As the summer winds down, we at Shift have taken the opportunity to really reflect on our experiences here and our mission to provide interesting stories for diverse college grads. In an effort to continue attracting new fans of our work, we have brought together our original (delightful!) theme song, “Enter,” by Grammar, and some of your favorite Shift writers and other young people to bust out their best moves in one of the greatest montages of random dancing on various streets and locations in Chicago.
It’s time to present our debut music video. Beat that, Ferris Bueller!
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by Melina Kolb on September 2nd, 2009 5:10 | Posted in no thumb | No Comments »
On a sunny Thursday morning at the Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles’ Universal City, bright blue, pink and yellow lights bounced on the walls and ceilings of grand ballroom. It looked more like a Hollywood nightclub. But here, a group of 20-something entrepreneurs was looking for the chance to network and share ideas for transforming the ever-evolving Web. Read the rest of this entry »
by Kiran Sood on September 1st, 2009 11:38 | Tags: Andrew Pham, communication, Daishin Sugano, Edward Lu, Facebook, Friendster, Glenn Gutierrez, Internet, Jared Kim, MySpace, technology, twentysomething, Twiistup, World Wide Web
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You might expect a 28-year-old blogger who writes about issues of relationships, career, finance, happiness and misfortune for the younger crowd in today’s wired society to be pretty plugged in. True, Maureen Henderson is well read, articulate on issues of politics and policy, and well traveled. But completely wired? Nope.
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by Kiran Sood on August 28th, 2009 1:29 | Tags: communication, Generation Meh, Internet, Maureen Henderson, social networking, technology, thirtysomething, twentysomething
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What is the American dream today? A half-century ago it was a white picket fence, 2.5 kids and a secure job to support them. Today it encompasses the hopes of a constantly changing America, and what constitutes a successful life is a definition that’s just as volatile. Ask five young people what they hope to accomplish as adults, and you’ll likely get five very different answers.
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by Lizz Kannenberg on August 28th, 2009 11:16 | Tags: bar, coffee, culinary, fashion, greek, hot dougs, Indian, Korean, lucky boys confusion, music, the insecurities
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If dating someone of a different faith is tricky, then marrying someone of a different faith can be downright difficult and problematic. Whether a couple about to enter into matrimony is Catholic and Jewish, or Muslim and Mormon, or Buddhist and Protestant, uniting the traditions, cultures and beliefs of two people, and two families, is undeniably complex.
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by Leslie Patton on August 27th, 2009 11:59 | Tags: Catholic, interfaith, interfaith marriage, Jewish, marriage, Muslim, Old St. Patrick's Church, PreCana class
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Aja Kelleher is not an aggressive woman. Ambitious and assertive, yes. But aggressive is a bit harsh even though many men would, perhaps, paint her with that brush as she pushed her way up the corporate ladder as a woman and a minority in a field that is heavy with white men. Standing out and standing up for herself has served her well. More than 15 years of hard work have propelled Aja into a post as senior project manager for the Chicago office of a large investment firm making in the neighborhood of $100,000. Read the rest of this entry »
by Josannah Birman on August 27th, 2009 2:02 | Tags: gender, gender issues, inequality, pay gap, racism, sexism
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