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Well, as of July 10, all my future classmates and I have been subscribed to the Medill incoming student listserve. All that means is that we will be getting emails en masse, but it does make us in touch with one another. That’s always a plus. Now, instead of hitting “Reply” on some inane email, [...]

Well, I’ve returned home from Chicago in one piece.  After a pit stop about half way to visit a girl I hadn’t seen in quite a while, I’m now able to give details about my apartment-hunting in Chicago. The drive itself was the easiest I’ve ever had.  I didn’t run into traffic coming or going. [...]

On my quest to secure housing for my school year, I will be making the trek to the Windy City this week for a few days.  I have a number of potentials I’m following up on through Craigslist, with one in particular being the front runner.  I’ve already talked about that one in another post. [...]

The Huffington Post has a fun little article about the dissillusioned experience of a former journalist-cum-unemployed-person entitled “Down, Not Out:  Laid-Off Journalist Tries the Back-to-School Strategy.”  It’s an interview with Jennifer West, former editor of FT.com.  Essentially, journalism chewed another person up and spit her out.  West’s path in life has changed, and it shows [...]

Indeed, it has been a little while since I last updated.  Luckily, the busy season of grad school something-or-others and nice weather seem mutually exclusive.  This is a good thing.  Rather than having to spend an inordinate amount of time poring over paperwork and details, I get to golf and do summer-y things. Aside from [...]