Grandma of the Movement

Grandma of the Movement

by | May 14, 2013 | News

At a national conference focusing on the New Agenda for Women in Sport, held in Washington, D.C. in 1981, Pat Griffin, a speaker from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, took the opportunity to discuss her experience confronting homophobia as a lesbian athlete...

Flushing Rush

by | May 14, 2013 | News

“Let the unskilled jobs that take absolutely no knowledge whatsoever to do — let stupid and unskilled Mexicans do that work. This is the voice of Rush Limbaugh, host of the most popular talk radio program in America. Limbaugh, whose palm closes over $50 a...

News Briefs

by | May 14, 2013 | News

  Rooke Fined for Campaign Finance Violations By Maureen Turner   Springfield City Councilor Tim Rooke has been hit with a $5,000 penalty by the state’s campaign finance agency over some questionable uses of his campaign funds. Last week, the Mass....
CD Shorts

CD Shorts

by | May 14, 2013 | Music

Paula Cole Raven (675 Records/United For Opportunity) I love Paula Cole’s voice, but not her latest record. It’s an independent, Kickstarter-funded project billed as a return to her Americana roots, but it really shows how far she’s strayed. Take the...
Behind the Beat: Risk Takers

Behind the Beat: Risk Takers

by | May 14, 2013 | Music

Formed in 2008 by a quartet of Hartt School of Music students, the New England band Brotherhood of Thieves, featuring members Jacob Wardwell (guitar, keyboards, vocals), Nicholas Cole (guitar), Jack Reynolds (bass) and Tim Jangl (drums), is a group whose moniker...