Tag Archives: Dave Imbriaco
Dear Mr. President: An Open Letter to President Obama ~ Dave Imbriaco
Dear President Obama,
I am writing to you (and to any other American who wishes to share in this) because I, like many Americans, want to help our country get back on track. Call it a cry for help or a public plea of a distressed citizen, but I digress.
My personal situation is hardly the worst it could be: I’m a graduate student living with my parents and partially self-funding my education with my own personal savings (I’m taking out loans for the rest). On the other hand, I graduated in May of 2010 and have worked a total of only five months since then at a variety of jobs, always for $12 an hour or less. Compared to other people my age, I consider myself to be incredibly lucky.
JVP Speaks: What to Say to Apparent Racism
You’re out and about or in and around, just doing what you do when you’re one or the other, and, ka-pow, you’re knocked aside the head with a seemingly racist comment. What do you do?
JVP Speaks: What is Civic Duty?
Project Civility is in full swing at Rutgers, whether you noticed it or not. The initiative’s aim is to get people to ask questions about what it means to be part of a community, about how people should treat one another, and what can be done to improve the quality of people’s treatment of others. Of course, the whole initiative is voluntary rather than mandatory, which means that, chances are, one likely won’t be prompted to participate in Project Civility in one’s day to day. At the very least, I’ve yet to be prompted, so I figured that I’d prompt myself and my fellow JVPers to participate ourselves with this week’s question: Should America have a notion of civic duty if it doesn’t already? Why or why not? If so, what should it entail?
JVP Speaks: Are you going to vote?
Hello and welcome to JVP Speaks! In this soon-to-be-a-recurring-feature, contributors will kick-off a discussion on a particular topic by writing on a single prompt. This week the JVP asked itself: are you voting? Why or why not? Feel free to answer the question yourself, comment on any of our answers, and to generally get the ball rolling on this important topic! Here’s what we had to say:
Inside JVP: An Interview with Dave Imbriaco by Ben Kharakh
One of the perks of being a journalist is that I get an excuse to satiate my curiosity. Case in point: this new feature in which I interview my JVPeers about themselves. I kicked things off with an autobiographical essay so that you’d get to know a little bit about me and a Q and A with Dave Imbriaco.
On a Mosque in New York ~ Dave Imbriaco
Once upon a time, a Muslim community sought to exercise their rights guaranteed to them as American citizens under the First Amendment. They sought to build a Mosque and a… Read more
Thursday April 8th 2010
The Johnsonville Press Daily Edition Today’s Submission by: God (Dave Imbriaco) 1. Recommendation of the Day: This is Why You’re Fat This peculiar photoblog documents contemporary cuisine that’ll give you… Read more
Tuesday March 30th 2010
The Johnsonville Press Daily Edition Today’s Submission by: Dave Imbriaco 1. Movie Recommendation of the Day: Army of Darkness Probably one of the least appreciated and unintentionally funny movies in… Read more
Thursday March 18th 2010
The Johnsonville Press Daily Edition Today’s Submission by: Dave Imbriaco 1. Recommendation of the Day: The Presidents of the United States of America – Love Everybody (2004) Calling all of… Read more
Forward? A poem by Dave Imbriaco
I look forward, a mirror obscures my view I look forward, only to see behind The halls of ivy are all I know But the vines won’t take me where… Read more
