Word of the Week # 1

1. ballyhooed

2. The Race Beat by Gene Roberts and Hank Klibanoff

3. "Sacks full of letters flowed into the newsrooms of northern Negro papers, many of them barely literate scrawlings from southern readers seeking subscriptions and more information about jobs, housing, bus schedules, and all the golden opportunities ballyhooed in each week's editions.

4. ballyhooed (verb) - praise or publicize extravagantly

5. The much-ballyhooed PR Day at San Jose State University was a great success.

About Me

My name is Alessandra and I am a 20 (almost 21) year old full time student at San Jose State University.I moved to the San Jose area from Southern California in January for school and I am originally from Long Island, NY. I love to learn about new things and learn about old things. I'm sort of a history fanatic. I am majoring in public relations and minoring in global studies. I am 100% italian and I really want to learn to speak it and live there for a while. Being Italian means having a huge family. I think I have just as much family in Italy as I do in the USA. My family means the world to me. And my friends are like my family. I have so many "brothers" and "sisters" that I have lost count. I am funny, goofy, kooky, weird, interesting, a bookworm, a music fan, and just trying to find myself in this crazy time. I am a huge New York Yankees fan. I am starting to like/understand football. I love basketball. In high school, I played water polo and swam. I LOVE meeting new people. I try to be as optimistic about the happenings in my life because I have learned that if you are not, you are always expecting the worst.

I have goals in life that I will achieve and I will do my best while I am at it. My career goals involve working with the Olympics in some capacity, preferably FINA, which is the governing body for swimming. I love baseball, as I have mentioned already. Sports were my first love in life and will remain a huge part of me the rest of my life. I also have a love for planning, which is why I chose Public Relations as my major. I recently finished an internship with the 2009 Senior Games and it was one of the most amazing experiences I have ever gone through. I am starting a new internship next week with BASOC, which stands for Bay Area Sports Organizing Committee. It is the same organization that put on the Senior Games. I will be working with them on a number of different events. I am so excited! It truly is a huge opportunity and I can't believe I get to work with them twice. Before that I worked with my church a lot, especially in the confirmation ministry and helped plan two retreats, the second of which I was Logistics Chair on the planning committee. I am good at it, but I know I still have a lot to learn, which makes me excited. There is always room for improvement in your life, no matter the area.