September 29, 2008

You wouldn't be able to tell it with the weather we've been having up here at St. Thomas, but October is right around the corner. Last week I think I wore shorts to class at least twice. It was so nice out! But, the cold weather is slowly creeping in. Today it is much cooler than it has been and it's only supposed to get worse and worse. Soon snow will be flying and all I'll be trudging around the quad with gloves and a hat!

Classes continue to pick up speed. I'm in two video production classes this semester and they take up a lot of my time. Finding time to shoot video, interview people, and edit it all together can be a challenge. Oh well, I like doing that stuff much better than reading textbooks or taking tests!

This Wednesday and Thursday is the National College Fair in downtown Minneapolis. Because I work in the Admissions Office, I get to spend some time on Wednesday there talking to perspective students. This is the largest college fair in the country! It should be a great time. If you're going to be attending, be sure to stop by and say 'hey'!

Well not much else going on I guess, take it easy.

Shane

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September 15, 2008

You can definitely feel it...
...it's getting a little colder, the days are getting shorter, and even some trees are starting to turn colors! Fall is definitely in the air, even if it is still technically summer. Fall is probably my favorite season. The crisp air reminds me of football games, marching band competitions, and raking leaves. The campus looks really great in the fall too. When I was walking through the quad this afternoon, I could see some of the trees on campus starting to lose their green leaves. Soon it will be winter and we'll be wishing it was summer again, but for now, I'm going to enjoy the fall weather.

Full-steam ahead!
Classes have shifted into high gear and I'm finding myself busy with projects, papers, and reading. Two of my classes this semester are video production classes so I'll be doing a lot of shooting and editing video this semester. I am looking forward to that. I think homework like that is way more exciting than reading chapters out of a textbook! UST got a lot of new video equipment for us to use this year and I'm super excited about using it...I just hope I don't break anything while I'm out in the field!

Looking ahead
Looking ahead to the rest of this week, I'll be getting together with some of my friends for "Taco Thursday". Each Thursday my group of friends and I have a taco night where we eat an insane amount of tacos and then do homework. This Thursday is the first one of the semester so it should be a good time. This weekend I'll be heading down to Waseca, MN to watch my little bro compete with his high school in marching band. That is always a lot of fun. I was in marching band for six years and he's been in it for the last five. It's something that runs heavy in our family, plus my high school is pretty darn good if I do say so myself!

Have a good week!

Shane

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September 08, 2008

It's the first full week of class, and everyone on campus is getting back into the swing of reading, studying, and surviving class. Classes actually began last Wednesday. I have some pretty good classes this semester and I am excited to see how they will play out. I'm taking all communication and journalism classes this semester. My favorite so far is broadcast reporting. The professor is a former reporter here in the Twin Cities area and he knows his stuff. I can't wait to learn more about the business from him.

Outside of class I've been meeting up with my friends whom I haven't seen all summer. It was great catching up and hearing about how their summers went. Some of them were pretty busy with jobs and internships while others just took it easy.

Tonight I have a class called political communication. I am really excited for that because I think it will be a great discussion class. With the election being the way it is, there are many different things to debate and topics to discuss. It's a night class so it meets for three hours once a week. Sitting in the same classroom for three hours straight might get to be a little long, but hopefully the class is interesting and the time goes by fast.

Hope everyone got their school year started on the right foot!

Shane

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