2008 Woodie Awards
Hip-hop in the 'brary
Some say hip-hop is dead, Librarian Kim Morrison disagrees
Shanae McLorin
Issue date: 4/26/07 Section: News
She is willing to answer any questions you have and is willing to help you, being a student with a learning disability she is willing to help me,
said 24 year-old real estate major, Javier Camacho.
Students do not have to use mainstream rap and hip-hop, students are encouraged to listen to alternative, underground and international forms of rap and hip-hop that people are not usually exposed to. Morrison also shows documentaries, and plays the music in her class while the students are researching their topics.
"It's very inspiring, interesting and exciting. I get to discover new artist from underground to alternative base4d on the hip-hop culture," said 19 year-old radio and broadcast major, Chung-Hsiang Kao.
Students have the opportunity to break down their subject and relate it to other issues that are going on in the world. Two students in the class are researching women and their portrayal in music videos, which stems from the image of women in the world and could also go a lot further.
"I really like this class and the fact that we have this," said 19 year-old Tisha Harbert.
Students also have the opportunity to use the class to write research papers for other class, so hip-hop is not the only subject students can research. The purpose of the class is to educate, and give them the knowledge of the information around them, which is the reason why Morrison became a librarian.
Morrison also does a research topic as well, this semester she chose to research colleges around the United States that are teaching library research courses with a hip-hop theme.
"The whole class is based on hip-hop and basically she puts it in a form so that we can learn how to use the computers and research instead of it being boring it's more fun," said 22 year-old psychology major, Jennifer Jones.
Morrison hopes to join forces with other faculty members and have research class that are based on the social sciences, and she would also like to have a research class based solely on Tupac Shakur; because no matter where she is she hears someone playing his music.
There are a number of people who love hip-hop in the world, hip-hop has evolved into something different from when it first started, but the love is still the same.
When asked when Morrison first fell in love with hip-hop she said, "when hip-hop came out, I was young, the first time I heard 'Rappers Delight,' and the 'Double-Dutch Bus …' I used to be a 'B-girl,' that's when I fell in love with the hip-hop culture."
said 24 year-old real estate major, Javier Camacho.
Students do not have to use mainstream rap and hip-hop, students are encouraged to listen to alternative, underground and international forms of rap and hip-hop that people are not usually exposed to. Morrison also shows documentaries, and plays the music in her class while the students are researching their topics.
"It's very inspiring, interesting and exciting. I get to discover new artist from underground to alternative base4d on the hip-hop culture," said 19 year-old radio and broadcast major, Chung-Hsiang Kao.
Students have the opportunity to break down their subject and relate it to other issues that are going on in the world. Two students in the class are researching women and their portrayal in music videos, which stems from the image of women in the world and could also go a lot further.
"I really like this class and the fact that we have this," said 19 year-old Tisha Harbert.
Students also have the opportunity to use the class to write research papers for other class, so hip-hop is not the only subject students can research. The purpose of the class is to educate, and give them the knowledge of the information around them, which is the reason why Morrison became a librarian.
Morrison also does a research topic as well, this semester she chose to research colleges around the United States that are teaching library research courses with a hip-hop theme.
"The whole class is based on hip-hop and basically she puts it in a form so that we can learn how to use the computers and research instead of it being boring it's more fun," said 22 year-old psychology major, Jennifer Jones.
Morrison hopes to join forces with other faculty members and have research class that are based on the social sciences, and she would also like to have a research class based solely on Tupac Shakur; because no matter where she is she hears someone playing his music.
There are a number of people who love hip-hop in the world, hip-hop has evolved into something different from when it first started, but the love is still the same.
When asked when Morrison first fell in love with hip-hop she said, "when hip-hop came out, I was young, the first time I heard 'Rappers Delight,' and the 'Double-Dutch Bus …' I used to be a 'B-girl,' that's when I fell in love with the hip-hop culture."
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Sam
posted 5/03/07 @ 5:45 PM EST
I am so happy that a class is doing this! It is clear to see that not all kids learn the same way, and now because of this class students are learning skills they never knew. (Continued…)
sean sac_red1 chapin
posted 6/12/07 @ 4:15 PM EST
ah yeah kim is the rawest element to our new foundation for hayward hip hop collective, its beautifull to see her presenting herself and caring about the
youth and knowledge of what is going on in our commnunities and culture. (Continued…)
sade
posted 6/20/07 @ 3:24 PM EST
yeah i agree wut kim as well...hhiphop is wut rap and r&b is revolved around if it was dead then i dont think we would have those things. she can say what sh ewants and so can i
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