Things were fairly relaxing and uneventful during the Labor Day weekend and then suddenly on Monday at about 2:30 p.m., while I was lounging around in my pajamas and digesting hours of pointless TV, it hit me.
The second week of classes were here. And that meant actual work, not just syllabus handouts.
On this occasion there was a small fire at the Maytag Laundry facility underneath the Campus Town West apartments, so I ran out there after literally throwing on the first pair of clean clothes I saw. I wasn't originally going to have a story for Tuesday, but naturally this needed coverage. The smoke wasn't much, but it was enough to evacuate the complex and put everything on lockdown.
So much for a day off. Although most of Marquette's campus (notably the Raynor Library and Alumni Memorial Union) was closed, we still had a paper to put out for today and to add to the festivities, WordPress wasn't working.
What would journalism and reporting be without tech issues?
Nonetheless the Tuesday edition of The Marquette Tribune came out earlier than either of our first week issues and is on the newsstands around campus. I think the design has come a long way in three issues, it looks much cleaner now in my opinion.
The writing has been great so far as well. Sure I'm biased, but the new reporters have done a great job of integrating into the fold. They've collectively done much better than I did starting out last semester.
And I have to give a tip of the cap to my colleague Derrick Chengery, one of the first-year writers, who has made it on the front page in each issue so far. Unfortunately, I now have to give myself a wag of the finger for jinxing Derrick in case he doesn't end up there on Thursday.
That said there's always more to do, a beat story and project for tomorrow in addition to other class work. Again, with week two of the semester, the honeymoon/breaking-in period ends.
Out for now, cheers.
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