Meet the Man Who Runs the Editorial Page for the Buzz

August 28, 2009

“Effing adorable,” that is how he describes himself, and to say the least, he is just that. Tyrone L. Heppard is a 24 year old young African-American man born and raised in Johnson City, New York since May of 1985. He attended and graduated from Johnson City High School where he claims he became a “dedicated Wildcat. Rarrr!”

At Broome Community College, he strives to become a journalist. A passion he says he has because, “I feel that not only people have the obligation to know what’s going on around them, but they also have the responsibility to report the important things to each other with honor and integrity; I want to be a part of that. I want to report the truth.”

When he is not studying things like reporting, image theory or media and society, he is found listening to some of his favorite music performed by bands and artists like Warren Zevon, Pantera, Queen, T.I., My Chemical Romance or Motley Crue on his Mp3 player. He also enjoys the movies Clerks and Mallrats as well as the book American Psycho.

However, do not ask him if he has a Facebook account. He gets very defensive in saying, “I despise MySpace and Facebook.” If you want to contact him, you better ask for his cell number, he does have one of those. Spiders and conservatives are also on the list of dislikes. But as for the “likes” column, he says that music, games and beer are more like “loves.”

He recalls one of his worst experiences being when he got hit by a van on the way to work (GameStop in the mall of course, because Tyrone loves his gaming) while riding his bike. He wasn’t injured but he remembers it well. I think we would all remember getting hit by a van pretty well, no matter the circumstance.

Tyrone, the one who wants to make the world laugh, and accomplishes that really well when he opens his mouth. Honestly, you never know what will come out if it. Therefore, I leave you with this last quote from him, “Ashley, since we have two classes together, why don’t you buy the book for this class and I will buy the book for the other class, and we can just share. We will save money. We’re in a recession you know?”