newsweek & current – the college vanguard
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Current Names the Top 15 Students in AmericaBOSTON, April 13 /PRNewswire/ -- In its Summer 2005 special issue, available on college campuses by April 15, Current Magazine presents its hand-picked list of 15 college students to keep your eye on-they are "The Vanguard," the next generation of American leaders. For the last few months, Current's entire staff has scoured the country, sifting through newspaper articles, emailing old friends, and calling Public Relations departments at countless schools to produce a truly daunting list of the most talented and inspired students out there. Featured on the cover are Chinaka Hodge, a writer and award-winning slam poet from NYU, Erica Dawan, a women's activist from the University of Pennsylvania, and MCLars (a.k.a. Andrew Nielson) a technologically-savvy musician from Stanford."The Vanguard" also includes: * Entrepreneur: Joshua To (UCLA) launched clothing line, Resonance, with the aim of creating a company that is "socially and ethically responsible." * Fashion Designer: Brette Sandler's (Parsons Schools of Design) subtly sexy' swimwear line was recently picked up by the chain of trendy Calypso boutiques. * Athlete: Heather O'Reilly (UNC), pegged to be the next Mia Hamm, scored the game-winning goal against Germany during the semi-finals of the 2004 Summer Olympics and led the Tar Heels to the NCAA title earlier that year. * Politician: Grant Woodward (Grinnell College), the president of the College Democrats of America (CDA) has been known to field questions on top radio shows, appear on CNN, and debate his Republican counterpart on C-SPAN. * Artist: Julie Ramirez (Angelo State University) has earned national recognition from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, Nationwide Insurance Hispanic Heritage Art Contest, and the Tejano Conjunto Festival. * Inventor: Wei Gu (University of Michigan) won the top prize in the undergraduate category of the 2004 Collegiate Inventors Competition. His contribution to the field of microfluidics is expected to revolutionize both medical testing and stem cell research. * Actress: Halley Wegryn Gross (NYU) spends her days in class at NYU's Gallatin School of Individualized Study, and her nights performing alongside Ethan Hawke and other notables in the off-Broadway production, Hurlyburly. * Technological Genius: Wayne Change (UMass, Amherst) developed i2hub, an Internet peer-to-peer application designed for file-sharing between college students. * Religious Leader: Hans Zeiger (Hillsdale College) is one of the most outspoken young conservative and religious leaders in the country and a writer whose columns have been picked up by a number of prominent publications. * Scientist: Jamie Rubin's (MIT) research on Candida albicans, a yeast infection virus, might have life-changing implications for AIDS and cancer patients. * Civil Servant: Johnny Madrid (Stanford) has dedicated himself to bettering American foster care. He teaches a seminar on public speaking, manages the Stanford Foster Care College Project, and helped formulate the Foster Child Bill of Rights in 2001 * Military Figure: Wrendon Hunt (West Point) serves as the Brigade Athletics Officer on the highly honored Brigade Staff, which puts him in charge of the physical education testing program and intramural sports systems for all 4,000 cadets.Current Magazine is a quarterly publication that is produced in cooperation with Newsweek Magazine. Current's staff is composed entirely of college students who solicit editorial, photography, and art pieces from their counterparts across the country. Current has a distribution of 125,000 issues at 26 colleges and universities.TRANSCRIPT
