Scene Intern Sacrificed for Staff, Survives Anyway

• Justine Stump, first of five scheduled summer interns, so presumably expendable.

Following are the adventures of Scene interness Justine Stump of Kent State University. In her first week on the job, she was invited to join other members of the media in rappelling off the 17-story DoubleTree Hotel downtown. The publicity stunt was part of DoubleTree’s new initiative to kill off journalism more efficiently than digital media already is.

The editorial staff of Scene would like to thank Justine for making us look all extreme and whatnot, when we were actually way happier eating Bugles back at our desk. We hear it was a pretty day outside. This is Justine’s story.

Seventeen stories up, my heels are at the edge of the DoubleTree Hotel roof and I’m being encouraged to jump. “What the hell have I gotten myself into?” I think. I’m a journalist, so when I was presented with the opportunity to rappel down the side of a building I just couldn’t pass it up.

This article appears in May 16-22, 2012.