I have a few different ideas for Story Assignment 3. I am thinking either I will use Soundcite for an album review because those look really nice. I’m not sure what album I would review yet though.
I am also interested in using The Pudding for my story because those are always visually pleasing. If I do that, I may do a story about food because I think the visuals would be interesting for that.
Lastly, I am thinking of maybe doing a video interview with b-roll and an accompanying written story. I still have to think of who to interview, but I think this would be a good way to show my interviewing skills.
Interactive map displaying the childhood poverty rates by school district in Central Texas for the 2019-2020 academic year. District boundaries are from the 2020-2021 academic year.
Inside Crux Climbing Center, located just five minutes from St. Edward’s University, visitors will find a chill environment filled with games, people lounging or working on assignment, maybe some 21 Pilots music and dedicated climbers on the many assorted rock walls in the facility.
A majority of the climbers in the center are students at St. Edward’s University and members of the climbing team. This team is co-led by senior Patrick Behrens, and for those on the team newer to the sport, like Rory O’Connor Arias, everyday is a learning experience.
The team meets four to five times a week, but members are only required to go to two practices a week. However, lots of practice in their free time is highly encouraged.
It’s easy to get lost when listening in on a climber conversation, as there seems to be a whole different language when it comes to the sport; Arias commented on this set of vernacular that he “still hasn’t got all the terms down after a year.”
Arias, a 20-year-old senior studying communication at St. Edward’s, began climbing last year, in 2020, when there wasn’t a whole lot to do besides go and explore the outdoors.
“My best friend got me into climbing during the 2020 year. When I got back down to Austin at the end of 2020, I started doing it by myself,” Arias explained. He went on to tell the story of how he got “discovered” by the climbing team captains. “They just came up to me and saw me climbing,” and offered Arias a spot on the close-knit team. Since that moment, he has been a dedicated member of the team and bonded with, what he refers to as, some of the “best people.”
The excited novice climber also spoke about the “rush you get after climbing,” elaborating that his favorite thing about the physically challenging sport is the adrenaline and joy that comes from mastering a move you’ve been working on for a long time.
However, it’s not always peaches and cream with climbing. “Sure, it gets frustrating,” Arias explained, as falling is very common with the sport. Luckily, the Crux center has plenty of crash pads and equipment for safety precautions, and if all else fails– the whole team has every climber’s back.
Regardless of any shortcomings or frustrations team members may have with themselves or with the sport, in the end it is all worth it, as Arias explained, “the reward at the end of it completely outweighs any struggle that there was prior to it.”
