An old friend, Norman, put me up overnight at his company’s room at the Trump International Hotel & Tower. Yes, it’s spiffy as all get-out, but lest you think I’m wallowing in pure decadence, I thought I’d include the view from my bedroom window, top. The second shot, from the entertainment/chillout room (my term, not Trump’s), is a view of lower Central Park on this dreary day. Oddly, I can’t get Trump’s wifi signal from that main room.
27 years ago this month I was chairman of the Samuel G. Blackman Journalism Convention and Targum Reunion, a fancy name for a gathering of alums of Rutgers’ daily college newspaper plus a bevy of guest speakers, including Lesley Stahl, Sally Quinn, Richard Reeves, Floyd Abrams, George Gallup and others. About 1,500 people turned out. That gathering led to the college paper achieving independence from Rutgers University (in New Brunswick, NJ) two years later.
Well, for the 25th anniversary of the paper’s independence, today’s Targum governing body flew me out from California to give the keynote talk tonight. Norm, who was editor in chief the year after I left, will be driving me down there in a little while. Looking forward to meeting the kids running the show.
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