DCAA launches new web portal
Many of the objectives of the DCAA were "soft" ones:non-quantifiable goals to expand and improve communication; to provide learning and professional resources for alumni and students; and to provide additional simple ways for alumni to help the Cardinal. Such goals would be very difficult to accomplish without some form of permanent staff or self-service offerings.
Chat With Ben Karlin
Cardinal Alumnus and DCAA Award Winner Ben Karlin chats with The Washington Post about his job as Executive Producer of The Daily Show on Comedy Central:
Baltimore, Md.: Hello Mr. Karlin. HUGE congratulations on your two Emmy's. I am so proud of you guys. I LOVE the show. Keep up the good work.
My question is this: The show seems, at its heart, very positive and upbeat, even though it is a satire. Does the writing staff (or any of the staff) find it difficult to 'find the humor' in politics, especially when it is so rife with controversy as of late? The writing never seems to get bogged down in 'gosh, this is so depressing' mode. How is this done?
Ben Karlin: Thanks. Very glad to hear you say this, though I will tell you we start most mornings dark and sad. Then we treat the day as one giant cathartic push to find the funny and absurd. Except of course for days when we have footage of Madonna on a spiritual pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Then we start the day laughing.
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Alumnus, Pulitzer winner Shadid delivers speech at UW
Pulitzer Prize winner and former Cardinal editor Anthony Shadid, now of the Washington Post, delivered the Ralph O. Nafziger Lecture in Madison on Wednesday, Sept. 8.
See the Capital Times story for a nice mention of the Cardinal at the end.
The Cardinal's own story.
The Cardinal's competitor also weighs in with a nice mention.