All right people, Jeff Bezos is trying to take over my channel. Just as always, Bezos is trying to push out the little guy and kind of like take over the world. And you know, since he basically has played the game with infinite money on, he can do whatever he wants. And I'm pissed off about it because I want to share with you guys the content, and I use that term loosely, that is trying to take over my niche here on the YouTubes. I'm your college counselor. I sit here. I visit universities. I talk to real people. And I give you a real honest take about what I see. I give you real advice based on real experiences. Nobody pays me. And then it comes to my attention that there is a similar channel doing a similar thing. It's called The College Tour. Crazy, right? And these guys are not only on YouTube. They're on Amazon Prime. And so that's where my journey started. I started to figure out, what is this show really? And crazy enough, one of the universities that I visited last year actually was featured on The College Tour this year. And that's how I heard about it. When I was reaching out to Danilo from Siena Heights University, I was like, hey, man, how are you doing? You want to come to our next score virtual fair? And he's like, yeah, of course. By the way, we were featured on this show. Check it out. It's kind of like what you do. I was like, it is kind of like what I do. This channel is The College Tour. It's got 1.1K subscribers. Very interesting, because a couple of months ago, it was sitting at like 400 something and has very few views, even on its newer videos. So I don't think the channel is legitimately blowing up. Jeff is probably just sending an army of bots in to boost the channel and make it seem more legit. Your boy now has also over 1,000.  And I am forever grateful for your support of this channel. This time last year, I published a video talking about our goals for 2022. And you guys helped us meet those goals. I wanted to see over 1,000 subs this year. You did it. This one's for you.  Now, you might want to pay attention to something over here. Notice when they join. They joined in early 2021. Very interesting. And over here, late 2020, right on my heels. Now, you might say, well, Meachem, isn't that just a coincidence? How do you know Jeff Bezos stole your idea? Well, keep in mind, I've been wanting to do a YouTube channel for a while. And SCORE had been a thing for a while before I started this channel. So I was actually producing videos well before I launched the channel. I actually had several that were like in production for a few months. And I had bought all of my gear. Where else? On Amazon. So you know, Jeff knows what I'm doing. I want to watch a real episode with you guys today. I want to actually watch an episode, start to finish about, you know, like one of these colleges, do a little reaction video, see what it's like. This channel is a lot dirtier than it seems.  And I know what's going to happen. And I'm going to tell you about it when we're done watching the video. So let's go ahead and check out one of their videos. Now, I'm just going to pull one of the most recent ones. Notice how many views, by the way, they dump a whole bunch of small videos at the same time as the full video, right? Like they do the full episode, and then they break it down to a few different videos, as you can see here. So we got research at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, college tour, seven views. So this sudden boost in subscribers that they got just doesn't make any sense when you look at like, what's actually, I mean like, I know not all of my videos are popular, okay? I know not all of my videos get a ton of views, but my content is consistently outperforming Jeff Bezos content. So again, I love you guys. You're the best, and this one's for you. And University of Alaska has actually been on my short list. Like I would love to have an excuse to go to Alaska. So I figured I might as well see what these guys have done before I go there, you know, make sure my stuff stays different, right? So we're going to blow this up. Let's get it going. Welcome everyone to the University of Alaska Fairbanks, also known as UAF. This land, see, and Space Grant University is home to more than 8,500 students from all over the world each in pursuit of something extraordinary. In addition to the Trafietta campus. All right, hang on real quick, real quick. I just want to always say, all right, so we got this guy. I don't know who this dude is. I think I said I like something. All right, so this guy is our presenter, I guess. Pretty cool stock footage intro shots. I guess we're getting a little geographic location, seems okay. In Fairbanks, where I am today, UAF has six branch campuses across the state and acknowledges the Alaska native nations upon whose ancestral lands. Okay, so right there, right there. You know, that's really nice. And I know that's like kind of the woke thing to say and do these days. And like most Canadian and Australian places, for example, we'll point that out. That is the kind of thing you would never say in a video about a university unless they also have creative input. Like they must have some input and they're like, look, there's certain things that we got to address. Cause like, don't get me wrong, it's no disrespect to the native communities or anything, but like if I went there and I wanted to make a video about it, I probably wouldn't sprinkle that like little, hey, by the way, we know we stole your land, but we're still using it. Thank you message. I always find those a little bit hypocritical myself, but okay. Those campuses reside in Fairbanks. The Trafietta campus is located on the ancestral lands of the Dena people of the Lower Tanana River. I'm your host, Alex Boylan. And over the next hour, we're going to travel around the Trafietta campus to meet real students going to UAF right now, along with some incredible alumni. We'll hear stories from student athletes, former military service member, and even a future firefighter. It may feel like a journey far, but in fact, this is where it all began. Welcome to the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. This is the College Choice. Few places in the world are as beautiful and majestic as Alaska, and Fairbanks in the heart of the state is no exception. The Chino River flows right through this town with ties to the Gold Rush. Campus sits overlooking the Tanana Valley, right on the edge of the wilderness, but that's only one reason to love Fairbanks. Let's meet Nolan, a performing arts major he's from. All right, so we get a little touch on Fairbanks. Again, I feel like you could be in the town, you could be showing me some real stuff here, not just, I don't know, like a bunch of, I mean drone footage is great, no, I'm one to use that as well, but like, ah, it's Fairbanks Alaska, dude, like who are you making this for?  Like, you know, we need to acknowledge that giant freezing elephant in the room, all right? He doesn't really, clearly we're just getting a positive perspective here, like, hey, look how nice it is at Fairbanks Alaska. Like, all right, we got Nolan Ernest, our first student. Now, these are real students, this is true. I know this from talking to Danilo. I actually met the student that was featured in that episode when I was doing the virtual fair. He came in to help present with Danilo. So I know that they do connect with real students, and I know that the guy that like Danilo put forward for the video was someone in the international office that was like a representative working in admissions. So I know that they're bringing in like real students for these things. I'm kinda curious how it's put together and like produced with them, but yeah, this guy looks like a good example of a student for, you know, the University of Alaska. Fairbanks Alaska. So he's the perfect person to tell us more about this incredible location. Nolan, please take it away. Hello, hello. From a young age, I was always running wild with my love for cross-country running and skiing. Here at UAF, it's no different. I'm still that kid running wild, trying new things. Only now, I'm able to run for UAF. One of the most important parts of UAF for me is the people. Everyone carries a unique story. All right, so this, now, granted, the guy is a film major. Maybe he's really good at like delivering and whatnot, but this feels just a little bit scripted here. Like this feels kinda like the University put some of these words in his mouth. I'm not sure about that. I don't wanna make hard accusations here, but this doesn't sound like any of the college guys I've talked to, okay? Like I've talked to hundreds of college students in my travels. None of them sound like this dude. I've never had any one person just deliver, like, you know, what the university really means to me in this profound monologue that I've definitely not thought about before. The hill that our campus sits on is called Trothgeda, which means wild potato hill in the lower Canada-Dena language. Surrounding us are extensive trails like this one that stretch far beyond the campus and intertwine throughout the entire town. Just from my dorm, I can easily step on the trails and I've skied and run on since I was a little lad. UAF is an incredible- Yeah, right there, a little lad? Like, find me one young adult who would refer to himself as a little lad. Please, find me one, anyone. I would love to meet him. I would love to meet him, all right? This is pretty clearly scripted to me with certain talking points. And while he may have interjected a little bit of his own character and personality into this, it's feeling to me like this is pretty set up, you know, like he was chosen for this role, he was put in this position, he was given some lines and they're filming out here, you know, just on some trail talking to the guy. This atmosphere is unique to Alaska and can be unique in your college journey as well. Thank you for your time, Alex. It's time to pass it back to you, good sir. All right, so yeah, not a bad little bit. Again, maybe I'm being a little too harsh on the dude here. He's obviously, you know, again, a film major. He would know how to write a decent script. Maybe he was in, maybe he did this whole bit himself. Maybe he got a little creative with his little lad comment, I don't know. But even the segues and stuff, obviously this shows that there was a level of planning here and like coordination between the university, this show, these students. I have very little in the way of coordination when it comes to my videos on this channel. Like I don't script anything. I don't even really give the universities the chance to edit my stuff. I have done like two advanced screenings for two universities and they didn't have any notes. And then there was one where I was asked to blur out some names because they weren't actually students yet. They were visible on a screen, hey, sure, whatever. But like, nobody has any creative input on my channel, not even the universities that I go to visit. So to me, it seems pretty clear that there's already like a working relationship here in terms of like what points the university wants to talk about and what our guy Alex is talking about and maybe which ones come from the students and which ones come from the show. Frisbee, okay, or disc golf or whatever that is. Thank you, Nolan. You are right as perfect as Fairbanks is, as unique a location and as dynamic as the seasons are. Great people are what make the University of Alaska Fairbanks such a special place. Take care. Life on campus is more than hitting the books. At UAF, there are over 100 student clubs and more than 400 activities taking place here every year. From eSports to karaoke, there's something for everyone. Like most UAF students, Riley is an active member of the campus community. Riley, tell us more about the ways to get involved at UAF. All right, so Alex is more of like an emcee, kind of putting these students on stage essentially to kind of give them like, you know, the opportunity to explain things on behalf of the university. That's kind of what I'm starting to see here. I don't know how much analysis there is from Alex or if he's just gonna continue to sort of pass the mic to these students who've been prepared for this role, right, you know, I guess we'll see. Thanks for the warm introduction, Alex. Originally, I had intended on a different college, but a last minute housing mixup changed my fate and I came here to the University of Alaska Fairbanks. I felt the only- And a last minute housing mixup, that seems like a, what was your other option? Like, where did you end up? Like, I wanna know the full story there. Where were you gonna go? And then what happened with the housing and then had to get to Alaska? That's the kind of thing I would have gone into and would have asked about and would have featured here because there's no shame in mentioning another university's name and like talking about them in the video. Like, if you genuinely went to, had plans to go to another university, that's fine. Like, that's normal. Most people apply to multiple colleges these days. Like, it's not any knock on University of Alaska. But I think it would also be cool to like make this experience more genuine and be like, what do you, what did you go through to get here? And you know, obviously if you had to settle for the University of Alaska, maybe you might have come in with a negative attitude or like not have been so excited about it. And like, I would love to hear how that changed, you know? But we just kind of go straight to like, hey, a little housing mixup and now here I am. Like, I feel like that's a key part of her story that we're not getting. Way to have a positive college experience was to leave my home state of Alaska but I was quickly proven wrong. One of my- Okay, so there was that little detail. Leave the home state. So she was planning on leaving Alaska but it didn't work out so she stayed in Alaska. Yeah, again, I wish I had heard more. I wish I had known more about what she was planning on doing here. My favorite things about UAF is how easy it is to get involved on campus. If I could give one piece of advice to incoming students, it would be to put yourself out there and get involved no matter how intimidating it might be. Through the experiences I've had, I've met lifelong friends, made connections to establish my future career path and had so much fun in the process. I truly feel that I have flourished here at UAF and that you can too. That's all I've got. Back to you, Alex. All right, nice little details. I like that they had her throw in pictures of her experiences. Like you can see clearly these are things that she has done. Like she's in these, you know, different settings like going bowling and being in these pictures and going to the state capital. That stuff's cool. That's a nice personal touch they've added. I like it. You can also tell a lot of these stuff. A lot of these things are like pickup shots that we definitely needed to get, you know.  So there's obviously some production stuff here. I would imagine that maybe they had gotten an idea of some of the things she wanted to say and then maybe built around that. I'm curious kind of how the production went with this person and their experiences. It does seem genuine that she did all those things, you know. It's cool that they highlight that stuff. I'm okay with that. Thank you Riley. Those are just some of the ways to get involved. Menop traditions include starvation gulch, the annual fall bonfire contest, winter carnival and spring fest. It sounds like there's no shortage of fun in the sun and snow at UAF. About one fifth of UAF students are in some way affiliated with the military or our veterans. That's a lot. Student veterans, active duty service members and their families have extra support at UAF. Jasmine is an Army veteran and reservist, but also a full-time student. Jasmine, please share a little bit about what it's like to be a student veteran at UAF. Thank you, Alex. Hi everyone, meet my car key zero. I was born in Minnesota, but grew up in Manila, Philippines. Being a first generation American, I knew I wanted to be independent, to serve and be part of something bigger. I left the comfort of my home and enlisted in the U.S. Army. I discovered how much I enjoy medicine and aviation and transferred my credits from international university and military training into the University of Alaska Fairbanks. I dream of going back into the military service as a pilot physician. For now, I'm grateful to be a nano. Whether you are currently serving, about to deploy or are a veteran ready to continue or pursue higher education, University of Alaska Fairbanks is definitely a top choice. That is all. Back to you, Alex. Who is this for? Who is supposed to be watching this? Like, if the idea of this channel is to go visit a whole bunch of colleges and a whole bunch of different places and like give you perspective on universities that you can choose, like, who is this really appealing to? How many people are like, man, I'm in the military and I want to also go to college? I should go to Alaska. Like, I don't feel like there's a clear cut audience yet. I don't know who this is for yet. Thank you, Jasmine. UAF is proud to have earned and maintained the military-friendly distinction and offers resident tuition, flexible online degree programs, education benefit advising, and more for military and veteran students and their families. That's incredible. Take care. Leaving home to go to college is exciting but can also be overwhelming. And UAF Rural Student Services or RSS supports students making their transition from living in rural Alaskan communities to Fairbanks. Cultural programming and activities help make home not seem so far away. Jenaah is from Nelson Island, near Bethel, Alaska, studying rural development at UAF. Tell us more about it, Jenaah. Jama'a, everyone. Jama'a means hello in my UPIC language, a native Alaskan language. When I was looking for a university, I had asked people where they prefer to go to school at and they have mentioned the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Ever since then, I'm happy I chose to attend UAF. When I first left my village, Tucson Bay, Alaska to attend the UAF, I did not expect to learn so much from my program, the social life, and meet so many people. This has been the best experience I've had so far and I'm looking forward to making more memories. That's my story. Back to you, Alex. All right, I like that one. I think that's cool. You get a taste of like what the local students are like. Definitely if you are coming to a campus from somewhere else, you would want to know kind of like what kind of people are you going to interact with? What can you expect from the student body here? And we're getting a good like diverse selection of people. And I think it's kind of cool here in this case, especially that you have a guy who comes from rural Alaska. Obviously it would be like a dream, right? To go to like D Flagship University in the state when you come from a little village. And I think it's cool that we touch on some of the cultural differences that that brings about, you know? So I like that experience. I think it was cool that they shared his case. Thank you, Jeanach. One fifth of UAF students are Alaska Native or American Indian. And UAF is committed to partnering with indigenous communities to preserve the... And this guy is always saying everything in this super exciting but pleasant way. There's like never any negative emotions. It's almost like everything's perfect. Like I feel like, I like, I mean, the guy's job is just to kind of what? Come in, give a quick stat and move on to the next one. Like I haven't seen any real personality or character from this dude. This is just a dude hosting a show. I wonder if he's even met these people. Like has he even talked to any of the students that have appeared on this thing so far? Cause like from what it looks like to me, he shows up and gets his shots. They also record all these shots with these students. So maybe he's doing this all at the same time with them. I don't know. But I got questions. Why don't they ever interact? Why don't they ever have any like scenes together? Like why doesn't he just interview them right there? Like why doesn't he go and do at least one scene with them or something or even that hello and goodbye. Like you could at least do the little like hello goodbye scene together or something to kind of get like some illusion that they've actually met and talked.  Like we're going to get another vignette and then when he's going to come on for another 30 seconds and then we're going to get another vignette, he's going to come on for another 30 seconds. And thinking back to the, hang on, let's just go look at it. Let's go look at it. Like how many videos were there? There were like nine or 10. So we just got indigenous studies. So we're probably going to get the athletics one next, right? Yeah, I'm just missing the connection. Like what's this guy's take on the university? What's his analysis? And why is this guy, the guy doing it? Like what, what connects him to this whole topic? Like all I see here is a generic presenter that could have been anybody, but it says this guy named Alex. Like I don't, I don't get this. I don't understand what this is trying to do. Superst languages, culture and traditions unique to Alaska. Collegiate sports are a core part of every university. Yeah, called it. Sports, sports base. A division one hockey team, as well as men's and women's basketball, across country, running and skiing, volleyball, swimming and rifle teams. UAF's rifle team holds 10 NCAA champions. It is Alaska. They like guns. We're going to hear from Harrison, one of the nook athletics star hockey players. Fasten the puck to you, Harrison. Well, he's from Toronto, A. Thanks, Alex and hello everyone. I'm super stoked to be here with y'all. Ever since I was a kid, I dreamed about playing division one hockey. When University of Alaska Fairbanks recruited me, I knew it was going to be an amazing fit. I've been given the opportunity to achieve my goal of being a professional hockey player, as well as earn a degree in business administration. With extra tutoring, personal advisors and flexible schedules, we have everything we need to succeed in our sport and the classroom. Hang on, I need to go back to this Excel chart for just a second here. Goals for the meeting. Annual fundraiser, volleyball game, blue and golfer hockey, basketball game. These are the four items on the meeting. But it's not even saved. It's just book one. Like he just got done typing that. Like I think we need to just appreciate how somebody was like, bro, I need you to whip up something that looks like you guys are doing something in this meeting. And then like, we'll get a shot. We'll pan across your MacBook with Excel. Dude, it still says book one. The cursor is still up in the, like he hasn't finished typing it. I don't think, I don't think he's hit enter. This is such a forced shot. I'm like, hey, let's get four people to meeting, pretending to laugh and nod and talk. Like, I don't know. Visors and flexible schedules. We have everything we need to succeed in our sport and the classroom. Good focus pool. Being in Alaska gives our athletic department a unique position. We travel across the USA and play schools from all over. Just last year, our hockey team played Maine, Colorado, Arizona and Minnesota. Just to name a few. Whoa, there's hockey in Arizona. This year, our hockey team played Maine, Colorado, Arizona. I have questions that I did not know. How is that place got hockey? What are they doing? Who's playing hockey in Arizona? How bad did you beat? How bad did you beat him? Yeah, probably was Arizona State, right? Wow, they actually did play ice hockey last year. It looks like you guys won most of those games. You won those games by like one goal.  You're Alaska. I have, this is what I would be asking about right now. And Minnesota, just to name a few. UAF also provides a great experience at home. We have a huge fan base from the town of Fairbanks. That looks cool. Screaming at our home games. Also, having my degree in business administration makes me feel confident in anything I want to do post my hockey career. Well, as long as that thing you want to do is administrate a business. Cause like, if you suddenly want to get into surgery, I mean, then that wouldn't work out, right? Always recommend out there athletes, especially hockey players, to take a strong look at UAF. We're definitely doing something special up here. So again, now this becomes a bit of a like recruiting speech, right? Like you're kind of hoping that there's some hockey player kid watching this and that he's made it this far into the video and that he's seen this and it's like a little commercial for the athletics department at the university, which is cool. You know, hey, they got to get their promotion out there. But that's what I'm starting to feel like. I'm starting to feel like this whole thing is set up to be a giant promotion mechanism for the university, right? Like, this is not about somebody trying to learn about the university. It's about somebody trying to give the university a platform to promote itself in the ways that it feels it needs to, right? Like to talk, these are the talking points. These are the beats that the UAF wants to hit, right? Things like, you know, military families and stuff, the indigenous populations, the sports stuff, the clubs, right? So like, clearly they have their angles that they're trying to get out there and they've used these students to do that and now the college tour just puts them all together. I feel like the university probably then has a hand in the script, has picked the students and has, you know, influenced the final result here, but I'm willing to bet the college tour guys themselves come and probably shoot this. Like, this all looks professionally shot, right? I would have to think the college tour guys have like a set schedule for the day. They come in like, all right, you're gonna meet with this kid first and then this kid first and this kid first and we're gonna go on these different locations and campus and film. Like that seems like what's going on here. But yeah, it clearly seems to me that the points and the messages are decided by the university more than anybody else. College tour isn't organically exploring these topics and like picking what to highlight from what I can tell. They, again, there doesn't seem to be a coherent theme or like message to all of this. It's just here's quick vignettes from students in the university. UAF student athletes are something to cheer about on the ice, court, trails, range, pool, and in the classroom. That was awesome. Thanks again. It's no secret that research is a big deal here. UAF's location is well situated for Arctic and climate research, but no matter what your major is, you'll have opportunities to go outside the classroom and dig deeper into tomorrow's challenges. Caitlin's here to share some of the ways that students can participate in research, including some of our own. Over to you, Caitlin. Hi, I'm Alex. I'll take it from here. As introduced, my name is Caitlin. I now want to introduce myself and impact my native language. My name is Caitlin. I'm from the United States. I'm from the United States. I'm from the United States. I'm from the United States. I'm from the United States. I'm from the United States. Apparently, her language does not have a term for civil engineering, which is understandable, but that's kind of a cool intro. I dig it. I'm from the United States. I chose to attend UAF to stay near my home and attend the best engineering program in Alaska. Lastly, URSA, the Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Activity Office, provides funding and mentorship for students to complete their own research and attend scientific conferences. Yeah, so again, we have another, like, definite setup shot, right? We got the student who's hosting, talking to two random people, pointing at a brochure, again, just like a lot of random pickup shots. They, I mean, I guess they add a little bit of immersion to the thing, but at the same time, I just would be content to, like, talk to this person and, you know, hear what they have to say about their research experiences, right? Not just talking about the offices and the, like, ways the university does it, but, like, give me more about your stuff. Like, what did you do? With the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program, we have weekly meetings to meet different professionals in STEM and host study groups. As a senior, I was a research fellow with the Arctic Domain Awareness Center and worked on the Arctic Facilities and Infrastructure Environmental Change Risk Index. The index was created for the US Coast Guard to help them assess facilities under their purview. I presented this project at an URSA Research and Scholarly Activity Day. With this research group, I even traveled to Uthgiagvik for a week. I received my bachelor's degree here and decided to continue my education for masters. As a graduate student, I'm working on a research project to determine the possible negative impact of permafrost degradation on the water quality of the Woolock River, a river in my region. Well, at UEF, I made the most of the resources granted to me. I'm now empowering native Laskins and working to incorporate tradition and knowledge into my research. Deborah, that's it from me. Back to you, Alice. All right, so that got a little bit better. I like how she did. As soon as I was done complaining about it, she explained what she does and we got a few shots of her out in the wild doing her thing. That's kind of cool. Again, I feel like you could just integrate what you're talking about with the offices and stuff. Like go ahead and introduce me to one of your, you know, professors at the graduate level and like just tell me more about yourself. Like I think it's super cool that you want to get to know more about a specific person's experience at the university and like what they've done. And that's a good example for what other people could do.  You know, and even like the hockey guy, like yeah, it's cool.  Sure. Okay, but like, you're the hockey guy. Talk about hockey. Tell us about your hockey experience. Talk about how you got recruited. Talk about that first time you got that offer. Like I feel like that's the story. That's his story. So it's like all these, what I noticed with all these student stories is like, they're kind of telling the university's version of things before they tell their story. And so their story kind of becomes secondary to whatever the university wanted to say here. Thanks, Caitlin. 36% of UAF bachelor students completely in research thesis or honors project before graduation. UAF is preparing the next generation of leaders and problem solvers by giving students hands on experience in research teams and internships working on real world projects. That is amazing. He keeps saying that is amazing every single time. That is amazing. I'm gonna do a super cut of every single time he says that is amazing. That is amazing. That was awesome. That's incredible. That's important. And that is awesome. Also, dude, lose the bracelets. Like these bracelets, I don't know what you were thinking, but you should lose them. You really should. Trust me. So yeah, again, my man Alex just kind of comes on stage just sort of just drop a statistic and move on to the next person, right? He's just a bumper. He is just a spiritless creature that passes us from one person to the next. I feel like I'm starting to think about who this is for. Maybe this is for the moms out there. Like I feel like there's moms that would watch this on their TV on Amazon Prime and they would like see this guy and feel like, oh, this is a nice university for my daughter. Like she'll go to this college and look how nice it is. And then she can like show this to her friends and be like, look, my daughter's university was put on the Amazon. Jeff Bezos said it's good. And that might be what this is for. I think that could be the audience, which would explain why there's like almost no views on YouTube. That could make sense. Take care. We're gonna take a look at life on campus, the residence halls, and where UAF students spend some time, get coffee and just hang out. To tell us more, let me introduce Moody. Moody knows what it's like to live, work, and play at UAF. They're a resident of the more Bartlett-Scarlin. Okay, here we go, day. Uh-huh, all right, careful pronoun. You see, you notice how he emphasized that there? Like he made sure to, like it didn't come out quite naturally. Like he had to really push himself to say it. Housing complex, have a campus job and are a leader for student advocacy. Over to you, Moody. Now I'm not gonna lie, the subtitle that says transition whooshing, a little bit kind of funny in this situation, just a little bit. Hi everyone. Alex gave such a groovy description to me. There's nothing else left to say. Just kidding. Being honest, I first started attending UAF purely due to location. It was conveniently nearby. However, this turned out to be most serendipitous. The people and programs here at UAF have given me a real sense of belonging. They're indipitous.  All right, groovy serendipitous bogus. I wanna believe that there's a person that speaks that way. I'm not sure there is. I have questions, all right, Moody? Like I wanna talk to Moody for real. I wanna just have a real conversation with Moody that does not involve looking at the camera or reading a script. I just wanna know how Moody actually speaks in real life because I would love to get to know Moody. Moody seems like an interesting person. When I left, I left knowing that it was permanent. But UAF has given me a place to call home and has put me in touch with many excellent people. I'm proud to call my family. As a non-binary student and creatively motivated person, being a UAF resident has been wonderful. Never would I picture myself surrounded by countless friends or having a role in so many programs that provide resources to those in need. All right, as much as I love talking about myself, that's enough for me. Alex, pass the spotlight. All right, I like how Moody straight up told Alex what he's going to do, pass the spotlight. Literally just pass the spotlight to somebody else. That wasn't bad. If we put aside the definitely scripted language that was given for Moody to read, yeah, really good. Thank you, Moody. It's so great that you found your place at UAF. That's important. At UAF's campus community, it's a home away from home for over 400 student residents. Living, learning communities, clubs, and activities are ways that students can form friendships that last a lifetime. Most students take at least one online class and UAF offers more than 45 programs entirely online. UAF's flexibility really appeals to Sarah. She's living life on the go. And by taking online classes through UAF's eCampus, she can fit her studies for the rest of her life. Take it away, Sarah. Thank you so much. After growing up listening to John Denver CDs on repeat, I knew I wanted to live in Alaska. After I got recruited to ski for UAF, I knew that was my one-way ticket here. Since then, I've been immersed in the Fairbanks lifestyle. I've kept a hybrid of personal life and school life, including competing collegiately, creating art in the campus studios, working with Muskox and Reindeer, sending the local mountain bike trails, and even joining a train stock room. I've also gotten involved with other clubs on campus. I will cherish the friendships and experiences that I've been so lucky to have here, and I will forever be proud to call myself a Nanook. So Alex, are you coming biking with me or what? No, he definitely isn't.  Here you are biking on your own. Yup. Yeah. Oh, hang on, we got a cameraman in the background. Hang on, hang on. We might've had our first sighting of a cameraman in the background. Let's just back this up just a teeny bit.  All right, so she's biking here, and we cut to here. All right, so we had somebody else further down the road. Yeah, she was going around the curve here. This guy's got that shot. All right, so we got this dude, Alaska man. Clearly, we pulled the car over so she could do this, and we got the shot. Like, I feel like they could have moved the truck. The bike was probably in the truck. Like, all right, cool, we got some pickup shots of you on your bike, look and determine, that's cool. Bop, we're a little wheelie, yeah. Thank you, Sarah. UAF has excelled at remote learning for decades, and they're used to delivering education over great distances. Alaska's a big state after all. With Ecampus, UAF is wherever you are on your terms. So like, all right, this is one example of something that would have been really good to go into further, because I think that's actually an interesting detail to highlight. Like you're talking about remote distance education in 2022, where most universities experience with this is a last minute thing they had to do in 2020. Some of them had, you know, remote programs before, but this is like a university that had a remote program out of necessity. You could have told me how long they'd been doing this. You could have told me like what they do differently. You could have compared this to other places, right? Like you could have given me a better idea of how students feel about the remote learning thing. Like we got one person's perspective, but again, every one of these bits is so canned, right? It's just like, here's two and a half minutes of this person monologuing about this thing that they do, and it's like this is a fact about the university that makes it very unique and makes it perhaps better in some ways compared to other universities. And that's something that I think should go in here more. Like that's a topic that could be explored in much greater detail, but instead, we've got a bunch of different things that the university wants to highlight, and we can only a lot like two and a half minutes to each of them. It just doesn't go in debt. UAF's community and technical college offer certificate and associate degrees, occupational endorsements, and specialized training programs. Developing workforce skills and giving students the opportunity to advance in their professional careers.  Fire science sounds cool. And is in the fire science program, and he's gonna tell us about his experience at UAF's Fire Academy. Over to you, Oscar. How much longer is this thing? All right, we're almost there. Start losing my patience with this thing. I'm losing my, I see what's up. Hey, Alex, thanks for having me here today. It's really great to represent my school and program in this way. The University of Alaska Fairbanks Community and Technical College, or CTC, offers more than 41 year certificates or two year associate degree programs in a variety. Okay, so again, like this is something that is definitely good to know if you live in Alaska and like you're considering a local technical college or community college type of approach or an associate's degree. Like this makes perfect sense for that kind of person. That doesn't make any sense for anybody else. Like nobody else, there's no international student that's like, I think I wanna go to the University of Alaska for one year to do like a fire certificate. No, I don't think that's gonna happen. I don't think there's any out-of-state students that are like, yeah, let's go to the University of Alaska and study fire science for a year or two. Like, no offense to this guy, what he's doing. Awesome program for this dude, I think. And we need people who learn these skills. But like this is something that would only appeal to people in that area. And so what I don't understand is what it does here. Like why are we promoting this on Amazon Prime and on YouTube for the world when this applies to just such a tiny fraction of the population that might check this out? Like I don't really see the advantage to the viewer. This is the kind of stuff I actually deliberately avoid. Like when I make content, I try to look for stuff that is gonna have a little bit of mass appeal, like the main things that people want to get to know about a university. Like, cause you gotta think about people beyond just people living nearby. The supportive family dynamic of UAF fire community on campus and the close-knit vibe of the university in general is similar to the small community I came from in Oregon and has made this transition seamless. So this guy actually came from Oregon to here to do this. That's the thing that I'm not sure I understand fully. Like what brought you from Oregon to here? Like explain yourself. Why wouldn't you just do this in Oregon? Cause you totally could do this in Oregon. Like what would have made you go all the way to Alaska to practice fire science? I look forward to continuing my journey here at UAF. The fire academy has set the stage for future here. And no matter what, I'll have this wealth of experience to help me move forward as a firefighter. This is my story, back to you. It wasn't your story. I wanna know how you got here. I wanna know why you're doing this here. You just told me you're from Oregon? Like tell me the story dude, what happened? Did your parents move? Did you choose this university?  Cause you know, a lot of people in Alaska have prior records. But like, I don't know that. That wasn't really your story. That was a small fraction of your story. That was the parts of your story that the university wanted us to hear. And that's the part that kills me. Like I would like to know. Like that would have been one of my first questions with this dude is like, wait, why are you here in Alaska if you're from Oregon? Explain yourself. And I wouldn't be surprised if the answer was something as simple as my dad moved here for work. And so that makes it sound like he didn't really have a choice in where he wanted to go to college. And so it doesn't sound as appealing to the university. So we're not gonna include that information. Instead we're just gonna slip that little detail in there. Just say you're from Oregon. And it'll make people think, oh, I could go to Alaska too. Like it doesn't accurately or honestly or completely represent this student's experience. It's okay if the story isn't perfect.  That's okay. Thank you, Oscar. And if fighting fires isn't what you had in mind, UAF's community and technical college offers programs in nearly every field including culinary arts, early childhood education, health fields, bookkeeping, paralegal studies, aviation maintenance, automotive technology, law enforcement, welding, process technology, construction management. All right, so bro, you're just listing off like every single program they have at the technical college. Again, like for whom I ask, for whom? Who wants this? Who wants this info? Obviously the university wants you to say it which is why you're going through the list. I wonder how many takes my man needed to get it right. I mean, they must have had some cue cards for this. He's squinting more. He's definitely squinting more which would indicate to me that he's trying to read. Information technology and much, much more. Support for first generation students. Students with documented disabilities and more. Dulce not only accesses these resources, but as a tutor, she gets the opportunity to support other students too. Take it away, Dulce. Sweet, thanks, Alex. What's up, everyone? As a first generation college student, I had no idea where resources were available or what my manager would be. That's until I found my community at Trio Student Support Services or SSS here at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Rural Student Services is a program dedicated to helping rural and Alaska Native students. All right, he told us about this one before. I was gonna say I've seen that building before. We made over 20% of UAF student population transition into college. Incoming students are eligible for four year scholarships based on merit and financial need. Whatever background you're from or major you choose, UAF support centers are ready to help you accomplish your goals. I'm so grateful to live in the beautiful city of Fairbanks where the scenery is amazing and so is the support. Wishing you all the best, everyone. Alex, over you. All right, I think she was the most genuine one that I have heard so far. I feel like she was actually giving a pretty realistic account of her experiences and like naturally delivered it. So good job to you, Dulce. Thank you, Dulce, Trio, Student Support Services, Rural Student Services, Disability Services, the Financial Aid Office and the Student Success Center sure are great resources for students. From scholarships to tutoring, students can count on support from UAF. And so right here, like this is where we need to get into a very important topic.  Like can you get into those scholarships? Can you talk about how much we can get? Can you talk about how much financial aid is in there? Like you've just told me there's an office for it, which guess what? Every university has an office for that. Like almost every university has every office that they just listed, okay? Like, I mean, it's nice to point those things out, you know, and I've mentioned things like that in my videos too. But like, if I wanna get into a university, I gotta talk about cost. I gotta talk about, you know, those scholarships. So let's see if they do that. I would love to see that. That would make me immediately increase my opinion of this show. And that is awesome. It is awesome, though. It's awesome. Not amazing this time. It's awesome. Folks, we're nearing the end of the college tours journey with UAF. But your journey with UAF is just beginning. I wanna thank all the students who shared their stories with us. Alaska is an incredible and beautiful place. But the real showstopper is the warm welcome and strong community built by the extraordinary people who live, work, play, and study here. Up here, they're looking for solutions to the problems that are faced the whole world over. If you're looking for an experience like no other, I invite you to look north to the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Take care, everyone. Okay, so literally none of the important questions have been answered. None of the important questions have been answered. All we got was 11 students kind of reading very scripted statements about their activities and their lifestyle while making sure to mention some key points that the university wants to. And we have a guy in the middle whose job is just to pass the microphone from one student to the next and mention a couple of fun facts along the way. How do I get admitted? Let's just start with that. Let's just start with the most basic question. Okay, let's say, let's say, that I wanna now apply to the University of Alaska Fairbanks. What do I do? Where do I go? Who do I talk to? What button do I push? Is this uncommon app? Do I have to use their own application? Are they like on some random Alaska app? When's the deadlines? When should I apply?  Like, how do you not tell me anything about money? How do you say nothing about money in the entire episode? That is absolutely irresponsible. Like, okay, you're highlighting a university, but you're not getting into one of the most important factors in that university, which is how much it costs, which this day and age, the way university tuition prices are through the roof, that is a huge question that needs to be answered. You need to talk about that. Now, I understand that you might not want to say a number today that goes out of style tomorrow, but just do it. Give your viewers a little bit of credit. They can go and see, and all this video was posted in 2022, so the prices must be 2022. No one's gonna watch this 10 years from now and be like, hey, the price wasn't what it said on the college tour, because you'd be like, yeah, no shit, that thing was filmed 10 years ago. Go ahead and talk about price. Why don't you? I'll try to play devil's advocate. All right, it's called the college tour. It's just a tour. It's just to show you about the college. But the thing is, you're talking up every single point that the university wants to make. You're hitting all of the drums that the university tells you to hit. You're talking about military service. You're talking about indigenous lands. You're talking about programs that would only appeal to a very small group of people that might live nearby. So you are doing propaganda for the university.  How do you get admitted? Those are two of the most important questions, period. And neither of them were even touched upon. We don't know what the acceptance rate is. We don't know if there's an early decision deadline. We don't know if it's rolling admission. We don't know if there's an essay requirement. We don't know anything about the admission process, and we don't know anything about the scholarships or financial aid. Like you could have gone into, you could have done your same format. You could have literally taken your same format. Okay, Jeff Bezos? You could have taken your same format, and you could have just done a single two and a half minute video of a student just listing off their scholarships, just talking about their profile. They could have been like, look, I had this SAT score, and I had these kinds of grades in high school, so I got these merit-based scholarships, but then I asked for institutional aid, and I got a Pell Grant, and I also got an extra grant from the university, and then my faculty gave me this, like you could do all that. You could find that student. If the university is just gonna hand pick people and say, get out in front of that camera and read this, then why not get one of those people? Why not get one that does that?  It's a giant commercial for the university, just strictly trying to highlight the best things they have, right? Or like the things that make them special, which again, hey, I'm all for talking about things that make universities unique, and I'm all about talking to students and getting their perspectives. Those two things are great, but if you're not gonna touch on those extremely important questions about the college, those things that people really need to know, then all you're really doing is pushing propaganda. All this content does is promote the university. It's no longer real if you're hitting certain talking points that the university wants to hit. I see things that catch my attention in my interviews, and then I talk about them, and I highlight them. Like, I highlight the things that get my attention. So you know, when I'm at Binghamton, I just got done editing Binghamton, right? What did I highlight from Binghamton? I talked about their nursing program. They had a great nursing program. I got to see the facilities. Everything looked really, really good. And everybody I talked to, right? There were a lot of people in pre-med, and there were a lot of people in nursing from the interviews. So it was clear to me that like sciences and nursing are really strong areas at that university. It's a great pre-med school. It's a great nursing school. So that's what I chose to focus on and highlight, and that's some of the stuff I talked about, all right? I talked about scholarship amounts and the way that you can get financial aid at the university, because if you're an out-of-state student, that matters. If you're an international student, that matters. I talked about admissions requirements, and SAT score is actually accidentally under-reported their SAT score. It's higher than I said. They're pretty selective. I talked about those numbers, okay, and what you need to get in. Because if you seriously want to go to Binghamton, you need to know that stuff. And if I seriously want to go to the University of Alaska, maybe it doesn't matter. All right, maybe it doesn't matter because the University of Alaska, and like not too many people are just beaten down the door trying to go there, maybe you just get in easy. I don't know. Maybe it wasn't worth talking about. But at the very least, a call to action that says, hey, this is who you can talk to if you're interested in applying to the university. This is where you need to go. Like, that would have been so easy to add to this. And they didn't do that. And this whole format, this whole format where Alex Boylan, not only, again, I don't know who that is, but this guy, whose name is in front of my face, like, what is he there for? Who is he? Why is this the guy that is talking about this university? I don't get it. Hang on, let's see, let's see just, let's pay closer attention to these credits. Maybe we can learn something. So we got our students. Okay, okay, here we go. Here we go. This is what I needed to see right here. This is it. Campus marketing team. We've got three credits, Office of Admissions, Enrollment Management Communications, and University Relations. So University Relations is the PR team, basically, for the whole university. Office of Admissions obviously has specific things that they need to get out there, cause like, that's who I meet with generally. I reach out to the Admissions Office directly when I make my videos. Enrollment Management Communications, that right there says a lot, okay? These three, these three here, all right? These three matter, okay? First of all, University Relations means that the main points of the university are gonna be hit. Those are the things that the university feels need to be included in these things. Things like the opening statement about, you know, residing on ancestral lands and stuff. That's probably University Relations. Office of Admissions is who's gonna tell you about the programs and some of that stuff. And so I think that, you know, they probably were the minority here, which is why they're listed third, you know? And that's one of the reasons I talk to Admissions Offices instead of talking to anyone else. I don't talk to press teams. I don't talk to University Relations. I talk to Office of Admissions because those are the people that actually will admit you. And that's who I wanna talk to. I wanna talk to the people who are gonna decide if you get in or not. And I wanna know what they want and what they're looking for and what kind of students are appealing to them.  And that's who matters. But Enrollment Management, now, Enrollment Management is like the seductive part. And I feel like a lot of their beats were in here. You know, talking about all those different offices and like touching on the community and all the like clubs and stuff. Like, they're trying to sell you, right? Office of Admissions is more like, they're not trying to sell as much as they are, you know, filter. They want to filter. They don't want everybody in the world to apply. They have enough work to do. They want the right people to apply. That's why I talked to them. Enrollment Management people, they will make their university sound like the greatest thing since sliced bread. And that's clearly what's going on here. So the campus marketing team obviously has had a lot of input in this. All right, all right, college tour. But now, I told you guys at the beginning of this video that there was something more sinister to what this is and what it's trying to do. And I'm gonna show you what that is. And the answer is right down here if we turn off our closed captions, TCTLLC. This is not just a production company, okay? This is not just a TV show on Amazon Prime. There is more going on here that they don't want you to know. And I can see Jeff Bezos grandmaster plan and I'm gonna reveal it to you right now. Let's make sure we're done. Okay, we're done. All right, now let's talk about the grandmaster plan. All right, click here. Now take a look at what you see here. I want you to take a look at what this really is because this right here is the real purpose of Jeff Bezos plan, okay? This is the real purpose of the college tour is to turn this website, all right, into a collector of your data, all right? What Jeff Bezos is trying to do is get you to go here and give him your data, all right? And I can show you, I can prove it to you because look at what's going on here. Why would you need to do this? Why wouldn't you just have a list of featured schools? No, no, no, you got by state, okay? There's all these different boxes. Hawaii, they haven't been to Hawaii, Alabama, not yet. Alaska, okay, all right, it's up to date. Average cost, again, something that was not discussed. Something that was not discussed. Let's see what happens as I filter this. Up to $10,000, up to $10,000, are you kidding me? Maybe within state tuition, financial aid and no residence cost, but there's no way that that's up to $10,000 University of Alaska. But okay, look at these other details. Look at these other details. Clearly, Jeff Bezos has a plan for this show to see every university in the world. Also, they did say universities around the world, but I don't see any other countries here. I mean, I obviously know that the United States is the only country in the world that really matters, but seems like that doesn't vibe. I mean, again, let's just go back to the homepage. Around the world, only US states. Sorry, rest of the world. Jeff Bezos doesn't care about your data. Notice acceptance rates, student to faculty ratios. Like, here's a bunch of statistics that are kind of important when you're looking for college, but none of these were mentioned in the videos. None of these have been discussed. So what is really going on here is what they're doing is they're collecting data. Every time you click on one of these things, they're learning a little bit about you. Right now they think I'm only interested in studying in Alaska and Hawaii and maybe Alabama because I clicked on it accidentally, and I've bounced around to some different things here. And I know this because notice that there's a privacy policy on this website. Why would you need a privacy policy for a website that just highlights a show? Why would you need that? Well, here's the reason, because they use your personal data to provide and improve the service. That data can include information about your browser and the pages of our service that you visit. Unique device identifier, diagnostic data. All this stuff means what you're doing on the website. They can collect anything that they want while you're on this website. And then that data, here's the thing that can be done with it. Look what they can do. They can use this data to perform contracts, which could be sales contracts. Any other contract through us through the service. There's also here to provide you with offers and things like that or that are similar to those you've already purchased about. So they can also use it for other purposes. So basically, what they're saying here is that they can share their data with whoever they want. They say here, we can share your personal information with service providers. So what they're doing is collecting data on everybody who comes to this website and everybody who watches these videos. And I imagine that they're going to sell that data and add it to Amazon's gigantic pool of data that they have on every individual. And I imagine that they will also probably feed it back to the universities and stuff to let them know how their stuff performed.  This is such a superficial propaganda machine. So I just want to make it clear, this is Jeff Bezos' attempt to rip me off. This is the part where I want to get into the darker side of things. So here he interviews college admissions departments. This is what I think is interesting. Again, this is for the proof that they've stolen my idea. He has this other set of videos where he says, hey, I interview college admissions departments. Look at this, perfect fit to apply for the future college. Insights on their application process. This is what I do. This is what I've been doing. A lot of emphasis on this. And you notice not all of the universities he's visited are here. And why not? Because he clearly has been ripping off my ideas because Jeff Bezos told him to. Because Jacksonville University, when did he do Jacksonville? Three months ago. Yeah, clearly they've checked out some other stuff. Clearly they've seen what other people are doing. Let's see when you did too late. Four months ago. Interesting how all of these are relatively recent. Was there like Utah was one of those old ones? Yeah, these are all relatively recent. So yeah, it doesn't have any of the old ones. So again, stole the idea of focusing on admissions. Let's check out one of these. Let's just see what this looks like for the University of Alaska. Let's see their rip off of my interviews. Welcome, everyone, to Ask Admissions today. We're at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. This institution is incredible. We're doing an episode of the college tour here. You can't wait for you all to watch it. And we're very lucky because we have an admissions counselor, Ray Alda. She's awesome. And what's great is that, Ray, you just graduated from here. I did. I just graduated class of 2021. Notice just how different the production value is already because they're not mic'd up. There's a ton of echo in the room. And it's clearly less scripted and more natural. So obviously, the entire style of the show has been scrapped to very much match the more organic approach that I have with these admissions interviews. The degree in biology here. So I think it's awesome that we're doing this interview because what a great perspective you have for the next generation of students and the counselors and teachers and everyone else out there. I guess the number one question that we usually get up here is like, how cold is it actually? Yeah. See, like this is exactly what I was talking about.  And here she is talking about that. Like, here's a real perspective. This is so much more genuine and so much more honest than anything that we just saw in the last 30 minutes of this full episode about Alaska. So like, this is the content that actually matters, man. Get? Oh, really? Oh, really? That's funny. Really? You don't really? You didn't think that that would be something people would ask. It's Alaska. You didn't think that people would want to know that it's cold? Or how cold it gets? First time this has occurred to you, Alex? You know, it's Fairbanks, Alaska. We are one of the northernmost universities in the United States. And so a lot of our students, especially those who are coming. I am so flattered. But at the same time, I am just like so furious.  Don't tell me you haven't been looking at what I've been doing, looking over my shoulder, checking out what I do. It's so obvious. Like, this must be what somebody at Gucci feels when they find like a Gucci knockoff factory.   It must be what that person feels. Just reassure them that, although it does get cold, it's always really warm in the buildings. But then also, you're going to see it in the upset. I mean, it's spectacular here. Your beauty that surrounds this university of Alaska, Fairbanks, do you want everyone to know out there? What's available for everyone? So we have what's called the Nanook pledge, which is our merit-based scholarship. Okay, so here we're getting into the scholarships, huh? Sounds familiar. It's basically a scholarship that follows bachelor's degree seeking students for the course of four years. I believe it's $20,000 over the course of four years. That's 5,000. So here we go. Here's the stuff that should be in the damn video. Here's the stuff that actually matters how much money you can get in scholarships and stuff. And where is it? It is hidden on their website in these extra videos that are not published on the YouTube's. And it makes you wonder, why is that? I want to see if he asks about admissions. Like I want to know if he asks about like how to get in. Oh, that's fantastic. But this is all on our website. So you can always look up your. That's so great. It's so great because it's just, you know, for a lot of students and parents and families out there, especially for generation students, the whole process can just be overwhelming. Yeah, so exactly. Exactly, it can all be overwhelming. You've said it, my friend. You've said it. And instead of trying to like simplify that and give that information to people freely, you're hiding it on your website. Great job. And we feel that. You know, the whole crew's been talking about as we film around. All right, the whole crew's been talking as we film around campus. So there you go. You also, I think it's pretty clear that they've come to shoot all this stuff. They've got all the vignettes with all the students and stuff planned out in advance.  You know how much it costs me to make a video? I spend like $200 per video, okay? 200 bucks. Jeff Bezos, if you're listening, I can be cheaper than this guy. Fire this guy, hire me. I'll get your job done for a fraction of the price. I spend about 200 bucks on every video I make when I do my tours, okay? Because I stay in a cheap hotel or an Airbnb. I rent a car at a discount rate and I don't really like spend a lot while I'm on the road. I just eat like beef jerky and Mountain Dew. And that's how I get from place to place, okay? University of Alaska Fairbanks. It's an amazing institution and a spectacularly beautiful part of the country. All right, we'll talk to y'all soon. All right, and again, I feel like here he's a little bit more genuine and a little more honest about this stuff. But again, it's like, look at what's going on here. Look at what's going on here. They've clearly started adding this stuff to their roster, adding this to their site, right? After seeing what other people have been doing. Let's take a look at some of these other things. Let's see what else they got here. Campus Towns, I'm kind of curious. Campus Towns, okay. All right, so they have some time spent in these different places. Why aren't these on YouTube? Wait, he says it is. Okay, hang on. You don't know, yeah, they're not here. Well, if I click here, watch on YouTube, where does it take me? Unlisted, okay, so these are unlisted videos. Why would they be unlisted? Why would you keep this stuff to yourself? Like, why is this unlisted? Let's just ask, why is this unlisted? Like, why not? Why not put this out there? Let's see why. Let's find out. Few places in the world are as beautiful and majestic as Alaska. And Fairbanks, in the heart of the state, is no exception. Wait a second, this is Campus Towns, but it's this guy's whole video again. It's the same thing. Like, what is going on here? Why is it just this dude? Why is it the first bit which you already have on this thing? Like, it's this kid. It's the same thing as this. It's the same thing as that. Like, I don't get it. I wonder if anyone will ever reply to this. They would be really funny if they did. All they did was slap a different intro on it and recycled it and now put it on their website so you could come here and see it. But like, you're pretending you have more content than you really do. There's not, this is not a separate video. This is the same video as the one they made over here with this kid, Nolan. It's the same video. Like, there's no, there's so much smoke and mirrors going on with this channel that like, I gotta keep asking questions. This was, this video was supposed to be over a long time ago. I said I was gonna be done. I've been recording this now for an hour and 40 minutes. I thought there's gonna be nothing more than a 40 minute reaction video.  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Okay, something else I recommend that you do while you're waiting for it to dry is just go over it and pour some of your glue on or next to the stick. Let it soak in. It's not going to hurt anything, but it's going to ensure that your stick is well stuck. Boy, that sounds interesting, doesn't it? So I would even go so far as to take an old paintbrush. And it's a bit past it anyway, like hello, like this one. And you could wait for it to dry to do this. I'm doing it while it's wet, but you could let that first layer of glue dry and then do this. And just brush some glue around the base of your sticks so that you know they're stuck on there. And also, if you have any glue lumps or bubbles, you can smooth them out. Now when you're done with your brush and brushing on this glue, you want to soak it right away or just toss it, which is why you might want to use a brush that's past it, or maybe you have a dedicated glue brush, and if you do use that one, and do this to both pieces. And then before you do anything else, let the whole thing dry completely. You want to make sure your sticks are in the opposite place of each other to the other piece of cardboard, or mat board, or whatever you're using, so that it's pushing the metal between the pieces to create the rippled texture that you want. All right, I'm going to do the other side and we're going to let it dry and I'll be back. Okay, distracted by doing some impromptu cleaning and a phone call from the doctor's office. Oh yeah, yeah, okay, it's not completely dry, but it's mostly dry. So the next thing I want to do is tape, and I'm going to put one half here, and if you've done your job correctly, i.e. me, then it shouldn't line up pretty easily, leave a little bit of a gap there, not too much, oops, but these edges have to line up. I'm using duct tape by the way, this happens to be gold duct tape, the color doesn't matter. Once it's dry completely, we need to chop off the edges and see if I can do it without ruining everything that I've done.  Trim them as flush as you can to the cardboard that you've used or chipboard that you've used. I'm going to be finding little sticks in my room for days, I can tell. I don't know where that one went. Alright, I'm going to get all the trimming done, I'll be back. Okay, when you're making your homemade embossing folder, you want to make sure when you close it, can you see that, that the sticks go on the other, this side, go in between the ones on that side. So you're sandwiching, when you put the metal or paper in there, you're sandwiching the paper so that it curls and does this little S shape in between all the sticks. That's the whole idea. So you let it dry completely and then you're good to go. You can emboss paper, you can emboss thin aluminum like from soda cans.  So there you go. I hope you enjoy the idea. I hope it comes in handy for you and saves you a little money in creating some art tools that you can use in your room with what you have. And you can expand on this and take it further and do other shapes and other designs. It would be a lot of fun to do. So that's it. Don't forget to like, share and subscribe. If you want to be part of one of my Facebook groups, A Life of Art and Self-Expression or the one where we do the journaling for the year, my year 2017 or you would like to support my channel by shopping at my Etsy shop, the link for all of those are in the description below along with my address if you want to send happy mail, my email address if you want to send me an email, all of that's in the description below. But don't forget the most important thing, go out and have a great day, do something nice for yourself because you deserve it, like maybe make yourself an embossing folder. In future videos we will be, as soon as I get a can, I will show you exactly how I use this and how I do the die cutting with it. And for now though, that's it. I'll see you later. Bye.


Hi guys, it's Monica. I am actually going to revisit a tag video that I did Three years ago. So this is the road to beautiful tag and This is a tag that Susan little poet did three years ago I actually did mine at the end of May and 2020 and When I did that tag and I'm gonna link it below, but when I did that tag three years ago, I had absolutely no idea that My life at 66 which is how old I was when I did that tag But I had absolutely no idea that my life was going to just go totally upside down in that in the next three years It was gonna take a nosedive. It was gonna be an emotional roller coaster. It was just gonna be You know complete chaos in many many ways so Revisiting this tag now three years later with all the history behind me everything that's happened in the last three years is really super Eye-opening for me. It's really made me think so here. I am at 69 Revisiting the tag the road to beautiful. I'm gonna link Susan's original video as well as mine down below So if you're curious as to Winner than a say whatever to share stay tuned ready so There were four questions this time. So the tag is a little bit shorter than last time But some of them are the four I think most important questions, right of being repeated just to see What you would say today three years later?  I would love to know how you feel Now about your road your path to beautiful and obviously if you are a content creator I'm gonna leave the questions below and I invite you to do a video I'd love to hear your road to beautiful. So anyways, the first question What's and I mean I've got some notes when I was little did I feel pretty? Now I answered that question in the original video quite Lengthly, I you know, I I really expounded on that question a lot, but my answer remains the same I Never really felt pretty as a young girl And I think I might have mentioned in that previous video that I was sort of the Like if you think of Barbie, right? I know Barbie's all the rage right now because the movie which I have not seen but you all know I'm the Barbie collector, but when you think of Barbie and You know and Mitch I was Mitch. I was never Barbie. It was always Mitch So I was that tried-and-true friend sort of cocky, you know Not, you know, I was had a little bit. I was a little bit stocky a little bit overweight Not very very pretty not the most popular gal, etc but I think all of that everything I went through and I'm not gonna go into the Bullying aspect and I'll let you go back and watch that previous video, but absolutely. I never felt pretty I never felt Exceptional or anything of that nature as a young girl. So I think growing up Not feeling that way and maybe it it in retrospect did hurt my self-confidence as an adult I believe that to be true. I do think it hurt my self-confidence But growing up It made me as an adult. I think appreciate the underdog All the more I am the person that is going to champion the person that is Alone the person that's in the corner the wall flower I'm gonna I'm gonna be the one the peacekeeper. I'm also a middle child So I've always been the peacekeeper on the same way in my real life in my friendships I've always been the peacekeeper I've always tried to see the middle ground of everything and I have some friends that are super super opinionated and And and some and I two of my very close friends in real life, you know Are on the opposite spectrum of their beliefs. So I'm like in the middle, you know, I was trying to keep the peace but It did it did affect me being You know feeling that way growing up. So today I always champion that underdog and I reach out to that person That's alone. I extend a hand. I Value today, especially after everything that's happened in the last three years for me. I value friendship Tremendously tremendously. I think when you go through some Huge losses in your life you value Friends all the more you value the companionship that True friendship no matter what's going on in in someone's life True friendship is always going to be there At least I've always believed that so I value friendship. I have people I know that I can count on if I just need to run something by I Can pick up the phone and make a phone call. I can send a message. I can do a box I can and I know I can reach out and I know there will be people there Extending a hand back to me to help me to to work through whatever issue problem feelings that I have so Truth be told, you know, I I like everything About me now. I'm more comfortable in my skin than I was obviously when I was younger And I like everything about me. I like the way I feel about things and the way I look at life I am a bit too sensitive. I would change that if I could But in general, I don't think I would change much of anything, you know for me So the second question, let me read that Survey says that the number one quality men love In a woman is her being a sentiment and ladylike and what does that mean to you? so I Really think that most men Are probably a wee bit insecure at times and They're human just like we are right? Maybe they look at things completely different than we do But they are a wee bit insecure at times and I think a man Feels better. Maybe they feel more manly. Maybe they feel more in control if the woman is More softer more needy. I think sometimes men are threatened by a strong woman Well, I happen to think that a strong woman is Cinnamon night is sexy is beautiful a strong woman a woman that kind of really knows What she wants Will try to achieve what she wants, but she's not gonna step on other people to do it She's not gonna tromple on Other people, you know, she's going to go after what she wants while Making other people and I don't know if I make any sense But making other people in her life feel good about themselves, too Like I can be a strong wife I can be a strong woman and at the same time be feminine for my husband and And make him feel You know that he's stronger than me or something like that or that I might need him so that His level of security is there. I it may not be making much sense, but I do definitely believe that being ladylike is sort of like Intermingled with good manners if you want if you have good manners you're taught not to chew with your mouth open I don't you know go blow my nose all over the place in public There are certain things that that I do that you might consider would be more ladylike, but at the same Tan I'm also very outdoorsy also very tomboyish at times But I I think being ladylike just means manners, you know having good manners having common sense and big part of my common common sense is to know when my husband needs to be built up and Maybe when other people need to be built up and then be able to build them up And it doesn't take anything away from me Actually makes me feel really good to be able to build them up so that they can shine I don't have to shine all the time. I love it when people around me shine And I think I think that's kind of like, you know, yeah, you know if you're a friend of man Fenderman they say that right Fenderman And you or you have good manners you're ladylike. What if you want to call it? I think it's a whole complete package of a strong woman. I think that's what a strong woman is Right a strong woman, you know when to You know, you know when to do things, you know when to smile the right way You know when to say something, you know how to help build other people up It's a number three. Do you wear makeup and can you feel pretty without it? Of course, I wear makeup. Uh-huh. I wear makeup almost every day.  I wash my face. I do my skin care I do some makeup every day. I may not do a full face of makeup every single day, but mascara Sunblock if I have a BB cream with some sunblock in it or Foundation I'm going to I'm gonna try to even out my skin tone I'm going to try to do all of that. I may run to the store and not have any blush on and very rarely I always forget contour. I probably don't know how to contour my face. Let's forget that I'd probably look better if I did some contouring that But foundation a little bit of foundation definitely sunblock definitely mascara eyeliner and I've been wearing some light eyeshadow in my everyday life and And I and I love it. Do I feel pretty without it? Probably not so much. I think I'd probably be feeling much prettier with a little bit of makeup on because I feel like a look better But there are days at home when I'm not doing anything. I'm doing housework I'm planning and the only thing I have on is mascara But if I run to the store, I'm gonna put sunblock on a little bit of foundation so I still wear at 69 I still wear makeup and and I and I try to accent or Bring out my best features with the makeup. I wear Maybe I don't do that much That great of a job, but I try So the last question is Where is your road to beautiful leading you and how has this changed? How has it stayed the same? You know, I wanted to to write notes on what to say. I Wanted to see if I could be better at my videos if I scripted myself but I Just can't it just can't bring myself to do it. So when I answer this question, I'm like, oh 80 What do I say? I have no idea. So Where I'm going to read it one more time Where is the road to beautiful leading you and how has this changed and I'm just gonna say that for me personally Having experienced the death of my my father, you were all most of you were with me Subscribers that have been, you know what subscribe to my channel for a while. You know how that affected me the death of my father shortly after I recorded the video three years ago my dad my dad died in July and I recorded that video the end of May and he already he was sick and then About a year and a half later my brother Very suddenly died My brother was four years older than me That that really threw me for a loop because there was no prep There was no preparing for it with my dad. We knew he was sick. We knew that he was going to be Going on the downhill slide. So we knew that was happening with my brother. It was like bomb Massive heart attack. I get the police come to my job I was my brother's art guardian on his fiduciary. He my brother. I always said to people my brother Died in Vietnam. He never he never came home from that war the same way I did but I couldn't take care of him to help with him became his legal guardian his fiduciary and When the police came that day to tell me that my brother had died I Had a total meltdown a total meltdown It was a co-work of college a to come meet me Explain what happened and it was just like this nightmare and then going to my mother I think I was the one that told my mother when I was with my dad when he died.  I don't have to be any I don't have to be beautiful. I don't have to be anything but me and at that point now of accepting me right and also The hottest thing is when you have someone close to you whether it's a friend a family member or You know, but you have someone close to you and all of a sudden you see them in a different light and it's Sometimes not a good light that you see them into, you know, and so what might have totally Freaked me out two years ago. It's like now. It's like Alright, you know Nobody's perfect You know, some people aren't perfect family members aren't perfect You can't expect perfection all I can hopefully hopefully give and receive is Me, you know is is give of me Give of my friendship. I'm a loyal friend who has been a loyal friend I'll probably always be a loyal friend. I'm the peacekeeper in the family. I'll always be that way. That's me That's who I am I don't need to try to be Anyone's idea of perfect or anyone else's idea of beautiful when my mom was alive I was trying to please her because it was felt like I didn't please her but I was wanted to please her I Don't have that anymore And it's sad that my mom's gone and my dad's gone and my brother's gone and that's really really Hard for me to even to this day to think about But having gone through that and being an orphan now. I rely on me My partner my husband But mostly it's gonna be me. I'm gonna be my own rainmaker. I'm gonna make what happens in My life and I'm in control of that. There's no one but me to blame If I don't make it if something happens, don't let me to blame. I'm going to I own my own decisions fully I don't have to make a decision based on what my mom would think what would my mother think my father would think What would my father do now? It's just me and hey Jay. This is what we do You know, we do talk about stuff, but Yeah, the road to beautiful. I'm on the path of where I believe I'm the best me I can be and I'm just gonna take it one day at a time smell the roses Be there for my family Be there for my friends and appreciate those friends and those family members that are there for me Because that's what it's really all about. It's all about the people that you surround yourself with It's all about what you give to them. You give you shall receive So, I don't know if any of my answers make sense, but I'm in a much better place Even though I've gone through all this loss. I'm in a much better place three years later at 69 And it was at 66 So thank you so much for watching. Thank you Susan for doing this tag and for those of you Love to read your thoughts on the road to beautiful in the comments below If you're new to my channel, please consider subscribing I truly appreciate you and please leave me a comment. Love to you all Have a great rest of your week


Hello, my name is Martin Griffin. I'm an Outreach and Government Affairs Associate here at Public Knowledge, and I'm going to introduce to you a new segment we're doing called the PK Staff Breaks It Down, where we take complex topics and try to condense it into an easy-to-understand, brief video. Today we're going to be talking about the five fundamentals of the PSTM. The FCC is preparing for the eventual transition from copper to an all-IP network. There are five fundamentals that we have that exist from the social contract America has with its consumers on the copper network that should carry over to the all-IP network. These five fundamentals are public safety, interconnection and competition, consumer protection, network reliability, service to all Americans. You should be able as a consumer to make and receive phone calls clearly no matter where you live, whether you are in the nice part of the city, in the not so nice part of the city, or you don't even live within the city limits and live in rural America. You should always be able to make and receive clear phone calls no matter where you are. Second fundamental, interconnection and competition. You should be able as a consumer to make and receive phone calls with confidence no matter if you and your recipient are on the same carrier or on competing providers. So if you're on provider A and your friend is on provider B, that phone call must be able to go through without any interference or inconsistencies. Third fundamental, consumer protection. The FCC must ensure that there is a timely recourse in case consumers have complaints during or after the transition to the all-IP network is complete. Fourth fundamental, network reliability. Consumers must be able to make and receive phone calls clearly in any type of situation, including natural disasters. Hurricane Sandy proved that the U.S. is not yet prepared for the all-IP network. So as the FCC goes through this transition to the all-IP network, we must ensure that consumers have the ability to make and receive phone calls in any type of situation, including natural disasters. Fifth fundamental, public safety. Consumers must be able to make phone calls to 911 and emergency personnel and feel confident that those phone calls will go through. Thank you very much for listening to our five fundamentals for the PSTN. Please check back with us in the future as we continue to bring you more episodes of public knowledge. Thank you.