The Dower Power Hour

For those of you who don’t know, A Very Potter Musical is an original two-act play (including some very catchy musical numbers) that was written and performed last year by a group of college students at The University of Michigan. When it was uploaded to YouTube, it became a big hit and earned close […]

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If you’ve never heard of Flight of the Conchords, I highly recommend you check them out. They’re a New Zealand comedy band with some top-notch material. My favorite songs are Jenny, Business Time, and Albi the Racist Dragon.

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This week’s heroes are two high school seniors: David Shepherd and Travis Price. After a male Freshman was taunted for wearing pink on the first day of school this year, these cool kids decided to do something about it. The pair organized a mass effort to get everyone to wear pink on the same […]

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Today’s unsung hero(es) of the week are Stanley Murphy and Zhamar Young. Here’s the full story, courtesy of WIBW.  (OK, so it’s a little bit silly to quote a newspaper article about a supposedly unsung hero, but I think these kids deserve some recognition.)
“A babysitter in Missouri is charged with child endangerment after […]

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In the spirit of education, I have decided to start a weekly post about little-known heroes of the past. You won’t see these people lauded in textbooks, but in their own way they were courageous and ahead of their time.
Today’s unsung hero is Henry Taylor Blow. Mr. Blow was born in 1817 in […]

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