1 What's the deal with Boropalooza? (For Edinboro students)

OK, I get it if you don't like the name "Boropalooza", that's perfectly fine. It's one thing to criticize the name "Boropalooza"... But  what's unfair is that hardly anybody is talking about all of the other new things that EUP is doing to make this years homecoming better.    It seems everyone is focused on the name and not actually what's behind it. Immediately after the Bigger, Better, Boro I saw Facebook posts saying "They're getting rid of Homecoming?!" or "Boropalooza? What is this, the circus?" Yet, ironically, many of the people who I saw criticizing the changes weren't even there to hear about them themselves. They...

0 Kobe Bryant: A lesson in resilience

Resilience (Merriam Webster's Dictionary) 1. The capability of a strained body to recover its size and shape after deformation caused especially by compressive stress 2. The ability to recover from or adust easily from misfortune or change. "I made a move that I made 100 times and it just popped" , said a solemn Kobe Bryant, fighting to hold back tears during a press conference last Friday.  That was the emotional description of the devastating injury that he suffered last week in a game against the Golden State Warriors. Kobe ruptured his Achilles tendon in that game and had to undergo surgery. Doctors say his recovery time will...

0 Is Journalism Dying?

Published in The Edinboro Spectator: April 4th 2013 About a month ago I joined a group on the professional networking website Linkedin called "Linkedin for Journalists". The group consists of hundreds of journalism professionals and job seekers looking to connect with people within the field. Me, being a young journalist approaching graduation, joined this group as soon as I read about it. Seeking advice on breaking into the field of journalism, I asked a question within the group's discussion page. "I'm a grad student approaching graduation and trying to get my foot in the door as a journalist. Do you have any advice as it pertains...