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Feature: Jake Wesley Rogers comes home
December 15, 2022 -
I loooved chatting with Jake Wesley Rogers, an absolute gem and a charismatic and sensitive musician. You can read allll...
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Feature: Louis Chaix rollerblades across the US
November 21, 2022 -
I just wrote this piece on Louis Chaix, a French hockey player who rollerbladed across the U.S. to raise money and aware...
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Feature on Michael Spyres: hillbilly knight and opera superstar!
October 24, 2022 -
Check out this piece on Michael Spyres, a self-proclaimed "hillbilly knight" from the Ozarks who is now an opera superst...
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Earthquake piece published!
June 05, 2020 -
Years ago I dealt with an earthquake while backpacking solo across New Zealand. I wrote a version of the story that won...
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What's new? Minor League Ballplayers
April 05, 2020 -
I am working on a series of interviews with minor league baseball players to find out how they have been affected by COV...
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Catching Up with Jeremy Eierman
June 22, 2019 -
Initially posted on my baseball site, Ol' Abner, on March 25, 2018. A few months later Jeremy was drafted in the second...
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When I asked Howard Schultz to wait in line: a tale of baseball as a Starbucks barista, ca. 2015
June 10, 2019 -
Initially published on my site, Ol' Abner, on February 12, 2019: Since he's running for a president - I recall the ti...
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"You get to do this" - a chat with Jack Duffy
January 13, 2019 -
Originally posted on my website, Ol' Abner, on January 13, 2019. I sat down with Jack Duffy last spring. Soon after,...
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Meet the first African-American Homecoming queen
October 04, 2018 -
Although published after I graduated - in line with Homecoming festivities in October - I interviewed Sheila Bouie-Sledg...
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Catching up with Aaron Meyer: "Injuries make you feel how lucky you are"
September 20, 2017 -
Originally published on September 25, 2017, on my site Ol' Abner. You remember Aaron Meyer. As a senior second basema...
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Interview with a Ballplayer: Part 2 of 2
August 08, 2017 -
Originally published on my site Ol' Abner on July 26, 2017. If you missed it, check out part one. Ryan Casteel plays...
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Interview with a Ballplayer: part 1 of 2
August 01, 2017 -
Originally published on my website Ol' Abner on July 24, 2017 I took a photo of this ballplayer in June and I wondere...
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The Ballad of an Unknown Ballplayer
June 30, 2017 -
Originally published on my site Ol' Abner on June 29, 2017. I can look him up. He’s already given me his number. It’...
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Volunteer at the speed networking event and help teach students how to engage professionally
May 22, 2017 -
As a graduate assistant at Web Strategy and Development at Missouri State University, I wrote about opportunities for al...
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Aaron Meyer, a Senior
April 30, 2017 -
I originally published this on April 25, 2017, on my site Ol' Abner. He cracks the ball and races down the basepath,...
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Alumna returns for induction into Public Affairs Hall of Fame
March 09, 2017 -
As a graduate assistant, I got to interview notable alumni of Missouri State University. This piece centers on Judith No...
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Alumnus set to film inauguration trip with Chorale
January 08, 2017 -
As a graduate assistant, I wrote about Blake Richter, an alum who accompanied the Missouri State Concert Chorale on its...
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Holiday Survival Guide: with help from Mary Poppins
December 13, 2016 -
As a graduate assistant at Missouri State, I wrote this whimsical piece about surviving the holidays with humor intact....
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Philosophy is the foundation for alum’s career in human rights
October 31, 2016 -
In this recap, alum Andrew Shaughnessy discusses how studying philosophy has helped him advocate for better health care...
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Philosophy alum begins judicial internship
September 27, 2016 -
I wrote about Missouri State alumni Thomas Limbrick, who was looking forward to starting a judicial internship in the Mi...
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Encourage current students with BearTalks
September 16, 2016 -
As a graduate assistant, I interviewed Christy Dempsey about opportunities for alumni to help current Missouri State stu...
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Go “Into the Streets” and help the Ozarks!
September 13, 2016 -
Here is a short piece I wrote about alumni helping with cleanup and other volunteer opportunities during the upcoming "I...
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Watch the Bears at no risk
September 07, 2016 -
Here is a piece I wrote encouraging Missouri State fans to watch the basketball team live.
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Alum works third Olympics
September 02, 2016 -
Here is a piece I wrote in graduate school about a Missouri State alumni covering the Olympics for NBC Sports.
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Help students flooded with emergencies
August 19, 2016 -
Aly Gatwood lost her home in a flood, but t he generosity of others helped her stay enrolled at Missouri State.
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Publication: Oscar Taveras
July 28, 2016 -
I wrote this column about Cardinal outfielder Oscar Taveras shortly after he died in an automobile accident. It was publ...
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Missouri State alumni earn Olympic bids
July 21, 2016 -
As a graduate assistant at Missouri State, I wrote about alumni competing at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.
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Publication: Jerry Lumpe column
June 07, 2016 -
One of my favorite people was Jerry Lumpe, a former major league baseball player and my third cousin. He used to play ba...
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First-ever publication (besides newspaper columns)
May 11, 2016 -
I recently got my first-ever publication (besides newsletters and newspapers). I wrote about gambling with addicts in Al...
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Alum shares highlights of Chorale at inauguration
May 15, 2015 -
As a graduate assistant in the Missouri State's Web Strategy and Development Office, I wrote about an alum who served as...
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