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America’s Favorite Dancer: Lauren Froderman
CollegeMagazine.com. February 2, 2011.
On paper, she’s the picture of the Type A overachiever you sat next to in high school; a blonde cheerleader, competitive dancer, a good student and volunteer at a children’s tutoring program, but 19-year-old Phoenix native Lauren Froderman’s major talent and warm personality leapt beyond the impressive resume when she won the title of America’s Favorite Dancer for season 7 of So You Think You Can Dance on Fox.
Jackson Greenberg: The Score of his Dreams
College Magazine. November 16, 2010.
Most compositions by college students are usually in essay form. But Jackson Greenberg, junior music major at Princeton University and keyboardist for the band Shape Machine (who opened for The Roots at a Princeton show this summer), dreams of both composing film scores and touring with his band—and he’s more than half-way there.
‘Weeds’ Actor Alexander Gould Talks Shane the Fugitive, Nemo, and a Collegiate Future
CollegeMagazine.com. October 1, 2010.
From voicing an adorable clown fish on the big screen to playing the murderous teenage son of an atypical pot dealer on a Showtime drama, one could say Alexander Gould has quite an acting range. The 16-year-old Los Angeles, California, native has had 14 years to develop it; that’s right, he started at the ripe old age of 2! For the past five years playing Shane Botwin on Weeds, he and his colorful family have been rocking the suburbs.
Happy Hour with Hungry Girl, Lisa Lillien
CollegeMagazine.com. August 31, 2010.
No college student wants to stay at home to avoid the big, bad world of calories and grease. “Hungry Girl” Lisa Lillien shows how to take control of your diet with her two New York Times Best-Sellers Hungry Girl 1-2-3 and her newest Hungry Girl Happy Hour.
Get Your Fill of the Spill Canvas
CollegeMagazine.com. June 6, 2010.
Just after playing to a sold out stadium in Cedar Falls, drummer Joe Beck of The Spill Canvas told all to CM before their show in Denver on April 23.“It was amazing,” he said of their first show, “a great way to start off the tour.”
The band, lead singer and guitarist Nick Thomas, guitarist Dan Ludeman, and bassist Landon Neil, with Beck, will be playing songs from their new EP, Realities, which features five new songs: three songs off the digital collection, Abnormalities, along with old crowd favorites. After releasing their first record One Fell Swoop in 2005, and their label debut No Really, I’m Fine, The Spill Canvas has consistently evolved and developed their sound.
Oh, What a Tangled World Wide Web We Weave
CollegeMagazine.com. April 15, 2010.
In a world where you can be friends with people you don’t actually talk to, your scrapbooks are digitally enhanced and nearly anyone can read your conversations, it’s no surprise PDA between couples has taken on a whole new meaning. Facebook allows couples to shout their love from the virtual mountaintops of social media. Sharing is caring, but where do we draw the line between security in a stable relationship and airing dirty laundry?
MTV’s ‘The Buried Life,’ What’s on your List?
College Magazine. April 13, 2010.
In February 2006, four Canadian collegiates embarked on a quest to fulfill their ultimate to-do list. David Lingwood, Ben Nemtin and brothers Jonnie and Duncan Penn traveled cross-country on a purple tour bus named Penelope. Four years later, they’re the boys of MTV’s latest reality show The Buried Life.
Digging Deep on The Buried Life, All While Partying Like it’s 1999
CollegeMagazine.com. March 8, 2010.
Some of you might have heard what John Mayer has to “Say” in recent interviews, and you may have even seen the movie “The Bucket List”, but these guys are no Morgan Freeman, Jack Nicholson, or even Mayer- thank goodness. Jonnie Penn and Dave Lingwood, both 23 and half the awesome foursome behind “The Buried Life” on MTV, weigh in on the Season 1 Finale, airing Monday, March 8th, at 10 p.m., EST.
Hilary Weissman 