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Witty Writer {Holly A. Phillips}

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A Hoosier at heart, Holly is a writer and editor living in Louisiana. Currently, she serves as the web editor for Louisiana State University while doing freelance with companies across the map. Her work has appeared on web sites such as The New York Times, Louisiana State University, Inside Vandy, Playboy, and Loud Bus. She enjoys keeping up with her blog, reading non fiction, and spending time with her fat orange cat. 

Note: I'm currently working to improve the site, but please, take a look around!
Restoring Hope {Louisiana State University}
August 2008

Donn Young has been a photographer for most of his life; never guessing 35 years of his professional work would be lost in a storm. Three years ago, Young's New Orleans' studio sat under ten feet of water invited by Hurricane Katrina. 

Young returned to his studio four weeks after the storm, the room scattered with original photos, prints, negatives, and awards all under a dark film of dirt and mold. His collection of more than one million photographs—ranging from Daniel Farrow to Ronald Reagan—gone. 

Lady Luck {Louisiana State University}

April 2009

Vanna White and communication studies senior Rikki Hegwood have several things in common: both women have signature blond hair, bright smiles, and welcoming personalities. However, there is one thing they share that's not so obvious—they have both been a part of Wheel of Fortune.

While White has made has made a career of it, Hegwood was a recent contestant. Her episode airs Thursday, April 23, on WBRZ, Baton Rouge's ABC affiliate at 6:30 p.m.—the perfect ending to Hegwood's long journey to the game show. 

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This is College, right? {NY Times Contest}
September 2007

When I told my dad I was applying to LSU, he had one thought. "You know they were the number one party school a few years ago, right?"

I knew. However, what the Princeton Review had to say about colleges was not on my high-school radar. 

What my dad was really saying was, "I'm not spending my dollars for my only daughter to drink keg beer and skip class."

College, as our parents see it, is a replay of Animal House, a daze of protests, booze, and maybe a few classes. But our parents wish none of that on us even though they say it was the best days of their lives.

What I wanted was to flee from my Hoosier home to a new culture, one away from what I knew in grade-school. LSU was my ticket out.

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