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Spring Break

This year's spring break wasn't exactly a break for me. It started off well, I went to Opening Day at Citi Field to see the Mets take on the Braves. I got to see some of the changes the club made to the ballpark in the offseason. They moved the walls in, and changed their color from black to blue (the way it should have been in the first place). Another change that was tough to see from the upper deck where my seats were, was the new uniforms the Mets were wearing. The design wasn't different, they just dropped the ugly drop shadow from the "Mets" script across the front of the jersey.

I went home for the weekend to celebrate the holidays with my family, but I came back to school early to do work for WRHU.

One of my jobs at WRHU is the produce a weekly Division-I Men's Lacrosse show, called Top Post. There are two other producers, which is good because of the amount of work that goes into producing each show. We are responsible for making the on-air assignments (hosts, engineer, etc...), deciding what lacrosse games are covered on the show, and, most importantly, we set up interview to air on the show. We've had a number of college lacrosse coaches, players, analysts, and even the commissioner of the Ivy League, Robin Harris. For last week's show I set up a live interview with Eamon McAnaney, a lacrosse play-by-play announcer for ESPN. Here's a look at some of Eamon's work from the Konica Minolta Big City Classic at MetLife Stadium earlier this year:

The show aired on Wednesday night, but I still had more to do at WRHU before the end of "break."

Last Saturday, I was on the call for a softball double-header between the Hofstra Pride and the George Mason Patriots. In game one, I was the color commentator. My job was to analyze the pitches, the at-bats, and give the listening audience an idea of why or how a certain play took place. My job was pretty easy because Hofstra exploded with 10 runs in the fourth inning. There wasn't much to say other than the Patriots pitching fell apart.

Then, for game two, I switched position with my broadcast partner and did play-by-play. What makes softball a difficult sport to announce is the game's speed. It's actually quite different from baseball, where pitchers take their time delivering the ball. In softball, an entire inning could last just five minutes, including the break to switch sides. Here are some of the highlights:



I had fun in this role; my dream job is to be a professional baseball play-by-play announcer. So, this was a fun experience and good practice to have early in my college career.

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Matt Turner is a sophomore at Hofstra University. He's a Biology major and is minoring in Math. Matt is almost the opposite of any journalism major.

Turner came to Hofstra because of the distinguished science program. He came to Hofstra with an undecided major, but knew he wanted to study somewhere within that department.

When he's not crunching numbers or taking notes, Turner is involved in many on campus activities, including being a member of Hofstra's Division-I Frisbee team.

Ultimate frisbee is taken very seriously by the team and its captains. Practice is every Tuesday and Thursday evening throughout the Fall and Spring semesters. The team hosts tournaments on campus and travels on the road to participate in similar events.

"Our practices usually last around two hours and any tournaments we go to take the entire weekend. We leave Friday afternoon and don't get back until Sunday night," Turner said.

For some, the difficult practice schedule interferes with academics, but Turner thinks he's figured it out.

"It's pretty tough, I won't lie. It's tempting to pick up a frisbee or just hang out with friend even when I have homework. I try not to let it all pile up on me. As long as I put my time in most days, I don't feel too overwhelmed," says Turner.

In this slideshow, Turner is working on a lab report for his Chemistry class. Turner typically studies with his friends, but is careful not to get too distracted.

"Actually, it doesn't really matter where I get my work done. As long as I'm able to focus, I'm usually okay," Turner said.