Farewell…
This is going to be the last post at this blog. I am throwing in the towel for a number of reasons: time commitment, a severe decline in traffic since the new year and a some other issues. I am really glad I was able to blog for almost six months. This was a great experience, and I am going to definitely blog again at some point, though not for the foreseeable future. For everyone who read my blog and posted comments, thank you. I really hope you enjoyed this “experiment” as much as I did.
Some Eagle Business
The Eagle subscribes to a “wire service” known as U-Wire. U-Wire is essentially a content sharing service, that picks up nationally relevant stories covered in college newspapers. After doing some Google searches, I found out that an article I wrote about Facebook account deletion last month was picked up by six newspapers via U-Wire. See for yourself:
Today is everyone’s favorite Hallmark holiday: Valentine’s day! Yours truly is celebrating this as a single man…but let me know if you’re interested ;-).
Here’s my parody personal that ran in today’s Eagle:
M4W - I can haz d8?
Web-savvy, muscular freshman looking for a sorority gal. Totes prefers IM to IRL. Fluent in HTML, AP style and love.
It seems like CBS’ Katie Couric and NBC’s Matt Lauer reunited briefly during the tragic Minneapolis bridge collapse last summer. During Al Roker’s weather segment on the Today Show, NBC affiliates insert 30 seconds of local weather. However, this viewer was watching on the Armed Forces Network, and therefore there was no local weather. Too bad this wasn’t sent over a national segment; that would have been awesome.
Barack Obama is coming to AU tomorrow for a “Stand For Change Rally,” which won’t be just any old rally for the junior senator from Illinois. We found out this afternoon that Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) and his niece Caroline will be on hand. The elder Kennedy is expected to endorse Obama, which many point to being the most influential endorsement of his campaign so far.
The endorsement comes a day after Obama’s impressive victory in the South Carolina primary over the Junior Senator from my home state, Hillary Clinton. With 100% of precincts reporting, Obama garnered a whopping 55% of the vote, compared to a disappointing 27% who cast ballots for Clinton. What’s even more amazing is when you look at the last poll numbers from South Carolina before the polls opened yesterday: a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll from Thursday and Friday. While Obama had a clear lead over Clinton in that poll, the shock comes when you look at the undecided column: 14%. For those of you who aren’t the best at math, 41+14=55%, or Obama’s actual margin of victory. Does this mean that almost all undecided voters in South Carolina voted for Barack Obama? If so, then that would be an precedented show of last-minute support for the candidate.
Now it’s time to come clean: I consider myself a proud supporter of Barack Obama. I don’t go “all out” in campaigning for him, but I am glad that I cast my absentee ballot for him in New York, a super Tuesday state where our not-so native senator is doing extremely well in the latest polls. While a victory in the Empire State may seem out of reach for Barack, you never know. As Senator Obama would say, always have HOPE.
I am fortunate enough to hold press credentials for what might be one of the most important Obama rallies to date. I am covering the event for ATV (yeah, that’s a new Web site…I helped create it). I’ll be running a camera alongside all the major networks. I hope to meet some of my favorite network correspondents that cover the Obama campaign: NBC’s Lee Cowan and CNN’s Suzanne Malveaux. Tomorrow won’t be a day to forget, and I hope to blog about this first of hopefully many experiences covering major political events. I would like to thank a few people ahead of time for making this possible: the Obama campaign, for granting credentials to micro media outlets like ATV, ATV’s News Director, Jeremy Diamond, for giving me the assignment, and AU’s Acting Director of Media Relations, Maralee Csellar, for doing an amazing job facilitating information about the appearance and for acting as a liason between the campus media and the Obama campaign.
One strange item came over the AP wire this afternoon:
WASHINGTON (AP) — A large U.S. spy satellite has lost power and propulsion and could hit the Earth in late February or March, government officials said Saturday. (read more)
Apparently this has happened before, but who knows what will happen this time. My advice: heads up!
I am an aviation enthusiast, and I always have loved this types of stories that involve the wealthier giving back. This story comes from New Delhi, India.
Illinois. We found out this afternoon that Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) and his niece Caroline will be on hand. 
