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Wesley College's football team placed seven players on the D3football.com 2013 All-South Region Team.
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The first career double-double by Jennifer Carr helped pace the Wilmington University women's basketball team to a 66-55 victory over Mercy in a nonconference game on Monday night.
Playing for the first time in 11 days, the Goldey-Beacom College men's basketball team used a strong performance in the second half to extend its win streak to three straight games with a 92-79 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference victory over Concordia
In a football game full of mind-boggling numbers, the Wesley Wolverines nearly completed a comeback for the ages.
A valiant comeback attempt by the 14th-ranked Wesley College football team came up just short as it fell to No. 1 Mount Union, 62-59, in the NCAA Division III quarterfinals today. The Wolverines conclude the season at 10-3.
Mount Union has the most glittering résumé in NCAA Division III football.
University of Delaware freshman Esmée Peet has added another award to her collection, as Synapse Sports named her the 2013 Division I Field Hockey Rookie of the Year.
It's only 25 miles from Middletown High School to Wesley College. But Ryan Gerlitz took the long way.
Matt Kavanaugh scored 11 points and No. 25 Dayton overcame a sluggish first half, poor free throw shooting and a late slump to defeat Delaware State 56-46 Wednesday night.
The University of Delaware women's basketball program has signed four high school standouts from the class of 2014, head coach Tina Martin announced on Wednesday.
Gray 1-4 0-0 2, Williams 3-9 0-0 6, Bell 3-5 6-6 14, A. Thomas 2-3 0-0 6, Walker 5-10 1-1 14, C. Thomas 0-0 0-0 0, Doyle 0-0 0-0 0, Haywood 0-3 2-2 2, Owens 1-3 0-0 2, Jo. Lawson 0-1 0-0 0, Burley 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 15-38 9-9 46.
The Delaware women's basketball team scored 51 second-half points on Saturday as the Blue Hens defeated Southern Illinois-Edwardsville 71-42 in the opener of the University of Central Florida Thanksgiving Classic.
Wesley College's pass rush stymied Ithaca (N.Y.) in the second round of the NCAA Division III playoffs in a 23-15 Wolverine victory on Saturday.
Tierra Hawkins scored a career-high 34 points to lead the Delaware State women's basketball team to an 80-69 victory over host Manhattan in non-conference action on Tuesday.
After advancing to the NCAA Division III second round with a 29-24 win at Johns Hopkins, the No. 14 Wesley College football team will host No. 24 Ithaca College at noon Saturday.
Delaware State needed a victory and some help to complete its late-season surge and finish the regular season tied atop the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings.
After allowing Johns Hopkins to take a one-point lead in the final minute of Saturday's NCAA Division III first round playoff game, Wesley quarterback Joe Callahan and receiver Steve Koudossou entered the huddle confident they had just enough time to esca
In its first appearance in the NCAA Division II national championship, the Wilmington University men's cross country team finished 30th overall with 766 points on Saturday at the Plantes Ferry Complex.
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For the second-straight season and the third time in her career, Wesley College's Madison Leone has been named a Longstreth/NFHCA Division III Field Hockey First Team All-South Region selection.
Wesley football is used to having home playoff games in late November. They're used to having zero or one loss, and being widely considered a legitimate national title threat. This year, they sport none of those characteristics.
Tierra Hawkins tallied game highs of 30 points (including her career 1,000th point) and 15 rebounds to lead the Delaware State women's basketball team to an 86-73 victory over Wilmington University on Wednesday night in Memorial Hall.
Following a career week for the University of Delaware women's basketball team, senior Kelsey Buchanan collected Colonial Athletic Association Co-Player of the Week honors on Monday.
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The Delaware State football team kept alive its hopes for a second straight winning season, as the Hornets rallied for a 29-21 road victory in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference game against Florida A&M.
A match against the newly appointed No. 1 team in the country, according to the NSCAA Division II national poll, was too much to handle for the Wilmington University mens soccer team on Saturday, as it fell to Southern New Hampshire 3-0 in the second round of the NCAA East Regional Tournament.
BALTIMORE, Md. David Langan scored a career-high 25 points and grabbed 16 rebounds to lead the Wesley College mens basketball team to a 66-55 victory in its season opener against Mount St. Mary College in the first night of the Johns Hopkins Blue Jay Invitational.
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NETL Building Hydrogen Production and Dispensing Facility at Yeager Airport
Morgantown, WV— The Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) today announced its plans to construct and operate a hydrogen fuel production-and-dispensing facility at the Yeager Airport in Charleston, W.Va.
According to U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., "This project is a great example of the wonderful potential of coal. Coal can produce hydrogen fuel, which can greatly reduce greenhouse gases and our need to import foreign oil. Coal is abundant and remarkably versatile – particularly hydrogen produced from coal through gasification or coal-based power used to split water that provides a secure source of hydrogen fuel that will compete with imported petroleum. I am very pleased to be involved in helping this new hydrogen facility in West Virginia become a reality."
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You're no one in Hollywood until you come clean about your problems, which for Kelly Osbourne means opening up about her addiction to the painkiller Vicodin. In her new book, "Fierce," due out next month (and excerpted by the London Sun), Ozzy's little girl chronicles her descent into dependence and the four trips she took to rehab.
Kelly, 24, says she first experienced the "magical remedy" of Vicodin when it was prescribed to her after she had her tonsils out at 13, but it wasn't until 2002, when her mom, Sharon, was diagnosed with colon cancer, that her drug problem kicked into high gear.
"We all dealt with the news differently. [My brother] Jack went off the rails. He hardly visited Mum -- he's terrified of hospitals. He just went out and got high," she recalls. "My dad lost it. He drank and drank. He thought the love of his life was going to die."
Kelly followed their self-medicating lead.
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By the time Sharon was on the road to recovery, "I was waking up and emptying six Vicodin into my hand," admits Osbourne. "Soon, I was taking 50 pills a day. Most people would overdose on 10."
Her parents knew something was up and tried to get her to take that first step by admitting she had a problem: "Mum would say, 'Darling, are you taking something? Please tell your mummy.' But I was good at lying."
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Osbourne says she "felt a sense of relief" with the outing. "I knew I needed help," she acknowledges. "They found 500 pills scattered around the room -- under my bed, in my handbag, in bottles."
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"I was so frightened -- it was full of crazy people," shudders Kelly. "As I curled up in a tight ball, the air was filled with ear-piercing screams. I didn't leave my room for five days. It's one of the scariest things I have ever done, but also one of the best."
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A group dedicated to playing and learning a variety of board games and card games, from Euro games to fantasy themed games, from party games to deck building, etc..., nothing out of place here. Bring your favorites or just show up to play, experienced gamers and those who are just curious, all are welcome. We'll see how the group develops - and depending on that we may meet in a combination of private and public locations, and at different times of the week. We will meet primarily in the Boul …
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All is quiet on the suburban education front....for now.
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Vicki Wilson
September 11, 2012 at 01:34 PM
Those who think teachers unions cause no harm to the children for whom public education was created need to watch Waiting for Superman. You can choose to be blindly pro-union (I used to be) or you can be informed and open your eyes. Your choice.
Susan Kozloff
September 11, 2012 at 01:45 PM
So you don't think a teacher can teach at age 60 or above? Are you aware that legislation was passed in Illinois two years ago requiring that newly hired teachers MUST work to the age of 67 to collect full pension benefits? Maybe you should inform the state legislature of this! Truly they are not aware!
Susan Kozloff
September 11, 2012 at 01:55 PM
One of the reasons why teachers do not want principals to choose thier teachers is because of graft, kickbacks, and favoratism. This is why it was changed years ago and we should not go back to this system.
Susan Kozloff
September 11, 2012 at 02:02 PM
No jobs? Well since teachers are so well compensated and you need a high-paying job....go SUB! If you do, I am sure you would not choose a city school where you might need to fight for your life just to get to the door! These nay-sayers need to be the fly on the wall in an urban school setting. I am sure they would applaud the teachers as heros. A friend of mine has a son who is a beginning teacher and was assigned to teach a 45 minute summer school class in Chicago. Afterwards, he went home, called his mom and cried. He said he was not going back. The kids did not listen nor respect him. 45 minutes was all it took.
Guido McGinty
September 11, 2012 at 02:08 PM
"but private schools charge tuition"
Public schools charge involuntary tuition whether or not you attend.
Private schools charge less tuition per capita.
September 11, 2012 at 02:26 PM
Where's the personal attack Lennie? I would question any adult who uses teenager's terms.
September 11, 2012 at 02:28 PM
Guido, have you seen the tuition of some of the private North shore schools? As well as tuition, there are fees for text books, sports participation, and a number of smaller things.
September 11, 2012 at 02:31 PM
Since I am frequently attacked for using "Ailinsky tactics", maybe I should read him. I never heard of him til I started posting on here.
September 11, 2012 at 02:37 PM
Jerry, I'm not referring to coal miners of 100 years ago. I'm talking about right now. With no regulations and no chance for refusing to work under dangerous conditions, miners are at the mercy of their employers. That's also what I was referring to in regard to teachers. I'm not comparing the two types of work. I really do need to be less figurative and more concrete around here, don't I?
Charley Krebs
September 13, 2012 at 01:00 AM
Again, thanks everyone for participating in a dialog on this opinion page...alas, with some mid-week developments since sunday, my cartoon is a bit outdated at least in a few suburbs.
Walter White
September 13, 2012 at 01:20 AM
Lennie has a job
Robert Jr.
September 13, 2012 at 02:51 AM
It now seems to me that the unions have in fact colluded and planned a systemic strike, starting in Chicago, then Lake Forrest, and then spreading around the state, expecting Obama to step in to quiet things down before the election.
Seems like they have turned on their candidate and are using threats and voting leverage ... if this is so, we the tax payers need to prepare for holding those accountable for the collusion to stop education for political purposes. That may be a Federal offense.
Susan Kozloff
September 13, 2012 at 03:08 AM
That's so ridiculous! Wow!You must also believe that Kennedy's murder was a conspiracy as well. You truly believe there is collusion? Sad that you actually spent a part of life dreaming this up....listen to Rush much?
Stuart Tindall
September 13, 2012 at 03:12 AM
Isn't there a third option? To be pro-union and not "blind" as you put it? The black and white mentality in this country is choking off our public discourse and I wish you would stop.
Curious Resident
September 13, 2012 at 12:15 PM
Here's the thing..Lake Forest High School teachers are on strike...it is reported and not denied that it is about salary and healthcare. CTU/CPS teachers are on strike not for the money...they agreed to the salary and refused the wellness plan for healthcare, but I believe the health package was resolved. Here are the true issues that are being bargained for and if I remember correctly, one of these areas was heavily fought for with Deerfield last year. CPS faculty have an average class size of 40+ students. Average some are much higher...social worker and nurses number is approximately 200 for the third largest school system in the country. That means with all the problems within the city of violence we have about 200 for 350,000 students to assist. Curriculum, teachers are lucky if they receive textbooks etc 6-8 weeks into the school year, and even then there are not enough for the class sizes. Evaluations, unfortunately this is something that falls under Reach for the Top and No Child Left Behind...so the only way to get that done fairly since there really is no eval system developed at this time is to bargain for standardized testing to be a lower % of it. First in testing, not all students do well, but can do well within the classroom, then you have special education students that don't care especially in the city, and you have a standardized test that is not based nationally. Think would you be ok with that if it was your review? 40% of you keeping the job. Hmmm
Curious Resident
September 13, 2012 at 12:17 PM
Oh...and average salary also includes extra curricular areas that teachers take on to earn more money...otherwise average salary is about $50,000. No teacher if they love children go into teaching for the money. I personally would rather have smaller class sizes, textbooks for my children when they start school, and anything else to give my kids the same chances as suburban kids, if I lived in the city.
Guido McGinty
September 13, 2012 at 12:54 PM
26k for extracurriculars? You don't teach math, do you?
Since CPS has a staggering deficit, I would not anticipate getting smaller class sizes.
Curious Resident
September 13, 2012 at 01:03 PM
Guido...you apparently don't understand the math...average means they take all the salaries add them up and divide it by the total number of staff members. So, yes, $50,000 is the average, and most do extras to earn more. That's where the 70k comes from because the extras are included in their salary. Plus you have to remember this is a k-12 district and high school teachers typically earn a higher salary. Every area for teachers is mostly in a staggering deficit...still doesn't mean you need or should attempt to teach 40+ students per class.
Curious Resident
September 13, 2012 at 01:08 PM
I wish people would stop using the word fighting...it is negotiating! They are negotiating the evaluation process, because districts are attempting to implement a system that has not been developed yet, either by the state or nation! Every district reads the policy, and then interpets it the way they want to interpet it. 40% of a person's evaluation system to count on test scores that are all over the place seems high in my opinion. I am not saying that it should not be a part of the process, I am saying that 40% is a bit high, and it is being based off of something that hasn't been developed yet! Why not bring board members, teachers, and principals together as a team and develop an eval process that works fairly for all parties, instead of blantly saying...sorry 40% better get those scores up or your job is in jeopardy. Doesn't that turn teaching into teaching to a test instead of teaching to a curriculum and getting students happy to be involved in learning. I'd be bored out of my mind if teaching to the test is what my children were doing in class day in and day out.
Susan Kozloff
September 13, 2012 at 01:17 PM
Finally! Someone who "gets it"! Not only nurses, and most other support staff in short supply but psychologists in particular. Only 200 or so for the entire district. So many kids are special needs and by law each must be tested to determine which if any program he/she is to shuttles into for that year. Law also dictates that these student be re-evaluated within a short time frame. Each write up is pages long. Hours are taken taken for evaluations, staffings and often due process hearings. Even if each psychologist worked 24/7, 365 days a year there would never be enough time to catch up much less take on new cases. Each psychologist has thousands of kids as their individual case load. The board is rarely in compliance with the government on these issues....another dirty little secret.
Susan Kozloff
September 13, 2012 at 01:20 PM
All teachers in Chicago are on the same salary schedule.....unlike lmost districts,elementary and high school teachers earn the same....however, you are correct that high school teachers do have the ability to earn more by doing more as in coaching and club monitoring, etc.
Guido McGinty
September 13, 2012 at 01:21 PM
I understand the math perfectly. I took the 76k average, subtracted your purported number of 50k to arrive at an average extracurricular bump of 26k.
Your claim of 26k for extracurriculars is preposterous.
Mark Stein
September 13, 2012 at 01:25 PM
When you look at pay at the High School level, the numbers that people throw around often includes pay for coaching football and other major sports. Coaching at the High School level is a major committment of time and is considered to be separate from teaching work.
Many area schools hire coaches who don't even teach at the school.
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September 13, 2012 at 01:26 PM
Bottom line here is that Rahm wants the schools to fail. His plans are to privitize as many as possible. Failing school=closed school=charter school. Then he is off the hook for pay, benefits, pensions, and all accountability as non-performance then becomes the charter's corporate problem. Clearly he is stacking the deck against the teachers forcing their hand for their own failure.....and the teachers know it.....THAT IS WHY THEY ARE STRIKE
Susan Kozloff
September 13, 2012 at 01:31 PM
Actually I believe they are including the "step" increase which almost all districts employ for longevity. One you hit the 15 year mark, the step disappears. The only raise then would be the contracted one. Rahm also wants to discontinue higher pay for educators with advanced degrees....so a BA would earn the same as a PHd....yet he wants only the "best" teachers. Uh-hu.
Susan Kozloff
September 13, 2012 at 01:39 PM
Yes Lennie....there is a huge deficit.....because of mismanagement by the former king Daley. Didn't pay his share of pension costs.....actually "borrowed" money for the fund when he first took over the schools.....NEVER repaid...... And now the money, by law is due. Oh, I forgot to balme the teachers for this as well, since they are the only ones who have supported their retirees' pensions though automatice deducutions for many years now. Thank goodness they have savvy investors and thier board of directors looking out for their interests as no one else really seems to care, do they?
September 13, 2012 at 01:50 PM
Again with the LOL, Lennie? You can't come up with something a little more adult-like? I don't mind reading the other side; I just prefer it be truthful. I can't say that about your links. Post something factual from a credible source.
September 13, 2012 at 01:56 PM
Mark, my disagreement with that is that some school districts require their teachers to be in the union whether they want to be or not. I also think there are teachers who disagree with a union's stance, but do not feel safe in expressing that view. However, I do believe unions are necessary. I wish they were held more accountable sometimes.
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September 13, 2012 at 02:09 PM
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Oak Fellow Fights India's Caste System
September 12, 2011
by Stephen Collins '74
Fatima Burnad, Oak Fellow, 2011 (photo by Jesse Goldman '12)
At age 11 Fatima Burnad was already making trouble for civil authorities. Near Chennai, in southern India, where Burnad grew up, one of her friends was severely mistreated -- burned and beaten -- by the family that employed her as a maid. The 11-year-old girl complained to the police but was taken right back to work at her employers', who were not even reprimanded. Burnad was so outraged she wrote up a petition of protest, collected signatures around the neighborhood, and presented it to the police.
So began a lifetime of activism that led to more than one incarceration -- and to Burnad being named the 2011 Oak Human Rights Fellow at Colby. The
offers a semester of respite for research, teaching, and writing and is awarded to one front-line human rights activist each year.
For the past 35 years Burnad, 59, has worked to end India's caste system and discrimination against the Dalit (sometimes called "Untouchable") and tribal people. Those groups, which make up 24 percent of India's population, are routinely excluded and marginalized. Affirmative action has led to educational opportunities, said Burnad. But, despite degrees and credentials, they are denied interviews, not to mention actual employment in government and private sectors, because their names reveal their caste.
"We have about 550 judges in the supreme court. Out of that, we have only 13 to 15 Dalit judges," said Burnad, herself a Dalit who, like her father, is a Christian convert. "The Dalit will get the fourth-class job. First, second, third is occupied by the higher castes, so Dalits are always at the bottom." The result: the Dalit people remain poor and largely landless. "The discrimination continues."
Burnad previously visited the United States (Atlanta), Japan, and Australia, where she saw de facto segregation and discrimination against African Americans, Burakumin, and Aborigine populations respectively. She also studied United Nations human rights reports. "The worst thing is in my country. The worst of all. We are not able to change the situation, and it's getting worse."
And Dalits are increasingly afraid to challenge the status quo. "No other communities are helping them to develop," Burnad said. "If a Dalit girl is raped, only the Dalit are raising their voice. Only the Dalit women -- the Dalit men do not take it as a problem."
Burnad said her father encouraged her to become an activist in the 1970s, when she was a teenager. "I was trained as a community organizer on Alinksy's method -- Saul Alinsky from Chicago ghettos." A colleague of Alinsky's came to her village to lead the training. "That was my beginning."
Her father urged her to take up the cause of 30 poor shoemakers's families in the village where he taught. They had been given 49 acres in the 1950s, but other Dalits sold the land to a higher-caste man for construction of a church. "It created a very big problem," Burnad said. When she brought the church's bishop to the village to confront him, local leaders disrupted the meeting and deported the trainer from Chicago.
In 1979 Burnad founded the Society for Rural Education and Development, which seeks economic opportunity and political influence for the marginalized people of India, especially Dalit women. She is now recognized as a national leader in India's social movements.
Burnad was jailed in the 1990s for protesting land grabs by the government when it displaced Dalits from their ancestral community to build a naval air station. "They were all the time talking about national security," she said. "For us, people security is very important."
Soon after arriving at Colby she was mobilizing allies to protest the planned execution of Sri Lankans implicated in the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi 17 year ago. They merely supplied batteries they didn't know would be used to make a bomb, she said, but the moral issue was her opposition to taking anyone's life. The condemned were granted an eight-week postponement by a court in Chennai, she said, vowing to continue the protest.
She also looked ahead to her semester on campus. "I want to read and write and then, in seminars, to learn from the students what their reactions are to what I'm doing," Burnad said. "I want to see how far the protests, the demonstrations, the public meetings are exposing the issues. Is this enough? Or do I have to do something much more? What is going on? Why still our community remains the same? How are we going to change the mindset of the people? It's not enough if we are not questioning the whole fundamental aspect of the caste system."
Her goal -- to take her activism to a new level. "I want this college help me to see a proper way of doing things."
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LOL I know..... oh well at least we know that she will be promoting her album on the show tomorrow.
its on now here. According to the guide she will be talking mostly about autism awareness. We will see...
the interview was short and sweet, she mentioned the album, I heart you, and possibly not doing BFV season 3.
Well. Since she doesn't have a major record label. Season three would be a great idea for promo. But it's her career
I just said that on the I Heart You thread. Season 3 would be the perfect platform, but I know its not gonna happen. Hopefully since she won't be on she will be touring more and exposing people to her new music.
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As we all know, an athlete requires far greater dedication to achieve Olympic Gold and so do you if you are going to be successful in your own enterprise. Having said this, however, it's important to realize the size of obtaining your "gold" may seem overwhelming so, like the potential Olympian, you have to break down the big picture into manageable chunks so you can see how far you have come.
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Whether or not musical talent can be handed down genetically is a matter of debate. But one thing is undeniable: talent, ability, and an affinity for the arts (and specifically music) tie together siblings -- and often parents to their children -- far too frequently to be written off as mere coincidence.
In the rock realm alone, a number of (usually volatile) sibling pairings have left their stamp on popular music's subconscious, from the Davies brothers (The Kinks) to the Gallaghers (Oasis) to the Robinsons (Black Crowes). Of course, a working artistic relationship doesn't have to be explosive, as displayed by the Dickinson brothers in North Mississippi All Stars and a host of other acts. When arguing genetics, you only need to consider the similarities between John Lennon and his sons Julian and Sean, or Ben Taylor's subconscious hybrid of styles, looks and delivery from parents James Taylor and Carly Simon.
In R&B and pop, the Jacksons may be the ultimate example of fusion of genetic ability and environmental impact, yet the natural ease and chemistry of the Neville Brothers make a good argument for genetics. And when stepping into the modern jazz age, how else can you explain the common thread of universal talent woven throughout the Marsalis family?
When thinking locally, you need look no further than Olivia and Zeke Duhon. Both landed on UTW's Hot 100 list this year, based on their own individual talents and credentials. Aside from sharing a last name (and a few physical traits), however, you probably wouldn't connect the dots between these two rising artists. Yes, they cross paths and share some common ground in the pop music realm and a few creative influences, but from there, their respective paths diverge.
Olivia, the elder sister at 29, is the jazz siren; Zeke, 18, is the pop songsmith. She's the student and scholar, studying her craft and laboring over her work; he's the savant, a natural talent for whom the creative process comes innately. Regardless of these differences, the siblings share a common bond, growing up in a home saturated with music and a love of the arts, creating a magical cocktail of genetics and environment that nurtures natural talent and allows it to become fruitful.
In the Duhons' case, each merely follows a different path to musical fulfillment.
A Scholarly Approach
If you live in Tulsa and haven't heard Olivia Duhon yet, you might just have to get out more. The young lady with striking features and a voice that can melt steel first appeared on the local music scene about six years ago, immediately winning the attention of Tulsa's jazz fans with her loyal translation of jazz and pop standards. Her reputation quickly spread beyond jazz circles, based on the sheer strength and beauty of her voice and a natural yet refined talent.
A native of Lake Charles, La., Duhon landed in Tulsa as a teenager after her father relocated the family for educational and job opportunities. With a strong French Cajun background, she grew up with music of all styles surrounding her.
"My dad's mother loved Benny Goodman and jazz, while my grandfather loved Bob Wills and country swing," she said, revealing the early layers of her musical influences. "My grandfather was the classic, Southern head of the household, though, so my grandmother just kind of suppressed that and kept her love in the background."
It wasn't just a love and appreciation of music that was handed down through the family, though; there was a natural talent that flowed from generation to generation as well.
"My dad grew up playing guitar because my granddad did. He was self-taught and my dad plays by ear," Duhon explained. "Myself, I started taking piano lesson in the fifth grade."
That wasn't the beginning of Olivia's life-long love affair with music, merely the start of her educational process. Duhon sang in front of an audience for the first time nearly two years earlier and was instantly hooked.
"I was in the third grade when I sang my first solo in church and I loved it so much," she said of the experience. "I know then that was all I wanted to do, to sing in front of an audience. It just felt so good to perform something I believed in and felt to be true."
During middle school, Duhon joined the Children's Theatre Company and loved the experience, finding herself especially drawn to musical theatre. That led her to continue pursuing theatre through her high school career, which began at Sam Houston High School in Lake Charles and finished at Union High School after the family relocated to Tulsa.
When it was time to move on to college, Duhon enrolled at University of Tulsa with a major in music theatre. After beginning school, however, she changed her major to music with jazz emphasis and added an art minor.
Olivia said of the transition, "I changed majors because I wanted to focus and be great at one thing, but I tend to like a little of everything and spread myself too thin. That really helped me focus on things like getting my book together and really learning the music and my craft."
"There's a stigma of singers, especially female singers, being dumb and not knowing the technical aspects of the music. I didn't want to be like that. I can walk in prepared and say 'Here are my charts' and know what I'm doing."
"That's why I love TU," she continued. "It really prepared [me]. I can talk to musicians on their level and have their respect."
It was during college that Duhon started performing locally as a jazz artist. After forming a jazz trio for semester exams, word spread and the group started playing additional functions, getting calls when the law school or other organizations needing jazz artists for their functions.
Shortly after exams, Olivia and her trio played their first real gig at Vintage 1740. That was nearly six years ago and although that original trio has since split up, Duhon has continued to perform in Tulsa, becoming one of the city's most well recognized and sought after young jazz vocalists.
Although there are few venues for jazz artists in Tulsa, Duhon manages to keep a relatively busy schedule, balancing regular performances at Smoke (one Sunday evening each month), Main Street Tavern in Broken Arrow (alternating Thursday evenings), and The Tropical with occasional appearances at the Mayo or the Jazz Hall of Fame and a number of private events.
Duhon's influences and abilities are broad, which gives her flexibility in her performances, catering them to whatever the situation calls for. If it's a private party, she'll likely settle in to a quiet, mellow mood, whereas a gig at the Mayo opens up the evening to explore a more pop-infused direction.
What's truly impressive, beyond the strength of her voice, which turns heads of all generations, is her flexibility within the genre. Not only can she shift her performances to fit the audience or venue, but she can also identify with musicians of all ages.
When inspecting Tulsa's jazz scene, the entire movement has largely skipped a generation. With the exception of a few artists who have moved on to perform outside of Tulsa -- like Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey and Grady Nichols -- there is a separation between our city's old school jazz artists and the generation of jazz musicians currently emerging. The two rarely cross paths or meet in the middle.
That isn't the case for Duhon. Much like Annie Ellicott, Olivia bridges the gap between the generations, a young artist with a mature soul and understanding of the genre. She is able to perform with musicians of all generations. By performing primarily with the Frank Brown Trio, which has recently consisted of Frank Brown on guitar, Ron Adams on bass, and Jimmy Karstein on drums, Duhon's band alone represents a unity between multiple generations of Tulsa's most respected jazz musicians.
Once an audience hears Olivia sing, it is automatically won over. As a perennial ABoT music award nominee and winner in both the jazz and female vocalist categories, Olivia's talent and appeal are undeniable. The challenge for her, especially as a jazz artist who loves the standards, has been finding the proper outlet and venues to continue to perform and grow her audience.
"If I want to continue to pursue this, I'm going to have to do originals," Duhon said recently. "... or move to Europe. In America, unfortunately, people are looking for original jazz artists, not ones who play the standards."
While she is interested in writing (and does write) her own material, the writing process comes slowly for her.
"Writing is more of a struggle for me," she confided when discussing the process. "Lyrics are a lot easier for me than the melody and music in general. That's the reason I love to sing: it's the written words and how they relate to my life."
"I used to write a lot in high school, but I would labor over it, sitting at the piano for hours, trying to work things out," she added. "I remember growing up, Zeke was 11 years younger than me, so I'd be babysitting after school when our mom and dad had to work late. So I'd be practicing or writing and he'd hear me playing and finally come in and just bang on the piano. He'd come and interrupt me and want me to come play with him and I was like, 'Can't you see I'm practicing?'"
"It's almost funny, because it comes to him so easily," she continued with a laugh. "Sometimes I feel like I sat there so long working at it and got up to go to take a break and go to the kitchen or something, then Zeke came up to the piano and was sitting there when the muse fell and it landed on him instead of me."
Of course, one of the keys to the next level of Olivia's career will be releasing a CD. Fans have been anxiously awaiting a CD for some time, and a new album is currently in the works. Roughly half of the tracks are recorded and the rest are being handpicked in hopes of having a disc ready for release this summer.
"It's been a long time coming," Duhon admitted, adding, "Sometimes I'm just a perfectionist to a fault."
No one can blame her for wanting her debut to meet her own standards as well as the expectations of her fans. That alone is a tall order, as she has already set the bar incredibly high, with her consistently amazing live performances. As such, anticipation is building amongst local jazz and pop fans for an impending release.
What you can expect from Olivia is a long and diverse career. At a young age, she was influenced by Rogers and Hammerstein, Gershwin, and Leonard Cohen, and she now takes her jazz cues from classic jazz greats such as Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holliday, and Anita O'Day. Perhaps her biggest influence and inspiration, however, is Joni Mitchell.
"She has always been such a multifaceted artist, from her lyrics to the music and the visual arts," Duhon said of her fascination with Mitchell. "Every album was different. She went from folk to pop to jazz to her '80s stuff. She's always been experimenting. I hope to say the same thing as my career goes on -- I never want to stop growing."
Somehow, with the combination of talent and ambition, I don't foresee that being an issue. So long as Duhon continues to make the steps to perform in front of gradually growing audiences, she has the potential to do anything she wants.
The Natural Touch
Although Olivia and Zeke Duhon grew up in the same household, their paths largely diverge from there. While his sister has drawn the majority of her influences from theatre and jazz, Zeke has mined the classic rock of his parents and balanced it with a touch of Tulsa's history and a healthy dose of the modern rock and pop that any average teenager might absorb.
Zeke Duhon is no average teenager, however. Not many other high school seniors have recorded two CDs and opened for a handful of nationally touring acts.
There are some similarities between the Duhons. Zeke also embraced the theatre in high school, most recently playing the role of Tug Tigger in Union's production of Cats. Unlike his sister, however, as of late January he didn't have a clear vision for the immediate future and was still indecisive on where he would go to college and what he would study.
Also unlike his sister, instead of studying music formally, it has come to him naturally.
"Basically, my dad was big on '60s music like The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, and Eric Clapton and he got me into it," Duhon said. "He taught me how to play piano and guitar by ear. I started on guitar at 13 and then he started teaching me piano when I was 15."
And that muse that Olivia mentioned? When it fell, it landed on him hard and heavy. Zeke wrote his first song, "Paper Cut," at the age of 13, shortly after his father had taught him his first chords.
"When my dad first heard me playing it, he didn't believe I wrote it," Zeke said. "After I wrote some more, though, he realized I didn't plagiarize anything and decided to go into the studio."
Recorded at Blue House Studio with Joel Wade, Duhon's debut EP, Eric's Marine, was released in 2010, when he was only 15. The disc included the first two songs he ever wrote, "Paper Cut" and the title track, "Eric's Marine," which was also the first song that he got published and recorded a video for.
Even before a CD was recorded, however, Duhon started performing live and developing not only his songs, but also his stage presence. Appearing on the local scene in 2007 and 2008, Zeke played his first show at The Pinkeye and followed it up by opening for Capital Lights at The Marquee for his second gig. From there, he began performing semi-regularly in all-ages clubs like The Pinkeye and The Marquee in Tulsa and King of Clubs and The Tree in Claremore.
"In the 8th grade, I opened for Never Shout Never at King of Clubs, in front of about 300 people," he said while reflecting on the earliest stages of his fledgling career. "I was a big fan at the time and I got to hang out with Christofer Drew backstage, so I remember thinking that was pretty cool."
Much like most other teenage boys, however, Duhon's taste reached beyond pop songwriting and into louder, more aggressive music. Zeke was also a member of scream/hard rock act Relax Relapse for roughly a year before stepping down to focus on his own material. During his tenure, the band played a number of shows, including opening for nationally touring act Asking Alexandria at Crush Lounge.
Following Duhon's departure, the band moved in a slightly more melodic direction and changed its name to Parallels, releasing a CD in 2011, before going dormant as the members focused on school during their senior year. During that time, Zeke worked on his solo material, moving in a more indie/alternative rock direction while still retaining his pop sensibilities.
Over the next year, he proceeded to write and record what would become his sophomore release, Tides, with Kendal Osbourne and Jacob Song. Completed in early 2012, a professionally shot, HD video for the title track, "Tides," was directed by Ryan Valdez and released in January 2012, building anticipation amongst fans and a small groundswell of Internet buzz.
A release party was planned at The Marquee for last April but when the club unexpectedly closed its doors, it left Duhon without an all-ages venue and the album was released quietly through iTunes and digital outlets with little promotion or fanfare.
That proved to be unfortunate, as the album proved to be one of the best local pop/rock releases of the year, but it flew under the radar and went unnoticed by most of Tulsa. Besides developing his voice and eliminating the need for auto-tuned vocals, Duhon grew by leaps and bounds as a musician and lyricist as well. The album also took on a more indie and alt-rock direction, moving from the more simple singer/songwriter pop of the debut disc.
The disc's opening single, a breakup song entitled "From A to Z," created a buzz at the high school within days of its release online, but it proved to be more than a flavor of the month single like most premanufactured pop. Somewhere in the mix, Duhon merged the vocal harmonies and melodies of The Beatles and Beach Boys with the pop-punk energy of All Time Low and found what would have amounted to a hit single for an artist on a major label with radio airplay.
The album didn't hinge on a lone single, however. Beyond the lead track, Duhon crafted a fine indie alt-rock album that channeled artists like Anberlin and Switchfoot and showed even greater depth in his songwriting skills with the songs like "Battle Hymn" and "Tides."
Ultimately, Zeke found himself facing a challenge much like his sister, only on a magnified scale. While Olivia faces a lack of proper venues for jazz artists, The Marquee closing its doors also marked the closing of the last proper all-ages venue following the closure of previous outlets like The Pinkeye, Crush Lounge, King of Clubs, and The Tree over the past few years. By the time Vanguard had opened in the old Marquee location in late July, the album had already been released and Duhon was already pressing forward.
To his credit, instead of letting the lack of venues and live opportunities crush his spirit, Duhon dove into his music and resumed the writing process. Currently, he is working on a new CD and roughly halfway through the recording process. He is once again working with Kendal Osbourne and Jacob Song, recording at Black Box Studios with an eye on a potential late summer release.
The album's first single, "Love Me Too", has already been recorded and was released in late August 2012 with another HD video, again directed by Ryan Valdez. Although the video gained a favorable response from Duhon's immediate fans, the song took off when it was posted on Brian Stars' YouTube channel, garnering over 7,000 views in that location alone, creating enough of a buzz that the video was added to mtv.com, vh1.com, and cmt.com.
Once again, the song marks another sonic departure for Duhon, this time moving in a more acoustic, folk-infused direction. When standing next to additional new tracks like "Open up Your Eyes" and "Jenny," the songs will immediately draw comparisons to artists like current buzz acts Lumineers, Avett Brothers, and Mumford & Sons. Dig a little deeper, however, and his early influences are lingering just below the surface, not straying far from Simon and Garfunkel or Lennon and McCartney in their structure and melodies.
Although some local music fans might find some frustration in Duhon's shift in styles from album to album, each new release continues to show development, promising more in the future. Zeke has always been a songwriter at his core, and the current tracks merely frame his songs with slightly different styles.
When viewed as an entire work and taken in sequence, you can clearly see a progression in his development as both a songwriter and singer. Instead of coming off as whitewashing his songs in the color of the month, each shift in styles has shown another layer in Duhon's talent and more depth in his songwriting palette.
When looking at the big picture, it helps to remember that Zeke is still only 18 and most teens' musical tastes are constantly shifting. Each change in direction thus far has been accompanied by another step forward and will ultimately all be distilled down as he finds his own unique voice and signature with both his composition and vocal delivery.
Whereas Olivia admittedly labors at the songwriting process, it comes easily to Zeke. When asked about his approach to composing, he said, "Normally when I write, I play around with chords, looking for a hook line and build from there. I might find a few of the right words and the rest just comes together from there."
"Recently, I've been experimenting with writing lyrics first and starting with ideas and going backwards to put music to it," he added.
When reflecting back on writing his first song, Duhon said, "I was just playing some chords my dad had showed me. I was about to go over to a friend's house and wasting time and out of nowhere, the words to the chorus with a melody came to me. I remembered the chorus and when I came back, I wrote the verse and put them together."
"When I write, I try to be conscious of how I say things," Duhon said of his lyrics. "My dad helps critique what I write, so when I've got something I'll show my dad. If it's not good, I don't record it. He tends to keep me focused."
Ultimately, his father's opinion helps direct what Zeke continues to refine and record. "After all," he added with a laugh, "he's the one who pays for me to go into the studio."
So far, Charles Duhon -- the family patriarch -- has done a fabulous job of helping direct his son while letting him explore different styles and continue to grow as an artist. With a half dozen songs already recorded and more in process, Zeke's next album promises to be yet another step forward in his growth as a musician and artist. With half an album already recorded, his goal of a summer release should be readily attainable.
Aside from finishing the new album, he is also looking at returning to the stage on a regular basis. Accompanied by Jake Butts on guitar, Tyler Fitzsimmons on bass and Ben Blount on drums, Duhon has already played at The Vanguard a couple of times, including a New Year's Eve show which saw Forrest French (formerly of Crooked X) fill in on guitar in Jake's absence. The show went so smoothly that he is considering adding French to the lineup for future performances if schedules permit.
Once he finishes his senior year and graduates, Zeke also shared that he'd like to try a small tour this summer, possibly visiting Texas and the surrounding area and is even considering playing some acoustic shows. When combined with an album of all new material that's already creating a buzz, 2013 is shaping up to be a big year for a young artist that has already shown a poise and talent beyond his years.
Talents Intertwined?
When considering the talents of the two siblings, the one question that seems to hover in that back of many local music fans' minds (aside from "What did their parents put in the water?") is whether or not the two will come together to work on a combined project in the future.
Although Olivia's focus has been directed towards jazz and Zeke was excelled with a more rock-oriented approach, the two share a common musical thread where they overlap in the pop genre. The real intrigue of a possible pairing doesn't lie as much in the sheer talent each possesses as it does in just where their combined influences might lead them.
When discussing the possibility of the two working together in the future, Olivia said, "I would love to collaborate with Zeke and try something new with him. It might sound clichéd, but I think we could both learn a lot from each other. I could learn a lot from his younger, fresher perspective and I think he could learn from me as well."
When asked if the topic had been approached previously, she answered, "No, not really. Not up until just recently, anyway. He's really grown a lot a musician and a songwriter, though, so maybe we'll get to do something."
When discussing the creative relationship with his sister, Zeke said that although they haven't written or worked on anything together, "I've noticed that I've picked some smaller things in how I sing from her, maybe something in how I put words together. I think it's possibly something I picked up from hearing her practice when I was younger."
When asking about the potential working together, he said, "Recently, we've wanted to do something together, possibly something like The Civil Wars. We just haven't taken the time to work on anything yet."
Granted, he did acknowledge that a good part of that is because both he and his sister are currently working on separate solo albums, which has restricted their time and opportunity to work on something new together and the focus for each is to get their respective projects completed.
"Once we finish, though, hopefully we'll have the time to give our full attention to it and see what works."
It would seem that a collaboration between these two siblings is inevitable, if only for one or two songs. The potential that comes from combining their individual strengths is all but undeniable. Even if it doesn't work out in the near future, though, the Duhon name is one that appears destined to be burned into the minds of music fans in Tulsa and beyond before the end of the year as both Zeke and Olivia have new albums hovering on the horizon.
When looking at Olivia and Zeke Duhon as individuals artists, you might never connect the two as siblings. Each of them is immensely talented, but possesses a different set of artistic strengths and is pursuing a different direction with their music. As they continue to grow as performers and prove to be a pair of the most talented young artists within the local music scene, however, you can only come to one conclusion: It's more than just a name -- there's got to be something in their blood.
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