What's up UNH?!

     Yesterday we hunted campus for news stories.  My group went to the MUB and we found lots of different story ideas!  I'm involved in a lot of clubs which help plan and run events in the MUB so I thought it would be really easy to find some cool stories just by talking to people I work with and see all the time.  However, the most interesting story we came across was one which involved an organization I know virtually nothing about.  The man we talked to at WUNH was super friendly, helpful and willing to tell us a bunch of information about his group.  Apparently WUNH wants to work on promotion this semester and they're in the process of switching from analog to digital versions of all their songs, which I found really interesting.
     It surprised me (in a good way) that there was something so interesting going on in the MUB that I had no idea about!  I guess this just goes tot show that if you just get talking to people and ask them about what they're doing, they'll tell you.  From Monday's activity, I found that people LOVE to talk about what they're doing, what they're involved with and activities they participate in.  Just by being friendly and inquisitive you can learn so much!
     The most interesting story I've come across so far has actually been an obituary.  My grandfather's always talking about how, when he reads obituaries he just wants to see the cause of death.  Well, the obituary I read didn't even mention how he died!  There was a sentence at the beginning saying how old the man was but other than that, the whole article was about this man's amazing life and all the cool and interesting things he did with his 90 years.
     I thought this article was particularly interesting because I had just finished reading the chapter on obituaries and it left me awestruck.  I mean, this man consulted Reagan on how to deal with Mikhail Gorbachev!  The history nerd inside me freaked out a little bit when I read that!  The fact that the cause of death was omitted was pretty irrelevant because this man's death was so insignificant compared with the amazing, inspiring life he led.  Like our book says, "'a good obit is about life, not death'" (96).

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