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On Online: Antoinette Hockaday
December 4th, 2011
Name: Antoinette Hockaday
Where do you live? Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Area of study: BFA Fashion Design
Day job / occupation: Bank Teller at Wells Fargo
What qualities do you most value in others? Honesty, Trustworthiness, Friendliness, and Compassion
Name three of your favorite designers: All time favorite is Alexander McQueen he was a true artist who didnt mind pushing the envelope, then there is Marc Jacobs and Jean Paul Gaultier.
List a guilty pleasure: I love True Blood, and you can also catch me on tmz.com a lot.
What is your present state of mind? Right now its focused. Trying to make sure i do good in school and making some life changes thanks to this great book im currently reading by T.D. Jakes called Reposition Yourself: Living A Life Without Limits.
What is your dream job? My dream job would running my own fashion label in one of the major fashion capitals like Milan, or even New York.
What is the most important thing that people should know about you? That im very honest, if you dont want my true opinion about something then dont ask.
When was the first time you recognized your interest in fashion? I would have to say when i was in middle school around eighth grade.
Where have you found inspiration lately? Museums mostly. I was fortunate enough to view the Savage Beauty: Alexander Mcqueen exhibit at the MET this summer as well as the Roberto Capucci exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, both were amazing.
What is your most valued possession? I dont really have one, but the one thing i cant live without is my son named Devin.
What music do you like to listen to? I love all kinds of music from hip hop to some rock music and have recently gotten an appreciation for jazz.
If you had an opportunity to travel back in time, who would you like to meet, and why? I would like to meet Dr. Martin Luther King, he was such a great leader and it would have been so inspiring to be present at one of his speeches.
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Cal State faculty, students stage 1-day strike for pay raise
November 14th, 2011
The union that represents California State University faculty has staged a one day strike today at two campuses, one in Southern California, the other in the Bay Area. The unions trying to pressure the university to give faculty a one quarter of one percent pay raise.
The California Faculty Association, which represents about 23,000 professors, lecturers, coaches, counselors and librarians, authorized the one-day strike at the East Bay and Dominguez Hills campuses.
Protesters began arriving early in the day at the Dominguez Hills campus in Carson, wearing red T-shirts bearing the words “enough is enough” and carrying picket signs.
Protesters carried a 10-foot-tall puppet bearing a likeness of CSU Chancellor Charles Reed with a grimace on his face and two fistfuls of cash.
Physics professor Jim Hill is one of about a dozen people protesting at the northwest corner of campus.
Hill said the strike is not just about the pay raise.
“It’s mainly about the quality of education and the quality of our system,” Hill said.
He said the system as a whole has struggled with several issues throughout the years, including a lack of pay raises and the constant hiking of tuition and fees.
“The leadership of this institution is using faculty, students and staff as if they were ATMs,” said Lillian Taiz, a professor of history at Dominguez Hills and president of the faculty association. “They turn to us to bail out the university.”
CSU administrators say the pay raise faculty is asking for would amount to $20 million and the university can’t afford it.
The CSU system, which has more than 400,000 students, lost $650 million in state support this year and expects to lose another $100 million because of a projected shortfall in state revenue.
CSU Chancellor Charles Reed has said paying the faculty raises would mean offering fewer classes for students while the system is cutting its budget by $750 million.
Today’s strike was the first faculty walkout in the history of the 23-campus system. The protest comes one day after Cal State trustees approved a $500 tuition increase in anticipation of budget cuts.
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SBC Scoop: Making the Business Case for Admission
November 6th, 2011
*Please note that no client details are ever shared in SBC Scoop or otherwise without complete sign off from client.
Most MBA candidates face either serious writer’s block or a case of “too much information” when it comes to b-school essays. Yes, business schools tell you they want to know the real you. However, that doesn’t mean that your entire life story is relevant to your business school applications. Editing yourself is a key strategy to producing quality business school essays.
Cheryl took a comprehensive package with Stacy Blackman Consulting and was looking particularly for help pitching her non-traditional background to MBA programs. Her target schools were Haas, Tuck, Anderson and Duke. Much like our client May whose career path was covered in an earlier SBC Scoop, Cheryl had pursued more than one career prior to pursuing an MBA. Cheryl had worked as an investment banking analyst for a year, then started producing off-off-Broadway productions with a group of friends from her undergrad theater classes. The first draft of Cheryl’s career goals essay was three times the word limit and included numerous anecdotes from her colorful theater experience. The essay read like a novel with anecdotes like the time Cheryl had to manage an alcoholic actor who threatened to quit the show right before opening curtain.
While Cheryl’s story would definitely hold an admission officers interest, we needed to transform her essay into a coherent pitch for her admission to the program. First we talked through the various experiences Cheryl had in her years of work experience. Then we applied a filter to all of her stories and asked: “Does this story demonstrate that Cheryl has key business skills?” If a story was compelling – but had more drama than skillset – we eliminated it. After extensive editing Cheryl’s essay was a coherent portrait of someone who worked effectively with creative people and had the skills to run an organization.
In the end Cheryl was happy with her less-dramatic essay because it led to real results. She attended Anderson and was able to pursue her dreams of combining her creative and business skills together in the entertainment industry.
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Ravens’ Rice and Suggs react to the Perry Hall soccer situation
November 1st, 2011
We’ll have more on Perry Hall’s decision to revive its boys soccer season as the day goes on.
But here’s a look at how Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs and running back Ray Rice reacted when asked about the story today by reporter Edward Lee at the team’s facility in Owings Mills. (The Perry Hall players were initially punished for imitating the “Bernie” dance Suggs and Rice are known for doing.)
Suggs on his reaction to the controversy: “You’ve got to remember that these are young adults that have achieved the highest level they could achieve at that age level, and I think the punishment was too harsh. Whatever I could do, I definitely want to help because I was just flattered that they did that.”
Suggs on if he thinks the dance is lewd or inappropriate: “I did the dance on Monday Night Football, but I didn’t tweet or say, ‘Everybody should do this.’ It was fun. I saw the dance online, and I thought, ‘That’s cool. I’m going to do that after I get a sack.’ Maybe the kids saw me and did it. I don’t know if they did it after me or if they saw the same thing I did [online], but if they did do it after me, I’m flattered. I think it was way too harsh for them to get suspended because they were happy and did the dance.”
Rice on his reaction to the controversy: “I feel that the penalty was a little harsh. The dance is harmless. I just remember my high school days when we were winning. When we went to our state championship, I used to get in the middle and our high school coach would dance with us. It’s just all fun and celebration. The penalty was a little harsh, and I’m glad the kids got reinstated. You just don’t want to take that shine away from them. My brother just had his last high school football game, and for the kids, this is their moment. These kids have something to look up to. For some of these kids who are seniors, just imagine if this had been their last game because of a ruling that would have ruined their whole season because of a celebration. That could have been a kid’s last high school experience, and imagine him waking up and saying, ‘We were going to states, and we didn’t get a chance to go because we did the “Bernie” dance.’ It just wouldn’t end right. So I’m glad the kids got reinstated. The dance is harmless. It’s a fun celebration.”
Rice on if he thinks the dance is lewd or inappropriate: “I don’t think it’s lewd. I don’t think it’s offensive in any way. I think parents can understand that the dance is harmless. It’s not promoting violence, it’s not doing anything offensive. It’s something that’s harmless.”
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Instant Style
October 27th, 2011
As a fashion design major, inspiration can come from everywhere. I find strangers on the streets the most inspiring; those cool stylish people you see for only one unexpected moment—but why not capture that moment, that style, in that exact instant? Here, every Friday, from now on, I bring you the raw, unedited swag of the San Francisco streets. 
This week among the sea of Halloweek concert head-bangers, punk style prevailed. This ‘anti-fashion’ has been more fashionable than ever in the past year; Balmain being the biggest influence on the mass population. Main ingredients? Jean vests, dyed hair, studs galore, and killer attitude. According to these girls, “Punks Not Dead”, and won’t be anytime soon.
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