, Bad Math,鈥� Rand shares and considers 鈥渟ome of our experiences, the challenges, and deep pleasures as we work to advance the skills and rule changes required to test and compete; to navigate racialized gender binarism and cis-heteronormitivity sedimented in training, rule, and custom; and to develop performance vocabularies to legibly represent queer gender.鈥�
Paul Schofield
Being homeless means not being free, as Americans are supposed to be 鈥� The Conversation
Clearly, homelessness creates a state of deprivation that affects a person鈥檚 well-being, writes Associate Professor of Philosophy . The moral dimensions of homelessness, and how it 鈥渓imits Americans鈥� freedom,鈥� should also be considered.
鈥淎 person who is homeless and sleeps on a public bench will often be told by the police to move. Someone who sets up a tent on a sidewalk will usually have it confiscated. Someone who urinates or defecates in a park can be arrested. Now you can see why some think that homelessness compromises a person鈥檚 freedom,鈥� Shofield writes.
Zachary Murgu铆a Burton
Mental health play 鈥楾he Manic Monologues鈥� comes to studio space at new Arrow Street Arts 鈥� Cambridge Day
of a play co-written by Zachary Murgu铆a Burton, a visiting assistant professor of earth and climate sciences, and based on his own personal experiences with mental health challenges.
Reporter Madeleine Aitken notes that a health crisis in 2017 鈥渞eset the life of (then-)doctoral student Zachery Burton, redirecting him from geology long enough to fulfill a mission on the stage: His Manic Monologues, co-written with then-girlfriend Elisa Hofmeister, brings to life true stories that challenge what it means to be touched by a mental health condition (in Burton鈥檚 case, bipolar disorder).鈥�
乐播传媒 College
Food justice a tasty topic at 乐播传媒 College 鈥� Sun Journal
The Sun Journal covered the college鈥檚 Martin Luther King Jr. Day , which included a cooking demonstration.
鈥淏etween cooking, and sometimes while stirring a pan, Terry offered thoughts on a wide variety of food-related issues, from what he called 鈥榝ood apartheid鈥� that squeezes poor Americans to the growing popularity of plant-based, corporate-created alternatives to meat,鈥� wrote reporter Steve Collins.
The Puddle Jump
World of photos, Feb. 11, 2024 鈥� Western Australia Today
Thanks to the distribution power of The Associated Press, images from the annual Puddle Jump at 乐播传媒, held Feb. 9, have appeared in news outlets around the world.
The photos were taken by Lewiston Sun Journal photographer Andree Kehn and distributed over the AP wire. Thus far, the Puddle Jump has made a , that country’s official news agency, and with the online news site Western Australia Today, whose photo editors deemed the Puddle Jump photo 鈥�.鈥�
Sivani Arvapalli 鈥�26
Photo: Only 3 percent of eligible blood donors donate 鈥� Lewiston Sun Journal
A photo feature by Sun Journal photographer Daryn Slover captured a moment at the first American Red Cross blood drive on campus since the pandemic as Julia Jeong 鈥�24 of Clifton, Va., donates blood. Sixty-two percent of the population is eligible to give blood, but only 3 percent do, according to Red Cross statistics.
Sivani Arvapalli 鈥�26 of South Windsor, Conn., organized the blood drive, saying she was motivated to help after the Oct. 25 shootings in Lewiston. 鈥淚 was motivated to do it, so I got it done,鈥� says Arvapalli, who is now organizing the next blood drive on campus, slated for April 18.
Skip Capone
Cheverus names Skip Capone new football coach 鈥� Portland Press Herald
Maine media outlets reported that former longtime 乐播传媒 assistant football coach and Maine coaching legend at Cheverus High School in Portland, Maine.
Capone brings 45 years of coaching experience to the post, including 22 seasons as an assistant coach at 乐播传媒 and 14 seasons as head coach of Lewiston High School.
鈥淚鈥檓 all in, and we鈥檙e not messing around,鈥� Capone, 69, tells the Portland Press Herald鈥檚 Travis Lazarczyk.
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