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Muslim Professional Organizations in America: Finding their Role

At their core, all minority professional organizations aim to offer their members a supportive environment where they can come together, share knowledge and resources, and empower each other to be the best professional they can be.  Over the past several years, I’ve struggled with the question of if/how this core functionality is impacted if the ...

The Politics of The Hunger Games

– by Sheheryar Sardar, BroadStreet Times The Hunger Games arrived in theaters across the U.S. in unprecedented form — over 4,300 screens sold out through online sales, an extraordinary but strategically timed social media marketing blitz that statistically surpassed Twilight fever (complete with Twitter and Facebook games and contests), and grassroots anticipation built off the ...

Michael Bay taps Turtle Power

Michael Bay recent announcement that his upcoming live-action reboot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will change the story of theturtles’ origins is causing an outcry from the entire 80s generation.  As in anyone born in the 80s, because everyone born in the 80s watched TMNT, said Cowabunga, respected Splinter and wanted to be Michelangelo (the turtle, not ...

If Peyton Can Go – Anyone Can.

Four-time NFL Most Valuable Player, Peyton Manning, announced the end of his 14-year old career with the Indianapolis Colts on Wednesday.  The press conference with Colts owner Jim Irsay and Manning made it clear that the decision was out of their hands.  ”It wasn’t his decision. It wasn’t my decision. Circumstances kind of dictated it,” Manning said. ...

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy wins for Pakistan and the victims in Saving Face

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Daniel Junge won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short for Saving Face, a harrowing but uplifting narrative on the victims of acid attacks in Pakistan and the courageous British-Pakistani plastic surgeon, Dr. Mohammad Jawad, who provides reconstructive surgery and seeks to restore their lives. It’s not only a win for an extraordinary ...

Uploading Images on Pinterest Can Get You Sued?

Pintrerest, one of the fastest growing sites in the social media world has created an interesting problem for users.   While scouring the web, you found high quality images on the latest trends in gothic interior decoration that captured your aesthetic. You save them onto your computer and upload them on your Pinterest profile.  It ...

Getting it Right: What Valentine’s Means for Girls

Valentine’s Day is a Hallmark holiday.  It’s commercial, it’s forced, and it’s based on a massacre.  But the point is: so what?  It’s still a day that each woman becomes a girl (yes, we said it) and wants to have the perfect grand romantic gesture.  It’s the day when each girl runs through her favorite ...

What’s Wrong With Chris Brown?

As the Grammy’s gained more viewers last night in anticipation of the comeback of Adele and the tribute to Whitney Houston, one thing that wasn’t expected was the performance(s) and win of Chris Brown.  For those of you non-pop-culture lovers, Chris Brown was on the fast track to fame until he was arrested – and publicly chastised for ...

Occupying Wall Street May Get You a Job There as Well

Tracy Postert was part of the Occupy Wall Street movement until quite recently.  She stood in Zuccotti Park banging drums, protesting the 1%, and demanding change. Tracy also holds a doctorate in biochemistry. Unlike the picture painted by media, many Occupy Wall Streeters are there because they are simply frustrated by the economy.  It is not all ...