Today I attended a lecture hosted by the FIU School of Journalism & Mass Communications about HIV/AIDS prevention. The school participated in an initiative to bring attention to the local resurgence of the disease (especially among minorities) and a group of students recently traveled to South Africa to observe the disease first hand. Recently, the school joined with the Miami Herald to provide students with the opportunity to publish their work in a major news publication.
A group of students followed the life of Damaries Cruz, an HIV patient who speaks out about her condition and encourages people to get tested. THe students published a web series entitled "The Stigma Stops With Me". The entire 4-part piece is only about 10 minutes long, but it's worth watching. Damaries was an inspiration to all the students in attendance, and her work is a testament to how much HIV/AIDS prevention and research is still needed.
Please watch, and get tested!
Part 1: "This is Your Mission"
Part 2: "This is My Personal Choice"
Part 3: "Stop the Stigma"
Part 4: "Get Tested and Re-tested"
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
The Halfway Mark
Spring Break is here! Joy!
Unfortunately for me, I will spend my spring break working on two huge projects for my State Government class & Population class respectively. For the former, I have to get a good chunk of a 15-page term paper on gentrification done. For the latter, I have to start a Census project studying the city of Homestead. You can imagine my enthusiasm.
Gabby went on vacation with his buddies to Orlando, Tampa & St. Augustine, leaving me all by my lonesome here in Miami. ;) I think it all worked out though... I need to work on these projects!
A lot of stuff has been going on lately. My application for UF went through, and now I'm just anxiously waiting to know whether or not I can call myself a true Gator! I also submitted an application for a summer internship at NBC6. I'm hoping FIU will give me credits for the internship, because it would be a great way for me to get field experience. Speaking of FIU, I'm proud to say I made the Dean's List for the School of Journalism & Mass Communication for Fall 2008! Yay! However, I found it amusing that I haven't even been admitted to the SJMC, and yet I made the Dean's List anyway. Maybe I can use that little loophole to get my internship credits, seeing as technically, I'm an SJMC student if I made Dean's List. ;)
FIU never ceases to amaze me.
So anyway, I'm so happy that Spring Break is here! It means I'm almost done with this terrible semester. I can't wait to see what God has in store for the future!
Unfortunately for me, I will spend my spring break working on two huge projects for my State Government class & Population class respectively. For the former, I have to get a good chunk of a 15-page term paper on gentrification done. For the latter, I have to start a Census project studying the city of Homestead. You can imagine my enthusiasm.
Gabby went on vacation with his buddies to Orlando, Tampa & St. Augustine, leaving me all by my lonesome here in Miami. ;) I think it all worked out though... I need to work on these projects!
A lot of stuff has been going on lately. My application for UF went through, and now I'm just anxiously waiting to know whether or not I can call myself a true Gator! I also submitted an application for a summer internship at NBC6. I'm hoping FIU will give me credits for the internship, because it would be a great way for me to get field experience. Speaking of FIU, I'm proud to say I made the Dean's List for the School of Journalism & Mass Communication for Fall 2008! Yay! However, I found it amusing that I haven't even been admitted to the SJMC, and yet I made the Dean's List anyway. Maybe I can use that little loophole to get my internship credits, seeing as technically, I'm an SJMC student if I made Dean's List. ;)
FIU never ceases to amaze me.
So anyway, I'm so happy that Spring Break is here! It means I'm almost done with this terrible semester. I can't wait to see what God has in store for the future!
Monday, March 9, 2009
Version 2.0
As you can see, I totally re-vamped my blog!
Since I had so much fun creating a completely new blog for my Visual Design class, I decided to give my old blog some much-needed TLC. I finally changed that long-winded name (I'm sorry, I couldn't think of anything witty), and took off some stuff that was cluttering the page.
Looks nice, don't ya think? ;)
Anyway, stay tuned. I'll try to blog a little more often from now on.
Since I had so much fun creating a completely new blog for my Visual Design class, I decided to give my old blog some much-needed TLC. I finally changed that long-winded name (I'm sorry, I couldn't think of anything witty), and took off some stuff that was cluttering the page.
Looks nice, don't ya think? ;)
Anyway, stay tuned. I'll try to blog a little more often from now on.
High Heels & Movie Reels
I finally decided on a blog idea!
I created a movie review blog. I'm actually loving it! I might just stick around with it after the project is due. ;)
Check it out! Leave comments! Bookmark it! :)
I created a movie review blog. I'm actually loving it! I might just stick around with it after the project is due. ;)
Check it out! Leave comments! Bookmark it! :)
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