We’ve seen all the news headlines; all the Facebook events that have been made by people crying out to the government to take action against teen bullying, so that a crisis such as five gay teens committing suicide over harassment in three weeks doesn’t happen again. It’s time for the government to stop ignoring these… Read more »
Posts By: Samantha
Four Years, Millions of Memories
I’m finally settling back into the groove of things in Oswego, and it’s starting to hit me that I’m a senior. What?! Yes, a senior! After four long, yet unbelievably fast years, there are only seven months left until graduation. Therefore, this is a blog of reminiscence. And if you know me well, you understand… Read more »
Magazines, the Power of Print
During my first day of classes, one of my professors made it blatantly clear that she doesn’t believe journalists have any shot at getting a job upon graduation; that journalists are essentially signing up to be poor for the next 10 years. While this professor was semi-accurate about the pay (if you are pursuing journalism thinking… Read more »
What NYC Doesn’t Have
As much as I love NYC, I still missed my country roots. So, to balance out the overwhelming amount of love you’ve seen me express for the concrete jungle, I’ll show you some country lovin’. These are a few of the things NYC doesn’t have (a.k.a. 10 awesome things I had to live without for… Read more »
NYC, the Perfect Boyfriend
My best friend recently went through a gruesome breakup. Our idea of consolation doesn’t involve crying and holding each other, but rather laughter, insults and good drinks in hand. While consoling her, she once again wondered why she hadn’t found her dream guy. Smiling coyly over my glass, I looked at her and said, “I… Read more »
My Summer at FITNESS
This is the view I’m used to seeing every day. And this is the view I’m now seeing. Talk about a change of scenery. My internship has wrapped up and I’m back in good ole’ upstate New York. But I must say I miss the city that never sleeps. So in honor of my NYC… Read more »
By Samantha Shelton
My byline is online! My byline is online! My byline is onli-iiiii-ne! Phew, I’m glad I got that out of my system. My. byline. is. online!!! Okay, now I got it out of my system. For now. It’s probably not as big of a deal to my followers as it is to me, but it’s… Read more »
Getting Flexible with Tara Stiles
I don’t know about everyone else, but I take the term “group exercise class” very seriously. As in, I don’t go unless I have a friend tagging along. Call me crazy but I need to have that moral support when I’m exercising in front of a group of strangers and the instructor can zero in… Read more »
Fitness Required at FITNESS?
Ever since I started my internship, I’ve had one question asked of me over and over again. “Do you have to be in really good shape to work at FITNESS? I’m actually surprised by how often I’ve heard this, and some of my fellow ASME interns have even said, “Sam, I’m so glad you were… Read more »
Livin’ the Dream
After completing six local journalism internships, I knew this summer was my chance to break out of my comfort zone and really chase my dreams. What it all boils down to is New York City. I’ve always wanted to live here and I’ve always wanted to work in the magazine industry. So after months of… Read more »
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