{"id":8456,"date":"2013-12-13T09:00:43","date_gmt":"2013-12-13T15:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.lib.luc.edu\/locl\/?p=8456"},"modified":"2026-01-12T15:37:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:37:11","slug":"staff-picks-karens-why-she-is-just-so-raven-symone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/2013\/12\/13\/staff-picks-karens-why-she-is-just-so-raven-symone\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff Picks: Karen&#8217;s Why She is Just, So Raven (Symon\u00e9)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>To close out 2013, we asked library staff members to write lists\u2013of anything they want. Today we feature Karen Cherone&#8217;s list of why she is just, so Raven (Symon\u00e9).<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Karen is the Circulation Services Supervisor at Cudahy Library.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.lib.luc.edu\/locl\/files\/2013\/12\/kc.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/files\/2013\/12\/kc-300x237.jpg\" alt=\"kc\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" class=\"alignleft\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why she is just, so Raven (Symon\u00e9)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1.\tRaven Simone first came into our lives in 1989 with her portrayal of Olivia on, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2jvz0Y5J180\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Cosby Show.<\/a>\u201d<br \/>\n2.\tRaven wowed us with her vocal skills in 1993, when she released her first single, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bz_c0mC8bS8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">That\u2019s what Little Girls are Made Of<\/a>\u201d I would like to point out that she was a solo artist BEFORE she made it big on the Disney Channel.<br \/>\n3.\tIn 2003, she came back into our lives when Disney created the show, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2KdDTjhogsY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">That\u2019s So Raven.<\/a>\u201d I know personally I have memories of watching most if not all of its 100 episodes with my niece during Winter and Summer break from school.<br \/>\n4.\t<a href=\"http:\/\/yellowmeansgo.tumblr.com\/post\/3554560420\/zach-galifianakis-is-the-man\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Writers reference,<\/a> \u201cThat\u2019s So Raven\u201d on occasion. True, it is usually just the name of the show, but who doesn\u2019t do that?? I mean, come on\u2026the staff at the library are just so raven.<br \/>\n5.\tShe came out via Twitter after DOMA was overturned. Feel  free to follow her <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MissRavenSymone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@MissRavenSymone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To close out 2013, we asked library staff members to write lists\u2013of anything they want. Today we feature Karen Cherone&#8217;s list of why she is just, so Raven (Symon\u00e9). Karen is the Circulation Services Supervisor at Cudahy Library. Why she is just, so Raven (Symon\u00e9) 1. Raven Simone first came into our lives in 1989 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":8459,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":""},"categories":[48,5016],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8456"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8456"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17773,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8456\/revisions\/17773"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}