Mat Herron - Summer 1999
The vitals: I'm 20 years old, originally from Louisville, Ky., which is known for the Fastest Two Minutes in Sports and a stellar Ohio river walk (not that there's any competition in that area).
- Education: I'll be a journalism and sociology senior at the University of Kentucky next fall by years, not by credits.
- Journalism mumbo-jumbo: Editor of the Kentucky Kernel, UK's independent daily student newspaper, August '98-May' 99; reporting intern at the Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader, summer '98, copy editor, spring '98; general assignment reporter at the Kentucky Post in Covington, Ky., summer '97; and at the St. Matthews Voice-Tribune in Louisville, Ky., summer '96. Freelancer for Student.com, Cambridge, Mass., January '98 to May '99.
- Other background: I like Mexican and Italian food. I have never been to Europe or California, but I'm hoping to change that in the next year or so.
- Hobbies: Watching movies, playing guitar, reading. Watching more movies, playing more guitar.
- Favorite actor: Sean Connery, (especially the Bond years).
- Favorite actresses: Sandra Bullock, Catherine Zeta-Jones.
- Favorite books: In Cold Blood, On the Road.
- Favorite band: Pearl Jam
- Favorite show: Fugazi at the Congress Theater in Chicago, May 1998.
- Little-known fact: Played drums in a hardcore band for six years. Have recently switched to guitar in an effort to pick up more dates.
- Sign: Cancer.
- Ambition: To be a political and/or urban affairs writer for a wire service or newspaper, and eventually become a foreign correspondent.
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'Straight Edge' Youth Movement Embraces Punk Style, Shuns Drugs and Alcohol
August 9, 1999 11:00 pmWASHINGTON _ Tony Benningfield, of Louisville, Ky., celebrated his 21st birthday July 17th by drinking Country Time pink lemonade.
Kansas Improving for Children in National Survey
July 26, 1999 11:00 pmWASHINGTON _ For raising children, Kansas is among the top 10 best spots in the nation.
Kenny G. Gets Foundation Off on a Good Note
July 1, 1999 11:00 pmWASHINGTON _ When he was plain old Kenny Gorelick and a Seattle high school student, the now famous Kenny G. looked forward to his Friday afternoon saxophone lessons.
Cheap, Clean Fuel Powers Cars at National Park
June 14, 1999 11:00 pmWASHINGTON _ Mammoth Cave National Park is fueling a Ford Taurus and a Dodge Minivan with Coke. Sort of.
