UMass Commencement 2009

It feels so weird to have finally graduated. Although I’m already looking back at my three years at UMass Amherst with hints of nostalgia, unlike most of my classmates, my life won’t be changing all that much in the coming months. For the foreseeable future I will be living in Amherst and keeping very involved with life at the university. For the summer I landed a job producing videos...

Almost made it.

A few weeks ago I submitted a speech to the commencement speaker selection committee, and was delighted to hear that I had been chosen to be one of only a handful of finalists. The next step was an audition in front of a 7 member committee made up of four students and three Professors from the English, Journalism and Theater departments. Unfortunately, my audition didn’t go very well as I...

My 15 Minutes

For those who don’t know, my inauguration slideshow (which you can read more about here) was featured at the top spot of the UMass website for a week and half, meaning just about everyone on campus saw my mug at least a few times. I have mixed feelings about my 15 minutes of fame. While it was pretty cool to be featured, it was odd walking around at school. There had been a lot of positive...

UMFBO Honored by State Party

&h=200&w=200&zc=1&q=100" alt="" class="thumbnail" /> After a long election cycle, UMass for Barack Obama and the University Democrats were honored by the Massachusetts state party for our efforts. We topped the state in voter registrations and phone banking in the last days of the election (we made over 2300 calls on election day.) The party awarded us with a meet and greet with Senator John Kerry and $200 for our group. Since UMFBO is now...