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Vox celebrates Columbians who are under the hill but climbing to the top
October 4, 2007 | 12:08 a.m. CST
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This city is stirring with eclectic people. Activists walk next to musicians walking next to civil servants. Community members move to the gentle bustle of downtown with an unassuming stride. And no one ages.
This is Columbia’s chance to become acquainted with the community’s newest up-and-comers. They speak with modesty, but their accomplishments shine through. And they all have two things in common: They are under the age of 30, and they love what they do.
Hand-selected and highly recommended, most haven’t achieved national fame — yet — but they possess that ability. They are your everyday but by no means ordinary city folk. They combine drive with passion, smarts with arts and raw talent. These 30 Columbians are making a difference and doing it long before their mid-life crises.
From the future Olympian to the unorthodox artist, the prospective politician to the political reporter, the river-saving environmentalist to the “like new” cell phone salesperson turned television-commercial star, they seek change in communities, in the economy and in our current political system.
Some know hardship. Some are too young to imagine it. All are fueling their past and present into our community’s future.
These are local citizens doing extraordinary things.
REPORTING BY DEVIN BENTON, KRISTIN BRAKE, ELIZABETH CHAN, CRISTINA DAGLAS, ADAM DANIELS, KEVIN GARNETT, TAYLOR GRIMES, ERIN HARMEYER, JOHN HENDEL, BEN HOGAN, CHRISTINA JACOBSON, ALEX LUFT, SEAN SPOSITO, SPENCER WILLEMS and NAN WU
PHOTOGRAPHY BY CHIARA DELLA CAVA, LIANA CECIL, RYAN GIBBONS, RYAN GLADSTONE, JERONIMO NISA and KYLE STEWART
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I read this article today over lunch and was shocked and extremely disappointed by the writers' (seemingly gender-balanced in number) inability to recognize less than one-third of their '30' as women. Now, I don't know how the '30' were compiled, whether they were selections from submissions or people actively sought out in the community, but reporting 9 out of 30 as women is terrible and irresponsible reporting! I also understand that these aren't a 'top 30' group or something of that nature, making them glorified in this way, but representing the under-30 age group and their achievements without respectful and careful selection from the actual numbers of men and women actually IN the community is ridiculous. Shame on you. You can do better than that.
Posted by Chris McCann on Oct 4, 2007 at 4:19 p.m. (Report Comment)
I find it stunning that after 7 edits you could still get Brandon Knoblauch's age wrong. Look at his Facebook. He is 20, not 23.
Posted by Chris Hovan on Oct 4, 2007 at 9:47 p.m. (Report Comment)