Frankenmuth evolves into holiday wonderland with new ice rink

By Emily Roth FRANKENMUTH -- What is part of a three-step plan to create a more Christmas experience for the city of Frankenmuth, the new ice rink right off of Main Street in downtown is a welcome change to the city. Frankenmuth's mayor, Mary Anne Ackerman said the city took on "real effort" to create…

My Timeline On The COVID-19 Pandemic

Take a step back in time with me... The good ole' elbow Credit: Shutterstock I was tasked with making a timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic using Knight Lab. It was a very eye-opening and mildly frustrating experience -- only because learning a new program is tough when you're a person to likely give up after…

Profile: WSU Multimedia Artists Isabel Leader and Emily Eicher

Emily and Isabel drawing together Art comes in an array of different forms and a unique best friend duo at Wayne State are proof that you can do way more than just paint on a canvas. Isabel Leader, 22 and Emily Eicher, 23 are Detroit artists who specialize in printmaking, fabrics and art therapy. Separate…

Virtual Art Exhibition Presented at Wayne State University

You don’t have to leave your couch to view these works of art Simone Padovani, Sun K. Kwak "Open-air Space Drawing_A Tale of an Eagle" The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all of us in so many different ways and especially for artists. When their studios shut down and their sales plummeted they turned to what…

Everything Is Fine Podcast with Host Emily Roth and Guest Michelle Nader

https://soundcloud.com/emily-roth-794826304/everything-is-fine-a-podcast-for-the-post-pandemic-society-1/s-RwLBT0WByzr?si=8fe46769404f4e2e924b391ead3f6dad Struggling to find a job in a post pandemic world? Well, you're not alone. In this episode of Everything Is fine, public relations professional Michelle Nader will join me, your host, Emily Roth, in this episode to talk about how to nail a job interview. During this tough time where everything is changing in…

Ann Arbor Bookstore Goes Virtual with Authors

The "At Home with Literati" series, produced by Literati bookstore, is just one of the concepts making a change in order to keep people safe and to sustain a sense of normalcy https://www.instagram.com/p/CDRhoLAj0k5/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet Literati Bookstore's Instagram page Happening every week on Zoom, Ann Arbor bookstore, Literati discusses new books with authors from all over the…

Angela Davis and How Prisons are Not the Answer for Solving Violence Against Women–short answer

Angela Davis has worked for prison abolition for the majority of her life and it really kicked off after her fight for the releasing of the Soledad Brothers. Through her work with them, she said she was able to think about prison repression in a much broader context. (Davis & Platt, 42) Originally, she was…

Angela Davis Trial

As mentioned in the last post, Davis was fired from UCLA for her involvement in the Communist party, but what followed was her facing the death penalty for having a gun registered in her name which was linked to the 1970 kidnapping and murder of a Marin County judge. (L.A. Times) It was suspected that…

The early life of Angela Davis

Angela Davis is an intersectional feminist icon, fighting for Black liberation, gay rights, the abolishment of the prison-industrial complex, and the pursuit of a more just feminism. To kick off this 5 part series on Angela Davis I thought it would be fitting to cover her early life before she became a full-on activist. It…

Emily And Jalen’s Podcast On Trolling

After reading “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: Mapping the Relationship between Online Trolling and Mainstream Culture” by Whitney Phillips, my classmate Jalen and I chat via skype (social distancing) about the main takeaways from the book. Whitney did a nice job outlining what trolling is and how it's more complex than someone…