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3/23/2013
By Steven Brasley, '14
Several Park Scholars will be participating in an exciting new service project from March 28-31. Collaborating with journalism Professor James Rada, these 13 students will be traveling to Washington, D.C., to help film a documentary on the March on Washington.
The students will be interviewing people who took part in the historic August 1963 March on...
3/7/2013
By Lillie Fleshler, '13
I never knew my great-aunt Helen. She died before I was born. I always knew I had a relative who had been involved in the film world, but never really understood to what extent. I only began to learn more about her when I became a film student. Her past somehow validated my present, and provided me with the boost of confidence I needed to take on new and...
2/25/2013
By Erica Moriarty, '16
On Sunday night, student performers pulsed the walls of Emerson Suites as the 4th Annual Concert for a Cure’s main event took place.
Each year, the concert raises funds for organizations supporting cancer research. A group of Park Scholars work together to plan the benefit concert, bringing together students, faculty and community members annually...
2/25/2013
By Lauren Mateer, '13
The Park Scholars met Saturday to discuss Evgeny Morozov’s “The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom.” The book focuses on the role of the Internet in activism and social justice, and the restrictions in challenges that come with this role in terms of government interference and access.
“The Net Delusion” served as...
2/7/2013
By Qina Liu, senior
Although it has been eight years since Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans is far from rebuilt.
Fifteen senior Park Scholars learned that when they travelled to New Orleans for a service trip in the lower 9th ward. From Jan. 12 to 19, the scholars lived and worked with Lower Nine, a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing back the displaced residen...