On Friday, November 9^th I had the honor to attend Medaille College’s first annual “Media Day” which consisted of panel sessions on journalism, radio, broadcasting and public relations. Professionals within the field, some who were Medaille graduates, hosted the sessions.

            I attended the journalism session, hosted by Brian Meyer(s) a city government reporter from the Buffalo News along with Roger Puchalski, Editor and Publisher of Am-pol Eagle. This session started with a brief introduction of each panelist but was primarily focused on answering student’s questions and giving advice in the related field.

            This session was particularly interesting for me because I was able to ask experts in the field I hope to work in questions. Also, it was beneficial because I was able to ask questions that pertain to the work we do within the Perspective.

            The most inspirational comment was made from Brian, who said, “Our typical salaries are not rich. Being able to go to work everyday and love what I do makes me rich.” It’s refreshing to know that someone other than myself realizes enjoying what you do for a living is more important than your salary.

            Also, good advice was given from both. Brian encouraged us future reporters to be curious. When you are a reporter, “you have a license to be nosey.” Be curious, be hard hitting, and have fun,” advised Brian. 

            Puchalski encouraged those who wanted to be journalists to constantly write. “The more you write the better you will be,” he said.

            In addition to the journalism sessions, I also attended the public relations and broadcasting sessions. In both sessions, panelists talked about the journey they took to get to where they were in the career today. The public relations left more time for questions than the broadcasting session. I think that was the downfall of the broadcasting session. The panelists mainly talked about them, rather then allot time for students to ask questions.

            I feel I benefited the most from the journalism session and found the “Top 10 Do’s and Don’t’” at an interview that Andy Brocato, community relations director at Tops Market’s addressed to the students during the luncheon helpful

            I think all in all “Media Day” was a terrific opportunity for Medaille communication students and a complete success. In the future I would like to see more sessions and even longer sessions. I think the selected professionals of certain concentrations with in the field have lots of good advice to give, and I think more time would have allowed for students to ask more questions.

 ~Summer Gemmati

        As everyone scuffled in the Main Lobby, conversing about the upcoming day and receiving their Medaille folders and wristbands, silence struck the room as Mayor Byron Brown entered.  The day kicked off with Richard Jurassic, the President of Medaille, giving a brief introduction and welcome to the Mayor.  After the Mayor gave his testimonial about Medaille, he declared November 9th, 2007, the first Medaille Media Day.  The day was filled with panelists that came to tell us about their media experiences and also tell us what important things we need to know when pursuing our careers.

            The first panelist was Bryan Meyer, an investigative reporter for the Buffalo News for the past ten years.  I’m sure that all of the teachers and students that met or have known Bryan can confidently say that he is quite the character.  To be an investigative reporter, you must be very curious, questioning everything that comes about, even if it seems that you may have the obvious answer.  Even though I have no interest in being an investigative reporter, being curious is a good trait to have in the media industry because you always have to get the true story, and sometimes you might not discover the truth unless you become a little nosey.  Bryan then mentioned that the thing he likes most about Medaille’s Media/Communications department is that they really stress internships.  He emphasizes that people should learn and experience different sections of media before deciding upon what they want to do.  In his words, “Know a little bit about a lot of things.”  This is great f or a resume since it makes you appear as a very well rounded person, giving you depth in your field.  This would begin to be a reoccurring theme throughout the day.

             Following Bryan was a Medaille graduate, now editor and publisher of a Polish newspaper, Roger Puchalski.  Roger said that internships are great because they show you what the real world is like before you graduate.  To paraphrase Roger, internships are, in a way, greater then classes because you make mistakes and have to deal with it.  After a student asked both Roger and Bryan how far is too far when interviewing someone, especially someone that you are close to.  They both responded by saying that of course you never what to hurt someone and that you have to be fair, but also have to remember that it is your job.

            The next session began with teachers and visitors gathering in the back of the TV studio, as the panelists got ready.  Professor Lou stood behind the podium as he introduced the four panelists, and of course made a few jokes, making the entire studio laugh.  The four panelists were Tim Walsh of AAA, Mary Murray of the Erie County Sheriffs Office, Mike DeGeorge of the Buffalo Police Department, and Bonnie Kane-Lockwood, the senior field representative of Brian Higgins’ Office.  Everyone had their own way of saying the same thing, but they all had their own, individual pieces of advice or experience.  In Medaille’s Communications Department, it is mandatory to have three internships, with the fourth as an elective.  Walsh’s advice is to diversify your internships, and not to stick with the same internship for all four years.  This is because all parts of communications interconnect in some way.  Mary Murray made a great point about internships also, that is that you do not get any money, but you gain much more in knowledge.  Mike DeGeorge isn’t the same as all of the other speakers in the way that they all finished school and then went to their jobs.  DeGeorge chose between school or his internship.  He chose his internship because he knew that this opportunity won’t be there again, and that school will.  The final speaker, Bonnie Kane-Lockwood was a great speaker, and she never lost her audiences attention.  The old saying is “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.”  Bonnie elaborated on that a little by adding, “it’s also what they know about you.”  Not only in the communications field, but in all fields, its how you treat people and how they remember you.  In this field, you deal with people on a day-to-day basis, and how you approach them, with your voice and manner, can tell a lot about a person. 

            The final session of the morning had to do with a part of Media/Communications that I’m not interested in-at least I think I’m not.  Mary Alice Demler (Channel 2), Mylous Hairston (Channel 4 and 23), and Joanna Pasceri (Channel 7) came to speak about their media experiences.  They come to our living rooms everyday delivering the daily news.  They all spoke about their experiences and how they came to where they are now, but they all had one thing that stuck out to me.  A lot of people give this advice, but sometimes it doesn’t seem as sincere as others.  Joanna said that she never takes he job for granted, and that it is a privilege.  Mylous started out with saying that he always knew he wanted to do something in broadcasting.  With his first job being McDonalds, he said that he had a good time practicing his broadcasting voice over the drive-thru.  Before he got into on air news, he was on the radio, where he could ad lib, and not read off of a script.  That interested me because I have no desire to be on air, and I believe that when you ad lib you present more of a connection with the audience.  The session finished up with Mary Alice Demler speaking about how she never pictured herself on air, in front of the camera.  Now she is the lead anchor of channel 2, and all of her experiences not related to news are what makes her now, very well-rounded.  She said that you must have drive and passion in this field.  That applies to everything you want to do in your life; if you don’t have the drive to succeed, then there is not point in doing what your doing. 

            I thought the entire day was a success, going from one thing to another really gave me a good idea about how there are many different departments in the media world.  I think that this was a great idea and that we should do this in the years to come.  To sum up the entire day in one word: internships.  All of the speakers stressed that there is nothing more important that to experience what you want to do, outside of the class room, in the real world where you can make mistakes.  It’s a competitive world and you must have the drive and passion to get where you want to be.  And once you get there, you cannot take it easy, you must prove yourself.  Do you want it or do you really want it?

~Matt Dunford

On Friday, November 9th, 2007, Medaille College had a monumental day. This is due to it being the first Media Day in the college’s history.  At 9:00, the Mayor of Buffalo, Byron Brown, gave a speech officially declaring it Medaille Media Day. At 9:15, there were three workshops for the first session. I went to Radio 2007: The New Frontier.

 
Radio 2007: The New Frontier

The moderators for this session were Mike McKay, an underwriting consultant for WBFO and Medaille’s own Lou Pozantides. WBFO’s Eileen Buckley, Heidi Raphael from Greater Media Communications, and Andy Kazarowski from WWWS were a part of this panel. With every one of them a Medaille alumnus, the panel discussed the exciting career opportunities in the radio industry today.

 Mike McKay has been in the business for 20 years and talked about how he was a newsman for 15 of those years. He is now a sales person for WBFO and he said that the communications field is all about connections. “Leave a lasting impression on whomever you meet, because it will help you out a lot” is what he had to say.

 Eileen Buckley, also from WBFO, has spent 22 years in the field, working at 10 different stations, but being at WBFO for 6 of them. Her advice was to “stick with the program you get into, read everything you can about your field, and be very knowledgeable”.

 Heidi Raphael spent 5 years at 97 Rock and has been director of Communications at Greater Media in Chicago. She said that there are many opportunities in the field and that “every day is different so take advantage of it”.

 Andy Kazarowski of WWWS said that the most important skill to have in radio today is writing.

 Session 2: Radio & TV Production (Behind the Scenes)

Session #2, which ran from 10:15 to 11 a.m., was moderated by Robert Mootry, a 2006 Medaille graduate. The panelists for this session were Val Pawlowski, a radio personality from WHTT, as well as a professor at Medaille. The other one was Tom Vetter, a videographer.

 Val had a video for her presentation; it was a presentation on what it was like working at Citadel Communications, who owns WHTT. In the video, it was pointed out that it is a tough job to do, plan on moving around a lot. You need to pay your dues, so work up the ladder as much as you can. The best thing you could do is to get a spot at your college radio station and do a lot of internships, and get all the experience that you can.

 It was mentioned that job are disappearing because most jobs are done by machine and corporations are taking over, so a lot of what you can do these days are regulated.

 Tom Vetter was a cameraman for Channel 4 for 15 years, and he is now a freelance videographer. He kept implying that internships are a must in this business. He has a video on Youtube.com called “Second Chance Children”. He mentioned how he has a chance to shoot videos on Pope John Paul II, famous people, and famous places.

 Session 3 (11:15-12:00): TV Today

This panel was hosted by the head of the Medaille Communications Department, Lisa Van Valkinburgh.  The panel was made up by Mylous Hairston from Channels 4 and 23, Mary Alice Demler of Channel 2, and Joanna Pasceri of Channel 7.

 Joanna started out for the panel. She has been working in TV for 20 years. She said to enjoy your classes, but be prepared for your internships, and reach out more than possible when you are interning somewhere. She was a part of the Washington Senator Program. She started out as a weekend anchor in Elmira, and held a production job.

 Mylous was up next. He mentioned how his first job was at McDonald’s. He practiced his TV anchor voice in the drive-thru area. In college, h was a radio dj. Like Joanna, his first job in TV was in Elmira. He said that behind-the-scenes people are the key to great TV production. His advice was to treat your internship like a job, meaning dress appropriately, and arrive early. He said that the least amount of job security in TV is the on-air department, because you need to be correct and not biased. He also mentioned that personal life will suffer too because you are always doing your job there.

 Mary Alice Demler started out by saying that she wasn’t originally interested in doing TV. She was a Biological Science major at Niagara University. She went to do a study overseas in France and decided she did not want to live there. After working in a hospital for a few years, she met a TV reporter who had gotten her to change her mind and she went to Canisius for communications. She was on the radio first, but then moved on to TV. She said in order to succeed; you must take your skills and your talents and develop them.

 All three mentioned that in order to succeed in the industry, you need to be a really good reporter. Reading a lot is a must, and you need to create your own unique style

 Media Luncheon

The luncheon went from 12:15 to  1 p.m. Don Tomasulo of Entercom was presented with an award and Andy Brocato of Tops Markets gave the Top 10 in both do’s and don’ts for a job interview.

 Overall, I had a great experience at Media Day. It was nice to hear the stories of all these people and how hard they worked to get in the business. I am more strived now to achieve my goals to make it to the radio industry one day.

~Leon-Ryan Adams 

The Write Thing Reading Series presents Maxine Chernoff, a poet and fiction writer, on Thursday, December 6 at 7 p.m. in Huber Hall Library.

http://www.medaillenews.com/2007/11/15/write-thing-reading-series-presents-maxine-chernoff/

Let’s face it: Cell phones can be annoying. I always hated when my one friend would receive and answer text messages while talking to me. The conversation would come to a screeching halt, she’d lose her train of thought and I didn’t feel like it matter that I was there in person, since the person texting her always got her immediate and full attention.

It can also be annoying when people are chatting in every location: bathrooms (ew, guys, really think about that), the grocery store, the gym…But what gets me the most is that cell phones are constantly ringing (or buzzing if it’s on vibrate). Can’t you show some respect in class, meeting with people or other situations?

Well apparently a local judge had enough. When a cell phone starting ringing in his court room and no one would own up to it he sent everyone to jail. Yup, all 46 people.

read about it here and tell me what you think!
~Sarah Whitehead

Integrated and Multi-Media:

This session was very interesting because I really wasn’t sure what it was going to be about.  All of the speakers; Kara Kane, Sarah Whitehead, John Fronchowiak and Brian Milbrand talked about print materials today and how important it is to be known on the internet.  They stressed how important it is to have your own webpage and that most of them are free.  They brought up a good point of how important having your own website is.  They mentioned how the person hiring you for a future job you want, then has something to look at that you created and shows papers you wrote and a short bio of who you are.  They also discussed how print materials are somewhat dying.  Kara Kane added that online distribution is cheaper, faster and easier.  This session made me realize what I could do to get my name out there and be known.

Getting the Word Out- Public Relations

 I am glad that I attended this session.  Dick Shanor opened up by saying; “There is no such thing as a typical day in public relations”.  Dick Shanor and his colleagues discussed and answered any questions we had relating to their business at Travers-Collins.  They kept on repeating how important it is to always be ready for a challenge and how important teamwork is.  They all addressed how prioritization is very important because your time is very precious, and whatever you spend your time on during the day should be very important.  Pleasing the client is another big aspect of this job.  Sometimes the client will want something new and edgy when others want boring.  You have to give the client what they want.  Another main point they made is to be ready to research about anything.  When you get a client and you know nothing about their industry, you have to research as much as you can and be ready as possible.  This session gave me some good tips on how to work in this industry or for any industry. 

 Last Session: Television Today

 This last session was my favorite.  It was my favorite mostly because there was standing in front of me what I want to be in the future.  It was fascinating to hear each of their stories and their journeys they took to get where they are today.  Joanna Pasceri, Mylous Hairston and Mary Alice Demler all told their journeys of becoming who they are today.  They all had great stories and said how it was a pleasure to be in our living rooms at night.  They all said to get involved as much as you can and do anything to get your name known.  They didn’t say it was easy and said that your personal life will suffer with the difficult hours and amount of time it will take up.  They also said that a lot of drive was needed and in order to become a great news anchor or reporter, you need to take the news and boil it down to the very essence of it.  Also, you need to make it simple for people to understand and be calm even when reading breaking news.  In order to be a news anchor your look has to be neat and not distracting because that way, people will be more focused on your look and not what is coming out of your mouth.  One more important piece of information that I took with me was to not share your opinions because it’s not professional.  All of this information that I took with me when I left this session gave me a lot of advice for the future. 

 Overall Media Day was a great experience.  I got advice from many people and it has helped me become more focused to what I want to do in the future.  Media Day was fun and surprising and it was great to hear from all different sides of the spectrum.

 ~Brianna Broad

The first session that I attended during Medaille Media Day was “Putting it in Writing: A Career in Print Journalism.” I chose this session for the simple reason that I love writing, and could more than see myself with a career in print journalism. I was really excited that I was being given the opportunity to talk to professionals who had once been where I am now: trying to figure out where I’m going to end up after I graduate from college.

I have been writing for the Perspective for two years now. This year, I am the Assistant News Editor, and I love it. I have always really enjoyed writing, and I feel like I found a really great niche with the newspaper at Medaille. If it wasn’t for Lisa Murphy I probably would not have declared as a Media/Communications major, but she encouraged me to take an active role in the production in the paper, and told me that she thought I had what it takes. So I took her advice. (And I’m glad.)

We met with two guest speakers in the first session: Brian Meyer, from the Buffalo News, and Roger Puchalski, from Polish-American News. Both men had interesting stories and advice to share with us, and they answered every question with enthusiasm and intelligence. Meyer encouraged to know a little bit about a lot of things, and stressed the importance of being curious. He also made mention of the significance of internships and gaining real world experience throughout college. Puchalski was a student of Medaille College , as well as a former faculty member and department chair. He recalled the first desktop publishing system of the school, and reflected on the tremendous growth that the school has seen since his days here. One of the things that he spoke about was how the strength of a student’s writing skills will really make them more marketable in the communication industry.

The two also tackled some serious questions, concerning what to do when someone refuses an interview and how to maintain a relationship with a public figure who may have positive and negative publicity. What struck me as surprising was a statement that Meyer said – that a week does not go by when someone isn’t furious at him. It was interesting but also very true to consider that “if you don’t have enemies, you’re doing something wrong.”

The second session that I attended as a part of Medaille Media Day was “Getting the Word Out – Public Relations.” I chose to go to this session strictly out of curiosity. As a freshman, I came to Medaille as an Undeclared major. At the end of last year, I declared as a Media/Communications major. For this reason, I have yet to take a lot of the required media courses. I have not taken any courses that concentrate specifically on Public Relations, so I wanted to find out a little more about the concentration.

In this session, we met with the Senior Vice President of Public Relations at Travers Collins & Company, Dick Shaner. We also met with two of his colleagues, Betsy Murrett, Senior Account Manager, and Jeff Bucki, Assistant Account Manager. The entire session was a learning experience for me, since I have little to no experience whatsoever in Public Relations. It was very interesting though, to learn about what type of jobs this kind of company can be hired to do. Event planning and advertising is something that I could be very interested in. For example, Murrett informed us that one of her clients is University at Buffalo . I didn’t know that UB could hire a company to get their name out… but now I do. She also explained that depending on your position, you could be spending a lot of time in or out of the office working.

What I think must be most difficult for companies like Travers Collins, is dealing with crisis situations. One of the examples that Shaner chose to inform us about was that when the “bike path rapist” was identified, the company that he worked for came to Travers Collins and said, “help… what do we do?” Obviously, they did not want negative press. That’s where Travers Collins comes in. It has to be tough to smooth over those kinds of events with the media. What Bucki stressed (that I agree is very important) is that everyone who is working on the job is on the same page. Everyone needs to be giving people the same information, otherwise the credibility of whatever the real story is will be completely shattered.

            The final session that I attended as a part of Medaille Media Day was “Television Today,” which everyone was required to attend. The guests at this session were Mary Alice Demler, News Anchor at Channel 2, Mylous Hairston, News Anchor at Channel 4, and Joanna Pasceri, News Anchor at Channel 7. I personally do not have very much interest in going into television broadcasting, but I felt that the information they gave the students was applicable in almost any field. I feel like I particularly learned a lot from this session because I do not watch or pay attention to TV that much.

            All of the guests took turns talking a little bit about themselves and what they feel is necessary for students to succeed in the television industry. I was particularly interested in Demler’s discussion of her journey to her career because she initially had no desire whatsoever to become a news anchor. It turns out, she actually got her degrees in Political Science and French. She even taught French for three years before switching to another unrelated to media job. When she finally realized she was not following her passion, she went back to school and got a degree in Communications. I think for the most part, we see faces on TV and assume that they were just always on TV… but that isn’t the case.

            What I also was unaware of was that news anchors do so much more work than I realized. Maybe because of movies like Anchorman, in which characters go to the studio, get their hair and makeup done, and sit down in front of the camera, I have gotten a distorted idea of what anchors do. I never knew that on top of the 9 hour shift news anchors work as just anchors, they also do writing and reporting for additional hours of the day. The three guests really stressed the fact that though being an anchor appears glamorous, it really isn’t. There is a lot of hard work put into the news before it gets broadcasted in your living room.

            During the session, a question was asked about if you have to have a certain look to become a news anchor. The response given was that in order to become an anchor, you don’t have to be drop dead gorgeous, but your look has to be completely non-distracting. You have to look your best. If you do not appear clean and neat, viewers will not listen to what you have to say. Pasceri joked that when she gets her haircut, she tells her hairdresser to cut her bangs, because otherwise, the viewers won’t hear her. With hair in her eyes, she cannot present information without viewers becoming unfocused. Though the information was shocking, it came as no surprise to me that image is such a big deal in the TV industry.

~Megan Fitzgerald

I went to Media Day and attended three sessions. The first one I went to was Integrated and Multi-Media. Some of the things the speakers touched base on were how everyone should create their own website to get themselves out there to people all around the world. The technology of the internet is taking over. It is one of the biggest and fast growing mediums out there that everyone knows about. A question that was asked was what do you think of print media? The speakers talked about how it is dying, not a strong media outlet, but the skills of writing are very important. Everyone is revolving around this mass media technology of the web, weblogs, .coms, webmaster, video blog, and chats. These are all ways people interact in the world today. This is a new way to get out there and have people see you and learn about you. Every non-profit organization is online, weblogs, promotions of anything that you like, type it into google and you will find something on it. We also learned that google offers advertisement on its website. This is a huge change that everyone should be aware of and get involved with.

The second session that I attended was On the front line: Managing the message. This group of speakers focused on mainly having diverse internships. Not just staying with the same type, but trying different ones out. They talked about taking advantage of the internships; it is a great learning experience for everyone because it opens the doors to many great opportunities for your future. Seeing different types of internships will help you when you’re looking for a job and you can get a taste for the things you like and dislike. Mary Murray said that what you are learning is what you’re getting paid in education. Also she said, “What I didn’t make in dollars is what made sense up in my mind.” So not getting paid can be a bummer for being an intern but it will really help you in your future when you are getting paid at a job you love and are doing well in. There are many different paths and roots you can take to where you want to go. You have to take that extra step to pushing yourself to do well at your internship prove to them you can do it work hard and go the extra mile for yourself and your future it will all pay off. Reaching out and getting people to know you and who you are and the skills you offer for the company. You will never know how far this could take you; Medaille has many great opportunities for everyone.

The third session was Television Today. Again, they talked about preparing yourself for internships. Get involved and make the most of everything; get in and come out with a new skill. There are many ups and downs but it is worth every step you take. Do whatever it takes to get what you want work hard to strive for it. “When at the end of your rope tie a knot and hang on,” said one speaker, quoting Thomas Jefferson. Many of us will notice a lot of job changes before we find our niche the one job that fits. Everyone has different skills and to find what they want you will step back to go forward, working on your weaknesses and pushing to get better. Every job is hard. We were told to ask questions of your professors get ideas and learn skills from them because they are here to help you and give encouraging advice to get you to where you want to go in life.

Over all I enjoyed the sessions I attended and learned a lot of new things that I didn’t know about that will help me with my career. I think every Media and Communication major would enjoy this and learn a lot from Media Day! The only thing I think should change for the future was when we ate lunch there was more speakers. They basically talked about things that we already learned about and from the other sessions. I didn’t think we needed to hear it again, it would have been nice to just eat and talk to people more about what we saw that day and learned about. But I enjoyed all the sessions I think it will help me for my future and if you didn’t get a chance to go this year I definitely suggest you should go next year!

~Jordan Gracie, freshman

***Note: Students had an opportunity to hear from local professionals on our first annual Media Day (11/9/07). Throughout a series of posts this week, you will be able to read their thoughts and reactions.***

November 9, 2007, a day that will go down in history as a day for the communication majors. This was a day that was more like a once in a lifetime opportunity. There will never be another moment like this. At Medaille College, we were fortunate to have many of those that have the same the love of communication as we do.

The first secession I attended was “Putting It in Writing: A Career in Print Journalism”. Here we had the chance to meet Brian Meyer, Who works for the Buffalo News and in City Hall. Roger Puchalski, who write a polish paper. Each one of these men brought something different to the table. Mr. Meyer offered a lot of tips for writing. The one thing he mentioned was to “Know a little bit about a lot of things you know.” Meaning not to waste more time on the things that you already know a lot about. He also said recognize your weakness and play your strengths. Mr. Puchalski talked about the importance of recognizing the people that make a difference, and give them the credit that they deserve.

The second secession was “On the Front Line: Managing the Message”. Here we had the chance to meet Mike DeGorge, who works as the spokesperson for the Buffalo Police Department. Bonnie Kane Lockwood, who is the Senior Field Representatives for Congressman Brian Higgins. Mary Murray, who works for the Eire county sheriff. Tim Walsh, who is the Specialty group services for AAA of WNY. Every one of them had different stories. Ms. Lockwood and Murray each explained how they were parents while attending college and that there is no need to not finish college, especially if they did it. Each of the men brought something different to add. Mr.DeGorge, taught us that college is important, but if there is an opportunity that is being presented to you. Take it while it is being given to you. Mr. Walsh stressed how INTERNSHIPS is the most important thing to do while in college.

The third and final secession was “Television Today”. Here at this secession we were lucky to meet Mary Alice Demler from channel 2. Mylous Harriston from channel 4 & 23 and Johanna Pasceri from channel 7. Each of these reporters taught us, the students that there is so much out there in the journalism field that we can do. You want to learn form all of the mistakes that you make and internships. Do as many as you can that way you will get a better grasp on what is to come in the future. The one thing that made a difference to some of the people there was the fact that there is no exact way for a journalist to look. As long as you are clean and have your stories ready then you are going to be fine.

What I personally got from this experience of a lifetime was journalism has to be in your blood. This has to be something that you know you can do for a living and if you don’t want to communicate with people then this field is not for you. Also, internships are important, as much as breathing is. If you don’t complete an internship then there is no telling what it is that you want to do in life. For some this is too much, but for me it’s a chance of a lifetime that I will cherish forever.

~Shayla Reed

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