I was in the process of tying it to my fishing rod, when I turn around and this Coast Guard boat was right behind me, ... It was the one thing I was hoping for and I guess it was like, 'Oh, well, here they are.'
I had read the day's post, which said, 'rain dying out later,' ... When I went down to the beach it wasn't raining and the water wasn't breaking on the Sound and it seemed OK.
I started thinking, 'My God, what if we get into this evening and no one comes to pick me up?'
The new vision of the department is to attract external funding, to attract majors and to make the whole student engagement a reality.
It was black and the storm was really starting to brew, ... I was kind of thinking this might not work out so well.