I checked the mail yesterday to find I had received a diploma.
Huh?
It seems my graduate school decided to send out a separate diploma from the overarching Columbia College of Arts & Science. Uh, ok!
Check it out!

They also sent along the below card with a lapel pin for me to wear. My first one! […]

There are six questions I ask every one in every interview I do.
It’s my way of bringing some sort of continuity to the interviews and to get people’s answers to six questions I think are interesting!
The six questions are:
Where is your favorite place to travel and why?
What is your favorite type of music?
What does happiness […]

The the last part of my interview with John D’Agosta, the President of Suffolk University’s “Rainbow Alliance“, I ask him how he got involved in LGBT politics, about resources for LGBT people at Suffolk, and he tell me his own college experience of being harrassed.

If you’d like to contact John you can do so through […]

In this part of my interview with John D’Agosta, the President of Suffolk University’s “Rainbow Alliance“, he tells me how many LGBT students are deciding to come to school in MA because of the availability for same-sex couples to marry and how Suffolk students have staged protests and even an alternative graduation ceremony for LGBT […]

I bet you didn’t know Ithaca College wasn’t my first school. It was actually Suffolk University in Boston. I transfered from Suffolk to Ithaca only after my Freshman year.
And…yes…I transfered back to Suffolk after my Sophomore year at Ithaca. I got a job opportunity in Boston I couldn’t refuse - and I […]

I just got two of my three grades for my last semester.
Speech Writing A-
Executive Fund-raising A-
Not bad, but they actually bring down my GPA! Ugh!
Current Semester: 3.70
Cumulative: 3.76
Only one grade left to get - for my Capstone class with the Dean of my school!
Crossing my fingers!

….I’m done.
Justin J. Cole, B.A., M.A.

Sweet…

I’m sitting here in my final class or grad school waiting for my team’s turn to present.
OMG. Another hour and it will be over!
I could totally go for a long vacation. . .
I need a tan my friends!!
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Oh and this is one of my teammates, Christina, warming up for […]

4 Hours until I’m DONE.
4 Hours.
Holy Crap.
On top of this milestone . . . my big surprise is SO EXCITING. OH MY GOD.
But I can’t think about it right now. 4 Hours.
Make sure you register - you’ll get to know what it is before anyone else in blog land!

Ah Ah Ah Ah Stayin’ Alive - Stayin’ Alive.
I’m still alive. I’m still breathing. And I will be done with grad school in less than 30 hours.
Bear with the bare postings until then. Check out the categories and archives - there’s some fun stuff in there (especially the videos!)
Almost there…almost…there…

This is my final speech for speechwriting. It was meant to be spoken by Ted Kennedy at the Brooking Institution.
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“How the far right is destroying marriage.”
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you. For years, the Brookings Institution has held the front lines of discussion, deliberation, and debate on issues both foreign and domestic. The […]

So this was my yesterday. I got up, went to the campus dining area for a quick bite to eat. Literally - 5 minutes max.
I went to the GWU Library until almost 9pm.
I went to Au Bon Pan. Literally - 10 minutes max.
I went back to the GWU Library and stayed there […]