About Me

me & rosieI'm a 21-year-old college student majoring in Ag Journalism at South Dakota State University.  I've created this web page for my Computer Assisted Information Gathering class.  I was an exchange student at Manchester Metropolitan University in Manchester, England, in January to March of 2001.  After that, I backpacked alone through Europe for the next two months.

This is a photo of me (on the left) and my best friend, Rosie, from England.  We're clubbing at Bed.

Clubbing all over Europe was my favorite hobby while I was there.  The club scene is amazing.  Being from the middle of nowhere, club culture was a whole new experience that I loved.  My favorite club was Insomniacz, which ran from 4 a.m. Sunday morning until noon.  I went to a rave in a cave in Barcelona, clubbing at the Rex Club in Paris (where Daft Punk was rumored to be), a super-club in Brussels called Le Fuse, a massive rave called Shockers  in the largest building I've ever been in in Amsterdam, to a Russian bar in Dresden, Radost FX in Prague and to a gay night at a club called Aliens in Rome.  It was an amazing time and it was great to experience the real nightlife of locals, instead of tourists.  after insomniacz

This photo is of my friends Steve, Michael, Liam, Cass and Rosie after a clubbing marathon.  This was taken in Sheffield Sunday night after going to "Sunday Mass."

Step outside the tourist attractions and become a traveler, not a tourist.

My next trip will be over spring break to Bolivia for one of my classes.  In the Spring of 2002, my boyfriend and I will be exchange students in Jonkoping, Sweden.

I've been creating websites since I was in high school.  I also write for and am the web editor for SDSU's newspaper, the Collegian.

My resume is available here.

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