Story by, Gina Kuzmick Photos by, Daniel Reese Kris Grey looks like any average guy that you’d see out and about.  He has short brown hair, kind chocolate-hued eyes and sideburns that cascade down the sides of his face. He greets me with a friendly smile and a firm handshake. He’s wearing blue jeans [...]

In 1966, an old man voluntarily surrounded himself with the honking horns, hazy air, and hectic lifestyle of New York City. Traveling from his birthplace in the impoverished land of India, Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, he brings with him a core set of beliefs, a soul capable of making an impact, and a mission.

The aging of fluorescent lights darkens the hallway leading to Jacob Okumu’s office. Jacob sits comfortably in the corner at the common-stock wooden desk, its fireproof wood lying under his coal-black, moist hands. The calm buzz of an electric fan is the only hint of life from the dim halls of the Academic Advancement Center, but Jacob, in the dark, is a gleaming ray of light for his students.

A youth organization in Massachusetts called Crossroads for Kids facilitates a youth leadership development program called C5 New England. The five year program seeks out youth who demonstrate leadership potential and who are growing up in risk-filled environments.

With synthetic beats and layered melodies, BrotherTiger prowls the Athens music scene by means of an electronic sound as unique as the stripes of the animal he embodies.

Synthesized rhythms of Beck resonate in Morton 201 on a snowy Friday afternoon. Inside this lecture hall from 3-6:00 pm is not a class or a meeting of business. Instead one will find a group of individuals practicing their juggling skills.

Growing up in the east side of Columbus, one might be hard-pressed to find the cascading tree-covered hillsides, colonial cityscapes and let alone the World’s Largest Basket. But this was the first image of rural Newark, Ohio that 9-year-old Donald Thorington Jr. went to his new foster home.