You begin to look at life in a different way when you’re waiting in line for food stamps. For me, that point in life has come sooner than expected. I was made aware of the fact that I would soon be dependent on social services after learning how little a salary I will earn next year while working with City Year (part of AmeriCorps).
My summer living situation is what the literary world would call ironic.
As you navigate through the array of opportunities available this summer, never underestimate the importance of a challenging experience. While you could spend the next few months putting your feet up and basking in the warmth of the sun, not only will you increase your chance of skin cancer, but you will miss out on seriously beefing up your future.
This article was published in the 2009 Year in Review issue of The Daily Tar Heel.
Inspiration comes in many forms. One of those is naked.
Correction (Nov. 5, 2009 12:10 a.m.): Due to a reporting error, an earlier version of this story misstated the time of the Anoop Desai concert. It begins at 7 p.m. Sunday. The story has been changed to reflect the correction. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for the error.
Anoop Desai, former “American Idol” contestant and UNC Clef Hanger, will perform at 8 p.m. Nov. 8 at Memorial Hall as a second Homecoming act, organizers confirmed Wednesday.“I think this will be real cool,” Desai said.“I was planning on coming back anyway since the ‘Idol’ tour didn’t come through the Chapel Hill-Raleigh area.”
Anoop Desai, former American Idol contestant and UNC Clef Hanger, will perform on campus as a second Homecoming act, organizers confirmed today.He will play at 8 p.m. on Nov. 8 in Memorial Hall, a week after hip-hop artist Fabolous performs on Homecoming weekend.The show is free for students, but tickets are required. The tickets will be given out Monday to students with valid OneCards. Tickets will be available to the public for $5 beginning Nov. 6.Homecoming director Courtney Brown said she was satisfied with the decision to bring Desai.
Ravi Shankar, deemed the “godfather of world music” by former Beatle George Harrison, will perform a sold-out show with his daughter tonight in Memorial Hall.Through collaborations with major musicians such as The Beatles and virtuoso violinist Yehudi Menuhin, Shankar is noted for bringing Indian music to contemporary global audiences.
As a paratrooper during the Vietnam War, a high school teacher, a night watchman and an honors English student at Oxford University, Tobias Wolff garnered a variety of life experiences that inspired him to write.Now, as the first of four distinguished visiting writers this fall, the acclaimed memoirist and short story author will sit down with the Living Writers creative writing class to talk with students who have been studying his work.
