Sunday, September 21, 2014

Links to my work - Freshman Year 2014-2015

Here are the links to my U-View TV appearances as well as my Globe stories. Clicking on the text describing the episode or story will open a new window to view the link.

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Point Park News Service - Point Park's Wire News Service
Baseball and broadcasting just go together - Feature essay on the history of broadcasting and baseball

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Pioneer Sideline - The Point Park weekly sports show on U-View

Rugby Report  Week 2 ... 2:45 in
Case of the Week - Steelers Issue
Rugby Report Week 3 ... 4:40 in
Rugby Report Week 4 ... Did not record
Case of the Week - MLB Playoffs ... Did not record
Rugby Report Week 5 -...3:47 in
Rugby Report Week 6 ... 2:36 in
Rugby Report Week 7
Woman's Basketball Home Opener ... 4:21 in

Men's Basketball Highlights vs. IUSE ... 4:27 in
MBB Highlight Package
Men's Basketball - Rio Grande, IU Kokomo Highlights ... 4:40 in
Women's Basketball Tournament Recap ... 4:53 in
Softball Recap ... 4:10
Softball Regular Season Finale 4:49 in
Case of the Week - Pirates 2015 Preview

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Daybreak - The weekly morning show resembling "The Today Show" and "Good Morning America" on U-View

 September 22 Episode; 2:00 in...  National Sports
September 29 Episode: 3:40 in...  National Sports 
October 20 Episode; 2:48 in... National Sports
October 20 Episode; ... U-View Football
October 31 Episode ... technical difficulties ... Steelers
November 17 Episode ... Weather pt 1 ... 
November 17 Episode ... Weather pt 2 ... 3:33 in
November 24 Episode ... National Sports ... 3:35 in

February 2 Episode ... National/International news ... 3:25 in
A number of Daybreak episodes failed to record during the second semester. Coincidentally, I was on air for most of the ones that either were never uploaded, or never recorded.

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In Focus - A show that gives Point Park Cinema students a chance to show off and promote their work.


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 The Point Park Globe - The weekly newspaper for Point Park

 First Semester:
Rugby Preview Story
Week 1 Loss @ Grove City College
Week 2 Loss @ Geneva College
Week 3 Win @ Carnegie Mellon University
Johnston Twins Player Profile
Cross Country Freshmen earn KIAC titles 
Week 6 Loss @ Robert Morris University
Week 7 Win @ Allegheny College
Rent-A-Rugger 
Editor's Pick - Photography, Issue 10
Received the Silver Pen award for excellence in sports writing

Croup's Corner - An Introduction
Croup's Corner - The polls don't matter
Croup's Corner - Focus on the rest
Croup's Corner - It wasn't their night
Croup's Corner - Track, Field and Bridges

Point Park Sports Network (PPSN) - Broadcasts live streams of Point Park sports including volleyball, soccer and basketball

 West Virginia Tech vs. Point Park WBB  ... Color analysis 
Penn State Beaver vs. Point Park WBB ... Play-by-play
Penn State Beaver vs. Point Park WBB ... PBP Sample
Cincinnati Christian vs. Point Park WBB ... PBP
Cincinnati Christian vs. Point Park MBB ... Color
IU Southeast vs. Point Park WBB ... Color 
IU Southeast vs. Point Park MBB ... PBP
IU East vs. Point Park MBB ... Color
Midway vs. Point Park WBB KIAC Quarterfinals ... PBP
Cincinnati Christian vs. Point Park MBB KIAC Quarterfinals ... PBP
Brescia vs. Point Park Baseball Game 1 ... PBP
Brescia vs. Point Park Baseball Game 2 ... PBP

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Croup's Corner - My weekly sports-talk radio show on WPPJ

WPPJradio.com ... Listen live every Tuesday from 4:00-5:00

1. Click on the link above
2. Click the "Listen Live" banner at the top right of the page 
3. This will open up the live player in iTunes

OR download the TuneIn Radio app from the Apple or Android app store and search WPPJ.

Point Park Afternoon Sports Update 

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Because, why not?
Josh
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Dark Horse

Seeing double
On my first episode of Daybreak, I had the pleasure of reporting on the national sports headlines for the week. My original script was virtually cut in half after it was too long. While I was preparing for the show, the U-View broadcast of Sideline was playing outside of the control room on the flat screen and I just happened to walk down the hallway when my segment from the week before was on. That was cool. I had a decent performance on Daybreak and got multiple compliments again.

Thursday afternoon I got to listen to the vice president of marketing at IMG, the global leader in sports and entertainment representation and branding speak. It was interesting and informative and really cool to hear the marketing side of the business and see what goes into branding and promoting an athlete. The presentation concluded with the death crawl scene from "Facing The Giants," to motivate us to succeed in life or whatever. I don't know, I just love that scene.

I also received a much anticipated email on Thursday. I applied to be a conversation partner through the ELS Center for international students. The email included an acceptance into the program and my assigned conversation partner. I will have the opportunity to meet with a foreign student for one hour every week and just talk to him to familiarize him with the English language. His name is Fahad Alshmari. I am planning on meeting with him for the first time today.

I am now involved with three separate intramural teams. A 5-5 basketball team, a 3-3 basketball team and now a flag football team. I was unable to attend 3-3 last week because I went to the Red Sox @ Pirates game on Wednesday night. I scored 22 points in my team's 69-57 loss in my 5-5 game, including 3 three-pointers to start the second half.

At the Pirate game, I got to see one of the Pirate's top prospects Josh Bell up close along with the
Josh Bell signing autographs
My seats in section 108
entire Clemente family outside of the dugout before the game that the Pirates would win 9-1. Oh, and my roommate caught a foul ball that bounced off of the glove of the man sitting directly in front of me. If he wouldn't have been there, I would have had a chance at the ball. That was intense though. Oh, and I got to see Boston's David Ortiz take batting practice and crush 10 balls over the Clemente wall with ease. That man can hit a baseball "wicked fah."

The Clemente family poses with
Pirate's minor league community
service leaders
I showed up to flag football on Friday morning at the Greentree Sportsplex alone and looking for a team. We played 5-5 instead of 7-7 due to the number of missing players. It is a 6 team league that is made up of Point Park students. I was put on a team with all junior and seniors, the one I swear could crush me if he touched me with his pinkie finger but has the heart of a teddy bear.

I caught the game's first touchdown pass and then intercepted the first pass from the other team and ran it back for a touchdown. That's when they noticed me and gave me the nickname "Dark Horse." I embraced the nickname and contributed to our team's dominating first win of the season.

The second game we played a team made up of entirely soccer players. Fast soccer players. They
were up by three touchdowns at one point when we started to rally. We forced a turnover and proceeded to score to pull within two touchdowns. I caught a deep pass with three guys covering me in the end zone to pull us within one touchdown. An interception by our team then gave us possession with four plays remaining. (There is no game clock, we get a certain number of plays in a game instead). We eventually scored and sent the game to overtime.

We played college overtime rules, which means each team gets the chance to score. The other team got the ball first and scored easily, but failed the conversion to put us in the drivers seat. With only two plays left, they put their entire secondary on our best receiver and left me guarded by their biggest (and slowest) player. I recognized the mismatch, told our QB, and looked for the screen pass. I got the pass and had to take it the length of the field. I put a move on the big guy covering me and won the foot chase to the end zone to tie the game. After we scored, we could win the game with a successful conversion. Our QB rolled out to the left, I set a pick on a defender trying to sack the QB, and rolled out and caught the wide open pass for the win.
The Rugby team celebrates the victory over CMU

That was fun. Sorry for the extreme details there, it was just too good not to document. I still can't move my legs well after two hours of that. I'm not kidding. I can't get my knee on my bed and I struggle with stairs. Google told me that I have an overuse injury? Okay google. I just need Bio-Freeze and bananas.

Friday night I covered the rugby game at Carnegie Mellon University and what a game it was. Point Park defeated rival CMU who had topped them in each of the past three seasons by the final score of 5-0. It was close, intense, chippy and exciting. I think the story that I write for this game will be my best one yet.

My seat for Penguins training camp
On Saturday, I met up with Emily and we went with a few of my friends to the Penguins open training camp practice. We then got lunch afterwards and I went back to my room and finished writing my rugby story.

I've been writing so much that I don't even know how to feel about it. I love it and it is so rewarding but it is tedious and thought provoking at the same time. Every paper that I have written so far has received the same comments about not staying focused on the topic. I love tangents but I have to keep them out of my writing. My journalistic writing has been great and I love writing my scripts for TV, but having these other classes making me write papers is screwing me up. I'll deal. I'm in the process of re-writing a paper on cheating for english composition.
The new jerseys the Pens will
wear this year went on sale
and I bought this shirt because
why not?

Despite my hectic schedule, I do have a lot of downtime. A lot more than I thought I would. Heck, I'm still keeping up with this blog. I'm going to create a separate post with updates and links to my work that I've done including Sideline, Daybreak and my pieces in the Globe newspaper.

I'm staying busy, but not too busy. I'm having fun but not too much fun. I'm involved, but not too involved. Okay, maybe that last one was a lie.

I have nothing else to say but I do have an English paper to write about cheating. Maybe I could get somebody to write it for me. Now THAT would be ironic. (Cheating on a paper about cheating, for those who didn't catch that...)

I'll be making the trip back to Butler this Friday for alumni night and spending the weekend at home. For now though, I'm here to stay.

Because, why not?
Josh
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Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Solid

Tonight we filmed the second episode of "Pioneer Sideline," the Point Park sports show. Tonight, I made my debut on U-View television. Tonight, I raised eyebrows and dropped jaws.

It was incredible.

I'm sitting in my dorm room now with burning eyes, hands smelling like makeup, and I am too tired to even function.

The burning eyes come from the makeup. I hate makeup. It's too much of a hassle. I don't know how girls do it. I had my neighbor and another girl on my floor do my makeup for me. It was weird.

I spent an hour the night before researching the Steeler's defense. The 'Case of the Week' was "What is the Steeler's biggest problem this season?" I was arguing that the defense is the biggest problem, because it is.

Trying to act casual as I take a "selfie"
before going on air
I got to the studio at 6, an hour before starting time and a half hour before call time. I practiced with the teleprompter and went over questions for the host to ask me about the rugby team.

When it was my turn to go on air, I was as calm as a June day. I went through my two minute segment about the rugby team and proceeded to answer questions about the team. As soon as I started talking, I could see the senior and other upperclassmen jaws drop and stay on the floor for the duration of my segment. When I was done, I was met with an unexpected applause. It was really cool, actually.

I then went immediately to the desk for the 'Case of the Week.' We talked about the Steelers for what seemed like 30 seconds. It went by so quickly and I was a little bit nervous for that part, I'm not going to lie. I don't get nervous, but I have never ad-libbed a segment before on TV. It was a really fun experience. This Thursday, I will have my second on-air appearance on "Daybreak" reporting on national sports news.

I got so many compliments on my voice and my delivery. It was such a great feeling. I'm exhausted now but I feel so accomplished and can't wait to see the finished product.

Walking out, I ran into the gentleman in charge of the studio. He asked me if I was on air for the show. One of the juniors came around the corner and said, "You bet he was." He started to tell me the importance of being well rounded. The junior said, "Don't worry, he already is. He's a keeper."

I can only imagine what is in store for this year. I was so excited to get here and now, I'm so excited for everything that is ahead.

Because, why not?
Josh 
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Sunday, September 14, 2014

9-11

9-11 has became almost a thing of the past, and it's terrible.

A chance for everybody to make a post on social media with the hashtag we will never forget. I even heard it called "9-11: The attacks on New York City" on the internet the other day. I remember growing up and watching 9-11 documentaries all day and night on the anniversary of the terrorist attacks on America.

This year, it was hard to find just one. Amid trouble in the middle east with ISIS and other domestic issues, the media understandably had other stories to cover.

Students in middle school now have no recollection whatsoever of 9-11. The average American knows that there were four planes that were hi-jacked and three of them crashed into symbols of American power, The Pentagon and The World Trade Center. Oh, and there was a fourth plane.

That fourth plane that everybody seems to forget about. There were 40 strangers that boarded United Flight 93 from Newark, New Jersey, to San Francisco, California on September 11, 2001. The events that lead up to 9-11 and the events that followed are all captured in "Flight 93: The Story, The Aftermath and the Legacy of American Courage on 9/11" By Tom McMillan.


Tom McMillan is the vice president of communications for the Pittsburgh Penguins. I had the privilege to listen to McMillan speak about his new book and Flight 93 to Point Park students and faculty on Thursday before a candle light vigil held in Village Park to honor the lives of those lost that fateful day.

If you get the chance to read his book, do it. A journalism professor at PPU, Helon Fallon wrote a book review for the book found by clicking here. All proceeds go towards the Flight 93 memorial, where McMillan volunteers a lot of his time.

I was disappointed that I was unable to attend the Honors Program trip to Sommerset last weekend to visit the memorial. I will make it out there before I graduate for sure.

McMillan shared with us the stories of many passengers on the flight and the their struggle to take back the plane. He said that from the evidence that they have, the passengers weren't trying to take the plane over to crash it and save innocent lives. They were trying to save themselves.

I wish I could describe everything that he told us in the short hour long session. His presentation was powerful, emotional and inspiring.

What if 9-11 happened in today's world of smart phones and social media? What if there had been more images and videos of the wreckage and crashing of Flight 93? What if the plane had taken off a half hour sooner and not been delayed? What if the plane did crash into the Capitol building where congress was meeting? There are so many what if questions that came into my head that night.

What if we didn't just take 9-11 as an opportunity to post a pretty picture of the memorials with a never forget quote and actually took time to take it all in and learn about the victims and learn about what all really happened?

The famous quote often wrongly attributed to Joseph Stalin reads as such: "The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic."

Those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001 were all individuals with families, stories, hopes and dreams.

My point is this: As time goes on, we put less and less importance on major events that result in major loss of life: Titanic, Pearl Harbor, natural disasters etc. It happens, and it's a shame. My memories of 9-11 are faint and not too dramatic. We do need to take time to learn about those who lost their lives, pay tribute to those who paid the ultimate sacrifice and actually "never forget."

I'm not sure that I will ever fully realize how lucky I am to live in the United States. I do recognize the fact thought that there are millions who have sacrificed their time and lives to protect us and I can never fully express how thankful that I am for that. We all need to take time to think about how lucky we are and sometimes it takes imagine the "what ifs?" in life.

From "Seussical" by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty:

When your life's going wrong
When the fates are unkind
When you're limping along
And get kicked from behind
Tell yourself how lucky you are...


Because why not?
Josh 
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Friday, September 12, 2014

Huge step forward

This week I had the opportunity to work behind the scenes for the first taping of the two major weekly productions at Point Park, "Pioneer Sideline" and "Daybreak."

Sideline is the weekly Point Park sports show that highlights the previous week in Point Park as well as Pittsburgh sports. The show ends with the "Courthouse Case of the Week," a debate segment where four students debate whatever is the lead headline in the sports world that week.

Daybreak is similar to "The Today Show" and "Good Morning America." There is Point Park, national, city and political news, as well as a national sports segment. The show closes with a free segment that could be anything from highlighting a student's talent to playing Wii Sports, which was the case for this week's taping.

My latest Rugby story in the Globe
I ran camera for Sideline on Tuesday night. The senior producer of the show had just set up an interview with one of the rugby players and was going into the interview blind. I gave him a lot of information to go off of and helped him have a successful interview. The host struggled in his first appearance as host of the show. I took instruction well and received multiple compliments after the show.

Because of the good impression that I left, I was offered an on-camera spot for the next episode. I will get to do a two minute spot on the rugby team followed by a question and answers segment with analysis. I was also offered one of the four positions for the Case of the Week.
My view from the KiPro computer
in the control room

On Thursday we shot Daybreak and I was looking to learn something new. I volunteered to run KiPro, the digital video playback machine. It is a complicated system and I caught on pretty quickly. The show ran fairly smoothly.

After the show we had a post production meeting to fill spots for the next weeks show. I was chosen to do the sports segment for next weeks show.

Next week, I will make multiple U-View TV debuts. I am more than excited to make my first appearances on the shows and start making my mark in the studio. With a number of seniors graduating in December and May, there are positions looking to be filled and an eager freshman looking to fill them.

Because, why not?
Josh
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Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Working under pressure

Working under pressure.

That has been my entire last couple of days. From actual pressure, to sinus pressure. I hate this cold. I'm over it and I'm ready to feel better again. I'm getting progressively better, but at a far slower rate than I would like.

Saturday after the Rugby match, I wrote my story on the bus ride home and put the finishing touches on it in my room. I went out to Buca Di Beppos for a friend's birthday dinner. When I got back, I was told that I needed pictures for the story. There was a photographer at the game, but I had no contact information, not even a name.

They were supposed to post the pictures to the rugby Facebook page.

I contacted multiple rugby players only to not get an answer. Sunday was a pretty relaxing day of Steeler football and Pirate baseball. Sunday nights are movie nights with a film society at PPU. We watched Silver Linings Playbook, an oscar award winning film and an overall great movie.

Now Monday. With my cold still not getting better, I went to CVS to see what I could find. Emily is sick too so I was going to buy her cold medicine as well. I got what I needed and went back to campus. Before my 1:00 class, I stopped in the Student Health Office. I asked if they had anything for a cold and they gave me a bag full of pseudoephed and something else. It has been working fairly well. They also gave me free mini packs of tissues!

Hey, if I'm paying to go to this school, I may as well take advantage of all of the services that they offer.

Later Monday night, I was relaxing after a long day and watching the Pirate game. Suddenly, I got a notification that 65 new pictures had been added to the rugby Facebook page. Finally.

I sent them over to the sports editor, Emily Brak, and she asked me to send two specific pictures to her email. I thought that was done.

I went over to the gym at 9:45 to play basketball with a few guys. While I was there, she asked me to then send them from a personal email to the Globe photo email. I don't know why. I told her that I would get to it when I got back from the gym.

When I finished the game, I rushed back to my dorm to resend the email at 10:45. Again, I thought I was done.

At 11:15, Kristen, the editor elect, texted me and asked for cutlines for the pictures. A cutline is the caption at the bottom of a picture describing the who when and where. I had no idea who the three guys were in the two pictures that they had. I'm still trying to get to know 25 new names and faces and of course, these three faces were unrecognizable to me.

I sent the pictures to multiple players asking for help with no answers. Do they ever check their phones? I did my own research on Facebook and attempted to match names with faces. A half hour later, I was able to create cutlines for the pictures. I thought I was done, again.

Falling asleep at 12:15, I was then asked for the name of the photographer. I had no idea. I had no hope but to ask as many rugby players that I could. I felt obnoxious.

Finally, one of the team captains got back to me and I had the name. 12:30 and I could finally sleep. It was done. The other team captain would later message me back at 1:30. Just in time.

I was met with compliments on my work and a satisfactory feeling. I came up clutch again.

Tonight, we film the first episode of the sports show Pioneer Sideline. I'm not on the show tonight but I will be working behind the scenes.

I'm just trying to get as involved as I can and work as hard as I can to make good impressions. I hope it's working. Now I need to concentrate on getting better, as if concentrating on feeling better could actually work.

Because, why not?
Josh




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Friday, September 5, 2014

Right place, right time

I just love being spontaneous, if you haven't figured that out yet. I have no idea what I'll be doing next, and I like that.

Of course I like having schedules and a structured life. I also love the thrill and excitement that comes with being spontaneous. That has a good chance of being the theme of my college career, or at least my freshman year.

Wednesday night, I went over to the Student Center to play basketball at 8:00. I met a couple of really cool guys there, one of which will be on my intramural team.

Last night, I was on call to work the men's soccer home season opener at Highmark Stadium for the Point Park Sports Network. I was told two hours before the game that I was not needed for the 7:00 game. At 6:40, I prepared to go eat dinner and settle down for the night. Thursdays here are pretty insane, as a majority of students do not have Friday classes, myself included. The college of performing arts students (COPA) usually have class Friday. Dancers have 8:00 am ballet every day. That's rough, I hear.

I threw on a pair of shoes and grabbed my ID to prepare to head to the dining hall when my phone went off. I had a message from one of the students calling the game waiting. He said that they did not have somebody to run the camera for the game and was asking me if I was available. Wanting to make good first impressions, I made the adventure to the Strip District.

It was more of a run. I turned a 20 minute walk into a 9 minute run to get to the stadium in time for kickoff. Positive impression, check. "This is really clutch of you," the director of sports communications told me. I was then given a voucher for the concession stand from the athletic director before the game started. I spent it on a pretzel and gatorade at halftime, AKA dinner.

Point Park lost 1-0 after an aggressive and tough match. We left the stadium at 9:30 to venture back to campus. I got back and headed straight to the Point Cafe. They do late night meal exchanges and the food is pretty good. College food actually isn't as bad as I had imagined from horror stories that I heard. Food is food. After getting my chicken quesadilla from the snarky woman at the grill, I went over to the soda machine for a soft drink.

There, I ran into one of the guys that I played basketball with on Wednesday night and his girlfriend, who happened to be Breann Wood, my childhood best friend who attends Carlow University. I haven't seen her since Kindergarden, I swear. What a small world. I will cover the soccer woman's soccer game when Carlow faces PPU at Highmark Stadium. She starts for Carlow.
Can you see me?

Today began my weekend. I love beginning weekends on Fridays. I also love Shostakovich. I'm listening to his 12th symphony, "The Year 1917" now. Beast.

Anyways, this morning I woke up early and did laundry and homework. I learned of a Steelers Pep Rally in Market Square that was scheduled to happen at noon. At 10:15, I made my way over to market square because, why not? There, the Tunch & Wolf Show on ESPN 970 was broadcasting live. I took a front row seat and listened in. As people started to venture into Market Square, I stayed in my seat and people watched. I do that a lot here. There's a lot of interesting people in Pittsburgh.

Mayor Peduto addressing fans
Tunch and Wolf show
The Pittsburgh Steeline performed, the Steelers (pathetic) mascot made an appearance and the atmosphere was close to energetic. The pep rally began and was over just as it started. 15 minutes was all that lasted of the rally. Speeches from Steelers President Art Rooney II, Mayor Bill Peduto and Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald allong with Tunch and Wolf was all that the pep rally entailed. Here's a photo slideshow of the event. The Mayor of Pittsburgh Bill Peduto stuck around to do interviews for local media. I ventured over to the small gathering of reporters and included myself in the huddle. I got funny and dirty looks from the other reporters but I didn't care. I nodded and agreed with some of Peduto's statements and pretended like I belonged.

After his interview session, Stan Savran was taking his first commercial break on the set of his radio show on 970 ESPN. I walked over to the set and introduced myself. I was shaking and nervous but kept my composure. He couldn't have been any nicer. I grew up watching him on FSN Pittsburgh and watched him cover Pittsburgh sports for as long as I can remember. As I told him, he is one of the first people that I remember seeing on TV. This guy is a Pittsburgh media legend. He gave me career advice without even asking and wished me the best of luck. He said that he loves the work that PPU does with their students and that they always produce quality work.
Stan Savran hosting his old show on FSN "SportsBeat

This one minute spontaneous conversation was really great. It reminded me of the reason that I'm living in downtown Pittsburgh and attending Point Park. I'm never far from action and never too far away from meeting somebody. The business is all about being in the right place at the right time, sometimes that comes up spontaneously. I love it.

I don't know what's in store for the weekend other than the Rugby match at Grove City tomorrow. Again, I love being spontaneous and being in the right place at the right time to connect with the right people in the right places. I love this city.

Because, why not?
Josh
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Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Crazy (cont.)

I have to write two papers due on Monday. One describing my room and one about cheating.

The only thing that I learned today was how to actually open my mailbox.

That is all.

Because, why not?
Josh
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Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Crazy

Everything is so crazy. I like crazy.

I've learned that college is a very spontaneous experience. I. The past three days, I've spontaneously ventured to The Point, Pirates games, Market Square and even an ice cream place that donates $.50 of every purchase to a different charity. 

I'm scheduled to cover the PPU rugby team at their first home game on Saturday. Well, "home" game. 

Click here to view my story
Tonight, I learned that not enough players have registered through USA Rugby to be covered under insurance. They have to forfeit their right to host the game and will have to travel to Grove City instead. They will still be the home team. There also will be no fan vans. I will be riding up to GC on one of the teams two shuttles at 10:30 am for the 1:00 PM start. 

Downside: Besides eracing all of my day's plans, I already finished my rugby preview story for the Globe. You can read it on the Globes website, PointParkGlobe.com. I end the story promoting the game and the fan vans transporting students to the first home game. The Globe prints on Tuesday mornings. My first story ends with a glaring error. It's not my fault and I can't control it, but it still bothers me. 

Tomorrow night is the first WPPJ Radio meeting. It is also the last day that I can purchase anything in the bookstore with my store credit. I need to sign my team up for intramural basketball as well at some point. Along with all of this chaos, I will be purchasing tickets for a Ducky tour from the SAIL office for only $2. Well, I wanted to. The tour is on Saturday 9/13 the second scheduled game for the Rugby team. I'm so flustered. 

There's so much that I want to do with so little time to do it all in. 

I'm starting to battle a nasty cold that is taking a lot out of me. I do have daytime cold medicine. I brought some with me because I knew that I get sick at this time every year, and remain sick for the duration of the school year. 

I need rest, Gatorade and a clone. 

Because, why not?
Josh
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