{"id":573890752,"date":"2018-04-24T23:37:07","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T04:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573890752"},"modified":"2018-05-11T12:50:20","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T17:50:20","slug":"oh-a-busy-week-indeed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2018\/04\/24\/oh-a-busy-week-indeed\/","title":{"rendered":"Oh a busy week, indeed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Look!<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/apr18\/apr47.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Spring! Spring is here! Again!<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/apr18\/apr48.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>And it looks like it&#8217;ll hold for more than two days in a row this time!<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/apr18\/apr49.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re working a conference this week. I&#8217;ve been helping out with some of the details for a few months now. It&#8217;s a symposium on religion in media. And this evening saw the opening remarks and the keynote speaker. Here&#8217;s our dean, Jim Shanahan, welcoming the conference&#8217;s many guests:<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/apr18\/apr50.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>And after hearing most of the keynote speaker, a former religion editor for Reuters, I had to hustle back over to our building and into the studio: <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tonight, in Studio 7, is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IUSTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IUSTV<\/a>&#39;s Hoosier News Source. Also we&#39;re getting our forecast from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WeatherClub_IU?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@weatherclub_iu<\/a>&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sarahmccorkle_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@sarahmccorkle_<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oVDvqqgbZD\">pic.twitter.com\/oVDvqqgbZD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kennysmith\/status\/988905783696986112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It was the last night in the studio for the news crew the semester, and we send off a small handful of seniors, ready to find their way and make their mark:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bh-JIehngh4\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"8\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:8px;\">\n<div style=\" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:28.125% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;\">\n<div style=\" background:url(data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC\/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5\/P8\/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo\/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI\/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf\/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bh-JIehngh4\/\" style=\" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;\" target=\"_blank\">Look out, media world! @iumediaschool and @iustv are about to graduate and send you two more great ones. @laurapugliesee and @laurenjbecker have signed off here for the last time and are now going to do great things and make us even more proud.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A post shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kennydsmith\/\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;\" target=\"_blank\"> Kenny Smith<\/a> (@kennydsmith) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2018-04-24T23:10:35+00:00\">Apr 24, 2018 at 4:10pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async defer src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>One of the soon-to-be grads will be working in northern Indiana, the other in Georgia. <\/p>\n<p>More shows!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Time to shoot What&#39;s Up Weekly on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IUSTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IUSTV<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LauraPuglieseTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LauraPuglieseTV<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Alexandria_Eady?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Alexandria_Eady<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0z6OHwtYXX\">pic.twitter.com\/0z6OHwtYXX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kennysmith\/status\/988920899691798528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">And What&#39;s Up Weekly signs off for the year for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IUSTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IUSTV<\/a>. Time flies! Just three more shows this semester for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IUMediaSchool?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IUMediaSchool<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VrD7uJq4qJ\">pic.twitter.com\/VrD7uJq4qJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kennysmith\/status\/988927514633539590?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And tonight I got student evaluations, the only ones that matter to me:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Student evaluations.<\/p>\n<p>*sniff.* <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fc8XS6iiuM\">pic.twitter.com\/fc8XS6iiuM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kennysmith\/status\/988933835143483395?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And I wound down the night with The Dishwashing Sessions:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheDishwashingSessions?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TheDishwashingSessions<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sam Cooke &#8211; Try A Little Love<\/p>\n<p>Gaye &amp; Terrell &#8211; Ain&#39;t Nothing Like The Real Thing<\/p>\n<p>Ben E. 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