College Major

[Epic Reine 0]

Communication Arts.

[CanadianChris 0]

Got my B.Math. (Statistics) in 1997.

How are you with probability? I've essentially had to take a crash course in it to prepare for the first actuarial exam...

Pretty good...I was looking over the material for the actuarial exams when I was deciding whether to take them or not, and I've got most of that covered, although I'd need to brush up on it.

[Guest Vitamin X]

When I was in school it amazed me how many students didn't read newspapers/magazines.

Well I get the LA Times online

 

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[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

That's a link to my stuff KKK. And yes I know I need a lot of work.

 

Bah. That's what the copy editor is for.

 

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Not sure if that was meant for me, but it was always funny hearing students next to me talk about how much they love to write and want to be journalists, then when called on by the prof to give their opinion on a current event they would say, "oh, I don't follow the news."

 

The profs feared calling on me.

[therealworldschampion 0]

Finishing my bachelor's in history and going to law school next year. Have been accepted at Widener, West Virginia, and Michigan State already and waiting on Villanova, Syracuse, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Penn State, Florida State, and St. John's.

[Damaramu 0]

That's a link to my stuff KKK. And yes I know I need a lot of work.

 

Bah. That's what the copy editor is for.

 

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Not sure if that was meant for me, but it was always funny hearing students next to me talk about how much they love to write and want to be journalists, then when called on by the prof to give their opinion on a current event they would say, "oh, I don't follow the news."

 

The profs feared calling on me.

 

Well everyone else I know reads my stuff and tells me I'm a decent/good writer but I don't like it at all. I guess you're your own worst critic.

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

If your boss likes it, that's all that matters. This is coming from personal experience.

[Damaramu 0]

If your boss likes it, that's all that matters. This is coming from personal experience.

 

He definitely likes it. He keeps telling me I'm one of his best writers.

[Guest Princess Leena]

Which writer are you.

 

I think I know, but I'm not sure.

[Damaramu 0]

Well the link I provided is all my stories. My name is JR O'Dell.

[Guest Princess Leena]

That link has all the OU writers.

 

You're a good writer.

 

I didn't know that typing the way I do on here is good writing. Lol.

[Sideburnious 0]

Im Majoring in Film, and I think i'll have to do a Thesus in my secondary English Literature & Drama.

[BruiserKC 0]

Mine was Mass Communications, with a minor in Photography.

[therealworldschampion 0]

Dama, I read the first article by you that I saw in the link, the one about Kevin Bookout winning at OSU, it was pretty good. That was a really good hook you had in the first line in that article.

[Vampiro69 0]

Graduating this spring with a B.S. in History Education (Secondary Ed) with a minor in political science.

[Damaramu 0]

Dama, I read the first article by you that I saw in the link, the one about Kevin Bookout winning at OSU, it was pretty good. That was a really good hook you had in the first line in that article.

 

Wow thanks. I didn't expect you guys to be so receptive to my writing.

[Damaramu 0]

Hey KKK I've kind of learned you can't judge yourself on how heavily your stories are edited b/c every editor is different. Is that true?

Because I'll write something for my editor and he will pretty much run it as is but another editor will take it to the cleaners.

Like I wrote a story about recruiting for the campus desk and my editor loved it but the assistant managing editor took it apart. The scariest part was when he said "I barely edited your story compared to some of the people on campus desk."

[Slayer 0]

Pretty good...I was looking over the material for the actuarial exams when I was deciding whether to take them or not, and I've got most of that covered, although I'd need to brush up on it.

I'm doing fine with basic prob, conditional prob and combinatorial prob... the problem is remembering all the different distributions and their respective parameters (mean, median, pdf, cdf and mgf)

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

Hey KKK I've kind of learned you can't judge yourself on how heavily your stories are edited b/c every editor is different. Is that true?

 

Pretty much so, unless of course you suck as a writer.

 

I'll write something for my editor and he will pretty much run it as is but another editor will take it to the cleaners.

 

Yeah. Many times it just depends on the editor's style or preference. Other times they just might not like you. For example, when I worked as a copy editor at a weather service agency, the bitch I had to work with would ALWAYS change things I'd consider to be "OK." However, when I would make changes to her material, she would go apeshit. The only times I would change her stuff was when it was in direct "violation" of the AP book. For example, AP style tells you never to use "towards" but instead use "toward." One time I had the nerve to make this change and she threw a fucking fit. And the reason she hated me? Because I replaced someone who replaced someone she liked. Yes, that was the reason.

 

Currently I produce our organization's montly publication, and despite being constantly told by my readership that this publication under my direction has been the best it has ever been, my one dickhead boss always makes it seem that I'm one mistake away from losing my job (He did my job for years before getting a promotion, and then the guy I replaced was on the job for seven years). The last issue I did he threw a fit about how I had the bylines and went on to say how horrible they were and needed to be redone. I think the reason he did this was to because he wanted "payback" regarding a different incident that took place between us before that (basically I had worked for 1-2 months on a project and sent it out without letting him take all the credit for it). I then presented to him more than seven examples of "inconsistent" by-lines (bolded, unbolded, different font sizes, etc.) that were in an issue back in 2003 (before I started working at this place) which were in the span of just several pages. That shut him up (for about two days).

[CanadianChris 0]

I'm doing fine with basic prob, conditional prob and combinatorial prob... the problem is remembering all the different distributions and their respective parameters (mean, median, pdf, cdf and mgf)

Yeah, that stuff's killer. I was never able to remember much of that. It explains the 65 I got in Mathematical Statistics, where I needed to remember it all for exams (and the 85 in Advanced Probability, where I didn't).

[bob_barron 0]

Hey KKK I've kind of learned you can't judge yourself on how heavily your stories are edited b/c every editor is different. Is that true?

 

Pretty much so, unless of course you suck as a writer.

 

I'll write something for my editor and he will pretty much run it as is but another editor will take it to the cleaners.

 

Yeah. Many times it just depends on the editor's style or preference. Other times they just might not like you. For example, when I worked as a copy editor at a weather service agency, the bitch I had to work with would ALWAYS change things I'd consider to be "OK." However, when I would make changes to her material, she would go apeshit. The only times I would change her stuff was when it was in direct "violation" of the AP book. For example, AP style tells you never to use "towards" but instead use "toward." One time I had the nerve to make this change and she threw a fucking fit. And the reason she hated me? Because I replaced someone who replaced someone she liked. Yes, that was the reason.

 

Currently I produce our organization's montly publication, and despite being constantly told by my readership that this publication under my direction has been the best it has ever been, my one dickhead boss always makes it seem that I'm one mistake away from losing my job (He did my job for years before getting a promotion, and then the guy I replaced was on the job for seven years). The last issue I did he threw a fit about how I had the bylines and went on to say how horrible they were and needed to be redone. I think the reason he did this was to because he wanted "payback" regarding a different incident that took place between us before that (basically I had worked for 1-2 months on a project and sent it out without letting him take all the credit for it). I then presented to him more than seven examples of "inconsistent" by-lines (bolded, unbolded, different font sizes, etc.) that were in an issue back in 2003 (before I started working at this place) which were in the span of just several pages. That shut him up (for about two days).

 

I can picture kkk at work, and it's funny.

 

I hate the CP book (The Canadian equivalent of the AP book) There's so much random stupid stuff in there that we have to know, or else we might fail our articles.

 

The Sun is pretty nice about changing my articles. For the most part, they don't do much, and most of their changes are justified. My one issue with them is having to come up with a cute jazzy headline for every story. That gets tiring, especially when you have to write about squash and women's hockey like I hav.

[SuperJerk 0]

Currently at the tail end of getting an associates in Education/Special Education. I've continued to do volunteer work as a teachers assistant despite my work study course ending a month ago, and I may be getting a job as an assitant there soon.

 

God damn it.

 

How many of us are there on this board, anyway?

[Ace309 0]

I have a BA in Political Science (American Politics & Public Affairs concentration) and Philosophy. It was a double major that I finished accidentally when the scheduling during my last semester happened to work out so that I could upgrade my PoliSci minor to a full major with a minimum of fuss.

 

I'm currently pursuing a Juris Doctor (law degree). Depending on scheduling, I'm hoping for a Litigation concentration.

 

At some point, if the funding's there and depending on where I am, I'd like to either go back to my undergrad school for an LLM (Master of Laws) in criminal practice or go to one of the various places where I can get a Master of Public Administration.

 

I can't help it. I'm a public affairs geek.

[Stephen Joseph 0]

major

B.A. Rhetorical Economics

M.A. Economics

B.A. Spanish

 

minor

Social Psychology

Religious Issues

[Guest The Satanic Angel]

I will be pursuing Forensic Science in the fall of '06.

 

Yay.

[gWIL 0]

Gonna start with general studies. If I get in to Notre Dame, I'll go there. If not IU: Bloomington. I'd like to maybe do something in Film.

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

major

B.A. Rhetorical Economics

M.A. Economics

 

Get the fuck out of here.

[Guest Vitamin X]

Those don't sound like very good schools for Film.

[gWIL 0]

Notre Dame has a good film program. IUB doesn't have one. Film's not really a realistic major anyway, I'll prolly do something boring. Maybe Secondary education.

[Big Ol' Smitty 0]

BA

Major: History

Minor: Geography

 

MA: Education

 

Thinking about going back for a doctoral degree, don't know in what. Not education. I have to teach high school social studies for a year or two so I don't have to pay back $24K in fellowship money for my masters first, though.