As Oprah Winfrey wraps up the concluding season of her talk show, two faculty members witnessed one of her final episodes.
Counselor Lori Stussie and registrar Diannia Affalter sat in the audience of one of Winfrey’s recent episodes that filmed Jan 20 and aired Jan 26. This episode was all about happiness.
“I noticed on the website that there were windows for tickets for January shows, so I called my college roommate and my husband, and we registered for as many shows as possible,” Stussie said. “My roommate and I both got rejected, but my husband won tickets.”
This was Stussie’s second time attending an Oprah show, but Stussie’s excitement about her recent ticket triumph never faded.
“I have watched Oprah since my freshman year of college,” Stussie said. “My roommate and I used to skip class 25 years ago to go back to the dorms and watch Oprah.”
Affalter wanted to win tickets because she is a huge Oprah fan, too.
“She can make or break somebody,” Affalter said. “She can make a book that no one has ever heard of and make it a best seller and make a movie out of it. She has a lot of power.”
Stussie says she likes Oprah because she’s wise.
“I think she epitomizes the American dream — a little girl with seemingly nothing going for her can rise out of poverty to become one of the most powerful, if not the
As Oprah Winfrey wraps up the concluding season of her talk show, two faculty members witnessed one of her final episodes.
Counselor Lori Stussie and registrar Diannia Affalter sat in the audience of one of Winfrey’s recent episodes that filmed Jan 20 and aired Jan 26. This episode was all about happiness.
“I noticed on the website that there were windows for tickets for January shows, so I called my college roommate and my husband, and we registered for as many shows as possible,” Stussie said. “My roommate and I both got rejected, but my husband won tickets.”
This was Stussie’s second time attending an Oprah show, but Stussie’s excitement about her recent ticket triumph never faded.
“I have watched Oprah since my freshman year of college,” Stussie said. “My roommate and I used to skip class 25 years ago to go back to the dorms and watch Oprah.”
Affalter wanted to win tickets because she is a huge Oprah fan, too.
“She can make or break somebody,” Affalter said. “She can make a book that no one has ever heard of and make it a best seller and make a movie out of it. She has a lot of power.”
Stussie says she likes Oprah because she’s wise.
“I think she epitomizes the American dream — a little girl with seemingly nothing going for her can rise out of poverty to become one of the most powerful, if not the
most powerful woman, in the world,” Stussie said.
The two friends and co-workers were more than happy to go with each other. Stussie had been trying to get Affalter to register, but she was too busy.
“It’s just been something we’ve planned from the beginning,” Stussie said.
Their seats were located left center, and they were able to see Oprah perfectly. They both agreed the house didn’t have a bad seat, all 325 of them. After only one session with Oprah, the co-workers walked out with new knowledge on happiness.
They learned that if you were to win money, you probably wouldn’t remember the specifics on how you won the money, but you would remember the trip you may have taken with the money. Stussie learned that if you have a choice between a gift and an experience, always spend money on an experience.
“We discovered it’s not the a
thing that makes you happy, it’s the experience,” Affalter said.
