Engrid Whisenant
Engrid Whisenant recently joined Suite101.com as a contributing writer.
With a BM in Classical Music Performance, Engrid has spent the past ten years playing double bass in nationally and internationally acclaimed orchestras and ensembles from Reno, Nevada to Aspen, Colorado to Paris, France.
She graduated from the University of Nevada with an MA in French Literature after a year long stay in France where she taught English in a Parisian high school. Her MA thesis explores politics, race and music in WWII era Jazz-influenced literature. Currently, she teaches comparative literature classes at the college level and is pursuing a Ph.D. in Geography with an emphasis on geographies of music. Her dissertation examines music and entertainment in the boom and bust ghost town Virginia City, Nevada during the 19th and 20th centuries.
Born and raised on the Nevada side of the Sierras, Engrid spends her free time doing headstands in yoga class or slogging through snow on winter hikes.
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Billions Frozen During Gaddafi Regime to Rebuild a New Libya
After months of intense fighting, Libyan rebels struggle to restore order while the U.S. takes steps to free $30 billion in frozen Libyan assets to the TNC.
Aug 25, 2011
- Engrid Whisenant
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Libyan Rebels Take Gaddafi's Tripoli Compound
After seizing Gaddafi's Bab Al-Aziziya headquarters, Libyan rebels brazenly celebrate while the former Libyan leader's whereabouts remain unknown.
Aug 23, 2011
- Engrid Whisenant
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Libyan Rebels Seize Tripoli, Siege Gaddafi
Rebel forces storm the Libyan capital of Tripoli while reports indicate that two of Gaddafi's sons have been arrested
Aug 21, 2011
- Engrid Whisenant
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Rolling Stone Announces the Ten Worst Cover Songs of All Time
Miley Cyrus' torturous rendition of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" beats out stiff competition for The Worst Cover Song of the 20th and 21st Centuries.
Aug 20, 2011
- Engrid Whisenant
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Judas Priest and Metal on Trial
In 1985, after hours of listening to Judas Priest's album "Stained Class," two Reno youth attempted to commit suicide sparking a court trial and national debate.
Apr 5, 2008
- Engrid Whisenant
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Stop Yo-Yo Dieting
Tips to overcome triggers of the vicious cycle of Yo-Yo Dieting for healthy, permanent weight loss
Apr 5, 2008
- Engrid Whisenant
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Hitler's War on Jazz in France
During WWII, jazz became a fugitive music banned and silenced in the cafes and clubs of war-time Paris by Nazi occupiers who feared its rebellious undertones
Apr 3, 2008
- Engrid Whisenant
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Jazz, Josephine Baker, and France
Into a France rocked by WWI and the Great Depression, jazz arrived at the perfect moment to revitalize, renew, and fill deep longings for escape into "Otherness
Apr 3, 2008
- Engrid Whisenant
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Jane Goodall's Reason for Hope
In the final of a three-part series, Jane Goodall's continued activism brings the plight of wild chimpanzees into the spotlight and brightens their future
Apr 2, 2008
- Engrid Whisenant
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Jane Goodall's Chimp Crusade
In this second of a three-part series, Jane transitions from researcher into activist to bring heightened awareness to the plight of wild chimpanzees in Africa
Apr 2, 2008
- Engrid Whisenant
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