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Left: FSU students
Matt Campbell and
Jason Bouley stand
atop the roof of the
Newseum with his
torical buildings in the
background
Photo courtesy of Nikki Scott
I
Left: Sgt. Duane Whita
ker and Terrence Autry
inside a guard tower
from the Berlin Wall now
at the Newseum
Photo courtesy of Nikki Scott
"What struck me most
about the meeting with Mr.
Asendio and Miss Mathys
was the way in which they
connected for us where we
are today and what we need
to do to get to where they
are. It definitely made me
feel good to hear from them
that we are on the right
path."
"I never expected to be
in a real White House press
briefing, much less be able
to ask a question. But, the
other students helped me
to prepare the question and
when Mr. Jay Carney called
on me, 1 tried to calm my
self by making myself be
lieve that 1 was just one of
the regular journalists. And
that helped me to not flub
the lines."
-April Love
Photo courtesy of Dennis McNair
1 never expected that 1
would get this opportunity.
1 was shocked, happy, sur
prised, all kinds of emotions.
1 mean who thinks they are
going to go to The White
House and speak to the presi
dent’s advisor. It was totally
out of this world for me.”
“I liked coming to the
weekend meetings. Being a
transfer student, I don’t know
a lot of other students. So,
this was an opportunity to
share who I was and just be
myself.”
“1 believe that the trip will
have benefits in terms of
my other classes because it
helped me to gain confidence
in myself. 1 believe in myself
and my writing a lot more
than 1 did before the trip.”
"To see the freedom of the
press exhibit, and to see the
big picture of the countries
that don't and might never
have freedom of the press,
made such an impact on me."
-Nikki Scott
U
Photo courtesy of Dennis McNair
Photo courtesy of Dennis McNair
“I never thought that I
would ever have an oppor
tunity to go to The '^ite
House. It’s a once in a hfe-
time type of a deal.”
“The Newseum was
awesome. 1 enjoyed it
very much and would like
to go back again. There
was just so much infor
mative that you could not
get it all at one time. The
campaign section was very
information. And being a
soldier, the 9/11 exhibits
really hit home.”
“To go to WAMU and
get pointed from people
who have been there and
done that definitely helps.”
“WTiat stood out for me
in the press room was that
they kept asking the same
dang ole questions over
and over again.”
“One thing we learned
was that if you get into the
mass communication busi
ness, you can go anywhere.
You can be a journalist one
day and be something else
the next.”
-Jason Bouley
" I'm a Spanish major And
also, when I joined The Voice,
I did it to refine my writing
skills. I never thought that I
would get this opportunity to
go the The White House.
"My favorite part of the
Newseum was the section on
the Pulitzer and the award
winning photographs from the
past years."
"I really respected Mr.
Asendio's reasons for leav
ing WAMU and I'm definitely
glad that he decided to wait
to resign until we had left be
cause many of the things he
told us really touched me."
"When I was at the recep
tion, I met two alum by the
last name of Owens who gave
me tips on how to afford grad
uate school. So, that was ben
eficial. And 1 met a radio per
sonality by the name of Troy
Johnson who told me that my
Spanish background would be
just as helpful as a communi
cations degree in terms of get
ting into journalism. So, that
was insi^tfiil to hear. "
"I wasn't expecting to be
in a full fledged press confer
ence. I don't remember any
one telling us that in advance.
It was definitely eye-opening.
Being on the inside, I saw that
journalists have to be very,
very aggressive in terms of
getting to ask a question and
getting it answered."
-Anna Lee
Photo courtesy of Dennis McNair
Photo courtesy of Dennis McNair
"I never thought that I
would get this kind of op
portunity. Being at a small
HBCU, I did not think that
this imiversity had the means
to offer something like this.
So, it was amazing to first be
chosen and then to actually
participate.
"It was amazing seeing all
of the [international newspa
pers] on the same spot. But,
the photo exhibits themselves
really opened my eyes as to
what photo journalism was
all about"
"Because I work with the
student internet radio station,
visiting WAMU radio sta
tion at American University
was my favorite part of the
trip. Especially seeing that
an Afiican American woman
ran the station made me real
ize that I could do anything I
wanted to in radio."
"And for Mr. Asendio to
stay because of us was really
something. It showed that he
really cared about us, about
African American students
coming to the stations. 1 com
mend him for that, for stay
ing and not resigning before
we got there."
"As far as hard core net
working in one night, that
was my first time doing that.
But, it showed me that I re
ally need to do it more often."
"When we actually got into
the press room, 1 thought it
was going to be with just two
or three people who we could
ask questions about their ca
reer. 1 was not expecting to
be a part of the press briefing.
And when we actually got
back to Fayetteville, I looked
us up on line and it was like
Look at us in The White
House, Fayetteville State
University students. Wow."
I was not expecting that."
"When we met Jay Car
ney, I found out that he's just
a normal guy with a fam
ily who happens to have this
extraordinary job working
with the president. These are
real people with real lives. It
lets me know that, hey. I'm
a normal individual, but hey
maybe 1 can have a job like
that one day."
"My favorite memory is
just walking around George
town after the reception and
just seeing what Georgetown
had to offer."
-A.J. Hines