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Artist's Responsibility: Kaushal Inamdar's Insights

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In a world buzzing with fleeting trends and instant gratification, where does the artist stand? Are they merely entertainers, or do they bear a deeper responsibility to society? This question lies at the heart of our conversation with Kaushal Inamdar, the insightful Marathi musician and composer whose perspectives we began to explore in our previous blog post. Inamdar, with his deep…

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'Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer is an enthralling biographical drama that delves into the gripping narrative surrounding the development of the atomic bomb amidst the worst backdrop of World War II. The film revolves around the remarkable physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, brilliantly portrayed by Cillian Murphy, who spearheaded the Manhattan Project.

Critics have showered praise on Oppenheimer for its grand scale and audacious ambition. However, it is crucial to acknowledge that concerns have also been raised regarding the movie's portrayal of the atomic event. It resulted in anonymous rumors suggesting the possibility of a ban on the release in Japan.

Within the confines of this article, we shed light on the possibility of a ban on Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer in Japan. We aim to delve into the historical backdrop, understand the motives behind the alleged ban, and reflect upon the wider significance this scenario poses in relation to artistic freedom and cultural sensitivity.

Will Japan allow the release of Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer?

At present, there is no confirmation from the Japanese government regarding the potential ban on the release of Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer. Nevertheless, rumors have been circulating, hinting at the film's prohibition in Japan.

It is important to acknowledge that Japan holds a perspective on nuclear weapons due to the profound impact of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, which claimed the lives of more than 200,000 people. These tragic events have left a lasting imprint on the country's consciousness, resulting in a high degree of sensitivity surrounding the portrayal of nuclear weapons in various forms of media, including films.

Japan maintains policies regarding the depiction of nuclear weapons in movies. Films that are perceived as glorifying or trivializing weaponry often face restrictions or bans. Consequently, there is concern that Oppenheimer might fall into either of these categories, prompting a potential ban in Japan.

Releasing in the United States and other parts of the globe on July 21, 2023, Oppenheimer showcases an ensemble cast featuring skilled actors like Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Florence Pugh, and Robert Downey Jr., contributing to the film's captivating depth.

Various factors must be considered when evaluating the ban on Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer in Japan, including its commitment to historical accuracy. As a film, it is of immense importance to faithfully portray the depicted events. Nonetheless, concerns arise about the possibility of the movie taking liberties with the truth for heightened dramatic effect.

There is a possibility that this could exacerbate the concerns of Japanese audiences, who are already sensitive to the subject.

The expected public reaction is a factor that could potentially lead to Oppenheimer facing restrictions on its release in Japan. The deep and distressing impact of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the Japanese people makes any film addressing this subject matter likely to trigger trauma and elicit emotions.

Concerns have already emerged among viewers regarding how the film portrays the atomic bomb. Some critics have expressed worries that the movie might include graphic content or sensationalize the atomic event, which could undermine the seriousness of the victims suffering.

Who can decide the ban for Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer?

It is the responsibility of the Japanese government to look into the concern of the movie, Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer. It is the responsibility of the Japanese government to look into the concern of the movie, Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer.

Toho Towa, the Japanese distributor renowned for releasing several significant Hollywood movies in Japan, holds the ultimate authority in determining Oppenheimer's release in the country. Their decision hinges on weighing two factors: the risk of adverse public response and the film's potential financial triumph at cinemas.

Toho Towa must precisely create a marketing strategy that fosters a connection with Japanese audiences while avoiding any sense of detachment. The promotional campaign should primarily spotlight the film's importance and its profound message advocating peace, transcending a mere focus on its action-packed sequences and visual grandeur.

At the end of the day, it is the responsibility of the Japanese government to look into the concerns of the movie, Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer. If things get worse, it is possible that the government will step in to take control.'

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Examining Society With Wow Okay Cool

Mustard had the pleasure of speaking with New Haven's Wow Okay Cool! Together we discussed the origin of their name, capitalism and society in general, their favorite Connecticut artists, and so much more! Check out the interview below!

Mustard had the pleasure of speaking with New Haven’s Wow Okay Cool! Together we discussed the origin of their name, capitalism and society in general, their favorite Connecticut artists, and so much more! Check out the interview below! 1. Hello! Mustard appreciates you being here. How are you? Mustard, the pleasure is all mine. I’m doing quite well! I got married just a few weeks ago, and the…

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Melbourne playlist

There is no other city like Melbourne! It sure is a stand out city. I go there at least once a year and always look forward to going back as soon as I left it. But it’s more than just a city. It’s the music from this place that is undeniably awesome.

So I put together a playlist of bands, artists from Melbourne and beyond the city limits. It was one of the more fun playlists I put together and I hope you enjoy it. Maybe there is a song or a band from there I overlooked. Let me know!!

MELBOURNE, Australia

001 Big Pig - Hungry Town 002 King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Robot Stop 003 Magic Dirt - daddy 004 Models - I Hear Motion 005 Suss Cunts - Temper 006 The Birthday Party - Release the Bats 007 Cosmic Psychos -  The Man Who Drank Too Much 008 Pseudo Echo - Beat For You 009 Amyl and the Sniffers - Some Mutts  (Can't be muzzled) 010 TISM - Greg! The Stop Sign! 011 Abramelin -  Human Abattoir   012 Hunters and Collectors - Say goodbye 013 Damaged  - Nails 014 Weddings Parties Anything - Brunswick 015 Spiderbait - Fucken Awesome 016 Skyhooks - Balwyn Calling 017 Eddy Current Supression Ring - Modern Man 018 Real Life - Send Me An Angel 019 The Eternal - Down 020 The Triffids - Wide Open Road 021 AC/DC - Dog Eat Dog 022 Ne Obliviscaris -  Of The Leper Butterflies 023 Mantissa -  Mary Mary 024 Kids In The Kitchen - Bitter Desire 025 Deströyer 666 - Australian And Anti-Christ 026 The Stroppies - Celebration Day 027 Hobbs' Angel Of Death - Crucifixion 028 HOSS - The Tiredest Man Awake 029 Paul Kelly - Leaps And Bounds 030 Fuck the Fitzroy Doom Scene - Blind Faith 031 Inverloch -  From The Eventide Pool 032 Painters & Dockers - Die Yuppie Die 033 Gay Paris - Ash Wednesday Boudoir Party 034 HIGH TENSION - COLLINGWOOD 035 Dan Sultan - Old Fitzroy 036 Voodoo Lovecats - Killed Her in St. Kilda 037 Jason Donovan - Nothing Can Divide Us 038 I'm Talking - Do You Wanna Be 039 BELAKOR - Roots To Sever 040 Dead Can Dance - A Passage in Time 041 HONEY BUCKET - Patch of Grass 042 Masters Apprentices ? - Melodies Of St. Kilda 043 Cosmic Psychos -  Can't Keep A Good Man Down 044 The Fauves - Sunbury 97 045 Black Bats - Shining Haze 046 Even - The Melbourne Beat Parade 047 King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Big Fig Wasp 048 Boom Crash Opera  - Onion Skin 049 Tropical Fuck Storm - Lose The Baby 050 AC/DC -  Whole Lotta Rosie 051 Laura Imbruglia  - Tricks 052 Huxton Creepers - Autumn Leaves 053 Kylie Minogue - Got To Be Certain 054 The Black Sorrows - Chained To The Wheel 055 Uncanny X Men Everybody Wants To Work Remastered Audio 056 MACHINATIONS - No Say In It 057 Jackson Reid Briggs & the Heaters  - Seaside 058 Big Pig - I Cant Break Away 059 Kit Convict - Watch Your Skull 060 Cosmic Psychos  - pub 061 King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard -  Gamma Knife 062 Real Life - Catch Me Im Falling 063 Stonefield - Delusion 064 FRANKENBOK - Never To Return 065 Dreadnaught -  The Push 066 Dead Can Dance - Anywhere Out Of The World 067 LITTLE DESERT  -  CAPTIVE 068 The Living End - Roll On 069 ORB - A Man In The Sand 070 Elm Street-Metal Is The Way 071 Parsnip - Health 072 The Berzerker -  Caught In The Crossfire 073 School Damage - Gasbagging 074 Romper Stomper - Pulling On The Boots 075 Men At Work - Who Can It Be Now 076 Harem Scarem - Last Stand Man 077 The Peep Tempel - Mister Lester Moore 078 Mark Seymour - Westgate 079 Primo - You’ve Got a Million 080 Magic Dirt - amoxycillin 081 Ali Barter - Please Stay 082 Boom Crash Opera - City Flat 083 Buried Feather - Mind of the Swarm 084 Mortification - Scrolls of the Megilloth 085 TISM - Fourteen Years in Rowville 086 Pseudo Echo - Listening 087 Wrong Turn - Johnny Collingwood 088 Mondo Rock - Come Said The Boy 089 SUBTERFUGE - Unhinged 090 Split Enz - Message To My Girl 091 King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - People-Vultures 092 The Eternal - All Hope Is Lost 093 Sunbeam Sound Machine - Real Life 094 Superheist - Bullet 095 1927 - Tell Me A Story 096 Chantoozies - Wanna Be Up 097 Bad Boy Bubby OST - Bubbys Song 098 Drown This City - IM NOT DIVIDED 099 Augie March - This Train Will Be Taking No Passengers 100 AC/DC -  It's Long Way To The top 101 Rowland S. Howard - Lifes What You Make It (Talk Talk cover) 102 Crazy Pussy - Drink at the Tote 103 Teeth & Tongue - Dianne 104 Blood Duster - Northcote 105 Taipan Tiger Girls - Motion 106 Paul Kelly - From  St.Kilda to Kings Cross 107 Cemetery Urn -  The Deepest of Graves 108 Grinderman -  Worm Tamer 109 The Masters Apprentices - War or Hands Of Time 110 Magic Dirt - She-Riff 111 Hunters and Collectors - Inside A Fireball 112 Hierophants - Fagg Hopp 113 Lost Animal - Lose the Baby 114 Essendon Airport - No Quarter 115 The Lucksmiths - Tale Of Two Cities 116 TOTAL CONTROL - The Hammer 117 Endless - Lord Deceptor 118 Eddy Current Suppression Ring - Our Quiet Whisper 119 Bits of Shit - Patrol 120 TISM - Mourningtown Ride 121 New War - Emerald dream eyes 122 Hiatus Kaiyote - Breathing Underwater 123 Alien Nose Job - Buffet of Love 124 Tetema - Haunted On The Uptake 125 Uncanny X Men - I Am 126 King - Coldest of Cold 127 Spiderbait - Cracker 128 The Cat Empire - East 129 Ausmuteants - Mates Rates 130 The Living End - All Torn Down 131 The Church -  Destination 132 Skyhooks - Toorak Cowboy 133 Carlton Streets - Brian Brown Quintet 134 Silverlight Shadows - Headspace 133 TISM - I'm Interested in Apathy 134 Dumb Punts - Headfuck 135 SNOG - Business As Usual 136 The Dirty Three - Better go home soon 137 Crowded House - Nails in my feet 138 Rebel Wizard - Voluptuous Worship of Rapture and Response 139 U-Bahn - 'Beta Boyz' 140 Bestial Warlust - Dweller of the Bottomless Pit 141 The Murlocs - Young Blindness 142 CHRISTBAIT - Yeast 143 HTRK -  Ha 144 A Basket of Mammoths - Unkept And Matted 145 Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Avalanche 146 Mondo Rock - State of heart 147 The Meanies - Punchin Air 148 Mad Max OST Brian May - Mad Max Main Title 149 Bananagun - People Talk Too Much 150 TISM - Get Thee In My Behind Satan 151 Cosmic Psychos - Dead roo 152 The Models - Out of mind, out of sight 153 Mantissa - Dream alone 154 Australian Crawl - Things Don't Seem 155 The Boys Next Door - the nightwatchman 156 John Farnham - One 157 Air Supply - Love and other bruises 158 Abramalin - never enough snuff 159 Billy Thorpe - It's almost summer 160 Disembowelment - Your prophetic throne of ivory 161 Amyl and the Sniffers - Got you 162 Abominator - Black Mass Warfare   163 Things Of Stone And Wood - Share this wine 164 Inverloch - distance collapsed 165 Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Deanna 666 Kath and Kim TV show theme song

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Davido: DMW artist, Peruzzi, accused by label boss of not abiding by signed contract

In an exclusive interview with Pulse, DMW manager respond to allegations by label owner that Davido's artiste, Peruzzi has failed to abide by signed contract.

Peruzzi, who is presently signed to Davido Music Worldwide (DMW) has been accused of not abiding by the terms of the contract he has with his label.

Peruzzi was officially signed to DMW in November 2017, and has enjoyed rave reviews following his impressive features on the group singles, 'Mind' and 'Aje' as well as his recent collaboration with 2face Idibia on 'Amaka'.

The singer before joining DMW was previously signed to Golden Boy Entertainment and according to claims by the owner of the label, Peruzzi still has a running contract with the company.

In an interview with Punch Newspapers on Saturday, August 4th, the CEO of Golden Boy Entertainment, Patrick Anyaene says Peruzzi who is still signed to his label have been releasing records and he has not been getting paid.

 “I don’t have problems with Davido, he says, I have issues with Perruzi, my artiste.''

All the songs Davido released since last year November are my records. They are my records because those songs were written by my artiste.

Songs like 'Fia', 'Ada', 'Mind' by DMW, 'Aje' by DMW and other songs they might be working on now are all the property of Golden Boy Entertainment.”

He continues, “Peruzzi has been going for shows and getting paid; I have been patient with them since November. I am unhappy because I have not been settled. As a businessman, when you invest money in an individual, you expect a return.

Davido has given Peruzzi some guts to do whatever he likes; he has forgotten that he signed a contract with me and I have lawyers on the case.

Perruzi started working with me in 2016 and I was paying him salary. I officially signed him in 2017 for a three-year contract. He has breached a contract and he is an ingrate,” he concluded.

 Pulse reaches out to DMW manager

Pulse has reached out to Peruzzi's manager, Abiola Ridwan Sanni, head of Kolotainment for the label's official response, who informed us that he is aware of all that has been happening;

''Actually Patrick is our guy, but when you sign an artist and you are not doing the right things, all these things he is saying, he didn't say it when Peruzzi was nobody now.

Then David called him one on one, even wanted him [Patrick] to be his [Peruzzi] manager, but still he didn't take the opportunity.

Asked if Peruzzi still has a deal with Golden Boy Entertainment, he responds, ''Golden Boy is in a partnership with DMW, that is what is on ground and yes he is entitled to returns, but the guy has been going around saying things and damaging the relationship.

It is because of these comments he has been saying since last year that got David [Davido] mad at him.

He claims he has spent so much on Peruzzi and only wants his money back and David has told him, If that is what you want I will pay you your money, and he agreed to pay him in installments.

He has been doing this since last year, claiming we stole his artist, telling everyone we are owing him money, then later he will come back to the house and ask for a meeting, it is no issue really.'' he concluded.

When asked if DMW have many any payment to Golden Boy since the partnership began, he says, he can't exactly confirm, but added that Patrick have not handled things properly by putting some of Peruzzi's songs out without consulting with Davido.

source http://www.newssplashy.com/2018/08/davido-dmw-artist-peruzzi-accused-by.html

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2face Idibia's latest single, 'Amaka' is the hottest song in the country at the moment and we try to unravel why.

Come end of the year, when it is time for awards and honours, 2face Idibia's 'Amaka' featuring Peruzzi will emerge in the pick of the best song you have listened to this year.

On my way home, Thursday, July 3rd, after a pretty long day, I slumped in my corner in the bus, plugged in my earpiece to browse through local radio stations (old habit), and just lose myself in my thoughts.

As I tuned to the first station, the song that was playing was 2face Idibia's 'Amaka' with DMW's Peruzzi, and just as the song played to its end, I skipped to another station and it was the same song being introduced by the OAP, so I stopped fiddling with the dial for a moment to enjoy a double dose of this spiritual tune.

Then a higher sound overshadowed mine and interrupted my haven, the driver had turned up the volume, but just as I was about to pass a complaint, behold, it was 'Amaka' playing again, this time on a different station.

 Like a wise veteran artist once said, the first time he knew he had made it big in music, was the day his song got played over 4 times simultaneously across different radio stations.

In his over 2 decades long career, 2Baba has scored yet another hit song that epitomises his growth, his ability to evolve and his comprehension of time and trend.

'Amaka' is not 2face at his lyrical best, nor the conscious cloak his music constantly puts up, Amaka is also not 2face stealing the heart of ladies with his love ballads, the song is simply everything plus more.

'Amaka' tells the everyday story of the average Nigerian guy, a tale of 'been there, done that', it is as relatable as it is revitalising, and its organic growth has made it inescapable and straight in your face everywhere you turn.

 How do you go wrong, when your opening line is as honest and expressive as, 'I like woman, I dey straightforward'?

Delivered in a mix of English, Pidgin and Ibibio languages, a new chant is born as everyone now sings, ''Amaka disappoint me'' as an expression of their own experiences.

For Odion, who says he can't get enough of the song, ''I like the song because of the realness of the lyrics and how playful it is, there is plenty humour attached to it.''

While David Adeleke thinks, ''This is one of those songs that even when you don't know why you do, you find yourself liking it.''

The song was released in June and since then it has hit over 1.7M views on Youtube and sits comfortably atop a number of charts nationwide.

'Amaka' is equal parts storytelling, equal parts comical, but generally enchanting, making it the most perfect anthem for everyone.

The song's acceptance is not just down to its simplicity or relatability, Amaka is actually a well crafted piece of music, that paid attention to key details, layered melodies and catchy chorus.

While the lyrics are the most telling elements of the song, the melody and progression cannot also be understated, as it all adds up to provide the right elements in why the song is easily loved.

On a technical level, music enthusiast, Motolani identifies the brilliance of the producer Speroach, the same person responsible for Davido's 'Assurance', ''Speroach killed it with the beat,'' he says.

It had a kick which was not too loud but efficient, I also love the verses and Peruzzi won my heart.''

'Amaka' is also a reflection of our society, as in the verses, they both allude to having to buy diesel for their generators, a pointer to the state of power in the nation, and the influence of social media in our lives.

So how did 'Amaka' weave its magic?

To have the whole country singing along to your song is not something that happens by chance, but an act that takes place by understanding the audience and their emotions.

'Amaka' appeals to every one of us in its own unique way, for the young lady, who has had to skip a planned date or the young guy who had to put his house in order in expectation of the girl who never showed up.

'Amaka' does not exactly offer something new to the pop scene, but it doesn't sound like anything you hear every day.

While the music may be comical and light-hearted, the lyrics are vibrant and sincere. Amidst all these, the blend of 2face's familiar vocals with that of the ridiculously gifted Peruzzi, who swoons with his voice makes it the perfect soundtrack of our lives.

So a combination of smooth instrumentals, steady progression through alternate verses, the right melody and upfront approach to vocals creates a right mix for one of the finest songs that the Nigerian music industry has offered in 2018, and there have been a solid number of them.

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2face Idibia: Why 2baba's 'Amaka' is the best song you will listen to this year

2face Idibia's latest single, 'Amaka' is the hottest song in the country at the moment and we try to unravel why.

Come end of the year, when it is time for awards and honours, 2face Idibia's 'Amaka' featuring Peruzzi will emerge in the pick of the best song you have listened to this year.

On my way home, Thursday, July 3rd, after a pretty long day, I slumped in my corner in the bus, plugged in my earpiece to browse through local radio stations (old habit), and just lose myself in my thoughts.

As I tuned to the first station, the song that was playing was 2face Idibia's 'Amaka' with DMW's Peruzzi, and just as the song played to its end, I skipped to another station and it was the same song being introduced by the OAP, so I stopped fiddling with the dial for a moment to enjoy a double dose of this spiritual tune.

Then a higher sound overshadowed mine and interrupted my haven, the driver had turned up the volume, but just as I was about to pass a complaint, behold, it was 'Amaka' playing again, this time on a different station.

 Like a wise veteran artist once said, the first time he knew he had made it big in music, was the day his song got played over 4 times simultaneously across different radio stations.

In his over 2 decades long career, 2Baba has scored yet another hit song that epitomises his growth, his ability to evolve and his comprehension of time and trend.

'Amaka' is not 2face at his lyrical best, nor the conscious cloak his music constantly puts up, Amaka is also not 2face stealing the heart of ladies with his love ballads, the song is simply everything plus more.

'Amaka' tells the everyday story of the average Nigerian guy, a tale of 'been there, done that', it is as relatable as it is revitalising, and its organic growth has made it inescapable and straight in your face everywhere you turn.

 How do you go wrong, when your opening line is as honest and expressive as, 'I like woman, I dey straightforward'?

Delivered in a mix of English, Pidgin and Ibibio languages, a new chant is born as everyone now sings, ''Amaka disappoint me'' as an expression of their own experiences.

For Odion, who says he can't get enough of the song, ''I like the song because of the realness of the lyrics and how playful it is, there is plenty humour attached to it.''

While David Adeleke thinks, ''This is one of those songs that even when you don't know why you do, you find yourself liking it.''

The song was released in June and since then it has hit over 1.7M views on Youtube and sits comfortably atop a number of charts nationwide.

'Amaka' is equal parts storytelling, equal parts comical, but generally enchanting, making it the most perfect anthem for everyone.

The song's acceptance is not just down to its simplicity or relatability, Amaka is actually a well crafted piece of music, that paid attention to key details, layered melodies and catchy chorus.

While the lyrics are the most telling elements of the song, the melody and progression cannot also be understated, as it all adds up to provide the right elements in why the song is easily loved.

On a technical level, music enthusiast, Motolani identifies the brilliance of the producer Speroach, the same person responsible for Davido's 'Assurance', ''Speroach killed it with the beat,'' he says.

It had a kick which was not too loud but efficient, I also love the verses and Peruzzi won my heart.''

'Amaka' is also a reflection of our society, as in the verses, they both allude to having to buy diesel for their generators, a pointer to the state of power in the nation, and the influence of social media in our lives.

So how did 'Amaka' weave its magic?

To have the whole country singing along to your song is not something that happens by chance, but an act that takes place by understanding the audience and their emotions.

'Amaka' appeals to every one of us in its own unique way, for the young lady, who has had to skip a planned date or the young guy who had to put his house in order in expectation of the girl who never showed up.

'Amaka' does not exactly offer something new to the pop scene, but it doesn't sound like anything you hear every day.

While the music may be comical and light-hearted, the lyrics are vibrant and sincere. Amidst all these, the blend of 2face's familiar vocals with that of the ridiculously gifted Peruzzi, who swoons with his voice makes it the perfect soundtrack of our lives.

So a combination of smooth instrumentals, steady progression through alternate verses, the right melody and upfront approach to vocals creates a right mix for one of the finest songs that the Nigerian music industry has offered in 2018, and there have been a solid number of them.

source http://www.newssplashy.com/2018/08/2face-idibia-why-2babas-amaka-is-best.html

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Pulse Interview: Visual artist Obayomi Anthony documents the harsh living conditions of university hostels

The Maker Lab births another extraordinary exhibit in the form of Obayomi Anthony's depiction of the wretched conditions facing students in hostels.

The Maker Lab is an expansion of  The Maker, a bi-annual portfolio review program launched in 2013 for young emerging artists to showcase their work to diverse panel of judges and the public in a portfolio review. This year African Artists Foundation launches a thrilling new exhibition space.

The Exhibition

The Maker Lab, which is solely focused on creating a platform for artists (aged 18-35) to showcase their work. The Maker Lab is a career springboard for emerging artists creating dynamic art.

The Maker Lab endeavours to function as a safe space for artistic dialogue between artists and their audiences, where artworks can be gleaned, appreciated and collected. It will be a space where young collectors and artists can grow in tandem.

Located in a new loft space at the African Artists’ Foundation, the Lab will exhibit new and dynamic works by young contemporary artists working with the same or similar thematic media/subject matter. They will be afforded the opportunity to have their works installed for public viewing, creating avenues for discussion, critique and sales through exhibitions, organised workshops and public round table discussions.

 The Artist

Obayomi Anthony is a photographer living in Lagos, Nigeria. Born 24th October 1994, he creates images and pursues documentaries that draw one into the stories of his subjects. Obayomi uses photography to tell the stories of people and society as his contribution to the development of the world and its people.

Obayomi is the award winner of the first LagosPhoto x National Geographic Portfolio Review,where he was awarded a $10,000 prize to further his career as a documentary photographer.

Pulse sat down with Obayomi Anthony to discuss his contribution to the 'Here is Home' exhibition and what inspired the project.

What’s the main thing you want people to take away from your exhibit?

An awareness, new information or just a reminder for something they might already know. With all my work I aim to share stories that stay longer in the minds of those who come in contact with it.

When did you first become aware of the issue of overcrowding in hostels and what inspired you to document it in such a way?

I was aware of the issue from the first day I moved into the school hostel in 2014, its a really difficult thing to unsee when you live in that system, but I only decided to start this project in October 2016, after attending a photography masterclass at LagosPhoto, there I was able to put my skill to test on a long term project for the first time and my inspiration came from personal experience and an a deep conviction in the importance of the story.

Do you believe this is symptomatic of a more serious problem with the University system as a whole in Nigeria?

My observations and encounters creating this documentary did open my eyes to other problems beyond accommodation and housing for students. The same gross irresponsibility and Negligence of duty by those whom we have handed the wheels of the Nigerian educational system is root to many other problems that are not being addressed or even discussed anywhere, most of these problems, unlike housing may not have a striking physical presence, but they are there. No solutions are being proposed, no one is held accountable for anything, and several students have been rusticated for speaking up and protesting.

What do you think would be a feasible solution to the problem of overcrowding in hostels?

Well, a first step is to inform ourselves, (something I think this project is seeing to currently) that we have a problem, and hold those who have been offered these jobs responsible for their actions and inactions. I also look forward to other opportunities that could help me extend this project to other parts of the world and explore how other governments and societies have been solving some of the problems we now face, by exploring how their students live and the challenges they also face and how these challenges are tackled.

What does being exhibited at The Maker Lab mean to you and what does the initiative as a whole mean for young artists such as yourself?

To young artists out there I will start by telling you that this exhibition did not cost me a penny, an all expense paid exhibition is a big boost that many young creatives as myself would appreciate especially at early stages of your career when bills for things such as exhibitions are impossible to pay.

I definitely encourage young artists and creatives to apply for future editions, the AAF is a good environment to develop your work and the team there is a really great one with nice people. As For myself, The maker Lab has helped me share my work with the society and put this important issue of student housing in Nigeria into more peoples discussions and conversations.

source http://www.newssplashy.com/2018/08/pulse-interview-visual-artist-obayomi.html

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The Maker Lab births another extraordinary exhibit in the form of Obayomi Anthony's depiction of the wretched conditions facing students in hostels.

The Maker Lab is an expansion of  The Maker, a bi-annual portfolio review program launched in 2013 for young emerging artists to showcase their work to diverse panel of judges and the public in a portfolio review. This year African Artists Foundation launches a thrilling new exhibition space.

The Exhibition

The Maker Lab, which is solely focused on creating a platform for artists (aged 18-35) to showcase their work. The Maker Lab is a career springboard for emerging artists creating dynamic art.

The Maker Lab endeavours to function as a safe space for artistic dialogue between artists and their audiences, where artworks can be gleaned, appreciated and collected. It will be a space where young collectors and artists can grow in tandem.

Located in a new loft space at the African Artists’ Foundation, the Lab will exhibit new and dynamic works by young contemporary artists working with the same or similar thematic media/subject matter. They will be afforded the opportunity to have their works installed for public viewing, creating avenues for discussion, critique and sales through exhibitions, organised workshops and public round table discussions.

 The Artist

Obayomi Anthony is a photographer living in Lagos, Nigeria. Born 24th October 1994, he creates images and pursues documentaries that draw one into the stories of his subjects. Obayomi uses photography to tell the stories of people and society as his contribution to the development of the world and its people.

Obayomi is the award winner of the first LagosPhoto x National Geographic Portfolio Review,where he was awarded a $10,000 prize to further his career as a documentary photographer.

Pulse sat down with Obayomi Anthony to discuss his contribution to the 'Here is Home' exhibition and what inspired the project.

What’s the main thing you want people to take away from your exhibit?

An awareness, new information or just a reminder for something they might already know. With all my work I aim to share stories that stay longer in the minds of those who come in contact with it.

When did you first become aware of the issue of overcrowding in hostels and what inspired you to document it in such a way?

I was aware of the issue from the first day I moved into the school hostel in 2014, its a really difficult thing to unsee when you live in that system, but I only decided to start this project in October 2016, after attending a photography masterclass at LagosPhoto, there I was able to put my skill to test on a long term project for the first time and my inspiration came from personal experience and an a deep conviction in the importance of the story.

Do you believe this is symptomatic of a more serious problem with the University system as a whole in Nigeria?

My observations and encounters creating this documentary did open my eyes to other problems beyond accommodation and housing for students. The same gross irresponsibility and Negligence of duty by those whom we have handed the wheels of the Nigerian educational system is root to many other problems that are not being addressed or even discussed anywhere, most of these problems, unlike housing may not have a striking physical presence, but they are there. No solutions are being proposed, no one is held accountable for anything, and several students have been rusticated for speaking up and protesting.

What do you think would be a feasible solution to the problem of overcrowding in hostels?

Well, a first step is to inform ourselves, (something I think this project is seeing to currently) that we have a problem, and hold those who have been offered these jobs responsible for their actions and inactions. I also look forward to other opportunities that could help me extend this project to other parts of the world and explore how other governments and societies have been solving some of the problems we now face, by exploring how their students live and the challenges they also face and how these challenges are tackled.

What does being exhibited at The Maker Lab mean to you and what does the initiative as a whole mean for young artists such as yourself?

To young artists out there I will start by telling you that this exhibition did not cost me a penny, an all expense paid exhibition is a big boost that many young creatives as myself would appreciate especially at early stages of your career when bills for things such as exhibitions are impossible to pay.

I definitely encourage young artists and creatives to apply for future editions, the AAF is a good environment to develop your work and the team there is a really great one with nice people. As For myself, The maker Lab has helped me share my work with the society and put this important issue of student housing in Nigeria into more peoples discussions and conversations.

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Finance: College is more expensive than it's ever been for 5 reasons, and there are no solutions in sight

College tuition is higher than ever — from the late 1980s to the 2017-18 school year, the cost of an undergraduate degree rose by 213% at public schools and 129% at private schools, adjusting for inflation. And 45 million Americans have student-loan debt. See what's driving the cost of college.

College tuition and student-loan debt are higher than ever.

College is expensive for many reasons, including a surge in demand, an increase in financial aid, a lack of state funding, a need for more faculty members and money to pay them, and ballooning student services.

The cost of college has made a degree less advantageous than it was 10 years ago, one expert said.

Josh Kirdy knows how to hustle.

When he's not working full time as an assistant store manager at Universal Orlando, the 26-year-old is on the prowl for side work, landing stints walking dogs and putting in part-time hours at a local mall retailer.

He developed this juggling act to put extra payments toward his $37,000 student-loan debt.

"I'm happy with my life today and with the education I received, but it's unfortunate that I'll be paying for it for another seven years at least," Kirdy, who attended a four-year public university, told Business Insider. He's set to pay roughly $300 a month in student-loan repayments until he's 35.

"There are many factors behind the cost of college, and some people have stressed one or another," Richard Vedder, an author and distinguished professor of economics emeritus at Ohio University, told Business Insider.

But the ultimate driver of cost, Vedder said, is the sheer number of people vying for a college education. Higher enrollment has brought an expansion of financial-aid programs, a need to increase budgets for faculty pay and on-campus student services, and a decline in financial support from state governments.

College tuition has more than doubled since the 1980s

Kirdy is just one of the more than 44 million Americans with student-loan debt and contributing to a whopping national total of $1.5 trillion, according to Student Loan Hero. The average student debt per graduate who took out loans is higher than ever, at $17,126, Business Insider reported in November.

These stats are especially troubling considering their effects on people's long-term goals. Millennials are facing unique financial struggles previous generations weren't, like having to save longer for increased housing costs, something that hasn't been helped by the burden of student-loan debt.

"I feel like buying a house is a total pipe dream at this point in my life, but I'm tightening my belt as much as possible to save for a down payment right now," a water-resources engineer who graduated from a public university with roughly $25,000 in debt told Business Insider.

Four years later, she owes just under $19,000. Her $300 payments are set on autopay, which reduces her interest by 2.5% a month. It's more than her $260 income-driven payment plan requires, but she'll pay it down quicker this way.

"Thankfully, I have USAA, who has a great first-time-homebuyer program, so I only need a 3% down payment to get started," she said. "But without that, I would be trapped in a rent cycle until a second income magically appears in my life."

Boone Porcher, who owes $32,645 after five years at a public university, started paying double his minimum payment two years after graduating so he could pay off his debt in five years.

"I started to think more about their impact when evaluating my long-term planning, and I made the decision that I wanted the debt gone entirely ASAP," Porcher, a 26-year-old supply-chain consultant, told Business Insider. "Personally, I don't feel comfortable taking a loan on a house while having student loans."

A recent Student Loan Hero report found that while wages have increased by 67% since 1970, college tuition has increased at a faster rate, continuing to deliver a fair amount of sticker shock.

Roxy Novo told Business Insider her $60,000 student-loan debt from attending a private college had slowed down her life plans. The 22-year-old commutes two hours every day from New Jersey to her job as a studio artist fellow in New York City because her $500 monthly loan payment is equivalent to a portion of what it would cost to rent an apartment in the city, she said.

"I definitely cannot consider moving closer until I get a higher-paying job and get a good chunk of my debt paid," Novo said. "I'm trying to do the responsible thing and eliminate loans before considering any expensive, fun things, but it can be really hard when your friends are out traveling the world and moving to the city and you're swimming in debt."

College tuition was more affordable for older generations, Student Loan Hero reported, citing figures from the College Board: From the late 1980s to now, the cost of an undergraduate degree has risen by 213% at public schools and 129% at private schools, adjusting for inflation.

From the 2016-17 to the 2017-18 school year, the average cost of tuition and fees increased by more than 3% at private and public colleges, according to the College Board's "Trends in College Pricing 2017" report. At a four-year nonprofit private institution, tuition and room and board is $46,950, on average. Four-year public colleges charge an average of $20,770 a year for tuition, fees, and room and board. For out-of-state students, the total goes up to $36,420.

And then there are costs beyond tuition, like living expenses.

"One of the main reasons why I accrued so much debt was because my parents didn't save any money for me to go to college and they couldn't afford to contribute to the cause, so I used student loans not only to pay tuition but also to cover living expenses that my part-time job, which paid $8 per hour, couldn't cover," Kirdy said.

Everyone wants to go to college

"The demand for higher education has risen dramatically since 1985," Vedder said. "Once demand goes up and nothing else happens, that will raise prices."

According to the Department of Education, US colleges expected a total of 20.4 million students in fall 2017, about 5.1 million more than in fall 2000.

"The rewards for college have expanded and grown from 1985 to a little after 2000 and sort of leveled off in the past decade," Vedder said.

The increase in the student population indicates that the advantages college offers outweigh its overwhelming costs.

"There's a fear of failure if you didn't have a postsecondary education," Vedder said.

And yet, he said, the "advantage of a degree today is less than it was 10 years ago, because of the rising cost."

"The return on investment has fallen," he added.

Still, it's a vicious cycle of supply and demand. The more students who want to attend college, the more the cost of college increases, and the more students borrow money.

From 2000 to 2012, the percentage of students who took out student loans jumped to 60% from about 50%, according to a report by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. The report also found that they began borrowing more money too — the median cumulative loan amount rose to $20,400 from $16,500 in that time.

Theories suggest financial aid causes tuition increases

More student borrowers might partly explain why government financial-aid programs have grown enormously — but that's also causing tuition increases, according to Vedder.

In 1970, financial-aid programs "were almost nonexistent," he said. "Generally, middle-income people didn't get money from the federal government; the large majority of students did not."

In 1978, Congress passed a bill known as the Middle Income Student Assistance Act. This made all undergraduates regardless of income class eligible for subsidized loans and middle-income students eligible for Pell Grants, according to NASPA, Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. More and more students started applying for financial aid, Vedder said.

"Knowing that students will get this financial-aid money, the university raises fees and takes advantage to capture that themselves," Vedder explained, referring to an idea known as the Bennett hypothesis.

Named for a former education secretary who believed that more government aid for students led directly to college cost increases, the hypothesis is an ongoing topic of political debate. But it has some vertical support in Vedder's eyes. Citing a statistic from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Vedder said that for every new dollar of federal student aid, tuition is raised by 65 cents.

Though tuition rose in 1978, so did people's incomes, making the burden of college less than it was in the 1940s, Vedder explained. But between 1978 and 2015, the burden of college began to rise again as tuition fees doubled and economic growth slowed.

State funding can't keep up with enrollment

Terry Hartle, a senior vice president of the American Council on Education, boils down the increasing cost of college to this: Many state governments have cut operating support for higher education, for at least a generation, and let colleges replace the lost revenue with tuition hikes.

"States provide less, and students and parents pay more," Hartle told Business Insider. "Studies have shown that when state support is level or increasing, tuition is flat. But when state support declines, tuition goes up. Roughly 80% of America's students attend public colleges, so it's not an exaggeration to say that the biggest determinate of the price they will pay for their education is the budgetary decisions made by state governments."

The College Board's report underscores Hartle's theory. It found that prices at public colleges and universities rise faster when government funding per student sees little growth or is slowing down. In the 2015-16 school year, appropriations — money given to a school by the government — per full-time enrolled student were 11% lower than 10 years before, when adjusted for inflation.

"For public institutions, state appropriations make up a significant portion of the college's revenue, and in recent years, the state appropriations have not been able to keep pace with enrollment," Jennifer Ma, a senior policy research scientist at the College Board, told Business Insider.

Vedder, however, doesn't think state funding cuts are the main culprit, at least at private schools.

"The total number of state dollars has gone up a little, but enrollments have risen dramatically, so on a per-student basis they're getting less money," he said. "It's a factor but not dominant, because private schools don't get money from the state."

Colleges need to pay more professors

Just as it costs money to learn, it costs money to pay teachers. Higher education is a labor-intensive industry, and productivity gains come slowly, Hartle said.

"The primary mechanism for delivering higher education at most institutions are highly educated people," he said. "Acquiring and recruiting highly educated faculty and staff costs money, especially in jobs with significant demand outside academia."

Hartle said the sorts of things that could lower these costs — such as larger classes, more adjunct faculty and fewer full-time professors, shorter hours, and fewer books in the library — were immensely unpopular with students, parents, and the public.

"Colleges spend much of their money on staff and compensation, so they have been experiencing an increasing cost of health insurance and other benefits," Ma said, adding that while university tuition allocations vary by institution, most use a large percentage of tuition to pay professors' salaries.

Vedder believes the percentage of university budgets used for instruction has fallen over the past 50 years.

"A typical university around 1970 would have allocated 40% directly for instruction, mostly professor salaries," he said. "Nowadays, it's more like 30%."

This decline in money for teachers and classes, in addition to state funding cuts, may help explain why the number of part-time faculty members has increased over time, to about 51% of total faculty in 2011 from 30% in 1975, according to research compiled by the American Association of University Professors.

With more part-time faculty members, universities can dole out lower wages and benefits, saving money for noninstructional full-time roles and a smaller group of tenured faculty, whom they can try to attract with higher salaries.

Student services, like counseling and healthcare, are growing

Many of these noninstructional roles are for student services, another increasing cost in campus budgets. Services such as academic support, personal counseling, and healthcare have been on the rise, Hartle said.

"These services are always added because of student needs, and most schools, once they begin to offer them, are very reluctant to take them away," he said, adding that there's also been a reallocation from instruction to administration expenses — known as institutional support — and research.

Vedder says there has been an explosion in the number of non-teaching personnel on campus, with several administrators at top universities making six-figure salaries with fringe benefits and secretarial support. He said about two-thirds of university budgets had nothing to do with teaching but instead go toward things like advocates, dormitories, and facilities.

Is the cost of college worth it?

The irony in the demand for a degree is palpable — by contributing to an increase in tuition, it has perhaps also made the college degree less advantageous over time.

To illustrate the diminishing value of a college degree, Vedder cited figures from the New York Fed, saying that one-third of college graduates are underemployed and 13% are in a low-paying job.

So is the cost of college worth it? It depends who you ask and how you measure the value of a degree.

"Honestly, I don't have a lot of job satisfaction, and I don't plan on being an engineer for the rest of my life," the water-resources engineer said. "In terms of getting me a job that pays well, maybe ... In terms of overall happiness, probably not."

Novo said loans were her only option for her first-choice school. A few schools offered scholarship money, but she said she felt they wouldn't help her reach her goals.

"The debt is definitely worth it," she said. "I picked my college with the hope that it would get me my first job and that it would be in my field and in NYC. I happily have a job with all those requests."

For Porcher, the regret isn't obtaining a college degree, but the lack of planning that put him over $32,000 in debt.

"Looking back, I wish I had worked for a year or two and saved up, or did half college, half work," he said. "But my job now wouldn't be possible without my degree. I'm actually the highest-ranking person without a master's or Ph.D. If I didn't have a good job, this would be an enormous burden."

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College tuition is higher than ever — from the late 1980s to the 2017-18 school year, the cost of an undergraduate degree rose by 213% at public schools and 129% at private schools, adjusting for inflation. And 45 million Americans have student-loan debt. See what's driving the cost of college.

College tuition and student-loan debt are higher than ever.

College is expensive for many reasons, including a surge in demand, an increase in financial aid, a lack of state funding, a need for more faculty members and money to pay them, and ballooning student services.

The cost of college has made a degree less advantageous than it was 10 years ago, one expert said.

Josh Kirdy knows how to hustle.

When he's not working full time as an assistant store manager at Universal Orlando, the 26-year-old is on the prowl for side work, landing stints walking dogs and putting in part-time hours at a local mall retailer.

He developed this juggling act to put extra payments toward his $37,000 student-loan debt.

"I'm happy with my life today and with the education I received, but it's unfortunate that I'll be paying for it for another seven years at least," Kirdy, who attended a four-year public university, told Business Insider. He's set to pay roughly $300 a month in student-loan repayments until he's 35.

"There are many factors behind the cost of college, and some people have stressed one or another," Richard Vedder, an author and distinguished professor of economics emeritus at Ohio University, told Business Insider.

But the ultimate driver of cost, Vedder said, is the sheer number of people vying for a college education. Higher enrollment has brought an expansion of financial-aid programs, a need to increase budgets for faculty pay and on-campus student services, and a decline in financial support from state governments.

College tuition has more than doubled since the 1980s

Kirdy is just one of the more than 44 million Americans with student-loan debt and contributing to a whopping national total of $1.5 trillion, according to Student Loan Hero. The average student debt per graduate who took out loans is higher than ever, at $17,126, Business Insider reported in November.

These stats are especially troubling considering their effects on people's long-term goals. Millennials are facing unique financial struggles previous generations weren't, like having to save longer for increased housing costs, something that hasn't been helped by the burden of student-loan debt.

"I feel like buying a house is a total pipe dream at this point in my life, but I'm tightening my belt as much as possible to save for a down payment right now," a water-resources engineer who graduated from a public university with roughly $25,000 in debt told Business Insider.

Four years later, she owes just under $19,000. Her $300 payments are set on autopay, which reduces her interest by 2.5% a month. It's more than her $260 income-driven payment plan requires, but she'll pay it down quicker this way.

"Thankfully, I have USAA, who has a great first-time-homebuyer program, so I only need a 3% down payment to get started," she said. "But without that, I would be trapped in a rent cycle until a second income magically appears in my life."

Boone Porcher, who owes $32,645 after five years at a public university, started paying double his minimum payment two years after graduating so he could pay off his debt in five years.

"I started to think more about their impact when evaluating my long-term planning, and I made the decision that I wanted the debt gone entirely ASAP," Porcher, a 26-year-old supply-chain consultant, told Business Insider. "Personally, I don't feel comfortable taking a loan on a house while having student loans."

A recent Student Loan Hero report found that while wages have increased by 67% since 1970, college tuition has increased at a faster rate, continuing to deliver a fair amount of sticker shock.

Roxy Novo told Business Insider her $60,000 student-loan debt from attending a private college had slowed down her life plans. The 22-year-old commutes two hours every day from New Jersey to her job as a studio artist fellow in New York City because her $500 monthly loan payment is equivalent to a portion of what it would cost to rent an apartment in the city, she said.

"I definitely cannot consider moving closer until I get a higher-paying job and get a good chunk of my debt paid," Novo said. "I'm trying to do the responsible thing and eliminate loans before considering any expensive, fun things, but it can be really hard when your friends are out traveling the world and moving to the city and you're swimming in debt."

College tuition was more affordable for older generations, Student Loan Hero reported, citing figures from the College Board: From the late 1980s to now, the cost of an undergraduate degree has risen by 213% at public schools and 129% at private schools, adjusting for inflation.

From the 2016-17 to the 2017-18 school year, the average cost of tuition and fees increased by more than 3% at private and public colleges, according to the College Board's "Trends in College Pricing 2017" report. At a four-year nonprofit private institution, tuition and room and board is $46,950, on average. Four-year public colleges charge an average of $20,770 a year for tuition, fees, and room and board. For out-of-state students, the total goes up to $36,420.

And then there are costs beyond tuition, like living expenses.

"One of the main reasons why I accrued so much debt was because my parents didn't save any money for me to go to college and they couldn't afford to contribute to the cause, so I used student loans not only to pay tuition but also to cover living expenses that my part-time job, which paid $8 per hour, couldn't cover," Kirdy said.

Everyone wants to go to college

"The demand for higher education has risen dramatically since 1985," Vedder said. "Once demand goes up and nothing else happens, that will raise prices."

According to the Department of Education, US colleges expected a total of 20.4 million students in fall 2017, about 5.1 million more than in fall 2000.

"The rewards for college have expanded and grown from 1985 to a little after 2000 and sort of leveled off in the past decade," Vedder said.

The increase in the student population indicates that the advantages college offers outweigh its overwhelming costs.

"There's a fear of failure if you didn't have a postsecondary education," Vedder said.

And yet, he said, the "advantage of a degree today is less than it was 10 years ago, because of the rising cost."

"The return on investment has fallen," he added.

Still, it's a vicious cycle of supply and demand. The more students who want to attend college, the more the cost of college increases, and the more students borrow money.

From 2000 to 2012, the percentage of students who took out student loans jumped to 60% from about 50%, according to a report by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. The report also found that they began borrowing more money too — the median cumulative loan amount rose to $20,400 from $16,500 in that time.

Theories suggest financial aid causes tuition increases

More student borrowers might partly explain why government financial-aid programs have grown enormously — but that's also causing tuition increases, according to Vedder.

In 1970, financial-aid programs "were almost nonexistent," he said. "Generally, middle-income people didn't get money from the federal government; the large majority of students did not."

In 1978, Congress passed a bill known as the Middle Income Student Assistance Act. This made all undergraduates regardless of income class eligible for subsidized loans and middle-income students eligible for Pell Grants, according to NASPA, Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. More and more students started applying for financial aid, Vedder said.

"Knowing that students will get this financial-aid money, the university raises fees and takes advantage to capture that themselves," Vedder explained, referring to an idea known as the Bennett hypothesis.

Named for a former education secretary who believed that more government aid for students led directly to college cost increases, the hypothesis is an ongoing topic of political debate. But it has some vertical support in Vedder's eyes. Citing a statistic from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Vedder said that for every new dollar of federal student aid, tuition is raised by 65 cents.

Though tuition rose in 1978, so did people's incomes, making the burden of college less than it was in the 1940s, Vedder explained. But between 1978 and 2015, the burden of college began to rise again as tuition fees doubled and economic growth slowed.

State funding can't keep up with enrollment

Terry Hartle, a senior vice president of the American Council on Education, boils down the increasing cost of college to this: Many state governments have cut operating support for higher education, for at least a generation, and let colleges replace the lost revenue with tuition hikes.

"States provide less, and students and parents pay more," Hartle told Business Insider. "Studies have shown that when state support is level or increasing, tuition is flat. But when state support declines, tuition goes up. Roughly 80% of America's students attend public colleges, so it's not an exaggeration to say that the biggest determinate of the price they will pay for their education is the budgetary decisions made by state governments."

The College Board's report underscores Hartle's theory. It found that prices at public colleges and universities rise faster when government funding per student sees little growth or is slowing down. In the 2015-16 school year, appropriations — money given to a school by the government — per full-time enrolled student were 11% lower than 10 years before, when adjusted for inflation.

"For public institutions, state appropriations make up a significant portion of the college's revenue, and in recent years, the state appropriations have not been able to keep pace with enrollment," Jennifer Ma, a senior policy research scientist at the College Board, told Business Insider.

Vedder, however, doesn't think state funding cuts are the main culprit, at least at private schools.

"The total number of state dollars has gone up a little, but enrollments have risen dramatically, so on a per-student basis they're getting less money," he said. "It's a factor but not dominant, because private schools don't get money from the state."

Colleges need to pay more professors

Just as it costs money to learn, it costs money to pay teachers. Higher education is a labor-intensive industry, and productivity gains come slowly, Hartle said.

"The primary mechanism for delivering higher education at most institutions are highly educated people," he said. "Acquiring and recruiting highly educated faculty and staff costs money, especially in jobs with significant demand outside academia."

Hartle said the sorts of things that could lower these costs — such as larger classes, more adjunct faculty and fewer full-time professors, shorter hours, and fewer books in the library — were immensely unpopular with students, parents, and the public.

"Colleges spend much of their money on staff and compensation, so they have been experiencing an increasing cost of health insurance and other benefits," Ma said, adding that while university tuition allocations vary by institution, most use a large percentage of tuition to pay professors' salaries.

Vedder believes the percentage of university budgets used for instruction has fallen over the past 50 years.

"A typical university around 1970 would have allocated 40% directly for instruction, mostly professor salaries," he said. "Nowadays, it's more like 30%."

This decline in money for teachers and classes, in addition to state funding cuts, may help explain why the number of part-time faculty members has increased over time, to about 51% of total faculty in 2011 from 30% in 1975, according to research compiled by the American Association of University Professors.

With more part-time faculty members, universities can dole out lower wages and benefits, saving money for noninstructional full-time roles and a smaller group of tenured faculty, whom they can try to attract with higher salaries.

Student services, like counseling and healthcare, are growing

Many of these noninstructional roles are for student services, another increasing cost in campus budgets. Services such as academic support, personal counseling, and healthcare have been on the rise, Hartle said.

"These services are always added because of student needs, and most schools, once they begin to offer them, are very reluctant to take them away," he said, adding that there's also been a reallocation from instruction to administration expenses — known as institutional support — and research.

Vedder says there has been an explosion in the number of non-teaching personnel on campus, with several administrators at top universities making six-figure salaries with fringe benefits and secretarial support. He said about two-thirds of university budgets had nothing to do with teaching but instead go toward things like advocates, dormitories, and facilities.

Is the cost of college worth it?

The irony in the demand for a degree is palpable — by contributing to an increase in tuition, it has perhaps also made the college degree less advantageous over time.

To illustrate the diminishing value of a college degree, Vedder cited figures from the New York Fed, saying that one-third of college graduates are underemployed and 13% are in a low-paying job.

So is the cost of college worth it? It depends who you ask and how you measure the value of a degree.

"Honestly, I don't have a lot of job satisfaction, and I don't plan on being an engineer for the rest of my life," the water-resources engineer said. "In terms of getting me a job that pays well, maybe ... In terms of overall happiness, probably not."

Novo said loans were her only option for her first-choice school. A few schools offered scholarship money, but she said she felt they wouldn't help her reach her goals.

"The debt is definitely worth it," she said. "I picked my college with the hope that it would get me my first job and that it would be in my field and in NYC. I happily have a job with all those requests."

For Porcher, the regret isn't obtaining a college degree, but the lack of planning that put him over $32,000 in debt.

"Looking back, I wish I had worked for a year or two and saved up, or did half college, half work," he said. "But my job now wouldn't be possible without my degree. I'm actually the highest-ranking person without a master's or Ph.D. If I didn't have a good job, this would be an enormous burden."

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Strategy: Gen Zs never watch TV, are stressed about Snapchat, and are concerned that technology has ruined their mental health — here's what it's REALLY like to be a teen in 2018

Generation Z is the most ethnically-diverse and largest generation in American history. From talking to 104 teenagers nationwide, Business Insider discovered what makes today's teens stressed out, happy, curious, and connected.

Generation Z is the most ethnically-diverse and largest generation in American history.

They're often cast as anti-social, technology-addicted, or " target="_blank"social justice warriors."

From talking to 104 teenagers nationwide, Business Insider discovered what makes today's teens stressed out, happy, curious, and connected.

Generation Z is the most ethnically-diverse and largest generation in American history.

And they're the youngest — Pew Research Center defined them recently as everyone born after 1997.

We usually view teens and the younger generations with a tinge of derision. And Gen Zs, with their obsession over Instagram and rejection of hourly work, are primed for the utmost scorn by their elders.

But we're more likely to understand what Generation Z is all about by talking to them.

Business Insider surveyed 104 Generation Zers nationwide to find out what it's like to be a teenager in 2018. Learn below about their opinions, fears, dreams, and complexities.

Who did we talk to?

Business Insider surveyed 104 teens aged 13 to 19. They came from all over the US, including North Carolina, New York, and Michigan.

Many survey respondents came from WeAreGenZ, a consultancy and think tank powered by Gen Zs nationwide.

The average teen got their first smart phone just before their 12th birthday.

Nearly 80% of teens got their first smartphone between the ages of 11 and 13.

Almost 3% of teens got their first smartphone at age 8, and 6% at 15 or older.

"We are the first generation to have had access to smartphones our whole lives. We communicate through social media and texts, which changes the dynamic of communication." — 19-year-old

"Everything in our generation is immediate. Since we have been raised in an age where texts and messages can be sent in the blink of an eye, we are less patient than other generations because we are used to having instant gratification. But our generation is also very determined to show that we are capable of real thoughts and using the technology and communication methods we have been given for making change, despite what older generations expect from us." — 15-year-old

Most teens had an iPhone.

Among survey respondents, 94% had an Apple phone.

That's higher than what other surveys have shown, but not shockingly so. Investment bank and asset management firm Piper Jaffray found that, in their semi-annual survey of around 6,000 American teens, 84% of teens plan that their next phone will be Apple.

Gen Z spends a lot of time on their phones.

Teens spend a median of five hours a day on their phone, according to the survey. But the time spent ranges considerably.

The top 25% said they spend seven hours a day on their phone — practically every moment they’re not sleeping or in school. And the bottom 25% uses it for three hours.

Teens told Business Insider about their phone use:

"Teenagers today are completely different because of social media. Now, we have access to this world-wide platform where we can insult or make someone look like a massive fool to millions while spreading that shame anonymously, and many parents these days don't know how to help their teenagers with that, especially when it comes to depression, anxiety, etc. — 15-year-old

"We are all connected and grow up quicker, so we had less of a traditional childhood." — 18-year-old

"I believe that teenagers today are fundamentally the same as in the past, but we obviously are able to gather information from a wider variety of sources and express ourselves through different means than before." — 17-year-old

That should take up a lot of time, but many teens don’t admit that phone or internet use takes up the majority of their days.

When asked where they spend the majority of their time outside of school and studying, 26% of teens pointed to extracurriculars that aren't sports.

Some studies have indicated that Gen Zs are antisocial and don't spend time with their friends in real life.

But Business Insider found that just as many teens say they spend the majority of their time with friends or family (18%) as those who say using the internet (18%) accounts for the majority of their day.

Artistic activities, sports, and video games accounted for the rest of the responses.

Teens spend as much time on their phones as adults do watching television.

A 2016 study by Nielsen revealed that American adults spend an average of five hours and four minutes a day watching television.

Business Insider found that Gen Zs watch a lot less television than their predecessors. Only a quarter of teens say they watch four or greater hours of television per day.

A third of teens watch an hour or less of television everyday. According to AwesomenessTV, Gen Zs said cable television is best for watching TV with family (43%) or falling asleep (33%).

Only 14% of teens watch television news, compared to nearly 40% of Americans.

In 2017, 37% of Americans got their news from local TV. That number shot up to 57% among those aged 65 or older.

Gen Zs aren't so fond of television news, Business Insider found. Just 14% said it's their main news source.

Six out of 10 said they prefer social media platforms to get the news — and 10% said they don't keep up with the news at all.

Only 2% of teens said they watch traditional cable television. But 62% enjoy Netflix and other streaming services and 31% prefer watching YouTube.

Only 5% of those aged 65 and up watch television through a streaming service, according to Pew Research.

"There are more options than on cable, since you can rewind or fast forward and watch older shows like Friends easier," a 15-year-old told Business Insider.

The majority of teens prefer to stream television from services like Hulu and Netflix.

Streaming wins for the lack of commercials and variety of options. Teens told Business Insider:

"It's lot easier to find something you like and watch it that second! Netflix especially has a lot of great original movies/shows." — 15-year-old

"You can choose what you want to watch when you want to." — 14-year-old

YouTube won nearly a third of teens.

They said it's free, caters to their hobbies, and, because many YouTubers are teenagers, the content is more relatable. Teens told Business Insider:

"The content on YouTube is so much more diverse and funny and relatable. The stuff on TV is so outdated. I would watch Netflix, but I don’t have the money to sign up." — 16-year-old

"YouTube is full of content that people create to keep their fans entertained with gameplay and animation about their lives, which is something that real TV doesn't really have." — 14-year-old

"People upload videos from anywhere and they're entertaining." — 15-year-old

The hottest slang words of the moment are lit, bet, shook, yeet, key, and slay.

Teens told Business Insider that these are their most-used slang words.

Here's what they mean.

Lit: When something is very exciting or energetic — like a "lit" party.

Bet: "Bet" is usually a one-word agreement — sort of like "I bet you do." You can replace "Ok" with "bet."

Shook: Shocked or surprised. Can't believe what you're seeing.

Yeet: Yeet was a dance that went viral on Vine in 2014. Now it can be used as an expression of excitement or a verb to describe someone throwing something over a long distance.

Key: The more succinct sibling of "major key," key indicates something important or vital to one's success.

Slay: Succeeded in something amazing.

We asked teens what their most-used apps were, and three stole the show: Snapchat, Instagram, and YouTube.

Three-quarters of respondents picked Snapchat, Instagram, and YouTube as their most-used. "You get to see what everyone is up to," a 19-year-old told Business Insider.

Snapchat and Instagram are used for communication.

More than half of teenagers told AwesomenessTV that it's easier to be themselves online than it is in the real world. Teens told Business Insider:

"I like Instagram the most because I think pictures tell more than just words." — 17-year-old

"Snapchat is just one of the most common social media for me and my friends." — 17-year-old

And they’re also just used to relieve boredom.

Teens told Business Insider:

"I can scroll through them and not get bored." — 18-year-old

"They are entertaining and I can always find things when I'm bored." — 16-year-old

Twitter came in fourth place.

In 2016, Business Insider found that today's teens actually like Twitter more than their millennial or Gen X cohorts.

Teens told Business Insider:

"I get to talk to my friends and see interesting things about shows or bands I like, or see funny memes." — 14-year-old

"I like Twitter because it is how I keep up to date with things going on in the world." — 17-year-old

"It’s easy to see content from other people who aren’t your friends in real life" — 15-year-old

Only 10% of teens counted Facebook among their most-used apps.

The same message came up again and again: Facebook is filled with their parents, not their peers. Teens told Business Insider:

"Facebook is outdated and filled with old people." — 18-year-old

"My friends aren't on Facebook." — 15-year-old

"Facebook transitioned to being social media that's mostly used by parents, so it's lost most of its appeal." — 17-year-old

"Not many people our age use Facebook." — 14-year-old

Teens mostly use iMessage or SMS to communicate with friends — but Snapchat text is also popular.

Nearly 57% of teens said they use iMessage or SMS the most to talk with friends.

More than a third named Snapchat text as their No. 1 communication method, which disappears once opened, and almost 8% picked Instagram direct message.

Just 1% said Facebook Messenger was their most-used communication method.

While Snapchat is still the second-most beloved social networks for Gen Z, nearly a fifth of them said they’re using it less.

Lots of teens said they were addicted to keeping up Snapchat streaks, which are consecutive days of exchanging Snaps with another person. Some said they would accrue hundreds of days of consecutive Snapchats, which is signified by a flame emoji next to the contact's name and the number of days where a streak was maintained.

One 15-year-old said she had friends who kept streaks of hundreds of days with 20 or more people.

But now some told Business Insider that the consuming social media has become too much energy:

"Snapchat is draining to keep up streaks. Even though people still do, lots of people say they hate it." — 16-year-old

"Everyone on Snapchat was annoying about streaks." — 15-year-old

"Snapchat is too much work." — 15-year-old

Teens prefer to listen to music with Spotify and Apple Music.

In our survey, 26% of teens said Apple Music is their top music app, while 60% chose Spotify.

Despite its popularity for video content, just 4% picked YouTube as their most frequently-used music service.

The remaining 10% were split among Soundcloud, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Google Play, and Trebel.

More than a third of Gen Zs say technology is the biggest hurdle they’ll deal with in their lifetimes.

They said technology addiction is rampant among their generation. Teens told Business Insider:

"I think the biggest hurdle my generation will have is removing themselves from their electronics. Teens are very addicted to electronics." — 15-year-old

"We aren't personable in real life because we put too much energy in our phones and social media." — 19-year-old

"The biggest hurdle will most likely be our soft skills, our ability to hold a conversation in person effectively." — 18-year-old

"Teens now are too obsessed with their image on social media and what's going on with celebrities than with the real world." — 17-year-old

Some researchers say that technology has driven Gen Z to have record low pregnancy rates and drug use.

"This digital generation satisfies so much of their novelty-seeking impulses through their phones, they hardly have the time or interest to pursue these old vices altogether," wrote the researchers at AwesomenessTV in a recent report.

Teens are less likely to have sex, try drugs, drink, and other classic adolescent risk-taking behavior — and some say that's because they're so taken by technology.

Teen birth rates are now a third of what they were in 1990. Drug use and drinking rates are also markedly lower from previous decades.

Politics were the second-biggest concern among teens.

Gen Zs' short lives have been marked by political turmoil and contentious national debates.

Older Gen Zs have early memories of September 11 and witnessed the historic presidential elections of both Barack Obama and Donald Trump. Teens have also been notably involved in gun control awareness protests. And Americans believe more than ever that climate change is happening due to human activity.

Teens told Business Insider:

"The biggest hurdle for my generation will be the environment and the polarization of political parties currently. By environment, I mean my generation will be confronted with figuring out how to do their part to make positive changes in protecting the environment and science in general. In terms of polarized political parties, my generation will have to navigate a world that is trying to be black and white, but really has so much gray area." — 19-year-old

There is entrenched unrest around the globe without obvious solutions, and our planet is slowly dying." — 18-year-old

We think of Gen Zs as being social-justice warriors — but they’re just as focused on economics.

Nearly 10% of teens said debt and the economy will be the biggest roadblock for Gen Zs. They’re particularly worried about how they’ll pay for college.

An equal amount pointed to social justice and identity issues:

"Honestly, social injustices are going to be a really big thing throughout my lifetime. Many things are being brought to light and I don't see them going away any time soon." — 17-year-old

"Ending police brutality towards black people." — 16-year-old

Mental health was another top concern among teens.

A quarter of Gen Zs summarized their generation's mood as "stressed." And 17% opted for "depressed."

Seven percent of teens told Business Insider that mental health will be a major problem for Generation Z. "Dealing with and overcoming stress and anxiety and depression issues," a 17-year-old told Business Insider.

And not unlike every other group of teens before them, some said their biggest long-term worries were adulthood and dealing with the biases of older generations.

Teens told Business Insider:

"Our biggest hurdle will probably be learning how to function on your own." — 14-year-old

"I believe that Generation Z will have to overcome the fact that we are not as prepared for adult life as we think. While we're politically informed, I don't think we’re practically informed, if that makes sense. Most of us don't know how to do things, like, balance a checkbook and pay bills." — 15-year-old

"Showing older generations that we are more than kids that are just attached to their phones, that we do have opinions that need to be heard, and that we have skills to offer that older generations never had. Upside to being a digital native!" — 17-year-old

Although teens have a lot of opinions about technology, the thing they’re most concerned with at this moment is school.

Nearly three-quarters of teens said their biggest source of stress was academics or college admissions.

"Most of my friends and I are almost constantly on edge. We have a lot of stress in our lives and always seem to put too much on our plates," a 17-year-old told Business Insider. "We also just have a more cynical outlook in general and are less sure about the security (financially and otherwise) of our futures."

Family was distant second at 10%, with friends and extracurricular activities following.

Arts, engineering, and medicine are the most popular major choices.

Business Insider categorized what respondents said they want to major in, and certain trends became clear.

A fifth want to major in creative fields, like dance or graphic design. At 16% each, health and engineering shared second-place popularity. Business, other science fields, and liberal arts majors trailed behind.

Though teens say technology cause them a lot of problems, they’re also positive that their unprecedented access to information makes them more unique — and even better — than the generations who came before them.

Teens told Business Insider:

"Today, teenagers are infinitely more well-informed. We're able to form our own opinions on issues, as we're able to immediately access both sides of an argument online." — 15-year-old

"Geographic location is not a problem and does not define who we are. Though the US is a mostly a Christian nation, atheism is increasing and Asian cultures, like anime and K-pop, are becoming more and more popular among Gen Z and even millennials." — 18-year-old

"The availability of information allows modern teens to be more informed and causes them to be more disillusioned than those of past generations." — 18-year-old

And they say they’re more accepting and open-minded than any generation before them.

Almost 3% of teenagers in 2018 don't identify as either male or female — a significant uptick from previous year. Almost half of Gen Zs are minorities, compared to 22% of Baby Boomers.

They're in favor of a variety of social movements, according to AwesomenessTV. Eight in 10 support Black Lives Matter, 74% are in favor of transgender rights, and 63% support feminism.

Teens told Business Insider:

"We've broken a lot of stereotypes in our generation." — 17-year-old

"Teens now are more motivated to be the change the really want to see in the world. This generation is more determined to actually make a difference in their lifetime and see the fruit of their labor." — 19-year-old

source https://www.newssplashy.com/2018/06/strategy-gen-zs-never-watch-tv-are_30.html

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Tech: Here's where Google's first 21 employees are now (GOOG, GOOGL)

Out of Google's first 21 employees, only six still work for the search giant. Among them: Susan Wojcicki, Urs Hölzle, Sergey Brin, and Larry Page. The rest have moved on to angel investing, philanthropy, and for many, lives of luxury.

Only six of Google's earliest employees still work at the internet giant — and that includes founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

Some early Google employees have gone on to become entrepreneurs, while others are now angel investors, and a lucky few have gone on to become top executives at other tech companies. A few are happily retired.

In 2015, a Quora user compiled a list of all the original Googlers and where there careers have taken them. Only six of the original 21 are still at the company, which reorganized to become Alphabet almost three years ago.

Here is what's become of the first 21 employees since launching their careers at Google.

Jillian D'Onfro and Alyson Shontell contributed to previous versions of this article.

21. Marissa Mayer joined Google as a software engineer, then became CEO of Yahoo.

Employed by Google: June 1999 to July 2012

Most recent position at Google: VP of local, maps, and location services

Current company/position: Mayer served as CEO of Yahoo from July 2012 until June 2017, leaving the company after the completion of Yahoo's sale to Verizon. These days, Mayer is keeping a low profile, although she recently said she's started working on her next tech venture and has rented out Google's old office, the place she started her career in 1999.

20. Kendra DiGirolamo joined Google as an ad sales coordinator and left three years before the company went public. Now she's at Driscoll's.

Employed by Google: June 1999 to May 2001

Most recent position at Google: Advertising sales coordinator

Current company/position: DiGirolamo currently works as a senior business systems analyst at Driscoll's, a family-owned berry farming company.

19. Larry Schwimmer was an early software engineer at Google. He introduced Snippets, a productivity system, to help Google manage employees during the company's explosive growth period. He also drove the launch of Google Moon, a Google Earth-like service that shows satellite photos of the moon.

Employed by Google: 1999 to at least 2005 (unknown)

Most recent position at Google: Software engineer

Current company/position: Unknown.

18. Jim Reese was an engineer at Google. He was once knocked out by a 200-pound metal beam in a data center that Google was leasing.

Employed by Google: 1999 to 2005

Most recent position at Google: Chief operations engineer (and "Head Neurosurgeon" — he was a physician before coming to Google, and jokes on his LinkedIn that he performed frontal lobotomies at the search giant on Thursday mornings only).

Current company/position: Reese currently serves as a board member for Spark Program — a career exploration program for middle schoolers — as well as an advisory board member of Harvard Medical School's Department of Biomedical Informatics.

17. Gerald Aigner was brought in to manage Google's supply costs. Now, he's in London working as an "internet professional."

Employed by Google: 1999 to 2006

Most recent position at Google: Aigner was a member of Google's senior staff, according to his LinkedIn page. Specifically, he was in charge of the data center and internet/leased line negotiations, hardware design and purchasing, hardware and network monitoring, and performance optimizations. Aigner also founded Google's Zurich office in 2004.

Current company/position: Aigner lists himself on his LinkedIn profile as an "independent internet professional" based in London. He is also listed as an adviser for Maxeler Technologies, a London-based computer support company for which he is "exploring renewable energy and wireless technologies."

16. Susan Wojcicki is still at Google. She became the CEO of YouTube in 2014.

Employed by Google: April 1999 to present

Wojcicki was Google's 16th employee, and she followed Google's ninth employee, Salar Kamangar, as YouTube's CEO. In 1998, before Wojcicki even started working for the company, she and her husband rented out their garage and several rooms to the fledgling Google team for $1,700 a month.

Current position at Google: CEO of YouTube since early 2014. Before that, she was SVP of products and commerce, then SVP of YouTube.

15. Joan Braddi runs product partnerships for Google.

Employed by Google: 1999 to present

Braddi is Google's vice president of product partnerships and serves on the board of the biochemistry startup Profusa.

Current position at Google: Braddi previously served as vice president of search services at Google; now she's vice president of product partnerships.

14. Chris Skarakis led Google's business development until May 2005. He has since founded Blip.fm.

Employed by Google: May 1999 to May 2005

Most recent position at Google: Director of business development

Current Company/Position: Skarakis is the founder of Blip.fm, and also cofounded Fuzz Artists and served as its executive vice president. Skarakis serves on the board of directors for Friends of the Palo Alto Junior Museum and Little Kids Rock. He was formerly on the board of directors for the Kanye West Foundation, which shut down in 2011.

13. Rachael Chambers left her job at Netscape to join Google as an executive assistant in May 1999.

Employed by Google: May 1999 to October 2000

Most recent position at Google: Chambers was hired as an executive assistant, and left as an ad sales coordinator.

Current company/position: Chambers serves as a strategy and planning manager at Cisco. Prior to that, she was a program manager for Cisco on Cisco Customer Strategy and Success.

12. Steve Schimmel also did business development for Google and was the company's 13th employee.

Employed by Google: 1999 to 2004

Most recent position at Google: Business development

Current Company/Position: Schimmel now does some angel investing. His startup investments include HireAthena, Crowdrise, Roozt, and Guide. He also sits on the board of Airspace Systems, a venture-backed startup that makes specialized drones.

11. Omid Kordestani worked at Google for nearly 16 years before leaving to join Twitter.

Employed by Google: January 1999 to August 2015

Most recent position at Google: Chief Business Officer and senior adviser

Current company/position: Kordestani left Google in October 2015 to join Twitter as executive chairman. He bought nearly $2 million worth of Twitter stock in 2016.

10. Salar Kamangar used to be CEO of YouTube.

Employed by Google: 1999 to present

Kamangar served as CEO of YouTube until February 2014, when he stepped down, supposedly in favor of finding a new challenge at Google. Susan Wojcicki took his place.

Current position at Google: SVP of products for YouTube.

9. Georges Harik joined Google as a software engineer, and was one of three members on Google's initial engineering hiring committee.

Employed by Google: 1999 to 2005

Most recent position at Google: Harik most recently served as product management director. Harik was one of Google's first 10 employees and was responsible for product and strategy around Gmail, Google Talk, Google Video, Picasa, and more. He was also behind AdSense and the AdWords Online system and was the director of Googlettes, a start-up incubator inside Google.

Current company/position: Harik is now a cofounder of messaging app imo.im, cofounder of hslabs, and an angel investor. He also previously served as an adviser to GV, Alphabet's venture capital arm.

8. Urs Hölzle has been at Google for almost 20 years.

Employed by Google: 1999 to present

Current position at Google: Hölzle is SVP of technical infrastructure, which means he oversees the design, installation, and operation of Google's servers, networks, and data centers. Before he joined Google in 1999, Holzle was a computer science professor at the UC Santa Barbara.

7. Amit Patel was a top Google engineer and helped come up with Google's unofficial slogan, "Don't Be Evil."

Employed by Google: 1999 to unknown

Most recent position at Google: Though we couldn't find Patel's most recent title, Steven Levy's book "In The Plex" offers some interesting details about him. Patel was instrumental in highlighting the value of Google's search logs. He also asked Eric Schmidt if he could share his office, shortly after Schmidt had joined the company as CEO (Schmidt said yes because he thought it would be "un-Googley" to say no).

Current Company/Position: Unknown.

6. Harry Cheung was an original Google engineer.

Employed by Google: January 1999 to December 2004

Most recent position at Google: Cheung served as a software engineer at Google. His nickname used to be Harry "Spider-Man" Cheung because he was a "crawl" engineer, monitoring the progress of Google's "spiders" as they indexed the web.

Current company/position: These days, Cheung is an angel investor in startups including Caviar, Qwiki, Badgeville, and PrePay. He's also a founder at Roostify, a home-lending startup.

5. Ray Sidney was a software engineer at Google — he left 18 months before the IPO.

Employed by Google: January 1999 to March 2003 (he left about 18 months before the IPO, which made him quite wealthy).

Most recent position at Google: Software engineer

Current company/position: Sidney is the co-owner of The Residences at The Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain as well as Big George Ventures, a sustainable real-estate developer. He's also a triathlete and an amateur pilot, and he once donated $1 million to help launch a public bus service near Lake Tahoe, according to CNET.

4. Heather Cairns was an HR manager at Google.

Employed by Google: 1998 to 2005

Most recent position at Google: Cairns was an HR manager who hired Google's first 200 employees.

Current company/position: Cairns was previously an angel investor who provided funding for women-led companies that are pursuing social ventures. Her LinkedIn now lists her as the president of Coastal Streets, a small real-estate development company in Massachusetts.

3. Craig Silverstein was Larry Page and Sergey Brin's first hire.

Employed by Google: 1998 to 2012

Most recent position at Google: Silverstein worked on various projects, including mentoring engineers and serving as technology director. As Google's third employee, he helped actually build the search engine.

Current company/position: Silverstein now serves as dean of infrastructure at Khan Academy.

2. Sergey Brin is the cofounder of Google and serves as the president of Google's parent company, Alphabet.

Employed by Google: 1998 to present

Current position at Google: Besides any cofounder duties, Sergey Brin was overseeing Google X, the company's "moonshot factory," until Google's reorganization in August 2015. Now, Brin is president of Alphabet, Google's parent company.

1. Larry Page is the cofounder of Google and the CEO of Alphabet.

Employed by Google: 1998 to present

Current position at Google: Page helped found Google. After Google's reorganization, Page became CEO of Google's parent company, Alphabet.

source https://www.newssplashy.com/2018/06/tech-heres-where-googles-first-21_26.html

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Tech: Here's where Google's first 21 employees are now (GOOG, GOOGL)

Out of Google's first 21 employees, only six still work for the search giant. Among them: Susan Wojcicki, Urs Hölzle, Sergey Brin, and Larry Page. The rest have moved on to angel investing, philanthropy, and for many, lives of luxury.

Only six of Google's earliest employees still work at the internet giant — and that includes founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

Some early Google employees have gone on to become entrepreneurs, while others are now angel investors, and a lucky few have gone on to become top executives at other tech companies. A few are happily retired.

In 2015, a Quora user compiled a list of all the original Googlers and where there careers have taken them. Only six of the original 21 are still at the company, which reorganized to become Alphabet almost three years ago.

Here is what's become of the first 21 employees since launching their careers at Google.

Jillian D'Onfro and Alyson Shontell contributed to previous versions of this article.

21. Marissa Mayer joined Google as a software engineer, then became CEO of Yahoo.

Employed by Google: June 1999 to July 2012

Most recent position at Google: VP of local, maps, and location services

Current company/position: Mayer served as CEO of Yahoo from July 2012 until June 2017, leaving the company after the completion of Yahoo's sale to Verizon. These days, Mayer is keeping a low profile, although she recently said she's started working on her next tech venture and has rented out Google's old office, the place she started her career in 1999.

20. Kendra DiGirolamo joined Google as an ad sales coordinator and left three years before the company went public. Now she's at Driscoll's.

Employed by Google: June 1999 to May 2001

Most recent position at Google: Advertising sales coordinator

Current company/position: DiGirolamo currently works as a senior business systems analyst at Driscoll's, a family-owned berry farming company.

19. Larry Schwimmer was an early software engineer at Google. He introduced Snippets, a productivity system, to help Google manage employees during the company's explosive growth period. He also drove the launch of Google Moon, a Google Earth-like service that shows satellite photos of the moon.

Employed by Google: 1999 to at least 2005 (unknown)

Most recent position at Google: Software engineer

Current company/position: Unknown.

18. Jim Reese was an engineer at Google. He was once knocked out by a 200-pound metal beam in a data center that Google was leasing.

Employed by Google: 1999 to 2005

Most recent position at Google: Chief operations engineer (and "Head Neurosurgeon" — he was a physician before coming to Google, and jokes on his LinkedIn that he performed frontal lobotomies at the search giant on Thursday mornings only).

Current company/position: Reese currently serves as a board member for Spark Program — a career exploration program for middle schoolers — as well as an advisory board member of Harvard Medical School's Department of Biomedical Informatics.

17. Gerald Aigner was brought in to manage Google's supply costs. Now, he's in London working as an "internet professional."

Employed by Google: 1999 to 2006

Most recent position at Google: Aigner was a member of Google's senior staff, according to his LinkedIn page. Specifically, he was in charge of the data center and internet/leased line negotiations, hardware design and purchasing, hardware and network monitoring, and performance optimizations. Aigner also founded Google's Zurich office in 2004.

Current company/position: Aigner lists himself on his LinkedIn profile as an "independent internet professional" based in London. He is also listed as an adviser for Maxeler Technologies, a London-based computer support company for which he is "exploring renewable energy and wireless technologies."

16. Susan Wojcicki is still at Google. She became the CEO of YouTube in 2014.

Employed by Google: April 1999 to present

Wojcicki was Google's 16th employee, and she followed Google's ninth employee, Salar Kamangar, as YouTube's CEO. In 1998, before Wojcicki even started working for the company, she and her husband rented out their garage and several rooms to the fledgling Google team for $1,700 a month.

Current position at Google: CEO of YouTube since early 2014. Before that, she was SVP of products and commerce, then SVP of YouTube.

15. Joan Braddi runs product partnerships for Google.

Employed by Google: 1999 to present

Braddi is Google's vice president of product partnerships and serves on the board of the biochemistry startup Profusa.

Current position at Google: Braddi previously served as vice president of search services at Google; now she's vice president of product partnerships.

14. Chris Skarakis led Google's business development until May 2005. He has since founded Blip.fm.

Employed by Google: May 1999 to May 2005

Most recent position at Google: Director of business development

Current Company/Position: Skarakis is the founder of Blip.fm, and also cofounded Fuzz Artists and served as its executive vice president. Skarakis serves on the board of directors for Friends of the Palo Alto Junior Museum and Little Kids Rock. He was formerly on the board of directors for the Kanye West Foundation, which shut down in 2011.

13. Rachael Chambers left her job at Netscape to join Google as an executive assistant in May 1999.

Employed by Google: May 1999 to October 2000

Most recent position at Google: Chambers was hired as an executive assistant, and left as an ad sales coordinator.

Current company/position: Chambers serves as a strategy and planning manager at Cisco. Prior to that, she was a program manager for Cisco on Cisco Customer Strategy and Success.

12. Steve Schimmel also did business development for Google and was the company's 13th employee.

Employed by Google: 1999 to 2004

Most recent position at Google: Business development

Current Company/Position: Schimmel now does some angel investing. His startup investments include HireAthena, Crowdrise, Roozt, and Guide. He also sits on the board of Airspace Systems, a venture-backed startup that makes specialized drones.

11. Omid Kordestani worked at Google for nearly 16 years before leaving to join Twitter.

Employed by Google: January 1999 to August 2015

Most recent position at Google: Chief Business Officer and senior adviser

Current company/position: Kordestani left Google in October 2015 to join Twitter as executive chairman. He bought nearly $2 million worth of Twitter stock in 2016.

10. Salar Kamangar used to be CEO of YouTube.

Employed by Google: 1999 to present

Kamangar served as CEO of YouTube until February 2014, when he stepped down, supposedly in favor of finding a new challenge at Google. Susan Wojcicki took his place.

Current position at Google: SVP of products for YouTube.

9. Georges Harik joined Google as a software engineer, and was one of three members on Google's initial engineering hiring committee.

Employed by Google: 1999 to 2005

Most recent position at Google: Harik most recently served as product management director. Harik was one of Google's first 10 employees and was responsible for product and strategy around Gmail, Google Talk, Google Video, Picasa, and more. He was also behind AdSense and the AdWords Online system and was the director of Googlettes, a start-up incubator inside Google.

Current company/position: Harik is now a cofounder of messaging app imo.im, cofounder of hslabs, and an angel investor. He also previously served as an adviser to GV, Alphabet's venture capital arm.

8. Urs Hölzle has been at Google for almost 20 years.

Employed by Google: 1999 to present

Current position at Google: Hölzle is SVP of technical infrastructure, which means he oversees the design, installation, and operation of Google's servers, networks, and data centers. Before he joined Google in 1999, Holzle was a computer science professor at the UC Santa Barbara.

7. Amit Patel was a top Google engineer and helped come up with Google's unofficial slogan, "Don't Be Evil."

Employed by Google: 1999 to unknown

Most recent position at Google: Though we couldn't find Patel's most recent title, Steven Levy's book "In The Plex" offers some interesting details about him. Patel was instrumental in highlighting the value of Google's search logs. He also asked Eric Schmidt if he could share his office, shortly after Schmidt had joined the company as CEO (Schmidt said yes because he thought it would be "un-Googley" to say no).

Current Company/Position: Unknown.

6. Harry Cheung was an original Google engineer.

Employed by Google: January 1999 to December 2004

Most recent position at Google: Cheung served as a software engineer at Google. His nickname used to be Harry "Spider-Man" Cheung because he was a "crawl" engineer, monitoring the progress of Google's "spiders" as they indexed the web.

Current company/position: These days, Cheung is an angel investor in startups including Caviar, Qwiki, Badgeville, and PrePay. He's also a founder at Roostify, a home-lending startup.

5. Ray Sidney was a software engineer at Google — he left 18 months before the IPO.

Employed by Google: January 1999 to March 2003 (he left about 18 months before the IPO, which made him quite wealthy).

Most recent position at Google: Software engineer

Current company/position: Sidney is the co-owner of The Residences at The Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain as well as Big George Ventures, a sustainable real-estate developer. He's also a triathlete and an amateur pilot, and he once donated $1 million to help launch a public bus service near Lake Tahoe, according to CNET.

4. Heather Cairns was an HR manager at Google.

Employed by Google: 1998 to 2005

Most recent position at Google: Cairns was an HR manager who hired Google's first 200 employees.

Current company/position: Cairns was previously an angel investor who provided funding for women-led companies that are pursuing social ventures. Her LinkedIn now lists her as the president of Coastal Streets, a small real-estate development company in Massachusetts.

3. Craig Silverstein was Larry Page and Sergey Brin's first hire.

Employed by Google: 1998 to 2012

Most recent position at Google: Silverstein worked on various projects, including mentoring engineers and serving as technology director. As Google's third employee, he helped actually build the search engine.

Current company/position: Silverstein now serves as dean of infrastructure at Khan Academy.

2. Sergey Brin is the cofounder of Google and serves as the president of Google's parent company, Alphabet.

Employed by Google: 1998 to present

Current position at Google: Besides any cofounder duties, Sergey Brin was overseeing Google X, the company's "moonshot factory," until Google's reorganization in August 2015. Now, Brin is president of Alphabet, Google's parent company.

1. Larry Page is the cofounder of Google and the CEO of Alphabet.

Employed by Google: 1998 to present

Current position at Google: Page helped found Google. After Google's reorganization, Page became CEO of Google's parent company, Alphabet.

source https://www.newssplashy.com/2018/06/tech-heres-where-googles-first-21.html

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Zaina poses on the cover of Dazed's commemorative issue celebrating the design legend that is Vivienne Westwood and Britain's bright young things.

It's only right that the daughter of the oh so stylish Femi and Sal Gbajabiamila would follow in her parents footsteps. Zaina, a model signed to Next models in London, has now been featured front and center on the cover of Dazed magazine's Summer issue celebrating the characters making Britain great and the fashion anarchist herself, Vivienne Westwood.

Femi Gbajabiamila, hit the headlines last month when he gave his wife, Sal, assurance in the form of a N70m G Wagon. The ostentatious present ruffled a few feathers but Femi, House of Reps member for the Surulere constituency assured people that he had worked very hard and saved up to bless his wife who has stood by him for 30 years.

Now, their daughter, popularly known as Zaina Muiccia, has stolen the spotlight with a prominent feature on the cover of Dazed magazine. The young creative was described in her Vogue February 'Vogue darling' feature as a '24-year-old creative consultant Zaina Miuccia who lives in Ladbroke Grove by way of Lagos and Paris, and credits her Doom Generation-meets-Marie Antoinette look to her mum.'

Of course Zaina, a self-confessed fan of the iconic British designer Vivienne Westwood, would be picked to be on a cover celebrating her decades in the fashion industry.

With her quirky personal style, undoubtedly heavily influenced by her sartorially blessed mother, Sal, Zaina has made quite an impact on international fashion scenes. Her unique aesthetic has caught the attention of publication such as British Vogue with Editor, Edward Enninful being a big fan of the young artiste.

The Dazed Summer issue features Vivenne Westwood alongside a group of young activists who are working in their respective ways to change the political and social landscape of Britain as well as models who Vivienne and her husband Andreas Kronthaler have worked with in the past.

 Speaking on activism, which has been a consistent theme throughout her career, Westwood said:

I think all activists are motivated by the same thing. It’s just who you are. The human race, they really do care about other people suffering, don’t they? We help each other. Different people obviously feel responsible to different degrees. But I have always felt that, if nobody else is doing it, I’ve got to do it.

It seems we need to keep an eye out for Zaina who has her feet firmly planted in the fashion circles and seems to be gathering momentum for a stellar career of her own.

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