Looking for email or address to contact Wells Tower, a fantastic writer. Anybody heard of him???

Wells Tower’s writing has appeared in Paris Review, the Oxford American, Fence, and elsewhere. I first read his article in Outside Magazine about his trip with his father to Iceland/Greenland. I want to contact him, but cant find any contact info for him.

Should I buy those Strength Training shoes that are seen in Eastbay and other sports magazines? ?

I’m on the fence about these shoes (you know, the red and black ones). Do they really work? Do can they really add 5-10, no more than that to your vert. leap. I really need to know. Basketball tryouts are approaching and my career may be in jeopardy. People who have tried the shoes only please!

College Resume musts?

I want to go to a school like MIT or Princeton.
How important are extra curriculars?
I’m only in my soph. year, but I want to know what I should do now and for the next two years?

what I have so far:
Freshman Year:
40 hours of community service
In the literary magazine
Fencing team
BIO Sat II- 790
1 AP class- World History
Been to the Philippines

Soph year:
60 hours of community service
Fencing team
In Science Honor Society
In Sophomore Science research
1 AP class- World History
(I’m planning to get the award for “most improved” in fencing..)
I already have 2 teachers who like me
I’m joining the Key Club
Going to run for VP

Summer:
Volunteering in Ambulance Corps alongside paramedics ^.^

I plan to be in Arista & archon next year
I’m going to see if I can get into any more Honor Societies
I’m going to join Science Olympiad & continue w/ Sci. Res

Senior Year:
INTEL competition (God help me o_o)
More plans, can’t think right now.

keep in mind I’m keeping an A+ average the whole time
Am I weak in the Extracurriculars section? I think I am…
Say I got really good grades, and near perfect SAT scores, would that compensate?
oh yeah, all my classes (except for the ap) are honors level. last year and this year.
ba-bump-bump
10 points… anyone?
easy ten points for a decent opinion
thanks for your input, kk.

where do i get cheap fencing equipment?

i need fencing breaches,shoes, and mask and i need it to be cheap if anyone has a store, phone #, magazine, web address. it would help a lot.

the sport fencing not garden fencing

how do i know if i’m a good journalist or not?

i have always loved writing. and used to spend time just writing out little stories, or make little newspapers and magazines when i was little.

but school life and writing essays kind of drilled my creativity out of me as i had to stick by certain notes and so on.
i lik writing essays and critising something.
but don’t know if i have the passion for it, and journalists need to have an opinion in most cases, and i tend to have none, and sit on the fence alot.

how can i know if i am up for it?

anyone know about the career as a journalist?