Disney on Ice

  So we never got to eat Mickey Mouse Pancakes. But that’s not to say our trip to Orlando wasn’t a success. In fact, I’m quite pleased with everything our group ate (especially Colin’s Birthday Flan). And even more important than the food, we learned a great amount that we’ve already started applying at our [...]

We have an excess of manliness in the Comm center right now.

For some reason, I felt really compelled to put a quote from Danny Boyle’s excellent film Sunshine as my title. There you go. So with a full week now to think about my experience in Orlando, I’ve got a few observations. I really enjoyed hanging out with the other Pendulum staff members that went to Orlando with [...]

Passing on the torch

Normally when I come back from conventions I feel like it is time for a marathon. I have to practice what I learned and figure out the best way to implement it. For the three seniors (anna, sam and me) coming back from Orlando has been more of a fast paced sprint as part of [...]

And it’s over

Going into the convention, I wasn’t quite sure what I was going to take away from it. Every convention is different, and every session has a chance to be completely fantastic or completely redundant. It all came down to choosing wisely. Now that I’m home, though, I can see exactly what I took from it, [...]

ACP 2011: In the hindsight of a first year attendee

Among the lessons I’ve learned and experiences in journalism I’ve had since being on staff at The Pendulum is the ACP/CMA 2011 conference. Having never been to a college media conference before last week, I went into with little more than the knowledge and experiences I’ve gained from being a student at Elon and a [...]

One week later…

It feels like a year has passed between last Sunday and now. I could blame the massive workload, the paper that needed to be produced the next day, or the large quantities of anti-sinus infection, anti-bronchitis medications that have been consumed for the last few days. I think it’s probably a little of both. I [...]

Reflections on a Great Trip

This time last week, I was somewhere in the air on my way back to Elon after a great trip to Orlando. It’s crazy to think that it has already been a week since we concluded our time at the ACP/CMA 2011 conference and returned to the busy schedule of being a college-student. Though this [...]

In Reflection: ACP/CMA Convention 2011

So, it’s been a whole week since I got off the plane from Orlando from the ACP/CMA Convention. Crazy how time flies. Anyway, attending the convention was an amazing experience. Having never attended a conference before, I really wasn’t too sure what to expect, but I’m really glad I had this opportunity to attend the [...]