Ain't it something? I'm in Kentucky!

With all due respect to myself, making a reference to the South by using the word "ain't" probably isn't completely fair. To be honest, my experience here has been good so far. I've met a lot of great people from across the country who are incredibly talented. We've been taking grammar, ethics and libel quizzes in the morning, following them up with beat reports that we must present in both print and verbal formats and listening to lectures about the state of online media. We've been eating primarily in Western Kentucky's cafeteria (may I recommend the toasted subs?), and then returning in the afternoon and into the evening for more presentations, and to work on the projects we are developing. We've been split into three groups. There are 10 of us. I'm in the group of four, and there are two groups with three people. My group will be taking a look at a public relations/advertising firm run out of the school and staffed by students who work for businesses locally, in Nashville and, perhaps in the future, in other countries.
I had forgotten about lightning bugs until I was riding in a car with some of my peers on Sunday night and saw one light up outside the window. It's too great to comprehend, but unless you're from a mountainous region as I am, you probably don't appreciate fully the beauty of the lightning bug. I'm assuming Colorado doesn't have them because of its elevation, but feel free to correct me if there is another, more scientific explanation. For all I know, they're magical beings filled with the glowing rays of the sun. More likely than not, they're simply phosphorescent.
On Wednesday, we're scheduled to have a fancy dinner with Rich Holden, of the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund, at a swank local restaurant. Dimmed lights. White table cloths. Oh, yeah. We're going out on the town.