Motivation and culture shock

After returning from the recent regional Associated Collegiate Press conference, I have a new found motivation for my field.

One would think, after hearing countless references to the downward spiral of an economy we have and how physical print newspapers will be practically nonexistent in the next decade, we all would have left there crying.

But NO!

I will not stand for that. I have not gone through all that I have and endured the great Steve Hill for nothing.

With the advantage of the internet and multimedia technologies at our fingertips, why not take advantage of it?
Post your publications to those social networking sites, send people links of what you are doing online for their viewing pleasure. It is all about sharing. This is the tool that holds our future.

After life in the big city for a couple days, seeing homless men, drinking expensive drinks, helping beligerent old men get out of a literal parking jam and stuffing seven of us college students in tight quarters I was able to experience the exact opposite only hours and miles later.

I was able to visit the quaint and mysterious southern Wisconsin and Minnesota. Stopping at Jake's parents' bar in Wabasha, Minn. was definiately the key to unwinding after a stressful weekend in The Cities.
His hometown was an even better hidden gem.

Alma, (pronouced Elma) Wis. is a three tiered town of steep hills, waterfront and personality infested living spaces. I have never seen such a town. The bluffs are beautiful with the evening sun glistening off the weekend's snowfall.


Talk about a culture shock, going from middleman's land Stevens Point, to a city whose skyline is staggered with modern human architechture to naturally developed monuments to fill the skyline.