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Alvie Hearren

Alvie Hearren

Society’s open trap door

By Alvie Hearren on April 15, 2009

The death penalty: widely discussed, always controversial.

Posted in Opinion | Tagged 83:20, volume 83

Change our diets not our lifestyles to help cope

By Alvie Hearren on March 18, 2009

With rising healthcare costs, food bills, waistline sizes and the ever-growing acknowledgement that all we do has an impact on the world around us, we wonder, what can we do?

Posted in Opinion | Tagged 83:16, volume 83 | 1 Response

Wide variety of music at pop festival

By Alvie Hearren on March 18, 2009

Watching D.A. Pennebacker’s The Completely Monterey Pop Festival, takes us back to periods of history with an atmosphere of change in the air, as new music, new norms and more.

Posted in Arts & Culture | Tagged 83:16, music, volume 83

Oil and all its dirty secrets

By Alvie Hearren on February 18, 2009

We hear about oil every day. Prices fluctuate because of supply and demand. We see it on the receipts for our food, gasoline and heating oil bills.

Posted in Opinion | Tagged 83:14, politics, volume 83 | 2 Responses

Clean coal technology may not be so clean.

By Alvie Hearren on January 28, 2009

The topic of why not to use coal has been discussed many times, and what is to there to like about coal?

Posted in Opinion | Tagged 83:12, environment, volume 83

The Vault: Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii

By Alvie Hearren on January 21, 2009

An album and movie not from the early days of rock and roll, nor of recent memory, Pink Floyd’s Live at Pompeii actually performed in an old Roman Amphitheater offers a unique and timeless sound.

Posted in Arts & Culture | Tagged 83:11, movie review, music, volume 83 | 2 Responses

WIXQ hosts first annual local music celebration at Club de' Ville. The event featured the music and art of artists from the Lancaster area. Photo by Christian Shuts.

Bringing local music to Millersville

By Alvie Hearren on December 3, 2008

WIXQ’s “Q-Stock” showcased art, music and more. It was open to Millersville students and people from Lancaster alike.

Posted in Arts & Culture | Tagged 83:10, music, volume 83, wixq

The Vault: Treehuggers taking over

By Alvie Hearren on December 3, 2008

The Prequel to Ernest Callenbach’s Ecotopia does not offer a preview of a better world. It does, however, show people how to achieve it in the author’s 1981, Ecotopia Emerging.

Posted in Arts & Culture | Tagged 83:10, the vault, volume 83

Dancing the winter away

By Alvie Hearren on November 19, 2008

Aspects of Latino culture, such as music, dancing, food and more were featured Saturday night at Club de’Ville.

Presented and largely sponsored by SOLA, Society of Latino Affairs, and the Latino studies minor of Millersville University. Café Latino’s “Winter Fiesta” offered students Saturday night, Nov. 15, from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. a unique alternative to usual Saturday nights, either on campus or off, to enjoy aspects of Latino culture, including, food,
dancing and music.

Posted in Arts & Culture | Tagged 83:9, club de'ville, volume 83

And afforable healthcare for all at all costs

By Alvie Hearren on November 19, 2008

Every election, candidates on the right or left, discuss plans to make healthcare “better, more affordable and accessible,” yet today in America, 15 percent of our population has no health insurance, at a time when costs are rising.

Even with health insurance, they pick what gets covered, and what does not. Necessary treatments and medications may not be covered for reasons entirely their own.

Posted in Opinion | Tagged 83:9, health, volume 83

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