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Hamline University '12

Major in Communication Studies

Certificates in International Journalism and Teaching English as a Foreign Language

Minors in Education and Spanish

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MUSIC | Doomtree Blowout VII at First Avenue: One hell of a show

By Nancy Huynh, TC Daily Planet

Photos By:

Meredith Westin

In honor of Doomtree’s seventh annual blowout, the group decided to have an entire week of shows—one show every day of the week curated by a different emcee each night. The week ended with two shows with the whole gang: a 21+ show on Friday night and an all ages show on Saturday night.MORE »

MN VOICES | Sai Vang combines art and activism at Center for Hmong Arts and Talent

By Nancy Huynh, TC Daily Planet

Sai Vang began to look at activism differently when she was a high school student at South High school in Minneapolis. “It was around the time that a Hmong girl in Wisconsin was at her prom," she recalls. "She had given birth to a stillborn and she threw it in the trash. KQRS made racist and prejudiced comments about her situation and the [Hmong] community in general."MORE »

St. Paul Ward 3 City Council race

By Nancy Huynh, TC Daily Planet

In St. Paul's Third Ward, there is no incumbent. Looking toward the November general election, TC Daily Planet intern Nancy Huynh posed questions to Chris Tolbert and John Mannillo. Eve Stein and Tylor J. Slinger are also running in Ward 3, which includes Highland Park and most of Macalester Groveland neighborhoods in St. Paul. Ramsey County has a website with complete list of candidates in 2011 elections, and a precinct finder to identify your precinct and ward.

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St. Paul Ward 6 city council candidate — Bee Kevin Xiong

By Nancy Huynh, TC Daily Planet

Candidate Bee Kevin Xiong is running for St. Paul city council in Ward 6. Xiong, father of three and an East Side resident for almost 10 years, works as a real estate agent. His biggest goals are to improve housing and public safety, which are, according to Xiong, citywide issues but need extra attention in the sixth ward.MORE »

Powderhorn Empty Bowls event brings together art and social justice

By Nancy Huynh, TC Daily Planet

For four years now, the Powderhorn Park Neighborhood Association (PPNA) has hosted Powderhorn Empty Bowls (PEB), an event to bring hunger and food insecurity to light. Local potters, including professionals, children’s programs, and college departments from the area, donate bowls to the event.MORE »

Power Lunches build reading excitement in Twin Cities schools

By Nancy Huynh, TC Daily Planet

Power lunches are not just for upper-level business executives in the Twin Cities — they are also for elementary school students in Everybody Wins, a program that pairs students with literacy mentors.MORE »

Building Bridges in South Minneapolis

By Nancy Huynh, TC Daily Planet

Connecting people across racial divides is a tough job. This is exactly what South Minneapolis residents from the Central, Bryant, Kingfield, Regina, and Northrop neighborhoods set out to accomplish with an organization they call Building Bridges.MORE »