One Last Time

Well, this is it.  I’m sure that it’s a bit of a cliché to use your last blog to say goodbye to all those you have met over the past semester, but I think that I’m going to do it.  Mainly because I have been sick for the past week and can’t really think of anything else to write about.

I know that I did say in my last blog that I would keep you posted on that summer job, but as of yet, I haven’t heard anything.  They will let me know by Friday.  But this blog is due Thursday…

Take me out to the ball game…

by Jack Haskins

The boys of summer are back and I am absolutely pumped! It seems like yesterday when I had to go through the excruciatingly painful experience of watching the Yankees, my least favourite team win the World Series. Thankfully that’s history now as the slate has been wiped clean for the 2010/2011 season.

Being born in Toronto, my favourite MLB team is the Blue Jays. I had the privilege going to the Skydome to watch the high-powered Jays in their dynasty years in the early 90′s. I will never forget Joe Carter’s legendary walk off home run to clinch the World Series. Unfortunately for me and the rest of the Jays’ nation, those days are long behind us.

Nature, Naturally: A Possible Summer Job

by Tiffany Cowan

I’ve just applied for a Parks Canada Summer Student Videographer job.  I think that it would be an awesome way to spend the summer.  Travelling across Alberta, maybe even Canada filming things that I think are interesting would be great!  I really hope that I get the job.

It’s been quite the process already and I have no idea if I’m going to get the job.

The College Sick Day

by Jesse Beyer

Being sick in high school is a lot different from being sick in college.  When I was in high school I loved sick days.  I would even say I was sick to just take a day off.  If you didn’t go to class, a friend would bring you your homework, and your mom would make you soup, it was awesome.  You could sit on the couch with a blanket and watch “The Price is Right,” with no worries.  Not the same scenario now.  I took a sick day this week.  In college you sit at home by yourself.  Your responsible for your own meals, and laundry, and homework.  I took for granted the sick days I was lucky enough to have experienced before living on my own.  To any high school kids reading this, don’t make the same mistake I did by battling the day with a cold.  Use every sneeze, sniffle, and cough as an excuse to get a sick day.  Because one day you will actually be sick, and responsible for own survival, and it sucks…

The New Hollywood-Video Games

By Christopher Vervoorst…

Welcome to the dawn of a new era, where more people prefer to play video games then watch a movie. Where the video game industry has over taken hollywood. But why is this?

Let the games begin (The power of the “Playoff Team”)

So the Oilers are out, and if they don’t get at least one point in their last two road games, ’09-’10 will be tied as their worst season ever (with ’92-’93).

Big deal.

SENSation of a year

by Julien Fournier

  

The hopes for  Ottawa Senators making playoffs this year was not that great at the start of the year. Most hockey experts predicted them coming in maybe 9th place.

The Sens overcame a lot this year with bad goal tending from Leclaire and countless injuries from key players, the team overcame this and ended up going on a 13 game win streak.

 

 At the start of the streak the Senators were out their top line, their two defence men and their starting goaltender, yet the team stepped up and were the hottest team in the NHL from the end of January to the start of February and it paid off.

 

The team is now heading into playoffs confident with how each team member can produce on any given night. For all the stats on the team and everything going on check out their official site http://senators.nhl.com/index.html.

Producing Newswatch…Not as bad as I would’ve thought…

by Shaun Lang

That’s right folks. I, Shaun David Lang am producing this week’s episode of NAIT Newswatch. And I gotta admit, it wasn’t quite as crazy as I thought it would be. ( Of course, I AM writing this on Wednesday evening BEFORE Thursday so don’t quote me on that just yet.)

I mean sure, you’re basically responsible for the whole show coming together which in itself can be kinda intimidating. But on the upside, I don’t have to shoot or edit anything.

Really, a lot of this job has consisted of making sure everyone is doing their job (which means A LOT of calls) and also promoting the show. (Are YOU following us on twitter?) Now tomorrow probably won’t be much of a picnic, you know, with everything coming down to the wire and all, but the hardest part is probably gonna be getting this show over to ACCESS by 5PM!

It’s Time to Grow Up

By Christopher Vervoorst …

My entire life I’ve been waiting for the day when I graduate and am thrust into society, full of hopes and dreams ready to succeed in the world. But with only a few weeks of school left I’ve realized I don’t want it to end because when it does, I’ll finally have to face reality and finally grow up and I’m just not ready for that yet. 

Hidden Treasures

By: Chad Kruger 

The end of the semester is closing in and similarly my apartment’s lease is in its last month of the contract. 

What does this mean for me? 

Moving day! 

While most people dread this day I embrace it.  Yes, finding boxes for clothes, calling friends for vehicles and all the heavy lifting and cleaning is a pain; however, I try to find the positive side to this big event.  Look at it like a trip down memory lane. Clothes you had bought that still have the tags on them, expired gift certificates you sadly misplaced and enough loose coin for a free lunch. 

While some things may no longer be of use to you they are likely to bring out a great story. The next time someone asks for help to move I challenge you to do it.  You are bound to end up having a great time!