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- What I would Change About the World: Enlightened tolerance
- Current Gig: ISC Youth Ambassador President
- Current Project: African Well Project, College Preparations
- Organizations: International Sister Citites
- Political Bent: Liberal
- Favorite Bands: Aphex Twin, Architecture in Helsinki, The Beatles, Beirut, Bjork, Coldplay, Deerhoof, The Flaming Lips, Frou Frou, The Knife, Lady Sovereign, M83, M.I.A., Modest Mouse, Philip Glass, The Postal Service, Regina Spektor, Sigur Ros, The Shins, Spank Rock, Vampire Weekend
- Favorite Movies: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Fight Club, Garden State, The Island, Kill Bill, Running With Scissors, Titanic
- Favorite TV Shows: Arrested Development, Current TV, Dead Like Me, Dexter, The L Word, The Office, Queer As Folk, Scrubs, The Tudors, Weeds
- AIM: effen sweet
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- effensweet unlocked the Old-School badge 2 years ago
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- effensweet is now following Vanguard 5 years ago
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- effensweet commented on 8 teens charged in videotaped attack 5 years ago
I actually live in Lakeland, where these girls are from, and this is honestly how serious a lot of internet vendettas can get. Numerous times I've heard catty girls plotting fights both on... more
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- effensweet voted up Steve's Grammatical Observations: The "is-is" Epidemic 5 years ago
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Mariana grew up in Portugal and moved to New York in August 2001 to study at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. A month later, she was reporting back to Europe on the... more
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- effensweet is now following Adam_Yamaguchi 5 years ago
Traveling around the globe and peeking into various walks of life and the issues confronting young people is a pretty exhilarating gig. The world is changing rapidly and in significant ways, so... more
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I believe in the media as the fourth estate. I want to do issue pieces that are thought provoking and maybe generate more questions than answers. I think the important conversations of the day... more
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Is the media broken? I’m rarely inspired by what I see in the media. Television is supposed to be the most powerful medium—but TV news seems to be anything but powerful. Vanguard... more
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I started in the TV news and documentary business in the fall of 1983, and had a certain amount of luck. In January of 1993, I was sent to Russia with a 25 year old kid named Anderson Cooper. I... more
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- effensweet voted up In Time of Need 5 years ago

