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RiverDogs ready to roll in 2012
Charleston hopes to add playoffs to busy summer schedule
By John Parker / Special to MLB.com | April 2, 2012 8:24 PM ET
The Yankees' Class A affiliate plays host to the 53rd annual Sally League All-Star Game on June 19. It's the midsummer classic's fourth visit to Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park and the first since 2004.
"We've had the All-Star Game here a few times before, but we always try to improve on what we've done in the past," said Dave Echols, the RiverDogs' general manager since 2004. "We set the bar high for ourselves, so there are a few new twists we'll be trying out over the three-day event.
"Charleston has a rich military history and is known for great food -- Conde Nast recently named us the country's No. 1 destination city -- so we've partnered with two local sponsors for the All-Star Game: Force Protection Industries (a local military contractor) and the Charleston Restaurant Association.
"We're looking forward to highlighting all the great things Charleston has to offer."
The RiverDogs are routinely among the innovators in Minor League entertainment, as one might expect from a club whose president is Mike Veeck and whose co-owner and "Director of Fun" is Bill Murray. And the ballpark features one of the tastiest menus around, including, of course, the Pickle Dog. MiLB.com's own Ben Hill recently pondered in print whether the RiverDogs have the best concessions in Minor League Baseball.
"Yeah, I'm already catching some flak [from other teams] for that," said Echols, laughing.
Though the Goldklang Group-owned team is renowned for its family-friendly fan experience, the RiverDogs -- and their predecessors the Rainbows (1985-1993) and Royals (1980-1984) -- have been rather less successful on the field.
Charleston is one of three current Sally League teams never to have won the circuit's championship. (The others are Hagerstown, which won a Carolina League title in 1981, and Greenville, which won the 1998 crown while based in Columbia, S.C.) In fact, Charleston has reached the postseason just twice in the past 22 seasons and hasn't won a playoff game since 1988.
This year could be different. The short-season Yankees affiliates that traditionally feed the RiverDogs' roster -- Staten Island in the Class A Short-Season New York-Penn League and the Rookie-level Yankees of the Gulf Coast League -- both won their leagues last season. And the Yankees appear set to send a host of top prospects to Charleston this summer, including outfielder Mason Williams, whom MLB.com ranked as its No. 73 overall prospect in the Minor Leagues.
Along with Williams, who was first in the NYPL in hits (94) and second in batting average (.349) and stolen bases (28) last year, RiverDogs fans are likely to see right-handers Jose Campos and Bryan Mitchell, shortstops Cito Culver and Angelo Gumbs, third basemen Dante Bichette Jr. and Tyler Austin, and outfielder Ben Gamel at some point this summer. That's a list that includes eight of the Yankees' top 20 prospects.
Guiding the club will be Carlos Mendoza, who was the Gulf Coast League's Manager of the Year with the Yankees in his managerial debut last season. A 12-year Minor League veteran, the Venezuelan-born Mendoza served as the RiverDogs' first-base coach in 2010.
It remains to be seen exactly which players the Yankees assign to Charleston and how they'll perform, but Echols is looking forward to a promising season.
"Being a Yankees affiliate always makes things exciting, and when the team plays well the fans go home that much happier," he said.
After winning back-to-back titles in 2009 and 2010, the BlueClaws suffered their first losing season since 2005 last year. Lakewood fans can look forward to changes in 2012 both on the field and in the stands.
Youngsters Aaron Altherr, a 21-year-old outfielder, and 19-year-old third baseman Maikel Franco both struggled in brief stints with the BlueClaws last year but performed admirably at Class A Short-Season Williamsport. They'll likely be back by the Jersey shore this summer as they try to take the next step.
Joining them from Williamsport is new manager Mickey Morandini, who guided the Crosscutters to a 43-33 mark in his managerial debut last year. Morandini, who turns 46 later this month, was the Phillies' fifth-round pick in 1988 and played 11 seasons in the Majors.
The biggest change in Lakewood this summer will be the advent of the sellout. Though FirstEnergy Park has a listed capacity of 6,588, lawn seating has allowed the club to pack in many more fans on occasion. They drew 13,000 customers for their season finale in 2002 and over 10,000 for a Ryan Howard rehab appearance in 2010.
After studying the situation and listening to fans' complaints of long lines for restrooms and concessions, the BlueClaws have decided to improve the fan experience by capping attendance at 8,000. The team drew over 8,000 eight times in 61 home openings last season and averaged 6,263 fans per game, highest in the league.
"Over the last few years, particularly on Friday nights when we have fireworks, it's just gotten a little too crowded," said BlueClaws general manager Geoff Brown. "No one wants to wait 10 minutes for hot dogs or 45 minutes for a funnel cake."
It's a problem that a lot of teams would like to have, but Brown pointed out that other clubs have set attendance limits as well. "When [Triple-A] Lehigh Valley opened up, they said 10,000 was all they could reasonably handle and capped it there. But since we're an existing franchise, it's been important for us to let our longtime fans know about the changes."
The move has been somewhat controversial, with fans wondering if the reduced attendance will lead to higher ticket prices to offset the missing revenue. Walk-up customers can no longer be guaranteed entry. Nevertheless, the club is hoping that less crowding will make everyone happier.
"Last year if you called us up at noon on a gameday, you could always get a ticket," Brown said. "It will mean a little more advanced planning. ... But we really think that holding that limit will make the experience better for everyone."
Backed by Corey Dickerson's league-leading 32 longballs, the Asheville Tourists topped the circuit last year with 163 homers, 19 more than the second-place Greensboro Grasshoppers.
The Tourists regained the home run crown for the first time since 2005, when first baseman Joe Koshansky went deep 36 times. The Grasshoppers led the league in round-trippers each season between 2006 and 2010, with current Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton delivering 39 blasts in 2008.
What is it about these two teams that brings out the best from their bashers? Without taking anything away from the hitters, they may have been aided by playing in smaller parks at higher elevation.
At 2,134 feet above sea level, Asheville is far and away the loftiest location in the league. Lexington, at 978 feet, is second, while Charleston sits precariously perched just 20 feet above the Atlantic.
Perhaps more importantly, both clubs' ballparks are on the cozier side. The right-field wall at Asheville's McCormick Field (once the site of Babe Ruth's "bellyache heard around the world") is just 297 feet from home plate, although the fence stands 36 feet high -- nearly as high as Fenway's Green Monster. The short porch presumably aided the left-handed-hitting Dickerson, who hit 26 of his 32 longballs at home. Tourists first baseman Jared Clark, a right-handed hitter, led the league with 24 homers in 2010, however, and hit 11 of them on the road.
McCormick Field is 326 feet down the left-field line -- about average in the league -- but is just 373 to center. Charleston's Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park, at 398, is the only other Sally League park shorter than 400 feet to straight-away center.
The arguments for park effects at Greensboro's NewBridge Bank Park are weaker. While not among the larger fields, it has roughly the same dimensions as Delmarva's Arthur W. Perdue Stadium -- and the Shorebirds were last in the league with just 60 longballs last season and 49 in 2009.
At any rate, the next time a Sally League slugger clubs three homers in a single game, the odds are good that it took place in Asheville. It only happened twice last season -- both times by Corey Dickerson, at home.
Last things last: Here's a look at some significant lasts around the South Atlantic League.
- Last season's championship: Greensboro over Savannah in five games MiLB.com coverage »
- Last back-to-back champion: Lakewood BlueClaws, 2009-'10
- Last perfect game: John Purdin, Salisbury vs. Lexington, Aug. 8, 1964
- Last no-hitter: Matt Wickswat, Jake Petricka and Taylor Thompson, Kannapolis vs. Hickory, Aug. 20, 2010 MiLB.com coverage »
- Last 200-strikeout pitcher: John Stephens, Delmarva, 1999
- Last cycle: Gerry Rodriguez, Rome vs. Greenville, May 27, 2009 MiLB.com coverage »
- Last three-homer game: Corey Dickerson, Asheville vs. Hagerstown, Aug. 27, 2011 MiLB.com coverage »
- Last 30-homer hitter: Corey Dickerson, Asheville, 2011
John Parker is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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June 21, 2013 | The trucking industry, longtime investors in members of key congressional panels, has enlisted their help in delaying new driver safety rules.
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September 20, 2011 | President Barack Obama's new tax proposal, which has been dubbed the "Buffett rule," may include a change in how capital gains are taxed. According to the Center's research, 176 current members of the House and 48 sitting senators reported capital gains in 2009.
News Companies Popular Investments Among Congressmen
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Third Quarter Campaign Finance Reports Show Money Race Is On
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Committee Members Speak Out–Or Stay Mum–On Health Care
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Strategic Assets
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For engineers, building a carbon frame is like putting together an intricate 3-D jigsaw puzzle. Bikes can have hundreds of pieces, assembled in 40 or more layers. To get it right, designers rely on computer software called Finite Element Analysis (FEA), which helps them determine where they should use each grade of carbon and how best to orient the pieces for the ideal mix of strength, stiffness, and compliance. Without leaving their desks, engineers can go through hundreds of variations an hour until they strike the right balance. A high-performance bike like Specialized's Venge, shown, requires about 400 individual pieces of carbon. Each color represents a different thickness of the carbon tubes.


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AMBROSE, Aimee (2015). Improving energy efficiency in private rented housing : what makes landlords act? Indoor and Built Environment, 24 (7), 913-924.
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AMBROSE, Aimee, EADSON, William and GILBERTSON, Janet (2016). Editorial: PPP special issue – International Perspectives on Fuel Poverty. People, Place and Policy, 10 (1), 1-4.
AMBROSE, Aimee, EADSON, William and PINDER, James (2016). The role of actor-networks in the early stage mobilisation of low carbon heat networks. Energy Policy, 96, 144-152.
AMBROSE, Aimee, GOODCHILD, Barry and O'FLAHERTY, Fin (2017). Understanding the user in low energy housing: a comparison of positivist and phenomenological approaches. Energy Research & Social Science. (In Press)
ARMSTRONG, H. W., KEHRER, B. and WELLS, P. (2001). Initial impacts of community economic development initiatives in the Yorkshire and Humber structural funds programme. Regional studies, 35 (8), 673-688.
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ARMSTRONG, H. W. and WELLS, P. (2006). Evaluating the governance of structural funds programmes: the case of community economic development in South Yorkshire. European planning studies, 14 (6), 855-876.
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BASHIR, Nadia (2014). The Drivers and impacts of family obligations and overseas remittances practices: a case study of Pakistani-origin individuals in the UK. Social Policy and Society, 13 (02), 177-188.
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CASEY, Rionach (2008). On Becoming a Social Housing Manager: work identities in an 'Invisible' occupation housing studies. Housing Studies Online, 23 (5), 761-780.
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FLINT, John F and POWELL, Ryan (2012). The English City Riots of 2011, "Broken Britain" and the retreat into the present. Sociological research online, 17 (3), p. 20.
FODEN, Michael (2015). Saving time, saving money, saving the planet, 'one gift at a time': a practice-centred exploration of free online reuse exchange. Ephemera : theory and politics in organization, 15 (1), 41-65.
FOTHERGILL, Stephen and HOUSTON, Donald (2016). Are big cities really the motor of UK regional economic growth? Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 9 (2), 319-334.
GILBERTSON, J. and MANNING, J. (2006). Social participation and social capital in South Yorkshire Coalfield Communities. Voluntary action, 8 (1), 22-38.
GILBERTSON, J., STEVENS, M., STIELL, B. and THOROGOOD, N. (2006). Home is where the hearth is: grant recipients' views of England's home energy efficiency scheme (Warm Front). Social science and medicine, 63 (4), 946-956.
GILBERTSON, Jan, GRIMSLEY, Michael and GREEN, Geoff (2012). Psychosocial routes from housing investment to health: evidence from England's Home Efficiency Scheme. Energy Policy, 49, 122-133.
GOODCHILD, B. J. and COLE, I. D. (2001). Social balance and mixed neighbourhoods in Britain since 1979: a review of discourse and practice in social housing. Environment and planning D: society and space.
GOODCHILD, B. J., HICKMAN, P. G. and ROBINSON, D. (2002). Unpopular housing in England in conditions of low demand: coping with a diversity of problems and policy measures. Town planning review, 73 (4), 373-393.
GOODCHILD, Barry, JEANNOT, G. and HICKMAN, Paul (2010). Professions, occupational roles and skills in urban policy : a reworking of the debates in England and France. Urban Studies, 47 (12), 2555-2572.
GOODCHILD, Barry and WALSHAW, Aimee (2011). Towards zero carbon homes in England? From inception to partial implementation. Housing Studies, 26 (6), 933-949.
GORE, T. (2005). Extending employability or solving employers' recruitment problems? Demand-led approaches as an instrument of labour market policy. Urban studies, 42 (2), 341-353.
GORE, T. (2004). The open method of co-ordination and policy mainstreaming: the european employment strategy and regional conversion programmes in the UK. European planning studies, 12 (1), 123-141.
GORE, T., POWELL, R. and WELLS, P. (2006). The contribution of rural community businesses to integrated rural development: local services for local people. Cahiers d'economie et sociologie rurales, 80 (3), 29-52.
GORE, Tony (2008). Collaborative governance and territorial rescaling in the UK : a comparative study of two EU Structural Funds programmes. GeoJournal, 72 (1-2), 59-73.
GORE, Tony (2015). Interpreting the contemporary world of work : two-tier polarisation or complex relational formations? (Book review article). People Place and Policy, 9 (3), 190-198.
GORE, Tony (2016). Wacquant's take on the role of the State. People Place and Policy, 10 (2), 181-182.
GORE, Tony (2014). The role of policy champions and learning in implementing horizontal environmental policy integration : comparative insights from European Structural Fund programmes in the U.K. International Review of Administrative Sciences, 4 (3), 304-330.
GORE, Tony and HOLLYWOOD, Emma (2009). The role of social networks and geographical location in labour market participation in the UK coalfields. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 27 (6), 1008-1021.
GORE, Tony and WELLS, Peter (2009). Governance and evaluation : the case of EU regional policy horizontal priorities. Evaluation and Program Planning, 32 (2), 158-167.
GREEN, Stephen and MCCARTHY, Lindsey (2015). Is sharing the solution? : exploring the opportunities and challenges of privately rented shared accommodation for single people in housing need. People, Place and Policy, 9 (3), 159-178.
HALL, S. and HICKMAN, P. (2005). Responding to unpopular social housing in Vaulz en Velin, Greater Lyon: an English perspective. European journal of housing policy, 5 (1), 19-39.
HALL, Stephen and HICKMAN, Paul (2011). Resident participation in housing regeneration in France. Housing Studies, 26 (6), 827-843.
HARRISON, M. and REEVE, K. (2002). Social welfare movements and collective action : lessons from two UK housing cases. Housing studies, 17 (5), 755-771.
HICKMAN, P. (2006). Approaches to tenant participation in the English local authority sector. Housing studies, 21 (2), 209-225.
HICKMAN, P. and MANNING, J. (2004). Community involvement in neighbourhood regeneration: who participates? Voluntary action: the journal for the institute of voluntary research, 7 (1), 43-59.
HICKMAN, Paul (2013). Getting on their bikes? The labour market as a driver of the residential mobility decisions of residents in deprived neighbourhoods. Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal, 6 (3), 293 -308.
HICKMAN, Paul (2013). "Third places" and social interaction in deprived neighbourhoods in Great Britain. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 28 (2), 221-236.
HICKMAN, Paul (2017). A flawed construct? Understanding and unpicking the concept of resilience in the context of economic hardship. Social Policy and Society. (In Press)
HICKMAN, Paul, KEMP, Peter, REEVE, Kesia and WILSON, Ian (2016). The impact of the direct payment of housing benefit: evidence from Great Britain. Housing Studies Online. (In Press)
HICKMAN, Paul, KEMP, Peter A, REEVE, Kesia and WILSON, Ian (2017). The impact of the direct payment of housing benefit: evidence from Great Britain. Housing Studies, 1-22. (In Press)
HUNTER, C., HODGE, N., NIXON, J. and PARR, S. (2007). Anti social behaviour and disability: the response of social landlords. People, place and policy online, 1 (3), 37-47.
HUNTER, C. and NIXON, J. (2001). Social landlords' responses to neighbour nuisance and anti-social behaviour: from the negligible to the holistic? Local government studies, 27 (4), 89-104.
HUNTER, C. and NIXON, J. (2001). Taking the blame and losing the home: women and anti-social behaviour. Journal of social welfare and family law, 23 (4), 395-410.
HUNTER, C., NIXON, J. and SLATTER, M. (2005). Neighbours behaving badly: anti-social behaviour, property rights and exclusion in England and Australia. Macquarie law journal, 5, 149-176.
HUNTER, Caroline, NIXON, Judy and BLANDY, Sarah (2008). Researching the judiciary : exploring the invisible in judicial decision making. Journal of Law and Society, 35 (s1), 76-90.
HUNTER, Caroline, NIXON, Judy and PARR, Sadie (2010). Mother abuse : a matter of youth justice, child welfare or domestic violence? Journal of Law and Society, 37 (2), 264-284.
JEANNOT, Gilles, GOODCHILD, Barry and HICKMAN, Paul (2008). Les nouveaux métiers de la ville : Pouvoirs publics et recherche urbaine = New professions in urban planning: Public authorities and urban research. Annales de la recherche urbaine, 104, 100-109.
LAWLESS, P. (2006). Area-based urban interventions: rationale and outcomes: the new deal for communities programme in England. Urban studies, 43 (11), 1991-2011.
LAWLESS, P. (2001). Community economic development in urban and regional regeneration: unfolding potential or justifiable scepticism? Environment and planning C: government and policy, 19 (1), 135-155.
LAWLESS, P. (2004). Locating and explaining area-based initiatives: new deal for communities in England. Environment and planning C: government and policy, 22 (3), 383-399.
LAWLESS, P. (2002). Power and conflict in pro-growth regimes: tensions in economic development in Jersey City and Detroit. Urban studies, 39 (8), 1329-1346.
LAWLESS, Paul (2012). Can area-based regeneration programmes ever work? Evidence from England's New Deal for Communities Programme. Policy Studies, 33 (4), 313-328.
LAWLESS, Paul (2012). Reconciling 'bottom-up' perspectives with 'top-down' change data in evaluating area regeneration schemes. European Planning Studies, 21 (10), 1562-1577.
LAWLESS, Paul (2011). Understanding the scale and nature of outcome change in area-regeneration programmes: evidence from the New Deal for Communities Programme in England. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 29 (3), 520-532.
LAWLESS, Paul and BEATTY, Christina (2013). Exploring change in local regeneration areas : evidence from the New Deal for Communities Programme in England. Urban Studies, 50 (2), 942-958.
LAWLESS, Paul, FODEN, Michael, WILSON, Ian and BEATTY, Christina (2010). Understanding area-based regeneration: The New Deal for Communities Programme in England. Sage Urban Studies Abstracts, 47 (2), 257-275.
MAIDMENT, Christopher D., JONES, Christopher R., WEBB, Thomas L., HATHWAY, E. Abigail and GILBERTSON, Janet (2014). The impact of household energy efficiency measures on health: A meta-analysis. Energy Policy, 65, 583-593.
MCCARTHY, Lindsey (2013). Homelessness and identity : a critical review of the literature and theory. People, place and policy online, 7 (1), 46-58.
MCCARTHY, Lindsey (2013). 'It's Coming from the Heart': Exploring a Student's Experiences of 'Home' Using Participatory Visual Methodologies. Graduate Journal of Social Science, 10 (2), 76-105.
NIXON, J., HODGE, N.S., PARR, S., WILLIS, B. and HUNTER, C. (2008). Anti social behaviour and disability in the UK. People, place & policy online, 2 (1), 37-47.
NIXON, Judy, PAWSON, Hal and SOSENKO, Filip (2010). Rolling out anti-social behaviour families projects in England and Scotland : analysing the rhetoric and practice of policy transfer. Social Policy and Administration, 44 (3), 305-325.
NUNNINGTON, Nick and HAYNES, Barry (2011). Examining the building selection decision-making process within corporate relocations : to design and evaluate a client focused tool to support objective decision making. Journal of Corporate Real Estate, 13 (2), 109-121.
PARR, Sadie (2015). Conceptualising 'the relationship' in intensive key worker support as a therapeutic medium. Journal of Social Work Practice, 30 (1), 25-42.
PARR, Sadie (2009). Confronting the reality of anti-social behaviour. Theoretical Criminology, 13 (3), 363-381.
PARR, Sadie (2016). Explaining and understanding state intervention into the lives of 'troubled' families. Social Policy and Society. (In Press)
PARR, Sadie (2009). Family Intervention Projects : a site of social work practice. British Journal of Social Work, 39 (7), 1256-1273.
PARR, Sadie (2011). Family policy and the governance of anti-social behaviour in the UK : women's experiences of intensive family support. Journal of Social Policy, 40 (04), 717-737.
PARR, Sadie (2013). Integrating critical realist and feminist methodologies: ethical and analytical dilemmas. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 18 (2), 193-207.
PARR, Sadie (2011). Intensive family casework with 'problem families': past and present. Family science, 2 (4), 240-249.
PARR, Sadie (2010). The role of social housing in the 'care' and 'control' of tenants with mental health problems. Social Policy and Society, 9 (01), p. 111.
PEARSON, Sarah and LAWLESS, Paul (2012). Outcomes from community engagement in urban regeneration: evidence from England's New Deal for Communities Programme. Planning Theory and Practice, 13 (4), 509-527.
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PHILLIPS, Deborah, ATHWAL, Bal, ROBINSON, David and HARRISON, Malcolm (2013). Towards intercultural engagement: building shared visions of neighbourhood and community in an era of new migration. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 40 (1), 42-59.
PHILLIPS, Deborah and ROBINSON, David (2015). Reflections on migration, community, and place. Population, Space and Place, 21 (5), 409-420.
PLATTS-FOWLER, Deborah and ROBINSON, David (2015). A place for integration : refugee experiences in two English cities. "Population, Space and Place", 21 (5), 476-491.
POVEY, Larissa (2017). Where welfare and criminal justice meet: applying Wacquant to the experiences of marginalized women in austerity Britain. Social Policy and Society, 16 (2), 271-281.
POWELL, Ryan (2007). Civilising offensives and ambivalence : the case of British Gypsies. People, place and policy online, 1 (3).
POWELL, Ryan (2011). Gypsy-travellers and welfare professional discourse : on individualization and social integration. Antipode, 43 (2), 471-493.
POWELL, Ryan (2015). Housing Benefit reform and the private rented sector in the UK : on the deleterious effects of short-term, ideological "knowledge". Housing, Theory and Society.
POWELL, Ryan (2013). Loїc Wacquant's "ghetto" and ethnic minority segregation in the UK: the neglected case of Gypsy-Travellers. International Journal Of Urban And Regional Research, 37 (1), 115-134.
POWELL, Ryan (2010). Spaces of informalisation : playscapes, power and the governance of behaviour. Space and Polity, 14 (2), 189-206.
POWELL, Ryan (2008). Understanding the stigmatization of gypsies : power and the dialectics of (dis)identification. Housing, Theory and Society, 25 (2), 87-109.
POWELL, Ryan (2013). The theoretical concept of the "civilizing offensive" (het beschavingsoffensief): Notes on its origins and uses. Human Figurations, 2 (2).
POWELL, Ryan and FLINT, John F (2009). (In)formalization and the civilizing process : applying the work of Norbert Elias to housing-based anti-social behaviour interventions in the UK. Housing, Theory and Society, 26 (3), 159-178.
POWELL, Ryan and LEVER, John (2015). Europe's perennial "outsiders": a processual approach to Roma stigmatization and ghettoization. Current Sociology. (In Press)
PURDAM, Kingsley and CRISP, Richard (2009). Measuring the impact of community engagement on policy making in the UK: a local case study. Journal of Civil Society, 5 (2), 169-186.
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REEVE, Kesia (2013). The morality of 'the immoral': the case of homeless, drug using, street prostitutes. Deviant Behavior, 34 (10), 824-840.
REID, B. and HICKMAN, P. (2002). Are housing organisations learning organisations? Some lessons from the management of tenant participation. Housing studies, 17 (6), 895-918.
ROBINSON, D. (2003). Housing governance in the English regions: emerging structures, limits and potentials. Housing studies, 18 (2), 249-267.
ROBINSON, D. (2004). Rough sleeping in rural England: challenging a problem denied. Policy and politics, 32 (4), 471-486.
ROBINSON, D. (2005). The search for community cohesion: key themes and dominant concepts of the public policy agenda. Urban studies, 42 (8), 1411-1427.
ROBINSON, David (2010). New immigrants and migrants in social housing in Britain: discursive themes and lived realities. Policy and Politics, 38 (1), 57-77.
ROBINSON, David (2013). Social housing in England : testing the logics of reform. Urban Studies, 50 (8), 1489-1504.
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Book Section
BEATTY, Christina, FOTHERGILL, Steve, HOUSTON, Donald and POWELL, Ryan (2010). Women on incapacity benefits : new survey evidence from the UK. In: KEMP, Peter, (ed.) Social protection for a post-industrial world. International studies on social security (15). Cambridge, Intersentia, 115-137.
CASEY, Rionach and FLINT, John F (2008). Governing through Localism, Contract and Community: Evidence from Anti-social Behaviour Strategies in Scotland. In: ASBO nation: The criminalisation of nuisance. Bristol, Policy Press.
COLE, Ian and GREEN, Stephen (2011). Mixed communities : from vision to oblivion. In: ANDERSON, Isobel and SIM, Duncan, (eds.) Housing and Equality. Coventry, Chartered Institute of Housing.
EADSON, William (2013). The evolution of carbon capitalism in the English regions: sustainable mitigation, carbon modernization, and selective carbon economies. In: BARNES, Pamela A. and HOERVER, Thomas C., (eds.) Sustainable development and governance in Europe: the evolution of the discourse on sustainability. Routledge Advances in European Politics . Routledge, 190-204.
FLINT, John F and POWELL, Ryan (2014). Anti-social behaviour and 'civilizing' regulation in the British city : comparing Victorian and contemporary eras. In: PICKARD, Sarah, (ed.) Anti-social behaviour in Britain : Victorian and contemporary perspectives. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 42-52.
FLINT, John F and POWELL, Ryan (2009). Civilising offensives : education, football and 'eradicating' sectarianism in Scotland. In: MILLIE, Andrew, (ed.) Securing respect : behavioural expectations and anti-social behaviour in the UK. Policy Press, 219-238.
FLINT, John F and POWELL, Ryan (2013). Individualization and social dis/integration in contemporary society : a comparative note on Zygmunt Bauman and Norbert Elias. In: DEPELTEAU, Francois and LANDINI, Tatiana Savoia, (eds.) Norbert Elias and social theory. London, Palgrave Macmillan, 261-274.
FLINT, John F and POWELL, Ryan (2013). Scottish Enlightenment and the sectarianism civilising offensive. In: FLINT, John F and KELLY, John, (eds.) Bigotry, football and Scotland : perspectives and debates. Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press.
FLINT, John F and POWELL, Ryan (2011). 'They sing that song': sectarianism and conduct in the informalised spaces of Scottish football. In: BURDSEY, Daniel, (ed.) Race, ethnicity and football : persisting debates and emergent issues. London, Routledge, 191-206.
FLINT, John F and POWELL, Ryan (2014). 'We've got the equivalent of Passchendaele' : sectarianism, football and urban disorder in Scotland. In: HOPKINS, Matt and TREADWELL, James, (eds.) Football hooliganism, fan behaviour and crime : contemporary issues. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 71-91.
MACMILLAN, R. and TOWNSEND, A. (2006). A 'new institutional fix'? The 'community turn' and the changing role of the voluntary sector. In: MILLIGAN, C. and CONRADSON, D., (eds.) Landscapes of voluntarism: new spaces of health, welfare and governance. Bristol, Policy Press, 15-32.
NIXON, J. and PARR, S. (2006). Anti-social behaviour: voices from the front line. In: FLINT, J., (ed.) Housing, urban governance and anti-social behaviour : perspectives, policy and practice. Bristol, Policy Press, 79-98.
NIXON, J. and PARR, S. (2008). Family intervention projects and efficacy of parenting interventions. In: Prevention and youth crime: is early intervention working? Bristol, Policy Press.
PARR, S. and NIXON, J. (2008). Rationalising family intervention projects. In: SQUIRES, P., (ed.) ASBO nation: the criminalisation of nuisance. Bristol, Policy Press.
PARR, Sadie (2015). The Troubled Families Workforce and occupational identity. In: DAVIES, Keith, (ed.) Social work with troubled families : a critical introduction. Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 53-73.
POWELL, Ryan (2014). Civilizing process. In: FORSYTH, Craig J and COPES, Heith, (eds.) Encyclopedia of social deviance. Thousand Oaks, California, Sage, 105-106.
REEVE, K. (2005). Squatting since 1945: the enduring relevance of material need. In: SOMERVILLE, P. and SPRINGINGS, N., (eds.) Housing and social policy: contemporary themes and critical perspectives. London, Routledge, 197-217.
REEVE, Kesia (2014). Criminalising the poor : squatting, homelessness and social welfare. In: FOX O'MAHONY, Lorna, O'MAHONY, David and HICKEY, Robin, (eds.) Moral rhetoric and the criminalisation of squatting : vulnerable demons. Abingdon, Routledge, 133-154.
REEVE, Kesia (2008). New immigration and neighborhood change. In: Community cohesion in crisis?: new dimensions of diversity and difference. Policy Press.
REEVE, Kesia (2009). The UK Squatters Movement 1968-1980, 1968-1980. In: VAN HOOGENHUIJZE, Leendert, (ed.) Kritiek 2009 : Jaarboek voor Socialistische Discussie en Analyse. Aksant, 137-159.
SANDERSON, Elizabeth, WELLS, Peter and WILSON, Ian (2016). Resilience and involvement: the role of the EU's Structural and Investment Funds in addressing youth unemployment. In: BACHTLER, John, BERKOWITZ, Peter, HARDY, Sally and MURAVSKA, Tatjana, (eds.) EU cohesion policy: reassessing performance and direction. Regions and Cities (111). Abingdon, Routledge, 127-139.
TAYLOR, R, DAMM, Christopher and REES, John (2016). Navigating a new landscape : the third sector delivering contracted employment services. In: REES, James and MULLINS, David, (eds.) The Third Sector Delivering Public Services: Developments, Innovations and Challenges. Third sector research series . Birmingham, Policy Press, 169-188.
AMBROSE, Aimee, BATTY, Elaine, EADSON, William, HICKMAN, Paul and QUINN, George (2016). Assessment of the need for furniture provision for new NIHE tenants. Project Report. Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam University.
AMBROSE, Aimee, DAMM, Christopher, FODEN, Michael, GILBERTSON, Janet and PINDER, James (2016). Delivering Affordability Assistance to water customers: cross sector lessons. Project Report. Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam University.
AMBROSE, Aimee, EADSON, William, HICKMAN, Paul and MCCARTHY, Lindsey (2015). Tenancy sustainment amongst those aged under 35 : final report. Project Report. Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam University.
AMBROSE, Aimee, MCCARTHY, Lindsey and PINDER, James (2017). Energy (in) efficiency: what tenants expect and endure in private rented housing - Research Summary. Project Report. Kendal, Eaga.
AMBROSE, Aimee, MCCARTHY, Lindsey and PINDER, James (2016). Energy (in)efficiency: what tenants expect and endure in private rented housing. A final report to the Eaga Charitable Trust. Project Report. Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam University.
BASHIR, Nadia, CRISP, Richard, POWELL, Ryan and ATFIELD, Gaby (2014). Talent Match case study theme report : "A challenge to the status quo" : early experiences of involving young people in the Talent Match programme. Project Report. Big Lottery Fund.
BASHIR, Nadia, DAYSON, Christopher, MCCARTHY, Lindsey, ISMAIL, Mubarak and CHOWBEY, Punita (2016). Making the most of primary and community services : what works for BAME people with long-term conditions? Project Report. Sheffield Hallam University.
BASHIR, Nadia, EADSON, William and PATTISON, Ben (2016). Warm Homes Oldham evaluation : final report. Project Report. Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam University.
BEATTY, Christina, COLE, Ian, GREEN, Stephen, KEMP, Peter, POWELL, Ryan and SANDERSON, Elizabeth (2014). Monitoring the impact of recent measures affecting Housing Benefit and Local Housing Allowances in the private rented sector in Northern Ireland: Final Report. Project Report. Sheffield, Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research, Sheffield Hallam University.
BEATTY, Christina, CRISP, Richard and GORE, Tony (2016). An inclusive growth monitor for measuring the relationship between poverty and growth. Project Report. Sheffield, Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
BEATTY, Christina and FOTHERGILL, Stephen (2013). Hitting the poorest places hardest : the local and regional impact of welfare reform. Project Report. Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam University.
BEATTY, Christina and FOTHERGILL, Stephen (2016). The Impact on Scotland of the New Welfare Reforms. Project Report. Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam University.
BEATTY, Christina and FOTHERGILL, Stephen (2016). Jobs, Welfare and Austerity : how the destruction of industrial Britain casts a shadow over the present-day public finances. Project Report. Sheffield, Centre for Regional, Economic and Social Research, Sheffield Hallam University.
BEATTY, Christina and FOTHERGILL, Stephen (2016). The uneven impact of welfare reform : the financial losses to places and people. Project Report. Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam University.
BENNETT, Ellen, DAYSON, Christopher, EADSON, William, GILBERTSON, Janet and TOD, Angela (2016). Warm safe and well: the evaluation of the Warm at Home Programme. Project Report. Sheffield, Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research, Sheffield Hallam University.
COLE, Ian, GREEN, Stephen, MCCARTHY, Lindsey and PATTISON, Ben (2015). The Impact of the Existing Right to Buy and the Implications for the Proposed Extension of Right to Buy to Housing Associations. Project Report. Parliament Website, Communities and Local Government Select Committee.
COLE, Ian, GREEN, Stephen, PATTISON, Ben, REEVE, Kesia and WILSON, Ian (2017). Capping aspiration : the millennial housing challenge. Project Report. Sheffield Hallam University for the Sovereign Housing Association.
COLE, Ian, PATTISON, Ben and REEVE, Kesia (2015). The withdrawal of support for housing costs under Universal Credit for young people : more pain for little gain? Project Report. CRISIS.
COLE, Ian, PATTISON, Ben, REEVE, Kesia and WHILE, Aidan (2017). The Pilot Programme for the Voluntary Right to Buy for Housing Associations : an action-learning approach. Project Report. Sheffield Hallam University for the National Housing Federation.
CRISP, Richard, COLE, Ian, EADSON, William, FERRARI, Ed, POWELL, Ryan and WHILE, Aidan (2017). Tackling poverty through housing and planning policy in city regions. Project Report. Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
CRISP, Richard, GORE, Tony and MCCARTHY, Lindsey (2017). Addressing transport barriers to work in low income neighbourhoods: A review of evidence and practice. Project Report. Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam University.
DAYSON, Christopher and DAMM, Christopher (2017). The Rotherham Social Prescribing Service for People with Long-term Conditions: Evaluation Update. Project Report. Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam University.
DAYSON, Christopher and MOSS, Bronwen (2017). The Rotherham Social Prescribing Service for People with Long-term Conditions: A GP Perspective. Project Report. Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam University.
FOTHERGILL, Stephen, GORE, Tony and WELLS, Peter (2017). Industrial Strategy and the Regions : the shortcomings of a narrow sectoral focus. Discussion Paper. Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam University.
GREEN, Stephen, MCCARTHY, Lindsey, REEVE, Kesia, COLE, Ian and BATTY, Elaine (2015). Evaluation of the sharing solutions programme. Project Report. London, Crisis UK.
GREEN, Stephen, PATTISON, Ben, REEVE, Kesia and WILSON, Ian (2016). How affordable is affordable housing? Project Report. Norwich, UK, Flagship Group.
HUNTER, C., HODGE, N.S., NIXON, J., PARR, S. and WILLIS, B. (2007). Disabled people's experiences of anti-social behaviour and harassment in social housing: a critical review. Project Report. London, Disability Rights Commission.
MCCARTHY, Lindsey, AMBROSE, Aimee and PINDER, James (2016). Energy (In)Efficiency: Exploring what tenants expect and endure in the private rented sector in England. Making the case for more research into the tenant's perspective. An evidence review. Project Report. Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam University.
MCCARTHY, Lindsey, BATTY, Elaine, BEATTY, Christina, CASEY, Rionach, FODEN, Michael and REEVE, Kesia (2015). Homeless people's experiences of welfare conditionality and benefit sanctions. Project Report. London, Crisis.
MULLINS, David, SACRANIE, Halima and PATTISON, Ben (2017). Let to Birmingham: 2016 case study report. Project Report. Birmingham, University of Birmingham.
MULLINS, David, SACRANIE, Halima and PATTISON, Ben (2017). Social Lettings Agencies in the West Midlands. Project Report. Birmingham, University of Birmingham.
PATTISON, Ben, ROBINSON, David and WILSON, Ian (2016). Tenant perception of the Right to Buy extension : evidence from the Big Tenant Survey. Project Report. Sheffiled, Sheffield Hallam University.
PATTISON, Ben, TYLER, Peter, WELLS, Peter and WILSON, Ian (2016). Regeneration revival? Making housing-led regeneration work across England. Project Report. Sheffield, Chartered Institute of Housing.
REEVE, Kesia, COLE, Ian, BATTY, Elaine, FODEN, Michael, GREEN, Stephen and PATTISON, Ben (2016). Home : no less will do - homeless people's access to the private rented sector. Project Report. London, UK, Crisis.
ROBINSON, D. and REEVE, K. (2006). Neighbourhood experiences of new immigration: reflections from the evidence base. Project Report. York, Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
WHILE, Aidan, GORE, Tony, EADSON, William and CRISP, Richard (2016). Major development projects: connecting people in poverty to jobs. Project Report. York, Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Conference or Workshop Item
MCCARTHY, Lindsey (2015). The unhomely home : women, home-lessness and the unheimlich. In: Housing Studies Association Conference, York, 8-10 April 2015.
SANDERSON, Elizabeth, WELLS, Peter and WILSON, Ian (2015). Young people's resilience and involvement : possible elements of the European Union's Structural and Investment Funds in addressing youth unemployment? In: Challenges for the New Cohesion Policy in 2014-2020 : An Academic and Policy Debate, Riga, 4-6 February, 2015.
WALSHAW, Aimee, GOODCHILD, Barry and O'FLAHERTY, Fin (2012). User perspectives in low energy housing. In: The ENHR Conference 2012, Lillehammer, June 2012.
Authored Book
ALCOCK, P., BEATTY, C., FOTHERGILL, S., MACMILLAN, R. and YEANDLE, S. (2003). Work to welfare: how men become detached from the labour market. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
FARNELL, R., FURBEY, R. A., HILLS, S. S. A., MACEY, M. and SMITH, G. (2003). Faith in urban regeneration? Engaging faith communities in urban regeneration. Bristol, Policy Press.
Edited Book
NOCELLA, Anthony J., II, WHITE, Richard and CUDWORTH, Erika, eds. (2015). Anarchism and animal liberation: essays on complementary elements of total liberation. McFarland.


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Students who major in a Writing Studies program benefit enormously from internships. Through the Department of Writing Studies, students may earn credit for internships in Information Design, Journalism, and Professional Writing.
Eligibility for earning credit for internships
Generally, students engaged in an internship for credit must:
have completed 60 credits including two or more courses related to their field,
hold a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher, and
have contacted and filed materials with Department of Writing Studies Internship Coordinator John Hatcher (email@example.com).
Eligibility differs somewhat for different types of internships. Under some circumstances the Department of Writing Studies or a faculty member may waive one or more of the eligibility requirements. Keep in mind that the eligibility and completion requirements for internships apply only to those internships for which students earn credit; a student who chooses to not earn credit for an internship may still wish to list the experience on his or her resume.
Finding out about internships
Department of Writing Studies faculty and administrators are regularly informed of businesses and organizations in this community and others that are looking for interns. When we receive new information about an internship, we often communicate that information through e-mail to all students enrolled in the department's majors and minors.
Students may learn of internship opportunities through their own connections and networking, especially when opportunities exist in other parts of Minnesota or across the U.S. No matter what the source of information about a potential internship, students must visit with the Internship Coordinator and create a file if they hope to earn credit.
Creating a file
Students seeking an internship for credit should visit briefly with the Internship Coordinator. Students who want to earn credit for an internship must file the following materials, either in hard copy or by creating an online portfolio to share:
- Student's resume
- Unofficial copy of student's transcript
- A brief listing of learning objectives for the internship: What new skills do you hope to learn? How can this internship help you professionally? How could it help you personally?
- Three academic or published writing samples
Applying for an internship
Once you have filed required materials with the Writing Studies Department, go ahead and contact the person specified in information about the internship. That person may ask to see writing samples ahead of time, or you may be able to schedule an interview immediately. Remember at all points in the process that this is no different from applying for a job, and all of the conventions apply:
- Dress professionally: shirt and tie for men, professional outfit such as skirt or slacks and blouse for women
- Prepare for challenging questions: It's common now for interviewers to ask about "difficult assignments and how you handled them," or "how you work with difficult people." Having a small arsenal of responses to those kinds of questions can help you in the interview.
- Smile, speak articulately, and make eye contact.
- Don't de-rail your chances by non-professional behavior: Interview behaviors such as drinking from a liter bottle, looking distractedly out the window, chewing gum etc. can leave a big, and negative, impression on an employer.
Registering for credits for your internship
Once you have secured the internship, you will need to register for credits, just as you register for any other course at UMD. You should print a copy of the Placement Agreement and work with your supervisor at the internship site to fill it out. That's important because the Placement Agreement
- lists the dates and number of hours of the internship,
- lists specific duties you will perform, and
- will be signed by your supervisor, you, and the department head.
Once you and your employer have signed a Placement Agreement, take it to the Internship Coordinator, who will give you a number to register for credits, based on the following:
1 credit = 3 hours/week for 15 weeks OR 45 hours total
2 credits = 6 hours/week for 15 weeks, or 90 hours total
3 credits = 9 hours/week for 15 weeks or 135 hours total
You must be registered for the internship at the time you execute it. That is, you cannot decide that you would like to register for and earn credits for an internship after you have completed it. If your internship will not coincide with a regular academic term, discuss with the Internship Coordinator well in advance how registration should be handled.
During your internship
Halfway through your internship, ask your supervisor to fill out the Mid-term Evaluation, and see that it is forwarded to the Internship Coordinator.
Completing your internship
At the end of your internship, ask your supervisor to fill out the Final Evaluation, and see that it is forwarded to the Internship Coordinator.
In addition, before you earn a grade (Pass or Fail) for your internship, you will need to forward to the Internship Coordinator clips of your work (at least three), as well as an essay in which you reflect upon your internship. It should be 4-5 pages long, covering the following:
- What you learned from the job, very specifically, including technical skills, leadership skills, and personal skills
- The strengths and weaknesses you had when you started the internship, and when you finished the internship
- How you contributed to the company or organization during your internship
- What new ideas you have about your future career as a direct result of the internship
- How you feel the company helps interns have a good experience, or how the company might have improved your learning experience
Once these materials have been reviewed, the Internship Coordinator will post your grade.
Eligibility for internships:
To be eligible for an internship in Information Design, you must have:
- completed 60 hours of course work
- completed WRIT 1120 (College Writing) or equivalent
- completed (or be in the process of completing) other courses specified by program faculty
- earned a cumulative GPA of 3.0
- be recommended for an internship by the program head and Information Design faculty
To be eligible for an internship in Journalism, you must have:
- completed 60 hours of course work
- completed WRIT 1120 or equivalent
- completed (or be in the process of completing) at least one 3000-level Advanced Writing class
- completed Journalism 2001 (Reporting and Writing I)
- completed Journalism 3700 (Media Law and Ethics)
- earned a cumulative GPA of 3.0 and a minimum GPA of 3.0 in the two WRIT classes
To be eligible for an internship in Professional Writing, you must have:
- completed 60 hours of course work
- completed WRIT 1120 (College Writing) or equivalent
- completed (or be in the process of completing) at least one 3000-level Advanced Writing class
- earned a cumulative GPA of 3.0 and a minimum GPA of 3.0 in the two WRIT classes
Internship Opportunities for Writing Studies Students
Internship opportunities listed below may be currently open and represent opportunities for students immediately, or the employer/site may be regularly seeking interns for an upcoming academic term. In all cases, a dated notation following the posting provides that information.
38th Annual (2014) Grandma's Marathon Assistant PR Director
Bob Gustafson, Public Relations Director
A full description of the internship opportunity
Arrowhead Regional Arts Council
1301 Rice Lake Road, Suite 111
Duluth, MN 55811
Robert DeArmond, Executive Director email@example.com
Samuel Black, Assistant Director firstname.lastname@example.com
Job Description:
- Create and manage an ARAC social media (Facebook) presence
- Draft press releases
- Write feature stories about ARAC-funded artists for local print media
- Manage the ARAC Website with WordPress
- Write and produce other documents as needed by ARAC
- Help create and manage an ARAC data base
The successful intern will need to be comfortable creating in a digital world, juggling different types of projects, and working in a collegial, collaborative environment.
Agency Description:
The Arrowhead Regional Arts Council awards grants to individual artists and nonprofit arts organizations in the Arrowhead region of Minnesota. ARAC is one of eleven Regional Arts Councils in Minnesota. Its mission is to "facilitate and encourage local arts development."
Note: This is a new internship opportunity for UMD Writing studies students in 2012. Posted November 2011.
Lake Superior Magazine
Konnie LeMay, editor
Job Description:
Your internship at Lake Superior Magazine will introduce you to the publishing business and you will experience everything from planning to production and marketing. Opportunities for writing may include reviews and short articles for the magazine and the Web site. The successful intern working onsite at Lake Superior Magazine will be interested in learning about the publishing of a bimonthly magazine, and will be asked to sign a confidentiality agreement. The full experience will reflect the intern's skill level and will include shadowing or interviewing in each of the departments--publisher, advertising, marketing, customer service, and circulation--to give a complete picture of the business. Lake Superior Magazine will accept at least one intern each semester, generally for 20 hours a week.
Business description:
Lake Superior Magazine, a family-owned publication, is published for the audience that resides in and visits the region surrounding Lake Superior, including Ontario, Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. It balances need-to-know and want-to-know solid journalism with lighter lifestyle, recreational, profile, and travel articles.
Note: To apply for an internship, please send your work and education resume, several published clippings or photographs, and a cover letter outlining your goals and available starting date. Posted November 2011.
UMD Office of External Affairs
315 Darland Administration Building
Cheryl Reitan, Assistant Director of Public Relations and Marketing
Job Description:
Cheryl Reitan directs the work of writing interns who are assigned to
- Research and write articles for publication in "Currents," the faculty-staff newsletter
- Research and write articles for publication in the "BRIDGE," the alumni magazine
- Assist with University advertising and publications including brochures, newsletters, and fliers
- Interview faculty, students, and alumni, and write home page feature stories
- Proofread publications and assist in a busy UMD office
- Help post items to the UMD Web pages
Interns are encouraged to work on a regular schedule throughout the semester and to have the opportunity to participate in day-to-day activities associated with UMD's presence in the media. Successful interns are fast and prolific writers who are able to write stories for multiple audiences.
Program/Unit Description:
External Affairs provides information to internal and external audiences and contact with the media in order to support the University while fostering a relationship of goodwill and understanding with UMD alumni, the community, and beyond. The UMD Office of External Affairs is responsible for producing a number of official communications pieces for the campus and for providing professional advice to departments.
632 Niagara Court *(UMD Campus)
Karen Sunderman, Producer/Writer
Job Description: Karen Sunderman is seeking students who may be interested in internships for credit in marketing and in production of WDSE-WRPT's arts program, "The PlayList" (www.theplaylistonline.org). These positions are on campus and are ideal for someone seeking experience developing a social networking/brand building startegy. Successful candidates will be able to assess and meet the needs of the arts community/audience, possess good writing skills, work creatively and independently, and pay close attention to detail.
Note: Posted December 2012.


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Willie Nelson & Alison Krauss team up for tour
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Willie Nelson is returning to the road. And this time around he's sharing the top spot on the bill with Alison Krauss and Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas.
They'll launch their co-headlining trek in Murray, Kentucky on May 1st. The 35-date run will continue into the summer, wrapping up with a show in Toledo, Ohio on July 18th.
Nelson and Krauss have tapped The Devil Makes Three, Kacey Musgraves, and Jason Isbell to serve as openers.
The Devil Makes Three is on board for the May shows. Musgraves will take over to open most of the June dates, while Isbell will be featured on the stops in the U.S. in July.
Willie Nelson & Family-Alison Krauss & Union Station Featuring Jerry Douglas Tour Dates
May 1 - Murray Kentucky, at the CFSB Center
May 2 - Atlanta, Georgia, at the Chastain Park Amphitheater
May 3 - Knoxville, Tennessee, at the Thompson-Boling Arena
May 4 - Cary, North Carolina, at the Koka Booth Amphitheater
May 6 - St. Augustine, Florida, at the St. Augustine Amphitheater
May 8 - Charleston, South Carolina, at the Family Circle Stadium
May 9 - Simpsonville, South Carolina, at the Charter Amphitheater
May 10 - Greensboro, North Carolina, at the White Oak Amphitheater
May 11 - Huntington, West Virginia, at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena
May 13 - Roanoke, Virginia, at the Roanoke Civic Center
May 14 - Columbus, Ohio, at the Schottenstein Center
May 16 - Nashville, Tennessee, at The Woods at Fontanel
May 17 - North Birmingham, Alabama, at the BJCC
May 18 - Augusta, Georgia, at the James Brown Arena
June 5 - Southaven, Mississippi, at the Snowden Grove Amphitheater
June 6 - Louisville, Kentucky, at the Louisville Waterfront Park
June 7 - Lewiston, New York, at Artpark
June 8 - Bethel, New York, at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
June 10 - New York, New York, at Radio City Music Hall
June 13 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the Mann Center for Performing Arts
June 14 - Columbia, Maryland, at the Merriweather Post Pavilion
June 15 - Simsbury, Connecticut, at the Performing Arts Center
June 17 - Boston, Massachusetts, at the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
June 19 - Bangor, Maine, at the Darlings Waterfront Pavilion
June 20 - Gilford, New Hampshire, at the Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion
June 21 - Canandaigua, New York, at CMAC
July 6 - Kansas City, Missouri, at the Starlight Theater
July 7 - Fayetteville, Arkansas, at the Arkansas Music Pavilion
July 9 - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at the Zoo Amphitheater
July 11 - Council Bluffs, Iowa, at Harrah's Council Bluffs
July 12 - Highland Park, Illinois, at the Ravinia Festival
July 13 - Sterling Heights, Michigan, at the Freedom Hill Amphitheater
July 15 - Rama, Ontario, Canada, at the Casino Raman
July 17 - Interlochen, Michigan, at the Interlochen Center for the Arts
July 18 - Toledo, Ohio, at the Toledo Zoo
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This Week's Reading
What We're Loving: Old New York, The Boss, SodaStreamBy The Paris Review
I didn't think I would ever read another book about Henry James. But here I am, three quarters of the way through Michael Gorra's Portrait of a Novel, a book-length study—or really, essay—on The Portrait of a Lady. It reads like an old-fashioned work of belles lettres, combining biography, travelogue, and literary history (plus a good deal of helpful synopsis) to explain how and why James wrote his best-loved novel. The explanation is full of grace and deep learning lightly worn. Yet Gorra takes for granted James's homosexuality, and his sexual knowledge, as well-established facts. In this sense, it is a book of our moment, a hi-def image of the Master coming into his own. —Lorin Stein
The host, for some reason, was taking Instamatic pictures of his guests. It was not clear whether he was doing this in order to be able to show, at some future time, that there had been this gathering in his house. Or whether he thought of pictures in some voodoo sense. Or whether he found it difficult to talk. Or whether he was bored. Two underground celebrities—one of whom had become a sensation by never generating or exhibiting a flicker of interest in anything, the other of whom was known mainly for hanging around the first—were taking pictures too.
I have Lorin to thank for introducing me to Renata Adler's 1976 first novel, Speedboat. Maybe its unconventional structure (a series of vignettes) and plotline (there isn't really one) are not for everyone. But for sheer linguistic pleasure, fierce intelligence, and a vivid picture of seventies New York, look no further. I breezed through it in a day and have been recommending it left and right with the kind of excitement I haven't felt in a long time.—Sadie O. Stein
Bruce Springsteen's music is the Staff Pick of my heart. "Bobby Jean" and "Secret Garden" give tremble to the word rock, while "Born to Run" accomplishes something in music that Holden Caulfield did in literature, honestly portraying the anxiety of adolescence in a desire to escape. The New Yorker's profile of Bruce Springsteen is a breathtaking homage to the now sixty-two-year-old rocker, who is set to embark on yet another world tour. The piece follows a young Springsteen watching Elvis on the black-and-white telly, takes us through his years of top-forty glory and out into a political movement that gave hope to the country. The profile shows that there is still heart in the music industry—even if that heart was born in Jersey. —Noah Wunsch


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'By all accounts, Sabres enforcer Rob Ray tore at the heart of the Leafs emotions when he uttered something unspeakably ugly to Shayne Corson during a third-period exchange. "It's as low as you go," Leafs coach Pat Quinn said about Ray's utterance. "It was so low that if I would have been out there, I would have hit him over the head with a stick."'
Sabre's Ray of ugliness sparks off-ice exchange
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What The Media Should Know About The NRA's Misleading Testimony At The Senate's Gun Violence Hearing
Ahead of tomorrow's hearing on gun violence before the Senate Judiciary Committee, the National Rifle Association released [1] the testimony of its representative, executive vice president Wayne LaPierre. When reporting on LaPierre's remarks, the media have a responsibility to provide context for his frequently inaccurate statements.
In his remarks, LaPierre dismissed the idea of requiring a criminal background check on every gun sale while unwittingly demonstrating how these checks keep guns out of the hands of criminals, falsely suggested that assault weapons are no more dangerous than firearms available to civilians 100 years ago, and exaggerated the effectiveness of armed guards in schools.
Background Checks Have Prevented Hundreds Of Thousands Of Firearms Sales To Prohibited Purchasers
In his testimony, LaPierre attacked the proposal [2] to require criminal background checks on nearly all gun sales "because criminals will never submit to them." According to LaPierre's rigid reasoning, because background checks will not stop every dangerous person from acquiring a gun, there is no point in strengthening the system.
But even under our current set of laws that allow a significant proportion [3] of firearms transactions occur without a background check, evidence has shown that over 1.5 million individuals [4] have been prevented from acquiring a firearm after failing a background check.
LaPierre even acknowledged earlier in his testimony that over 76,000 firearms purchases in 2011 were denied by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). It should be noted that LaPierre is either referring to FBI denials only or understating the figure, as over 150,000 purchases [5] a year are typically denied through the background check system, with about half of denials being processed by the FBI.
According to the FBI, less than five percent of denials are reversed upon appeal. The primary reasons [6] for denial were a felony conviction or indictment (47.4 percent) or status as a fugitive (19.1 percent).
Crimes Committed With Assault Weapons Usually Result In More Victims
In his remarks, LaPierre lumped in assault weapons with all semi-automatic firearms to claim that they "have been around for over 100 years" and that "[t]hey are the most popular guns made for hunting, target shooting and self-defense." In doing so, LaPierre invoked a common argument [7] that assault weapons are no more dangerous than other firearms.
In fact, an examination [8] of mass shootings between January 2009 and January 2013 by Mayors Against Illegal Guns determined that shootings where the perpetrator used an assault weapon resulted in 54 percent more deaths than other incidents and 123 percent more combined wounded and killed. A previous study by the Urban Institute comparing shootings involving assault weapons to other firearms reached the same conclusion [9].
Furthermore, changes in design have increased the lethality of assault weapons, even in the last decade. A recent report [10] on assault pistols issued by the Violence Policy Center documented the recent surge in popularity of these weapons. According to VPC, because assault pistols can accept ammunition designed for assault rifles that can more easily penetrate police body armor, these weapons, "have the penetrating power of an assault rifle in the concealable format of a pistol." As such, it is no surprise that a VPC analysis [11] of drug cartel firearms trafficking cases uncovered numerous instances of assault pistol trafficking.
Schools Shootings Occur In Spite Of Armed Security Presence
LaPierre asserts in his testimony that armed guards in schools "make our schools as safe as possible" even as academic research and the circumstances of previous school shootings proves his claim to be baseless.
It is unclear [12] whether armed guards in schools actually stop shootings. Notably, the 1999 Columbine High School massacre and 2007 mass shooting at Virginia Tech demonstrate that armed guards cannot be the end-all solution to school violence.
An armed police officer present at Columbine attempted to fire on one of the shooters, but was quickly pinned down [13] by the greater firepower of the shooter's assault weapon. At the time of the mass shooting at Virginia Tech, the school had an accredited police force with an emergency response team that was described [14] in a report on the mass shooting as "like a SWAT team."
By falsely characterizing armed guards at schools as a proven solution to prevent gun violence, LaPierre sidesteps all other discussion of how to prevent these tragedies. LaPierre's questionable solution only takes into account the moment that a gunman arrives at a school prepared to kill and fails to incorporate any policy changes that could prevent dangerous individuals from easily obtaining high-powered firearms in the first place.
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Thakoon Spring 2012
Barely four days into the New York Spring 2012 shows, and one impulse seems to be inexorably tugging the designers that have shown thus far in a sole direction: audaciously bold colorful prints, and plenty—repeat plenty—of them. Thakoon Panichgul, who has always been known for his skillful manipulation of vibrant patterns, and making them seem offhand and cool and rather wonderful (and wonderfully easy) to wear, is definitely in this camp, on the strength of a more-vivid-than-vivid collection (did anyone ever see a more turquoise turquoise? Nope), shown Sunday in the gilded splendor of the Plaza. You could think about retracing the steps that led us to this particular obsession in New York: Was it Balenciaga's purple forties florals for this fall? Or Phoebe Philo bingeing on baroque blooms after a strict diet of sober minimalism for her Celine resort collection? Or Givenchy's Riccardo Tisci surfing toward Hawaiian blossoms way before anyone else had bothered to learn how to recognize an hibiscus? Who can say, and really, who cares? Suffice to say, there is a consensus amongst the city's designers about what they're going to be telling you come next spring, and it is this: You will wear Technicolor prints, and you will wear them head to toe.
What's that noise? A timid shuffling backwards to consider the terms and conditions of the offer before accepting? No one would blame you. It's a big commitment, this total and absolute print look. Panichgul is definitely all in favor of it, and he had some good renderings of it, mostly of a blown-up paisley (he envisaged that after thinking of an imaginary journey from the American West to India) or tiger lily florals, both in shades of searing orange, shocking pink, and deep emerald so intense they seemed to vibrate in the air. The paisley was used for a loose top falling to a peplum, worn with a floor-length tiered skirt, while the lilies appeared on a shrunken faded-denim edged jacket and skinny crop pants, and a silk shirt with a lamé collar paired with a full skirt in an ornate over-printed brocade that glistened like it was encrusted with beads.
All of these pieces were classic Thakoon, that is to say, perfect for that hip, knowing girl whose idea of prettiness isn't that taken with the conventionally pretty. But, and there is a but, the one noticeable drawback to this collection was that Panichgul's usual knack of making whatever is shown on his runway be able to walk off into real life wasn't always fully engaged here. The show needed, amidst the relentless parade of exotic flora and paisley, a few more of his clever strategies as to how his girl might wear all this print with anything beyond the gold lamé banded khakis and one perfect, pin sharp black blazer.
For a full profile and more information on Thakoon Panichgul, go to Voguepedia.com.


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Photos: 2012 Route 66 Renedezvous
Previous coverage: Special reports, photo galleries, 2012 event coverage & more
San Bernardino's signature event, the Stater Bros. Route 66 Rendezvous, will not be held this year.
The San Bernardino Convention and Visitors Bureau on Tuesday announced its decision to suspend the annual car show, citing financial difficulties.
The show has been a summertime event since 1990, drawing hundreds of thousands to the city's downtown area each year, though those crowds had dwindled recently.
"It was a gut-wrenching decision that we had to make, but we just didn't have the resources to put it on this year," said Jim Gerstenslager, the chairman of the bureau's Board of Directors.
The annual classic car show's exit from San Bernardino's 2013 social calendar is accompanied by the loss of the San Bernardino Convention and Visitors Center, which produces the Rendezvous, as well as the California Welcome Center, which is a tourism information center.
Closure of both entities is scheduled for March 31, said Ed Foster, who manages a Route 66-themed merchandise shop inside the Welcome Center called Our Town.
"We are one of three centers in the county and there are only 20 in the state," said Foster, who has managed the shop since the center opened in July 2007.
The Convention and Visitors Bureau reported the elimination of California's redevelopment agencies and San Bernardino's municipal bankruptcy proceedings mean they have no funding sources for the Rendezvous nor their own operations.
Tuesday's announcement follows last summer's confusion over whether the Rendezvous would continue to take place in downtown San Bernardino or be moved to Glen Helen Regional Park, where patrons would have had to pay admission instead of being admitted for free.
In a decision made soon after San Bernardino officials decided to seek bankruptcy protection last July, the Convention and Visitors Bureau decided to keep the show downtown. The tourism group had to ask for donations to cover the costs of police and trash pick-ups.
Compared to recent years, the 2012 Rendezvous attracted relatively small crowds. Organizers blamed the diminished attendance on the intense heat that virtually baked attendees and exhibitors during the event, as opposed to San Bernardino's well-publicized financial problems.
But one San Bernardino businessman said he has had doubts about the show's future for some time.
"I kind of saw it coming. People with money, from out of the area, were not coming to the event anymore," said Albert Okura, owner of the Juan Pollo restaurant chain.
Although Juan Pollo had an entry in the 2012 Rendezvous' opening night parade - a boat on wheels adorned with a giant chicken and having enough room for two dancing girls - Okura said the restaurant chain has not had a booth at the Rendezvous for three years.
It now appears that the downtown business owners who could count on a Rendezvous-fueled boost each September will now have to do without the extra customers.
"Definitely, because we're in the heart of the event. It's going to hurt us," Molly's Cafe owner Tony Canul said between bites of fries and a chicken sandwich. "The Rendezvous is like a family reunion for all the guys with the cars. They come from different states - Texas, Montana. They meet here for breakfast. It's good business for Molly's."
Gerstenslager said organizers are optimistic the Route 66 Rendezvous has a chance to return in 2014, but it's nearly a sure thing that the show will not be held this summer.
"It's pretty certain there's going to be a year off," he said. "I can't say with certainty some saviour won't come out of the woodwork over the next few days, but we're past the point where we have to be planning this thing."
Brian Tucker, executive officer of Ontario-based DVT Marketing, said suspending the show will be a loss for the entire Inland Empire's tourism sector.
"I would like to think, certainly, somebody would come together and come to save it," he said. "Is that going to happen or not? I don't know. It would be nice."
DVT Marketing manages DiscoverIE, a regional tourism advocacy group.
Last June, San Bernardino-based Stater Bros. Markets announced a 5-year deal to remain as the event's title sponsor.
Stater Bros. chairman Jack Brown could not be reached for comment Tuesday. In a press release, Brown said he agreed with the decision.
"In order to continue to provide the participants and our visitors with a safe and first-class car show, we need to put the Rendezvous temporarily on hold so that we can come back bigger and better," Brown stated.
The custom van club Inland Vans Berdoo is in the Rendezvous' Cruisin' Hall of Fame in 2008. Its president, Steve Portias, said he'll cherish the Rendezvous forever.
"Route 66 was one of the last positive things San Bernardino had to offer, and it really put us on the map. There's no other show around here to replace what's been lost," he said.
Staff writers Josh Dulaney and Jim Steinberg contributed to this report.
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