Go West, My Son
Not to steal any glory from Prada Paige and her glorious taking of power in the New York magazine business, but I'm going to coin a new phrase and let the beaver out of the bag.
I have accepted a general assignment position at the Herald and News in Klamath Falls, Ore. today. This comes after several days struggling whether to stay here in Kansas and work for the Garden City Telegram or go to a completely different place I've never been and have some adventures before I can't do that anymore.
It seriously was a difficult decision.
Anyhow, I'll be leaving right after graduation, as it takes 26 hours to get there by car. Road Trip Extravaganza!
The paper itself is around 15,000 circulation, morning 7-day daily. It's owned by the same company that owns Kellis' paper in Idaho, the Idaho State Journal. I was told by the editor that they'll be moving into a new facility in several months.
To give a rundown of what the town is like, I like to think of it as a more blue collar Lawrence. There's a four-year technical college and a community college in town, and even a school of cosmetology. Hello, shitty yet cheap haircuts! The town's about an hour from Crater Lake and from the Lava Beds in northern California. It's about three hours from the coast. The town has 20,000 in the city limits but a total of 45,000 in its "urban growth area," whatever that means.
The best part about moving to Oregon, though, was brought to my attention by my dad. He noted that lots of things up there are named after my families mascot. Hell, it's even the state animal. But no one has that last name for the most part. I will be a king among them. Or so I can hope.
I'm out.
—The Beav
I have accepted a general assignment position at the Herald and News in Klamath Falls, Ore. today. This comes after several days struggling whether to stay here in Kansas and work for the Garden City Telegram or go to a completely different place I've never been and have some adventures before I can't do that anymore.
It seriously was a difficult decision.
Anyhow, I'll be leaving right after graduation, as it takes 26 hours to get there by car. Road Trip Extravaganza!
The paper itself is around 15,000 circulation, morning 7-day daily. It's owned by the same company that owns Kellis' paper in Idaho, the Idaho State Journal. I was told by the editor that they'll be moving into a new facility in several months.
To give a rundown of what the town is like, I like to think of it as a more blue collar Lawrence. There's a four-year technical college and a community college in town, and even a school of cosmetology. Hello, shitty yet cheap haircuts! The town's about an hour from Crater Lake and from the Lava Beds in northern California. It's about three hours from the coast. The town has 20,000 in the city limits but a total of 45,000 in its "urban growth area," whatever that means.
The best part about moving to Oregon, though, was brought to my attention by my dad. He noted that lots of things up there are named after my families mascot. Hell, it's even the state animal. But no one has that last name for the most part. I will be a king among them. Or so I can hope.
I'm out.
—The Beav
posted by The University Daily Kansan at 5:31 PM
2 Comments:
You don't know what a shitty yet cheap haircut is until you try Sue's Hair Salon just a stone's throw away from Fort Riley.
-Andy
You may be a king among them, but you'll always be "Beaver: as in a woman's vagina" to us. Love ya --
AKS
And as an aside to Andy's comment, the salons of JC will turn you from boy to Army boy with one swish of the clippers. Civilians beware!
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