So this semester in yearbook was an interesting experience for me.
I'm still undecided on how I feel about the class, but I have alllll of next semester to figure that part out. I liked the people for sure, and it was definitely a challenge for me. To me yearbook writing felt a million times different than newspaper writing, and maybe that's why I am not sure how I feel about it.
Having said that, yearbook was a helpful class to take. I did my first interviews ever for this class, and that was a big deal to me. I was never the person that went out and tracked down the people I wanted to talk to, let alone ask them all of my questions, so getting that first one out of the way was a pretty cool thing for me.
Much like Banner, it was weird for me to come out and see the same faces and collaborate or share with the same people every day, but it's starting to grow on me now. I have always been one of the more difficult people to get to know, not because I am difficult or mean, but I just get quiet around people that I don't know. I am glad that stuff like coming in and sharing ideas or thoughts or somewhat personal aspects of my life has become easier for me to do because it's a very useful and necessary thing for me to know how to do if I want to be successful in what I HOPE to someday achieve.
Anyways, I have a whole other semester to get used to the people and the class itself, so it will for sure be interesting to see how that goes and where it takes me. I'm really thankful for the opportunity, and for all of the new people I have met and hope to keep getting to know.
Monday, December 1, 2008
Final-Banner
This semester has actually taught me a lot more about myself and the production of the newspaper than I ever thought it would.
I'll start with what it has taught me about myself. I was always a little quiet when it came to class, and I still am to some extent, but being involved in the newspaper means being involved not only in the class but outside as well. Whether it was sharing newspaper clippings with the class or tracking down people to interview for my article, I had to get myself out of my shell. Aside from all of that good stuff, the newspaper really held me responsible for meeting deadlines, and doing work on my own. That was something I thought I might have trouble with, but it taught me that I am more than capable of meeting those deadlines and working well on my own.
Besides teaching me about working on my own, writing for the paper also taught me about the exact opposite of my individual work, it taught me about being part of a team. Don't get me wrong, I played baseball for the better part of 20 years, but I never had been a part of any other kind of team. I wasn't used to seeing the same faces every single day, and collaborating ideas, and working with them. I'm still not entirely used to it, but I'm still hoping that I will be able to contribute more and such in the future.
Anyways this semester really has been a great learning experience, and it'll really be interesting to see what opportunities come up and how I progress in my last 2 semesters at CBU.
I'll start with what it has taught me about myself. I was always a little quiet when it came to class, and I still am to some extent, but being involved in the newspaper means being involved not only in the class but outside as well. Whether it was sharing newspaper clippings with the class or tracking down people to interview for my article, I had to get myself out of my shell. Aside from all of that good stuff, the newspaper really held me responsible for meeting deadlines, and doing work on my own. That was something I thought I might have trouble with, but it taught me that I am more than capable of meeting those deadlines and working well on my own.
Besides teaching me about working on my own, writing for the paper also taught me about the exact opposite of my individual work, it taught me about being part of a team. Don't get me wrong, I played baseball for the better part of 20 years, but I never had been a part of any other kind of team. I wasn't used to seeing the same faces every single day, and collaborating ideas, and working with them. I'm still not entirely used to it, but I'm still hoping that I will be able to contribute more and such in the future.
Anyways this semester really has been a great learning experience, and it'll really be interesting to see what opportunities come up and how I progress in my last 2 semesters at CBU.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Africa--extra credit.
“I was asked by Mocha Club to write about the concept of why ‘I need Africa more than Africa needs me.’ Mocha Club is a community-based website where members can start a team and invite friends to join them in giving $7 a month – the cost of 2 mochas – to support a project in Africa. Mocha Club's vision is to provide a way for people who don't have hundreds or thousands of dollars to make a difference in Africa.”
I need Africa more than Africa needs me for oh so many reasons. I actually asked around to see what people thought, and for the most part all I heard back was "what are you talking about? They are the ones in trouble, not us." That's a sad but true reality about some peoples' thoughts on the situation.
The fact of the matter is I need Africa more than it needs me. Why? Let's start with culture. Africa is one of the most diverse countries in the world when it comes to cultures. I doubt that there is enough time in one lifetime to learn about them all, but in each African culture and tradition enlies something incredibly unique and valuable and unifying to that specific group of people. To me that's amazing, and I think the rest of the world could learn from the uniqueness of the significance of the diversity and cultures that Africa has to offer.
Think about it. Without other cultures, practices and traditions, this world would be so bland. Everyone would do the exact same things, celebrate the same things the same ways, and that would be that. We need the diversity that Africa has to offer.
Also, one thing that stands out in my mind when I think of Africa is hope. Bear with me here, but in my opinion, Africa is in a very unique situation. There is so much Turmoil and war that goes on within that Continent, BUT, if somehow Africa could slowly sort through whatever civil issues that are causing wars around that beautiful Continent, then the rest of the world could take away so much from that, and could ultimately use Africa as a drawing board for resolving OUR issues, as well as other issues around the world.
Anyways, that's how I see it.
Share your thoughts in my comments, and even blog about it yourself. Join in the worthwhile cause of recasting the damaging images that force pity over partnership. Come back Dec 1st to see what Mocha Club is doing about reforming that image.
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I need Africa more than Africa needs me for oh so many reasons. I actually asked around to see what people thought, and for the most part all I heard back was "what are you talking about? They are the ones in trouble, not us." That's a sad but true reality about some peoples' thoughts on the situation.
The fact of the matter is I need Africa more than it needs me. Why? Let's start with culture. Africa is one of the most diverse countries in the world when it comes to cultures. I doubt that there is enough time in one lifetime to learn about them all, but in each African culture and tradition enlies something incredibly unique and valuable and unifying to that specific group of people. To me that's amazing, and I think the rest of the world could learn from the uniqueness of the significance of the diversity and cultures that Africa has to offer.
Think about it. Without other cultures, practices and traditions, this world would be so bland. Everyone would do the exact same things, celebrate the same things the same ways, and that would be that. We need the diversity that Africa has to offer.
Also, one thing that stands out in my mind when I think of Africa is hope. Bear with me here, but in my opinion, Africa is in a very unique situation. There is so much Turmoil and war that goes on within that Continent, BUT, if somehow Africa could slowly sort through whatever civil issues that are causing wars around that beautiful Continent, then the rest of the world could take away so much from that, and could ultimately use Africa as a drawing board for resolving OUR issues, as well as other issues around the world.
Anyways, that's how I see it.
Share your thoughts in my comments, and even blog about it yourself. Join in the worthwhile cause of recasting the damaging images that force pity over partnership. Come back Dec 1st to see what Mocha Club is doing about reforming that image.
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Friday, October 31, 2008
Soooo
All I know is I just got back from the Staples Center, and watched my Canucks OWN the Kings, and from amaaaazing seats that I probably spent too much on..yes its more hockey talk. But not so much hockey talk as hockey bragging haha.
I hope they don't make me eat my words by playing like crap tomorrow against those stupid Ducks...
I hope they don't make me eat my words by playing like crap tomorrow against those stupid Ducks...
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
noooooooo waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
I got a freaking 90 on my Latin midterm...I pretty much just had to share that info with you all.
Friday, October 24, 2008
Baseball Blog (Midterm)
http://thestar.blogs.com/baseball/
http://mvn.com/mlb/bluejays/
http://bluejays.mlb.com/blogs/
Well, I blogged about my favorite sport in the world and my favorite team in the world, so I think it's only fair that I blog about my second favorite! (Sorry to anyone who was hoping for in depth blogs from me..I don't like to put my personal thoughts and feelings out there for everyone to see, so I just stick to sports and things that I love)
Anyways, there are really 3 main issues that are being written about as far as my beloved Toronto Blue Jays are concerned, soI'll do my best to address those issues the way I see them.
1) Pitching. Is A.J. Burnett going to opt out of the last 2 years of his contract searching for a bigger payday elsewhere?
This one is really interesting to me, because it's almost like the entire baseball world is under the assumption that he is leaving for sure, even within the organization that is the popular belief. There is only one issue with that; Nobody is asking A.J. what he plans to do. The only things he has ever said of his contract is that he loves the organization, he thinks they are contenders, and he has a great relationship with all of the coaches and players.
Does that sound like someone who is hell-bent on opting out of his contract for more money?
2) What is going on with the team GM J.P. Ricciardi? Perhaps the most hated GM in all of baseball, he was brought in claiming he had a "5 year plan", meaning that he was going to make the blue jays a playoff baseball team within his first 5 years. Well...it's 8 years later and the Blue Jays finished 9 games out of a playoff spot yet again. Although I, and many other Blue Jays fans will commend him on bringing back legendary Toronto manager Cito Gaston (albeit too late to save the season) with hopes that he can resurrect the team and bring them back to the so called "glory days".
Toronto fans, and some players as well wonder just why he is still around, and management has yet to give a satisfactory explanation as to why Ricciardi remains. However, with CEO Paul Godfrey stepping down at the conclusion of the 2008 season, perhaps those questions will be answered.
Could this year be his "last hoorah"? so to speak. I sure hope so. It's been 13 years since the Jays last had a playoff appearance (on my birthday in 1993 to be exact), and if the only remaining Canadian franchise hopes to remain, they need to build a contender and fast.
3) Lastly but not leastly, is the unwillingness of the ball club to give their youth a chance to show what they can do. I don't have much to say on this one, but if you look at a team like the Tampa Bay Rays, they aren't made up of huge payrolls and high profile players. They are made up of inexpensive homegrown talent, that has 100% bought into the team, the program, and the philosophy that comes with being a part of that team.
Maybe the Blue Jays could take a lesson from them. It's like my College coach once said, it's not about finding the best players, it's about finding the right ones, and making them buy into the system they are taught.
Or at least thats my two cents.
http://mvn.com/mlb/bluejays/
http://bluejays.mlb.com/blogs/
Well, I blogged about my favorite sport in the world and my favorite team in the world, so I think it's only fair that I blog about my second favorite! (Sorry to anyone who was hoping for in depth blogs from me..I don't like to put my personal thoughts and feelings out there for everyone to see, so I just stick to sports and things that I love)
Anyways, there are really 3 main issues that are being written about as far as my beloved Toronto Blue Jays are concerned, soI'll do my best to address those issues the way I see them.
1) Pitching. Is A.J. Burnett going to opt out of the last 2 years of his contract searching for a bigger payday elsewhere?
This one is really interesting to me, because it's almost like the entire baseball world is under the assumption that he is leaving for sure, even within the organization that is the popular belief. There is only one issue with that; Nobody is asking A.J. what he plans to do. The only things he has ever said of his contract is that he loves the organization, he thinks they are contenders, and he has a great relationship with all of the coaches and players.
Does that sound like someone who is hell-bent on opting out of his contract for more money?
2) What is going on with the team GM J.P. Ricciardi? Perhaps the most hated GM in all of baseball, he was brought in claiming he had a "5 year plan", meaning that he was going to make the blue jays a playoff baseball team within his first 5 years. Well...it's 8 years later and the Blue Jays finished 9 games out of a playoff spot yet again. Although I, and many other Blue Jays fans will commend him on bringing back legendary Toronto manager Cito Gaston (albeit too late to save the season) with hopes that he can resurrect the team and bring them back to the so called "glory days".
Toronto fans, and some players as well wonder just why he is still around, and management has yet to give a satisfactory explanation as to why Ricciardi remains. However, with CEO Paul Godfrey stepping down at the conclusion of the 2008 season, perhaps those questions will be answered.
Could this year be his "last hoorah"? so to speak. I sure hope so. It's been 13 years since the Jays last had a playoff appearance (on my birthday in 1993 to be exact), and if the only remaining Canadian franchise hopes to remain, they need to build a contender and fast.
3) Lastly but not leastly, is the unwillingness of the ball club to give their youth a chance to show what they can do. I don't have much to say on this one, but if you look at a team like the Tampa Bay Rays, they aren't made up of huge payrolls and high profile players. They are made up of inexpensive homegrown talent, that has 100% bought into the team, the program, and the philosophy that comes with being a part of that team.
Maybe the Blue Jays could take a lesson from them. It's like my College coach once said, it's not about finding the best players, it's about finding the right ones, and making them buy into the system they are taught.
Or at least thats my two cents.
Hockey blog (Midterm 1)
http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog/Mark-Gage/So-How-We-Doing/102/17461
http://blogs.canucks.com/?p=135
http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=16592
So as most of can guess, this blog is pertaining to hockey. Specifically the Vancouver Canucks, because, well, that's my home team. There has been so much pessimism and questions surrounding the team this offseason, and even in the beginning of the season that I feel like I should blog about it and set a few things straight--the way I see it of course--
There were so many questions coming into this offseason for the Canucks. The core of the team had been in tact for a good 6 or 7 years, and everyone knew that change was imminent.
Trevor Linden, the face of the franchise since I was literally 3 years old, retired shortly after last season ended. That's when I knew that this would no longer be the same team. Shortly after that our GM was fired, and that's when we began to "clean house" so to speak.
From the team I had watched for years, only 7 or 8 of the 20 man roster remained.
This is where the panic set in for the so called "fans". For months after all of this change, all I heard from fellow fans was "at least we'll be bad enough that we can get a top 5 draft pick".
What people don't understand is that change doesn't equal disaster. Yes we have an entirely different team, but rather than calling it a disaster I call it the beginning of a new chapter in Vancouver Canucks hockey. They are in the unique position to finally let the young guys step up and show what they can do, what's so disastrous about that?
In my opinion the Canucks went from a bunch of aging veterans, who's heart was no longer in the game or with the organization to a team full of young talented players with all the heart in the world, and what's better is that they are all out to prove that they belong.
It's 7 games into the new season and we hold a record of 3-4, yet already the panic button is being pressed yet again.
Vancouver is an amazing hockey town, and has a very respectable organization, I promise you that it is not their intention to put a losing team on the ice.
They are faster, younger, tougher, and they are out to prove themselves. So I say rather than pressing the panic button yet again, we sit back and enjoy a young, determined team out to prove themselves and see just how far they can take us fans.
http://blogs.canucks.com/?p=135
http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=16592
So as most of can guess, this blog is pertaining to hockey. Specifically the Vancouver Canucks, because, well, that's my home team. There has been so much pessimism and questions surrounding the team this offseason, and even in the beginning of the season that I feel like I should blog about it and set a few things straight--the way I see it of course--
There were so many questions coming into this offseason for the Canucks. The core of the team had been in tact for a good 6 or 7 years, and everyone knew that change was imminent.
Trevor Linden, the face of the franchise since I was literally 3 years old, retired shortly after last season ended. That's when I knew that this would no longer be the same team. Shortly after that our GM was fired, and that's when we began to "clean house" so to speak.
From the team I had watched for years, only 7 or 8 of the 20 man roster remained.
This is where the panic set in for the so called "fans". For months after all of this change, all I heard from fellow fans was "at least we'll be bad enough that we can get a top 5 draft pick".
What people don't understand is that change doesn't equal disaster. Yes we have an entirely different team, but rather than calling it a disaster I call it the beginning of a new chapter in Vancouver Canucks hockey. They are in the unique position to finally let the young guys step up and show what they can do, what's so disastrous about that?
In my opinion the Canucks went from a bunch of aging veterans, who's heart was no longer in the game or with the organization to a team full of young talented players with all the heart in the world, and what's better is that they are all out to prove that they belong.
It's 7 games into the new season and we hold a record of 3-4, yet already the panic button is being pressed yet again.
Vancouver is an amazing hockey town, and has a very respectable organization, I promise you that it is not their intention to put a losing team on the ice.
They are faster, younger, tougher, and they are out to prove themselves. So I say rather than pressing the panic button yet again, we sit back and enjoy a young, determined team out to prove themselves and see just how far they can take us fans.
Monday, October 6, 2008
OH OH OH
And if anyone is any good at Latin PLEAAAAAAAAAASE help me, I suck at it, and have like eleventy billion hours of homework for it tonight :(
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Sicky Sicky
So basically I was the sicest I have ever been in my life the last week. NO FUN.
But I am getting better now! And so now I am just super stressed with catching back up with school and meeting deadlines and such...oh and finding affordable tickets to go see my sis in New Orleans for Christmas time.
Thanks to everyone for being so kind to be when I have been so sick though, I can't wait to get back on track.
....P.S. Hockey season has officially started....YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!! :)
But I am getting better now! And so now I am just super stressed with catching back up with school and meeting deadlines and such...oh and finding affordable tickets to go see my sis in New Orleans for Christmas time.
Thanks to everyone for being so kind to be when I have been so sick though, I can't wait to get back on track.
....P.S. Hockey season has officially started....YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!! :)
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Blog Numero Uno
So really I don't have much of anything going on to speak of on here...BUT I have to say how excited I am for hockey season. I'm even going to a pre-season game next Sunday because my favorite team is in town (GO CANUCKS) and I CAN'T wait until the regular season to see them play. Especially now with baseball season being in the pooper for me...stupid Blue Jays...it's been 15 years since they made the playoffs last. COME ON NOW!
I made it a goal to get back home for a visit and a hometown hockey game at some point this season, that and I really really miss my family and friends, I haven't seen them in almost 3 years now. OH and the 2010 Olympics, you can bet I'll be at home visiting for those bad boys! My cousin lives right beside Olympic village. But that's getting a little ahead of myself....
Wellllllll, back to homework for me....
I made it a goal to get back home for a visit and a hometown hockey game at some point this season, that and I really really miss my family and friends, I haven't seen them in almost 3 years now. OH and the 2010 Olympics, you can bet I'll be at home visiting for those bad boys! My cousin lives right beside Olympic village. But that's getting a little ahead of myself....
Wellllllll, back to homework for me....
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