Category: Blog
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Extra! Extra! The Opportunity of a Lifetime
On the first day of my Reporting I class in January, Instructor Charlie Deitz introduced himself and wrote two OOCs on the board. “Outside-of-class opportunities,” he called them. One of those opportunities involved interviewing immigrants about how they get their news and then presenting the findings at the Extra! Extra! Don’t Kill the Messenger Symposium…
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23 Things I Learned in 2023 + 24 New Years Resolutions for 2024
I’m getting the strangest sense of deja vu… Lessons: Resolutions:
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Write. Select All. Delete. Repeat.
I’ve been trying to write this for just about an hour. I’ve found that I possess the epitome of a writer’s demise…an overwhelming lack of inspiration. I initially tried to write about my love life, what it’s felt like for me to fall in love as a girl, and then as a woman. I tried…
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22 Things I Learned in 2022 + 23 New Year’s Resolutions for 2023
Lessons 1. Family is chosen: I chose mine this year. My younger self has tears of joy streaming down her face because of it. 2. I am how I project myself: If I am not being the truest version of myself, I am seeking validation for the things that I am not. Why would I…
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The View from My Window
A month of college has gone by. As the days have passed, I’ve found myself looking out the window. The windows in this room are small, narrow. They’re lined with a screen, and they don’t open all the way. They determine the temperature in the room. They decide how bright it is. When the weather…
Julia Boboc 