#LifeasaJStudent Blog

SOJC students showcase what it's like to be a student with personal stories about their experiential learning adventures in their own words, photos, and videos.

Nine hopes I have for the new Media Center for Science and Technology
Becky Hoag and fellow environmental science major Justin Asarch catalogue species of seaweed on the Oregon Coast for their summe
daily emerald staff pose
What it's like to work at the Daily Emerald
Students who work on the Daily Emeral
Empanadas, haphazard traffic and tango in Argentina and Uruguay
Most of the SOJC Argentina/Uruguay cohort in the Buenos Aires presidential palace with their new friend.Story by Brooke Harman and Maggie VanoniPhotos courtesy of Peter Laufer
Getting into — and a lot out of — DuckTV
Story by Carly BelinPhotos courtesy of DuckTVI heard about a student club called DuckTV during the first week of my freshman fall term at the UO School of Journalism and Communication. DuckTV is the student-run television network, with news, sports, and creative shows. A part of me had always had an interest in being a newscaster, so I decided that I would audition.
#WindyCityDucks: Curious in Chicago
 Thirteen “Windy City Ducks” from the SOJC’s public relations program traveled to Chicago in June to visit top PR agencies. Standing in front of "The Bean" (left to right) are Katie Wagner, Maggie Beyer, Amanda Maxwell, Julia Hofmann, Olivia Determan, Madison Hamilton, Quinn Blackwolf and Kimerly Duyck. 
Super-J students find insight and inspiration in New York City
Above: Super-J students take in the city skyline with their devices of choice. Photo by Francesca Fontana.Story by Srushti Kamat
SOJC students get fresh perspective from meeting with Ira Glass
Story by Abigail Winn  "This American Life" host Ira Glass spoke with 12 SOJC students before his April 22 lecture at the Hult Center in Eugene, Ore. 
Making my voice heard on The Panel @ Allen
Story by Ryan SeiboldPhoto by Margaret Conners The Panel @ Allen hosted its first event, a student town hall with an SOJC faculty panel, on Wednesday, May 17.
Traveling to Jakarta for World Press Freedom Day
Story by Levi GittlemanAfter more than 20 hours of traveling and four airplane meals, I was ready for something sautéed from the street vendors of Jakarta, Indonesia.So our gang of six, which included some seriously talented journalism students — Andy Field, Emerson Malone, Nicole Bales, Charlie Craft, Franziska Monahan and myself — took a taxi to a nearby restaurant called Nasi Uduk Dan Ayam Goreng Lahap, which roughly translates to “delicious fried meat and rice.”