AIKEN NEWS NETWORK MARCH 13

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Clay Aiken, Van Hansis, Cherry Jones, T.R. Knight, Michael Urie, Vanessa Williams, et al. Set for NYC GLAAD Awards Ceremony
By: Dan Bacalzo · Mar 12, 2009  · New York
Kate Clinton will host the GLAAD Media Awards ceremony, to be held in New York City at the Marriott Marquis, on March 28. The event will begin at 5:30 pm with a cocktail reception and silent auction, followed by dinner and show at 7 pm, and a VIP Celebrity After Party at 10:30 pm.

The ceremony will include presentations to special honorees Tyra Banks, Phil Donahue, and Suze Orman. It will feature guest appearances by Clay Aiken, John Amaechi, Jensen Atwood, Michelle Clunie, Tim Gunn, Van Hansis, Cherry Jones, T.R. Knight, Jay Manuel, S. Epatha Merkerson, Chris Noth, Jasika Nicole, Keith Olbermann, Ana Ortiz, Patrick Ian Polk, Jenny Shimizu, Jake Silbermann, Hannah Storm, Michael Urie, Jane Velez-Mitchell, and Vanessa Williams.

As previously announced, the New York theater nominations include the Lee Hall-Elton John musical Billy Elliot, Annie Baker's Body Awareness, Craig Lucas' Prayer for My Enemy, the John Weidman-Stephen Sondheim tuner Road Show, and Tarell Alvin McCraney's Wig Out, competing in the Broadway/Off-Broadway category. Off-Off-Broadway nominees include Arias with a Twist by Joey Arias and Basil Twist, The Be(a)st of Taylor Mac by Taylor Mac, Dina Martina: Off the Charts by Grady West, Lustre by Justin Bond, and the NYMF musical Play It Cool by Martin Casella and Larry Dean Harris, with a score by Phillip Swann and Mark Winkler.

Although those awards will not be given out on stage this year, the ceremony will include a special recognition of The Laramie Project, 10 Years Later - The Lasting Legacy of Matthew Shepard, a radio documentary produced by Sirius XM Radio that was narrated by Stockard Channing and featured interviews with playwright Moises Kaufman and members of Tectonic Theater Company.

Additional GLAAD Awards ceremonies will take place at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on April 18 and the Hilton San Francisco on May 9.

For more information, and a full list of nominees visit www.glaad.org/mediaawards.

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UAH Student Brings Recycling Project to Campus
By: Beth Faulk
March 12, 2009

An ink cartridge recycling program has been started at UAH. The proceeds from the recycled ink cartridges will be given to the Bubel/Aiken Foundation, which is an organization that helps integrate special-needs children with the world around them. Collection boxes have been set up in the lobbies of NCRH, CCRH, and Frank Franz Residence Hall. If you don’t live on campus, there is a box placed in the University Center Lobby, as well.

The project was started by UAH student Kelsey Thacker after she read about the organization on the book jacket of a Clay Aiken CD, who is the founder. “ felt that the aim of the charity was a very worthwhile one,” said Thacker. She began researching ways to donate to the organization, and one of the ideas listed on the website was collecting empty inkjet cartridges for recycling. “ thought that a college campus would be a great place to try and collect empty inkjet cartridges,” she said.

The Bubel/Aiken foundation was started by singer and entertainer Clay Aiken. The idea for the organization developed out of Aiken’s relationship with Diane Bubel, whose 13-year old son Mike was diagnosed with Autism. Both Aiken and Bubel wanted to help children with special needs become fully integrated in society. Aiken officially announced the creation of the Bubel/Aiken foundation on July 28, 2003.

If you would like to donate to the Bubel/Aiken foundation or start your own fundraiser, be sure to visit their website at www.bubelaiken.org. The website features more ways to donate, as well as more detailed information about the organization itself.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Mar 31 -Release date for The Very Best of Clay Aiken CD 

Apr 08 -Show date for Clay on America's Next Top Model on the CW channel. 

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