Elise Viebeck, a junior at Claremont McKenna College, won the 2008 Eric Breindel College and University Journalism Award for an investigative story in the Claremont Independent, a CN member paper. Viebeck uncovered a CMC professor's questionable deals involving Nazi-looted artwork. After Viebeck's story generated significant publicity--including a piece in the L.A. Times--the professor resigned his position as director of the school's Holocaust Center.
Since 2006, the Eric Breindel College and University Journalism Award has been given annually student whose work "best reflects the spirit that animated the writings of Eric Breindel: Love of country and its democratic institutions as well as the act of bearing witness to the evils of totalitarianism." The award includes a $10,000 cash prize, plus a paid internship, with free housing, at either the New York Post or the Fox News Channel. Previous winners were John Wilson, also of Claremont McKenna, and Matt Mireles, of Columbia University.
Viebeck will work as an intern at the New York Post next summer. She was a Collegiate Network intern at National Review in Summer 2008.
The Breindel Foundation has awarded a Professional Award since 1999. Past winners include Jeff Jacoby of the Boston Globe, best-selling author Victor Davis Hanson, columnist Mark Steyn, and Wall Street Journal editorial board member Brett Stephens. The Professional Award features a $20,000 prize.
For more information on the Breindel Award, visit www.ericbreindel.org.
Could the voters that sent Dick Gephardt to Washington 14 times ever vote for a Republican? 2010 would be the year to do it, and Ed Martin says he’s the Republican who can win Missouri’s Third Congressional District.
Traditional calendar students rang in a new school year Wednesday with events that ranged from the serious to the silly. At Root Elementary School in Raleigh, the 500 students started their morning with a rock concert. Principal Drew Ware grabbed his acoustic guitar, "Lisa," and serenaded them over the intercom with a school theme song he wrote to the tune of Hootie & The Blowfish's "Hold My Hand." Students sang along, knowing the words by heart.
What's the difference between a stark jail cell and the comforts of home? For a few lucky Dallas County criminals, the answer is nothing. Under the county's alternative sentencing plan, certain low-level offenders discharge their sentences under ankle-monitored house arrest, giving them the opportunity to keep their jobs, eat home-cooked meals and enjoy the interaction of family and friends.
Triangle college students racing to pick up textbooks this week are saving money through a number of alternatives to the old practice of buying new and used classroom tomes from campus bookstores. Students are increasingly able to rent books for the semester at up to half the list price or to purchase electronic texts on devices such as Kindle, Nook or iPad.
Forget Yankees-Red Sox. How's this for a feud? Tech-savvy New Yorkers are far likelier than San Franciscans to pick BlackBerrys over iPhones, according to a survey released yesterday.
Could the voters that sent Dick Gephardt to Washington 14 times ever vote for a Republican? 2010 would be the year to do it, and Ed Martin says he’s the Republican who can win Missouri’s Third Congressional District.
Traditional calendar students rang in a new school year Wednesday with events that ranged from the serious to the silly. At Root Elementary School in Raleigh, the 500 students started their morning with a rock concert. Principal Drew Ware grabbed his acoustic guitar, "Lisa," and serenaded them over the intercom with a school theme song he wrote to the tune of Hootie & The Blowfish's "Hold My Hand." Students sang along, knowing the words by heart.
What's the difference between a stark jail cell and the comforts of home? For a few lucky Dallas County criminals, the answer is nothing. Under the county's alternative sentencing plan, certain low-level offenders discharge their sentences under ankle-monitored house arrest, giving them the opportunity to keep their jobs, eat home-cooked meals and enjoy the interaction of family and friends.
Triangle college students racing to pick up textbooks this week are saving money through a number of alternatives to the old practice of buying new and used classroom tomes from campus bookstores. Students are increasingly able to rent books for the semester at up to half the list price or to purchase electronic texts on devices such as Kindle, Nook or iPad.
Forget Yankees-Red Sox. How's this for a feud? Tech-savvy New Yorkers are far likelier than San Franciscans to pick BlackBerrys over iPhones, according to a survey released yesterday.
