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  • Sweet 16

    By on May 6, 2010

    Sweet 16. The age of driver's licenses and birthday bashes, an iconic moment in the life of an American teenager when you're treated as an...

  • The 2010 Metro Weekly Next Generation Awards

    By on April 29, 2010

    The idea that youth is wasted on the young is the fallacy of someone with a misspent youth. The reality is that youth is the...

  • Amy Loudermilk

    By on April 29, 2010

    Next Generation Awards 2010 By the time she was 10, Amy Loudermilk knew that phoning her best friend and getting a busy signal meant one...

  • Andrew Barnett

    By on April 29, 2010

    The Next Generation Awards 2010 When Andrew Barnett headed out to earn his bachelor's degree, the Alexandria native got about as far away as he...

  • Harjant Gill

    By on April 29, 2010

    The Next Generation Awards 2010 Some people turn to drinking and partying to cope with heartbreak. Harjant Gill turned to filmmaking. ''When I started college,...

  • Hyacinth Alvaran

    By on April 29, 2010

    The Next Generation Awards 2010 Hyacinth Alvaran's story may have started in the Philippines, but her story is being told most forcefully in here in...

  • Brian Watson

    By on April 29, 2010

    The 2009 Next Generation Awards: Where Are They Now? Over the past year, Brian Watson has cut back on some of his local advocacy --...

  • Eboné Bell

    By on April 29, 2010

    The 2009 Next Generation Awards: Where Are They Now? It's been nearly a year and a half since Eboné Bell quit her day job to...

  • José Ramirez

    By on April 29, 2010

    The 2009 Next Generation Awards: Where Are They Now? As Metro Weekly honors the second round of Next Generation awardees, one of the 2009 crop...

  • Linh Hoang

    By on April 29, 2010

    The 2009 Next Generation Awards: Where Are They Now? It's April 20. Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano is spewing airliner-threatening ash into European airspace. Linh Hoang is...

  • Queer on Campus

    By on April 21, 2010

    It was not so long ago that a gay-friendly campus was one harboring a frat house that would allow a guy with an earring. Today,...

  • University of Maryland: Terrapins Meet ''Golden Girls''

    By on April 21, 2010

    GETTING INVOLVED with your university's LGBT group is ''just one of those things you do when you get in college,'' says Natalia Cuadra-Saez. The 20-year-old...

  • University of the District of Columbia: Community for Commuters

    By on April 21, 2010

    IT ISN'T LIKE most universities in the area, The University of the District of Columbia -- within the District, it is the only public institution...

  • Howard University: Acronyms Full of Equality

    By on April 21, 2010

    IN OCTOBER 2008, BLAGOSAH celebrated not only the group's eight-year anniversary, but a resurgence after a few years of a sort of slumber. What was...

  • Georgetown University: Pride and Jesuits

    By on April 21, 2010

    THERE'S RARELY AN upside to a hate crime, though Georgetown University may be that rare exception. In the fall of 2007, a season in which...