SHARES HIS UNIQUE JOURNEY
THROUGH COLLEGE.
K-S-B-Y NEWS REPORTER
MICHAEL TORRES REPORTS
WAKING UP AT 5 IN THE
MORNING EACH DAY BECAME
NORMAL FOR
COLLEGE STUDENT, JAMES
CARLSON.
CARLSON ISN’T YOUR TYPICAL
CAL
POLY MUSTANG
SOT JAMES CARLSON, CAL POLY
GRADUATE
"WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE
WAS
KIND OF A SHOCK, BEING IN
CLASSES
WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE JUST
GOT
OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL." HE’S A
26 YEARS OLD, FIRST
GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENT
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY HAS A
FIANCEE AND A 2-YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER NAMED PIPER THAT
INSPIRE HIM.
SOT
"MY TIME BEING ON CAMPUS WAS
IN THE END TO SUPPORT THEM,
THAT’S ALL THAT MATTERED."
THE COMMUTE FROM GUADULAPE
TO CAMPUS, AND THE 10 TO 12
HOURS OF STUDYING ON SOME
DAYS WAS A DAILY SACRIFICE.
SOT
"I WAS DOING IT SO THAT I
KNEW THAT
WHEN I WAS ABLE TO FINISH
CLASSES, I COULD COME JUST
SAYS HE SPENT A LOT OF TIME
AWAY FROM HOME AND MISSED
MOMENTS
OF PIPER GROWING UP.
SOT
"I WOULD BE IN THE GEOLOGY
LA
HERE, IN THE BAKER SCIENCE
BUILDING TIL THEY KICKED ME
OUT AND THEN I’D HAVE TO
TO THE 24 HOUR ROOM IN THE
PROFESSOR.
SOT
"I WANT TO BE MORE INVOLVE
IN GEOLOGY AND WHATEVER WAS
GOING ON AT CAL POLY."
THAT LED TO A SUMM
RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP, AND
AFTER MONTHS OF COLLECTING
AND PROCESSING DATA, HIS
RESEARCH AND REPORT WAS
ACCEPTED BY THE UNITED
STATES
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND
INCLUDED IN THEIR OWN MODEL
SOT
"JUST SHOWED THAT EVERYTHING
THAT I WAS DOING UP TO THAT
POINT WAS ACTUALLY PAYING
OFF" AS HE GETS READY
WALK
ACROSS THE GRADUATION
STAGE, IT’S.
SOT
"PRETTY BITTERSWEET"
BUT HE WANTS TO INSPIRE
OTHERS
TO FOLLOW THEIR DREAM NO
MATTER THE DIFFICULTY.
SOT
"HAVING A KID, COMING TO
SCHOOL, WORKING, IT’S A LOT
OF STUFF TO BALANCE BUT AS
LONG AS YOU KEEP MOVING
FORWARD, YOU’LL GET THERE IN
THE
END.
IN SAN LUIS OBISPO, MICHAEL
TORRES, KSBY NEWS ###
CARLSON IS GOING TO TAKE 2
WEEKS OFF TO SPEND TIME WITH
HIS FIANCEE AND DAUGTHER
BEFORE STARTING FULL-TIME AS
A STAFF GEOGOLIST HERE IN
SAN LUIS OBISPO.
