Playoffs!!!!
The NHL playoffs are finally here!!!! The second season kicks off with the opener to the Pittsburgh-Ottawa seried. It should be fun seeing Pittsburgh's young guys - Crosby, Staal, Malkin, and Fleury - in their first postseason series. The Sharks' playoffs begin an hour after the Pittsburgh-Ottawa game begins. There's an odd sense of deja vu, with the Sharks being the 5 seed and starting out at Nashville. It should be interesting to see if Nashville tries skating with the Sharks, or if they try and slow down the game (at least at home, where they would have last change). They may try and get the Forsberg/Kariya line on the ice when Scott Hannan isn't there (he's shut down Forsberg)...I guess we'll see. What's also interesting is the two goalies in this series (Nabokov and Vokoun) were on the bench, injured, during last year's playoffs.
I will most likely be attending the University of Miami starting next year! I was admitted into their PhD program, and I got funding. I think the school wants me - the professor who headed the admissions committee phoned me at home to tell me about the program, and they also had a graduate student - who got his Masters from SJSU, and is studying criminology/media - phone me at home to talk about the school. And the aid is pretty sweet, I'm just waiting to get the official offer in writing. I've been told it's a research assistantship - meaning I work 15 hours a week with a professor, and maintain good grades and progress towards my degree, and they cover tuition and pay a $15,000/year stipend. The aid is offered for the first two years (MA), and I could get aid for 3 more years towards the PhD (PhD takes 5-6 years, last year I'd be working as a TA).
I will most likely be attending the University of Miami starting next year! I was admitted into their PhD program, and I got funding. I think the school wants me - the professor who headed the admissions committee phoned me at home to tell me about the program, and they also had a graduate student - who got his Masters from SJSU, and is studying criminology/media - phone me at home to talk about the school. And the aid is pretty sweet, I'm just waiting to get the official offer in writing. I've been told it's a research assistantship - meaning I work 15 hours a week with a professor, and maintain good grades and progress towards my degree, and they cover tuition and pay a $15,000/year stipend. The aid is offered for the first two years (MA), and I could get aid for 3 more years towards the PhD (PhD takes 5-6 years, last year I'd be working as a TA).