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Gori in Karachi

Posted on April 2, 2011 by chereefranco

I’ll still post the occasional update here, and in a few months I’ll be back full-time. But for now I’ll be spending a lot of time in culture shock.

Posted in mississippi rocks, letters from below, sights, pakistan rocks | Tagged mississippi, mississippi state university, pakistan rocks, karachi, columbia university, columbia journalism school, columbia j-school, culture shock | 2 Comments

Racially segregated proms and the approach of another prom season

Posted on March 28, 2011 by chereefranco

**I wrote this story in April of 2008, as part of my requirements to fulfill my journalism degree at Columbia University. I didn’t want to let it quietly hibernate on my laptop through another prom season, so I’m posting it … Continue reading →

Posted in letters from below | Tagged alexander vs. holmes, antebellum, atlanta, black proms, blacks and whites, c. vann woodward, civil rights, columbia, columbia j-school, columbia university, columbua journalism school, community proms, cyber-bullying, debutante balls, deep south, georgia, hate crimes, HBO docs, high school cliches, hispanic, interracial dating, interracial marriage, latinos, lifetime movies, louisiana, macon, mississippi, mississippi state university, morgan freeman, private proms, prom, prom movies, prom night in mississippi, public education, public school proms, race, racism, rochelle, rural south, school integration, school segregation, segregated proms, segregation, southern law, sundance docs, susan cahn, university at buffalo, white proms, wilcox county | 4 Comments

MSU Featured on Animal Planet’s Must Love Cats

Posted on February 23, 2011 by chereefranco

The episode featuring Cedarhills, “Kitty Tree Houses and the Cat Guys,” aired Feb. 19. The episode featuring MSU, “Cat Colleges and Kitty Heros,” will air Saturday, Feb. 26. MISSISSIPPI STATE – A dapper John Fulton—green eyes flashing, hair perfectly gelled, … Continue reading →

Posted in mississippi rocks, sights | Tagged mississippi, mississippi state university, columbus, starkville, must love cats, animal planet, mississippi state CVM, veterinary medicine, vet schools, john fulton, cats, veterinary denistry, wild cats, feral cats, domestic cats, cat sanctuary, cedarhill animal sanctuary, animal rescue, big cats | Leave a comment

Speaking of Punk Rock and River Cities…

Posted on February 16, 2011 by chereefranco

Memphis and music are synonymous, yes. But for many people, Memphis means motown and Stax or Elvis and Sun. About three decades ago, another sound—rawer and ruder—began to fester in the noxious, sun-blanched fumes of the Mississippi. And a dive … Continue reading →

Posted in letters from below, mississippi rocks, sights, sounds | Tagged CBGB's, crustcore, elvis, goner records, jackson, jay grumpy, jay reatard, memphis, memphis music, memphis punk, ming donkey, mission of burma, mississippi music, mississippi state university, motown, panther burns, punk, starkville, stax, suicidal tendencies, sun, the grumpies, the lost sounds, the minutemen, the oblivians, the overnight lows, the reigning sound, true sons of thunder | Leave a comment

Economy Sags, But Agriculture Grows

Posted on December 17, 2010 by chereefranco

MISSISSIPPI STATE — Despite a bleak economy, career outlooks are promising for agricultural students. Ag business is big business in the state of Mississippi and according to experts, it’s only getting bigger. Increased diversity and enrollment numbers at Mississippi State’s … Continue reading →

Posted in mississippi rocks | Tagged economy, mississippi state university, mississippi agriculture, agriculture, farming, southeast farming, mississippi economy, extension services, row-crops, biofuel, renewable energy, iowa state university, bureau of labor statistics, entry level jobs, agronomy, united nations, USDA, corn, timber, ag econ, MSU DAFVM | Leave a comment

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Gori in Karachi

Racially segregated proms and the approach of another prom season

MSU Featured on Animal Planet’s Must Love Cats

Speaking of Punk Rock and River Cities…

Economy Sags, But Agriculture Grows

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