Journalism Students Travel to New York
On March 16th 22 members of The Feather staff set out on the annul New York trip. Journalism advisor Greg Stobbe and staff grandparent Angie Fries are to chaperon the students as they visit New York attractions, Broadway productions and attend an assortment of journalism conferences. However, before this was to take place the students first needed to arrives in New York.
The Feather staff essentially first started their journey in the mid-to-late afternoon of March 16 when they made the approximately three and a half hour drive to the San Francisco International Airport. Students were responsible to find their own mode of transportation for this first leg of the journey and many made arrangements for car pulling.
Freshman writer Matthew Garza was driven to San Francisco by his mother and says that the ride was tolerable and looks forward to visiting the East Coast.
“My mom took me to San Fran,” Garza said. “It was a pretty smooth ride. I’m looking forward to seeing the landmarks. My mom and sister visited before and they say they had the time of their lives.”
At long last the travelers arrived at the JetBlue’s Terminal 1 ticket counter in the San Francisco International Airport at around 5 p.m. Here, the students were all checked in and took a seat as they waited for flight 916 which was scheduled to depart at 8:47p.m.
This was sophomore writer Emily Ladd’s first time on an plane or out of the West Coast time zone. Although originally concerned about the outcome of her experience, she found that it was an positive one.
“I’ve never been on a plane ride before or been in the air before,” Ladd said. “I was generally nervous but one I got on the plane I just felt excitement. Right now I’m looking down at the San Francisco coast and all of the city lights and it’s absolutely amazing. I love it.”
After an smooth take off The Feather staff readied themselves for a five to six hour flight. Many utilized this time to sleep as the time for this function would be limited the next day.
At roughly 5:10 a.m. (New York time) flight 916 landed at the JFK Airport. After gathering their luggage and wits, The Feather staff boarded a shuttle bus and arrived at Hotel Edison. They quickly dropped off their luggage at about 7:30 a.m. and prepared for the day.
Multimedia Anchor Cally Fries, ’15, says that the flight and general travel scheme was similar to the her previous visit. However, it was far less pleasant for her then the first time.
“My stuff got puked on this time so I wasn’t very happy,” Fries said. “The flight was basically the same and it was good that we didn’t have a lay over this time. I still got my stuff puked on so it wasn’t necessarily pleasant.”
For more news, read the March 11 article, BREAKING: NSPA honors finalists, Feather absent from list.
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