Busy busy busy

I knew on Sunday that this was going to be a critical week and so far I have executed. Monday was the busiest day of the week. I had a meeting with an applicant of the UNH Psychology professor job. I am part of a student representative panel that interviews the applicants and I have been doing it for the past week and a half. I review the applicant's cover letter, resume and then figure out questions to ask. It will very informal, which is nice. I go to the meetings on select days that the counseling center coordinator, David Cross chose for me, so I have only had to go to three meetings thus far and I have one more on Friday. After that, I interviewed with Shaunna Kaplan, a tri-captain for the UNH Lacrosse team and her two teammates Ilana Cohen and JoJo Curro for my feature story for my Sports Writing class. She just so happens to be a two-sport athlete at UNH. She plays lacrosse and soccer. I thought this was a cool idea for my feature story because from what I know of there are no other athletes at UNH that play more than one sport. Shaunna carries herself well. She is honest, selfless and her teammates are crazy about her. She is a senior and is a kinesiology and a sports studies major. So far so good. I had my Sports Writing class at night and it was cool because my professor brought in a guest, Karen Gregon, who is a writer for the Boston Herald. We talked about gender and she also told us some stories that she did. It is always enlightening whenever I learn about Journalism from a real professional.
Tuesday was also pretty busy. I went to my Germs class and then went to the Commencement Fair. I went there to get my cap and gown and a Life is Good shirt. The Life is Good shirt is really cool. It is light blue, long-sleeved and in the front it says "Class Dismissed" with Jake smiling wearing a graduation cap and in the back it says "Do what you like. Like what you do. UNH 2010." They were giving out Life is Good shirts because the founder of the company, Bert Jacobs, is the Commencement speaker. After the fair, I went back to my dorm to do some homework and then went to a class, went to the gym and then went to my two classes, which are back-to-back. After class, I went back to the dorm had to do an online quiz for Germs. I got an 80 which isn't bad. After that, I relaxed for the rest of the night.
Wednesday was the only day that was mellow. I didn't have class which always makes my day easier. The only two things that I had to do was to go to a meeting with my Sports Writing teacher, David Cataneo, and went over a couple of assignments. I did an opinion piece about the new NFL playoff overtime rules and that was mediocre. We also went over my column about the New Jersey Nets' CEO Brett Yormark and a fan, Chris Lisi, having a "brown bag summit." That also turned out to be just average. The good thing is that I can edit them and send them back to David. The other thing I had to do was to talk to the UNH soccer manager, Michael Jackson, about Shaunna. At first he said a lot of the same things about Shaunna and it got annoying. So before the interview ended I asked Jackson, "Is there any questions that I didn't ask that I should have?" At first Jackson was hesitant and then said a couple of more things about Shaunna and then we hung up the phone. Three minutes later, Jackson called me and then said all of these things about Shaunna that I wanted to hear. After he said the additional stuff he said, "I'm glad that you asked that question. It seemed like I didn't have a lot to say at first but when you asked that question, that was when I figured out what I wanted to say. Good for you." I was very pleased.
Yesterday was an ordinary Thursday. I had three classes and also went to the gym with my friends Melissa and Kendra, which was productive. Smith Hall also had a Men's Floor Hockey game at 8:30 p.m. Of course, for the second consecutive week our opponent did not show up, so we won by forfeit. We actually scrimmaged against another team that also had a forfeit. The opposition won 10-3. It wasn't as bad as the score says but we did play a lot better, which it doesn't say a whole lot.
Today will also be busy. I have an interview with Michael Daly, UNH lacrosse head coach. Hopefully he can give me some good input about Shaunna. I also need to talk to Shaunna again and ask her a couple of more questions. At 1:15, I have a meeting with an applicant of the UNH Psychology professor job. After that, I have an interview with cookbook author Gina Stipo, who is going to use her recipes for the Tutto Toscana Gourmet dinner at a UNH dining hall. UNH hospitality majors will host the dinner and I am writing the story for the school newspaper "The New Hampshire." After that, hopefully I can go to the gym. I have to go back to the dining hall again tonight and take some pictures and maybe interview more people. It is a cool assignment because I love food and I am curious about what kinds of recipes the chef will have. After that, maybe I will get to see my friends. This weekend will be tough because I have a lot of homework, but it's okay because I need to be busy anyway.