HOST INTRO: College is officially back in session and midterms week is finally upon us. At Baruch College, the community as a whole is having to deal with the many emotions this time of the semester brings. Journalist in making, Cameron Modeste interviews with fellow Baruch senior and Finance major Shamar Alleyne as they reflect on how he handles stress during these times and maintains an optimistic mindset as he completes his final year of college.
TRACK: I’m here with Shamar Alleyne, in our professor’s office on the 7th floor of Baruch’s Newman Vertical Campus. Today, we are chopping it up while reflecting on this past midterm week and overall “interesting” college journey.
ACT:SHAMAR: This is my second to last semester, so you know everything is like damn! I don’t think I did good on my real estate [exam] but we’ll see.
TRACK: Besides the tests and stress from his other classes, Multimedia Production with Professor Johnson, manages to keep Shamar motivated and optimistic. It has helped with cultivating his creative side and allows him an opportunity to pick up media tools and tricks that can help him in his career in Finance, a welcomed change from his usual crunching and analyzing numbers.
ACT:SHAMAR: I feel as if throughout my college career I had never really got the chance to be creative. I was always doing like business stuff like crunching numbers, statistics, algebra, excel, whatever. Don’t get me wrong I like Finance it’s cool, but I also really love being creative, in any way possible. So like learning Journalism, and also learning about like editing, recording, audio, and stuff, I think it’s really cool, also an important skill.
TRACK: There are a lot of moving parts in Shamar’s day-to-day, but in a class like multimedia production, he is able to bring those many paths together. Shamar plans on using the skills he continues to pick up to help him find better use for alternative forms of communication to better communicate Finance.
ACT:SHAMAR: I like to trade, so I see trading firms…going on Youtube, talking about specific trading. So I think that as we get more into the digital age, with A.I and everything, I think it’s very important to keep people informed. Really communicating Finance…should really be important.
TRACK: Students across the country know the uncanny feelings associated with midterms and wanting to succeed far too well, but as they continue their journies they are continuously picking up tools and skills that can aid them in their future careers, but it’s up to them to apply them, how they see fit. For Baruch College, I’m Cameron Modeste