My Multimedia final project

It's funny how when you're passionate about something, everything about that something comes easy. And for those who know me, even just a little bit, those people know I am very passionate about sports.

So when I signed up for Multimedia, I immediately asked myself, "What should I do for a final project at the end of the semester?" The idea came to me rather quickly, and I knew as soon as it hit me that this idea would be a perfect fit for my personality and my passion.

I plan on doing a final project focusing on several student athletes in the Northeast Passage organization - an organization that helps disabled students who enjoy competition to compete in near-varsity-level athletics. The organization as a whole takes care of everything a regular athletic department handles, including recruiting, training regimens, transportation, budgetary constraints, and everything in between, all so the student athletes can compete.

Last year I met a student when I wrote a news article on his skiing accomplishment. His name is Ted Broderick, and he's an alpine skier from UNH who won the national giant slalom championship at Big Sky, Montana. Broderick is a single-arm amputee, but his condition is congenital, so he's had it since birth. He skies with a prosthetic left arm.

Other students in the organization play ice hockey, as well as other sports, and they all have some form of disability. I plan on going to several practices and recording audio and video, as well as getting some still photographs of practice, assuming the organization will let me. I think it would be great to get the subjects in their environment so I can talk to them about what they do and why they chose UNH and the Northeast Passage. I hope to shed some new light on this organization, which I think is relatively unseen by the student population here on campus.

They were all recruited by the Northeast Passage to come to UNH to compete, and are all fascinating people with fascinating stories. This has been my idea since the summer, and I look forward to getting back in touch with some of these athletes and telling their story through multimedia.