It’s hard for me to think of too many things that I’ve disagreed with more strongly than this article right here. Titled “The Case Against College Education” and published in Time magazine, Ramesh Ponnuru tries to argue that we’re pushing too many people to college who aren’t ready or fit for it. He says the [...]
Categories: Causes, Personal, Politics, Rants
Tagged: au, college, education, Politics, rebuttal, school, students, time
My latest column is out in the AU Eagle, and boy is it timely. My column is basically an extension of this post, which I had written back on January 20th. They focus on Press Secretary Robert Gibbs and how, honestly, I think he’s doing a pretty miserable job with the press right now. Today [...]
Tagged: au, column, communications, democrats, elections, gibbs, obama, Politics, press, tapper, theeagle
As evidenced by my conspicuous lack of updates this week, it’s been busy around here! I’ll do my best to catch up quickly and get back to writing a bit this weekend.
First, D.C. Media Makers! I attended my first event on Wednesday evening at NPR’s headquarters here in Washington, and it was fantastic! Got to [...]
Categories: Books, Career Development, DC, Personal
Tagged: au, auto, blog, Books, camerabag, DC, dmm, events, internships, jenconsalvo, Media, photography, prssa, scholarships, shamable, socialmedia, speechwriting, tips
The Washington Post had a great little article today titled “Homework and persistence can open up a world of internships”. It’s very true.
A few key quotes (links are mine):
Finding and landing an internship is a lot like finding a job; it requires a lot of research, persistence and networking. “The earlier you start, the better [...]
Categories: Career Development, DC
Tagged: au, career, DC, internship, washingtonpost
