A Little About Myself

David R.

September 29, 2009 - 5:14 PM

Considering I am a new blogger for the Annual Giving Program this year, I thought I would take a little time to introduce myself. My name is David Runberg and I will be a junior at the U of O this fall. I am from Denver, Colorado and have lived there for my entire life. I came to the U of O having no idea what I wanted to do. After taking multiple classes, such as my personal favorite, J201 with Bish Sen, I found that I had a great interest in Journalism. Therefore I am currently majoring in Journalism with a Public Relations focus. J201 is a class about media and society. It is a great class that explores different aspects of early Journalism. I highly recommend it for all you incoming freshman.

I love sports. I was first introduced to sports at a very young age, and my love for them has continued throughout my life. After going through the phase of experimenting with many different sports, I found that my favorite two were baseball and football. I played both of these sports at a very high level of competition throughout high school, and up until this year I spent two years on the University of Oregon's Club Baseball team. I was a tight end in football, and I played first base and outfield in baseball. Being from Denver, my favorite professional teams are those that are based there, such as the Broncos, the Rockies, the Avalanche, and the Nuggets. It is especially hard to be a Nuggets fan in Eugene around playoff time, because if I have noticed one thing it is that Oregonians love their Blazers. Of those four teams, my favorite is the Colorado Rockies. That is because I have been an employee for the last three years. My job there is any baseball fans dream, and it could be the best job I ever have, aside from being a U of O blogger. I am a Visiting Clubhouse Assistant at Coors field, where the Rockies play. Basically, I am in the opposing team's clubhouse all day with the players. I do all kinds of activities, such as laundry, food preparation, various organizational things, and basically making sure that the players have anything and everything that they might need. On special occasions, I get to be the bat boy for the opposing team during the game. That is the best part. I get to wear the uniform of the other team and meander out on to the field to retrieve the players' bats after they hit. The best bat boy experience I ever had was when the Chicago Cubs were in town. The stadium was packed full, which is quite a shock, because unfortunately there aren't too many Rockies games that are full. I leave that job in September to come back out to school, and its always somewhat saddening, especially now, because the Rockies are about to make the playoffs. It's ok though because this last weekend I was able to watch our Ducks trounce the number six Cal Golden Bears at Autzen.

During the fall term I will be taking a wide variety of classes. I am taking J203, a Journalism class about writing for the media, J350, which is a Public Relations class, math 105, which speaks for itself, and history 352, which is about America in the 1960s. I love being in Eugene in the fall term. Everyone is back and the football season is at full throttle. It should be a great term, and hopefully our Ducks can steal a win from those high-powered Trojans on Halloween night in Eugene!