Things to do in the Boro

As a college student, my favorite things to do in the boro are hanging out with my friends. Whether we are going out or hanging out at someone’s house, I always have fun with them. We love to go to Dingus for happy hour and to go out. Also, depending on the weather, I love to go to the pool because it is always refershing  in this hot weather. I guess I like to go out to eat at places like El Some, Tokyo and Gatas as well. When I have friends come in town I normally take them to the places I always go to because I like to show them what a typical day/weekend consists of here. Sometimes I wish there was more to do here, but I love it still! I can always go to Savannah and go shopping there as well.

When my parents come they always take me out to eat at El Som. However, last weekend my mom came and I showed her my new favorite place to go, Tokyo. It has the best lunch special and me and my best friend go there every single weekend! I also take them to Dingus so they can see what we actually do with our lives when they’re not around!! It’s funny becaue this past weekend when my mom was here she said she would take me shopping. Instead of going to cute stores here, we end up at a scrub store buying three pairs because of my job at the doctor’s office!

All in all, when I have visitors come stay with me, I normally just show them all the places I go and let them join in on it. Statesboro is definitely growing and it will be intersting to see what places come here over the next few years!!

Comments on Freshmen year

Leann:
I agree with you completely on this. When I graduated I did want to go to college and had good intentions in mind, however, I know many people that failed out because they didn’t understand what it took to be in college away from home. I think it is great that you came back to school with all the right intentions and made the Dean’s list. I bet you made your family very proud!!

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Sydney:
Reading yours made me laugh because that was what I was trying to write in my blog to some degree. I think that being a freshmen is the perfect opportunity to meet people and I wish that I had come into college single too. It would be funny to see what would be different about my life and how different my freshmen year would be. This is definitely a blog post I agree with and think that people should go by this!! haha

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Incoming Freshmen

I had a really fun freshmen year and there are so many things that I will never forget, however, out of all my years in college so far, my freshmen year is the one year I would change some things. I came to school a little apprehensive, but I wasn’t necessarily home sick. I think that I am still young and immature, but looking back I think I have grown in many ways. My freshmen year I hung out with a lot of my friends from high school whom I am still very close with. I know they are people I will keep in my life forever and I cherish every moment I have spent with them. My one regret though is that I didn’t meet as many people as I have the past two years since being a freshmen. I have come to learn that I love meeting people and being around people. I have become more confident and know what I want to do with my life. Although the future overwhelms me sometimes, I feel as though I am preparing myself now more than I did two years ago. I also, feel like I got hung up over a boy my freshmen year and I think things could be different if I wasn’t that way. If I was the person I am now and went back to my freshmen year, I know that I would have done things a whole lot different.

It’s not like I am kicking myself over my past, I just sometimes think about it and know that I would have had a different freshmen year. When all my friends were out living their wild freshmen year, I wasn’t as concerned with meeting all these new people and establishing a new life here in Statesboro. Don’t get me wrong, I went out and had a lot of fun, I just have noticed the difference over the years. I think that things happen for a reason and I hate dwelling on the past, but I guess that this is one of the only things I would have changed my freshmen year. Compared to other people, I think that I had a pretty great life two years ago and know that I would much rather have this regret compared to some other people’s. A lot of my friends failed and had to leave, so I guess I had it pretty good!

10 Books Every Pro Should Read

So out of those books I have read one. I am sad to say that the one book I read was “Are You There Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea.” I read a lot of books in high school and I do love to read, but I feel like I don’t make enough free time for it. I have been wanting to read “The Hunger Games” and the “Dragon Tattoo”, but I just have not had the time. I hope over the summer I can catch up on my reading and add these other books to my list. My sister and dad read “The Hunger Games” and they absolutely loved it. I am not sure how it is helpful to public relation professionals, but I hope that it interests me as much as it does to everyone else.

I think that some other books that would help public relations professionals would be the “The Help” because of how the characters act with eachother and look out for one another. I think that what they do with the stories of the women, is really good for the public to hear. Sharing such stories can create people to think about an issue and make the public aware. Other than that I can’t think of any books right now, but I do think that any and all books could help any professional to explore their imagination!!

Dream Job Comments

Sarah Russell

I totally agree with you on not knowing exactly what you want to do. I think that entertainment pr would be really fun and interesting because of all the different things you could do with it. It makes me nervous because I feel like everyone is going to be competing for the same jobs so we are going to all have to step up our game! In the end though I feel like a job that pays me decently right out of college would be ideal, that way I can work my way up to what I really want to do.

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Sydney Brown

That is so cool! I had no idea that you got this intern! I am so jealous of you. I feel like this is perfect because of your background in tennis and your major. I hope that it really prepares you to achieve your dream job because this could definitely be a huge opportunity. Good luck with everything this summer!!

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So what is my dream job?

I don’t have a set dream job but I do have certain ideas about what I would like to see myself doing in the future. I think I would like to do something associated with sports. It would be so much fun doing PR work for a pro sports team or something! The downside to this is it is a competitive field. When I talk to people about what they want to do with PR, I always hear the entertainments industry, the sports industry or event planning. So this makes me very nervous. I do stress out about this because I sometimes don’t know how to make myself stand out. This year I have joined PRSSA and have become involved with that and I do a lot of stuff with my sorority. I also have a good job right now that I really enjoy and think it would look good to people hiring me. To stand out even more, I plan on networking and attending conferences and workshops where I can meet professionals who can help me.

PR seems to be all about networking and I am kind of intimidated by this. I always think why would someone hire me, but hopefully networking in the future will give me that extra boost. Basically, I don’t have a set dream job but I do know that I want a GREAT job that I enjoy going to. I want to have something that pays me for something that I love to do. I look meeting people and talking with people so I hope that I can find something that fits my qualities.

Comment on Time Travel

Shauntae Prince

This is great! Who doesn’t want to go back to see the Spice Girls. That was such a great time in our lives! Also, seeing Martin Luther King’s speech would definitely make me appreciate things that we only learn about in our history books. I loved your list and I agree that I wouldn’t go back to change things but to live something that we can only dream about. 

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Leanna Luckett

I think it is interesting to read everyone’s ideas. I love this time period and would definitely observe such a different lifestyle than we live today. I also put in my blog that I would not want to change history. I think that I put this because it is scary to think how one small event can spiral to a huge change in the future. Plus it always seems like such a disaster in the movies!! 

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Where would you go?

If time travel were possible, what would you do? Where would you go? Why did you choose to visit there? If you were to go back in time, would you worry about how one small change could affect the future?

Time travel seems so real when I watch TV or movies. However, it is something that humans only dream of in reality. I think that the concept of time travel is really interesting but I feel like it would be so hard to pick one moment I would want to go back in time to experience. If there were no dangers or chances I would mess up the future, I think that it would definitely be something I would do. Oh, and I would want to come back to the present time whenever I was ready. I would probably want to go back to a time that I was not yet born for. The 1960s would definitely be an interesting time to go back to. First off, my parents would just be being born through that era and I think it would be really funny to see them as young kids. I would want to visit a time when music seemed to influence people on a different level than it does today and people had such a free mind-set. I think that there were a lot of changes occurring during this time and lifestyles were changing because of it. I think that any time period would be “interesting” to go back to because we only learn about them in our history books. We don’t know what it was like to actually live it. 

I would be nervous to go back in time if I had the slightest chance of messing up the future. I would not want to come back to the present time and my life be completely different. That is something that only happens in movies! That would be a nightmare. I guess if my life was a disaster beforehand, I wouldn’t care, but I am sure that I would not want to jeopardize the future. Time travel will always be something that we see on TV but it is something that makes us think…

Valentine’s Day Comments

Kathleen Brown:

I can definitely relate to your blog! I don’t like how single people feel the need to cry about it on Valentine’s Day. I was so busy this past holiday that I barely thought about it. I have been in a relationship once on Valentine’s Day and it wasn’t even that great! haha! My parents usually send me little presents too which always puts a smile on my face. I think that on this day we should acknowledge people we love and care about regardless of it they’re our significant other or not!

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Jasmine Poolson:

These are really good ideas! I had a hard time thinking about this question for some reason and I wish I thought of something as good as yours. I especially liked the customized chocolates idea. That is such a cute gift and I think it would be very popular on this holiday. Girls would love it if they’re boyfriend/husband came home with special, customized candies for them. I know I would! I think that having great deals on Valentine’s Day gifts would also attract customers. Most presents at stores are all about the same, so people would go for the cheapest price they find. Great ideas!
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Roses are Red, Violets are Blue

This Valentine’s Day was not one I will remember in a good way. As most of my friends went out or hung out with boyfriends, I sat in the library studying for an exam. Not a particularly great way to spend my night. However, I didn’t sulk about it. In the past I have a had some great Valentine’s Days and not so great ones. My freshmen year in college I remember I went home to see my boyfriend at the time. It was just my luck that the weather was terrible and he couldn’t come. So I would say that on that Valentine’s Day I got the worst gift, NOTHING! It wasn’t the end of the world though and I don’t think I let him know that it bothered me. Last year was the most fun Valentine’s Day I have ever had. I went out with my friends, had some fun, and  received a cute gift from my family! I didn’t get it until a month later though because it got lost in the mail! Valentine’s Day has its ups and downs I guess!

I think that this holiday is promoted so much that people feel pressured too make sure they get roses and a teddy bear they will never use again. If I worked for a greeting card company, florist or chocolate manufacturer I would try my hardest to make customers come to us. I would persuade people to come to us by going above and beyond with advertisements. I would make the prices very desirable and put a lot of coupons in the paper. I think that because people can go pretty much anywhere to get some of these items, a company just has to go crazy with advertisements! This holiday is probably as big as it is because of companies trying to promote their products. It is interesting how people get so into such a holiday like this, when I bet people would be just as happy without all the gifts!