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	<title>EmptyNestMom Goes to College</title>
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		<title>How to Save Money in College</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:49:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I found an interesting article about how to save money in college that I wish I had read before taking the plunge in 2007. I&#8217;m posting a link here and hope it will help someone else in their journey.
How to Save Money in College by Susan Simpson
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		<title>College Challenge</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fox News Channel announces the 7th Annual&#8220;Fox News Channel College Challenge,&#8221; a nationwide competition for undergraduate students majoring in journalism, broadcast journalism, communications or an equivalent.
It requires teams of two to four students (juniors and seniors only) to research, write, produce and submit an objective broadcast news story.
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		<title>Mazda Campaign</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:53:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Downes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My last project for IMC is to create a IMC campaign for Mazda. For me, this was a tough one. I&#8217;m not a car enthusiast at all. But, you gotta do what you gotta do!
So, the first thing I did was to create a survey using Survey Monkey. I sent the survey to all my friends [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=collegeat57.wordpress.com&blog=1088144&post=556&subd=collegeat57&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Getting my cap and gown!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:27:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Downes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m going to Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, tomorrow to pick up my cap and gown for graduation.
Since I was able to take all my classes here in Tulsa or online, I have yet to visit the Stillwater campus, so I thought this would be a great excuse. I might even eat at Eskimo Joe&#8217;s!
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		<title>Style Guides</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Downes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than 70 links for students that includes a detailed list of MLA, APA, Chicago and CSE style guide resources.
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		<title>The Reconstruction of American Journalism</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:14:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Downes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just read through the document, The Reconstruction of American Journalism by Leonard Downie, Jr. and Michael Schudson. I found it a bit disturbing.
The article discusses the current transition of traditional media in light of the Internet, and the future funding of traditional media.
&#8220;As this report will explain, credible independent news reporting cannot flourish without [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=collegeat57.wordpress.com&blog=1088144&post=548&subd=collegeat57&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My final project for IMC &#8211; Need Help!</title>
		<link>http://collegeat57.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/my-final-project-for-imc-need-help/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:09:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Downes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As most of you know, it&#8217;s my final semester at OSU. One of my final projects is creating a marketing campaign for Mazda. To create this campaign, I have to do research on my target market, which is young persons, ages 16 &#8211; 24 year.
I have created a survey to help me find out more [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=collegeat57.wordpress.com&blog=1088144&post=546&subd=collegeat57&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The countdown has begun . . .</title>
		<link>http://collegeat57.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/the-countdown-has-begun/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Downes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have only nine weeks left before graduation on December 12th. I&#8217;m already missing school! I&#8217;m taking one class online, so I don&#8217;t see anyone in that class. My other class, IMC, is in the final stage where I work at home on my final project and meet with my professor once a week to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=collegeat57.wordpress.com&blog=1088144&post=544&subd=collegeat57&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Free College Classes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Downes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An article in CNN online news today, Welcome to the University of iTunes, details how hundreds of universities and business schools (including OSU) are offering recordings of their lectures, seminars and conferences free to the general public via iTunes University, YouTube EDU, Academic Earth, MIT Open Courseware, and Open Courseware Consortium.
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		<title>OSU&#8217;s School of Journalism and Broadcasting</title>
		<link>http://collegeat57.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/osus-school-of-journalism-and-broadcasting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Downes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The School of Journalism and Broadcasting at Oklahoma State University is continuously working to improve its programs to meet the challenges of new media. It’s one of a few colleges that offer a degree in Sports Media or classes like Social Media. It&#8217;s also working on a new degree program that will combine advertising and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=collegeat57.wordpress.com&blog=1088144&post=537&subd=collegeat57&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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