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An Interview with Emily Larson

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In November Duluth elected it's next mayor.  Emily Larson is the first female mayor in Duluth's history.  She was inaugurated two weeks ago today and has already started working on moving towards her goals in the short time she's been running the city. I was lucky enough to get an interview with Mayor Larson shortly after she was elected for the Generation W newspaper out of Virginia.  We corresponded over email for a few days and this was the result.  Larson is pretty inspiring for politicians everywhere, and I hope that this article might inspire you.  Happy Reading! ~ DJ Rollie D             Don Ness has been the Mayor of Duluth since January of 2008.  Coming in as one of the youngest mayors ever people wondered what type of progress would happen while he was in office.  Their questions were soon answered, as Ness made monumental forward movement during his first term in office and quickly garnered the support of many, which led to him running unopposed for his s

My Top Ten Movies of 2015

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I saw less movies this year than I did last year, but I still saw around 10-15 from 2015.  That being said, in no particular order, here are my top 10 movies of 2015. The Wedding Ringer Kevin Hart and Josh Gad team up to bring a satisfying comedy about a groom to be who hasn't really had many people for friends and decides to hire a black market service instead.  The movie, while not my absolute favorite of the year, still brought out loads of laughs, and some memorable performances from Hart and Gad. Trainwreck Trainwreck comes from Amy Schumer, a rising star in the comedy world.  I enjoy this film for a few reasons.  The first is the performance from Bill Hader.  Hader has been one of my favorite actors to come from the SNL machine, and here his performance is awesome and fun to watch.  The second is the lesson it teaches us, and that's that sleeping around with a bunch of people isn't really the best thing out there and that there's more to life th