8 days away from graduation.

1 day will end 4 years of college.

1 day will end 16 years of being a student.

What will it feel like not be a student? For the last 16 years my life has been going in the same direction with the same goal.

Now that the goal is close to being accomplished it's hard to think about whats next.

For the first time in my life I don't know what is next.

My life has been different chapters, one for each year - a new grade or a new school or a new best friend. By the end of a chapter there was always a clue as to what was coming next.

This book is over.

Now it's time for the sequel.

Another Monday Morning..

Monday, May 10 was my last monday classes of the semester. By this time in the semester I have grown comfortable with my schedule and a Monday is just another Monday. I park in the same glenn garage. Walk the same sidewalk and climb the same steps to get to the same classroom.

The last Monday of classes didn't feel the same.

This was the last Monday of a somebody's life.

Instead of following his typical Monday schedule, a Towson University grad student decided to jump off of the glenn garage.

Too Late to Tiger Fest

2010 Tiger Fest was my last Tiger Fest during my college career at Towson Univeristy. Unfortunately I didn't get to the festival until the main performer was performing his last song.
Tiger Fest is known to be a day of drinking for those students old enough to do so. The price of alcohol in the gates of Tiger Fest is pricey for a college student budget. Therefore students gather at apartments to drink for cheap.
With alcohol involved, getting to Tiger Fest can be an issue.
Luckily Towson University has a free shuttle system that is running during Tiger Fest.
Or maybe not so lucky.
Myself and the group I was with for the festivities headed out to the shuttle stop around 4:00 PM. By 4:30 PM still no shuttle. So we decided to start walking and hopefully see a shuttle on the way.
A shuttle never came into view.
After walking along York Road for some time we finally could hear the concert happening in the distance. When we walked into the gates of Tiger Fest the headlining band, N.E.R.D, were saying their farewells.
It was disappointing after a long walk to realize we were too late to Tiger Fest.

Discovering Chincoteague Island

View while crossing the bridge onto Chincoteague Island. (Photo by Brittany Lyle/ July 24, 2008)


The beach attracts families and tourist during the summer season, however, some spots are being overlooked.

Chincoteague Island, located in Virginia, may only be seven miles long, but is a great place to visit.

“We were so happy when we found this place,” said Phyllis A. Douglas, 70, resident of Chincoteague Island. “It's a great place to go to forget about the rest of the world.”

The public beach on Chincoteague Island is a National Wild Life Refuge. The Refuge includes bike trials, fishing areas, a lighthouse, and wild horses.

“Every time we drive to the beach we stop to look at the wild horses,” Phyllis said. “It's more than a beach; it's an untouched part of the world.”

There are homes and condos to buy or rent on the island, along with hotels. Phyllis has been a homeowner for five years. She began renting a condo and eventually bought a home.

“We liked it here so much, we knew we had to make it a permanent place for our family to come,” said Phyllis.

There are many things to see and do on the island. There is putt golfing, horse back riding, shopping, parasailing, and jet skiing.

“Last year, our family took a jet ski journey around the island,” Phyllis said. “We stopped on a private beach and saw footprints in the sand from the wild horses.”

Chincoteague Island is a great place to explore and make part of a family.

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A ten day old baby and two woman were in their apartments wednesday, during an explostion that resulted in a wall collasping and landing on the infants crib, fire officials said.

Arnetta Sands, 36 of the 200 block of N. Aisquith street, was spraying insecticide from an aersol can, the running stove ignited a combustion. Sands suffered first degree burns on her back and arms and her apartment has some fire damage, fire investigaters said.

Renee Henderson, 23, and Andre Henderson, 10 days old, are sands neighbors. The explostion caused the wall between the two apartments to collapse, landing on the crib the infant was sleeping in.

The infant suffered possible smoke inhalation, while Renee Henderson was uninjured. The hospital says the infant is going to be okay. Fire investigaters concluded the explostion was accidental.

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The Provident Savings Bank of the 3000 block of Greenmount Avenue was involved in an armed robbery Tuesday afternoon, police said.

Three male suspects's entered the bank ordering everybody to the floor. One armed suspect pointed a rifle at the bank manager while the other two suspects searched teller's cages and stuffed money into pillowcases.

There were four employees and two customers in the bank during the robbery, none of whom were injured. The suspects fled from the bank entering a side alley where the rifle was later found.

The suspects escaped from the bank with an unknown amount of money and are still at large.

See: Holdup

Attacking Anxiety (writing assignment #2)

Anxiety before a huge presentation is common, for some this feeling is an every day battle.

"I had a choking feeling in my throat constantly," said Lynn A. Douglas, 43. "There was a point where I couldn't eat for a month and lost 30 pounds."

Lynn suffered from anxiety disorder for 24 years. She felt anxious sitting at home, in the car or in a restaurant. To cope, she has tried relaxation therapy and different medications.

"In restaurants I felt threatened," Douglas said. "I thought I was going to pass out or die."

According to the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, an estimated 40 million adults in the U.S. suffer from these disorders and they are highly treatable.