Multimedia Storytelling
By Noah Syverson/For Viking Fusion
The chip on Mason Kinsey’s shoulder was growing bigger by the minute.
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Watching the NFL Draft from his couch with his family in Demorest, Georgia, Kinsey could only wait patiently while name after name was called.
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“I honestly thought that I was going to get drafted in the late rounds,” the Berry standout wide receiver said. “I had talked to some other teams, and they had told me that I was on their draft board and things like that, and I was really optimistic seeing some guys from the East-West Shrine Game [which Kinsey participated in] come off the board. But the teams kind of disappeared on me a little bit.”
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Then, in the 7th and final round of the draft, Kinsey heard from his agent.
By Noah Syverson/For Viking Fusion
Famed mountain climber George Mallory was once asked why he wanted to climb Mount Everest.
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His response? “Because it’s there.”
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Both myself and Alex Hodges, the Arts and Living Editor at the Campus Carrier, have been asked similar questions to the one that was proposed to Mallory before he conquered the tallest peak in the world.
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Why did you want to go to all three of Rome’s Waffle Houses in one night? Why did you feel it necessary to rank and review them?
Our reasoning echoes that of Mallory’s.
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Because they are there.