My Senior Honors Project debrief

These graduation milestones are really starting to gear up. Today's adventure took me out to Fullerton with my parents so I could officially give my Senior Honors Project presentation. It has been literal years in the making. After I spent some time reflecting on my novel and compiling the work behind it into a PowerPoint, …

Coursework influences art

It's never fun when I have to head to campus on a day where I don't have class. After forgetting the gift cards for my Honors networking panel game on Wednesday like a dolt, I had to make arrangements with the winners to deliver their prizes. One of them was most available today around 12:30 p.m. …

My Interdisciplinary Networking Panel debrief

After months of build up, today was the day. Networking panel was a go. Not even hail could keep me out of Fullerton this afternoon, where I finally got to follow-through on officially adding event planner onto my résumé (though I already technically did weeks ago). I'm serious. It hailed in Southern California. An event …

Messin’ with the curriculum vitae

While people on my social media the night I'm writing this are probably annoyed that I'm trying to double dip on the love for my recent award, this blog post is more about creating something to show my children in 30 years. A rather grandiose fantasy that, in execution, will make my reference to a …

Arts & Crafts with Jason Rochlin

Before you say anything, I know "name tag" is spelled with two words and not one. I was just trying to better emulate a traditional forename/surname structure. On Valentine's Day last month I talked about my current stint as a University Honors Ambassador. Essentially putting together an event for Honors students to enjoy alongside a …

Man remains the most extraordinary machine

Valentine's Day 2019 will officially go down as the Valentine's Day where I truly learned the value of a human touch. Because when automatic email reply systems fail, you really need to break through and get an actual person on the other side. ... What did you think I was referring to? Oh, well okay …

Mini-band banquet bonanza

Well I promised two blog posts today, so even if I don't have a lot to say I might as well follow through. For the past week or so both my parents have been pretty sick. As a result, thanks to still being on vacation, I've become a more distinct guardian for my sister. Which …

Networking Matters

It's the cliché you've heard a million times when it comes to breaking into whatever industry you want to break into. I know I've heard it more than my share of times, especially considering the extra emphasis journalism places on not just networking for jobs, but networking for sources. Usually I'll just roll my eyes …

Blizzard at the Fullerton Public Library

I wound up staying out much later than I expected with this one, so I'm going to go quick-and-dirty with this post to get it out before midnight. I've been slipping a lot lately and want to hopefully rectify that. That said, enough pussyfooting around. Let's get into it. Tonight I went to a really …