Hell week is done!

I have been waiting all week for Friday to come. It is now here, which means my school week is over. I had the Career and Internship Fair on Monday an exam in History of American Sports and Physical Culture on Tuesday, an in-class exercise in Germs on Tuesday, a story for the school newspaper due Thursday and a game story for Sports Writing on Thursday night. It was the most work in one week that I had all semester and now its passed. My semester thus far until this week has been so easy. The good thing coming into the week was that I have had plenty of times which I had several things to do, and I always got them done.
The Career and Internship Fair went better than I expected. Even though the fair was business oriented, I still had positive feedback from Ebsco Host and MassDot. I struck out with WB Mason and Enterprise, but I needed to learn how to fail in order to succeed. I needed to go in there and learn how to groom myself to be a professional. For some reason, as nervous as I was, when I was talking to all of the representatives for each company, I was very confident and composed, which is something I have never felt before, even during my internship with the Salem Evening News last summer. It was good for my confidence to go in there and talk to my superiors. It will prepare me for the job world when I am being interviewed and even working for a company.
The in-class project for Germs was called an ECA. There are three of them throughout the semester and it is mandatory for your grade. It was easy. Since we were talking about STD's, we did an exercise that involved exchanging beads to our peers. The exercise is since the odds of having sex and receiving an STD is three out of seven. Each of the class members had to exchange three beads to seven different people and stop. We had about nine different colors. If your bead is a specific color, you had this STD. For example, if you had a red bead, you got the Herpes Simplex Virus and if you had a clear bead, you got Gonorrhea. It was fun and it actually was not a waste of time.
The exam had ten identifications that were short answer essay and you have to answer five of them which is 10 points each. There is also an essay that is worth 50 points. After the exam, my instructor, Tim Ashwell, posted an answer key for each answer. After I finished the exam, I felt pretty good about it. But when I read the answers on the answer key, I think that I did bad. Even if I do, I have attended to every class, so I have the participation grade.
My story for The New Hampshire is about a kid from Gainesville State College who created a cooking show called "Cookin' for College". Arthur King is a sophomore and him and his girlfriend, Kira Glasser, created the show over three weeks ago. On his website, King posts recipes on his website four to six times a week. His recipes include S'mores Pancakes, Homemade Wings, Grilled Cheese Hamburger, Taco Chili, and so many other exotic recipes. His message is to kill the stereotype about how it is too hard and too expensive to cook for yourself rather than eat at the dining hall or eating out. When I contacted King and Glasser, they were very cooperative and very kind. It was hard for me to write the story without a bias, but it is my job to be neutral while reporting.
The game story was at Oyster River high school again. It was a boys varsity high school basketball game that was the Kingswood Regional Knights vs. the Oyster River Bobcats. It was senior recognition night for Oyster River, who had eight seniors on the team. Oyster River was in very good shape for a playoff spot, coming into the game with a 14-3 record. Kingswood Regional was 12-5. Oyster River won the game 87-62. Tommy McDonnell for Oyster River scored a game-high 20 points to lead the way. The Knights were leading 23-17 after the first quarter and the Bobcats stormed back and took the lead 37-35 at half. The Bobcats outscored the Knights 24-13 in the third quarter, with Chris Walker scoring 10 points in the frame to make it 61-48 after three periods. In the fourth quarter, the Bobcats blew the game wide open, outscoring the Knights 26-14 to finish the game. It was such a fast-paced game, it was difficult to catch up on who scored and what the score was after each basket. After the game, I found out that two players for Oyster River were playing through their injuries. Donovan Kelly came back after being out for a 10-game stint and Walker was feeling ill, but he appeared to be okay. It was stressful writing on deadline again. The deadline was five hours after game time, which the game started at 6:30 and the deadline was at 11:30. I got back at 8:15 p.m., started the story and finished at around 10 p.m., but there were distractions during writing. I think this story was better this time around comparing to the first one. I may have missed a fact about an injury, but if that's all I did, hey, I lose points. I have to be more aggressive next time though.
Tonight, I am going to the UNH hockey game vs. Boston College. The two teams have a home-and-home series tonight and tomorrow. UNH and BC are separated by only 3 points for the Hockey Easy regular season title, so this is a pivital series for both teams. Tonight is also senior recognition night for the Wildcats, which the seniors are, forward and co-captain, Bobby Butler, forward and co-captain, Peter LeBlanc, defenseman, Nick Krates and goaltender, Brian Foster. This is a huge game and I am very much looking forward to go. Then I am going out to celebrate my friend's 22nd birthday tomorrow and dad comes up on Sunday and the Oscars are on Sunday night. I'm curious of which awards will be handed out. Now that is a great way to end a tough week.