Profile: Kelsey Osborne

You probably know her as the girl who tells you how many layers to put on in the morning before you go outside. That's Kelsey Osborne, the weather reporter for "Good Morning Emerson." Originally from Long Island, New York, Osborne now lives in the Marriott Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts as an 18-year-old freshman broadcast journalism major at Emerson College.

For Osborne, journalism wasn't always the future. In high school, she never took a film or television course. Instead, she passed her time with theater, as well as living with her four younger brothers. When she began to explore colleges, Osborne immediately chose Emerson. "It's the first school that I visited and I just really loved it." However getting accepted wasn't as easy as she had hoped. Originally deferred, Osborne was disappointed, but never have up hope. After a long wait, she received her acceptance letter from Emerson, and headed to Boston.

Upon her arrival to Emerson. Osborne was again disappointed when she realized that she would be living in the Marriott Hotel instead of one of the campus dorms. However, after seeing the way that the hotel was arranged, and meeting the other freshmen that lived there, she embraced her living situation. "I thought I would hate it, since I'm not exactly on campus. Plus, I don't really have the full college experience, since I don't have a roommate. Even with all that though, I really love it. I've really bonded with the people on my floor, and having my own room definitely has its perks. Maid service once a week is a godsend."

Of the freshmen that Osborne has bonded with, she considers Angelica Davila, Sarah Greenbaum, and Steve Waechter her best friends. "Kelsey is hilarious. She's really easy-going and usually happy, and she's a really supportive friend. I know that if I ever had a problem, she would be there to help." says Davila.

Although Osborne is happy to be living in the Marriott this year, she has decided to try something different as a sophomore. "...I probably won't live there next year because I would have to move to the Colonial half way through the year if I did." She is planning on living in one of Emerson's other residence halls: The Little Building, Piano Row, or the soon to open Colonial Building.

As a freshman, Osborne wasted no time in pursuing her dream career as an Entertainment News reporter. By both writing for "The Beacon" and being an on-air personality for "Good Morning Emerson", she is well on her way to reaching her dream job of being a "Perez Hilton or less corny Ryan Seacrest..." Although she loves contributing to "Good Morning Emerson," she admits that being in studio and ready to go by 7:30 AM can be challenging. "... getting up early is really tough! I'm really nervous about going on live... but I'm sure as time goes on I'll improve... at least I hope so!"

This semester has given Osborne new experiences. She is enjoying her new classes, which, in addition to Newsgathering, include Dress Codes, Earth Science and Nature, and Culture and Identity. She has also changed her eating habits. Since switching her meal plan, she has been using the dining hall much more frequently than last semester, when she mostly ate at the Max or the Emerson Cafe'. Osborne is excited to enjoy the rest of her time here before school lets out for the summer.