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By Elizabeth Edwards graduating seniors. product out — on weekends, portant thing Eastern has taught
13 journalism students are
graduating at the end of the
Samantha Sottosanto, cur-
rent editor in chief of The Daily
holidays, every single day of
the week,” Sottosanto said.
him is not being afraid to go
outside his comfort zone. He is
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semester and officially saying
goodbye to Eastern.
Eastern News, emphasized that
Eastern has strengthened her
Sottosanto, was recently
hired as an page designer for
now interning at Consolidated
Communication.
Sundays, 5 p.m. Newsroom Visit the newsroom
To celebrate the graduate’s love for journalism. the Times in Ottawa, Ill. Others graduating include: Journalism Monday – Friday and ask
accomplishments, the Journal- “I love journalism -- I love Leon hopes to work at a Joe Astrouski, Ashley Corbett,
ism Department will be hosting what we do and the type of peo- public relations agency when Megan Cruz, Phillip DeGran- Conference Room Buzzard Hall 1802 Buzzard Hall 1620
a holiday luncheon Wed., Dec
15, in the journalism confer-
ple that we are. It’s a different
job every day. You get to tell
he graduates. Leon emphasized
that the opportunities given to
dis, Brittni Garcia, Miranda
King, Kathryn Neeves, Brandy Buzzard Hall 2522
ence room.
Elizabeth Kastl, secretary of
stories. You get to meet people
you would have never thought
him at Eastern will help him
in the business world. Leon is
Provaznik, Alycia Rockey and
Cari Wafford. The Agency
the journalism department, said
that department is inviting cur-
you’d ever get to meet. Nobody
else stays up until the late hours
now interning at Sarah Bush
Lincoln Health Systems.
The Fall Commencement
will be Saturday, Dec. 18.
Wednesday, 6:40,
rent faculty, retired faculty, and of the night trying to get their Piurek believes the most im- Buzzard Hall 2434
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Homecoming North fun time for all
Alumni Celebration will be held Feb. 19, 2011
By Megan Johnson Alumni Association and have
Seeing friends from the past, been holding a more formal
eating great food and being in gathering, with invitations, said
the great windy city are just a Eastern journalism professor
few things alumni can experi- John Ryan. Teaming up with
ence when going to Homecom- the Alumni Association has
ing North. brought out a bigger crowd;
Homecoming North will be last year may have been the
Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011, from 8 largest one ever.
p.m. until 11 p.m. at Seven Ten All journalism, student
Lounge, 274 7 N. Lincoln Ave., publications and student me-
Chicago. dia alumni are invited. This
The journalism depart- includes majors, as well as
ment’s Homecoming North is students who majored in some-
held every year in the Chicago thing other than journalism, but
area, so alumni can catch up on were involved in student me-
what’s going on in their former dia.
classmates’ lives. Homecom- “Getting together with
ing North has been held for 25 alumni is always a blast. Not
years and the idea was started only are they fun and interest-
by John David Reed, former ing people, but it allows the
journalism department chair. faculty to catch up with their
Homecoming North has former students and find out
been held in various locations. what they’ve been up to. It’s Students and alumni gather in Chicago every Febru-
The last two years faculty and always an enjoyable evening,”
alumni have connected with the said Ryan.
ary to share what is going on in each other’s lives.
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