With Christmas only being 18 days away, many people are already playing scenarios in their head, or having dreams that seem too surreal of how the holidays will turn out. Most of the scenarios could most certainly be compared to the loveable character Clark Griswold in National Lampoon’s Christmas vacation. This movie is a must see if you are look for a great laugh with the family…but now back to the typical expectations of this holiday season.
Uncle John will have just a bit too much to drink and will insist on debating politics with Cousin Larry, which will cause for a very hostile environment. Perhaps you do not exactly get along with your in-laws and you are dreading spending time with them altogether. Or perhaps it is the fact that your sister’s child is totally out of control and your sister thinks it is cute! Then all of the sudden Aunt Mary and Uncle Bob use the cliché line, “The kids are getting tired, we should probably start heading out.” It’s funny how parents always use this line when in fact it is usually the parents falling asleep on the couch, while the kids are running around the house with their cousins.
There is no getting around the fact that something will probably go wrong this Christmas holiday, however will you let the challenges take away the joy of celebrating with most (keyword most) of the people you love in your family?
Specifically it is definitely the mothers that like to play these awful scenarios in their heads, they need to understand that the more this happens the more stressed out they will be. The day of the actual event, the littlest things will set off these overly cautious mothers. To all of the dads out there, be a hero and make sure that the moms aren’t driving to the family gatherings this holiday evening, she will most likely need a nap or breather before stepping into the Aunt Sally’s door of complete controversy.
If experiences in the past have you anticipating less than enjoyable holidays...stop it! However, it is not a guarantee that Aunt Sally will forget that you said a snobby comment about your new house last Christmas, but start fresh and walk in the house with enthusiasm.
It is definitely okay to play scenarios of what could be said at the Christmas party, but if you are going to torture yourself with these dreaded scenarios, create a plan of action! Know what you are going to say if you think a relative will bring up religion or politics. It is not rude to simply say, “Not tonight Uncle John, it’s Christmas!” Uncle John will most likely think you’re right, or he will stumble off since he most likely has only brought up these controversial topics due to his whiskey.
What do you do if you just want to stay home for the holidays with your family? Yes, it can be assumed that you will be talked about at the party for not showing up, but do you really care? It is not rude to simply say that you want to stay in this year, and it is not nice to throw the spouse or kids under the bus, be brave and tell them how it is. Perhaps you could offer to hold a small family gathering in January when the holidays are over and everyone is less stressed out. The bottom line is that there is no reason to feel obligated to go to your Aunt and Uncle’s Christmas party every single year.
This holiday try to focus on choosing your battles and simply having a sense of humor. If you’re cooking apple pie for the party and your son accidently drops it on the floor after you slaved away for hours, laugh it off and start over. As frustrated as you are, it truly is not a big deal in the long run, is it? Although you do not have to get along with Uncle John, realize he will never change and there is nothing you can do to change him. Choose your battles when he tries to bring up strange topics and laugh it off.
Another idea to make this year different than all of the past Christmas parties is to start a new tradition. Perhaps every family member goes around and states who in their life they are thankful for and why. Maybe you could have every relative bring an ornament to the party and then play a game of an ornament exchange.
The bottom line is to enjoy the people around you, get lots of sleep the night before and be sure to exercise to alleviate stress. By doing these simple acts, you just might be able to say that you had a fun time at your family Christmas party, imagine that!
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Monday, December 7, 2009
The Waitlist Loophole Defined
During this semester's registration period, some students discovered a glitch in the system that allowed them to bypass the waitlist and get into their desired classes. The process for utilizing this technologic loophole is quite simple:
A senior who wished to remain anonymous for fear of losing the class spots gained from using this process, described the loophole, its procedure, and all that it entails. "The loophole is a god's send so far since it allowed me to get some classes I would have been closed out of...," the senior said.
The anonymous senior descibed the loophole method and why it was utilized. "We wanted to ensure that we all got the classes we needed to graduate and get the right requirements for majors/minors, so we helped each other out and saved spots for the others," the senior said. "My friends and I did it and it has been very effective."
- - Student A has a bad lottery time slot and wants to get into a certain course.
- -Student B, who has a good lottery time slot, signs up for student A's desired course along with their own courses during their designated time. This only works if Student A's desired course does not conflict with those selected by Student B.
- -As the day goes on, Student A's desired course section becomes full and excess students begin to sign up for that course's waitlist.
- -When Student A decides to register again, he coordinates with Student B and, simultaneously, B drops the class and A registers for it. The class opens up again briefly and Student A bypasses the entire waitlist.
A senior who wished to remain anonymous for fear of losing the class spots gained from using this process, described the loophole, its procedure, and all that it entails. "The loophole is a god's send so far since it allowed me to get some classes I would have been closed out of...," the senior said.
The anonymous senior descibed the loophole method and why it was utilized. "We wanted to ensure that we all got the classes we needed to graduate and get the right requirements for majors/minors, so we helped each other out and saved spots for the others," the senior said. "My friends and I did it and it has been very effective."
Question and Answer with students from Jesuit and Ivy League Schools
Harvard College
1. How do you view the registration process at Harvard (easy, hard, go into detail please)
2. Is it completely done on an online database?
3. Are there any core requirements for Harvard?
4. How much freedom do you have with choosing what you would like to take? (classes you want to take vs. classes that you need to take)
5. What do/don't you like about the registration process in general?
Aaron Parker'11
1. The registration process at Harvard is fairly simple. A few months before the beginning of each new term, we are given a course catalog, which is completely online. We are encouraged to browse through it, looking for courses that may interest us. No registration steps are required prior to the first day of class. For the beginning of the term, each student composes what we call a "Shopping List" of usually 6 or 7 courses. For the first week of class, students attend these class meetings as they please, narrowing down their course load to 4 classes by the end of the week, when students are required to officially submit a "Study Card" with their selected classes.
2. Everything is done completely online, except for the Study Card, which must be printed out, signed by your Concentration advisor and handed in to the Registrar.
3. There are core requirements at Harvard. As a liberal arts institution, the University has had a long-standing commitment to the Core, which is meant to expose students to a number of different "ways of knowing." Core requirements generally constitute about one quarter of classes taken at Harvard.
4. Outside of the Core, students are free to take whatever classes they choose, so long as they fulfill their concentration requirements. Most concentrations require between 12-15 classes, though there are often electives within the concentration. Each Core discipline also typically has 20 or so options for fulfillment. Additionally, many students will try to complete a Secondary Concentration or a Foreign Language Citation, which usually require 5-6 more classes. Students must take 32 classes total to graduate and all classes are given the same weight.
5. I like that I don't even need to think about what classes I'm going to take until I get to campus. Plus, even if I sign up for a class I end up not liking, I can add and drop classes up until the fifth week of the semester without consequence.
Boston College
1. How does the registration process work at BC? Does it work well? (go into as much detail as possible)
2. What do/don't you like about the registration process there? (go into as much detail as possible)
3.Is it all online? Is it easy/hard to navigate (go into as much detail as possible)
4. Have you had any major or minor technical issues while registering? (go into as much detail as possible)
Kim Ralph'12
1. The registration process at BC is all online. Course catalogs and a schedule of when courses are offered are both available in the student center, but they are also available online. Each student gets a 15 minute registration period and each class is assigned a 2 day period for registration (so seniors get the first 2 days, juniors get the next 2 days, and so on). When it's your time to register you sign on to the online system with the registration code you get from your advisor and then you choose the classes yourself.
2. I like that it is all online so it makes it convenient when you go to register and don't have to meet with your advisor or anything. Everyone gets a 15 minute period, but you can still register after this period is over you just can’t register before. The thing i don't like about this is that all the times are randomly assigned so sometimes you could have class during your registration period and then you cant get to your computer to register until a few hours after your registration time... by then classes could be closed up. I also like that seniors get to register first and it goes down by class so that seniors get first pick.
3. It is all completed online on the BC UIS system which is a system every student downloads from the website. It's all easy to navigate and pretty self-explanatory. When you open up the program it sort of looks like one of those online card catalog systems at libraries where it tells you what codes to type in to search for courses or drop a course, etc. so it’s easy to figure out.
4. I haven't had any technical issues while registering but I did have one friend who accidentally got assigned a registration time when the freshmen class was supposed to register. She just went to student services and got it fixed but problems don't typically come up with it b/c all the computers at school have the program so even if your computer freezes you can still register on someone else’s computer.
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Georgetown University
1. As an athlete for Georgetown, how well does preferential registration work for you?
2. Do you like the registration process at Georgetown in general?(go into as much detail as possible)
3. Is your registration done completely online?..How easy/hard is it to navigate Gtown's system? 4. How do people generally feel about the registration process at Georgetown?
5. Have you ever had any major/minor technical problems while registering?
Logan McCraw'11
1. Preferential registration has helped but I still do not get in to all the classes I sign up for. There has been at least two semesters when I do not get into a class that I signed up for. I've been luckier than some of my teammates though because two of my seniors didn't get the elective they signed up for when they should have top priority even as a regular student since it is their last chance to take the class next semester. I definitely think we should be getting more priority for registration than we currently get.
2. The process for registration is easy to follow but I personally hate signing up for classes because it is very difficult to sign up for a full load of classes that does not conflict with practice. We are given about 2-3 weeks to sign up for classes and there is no priority to the students that send their pre-registration requests in first, which I like because then I don't feel rushed to finish it. I also don't like signing up for classes because it is hard to find ones that are of interest to me (but that's just a personal problem of mine).
3.. The registration process is pretty easy. It is all set up online where we can see all the class offered and can click on the class and it will automatically add it to your pre-registration list. Then this list can either be saved so you can go back at a later date and finish without losing what you did, or it can be sent in. I like this option because it takes me a while to figure out what classes I will take.
4. The process of signing up for classes is generally liked. However, I think most people agree that it is harder to get into classes than it should be, especially for athletes because they are supposed to have priority.
5. So far I have not had any problems signing up for classes that I need to take for my major but I just declared so the spring will be my first semester taking those classes. I have had to take core business classes and have not had a problem getting my first pick. The problems usually occur when it is an elective that I am signing up for.
1. How do you view the registration process at Harvard (easy, hard, go into detail please)
2. Is it completely done on an online database?
3. Are there any core requirements for Harvard?
4. How much freedom do you have with choosing what you would like to take? (classes you want to take vs. classes that you need to take)
5. What do/don't you like about the registration process in general?
Aaron Parker'11
1. The registration process at Harvard is fairly simple. A few months before the beginning of each new term, we are given a course catalog, which is completely online. We are encouraged to browse through it, looking for courses that may interest us. No registration steps are required prior to the first day of class. For the beginning of the term, each student composes what we call a "Shopping List" of usually 6 or 7 courses. For the first week of class, students attend these class meetings as they please, narrowing down their course load to 4 classes by the end of the week, when students are required to officially submit a "Study Card" with their selected classes.
2. Everything is done completely online, except for the Study Card, which must be printed out, signed by your Concentration advisor and handed in to the Registrar.
3. There are core requirements at Harvard. As a liberal arts institution, the University has had a long-standing commitment to the Core, which is meant to expose students to a number of different "ways of knowing." Core requirements generally constitute about one quarter of classes taken at Harvard.
4. Outside of the Core, students are free to take whatever classes they choose, so long as they fulfill their concentration requirements. Most concentrations require between 12-15 classes, though there are often electives within the concentration. Each Core discipline also typically has 20 or so options for fulfillment. Additionally, many students will try to complete a Secondary Concentration or a Foreign Language Citation, which usually require 5-6 more classes. Students must take 32 classes total to graduate and all classes are given the same weight.
5. I like that I don't even need to think about what classes I'm going to take until I get to campus. Plus, even if I sign up for a class I end up not liking, I can add and drop classes up until the fifth week of the semester without consequence.
Boston College
1. How does the registration process work at BC? Does it work well? (go into as much detail as possible)
2. What do/don't you like about the registration process there? (go into as much detail as possible)
3.Is it all online? Is it easy/hard to navigate (go into as much detail as possible)
4. Have you had any major or minor technical issues while registering? (go into as much detail as possible)
Kim Ralph'12
1. The registration process at BC is all online. Course catalogs and a schedule of when courses are offered are both available in the student center, but they are also available online. Each student gets a 15 minute registration period and each class is assigned a 2 day period for registration (so seniors get the first 2 days, juniors get the next 2 days, and so on). When it's your time to register you sign on to the online system with the registration code you get from your advisor and then you choose the classes yourself.
2. I like that it is all online so it makes it convenient when you go to register and don't have to meet with your advisor or anything. Everyone gets a 15 minute period, but you can still register after this period is over you just can’t register before. The thing i don't like about this is that all the times are randomly assigned so sometimes you could have class during your registration period and then you cant get to your computer to register until a few hours after your registration time... by then classes could be closed up. I also like that seniors get to register first and it goes down by class so that seniors get first pick.
3. It is all completed online on the BC UIS system which is a system every student downloads from the website. It's all easy to navigate and pretty self-explanatory. When you open up the program it sort of looks like one of those online card catalog systems at libraries where it tells you what codes to type in to search for courses or drop a course, etc. so it’s easy to figure out.
4. I haven't had any technical issues while registering but I did have one friend who accidentally got assigned a registration time when the freshmen class was supposed to register. She just went to student services and got it fixed but problems don't typically come up with it b/c all the computers at school have the program so even if your computer freezes you can still register on someone else’s computer.
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Georgetown University
1. As an athlete for Georgetown, how well does preferential registration work for you?
2. Do you like the registration process at Georgetown in general?(go into as much detail as possible)
3. Is your registration done completely online?..How easy/hard is it to navigate Gtown's system? 4. How do people generally feel about the registration process at Georgetown?
5. Have you ever had any major/minor technical problems while registering?
Logan McCraw'11
1. Preferential registration has helped but I still do not get in to all the classes I sign up for. There has been at least two semesters when I do not get into a class that I signed up for. I've been luckier than some of my teammates though because two of my seniors didn't get the elective they signed up for when they should have top priority even as a regular student since it is their last chance to take the class next semester. I definitely think we should be getting more priority for registration than we currently get.
2. The process for registration is easy to follow but I personally hate signing up for classes because it is very difficult to sign up for a full load of classes that does not conflict with practice. We are given about 2-3 weeks to sign up for classes and there is no priority to the students that send their pre-registration requests in first, which I like because then I don't feel rushed to finish it. I also don't like signing up for classes because it is hard to find ones that are of interest to me (but that's just a personal problem of mine).
3.. The registration process is pretty easy. It is all set up online where we can see all the class offered and can click on the class and it will automatically add it to your pre-registration list. Then this list can either be saved so you can go back at a later date and finish without losing what you did, or it can be sent in. I like this option because it takes me a while to figure out what classes I will take.
4. The process of signing up for classes is generally liked. However, I think most people agree that it is harder to get into classes than it should be, especially for athletes because they are supposed to have priority.
5. So far I have not had any problems signing up for classes that I need to take for my major but I just declared so the spring will be my first semester taking those classes. I have had to take core business classes and have not had a problem getting my first pick. The problems usually occur when it is an elective that I am signing up for.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
For Concerts This Year the Pioneer Beats the Deer
The posters went up within just the first few weeks of school advertising The Fray concert-but it was across town, at Sacred Heart University. Only a few weeks later, Sacred Heart put up posters for yet another concert, Maroon 5, to be held there in mid November.
And Fairfield? Besides countless rumors of various artists that may be coming to perform at Fairfield, not a word has been mentioned to the students of any hope for a fall or spring concert.
Senior at Fairfield Jeff Seiser, President of Fairfield University Student Association (FUSA) said, “Sure, Sacred Heart has great concerts, and I support the fact that students go to those concerts, but the difference between Sacred Heart and Fairfield is that FUSA makes it a priority to serve the school every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday with events that get the entire school to be involved on campus, for example “Late Night at The Stag” alone costs $12,000. To put thousands of dollars into a concert for 2,000 people is not something that FUSA views as responsible.”
Seiser was asked about how FUSA decides on what artist will be chosen to perform at Fairfield, he said, “We try to pick the group that is the most fun, so one year we went with Ludacris. When we picked him the students complained that they wanted someone with more musical talent. The following year we chose John Legend and students complained that he was not wild and crazy enough. It’s all about having a good agent and pure luck!”
Yes, Fairfield was rated in The Princeton Review as the #1 most homogenous university, however, that certainly does not mean that all Fairfield students would like to hear the same music. Fairfield University Student Association (FUSA), can simply choose a band and assume that everyone will be content with whatever band comes to perform on campus, without asking the students their opinion.
When Fairfield University had the outdated rapper Ludacris for their 2007 spring concert, Sacred Heart had not only the flourishing Ne-Yo, but they also had the well known artist T-Pain. A year prior to Ludacris, Fairfield University had O.A.R in concert, but yet again, Sacred Heart was able to top that with the popular bands The Goo Goo Dolls, Hinder, and Augustana.
A major dilemma that Fairfield has is that the biggest indoor arena on campus, Alumni Hall, has a capacity of 2,000 people, while Sacred Heart University can hold over 5,000 people in their facility, known as the Pitt Center. Sacred Heart is able to make more money from ticket sales, allowing them to have a much higher budget.
Another difference between the two Universities is that Sacred Heart has its own website, shutickets.com, where concert-goers can easily purchase tickets directly from the school, which works quite smoother than ticketmaster.com, the source Fairfield uses to buy the students their tickets.
Money is always the biggest issue between the students and the performing artists. This was not always the case for the performers that came to Fairfield in years prior. Although Alumni Hall does not have the best acoustics, it was not an issue for Billy Joel when he came to Fairfield’s campus, and it was certainly not a problem for Southside Johnny, which was the band that Bruce Springsteen used to be a part of. It was simply about the music during that time, and now it seems to be about everything but the music.
Francis Golen, a Fairfield alum from the class of 1980, who was a member of Fairfield’s concert crew said, “There was a strong passion for music when I attended Fairfield. We valued, expected and appreciated the work that the Student Entertainment Crew (SEC) put into creating the best entertainment experience for Fairfield students.”
Golen reminisced on how his favorite bands that he set up for were Billy Joel, Dave Mason, Hall and Oates, and The Good Rats. The Good Rats were a prominent Long Island based band from the late 1970’s.
In a non-scientific sample survey, 20 random students were asked what price would be fair to see a band of their choosing. The average price range came to be $50. This would mean that a sold out show at Alumni Hall would come to $10,000. John Mayer and Taylor Swift were the most popular requests for the survey.
Although Fairfield students do not have the opportunity to see the extravagant concerts that they would hope to attend at Alumni Hall, there are other opportunities for students to go to quality concerts in the Fairfield community. This coming December, Tim Reynolds will be performing at The Fairfield Theater Company (FTC) on Post Road.
Reynolds is a multi-instrumentalist, who often tours with Dave Matthews as an acoustic duo. In addition to performing as a member of Dave Matthews & Friends instruments, he has gained the most acclaim for his performance on acoustic and electric guitar, equally.
FTC works diligently to promote their concerts to Fairfield students weekly, especially because the lack of concerts that come to the university. There are two venues in Fairfield County, a 200 seat theater a mile away on Post Rd, and a 1,400 seat auditorium in Bridgeport (the Klein). The opportunity for students to attend great concerts is always happening somewhere in the Fairfield area, however, Fairfield students will have to work a bit harder than Sacred Heart students at finding these opportunities.
Reflective Essay: Original story #1
My goal of the piece is to at first show concern that Fairfield does not appear to be up to par against Sacred Heart when it comes to the success of concerts. I then tried to show that yes it’s something we can improve on, however, here are the reasons that Fairfield is better than Sacred Heart, and then the alternative is for students to go to the Fairfield Theater Company. It was a bit hard for me to come up with the best transitions, and I still need to interview a non scientific random sample of students so that I can get different opinions of what concerts students would pay to see at Fairfield.
I tried to use the who, what, where, when, why, how technique for my first original story, but it was still very hard to try and figure out what was and was not important in my story. I tried to put in too much detail so that I can decide later what material is not that important to the reader.
I think that this is certainly the hardest story that I have done thus far, however, I had the most fun doing this story because I felt that I had a lot of control of where I wanted my story to go. I tried to also remember that I should be able to take out the quotes, and still have the paper make sense and have a point.
The biggest struggle with the second draft was to re arrange where all of my quotes and facts should go. I will also be fixing my transitions and trying to come up with a better start or finish if you think it is necessary. I really like how we were forced to make the draft for our papers beforehand because it forced me to get a head start and not have to wait until the last minute to write a mediocre story. I had someone else’s opinion to work with, and that really helped.
I learned that writing drafts is the way to go! I should make drafts as much as I can, whether they are required or not because then I am able to get more ideas, and if I write a story, leave it un touched for a few days, and then come back to the story, I am able to think of more ideas that I may not have thought of if I waited until the last minute.
And Fairfield? Besides countless rumors of various artists that may be coming to perform at Fairfield, not a word has been mentioned to the students of any hope for a fall or spring concert.
Senior at Fairfield Jeff Seiser, President of Fairfield University Student Association (FUSA) said, “Sure, Sacred Heart has great concerts, and I support the fact that students go to those concerts, but the difference between Sacred Heart and Fairfield is that FUSA makes it a priority to serve the school every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday with events that get the entire school to be involved on campus, for example “Late Night at The Stag” alone costs $12,000. To put thousands of dollars into a concert for 2,000 people is not something that FUSA views as responsible.”
Seiser was asked about how FUSA decides on what artist will be chosen to perform at Fairfield, he said, “We try to pick the group that is the most fun, so one year we went with Ludacris. When we picked him the students complained that they wanted someone with more musical talent. The following year we chose John Legend and students complained that he was not wild and crazy enough. It’s all about having a good agent and pure luck!”
Yes, Fairfield was rated in The Princeton Review as the #1 most homogenous university, however, that certainly does not mean that all Fairfield students would like to hear the same music. Fairfield University Student Association (FUSA), can simply choose a band and assume that everyone will be content with whatever band comes to perform on campus, without asking the students their opinion.
When Fairfield University had the outdated rapper Ludacris for their 2007 spring concert, Sacred Heart had not only the flourishing Ne-Yo, but they also had the well known artist T-Pain. A year prior to Ludacris, Fairfield University had O.A.R in concert, but yet again, Sacred Heart was able to top that with the popular bands The Goo Goo Dolls, Hinder, and Augustana.
A major dilemma that Fairfield has is that the biggest indoor arena on campus, Alumni Hall, has a capacity of 2,000 people, while Sacred Heart University can hold over 5,000 people in their facility, known as the Pitt Center. Sacred Heart is able to make more money from ticket sales, allowing them to have a much higher budget.
Another difference between the two Universities is that Sacred Heart has its own website, shutickets.com, where concert-goers can easily purchase tickets directly from the school, which works quite smoother than ticketmaster.com, the source Fairfield uses to buy the students their tickets.
Money is always the biggest issue between the students and the performing artists. This was not always the case for the performers that came to Fairfield in years prior. Although Alumni Hall does not have the best acoustics, it was not an issue for Billy Joel when he came to Fairfield’s campus, and it was certainly not a problem for Southside Johnny, which was the band that Bruce Springsteen used to be a part of. It was simply about the music during that time, and now it seems to be about everything but the music.
Francis Golen, a Fairfield alum from the class of 1980, who was a member of Fairfield’s concert crew said, “There was a strong passion for music when I attended Fairfield. We valued, expected and appreciated the work that the Student Entertainment Crew (SEC) put into creating the best entertainment experience for Fairfield students.”
Golen reminisced on how his favorite bands that he set up for were Billy Joel, Dave Mason, Hall and Oates, and The Good Rats. The Good Rats were a prominent Long Island based band from the late 1970’s.
In a non-scientific sample survey, 20 random students were asked what price would be fair to see a band of their choosing. The average price range came to be $50. This would mean that a sold out show at Alumni Hall would come to $10,000. John Mayer and Taylor Swift were the most popular requests for the survey.
Although Fairfield students do not have the opportunity to see the extravagant concerts that they would hope to attend at Alumni Hall, there are other opportunities for students to go to quality concerts in the Fairfield community. This coming December, Tim Reynolds will be performing at The Fairfield Theater Company (FTC) on Post Road.
Reynolds is a multi-instrumentalist, who often tours with Dave Matthews as an acoustic duo. In addition to performing as a member of Dave Matthews & Friends instruments, he has gained the most acclaim for his performance on acoustic and electric guitar, equally.
FTC works diligently to promote their concerts to Fairfield students weekly, especially because the lack of concerts that come to the university. There are two venues in Fairfield County, a 200 seat theater a mile away on Post Rd, and a 1,400 seat auditorium in Bridgeport (the Klein). The opportunity for students to attend great concerts is always happening somewhere in the Fairfield area, however, Fairfield students will have to work a bit harder than Sacred Heart students at finding these opportunities.
Reflective Essay: Original story #1
My goal of the piece is to at first show concern that Fairfield does not appear to be up to par against Sacred Heart when it comes to the success of concerts. I then tried to show that yes it’s something we can improve on, however, here are the reasons that Fairfield is better than Sacred Heart, and then the alternative is for students to go to the Fairfield Theater Company. It was a bit hard for me to come up with the best transitions, and I still need to interview a non scientific random sample of students so that I can get different opinions of what concerts students would pay to see at Fairfield.
I tried to use the who, what, where, when, why, how technique for my first original story, but it was still very hard to try and figure out what was and was not important in my story. I tried to put in too much detail so that I can decide later what material is not that important to the reader.
I think that this is certainly the hardest story that I have done thus far, however, I had the most fun doing this story because I felt that I had a lot of control of where I wanted my story to go. I tried to also remember that I should be able to take out the quotes, and still have the paper make sense and have a point.
The biggest struggle with the second draft was to re arrange where all of my quotes and facts should go. I will also be fixing my transitions and trying to come up with a better start or finish if you think it is necessary. I really like how we were forced to make the draft for our papers beforehand because it forced me to get a head start and not have to wait until the last minute to write a mediocre story. I had someone else’s opinion to work with, and that really helped.
I learned that writing drafts is the way to go! I should make drafts as much as I can, whether they are required or not because then I am able to get more ideas, and if I write a story, leave it un touched for a few days, and then come back to the story, I am able to think of more ideas that I may not have thought of if I waited until the last minute.
David Plouffe: The Audacity to Win
David Plouffe, Barack Obama’s campaign manager for the 2008 Presidential election, told the Fairfield community on Wednesday evening that he believed the key ingredients to Obama’s success were that his campaign remained agile and constantly held a strong composure when dealing with adversity throughout the entire journey of the campaign.
Exactly one year ago today on a brisk November 4th evening, the Obama Campaign warmed up with delight and relief after winning 270 electoral votes. Barack Hussein Obama was elected to be the 44th President, as well as the first African American President of the United States.
Before David Plouffe began tonight’s special event, a moment of silence was held for John Orman. Orman was a politics professor at Fairfield, as well as a loyal friend to the Fairfield community. He had an authentic way of igniting student’s minds, and would have especially enjoyed tonight’s rare occasion of meeting Plouffe.
At the beginning of his speech, Plouffe said, “Everything had changed, however, news media states America has gotten worse.” “Our campaign was one of the largest campaigns ever constructed, we went from being the biggest long shot, to architecting victory.”
Before Plouffe was Obama’s campaign manager, Plouffe attended the University of Delaware, however he did not complete his education before he set out on a career in politics. He began his political career when he went to work for Senator Tom Harkin’s 1990 re-election campaign. He later worked as a state field director for Harkin’s unsuccessful 1992 Presidential campaign. That same year he successfully managed Congressman John Olver’s first re-election bid in Massachusetts.
In 1994, Plouffe managed Delaware Attorney General Charles M. Oberly’s unsuccessful campaign against Senator William V. Roth. He then worked for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Plouffe led a national campaign that raised a record $95 million for house races across the country. Beginning of 2003 Plouffe and fellow AKP&D Message and Media partner David Axelrod worked on Obama’s 2004 Illinois Senate campaign, beginning his association with Obama.
Not many people believed in “No Drama Obama”, however the campaign committee continued to believe in their theory for success and had much hope for their strategy to work. Plouffe said, “We had to do things unconventionally and make risky decisions.”
When Plouffe was asked about his Campaign team he said, “We built the strongest campaign in history and raised over $750,000,000. When one of us failed all of our enterprise failed, we sort of held hands, hoping for the best. It was like a koom-bay-yah core of us. We all had political experience and were not naïve.”
Shirley Hochheiser, a Stratford resident, and Liam Burke, a Fairfield resident, were both delighted to learn about the interworkings of the core members to the Obama campaign and how tightly knit they were with each other. Hochheiser was especially inspired by his optimistic points and beaming personality.
Reflective Essay-
Since I had to do other homework before this deadline story was written, this is the latest I have stayed up writing one. Personally, I am a bit apprehensive to turn this in due to the fact my editing abilities at 12:45 probably aren’t at their peak. Luckily, David Plouffe was a very interesting speaker so it was easy to write about him once my first paragraph was complete.
I found the first paragraph to be quite hard for some reason, probably because I didn’t know what my angle was, and kept going back and forth with how I wanted my story to flow. He kept mentioning how unified the Obama campaign was so that was definitely something that I wanted to focus on in my story. He was a great communicator and was very professional when speaking to the Fairfield community. This made it very easy to write quotes from him.
I wish he mentioned his background more rather than the book because since the book had literally just come out, obviously a small percentage of the room had actually read it. I would have benefitted a lot more if he told us how he got to where he was and how he ended up with such an impressive role in today’s society.
The lead was hard because I did not know which of the 5 W’s I wanted to start out with. I figured since he is famous it would be okay to start out mentioning his name, and if I were reading this article, right away I would like to know who I was reading about. I liked how he talked in a way that no matter how little or much someone knew about politics, they could appreciate what Plouffe was saying and remain interested throughout his whole speech.
I did the hourglass method because I think that it would be the most beneficial for this type of story because even the parts that may not be as important (mainly his background information) were still very important because most readers would like to know how this distinguished 42 year old man got to where he is now.
Exactly one year ago today on a brisk November 4th evening, the Obama Campaign warmed up with delight and relief after winning 270 electoral votes. Barack Hussein Obama was elected to be the 44th President, as well as the first African American President of the United States.
Before David Plouffe began tonight’s special event, a moment of silence was held for John Orman. Orman was a politics professor at Fairfield, as well as a loyal friend to the Fairfield community. He had an authentic way of igniting student’s minds, and would have especially enjoyed tonight’s rare occasion of meeting Plouffe.
At the beginning of his speech, Plouffe said, “Everything had changed, however, news media states America has gotten worse.” “Our campaign was one of the largest campaigns ever constructed, we went from being the biggest long shot, to architecting victory.”
Before Plouffe was Obama’s campaign manager, Plouffe attended the University of Delaware, however he did not complete his education before he set out on a career in politics. He began his political career when he went to work for Senator Tom Harkin’s 1990 re-election campaign. He later worked as a state field director for Harkin’s unsuccessful 1992 Presidential campaign. That same year he successfully managed Congressman John Olver’s first re-election bid in Massachusetts.
In 1994, Plouffe managed Delaware Attorney General Charles M. Oberly’s unsuccessful campaign against Senator William V. Roth. He then worked for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Plouffe led a national campaign that raised a record $95 million for house races across the country. Beginning of 2003 Plouffe and fellow AKP&D Message and Media partner David Axelrod worked on Obama’s 2004 Illinois Senate campaign, beginning his association with Obama.
Not many people believed in “No Drama Obama”, however the campaign committee continued to believe in their theory for success and had much hope for their strategy to work. Plouffe said, “We had to do things unconventionally and make risky decisions.”
When Plouffe was asked about his Campaign team he said, “We built the strongest campaign in history and raised over $750,000,000. When one of us failed all of our enterprise failed, we sort of held hands, hoping for the best. It was like a koom-bay-yah core of us. We all had political experience and were not naïve.”
Shirley Hochheiser, a Stratford resident, and Liam Burke, a Fairfield resident, were both delighted to learn about the interworkings of the core members to the Obama campaign and how tightly knit they were with each other. Hochheiser was especially inspired by his optimistic points and beaming personality.
Reflective Essay-
Since I had to do other homework before this deadline story was written, this is the latest I have stayed up writing one. Personally, I am a bit apprehensive to turn this in due to the fact my editing abilities at 12:45 probably aren’t at their peak. Luckily, David Plouffe was a very interesting speaker so it was easy to write about him once my first paragraph was complete.
I found the first paragraph to be quite hard for some reason, probably because I didn’t know what my angle was, and kept going back and forth with how I wanted my story to flow. He kept mentioning how unified the Obama campaign was so that was definitely something that I wanted to focus on in my story. He was a great communicator and was very professional when speaking to the Fairfield community. This made it very easy to write quotes from him.
I wish he mentioned his background more rather than the book because since the book had literally just come out, obviously a small percentage of the room had actually read it. I would have benefitted a lot more if he told us how he got to where he was and how he ended up with such an impressive role in today’s society.
The lead was hard because I did not know which of the 5 W’s I wanted to start out with. I figured since he is famous it would be okay to start out mentioning his name, and if I were reading this article, right away I would like to know who I was reading about. I liked how he talked in a way that no matter how little or much someone knew about politics, they could appreciate what Plouffe was saying and remain interested throughout his whole speech.
I did the hourglass method because I think that it would be the most beneficial for this type of story because even the parts that may not be as important (mainly his background information) were still very important because most readers would like to know how this distinguished 42 year old man got to where he is now.
Words of Wisdom from Keith Whamond
10/5/09
Future journalists need to be well versed with technology changes like social networking, but they also need to develop an early passion for news and be “bit by the bug” early, a top news executive said Monday.
Keith Whamond, the Executive Producer for the Connecticut Media Group, spoke to Dr. Simon’s news writing class about how being young, tech savvy, and passionate were the three main ingredients that helped make him the young and thriving journalist that he is today.
According to Whamond, “Passion and enthusiasm are the best qualities to bring to the table, the skills aren’t as important as your willingness to learn.”
When Whamond mentioned “getting bit by the bug”, he was referring to being hit with the idea to write the perfect story that would set you apart from other journalists.
According to Whamond, if one were to look at the future of journalism, the kinds of technology tools to use have become a very important aspect. He stated that it has gotten down to the most basic level. He believes that breaking news to people is the most significant part that someone, like Tom Baden, editor of The Connecticut Post, would be looking for in terms of a career.
Whamond told Fairfield students that he was looked up to by older co workers because of his ability to shoot videos, set up plenty of audio, set up an account on skype, and create a twitter, all within his first few weeks while working in Danbury. Newly hired journalists think of these tasks as second nature, while older and more experienced journalists viewed this as Whamond being tech savvy.
Whamond’s career took off after graduating from a Fairfield University in 2004, where he received his B.A. in English, along with a love for the job of capturing a great story. According to Whamond, he was advised to “get the hell out of journalism.”
By Whamond following his passion, and taking Dr. Simon’s news writing class his sophomore year at Fairfield University, Whamond wisely ignored the advice to find another career.
His online media career started as an Editorial Page Assistant for The Connecticut Post at MediaNews Group. Whamond worked his way up to being an Online Reporter at ConnPost.com at Media News Group. Before taking on his current job, about five months ago, he worked for NewsTimes.com as an Online Editor at Hearst.
Whamond didn’t hide his enthusiasm and animation. “I love breaking the news, the excitement of journalism, being young and not knowing the rules gives you a great advantage.”
Whamond ended optimistically for the next generation of journalists, “Youth has the capacity to change the rules of journalism, it’s not necessarily age, it’s just true of anything, when you do something the same way for 30 years, changes must be very difficult. “
“One of our bloggers and Sports producer, Sean Boley, travels throughout the state by going to three games a night, and holds a live blog with updated stats to keep
up. Boley is simply open to doing whatever.”
Reflective Essay 1:
The primary goal that I had in mind for my second deadline story was to efficiently make note to the importance of what I have written during the press conference. I found it quite difficult to come up with an interesting and important beginning paragraph to draw in my reader, yet at the same time give a preview to what I would be discussing. Although Whamond was very interesting to listen to, I immediately noticed a difference between Baden and Whamond’s style of holding the press conference. Whamond was a bit more organized, while Whamond was a bit repetitive, yet his repetitiveness about passion helped me discover that would be a great subject for my story. There was a lot of debate with myself with whether I start out mentioning a quote, give a description using as many of the five senses that I thought were appropriate, or simply starting out with a question again. I decided that a question is too easy. It also would not help to guide me into summarizing what Whamond had discussed. I chose to paraphrase what Whamond said, and give the reader an efficient outlook on what I would be writing about.
I think that the beginning of my second story was much stronger than the beginning of my first deadline story. Yet again, the exercises in class were quite beneficial when completing my second deadline story. At times I wanted to disregard what I had been taught concerning the 5 W’s and H. However, I knew that it was vital to pay attention to detail, in order to make the most interesting story that I felt was possible.
I think that the biggest quandary I encountered was when I was trying to weed out what was and was not important. This was one of the main problems that I faced with my first deadline story. I was also concerned with how I went about making my transitions clever and appropriate to what I had mentioned in my opening paragraph. By going over the hour glass method before the press conference, I was able to have a premade outline of how I wanted to display my story on Whamond. I am glad that I have picked up the habit of making sure that I look for the who, what, where, how, and why, before finishing my story.
As far as the press conference in general, I learned a lot about how much work and dedication is required to be a successful journalist. My favorite quote that Whamond stated was comparing lawyers to journalists, “One being incredibly evil and one incredibly noble, you don’t become a journalist to be wealthy or jet set around the globe, its strictly about your passion for finding a good story.”
As an interviewer, I learned how important it is to do your homework by having several questions. Your follow up question is just as important as your primary question because it also shows the interviewee that you are engaged with what they have to say. It made me feel optimistic about continuing my major in Communications because I was able to see a surviving journalist that had recently graduated from Fairfield University. Where there is passion, there is hope!
Future journalists need to be well versed with technology changes like social networking, but they also need to develop an early passion for news and be “bit by the bug” early, a top news executive said Monday.
Keith Whamond, the Executive Producer for the Connecticut Media Group, spoke to Dr. Simon’s news writing class about how being young, tech savvy, and passionate were the three main ingredients that helped make him the young and thriving journalist that he is today.
According to Whamond, “Passion and enthusiasm are the best qualities to bring to the table, the skills aren’t as important as your willingness to learn.”
When Whamond mentioned “getting bit by the bug”, he was referring to being hit with the idea to write the perfect story that would set you apart from other journalists.
According to Whamond, if one were to look at the future of journalism, the kinds of technology tools to use have become a very important aspect. He stated that it has gotten down to the most basic level. He believes that breaking news to people is the most significant part that someone, like Tom Baden, editor of The Connecticut Post, would be looking for in terms of a career.
Whamond told Fairfield students that he was looked up to by older co workers because of his ability to shoot videos, set up plenty of audio, set up an account on skype, and create a twitter, all within his first few weeks while working in Danbury. Newly hired journalists think of these tasks as second nature, while older and more experienced journalists viewed this as Whamond being tech savvy.
Whamond’s career took off after graduating from a Fairfield University in 2004, where he received his B.A. in English, along with a love for the job of capturing a great story. According to Whamond, he was advised to “get the hell out of journalism.”
By Whamond following his passion, and taking Dr. Simon’s news writing class his sophomore year at Fairfield University, Whamond wisely ignored the advice to find another career.
His online media career started as an Editorial Page Assistant for The Connecticut Post at MediaNews Group. Whamond worked his way up to being an Online Reporter at ConnPost.com at Media News Group. Before taking on his current job, about five months ago, he worked for NewsTimes.com as an Online Editor at Hearst.
Whamond didn’t hide his enthusiasm and animation. “I love breaking the news, the excitement of journalism, being young and not knowing the rules gives you a great advantage.”
Whamond ended optimistically for the next generation of journalists, “Youth has the capacity to change the rules of journalism, it’s not necessarily age, it’s just true of anything, when you do something the same way for 30 years, changes must be very difficult. “
“One of our bloggers and Sports producer, Sean Boley, travels throughout the state by going to three games a night, and holds a live blog with updated stats to keep
up. Boley is simply open to doing whatever.”
Reflective Essay 1:
The primary goal that I had in mind for my second deadline story was to efficiently make note to the importance of what I have written during the press conference. I found it quite difficult to come up with an interesting and important beginning paragraph to draw in my reader, yet at the same time give a preview to what I would be discussing. Although Whamond was very interesting to listen to, I immediately noticed a difference between Baden and Whamond’s style of holding the press conference. Whamond was a bit more organized, while Whamond was a bit repetitive, yet his repetitiveness about passion helped me discover that would be a great subject for my story. There was a lot of debate with myself with whether I start out mentioning a quote, give a description using as many of the five senses that I thought were appropriate, or simply starting out with a question again. I decided that a question is too easy. It also would not help to guide me into summarizing what Whamond had discussed. I chose to paraphrase what Whamond said, and give the reader an efficient outlook on what I would be writing about.
I think that the beginning of my second story was much stronger than the beginning of my first deadline story. Yet again, the exercises in class were quite beneficial when completing my second deadline story. At times I wanted to disregard what I had been taught concerning the 5 W’s and H. However, I knew that it was vital to pay attention to detail, in order to make the most interesting story that I felt was possible.
I think that the biggest quandary I encountered was when I was trying to weed out what was and was not important. This was one of the main problems that I faced with my first deadline story. I was also concerned with how I went about making my transitions clever and appropriate to what I had mentioned in my opening paragraph. By going over the hour glass method before the press conference, I was able to have a premade outline of how I wanted to display my story on Whamond. I am glad that I have picked up the habit of making sure that I look for the who, what, where, how, and why, before finishing my story.
As far as the press conference in general, I learned a lot about how much work and dedication is required to be a successful journalist. My favorite quote that Whamond stated was comparing lawyers to journalists, “One being incredibly evil and one incredibly noble, you don’t become a journalist to be wealthy or jet set around the globe, its strictly about your passion for finding a good story.”
As an interviewer, I learned how important it is to do your homework by having several questions. Your follow up question is just as important as your primary question because it also shows the interviewee that you are engaged with what they have to say. It made me feel optimistic about continuing my major in Communications because I was able to see a surviving journalist that had recently graduated from Fairfield University. Where there is passion, there is hope!
Career Night
Kristen Golen 10/29/09
34 of Fairfield University’s most established alumni came back to Fairfield’s campus yesterday evening to share many valuable tips that they believed to be essential in today’s business world at the third annual Major Decisions Night.
The 34 alumni represented many successful companies including, NBA Entertainment, Environmental Agency, Ernst & Young, VH1, NYC Dept. of Education, CT Criminal Justice, as well as many other well known companies.
This event is co-sponsored by Fairfield University’s Student Alumni Association and the Career Planning Center. Gretchen Collins, Assistant Director of Career Planning, played a vital role for having over 34 alumni at this evening’s event. Major Decisions Night broke the record for attendance this year for both the amount of alumni and students.
Collins said, “The premise is an interactive working event with the goal to learn about the plethora of opportunities in today’s business world. For students to get to hear what major these successful alumni were, and what they ended up doing with it is a golden opportunity as well.”
Students were not hindered by the variety of majors present at tonight’s event. There were over 18 different majors present, however there were 34 diverse paths that the alumni took after graduating Fairfield.
Erin Stahl, a junior at Fairfield University, has been an active member in the
Student Alumni Association for two years. Stahl said, “Major decisions for Student Alumni Association is a great way for freshmen and sophomores to ask questions that they have about each major, while juniors and seniors can take the advantage of networking with the Fairfield alumni that can certainly relate to the hectic life of a Fairfield student.”
The alumni could not stress enough that students entering the business world must know that as hard as it is to find a job, there are certainly many successful people out there that are looking to help network students that meet the credentials for the job they are seeking.
Frank Riccio, class of 1996, said, “I think that this event is a great idea for the students and alumni, however, I think that it would be more beneficial if the stations were divided by career and not major. I am a perfect example of this because although I was an english major, I am now an attorney!”
A few great tips that alumni had to say as a whole were, be very careful what you put on Facebook, be aggressive, go abroad if you can, and most importantly, find a professor that can serve as a mentor throughout your four years at Fairfield. Having a mentor can not only serve as an incredible resource, but your mentor can potentially be one of your best friends.
Reflective Essay 4:
I personally thought that this was one of the hardest deadlines stories to write. The reason that it was so complicating to write about was because it was an informal event that did not have just one speaker, the event had 34 speakers. These speakers were all Fairfield alumni that had so much information and advice, however, it was up to the student, and myself to go up to them and ask the right questions. The event was quite unique because this event was basically making every student act as a journalist. Students had to ask the alumni certain questions that would get the alumni to give a quality response to their question, just like me! So I found it pretty competitive, even though we asking questions for different reasons.
I took quite a long time coming up with what I wanted to say that would pull in the reader. I decided to use the number of alumni that were present to get the reader’s attention. I am still wrestling with how to make smooth transitions that help make my story flow. Like last time, I briefly skimmed the chapters to our textbook to help with my leads.
As far as the event in general, I learned more than I ever thought I could learn in two hours. This event involved a lot of guts because I went up to perfect strangers, even though we had Fairfield as a similarity. The alumni had nothing but good things to say about their experience at Fairfield. It was nice to hear that although they love their job, Fairfield was the best four years they ever had. As a current student, it’s nice to hear comments like that because it helps me realize although I am stressed with tests and deadline papers , life will never be this fun again, and I will look back and realize how much I enjoyed the classes I took.
Writing this deadline paper made me very nervous because the 10 questions story made me apprehensive to write again, since I did such a poor job on that story. I have to keep in mind that when I ask questions to people that may not be that well known, I have to be aware that I am trying to grab the attention to people that have never met the person I am interviewing. I realize I am still a novice at being a able to write efficient stories, but I am very pleased with how much I have learned so far in this course. Since I am a Communication major I have been thinking of having Journalism as being my minor.
34 of Fairfield University’s most established alumni came back to Fairfield’s campus yesterday evening to share many valuable tips that they believed to be essential in today’s business world at the third annual Major Decisions Night.
The 34 alumni represented many successful companies including, NBA Entertainment, Environmental Agency, Ernst & Young, VH1, NYC Dept. of Education, CT Criminal Justice, as well as many other well known companies.
This event is co-sponsored by Fairfield University’s Student Alumni Association and the Career Planning Center. Gretchen Collins, Assistant Director of Career Planning, played a vital role for having over 34 alumni at this evening’s event. Major Decisions Night broke the record for attendance this year for both the amount of alumni and students.
Collins said, “The premise is an interactive working event with the goal to learn about the plethora of opportunities in today’s business world. For students to get to hear what major these successful alumni were, and what they ended up doing with it is a golden opportunity as well.”
Students were not hindered by the variety of majors present at tonight’s event. There were over 18 different majors present, however there were 34 diverse paths that the alumni took after graduating Fairfield.
Erin Stahl, a junior at Fairfield University, has been an active member in the
Student Alumni Association for two years. Stahl said, “Major decisions for Student Alumni Association is a great way for freshmen and sophomores to ask questions that they have about each major, while juniors and seniors can take the advantage of networking with the Fairfield alumni that can certainly relate to the hectic life of a Fairfield student.”
The alumni could not stress enough that students entering the business world must know that as hard as it is to find a job, there are certainly many successful people out there that are looking to help network students that meet the credentials for the job they are seeking.
Frank Riccio, class of 1996, said, “I think that this event is a great idea for the students and alumni, however, I think that it would be more beneficial if the stations were divided by career and not major. I am a perfect example of this because although I was an english major, I am now an attorney!”
A few great tips that alumni had to say as a whole were, be very careful what you put on Facebook, be aggressive, go abroad if you can, and most importantly, find a professor that can serve as a mentor throughout your four years at Fairfield. Having a mentor can not only serve as an incredible resource, but your mentor can potentially be one of your best friends.
Reflective Essay 4:
I personally thought that this was one of the hardest deadlines stories to write. The reason that it was so complicating to write about was because it was an informal event that did not have just one speaker, the event had 34 speakers. These speakers were all Fairfield alumni that had so much information and advice, however, it was up to the student, and myself to go up to them and ask the right questions. The event was quite unique because this event was basically making every student act as a journalist. Students had to ask the alumni certain questions that would get the alumni to give a quality response to their question, just like me! So I found it pretty competitive, even though we asking questions for different reasons.
I took quite a long time coming up with what I wanted to say that would pull in the reader. I decided to use the number of alumni that were present to get the reader’s attention. I am still wrestling with how to make smooth transitions that help make my story flow. Like last time, I briefly skimmed the chapters to our textbook to help with my leads.
As far as the event in general, I learned more than I ever thought I could learn in two hours. This event involved a lot of guts because I went up to perfect strangers, even though we had Fairfield as a similarity. The alumni had nothing but good things to say about their experience at Fairfield. It was nice to hear that although they love their job, Fairfield was the best four years they ever had. As a current student, it’s nice to hear comments like that because it helps me realize although I am stressed with tests and deadline papers , life will never be this fun again, and I will look back and realize how much I enjoyed the classes I took.
Writing this deadline paper made me very nervous because the 10 questions story made me apprehensive to write again, since I did such a poor job on that story. I have to keep in mind that when I ask questions to people that may not be that well known, I have to be aware that I am trying to grab the attention to people that have never met the person I am interviewing. I realize I am still a novice at being a able to write efficient stories, but I am very pleased with how much I have learned so far in this course. Since I am a Communication major I have been thinking of having Journalism as being my minor.
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