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Northeast Scholarship Application Deadline Approaching Soon

Northeast Scholarship Application Deadline Approaching Soon

January 30, 2014

There is still time to apply for scholarships for next year. But you better hurry, the deadline is February 1. You don’t want to miss out on the opportunity for free money, so if you haven’t applied...

‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ inducted into Broadcasting Hall of Fame

‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ inducted into Broadcasting Hall of Fame

January 28, 2014

By Patrick Kevin Day Los Angeles Times (MCT) LOS ANGELES — “Everybody Loves Raymond” ended in 2005, but the love persists. This spring, the Ray Romano sitcom will be inducted into the National...

Web Buzz: A new Spin on togetherness

Web Buzz: A new Spin on togetherness

January 28, 2014

By Jen Leo Los Angeles Times (MCT) This new app provides “real-time together experiences” for groups on the platform. Name: Spin: The New Together Available for: iPhone and iPad What...

Coming Soon: Ask Angela Commercial

Coming Soon: Ask Angela Commercial

January 27, 2014

Friday we started filming the commercial for Ask Angela, our very first Viewpoint promo. The filming took place in the Broadcasting department in the Cox Activity Center here on campus. The Viewpoint...

What Americans should fear in cyberspace

What Americans should fear in cyberspace

January 23, 2014

By P.W. Singer Los Angeles Times (MCT) A recent Pew poll found that Americans are more afraid of a cyber attack than they are of Iranian nuclear weapons, the rise of China or climate change. Such...

Use of tanning beds by teen girls worries health officials

Use of tanning beds by teen girls worries health officials

January 23, 2014

By Jeremy Olson Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT) MINNEAPOLIS — In the quest to look “better, cuter, hotter,” a troubling number of teenage girls in Minnesota are exposing themselves to harmful...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Elizabeth Cornett, Editor in Chief January 20, 2014

Today Americans remember an important part of this country's history. To help the students of NECC remember this day, the Student Activities Council (SAC) held a video and door prize drawing in Hawk's...

Hollow City is book two in Ransom Riggs Miss Peregrine ( Quirk Books, $17.99) series. (MCT)

‘Miss Peregrine’s’ sequel doesn’t disappoint

January 16, 2014

By Tish Wells McClatchy Washington Bureau (MCT) “Hollow City: The Second Novel of Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children” by Ransom Riggs; Quirk Books, Philadelphia (399 pages, $17.99) Talented...

Starbucks’ iPhone app said to leave customers’ data exposed

Starbucks’ iPhone app said to leave customers’ data exposed

January 16, 2014

By Angel Gonzalez The Seattle Times (MCT) SEATTLE — The Starbucks iPhone application stores customers’ personal data in unencrypted form that leaves it vulnerable to computer-savvy phone thieves,...

‘American Idol’ 13th season premiere slides in the ratings

‘American Idol’ 13th season premiere slides in the ratings

January 16, 2014

By Ryan Faughnder Los Angeles Times (MCT) LOS ANGELES — Fox’s long-running “American Idol” continued to show its age with the ratings from its season premiere Wednesday night. The 13th...

Nebraska Nominated for Oscar

“Nebraska” Nominated for Oscar

Jackson Miller, Shift Editor January 16, 2014

The Oscar nominations were announced this morning and "Nebraska" was nominated for best picture. Bruce Dern was nominated for leading actor, and June Squibb was nominated for best supporting actress. "...

Bruce Dern’s long run to ‘Nebraska’

Bruce Dern’s long run to ‘Nebraska’

January 16, 2014

By Christopher Borrelli Chicago Tribune CHICAGO — Bruce Dern runs. Almost every day. He has run most of his life. A former track star at New Trier Township High School in Winnetka, Ill.,...

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