“Aww, here it goes!”
by Bailey Carpenter It was 11 p.m. on a weeknight, and having finally finished my homework, I settled in bed to watch TV. As I scrolled down the channel guide,
Chill out, super woman
by Emily Diab The frenzy of Operation: Crackdown has begun for many college seniors, and for some of them it’s too little too late. But for others, the intense feeling
Will SOPA curtail creativity?
by Megan Reichenbach The Stop Online Piracy Act (also known as the Protect IP Act in the Senate) is a new initiative copyright owners are taking to “isolate and shut
A fishy venture
by Maria Sanders, editor For baseball fans, especially those in Florida, 11/11/11 wasn’t just a crazy day where all the digits in the date were the same. It was the
Putting the “relations” in public relations job searching
by Hope Peterson I can think of few things more nerve-racking than entering the real world. It’s frightening to think of a place without the cushion of our parents’ security
Honesty in PR: #admitwhenYoumakemistakes
by Sarah Shea, editor Nearly every conversation about public relations ethics comes back to one crucial idea. For insider trading scandals—honesty is crucial. For crisis communications—honesty is crucial. And for
The road back to Happy Valley
by Meghan Rodriguez On Saturday, November 12, the Penn State Nittany Lions faced the Nebraska Cornhuskers as millions across the nation watched on ESPN. This wasn’t just another football game. It
The three Rs according to Soledad
by Amber Parker “Ratings, Revenue and Reputation . . . [are] ingredients for a bottom line franchise,” said Soledad O’Brien in her discussion on diversity with University of Alabama students
Throwback throwaways
by Jaley Cranford As I punched the button for a familiar soda choice, I awaited a familiar purple can. But the purple marketing blunder that I grabbed was a far
Storytelling: the core of PR
by Bailey Carpenter Public relations students like myself tend to share certain traits: we’re decent writers suffering from a Twitter addiction, we utterly despise math and we tend to get