On Friday night, WJC students from a number of different semester met with Greg Perreault, WJC program coordinator, for dinner at El Torito.
(From left: Chris Guzman, Spring 2009; Greg Perreault, SIJ 2004; Kaitlin Schluter, Spring 2010; Alaina Pangelina, Spring 2010; Andrew Collins, Fall 2010; Cynthia Ribas-Santos, Fall 2010; Andrew Entzminger, Fall 2010; Amy Seed, Spring 2010; Cindy Ortiz, Fall 2009)
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Welcome to the Washington Journalism Center, class of Spring 2011!
On Term Papers, the morning after...
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Vote! The WJC Spring 2010 students have made their digital scavenger hunts available via YouTube. We're asking all SIJ/WJC alums to cast your votes by Sunday at 9 a.m. for the best scavenger hunt video. Help your heirs win something cool!
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I hate to jump right into the clichés here, but there’s a reason why it’s called Best Semester. My semester in Washington (the fall of 2008) was easily the best semester of my college career. I’m sure you’ve been hit over the head with the reasons a thousand times now (by alums, WJC staff, that fancy brochure, your professors), but I’m going to reiterate three reasons why WJC will be your best semester.
First off, DC is an amazing city. I had the privilege of being there during the historic 2008 election. And, thankfully, the guy I voted for won, making it even better. But that doesn’t mean that just because you’re there in the spring of 2010 means it isn’t going to live up. You need to go out there and explore. Get lost. Use the buses and the Metro. Meet some locals. Eat at weird restaurants. Take a cheap bus trip to Boston, New York, Philadelphia. Where I come from (Texas), the cities and states aren’t so close to each other. Take advantage of the east coast and its compactness. Whatever you do, don’t play it safe. That’s for when you go back home.
When we flew into D.C. from sunny CA, we were immediately struck with the 70-degree temperature difference. It was obvious we were in for the ride of our lives — but it was one of the best experiences we’ve ever had. We now pass on these tips to live vicariously through you, so pay close attention.
Push your comfort zone.
D.C. is a humongous, bustling city waiting to be adventured and explored, and no matter how often you go venturing out these next four months, you will most likely leave feeling like you only got a brief taste of the nation’s capitol. Take this opportunity to hone your skills of spontaneity. If a friend asks you to go somewhere with them, ignore that lazy urge to sit in front of the TV for the rest of the evening to catch up on The West Wing or Grey’s Anatomy and jump at the opportunity. Who knows? You might end up spending an entire night walking from an IHOP in Virginia to get to the Lincoln Memorial in time for the most beautiful sunrise of your life like I (Karin) did. I’m thankful nearly every day now that I was up for something a little crazy that night.
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MEMO
TO: Fall 2006 WJC students
FROM: Terry and Rich
RE: Thank You
I do think the beards look better on us than they do on you, but hey, who's counting?
The coffee mugs and hershey's kisses were a very nice treat waiting for us when we got back in the office this week. And since neither of us is in the middle of any Orthodox or Nazarene fasts, you can be sure the chocolate will be chowed soon, and in my case, accompanied by copious amounts of coffee!
By Richard Potts, Assistant Director of the Washington Journalism Center
As you're out looking for things to do over the next few days, take a look at the Duke Ellington Jazz Festival (DEJF).
DC has actually been a very influential town in the development of jazz, and of course Duke Ellington is a native son. It's just another example of the many things that happen in this town that have nothing to do with "politics".
The festival runs from today through Sunday, October 8, and a fair number of the events around town are free. Here's the schedule of events.
