Dubuque Live

Loras College and Clarke College teamed together to bring students Dubuque Live, an event of business leaders in Dubuque. Employers told students about the positions that had available both for graduates and internship posibilites. If you're looking for a job in Dubuque click here.



A speaker talks to students at Clarke College about job opportunities in Dubuque.



Stan Rheigans, of the Dubuque Community Schools, talks to students about employment opportunities. He stated that Dubuque Schools will have 36 retiring teachers this year.



Corey Becker, a senior at Loras College, looks on as a Dubuque bank reviews his resume.



Alice Schmidt, a Senior education major at Clarke College, talks to Holy Family Schools curriculum director Todd Wesells, at Dubuque Live.



Students talk to potential employers at Dubuque Live.

Winter Sports Rap Up Seasons

Winter Sports are rapping up for the year and I spent some time in the Graber Center this past week taking it all in.



Loras hosted the Duhawk Open in the Graber Center. The meet featured big names at all levels of wrestling.



Two division one wrestlers battle it out at the Duhawk Open hosted by Loras College, a DIII school that does not give out scholarships.



Barb Kremer practices hurdles in the Graber Center. The Junior has qualified for nationals in the 55m hurdles for DIII indoor.



Barb Kremer warms up alone in the Loras Graber Center. She practices daily at 10 AM and has already left her mark on Loras Track and Field with a year left to go.

I'm back in the swing of things with the blog. I need to stop taking breaks! (Sorry readers, I know I say that a lot. I promise to do better.)

Chelsea and Kyle Engagement

Chelsea and Kyle were nice enough to ask me to take their engagement photos and of course I agreed because we're Duhawks! We went up to Eagle Point Park on the warmest day of the year so far and got some great shots. It's interesting for me to take couples since I am so used to news, its getting easier and easier and is a lot of fun to get to know good people!

Mock Trial Madness

I got an assignment to cover a mock trial competition and I had no idea what to expect. So I walk in the doors and instantly I find myself in a crowd of hundreds of other colleges students dressed up going crazy trying to practice and prepare, and I decide this could be fun!



Professor Neuhaus, the organizer, gives jury instructions to students who volunteered to be jurors.



The whole event revolves around these two boards and this organizer is in charge of telling all 70 teams at the event where their next trial will be.



Loras Junior, Jared Vasilauskas, prepares to defend Drew Walton in the second round of competition.



Unniversity of Missouri at Kansas City students Nick Bose (left), Jacquelyn Hoermann (center), and Brynn Hardy (right) practice before their trial.



Loras takes on Hamlin University in the second round of competition.



Loras defends "Blitz News Network" as they are being sued for liable.



Loras's mock trial team prepares its questioning during a court recess.

Visiting Gene

Exactly one year ago Ned Gall and I set out on a journey to make a documentary on Gene Tully. Gene is an artist from Dubuque and I didn't know anything about him, but by the project's end Gene's outlook on life really started to hit home to me. I hadn't seen Gene in a year and when we were making the film he had promised me an art piece, so I went down and visited with him. He always has something inspiring to say and I don't even think he realizes the impact of his words; just a great guy.

Here are some photos I took of his studio and him working on my piece.

Where Gene cuts his medal. This is where much of the inspiration for our film came from.

Using a plasma torch to make my piece.

His workspace.

I'm Back!

Well I'm going to give this another try! I am pretty much taking photos every day for the paper and I am getting some pretty good stuff so I thought I'd share it!

This is a shot of the Loras men taking the field against crosstown foe Clarke College to start of this years soccer season. Loras won 3-1 to keep there #3 in the nation ranking intact.

Good Bye Dubuque

This is my last goodbye to Dubuque and Loras College for the summer. Not the greatest photo, but a great view none the less.

Shot on a Nikon D40 - The camera I will be taking all of my pictures on.