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Photo courtesy of Anji Bee

I know it has been some time since I last wrote, but ever since the shootings at NIU, I have been busy with numerous campus activities. In addition, last two weeks I had been busy preparing for the 2008 IIE North Central Regional Conference in Chicago, IL in which UIC and NIU were the hosts. However, this post is not really about the conference, but about one of my favorite podcasters, Anji Bee.

A few days after the shooting at NIU, I turned to music to help me sleep at night and “forget” the pain that everyone was feeling. Anji’s podcast, “The Chillcast with Anji Bee,” is an exquisite blend of ambient beats with uplifting lyrics. My friends and I listened to the different songs and it really helped us heal. To my surprise, Anji wrote back and was really touched by my letter and went ahead mentioned my email on another podcast she did with Ryan. I was surprised because I figured that Anji would have hardly any time to even acknowledge my email, let alone mention it in a podcast.

Just last week, while I was at the IIE conference, Anji emailed me and gave me the heads up on a collabocast she was working on with several podcasters from around the country and the world. Fittingly, she labeled it as a “NIU Tribute Collabocast.” I cannot believe that artists from all over were willing to pitch in and extend their warmest wishes to the NIU community. I am practically speechless and I’m not even sure what to say. I really want to thank Anji, her collaborators, and the entire group of listeners for their warmest wishes.

If you have not subscribed to Anji’s podcast, do so. The best part is that you can subscribe to it right from iTunes, the premier multimedia store. On behalf of the entire NIU community, I want to thank everyone for their support and encouraging words in this time of chaos. Being so close to such a tragic event, I feel vulnerable but yet stronger as we move forward, together.

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