“Twelve Things” is a blog post series in which I feature a list of twelve things that concern a specific topic. The idea behind these posts is a nod to my username “wijangco12” and my favorite number. 1. Basketball: A Love Story by Jackie MacMullan and Rafe Bartholomew How I Discovered the Book: I know Rafe and found out about it from his Twitter. What It’s About: The book is a collection of first-hand accounts from some of the biggest […]
Author: Ashley Wijangco
Book Blurbs: January 2019
From beginning the Crazy Rich Asians series to taking advantages of all the book sales in the New Year, I devoted a decent amount of time to books in January.
2017: The Most Eventful Year of My Life (So Far)
I’ve known—or rather, hoped—for years that 2017 would be a somewhat eventful year of my life, as it, ideally, would be the year I graduate college. And I did just that on May 13 when I graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelor of Science in Journalism. Going into college, I […]
The Journey of a Yerd
A yearbook nerd’s reflection on doing yearbook for six years When I was a freshman in high school, I remember filling out a form during my English class that expressed my interest in wanting to join yearbook. The form was supposed to help me determine what classes I wanted to take the next school year. […]
Illinois Happened for a Reason
A very recent alumna’s reflection on the opportunities of four years at Illinois When I was applying for colleges a little over four years ago, I was fortunate enough to already know what I wanted to do with my life and where I wanted to go to help make that a reality: the University of […]
One Book, One Campus, One Group of People Brought Together By One Person
Meeting Jamie Tworkowski with the TWLOHA UIUC UChapter On June 30 at 1:02 p.m., my twin sister, Amanda, received a text from our best friend Carly: “If you’re free right now, please call me! I have (some) exciting news!” We text, tweet, and Snapchat one another all the time, but we never call one another, […]
(S)Portlandia Adventures
This semester, I decided to take an overload semester just for a chance of going to Portland. As difficult as all of the school was at times, I’m glad I did it. I enrolled in a second eight-week Media course called “SportsMedia Industry Immersion” and the class was centered around a week-long trip to Portland scheduled […]
A Decade of TWLOHA
Wednesday, March 30 marks the 10th anniversary of To Write Love on Her Arms. While I haven’t been completely invested in TWLOHA since its start, I have known about the organization for most of its 10 years of existence. In recent years, I’ve become very, very supportive of TWLOHA and its message, contributing to the excitement […]
Thank you, Captain
I thought it was over. It was already a few minutes past 2 p.m. The trade deadline had come, and it seemed as though the Bulls were standing pat despite rumored efforts to deal Pau Gasol. I kept scrolling through my Twitter timeline, though. My sports PR class still hadn’t started yet, so I figured […]
Favorite Books of 2015
For someone who wants to be a writer, I honestly don’t read too many books. Most of the books I read throughout the year are books assigned for school, and I don’t get too much time to read books for pleasure other than summertime. And, when I do read for pleasure, it typically takes me […]