Volume 1, Issue 2: The NetWork Reloaded

Freedom of expression.
It is the unifying factor of music, sex, and entrepreneurship.

The abstract, unpredictable rhythms associated with all three somehow found solace here on their own for this issue. It's been an exhilarating ride to publish this one, to say the least.

We affectionately call this issue "The NetWork Reloaded". It's rating would be a toss-up between "NC-17" and "R". It touches on topics like Sex and The Apprentice, Sex and Janet, Sexual Kisses between Madonna and Britney Spears...you get the picture.

We live in a society full of double standards; and the lines between media ratings and reality are frequently blurred. In our impressionable society, are we strong enough to see the deeper repercussions of explicit propaganda or shallow enough to view it all as "entertainment"? As you read this issue, we'll let you be the judge.

Which segues into entrepreneurship. I picked up the latest Amel Larrieux CD a couple of weeks ago, poignantly titled "Bravebird". As her jazzy-soul vocals danced with the resounding bass line in songs like "New" and "Get To", I hit my computer's power switch to "ON". The staff and I zero'd on the internal and external conflicts many can relate to as we get older and less confident in our dreams. Particularly the dream where you know you want to duck out of the rat race and be independent, but... But. The proverbial "but". Larrieux's first CD, launched in 2000, was lauded publicly for its "Infinite Possibilities". How fitting the CD was titled as such, probing into the freedom that ensues when you feel comfortable just being you and following your dreams.

What a beautiful cadence... music and writing unite to form one voice... a voice of many. And so it has done with this issue.

In this economy, job creation will be one of the tickets to get the U.S. back on track. "The increase in entrepreneurship in the U.S. is a small but positive step that appears to mirror our recovering economy," said Kauffman Foundation President and CEO Carl Schramm. "This report estimates that as many as 300 million people around the globe were trying to launch new firms in 2003 - that's more than the entire population of the United States. These significant numbers make it clear that entrepreneurship is an enduring human phenomenon - one that sparks innovation, creates jobs and contributes to more prosperous national economies."

The Kauffman Foundation has been prolific in sparking entrepreneurial ventures; while charismatically stretching business education out of its comfortable IB, MC, and Corporate three-step.

Giving the thumbs-up to the team for their contributions, I turn off the desk lamp on this issue and power down the laptop. Adjusting the CD player's volume to "low" before going to bed after another busy day.

Just imagine the infinite possibilities.

K.D.

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Volume 1, Issue 2 Art Credits:
Apprentice Article- TV Guide
Janet Jackson, Britney and Madonna Article- US News, MTV.com
Hedonism: Spring Break Article- Angela's own

Volume 1, Issue 1 Art Credits:
Hmmm... Beer Article- Absolut Vodka
Jim Danko- Tuck School of Business
Step Into Spring Fashion Article- BananaRepublic.com, JCrew.com, BrooksBrothers.com, AnnTaylor.com

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