Occupy Wall Street: Rage against the Machine?

“Bump that, I won’t do what you told me”…I wouldn’t rush to say the Occupy Wall Street movement is the Rage Against the Machine that most conservatives are claiming.  In fact, in a matter of weeks the grassroots campaign against corporate greed in America has proven to be a viable, organized, and well-represented social movement. [...]

Thoughts on Big Media…

Call me old-fashioned, but what happened to the long ago days of the Walter Cronkite’s, Howard Kurtz’s and other objective reporters alike? Often, I turn on the tube, flip the newspaper (or kindle), listen to the radio or surf the web and wonder to myself, “What is this junk?” Mediums are dominated by celebrity gossip, [...]

Radford Auto Center – Going Green

Radford Auto Center – Going Green

Jason Bowman, the owner of Radford Auto Center is truly an example of an organization willing to accept the tides of Change and Innovation well before the waves come crashing down organizations unwilling to recognize inevitable change. Let’s face it, “the times are a changing.” The economy is in recession, fuel costs are up, budgets [...]

Rodger Roeser Highlights Regional PRSA Luncheon

The Blue Ridge Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America held their bimonthly luncheon at the Virginia Tech Inn Thursday, April 15th.  “The professional association serving public relations practitioners,” invited students from James Madison University, Liberty University, Lynchburg College, Radford University and Virginia Tech to join with practicing professionals from the Central and Southwest [...]

Google High Speed Internet Proposal

The proposal for Google’s new fiber optic network has become quite the high school homecoming queen election, everyone making claims for why their city deserves to make the final court. Cities like Blacksburg, VA, Topeka, KS, Buffalo, NY, Ann Arbor, MI are amongst thousands of cities bidding for Google to bring their experimental futuristic networks [...]

The Green Team; Local Organizations Recognized as Eco-Friendly

The New River Valley, “Go Green” organization is an organization that recruits local businesses in the NRV area to become more eco-friendly organizations. This past February, eight local organizations were recognized from go green NRV: Radford Auto Center, Wall Residences, Mountain Lake Hotel & Conservancy, Service Master Commercial Cleaning, Environmental Services and Consulting, East Coasters, [...]

Thoughts on the Pay What You Want Model

Danny’s presentation on the Music Industry in class Monday got me thinking about the potential of the Pay What You Want Model. I could really see the Pay What You Want Model taking off as a paradigm and evolving into a gratuity type system. Imagine going to your favorite artist’s website, purchasing they’re music, and [...]

May you be a wise and innovative spring breaker…

As Spring Break approaches I can’t help but to think of how this annual week of debauchery is different from years past. Spring break just doesn’t seem to have the glory it once had in the MTV Daytona beach days. Unpredictable travel delays, costs, annoying airports, and unstable and unsafe countries housing popular spring break [...]

Tiger Woods to Break His Silence

For the first time in months, Tiger Woods will break his silence with the press as he announced Tuesday he will hold a press conference Friday morning.The events that have unraveled since his Buick SUV crashed into a fire hydrant some three months ago have transformed the public perception of a man who was once [...]

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