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scrappy new jerseyan, talks too much | now: @CNBCMakeIt | memories: @people @AP @washingtonpost | views = my own | 💌 morgan.smith @nbcuni .com

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@thewordsmithm
Morgan Smith
2 years
well well WELL 💅
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2 years
Serena Williams announced her retirement from tennis this morning — and in true GOAT fashion, she used the news to make an important point about the sacrifices women must often make in their careers (and the double standard that still exists in sports):
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Most remote work policies fall short of offering true flexibility: About 95% of remote jobs have geographic requirements, according to FlexJobs. These "work from anywhere" jobs allow you to work from anywhere in the world, and they're in-demand right now:
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By 2027, freelancers are expected to become the majority of the U.S. workforce (!), according to @Upwork rounded up the most in-demand freelance jobs companies are hiring for now (hint: a lot of them are in tech)
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Morgan Smith
5 years
Today I started my new job reporting for @AP in Utah. My fancy new work email is MSmith @ap .org --> tips, Utah fun facts, "hellos" are welcome.
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Throughout her 50-year career, there’s one piece of bad advice people have tried to pass on to Parton – but she’s always brushed it off:
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2 years
Millions of Americans have left their jobs during 'The Great Resignation,' and more will follow in the months ahead. New research from @McKinsey shows where U.S. workers are going + what happens after they quit:
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Morgan Smith
3 years
📢new job alert!! incredibly excited and grateful to join @CNBCMakeIt as their newest's Work reporter. check them out and follow along here to read my stories:
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Morgan Smith
5 years
Washington Post social media is just like how @jiatolentino described her dog Luna one time ... "endearingly unhinged"
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The Washington Post
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FREE HIM
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Morgan Smith
6 years
Some *news*: I’m joining @AssociatedPress next month in Salt Lake City, Utah as a GA reporter covering the southwest United States. THANK YOU to everyone who has supported me. LMK if you have friends, recs in the city. Excited to get to work.💪🏻
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5 years
some *news*: today was my last day with the @AP in Utah! feeling very lucky to have had such an adventurous six month assignment with a company that challenged me and helped me grow as a reporter and human. going to miss this place 🏔❤️
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5 years
So I made my TV debut on PBS today.
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Morgan Smith
7 years
Murderer and Professor?? #ANDisinourDNA
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ABC 7 Chicago
7 years
Arrest warrant issued for Northwestern professor in River North murder:
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Morgan Smith
5 years
the *other half* of this news is that I’m joining @people magazine in new york in 2 weeks, where I’ll be the editor in chief’s editorial assistant+writing ✈️ super grateful and excited to be back on the east coast doing what I love most!!
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Morgan Smith
4 years
can we talk about how this guy I'm supposed to go on a date with emailed me his 40+ pages of med school applications "to get to know him better" once I mentioned I was a writer
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Morgan Smith
5 years
WHY DONT GRADUATION ROBES HAVE POCKETS
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Morgan Smith
5 years
I may have gotten my diploma from @NorthwesternU a few months back, but this weekend I was lucky to participate in graduation ceremonies. Thankful to be an official member of the #MedillMafia and for all of lessons I learned here. Now back to work!
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friends I’ve made so far since moving to Utah: - my pharmacist - 10-year-old boy skateboarding outside the strip mall who said I was pretty
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5 years
went to my first rodeo last night ... awestruck that holding onto the underbelly of a small goat is a sport for kids. would have quit little league softball WAY earlier if my mom said that was an option.
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5 years
GOOD MORNING my article about a tai chi class for people struggling with homelessness is in the @nytimes !!
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5 years
everyone meet NED!! (he’s not mine, I’m watching him for a friend in utah, but look at that FACE)
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Morgan Smith
2 years
The Biden administration just canceled $5.8 billion in student loans — but what does this mean for the millions of borrowers who have yet to see relief? Some could see their debts canceled, or reduced, in the coming months:
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Morgan Smith
6 years
thanks for letting me call this city home and tell your stories, D.C. 💕
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Morgan Smith
6 months
Hi friends! If you follow me for news from @CNBCMakeIt , follow me on LinkedIn - I've been sharing a lot more of my work (and thoughts on work - where we're at, and where we're heading) there:
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@thewordsmithm
Morgan Smith
4 years
had an incredible blueberry scone and interviewed queen latifah so nothing can ruin this tuesday for me
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Morgan Smith
3 years
since we’re sharing Halloween costumes … hope all my 90’s kids remember Kim Possible’s ruthless green villain Shego
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Morgan Smith
2 years
New research from ADP shows that two thirds of the global workforce (64%) said that they would consider looking for a new job if their employer wanted them back in the office full-time – and RTO mandates could especially drive younger employees to quit:
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Morgan Smith
6 years
sharing this on twitter too because I’ve been working really hard at @washingtonpost this past month and it’s exciting to see my stories run in a newspaper I grew up in awe of:
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5 years
was unenthusiastic about moving back to my hometown until I went to the bagel shop & the guys who work there hugged me & remembered every detail about my life like the time I was a psychopath and only ate salt bagels when I was 16
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5 years
this morning I told my favorite bus driver that she was my favorite bus driver and she just looked at me and frowned. happy Thursday.
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Morgan Smith
3 years
@TheAmazingBeck either you live in Hoboken or follow this account because ...
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Morgan Smith
2 years
For Valentine's Day, I wrote about my favorite love story: my parents' meet-cute. They met in 1978 and have experienced the worst and best life has to offer together. I asked them how, exactly, they've made their 44-year relationship work:
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Morgan Smith
5 years
if I log onto social media and see one more engagement or baby announcement from people I graduated high school with I'm logging out of this lifetime
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Morgan Smith
6 years
I interviewed a group of high school students this morning and in an effort to seem cool and approachable the first thing out of my mouth was "I'm hip, I know memes" yeah I don't like me either
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Morgan Smith
6 years
Good morning friends! Tomorrow I start as an intern with @washingtonpost metro. DM me with tips, DC curiosities and food/bar recs!
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Morgan Smith
5 years
8 AM is too early for a guy I haven't seen since 11th Grade AP US History to text me, "Hey are you also on this commuter train haha lol"
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Morgan Smith
4 years
text I sent my sister this morning — folks, do we agree?
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Morgan Smith
10 years
Northwestern University, Medill Journalism Institute, Class of 2019. 💜
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Morgan Smith
5 years
can't believe I'm already at the age where I read the profanity-laced, overdramatic Facebook statuses of people I went to high school with for fun during my lunch break
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Morgan Smith
8 years
well I made it onto @NorthwesternU instagram 😫
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Morgan Smith
6 years
manning the aux cord for this ~4 hour car ride home with my dear parents and their request have thus far been: - Bruno Mars - Flo Rida - new song by Jonas Brothers plz - “that one kinda violent song” by Foster the People
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Morgan Smith
2 years
Twitter, Reddit and other big companies have adopted flexible policies that allow employees to WFH full-time or choosing when, and how, they join their team in the office - and they're all hiring:
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Morgan Smith
5 years
recently sat down with the incredible @selenis_leyva and @iam_marizol ahead of the release of their new book "My Sister," which EVERYONE should read to learn about transgender representation and family support:
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Morgan Smith
5 years
my bus driver wouldn't let me get off at a street corner this morning because the construction made it "unsafe" but dropped me off in front of a man throwing a metal cane at people on the street. thanks for keeping it interesting, Utah.
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Morgan Smith
5 years
my mom called me an "adult" on the phone yesterday ... the audacity ...
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Morgan Smith
3 years
I wrote two features for this week's @people ! 📰 (thread)
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5 years
nice stranger: “so where do you live?” me: “oh its pretty sweet, a house close to Manhattan, 2 roommates, and they’re sick we like drink wine together and go shopping” *childhood bedroom *my parents where’s the lie tho
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5 years
shockingly: this is not a resort but my boyfriend’s college campus. arizona, you’re a BEAUT
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Morgan Smith
2 years
Calling all Swifties: @taylorswift13 is officially the highest paid female entertainer in the world, making an estimated $92 million in 2022, per Forbes. Swift is the only woman to make the cut of the 10 top-earning entertainers.
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Morgan Smith
5 years
@JenniferNozawa @AP To do list: figure out what fry sauce is!
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Morgan Smith
3 years
well hellllooo blue check mark 👋 if you're new here, you can expect a lot of tweets about the future of work, career trends, bagels and dad jokes. welcome!
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Morgan Smith
5 years
fun fact I just learned: @tanfrance lives in Salt Lake City with his husband (!!)
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Morgan Smith
6 years
Just a glimpse of the crowd from today’s student walkouts protesting gun violence, large groups still pouring out from union station:
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Morgan Smith
5 years
self care is walking away from the democratic debate and taking a glass of red wine in the shower
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Morgan Smith
5 years
without using any expletives I’d like to direct all my anger today to the internet scammers who convinced my grandma I was in a horrible car accident in Chicago and sitting in jail, and tried to swindle $9,000 dollars out of her. people are sick. protect your personal info!
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Morgan Smith
4 years
me, looking at election data for my new jersey hometown and seeing that nearly 70% voted to legalize marijuana
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Morgan Smith
6 years
seeing people from college as working professionals downtown is weird because.... I see you with a blazer and a consulting backpack but didn't I see you doing weird things with a wine bag on Snapchat last week...?
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Morgan Smith
4 years
wait so who sent this tweet
@realDonaldTrump
Donald J. Trump
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Joe wants to shut down this Country. I want to keep it OPEN!
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Morgan Smith
6 years
Did you know hundreds of interns around the country have also been impacted by the government shutdown? My article for the @washingtonpost :
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Morgan Smith
5 years
so much in life is disappointing but u know what's never disappointing ... pasta
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5 years
everyone shut UP about summer being over it is literally august 2nd thanks
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Morgan Smith
6 years
finally marie kondo’ing my childhood bedroom closet & it’s like: “does this sweatshirt I stole from a boy in 8th grade bring me joy? yes” & “does this ‘jersey princess’ shirt bring me joy? mmmm yes”
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Morgan Smith
6 years
Hello! I will be working with the lovely education team at @washingtonpost until March, so if you know anyone who wants to chat about student life on DC area college campuses, education issues they care about, etc. DM me or email me @ the link in my bio! 🤗
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Morgan Smith
5 years
I'm moving across the country by myself in five hours and I'm not done packing but you know I just copped a ticket to @lizzo show in Salt Lake City next week (!!!)
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Morgan Smith
5 years
Surprise! I'm on the medical marijuana beat now. Stay tuned here for more developments on how cannabis will be grown and sold in Utah during the upcoming year.
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5 years
I spent last weekend at a shooting range near Spanish Fork Canyon watching teachers train with firearms for active shooter scenarios. Many of the teachers said they want to be prepared in case their worst fear is realized (citing Parkland, Sandy Hook...):
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Morgan Smith
3 years
woke up to a fun surprise this morning: @theskimm included two of my @CNBCMakeIt articles in their newsletter about working in 2021 🎉 (I’ve been reading this newsletter since I was 16, so this feels extra special 🥲)
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5 years
after waiting 4 years to run into @OfficialJLD on campus i see her as I’m leaving graduation ... 95% sure she rolled down her window to give my family driving help .... wow
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Morgan Smith
5 years
Happy Monday, Twitter. I'm at the Capitol building covering tonight's vote on proposed changes to Utah's medical marijuana program. I put on my high heels for this. STAY TUNED!!
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Morgan Smith
2 years
The collective bargaining agreements between U.S. Soccer and the men’s and women’s national teams, which were announced this morning, are the culmination of a years-long fight for pay parity:
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Morgan Smith
4 years
1 like and I make this my Hinge profile video when and if I ever decide to online date again
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Morgan Smith
5 years
I can't emphasize enough how much my quality of life has improved after befriending every barista/deli person within a 0.5 mile radius of my office.
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Morgan Smith
5 years
I ALMOST SPIT OUT MY COFFEE
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Morgan Smith
5 years
the entire arc of nancy being a summer intern at a newspaper is,,, FAR TOO CLOSE TO HOME
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Morgan Smith
4 years
🚨FREELANCE JOB ALERT @ PEOPLE! 🚨 we're looking for a temporary replacement for a site producer as they go on leave. at least 8 weeks, up to 3 months (flexible) JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: edit the homepage, write/edit newsletters, help write/send alerts and Apple News notifications
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Morgan Smith
5 years
last night I went to a yoga class where some nice lady rubbed essential oils on my forehead, gave me a neck message at one point and threw a fuzzy blanket on me during savasana. oh, and tame impala was playing the whole time. 11/10 my kind of exercise.
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Morgan Smith
5 years
forgot to tweet that yesterday I accidentally snuck into a private corporate event where I was lavished with fried donuts covered in chocolate and a tarot card reading where a lady sprayed my hands with lavender perfume and predicted my future. what a time to be alive, man
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Morgan Smith
4 years
can we shout out some of the service and grocery store workers who have been incredibly selfless and brave to help feed everyone at home right now?
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Morgan Smith
5 years
oh AWESOME
@USATODAY
USA TODAY
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Many of the worst jobs in America rank poorly because they have among the least job security in the U.S. labor force.
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5 years
you might have personal space and no bedtime by living on your own but I have a dad who makes me homemade lemon chicken orzo soup for lunch by living with my parents so who's REALLY got it better!!??
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Morgan Smith
6 years
well, today was my last day as a features intern for @chicagotribune . I can’t put into words how incredible this opportunity was&how lucky I feel to have had this opportunity. The newsroom showed me nothing but kindness&support, especially my team ( @TribuneKevin @SavannahEadens )
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Morgan Smith
4 years
why are two of my favorite National Parks fighting on the timeline right now
@ArchesNPS
Arches National Park
4 years
@BryceCanyonNPS Pssst... who's gonna tell their lawyers we have windows too? 👀 NPS/Neal Herbert
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Morgan Smith
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some things don't change, and by some things I mean dumb boys
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Morgan Smith
4 years
skimmed the first couple pages and learned he got caught with marijuana in college, loves working in labs with rats and his nickname is "Alpha." I hate it here
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Morgan Smith
6 years
Trying to make my Facebook account more private so I'm scrolling through all the pages I've liked and "Juni Cortez from Spy Kids Is My God" is one of them. Keeping it.
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6 years
tried to take a selfie in the work bathroom but someone walked in and ruined my creative energy
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Morgan Smith
2 years
If "find a remote job" is one of your goals for 2023, your best bet is to apply to one of these 100 companies (a list that includes @CVSHealth , @Airbnb and @Reddit ), according to new @flexjobs research:
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Morgan Smith
2 years
honestly the best piece of fashion journalism I will probably read in 2023 (yes I know we’re only 4 days into the year I stand by this) @aiyanaish is tooooo good 👏👏👏
@aiyanaish
Aiyana N. Ishmael
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Bella Hadid is the most powerful dresser and her style is always a topic of discussion. I decided to put my favorite looks of hers to the test and try to find some plus-size alternatives 🫡 my latest for @TeenVogue
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Morgan Smith
5 years
a tragedy in 3 headlines @WhiteClaw
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why do I duck every time I enter the subway like I'm 6'4 and going to hit my head? I am barely 5'5.
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Morgan Smith
5 years
me: new jersey drivers aren't psychotic! we just like to get where we're going! new jersey:
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5 years
HOW DID I MISS @LilNasX THREE BLOCKS FROM MY HOUSE
@UUtah
University of Utah
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ICYMI: @LilNasX stopped by old Guardsman Way road to visit #CampKyle . Three weeks from today, @Utah_Football will be under the LaVell Edwards Stadium lights. Go Utah!
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Morgan Smith
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maybe I should stop tweeting about journalism all the time and get a personality
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