Update on Nate's boots (per request from Vaupel)...
...They're still kickin'. Hopefully I'll get to buy a better pair now that I HAVE A JOB! That's right, y'all, I'm moving to Clarksville, Tenn., right after graduation. I'm going to be a reporter for The Leaf-Chronicle, covering county government and school governance. My first day is May 30.
Clarksville and The Leaf-Chronicle have just about everything (and more) that I wanted for my first job and location after college. First it was below the Mason-Dixon, which was numero uno on my list. I love Lawrence, but my heart lies in Dixie :-)Clarksville has 150,000 residents and is the third-fastest growing city in Tennessee, behind only Memphis and Nashville, so it's about the same size as Lawrence.
Clarksville calls itself the "Gateway to the New South" because it combines an Old South charm with a progressive atmosphere. The town is very, very Christian, though (downtown was a ghost town when I visited on a Sunday), but it's 45 minutes from Nashville so synagogues are nearby. Clarksville, which forms a horseshoe underneath Fort Cambell in Kentucky, is mostly blue collar and military so the cost of living is very affordable. Erin and I are looking at townhouses for 600 bucks! Erin will move to Clarksville when she graduates in December. Clarksville is also ideal for her situation. Because Austin Peay (pronounced like "pea") State University (famous for its cheer: "Let's go Peay!") is in Clarksville so Erin can either get a masters in education or try to work at its financial aid office. She also has Nashville to look for jobs.
Even sweeter is that The Tennessean, Nashville's newspaper, is owned by Gannett. So I'll have an opportunity to move to a bigger city newspaper a couple years out.
I don't having a job will really hit me until the beginning of May when other graduates are cramming for jobs. I can then just sit back and relax (actually I'll probably be freaking out over how to get started on a high-demanding career in a town that I don't know)! But I'm really excited to start my career in Middle Tennessee and see where that takes me.
I have to go to class now (only because attendance is fucking mandatory) but I'll try to update later.
-Nate
Clarksville and The Leaf-Chronicle have just about everything (and more) that I wanted for my first job and location after college. First it was below the Mason-Dixon, which was numero uno on my list. I love Lawrence, but my heart lies in Dixie :-)Clarksville has 150,000 residents and is the third-fastest growing city in Tennessee, behind only Memphis and Nashville, so it's about the same size as Lawrence.
Clarksville calls itself the "Gateway to the New South" because it combines an Old South charm with a progressive atmosphere. The town is very, very Christian, though (downtown was a ghost town when I visited on a Sunday), but it's 45 minutes from Nashville so synagogues are nearby. Clarksville, which forms a horseshoe underneath Fort Cambell in Kentucky, is mostly blue collar and military so the cost of living is very affordable. Erin and I are looking at townhouses for 600 bucks! Erin will move to Clarksville when she graduates in December. Clarksville is also ideal for her situation. Because Austin Peay (pronounced like "pea") State University (famous for its cheer: "Let's go Peay!") is in Clarksville so Erin can either get a masters in education or try to work at its financial aid office. She also has Nashville to look for jobs.
Even sweeter is that The Tennessean, Nashville's newspaper, is owned by Gannett. So I'll have an opportunity to move to a bigger city newspaper a couple years out.
I don't having a job will really hit me until the beginning of May when other graduates are cramming for jobs. I can then just sit back and relax (actually I'll probably be freaking out over how to get started on a high-demanding career in a town that I don't know)! But I'm really excited to start my career in Middle Tennessee and see where that takes me.
I have to go to class now (only because attendance is fucking mandatory) but I'll try to update later.
-Nate
posted by The University Daily Kansan at 11:23 AM
1 Comments:
Congratulations, Nate! We've already talked so you know how happy I am for you!!!!
No disrespect to you (or anyone) when I say this, but I speak from experience: Just be careful. A wonderful job opportunity can be ruined by one evil person in the newsroom. But, Nate, you are much more charming and agreeable than I, so you'll be fine. Plus, if all else fails, you can go work at Fort Bragg and then we can swap stories about blowing shit up.
I'll call you when I go to Fort Bragg.
AKS
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