Hello, Hello!

Hey, there!

I'm Kathryn Lisk and I'm excited to be back on campus and starting my junior year. I am finally decided on a major, which is Corporate Comm. with a possible minor in Environmental Science. I love theater, but have found that it's more fun for me to take part in it as a hobby than a major. I spent the last 8 months in Orlando, Florida working as a character performer at Walt Disney World. It was an amazing experience because I got to make little kids' dreams come true every day. However, the Florida heat and humidity was exhausting so I was excited to spend a few days at home, in Boulder, Colorado with my family. 

It feels so great to be back on Simpson campus and I'm actually ready to start learning again! I know very little about the news writing world, but am excited to take in whatever I can. 

-Kathryn

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Just Me, Lexie Lu

Hello! My name is Lexie Hagerty and I am a sophomore here at Simpson. I am excited about this class because I like to write even though I don't think I am very good these days. I play volleyball for Simpson and love it. Unfortunately, it takes up a lot of my time and I miss a lot of class. However, I shouldn't have any problems with this one since it is only on Mondays and Wednesdays. Some of you might know one of my sisters. There are four of us total and we all are or have attended Simpson. Besides volleyball, I am also active in FCA. I love to sing and therefore take private lessons with one of Simpson's awesome instructors. I also like to take part in theater, but am unable to do so due to volleyball. Besides my activities, I also love to attend every Simpson event I can.
As I said, I am looking forward to this class and getting to know just a few more people at this college. You will come to learn that I can be very random and love different kinds of people, different attitudes, different dreams, and different points of view. So all that I ask is that my classmates speak their mind and are willing to make this class more than just an obligation!

Until Wednesday:)

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Sup!

Hey, my name is Adrian Aitken (with a silent t) and am a Junior majoring in corporate communications with a bio minor. The minor I guess is more like a hobby than useful. Born and raised in Moline, Il I graduated from the city's high school with some college acceptances. One of those being a university in Hawaii. I am asked why I choose simpson over paradise and I always come to the same conclusion. I just say its easier to concentrate on school work in the midwest because there isnt much else to do. What I am really thinking is that the living costs are too high and this place was my second choice. I enjoy taking part in many extracirricular activities including being a member of CAB, Lambda Chi Alpha, and participating in the intramurals. Staying active is what gets me through those awsome Iowa winters. This is my first class in journalism and also my very first blog if excluding facebook.

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Introduction

By: Jessica Hamell


Hello, My name is Jessica Hamell. A lot of people call me Ham so you can if you want I guess. I am a sophomore here at Simpson majoring in Corporate Communications. I went to high school in Carlisle which is about 20 minutes away. I played softball, basketball, and ran track in high school. I also played softball here last year and this year I have decided to run track. I have 3 brothers (1 real and 2 step) and 2 sisters (1 real and 1 half) yea my family is kind of hard to explain to people. I am pretty shy until you get to know me then I can be a little loud. I haven’t had a class like this yet so this will be a pretty interesting experience

- Jessica Hamell

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About Christina...

Hi everyone!
My name is Christina Woldt! I'm a senior and am soon to be graduating with a Degree in Elementary Education. This class will help fill my Speech/comm./theatre endorsement! I am active in my sorority on campus as well as Greek life and Education club.
This summer I went to Pheonix, AZ, Mackinac Island, MI, and Okoboji. Summer was fun but I'm ready to get back into the swing of things!

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Here We Go Again..

Hello to all! My name is Kayla Miller, now a sophomore at Simpson going into the fields of Sports Admin and Communication. I hope this will take me into a career related to sports advertising. I am absolutely in love with sports! I played every sport I could in high school including basketball, softball, golf, and volleyball all four years at Odebolt-Arthur (yeah... you probably have never heard of it). I miss them all... except for golf, and that is because I am currently a Simpson golfer. I am really outgoing once you get to know me. I may be a little on the shy side at first, but don't be afraid to talk to me!! Excited to see you all on Wednesday!

Buh-bye
Kayla Miller

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Introductions...

By Hannah Pickett
Hello everyone, my name is Hannah Pickett and I am a junior at Simpson College, majoring in journalism and mass communications. I transferred to Simpson my sophomore year from Central College. I know that sounds terrible, but, the truth is that Central stopped carrying my major and I wanted to be closer to home. I am from Winterset, which is only about 25 minutes away from Indianola, so I commute to Simpson. I am the sports editor and main sports writer at the Winterset Madisonian newspaper. I have worked there since I was a sophomore in high school and have just gradually taken over. This is my fifth year working for the Madisonian. This past summer went by really fast for me. I nannied all day, worked at the paper at night, ran in the Race for the Cure, and spent time with my 8 month old maltese puppy, Berkley. When I graduate from Simpson, I hope to go into the broadcast journalism field, preferably as a reporter or anchor. I interned at WHO-Channel 13 over Mayterm and loved it!

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Am I doing this right???

By: Kellie Green

Hey Everyone~
So as you can see my name is Kellie Green (yes I know my name is a color). I am a junior theatre major with minors in women studies and journalism and mass communication. I really enjoy theatre and everything about it. I hope (cross my fingers) that some day I will make it big. I am from Des Moines, IA and went to Lincoln High School. I have two sisters. I really love the color green! I recently got a new tattoo on my foot, so now I have three. I think that I am a fun person, outgoing, dedicated and a good friend. I have a lot of things that I want to do with my life. One of those is joining the Peace Corps when I graduate. I really want to help people and teach others the knowledge that I have about Theatre. I have wanted to be in the Peace Corps for as long as I can remember. It is just another thing that I am going to add to the list of dreams. LOL See everyone soon!!!

Kellie Green

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About Liz...

Hi everyone! My name is Liz Tjaden. I will graduate in December with a degree in Music and Communications Speech/Rhetoric and a minor in HR. I want to go to grad school for Student Affairs in Higher Ed so we will see what happens!
I love music, any kind really, just depends on my mood at the time. I bought a guitar about a year ago and I'm just now starting to learn how to play it. But don't ask me to play, because I'm still really bad but I also started to write some songs too! (Which are probably worse than my playing!) I have a blog that I use to write about things that are going on in the world or in the news. I like blogging because it allows me to speak my mind and I don't have to see my critics. :) I like to debate but I'm often shy and quiet at first until I feel comfortable around people and then I'm embarrassingly loud....
See you soon!

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Introductions, Please . . .

By Austin Bates

Hello, my name is Austin Bates, as you might have incurred from the by line. The simple stuff first: I'm a junior this year, and have attended Simpson all three years of that time. This year I live in Weinman Apartments, and beginning this semester, I major in journalism, but have a wish to specialize in photography, something I have some adeptness at, and finished one class with flying colors (despite the fact it was black and white photography; yes, that was a joke).

As for personal things, I love rock and roll music, especially heavy metal, and this refers to bands like Breaking Benjamin, Metallica, Disturbed, Slipknot, Linkin Park, Killswitch Engage, and Fear Factory, amoung others. I've worked at OfficeMax for the last two years, and continue to do so during classes. I have a love of debating and arguing people on many things, and my beliefs are rather strongly held, so this can cause some conflicts on occasion.

If you wish to know anything more about me, I point you to these websites:

http://www.515comics.com/: A locally created and maintained website, as the name suggests, contributed to by various local artists. I have an interest in the forum that is part of the website, where many of the contributors are avid Warhammer 40,000 players and fans.

http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Halo3/Default.aspx?player=Anubis+Setab: I'm an online gamer through and through: this is my stats page for Halo 3. However, I do play other games, such as Gears of War, Call of Duty 4, Guitar Hero 3, Mass Effect, and various others.

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Out of My League!

Hello Everyone,

My name is Callie McBroom. I am a senior management major with a double minor in corporate communications and marketing. I have been a part of the Women's Chorale for 3 years, and will most likely be again this year. I have been interning with Meredith Corporation all summer and will be working there during the school year as well. This keeps me pretty busy when you throw in school work, and it sounds like there will be a lot of it this year! I am also a pretty shy person until I'm comfortable with my surroundings. That doesn't mean, however, that I'm hard to get along with. I have never done anything like this, so this class will be a new (and scary!) experience for me. I am looking forward to meeting everyone very soon.

Callie McBroom

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Next runner up

Hello everyone, I hope you have all had a great summer! I decided to be the next person to post. My name is Sarah Keller, I am going to be a sophomore. I am a very busy person , I am on the dance team, I am going to be a destination leader for Art 101, I write for the Simpsonian, and I am involved in various Religious Life Community activities, as well as being a member of APO and a Wesley Scholar. I tend to be shy and timid when you first meet me, and I will most likely be the silent girl in the class until I get warmed up to everyone, but once you get to know me well, there is no shutting me up. I am majoring in art and either communications or journalism. I am pretty easy to get along with and I am looking forward to meeting everyone in the class that I do not already know!

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Taking the plunge

Hello to all. I figured that I'll be the brave one to post first, even though it's fair to say I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing...on that note, I suppose I should introduce myself. My name is Katie Anthony and I'm a freshman this year. I'm planning on Journalism and Mass Communications as a major and I'm thinking about Psychology as a possible double major. I like to view myself as being extremely outgoing, so don't be afraid to come up and say hi! Odds are, I'll be the one in class voicing my opinion, asking too many questions, and talking far too much. In regards to the journalistic part of who I am, ever since I can remember I love writing, I love the fact that I can write something that can, perhaps, make an impact (hopefully a positive one) on society. Ultimately, what it comes down to with me, is that writing is my passion...as strange as that may sound.



I look forward to meeting you all and I'm, surprisingly enough, even looking forward to class.



Feel free to facebook me :-)



-Katie Anthony, class of 2012

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Welcome to The News!

By BRIAN STEFFEN

You're reading the first post on The News About The News, our class blog to which all class members of the Beginning Newswriting and Reporting sections at Simpson College will contribute in Fall 2008 and beyond. Rather than have students create their own blogs, which sometimes creates confusion among those who had trouble keeping track of all the blogs in the class, we'll have just one blog and show everyone how to contribute to it.

In other words, this blog will be a truly community effort.

So let's get the conversation started.

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