Quotes exercise

Put the quotes in the correct location. Post to your blog.

1. "Mary is trying hard in school this semester," her father said.

2. "No," the taxi driver said curtly, "I cannot get you to the airport in 15 minutes."

3. "I believe," Jack remarked, "that the best time of year to visit Europe is in the spring. At least that's what I read in a book entitled 'Guide to Europe.'"

4. My French professor told me that my accent is abominable.

5. "Is Time a magazine you read regularly?" she asked.

6. When did Roosevelt say, "We have nothing to fear but fear itself"?

7. "Can you believe," Dot asked me, "that it has been almost five years since we've seen each other?"

Adapted from the University of Purdue’s Owl Resources.

Story Proposals

1) Academic integrity at WSU: legal consequences for those who violate student conduct codes - how seriously does WSU actually take it? Are standards different for athletes? Explore the legal issue of WSU degree ownership as property. Sources: administrators from the Office of Student Conduct, professors with experience dealing with academic integrity.

2) Rape: legal consequences, definition, relevancy in Pullman community, reporting process, and how it's handled by the WSU police. I would interview police officers and also talk to students about their opinions on the severity of punishment. Cover related resources, ex: Women's Transit.

Howard Berkes Questions

1)I notice that during the farm story we listened to, you act as a sort of narrator and use clips from your interview of your subjects talking instead of clips of you asking the questions. What kind of stories does this method work best for?

2) Where do you think is the ideal place to interview your subjects for a story in order to get the most honest and genuine interview? In their home, in your studio, or in neutral place?

3) When doing a story about a crisis, for example, the mine collapse in Utah, do you find it hard to attain concrete details about the actual severity of the situation because officials are afraid of leaking information that will scare the public? How do you get details from sources unwilling to share?

Meeting Story: WSU Young Democrats Plan to Advocate for Healthcare Awareness in Pullman

WSU Young Democrats Plan to Advocate for Healthcare Awareness in Pullman

College-age political activists announced their plan to bring the pressing issue of national healthcare to the public eye on the Pullman campus at a Sept. 21 meeting of the WSU Young Democrats.
The meeting buzzed with political banter as a diverse group of students gathered in CUE 407 to discuss upcoming projects and events, all with a “left-wing” theme. The officers leading the meeting introduced themselves using pseudo-middle names based on famous politicians associated with the Democratic party, demonstrating both the political knowledge and intelligent humor of the group.
The Young Democrats’ latest project will be a series of small efforts, such as demonstrations, debates, and informational booths, that aim to increase awareness about healthcare issues in the United States among WSU students. The Young Democrats are concerned that many students are uninformed about the seriousness and relevancy of the issue.
Young Democrats President Angel Ojeda said that a major reason that young people are in the dark is that information about healthcare reform is difficult to find. Students trying to find information have to do their research because any available information isn’t very user friendly.
“The bill is pretty long and convoluted,” said Ojeda.
While in college, it’s easy for students to rely on their parents’ insurance policies and forget that in just a few short years, they will each be responsible for paying for their our own healthcare on entry-level level job salaries. Even students who don’t have healthcare through their families can rely on WSU Student Health for basic medical needs while in school, which is considerably less expensive than care at a typical doctor’s office.
Healthcare has certainly been on the minds of WSU students since the semester started about one month ago. The WSU Pullman campus has made local and national news for being a hotbed for H1N1, or swine flu. Although the exact number of confirmed cases of H1N1 is unknown, the threat of contracting the virus has many students concerned for their health and their wallets.
The Young Democrats think that perhaps the H1N1 scare will be the political call to attention that is needed on this campus. Elizabeth Walker, a Young Democrat officer, says that with no presidential election this year, many students will cease to follow political events.
“We find that our campus becomes very apathetic during campaign-off seasons,” said Walker.
The Young Democrats don’t feel, however, that the absence of an election is an excuse to be uninformed about current events in politics.
“It is your duty as a citizen to be informed. Knowing what you’re voting for is so important,” said Hannah Tyo, another Young Democrats officer.
Tyo said that it is important for all students, regardless of political affiliation, to be informed about healthcare.
The Young Democrats, meet in Cue 407 at 7:05 pm on Mondays. The issue of healthcare and campaigning on the WSU campus will be discussed at future meetings.
“Everyone should care. It’s a human rights issue, when you really get down to it,” said Tyo.

Contacts:
Angel Ojeda ojedangel@gmail.com
Elizabeth Walker emwalker@wsu.edu
Hannah Tyo hannah.tyo@gmail.com


OUTLINE:
Outline:
A. Lede: healthcare
- atmosphere of meeting
- “middle names”
B. Latest project
- how
C. Angel quotes – info hard to find
D. Students rely on parents
- unreal costs of Student Health
E. Swine flu in Pullman
F. Swine flu a good thing?
- not an election year/apathy quote?
- quotes from Hannah & Elizabeth
G. Where they meet
- end w/ “human rights” quote

Executive Order -- Gun Law

(1) The age-old debate over Constitutional rights versus public safety raged Monday night at a public hearing concerning an executive order announced by Mayor Heep that bans guns from all Pulltown city property.

(2) “The city’s parks, community centers and events are safer without guns. We can’t wait for another incident, another innocent victim," said Mayor Heep.

(3) Heep proposed this executive order, which bans guns from all property owned by the City of Pulltow, in repsonse to the injury of three people at the May 24 shooting at the Folklife Festival in Pulltown. This order is controversial because some residents of Pulltown feel that it violates the Constitutional right to bear arms.

(4) "I have the right to protect myself, whether it’s at home or in public,” said Keri Calender, a West Pulltown resident who is "trying to protect the right to keep and bear arms in America."

Help your classmates edit their copy.

1. The band Gym Class Heroes will perform at a concert hosted by the WSU Student Entertainment Board on Oct. 18.

2. Cheap piercings and a hypnotist are events that will probably be repeated because of past ethusiamsm from students, said Caron.

3. The all-day event, Head of the Spokane, will feature teams from Gonzaga University and WSU.

4. The team is off to a good start with about forty new members on the men’s team alone, and thirty-five returning members who will make up the varsity roster, said Williams.

5. “Then one day Cupid’s Chokehold came on the radio and I thought, ‘That’d be cool.’”.

6. “I didn’t hear about the décor contest, but I bet I would win if I submitted a picture of my roommate's room.” said junior Carlie Halstrom “Maybe I will check it out.”

7. Bobson said, “I think it would have been cool to do something like that as a freshman. I know my parents would have loved it.”

8. It's official; a new year has started here at Washington State. Classes have begun, homework has been assigned, and the spirit of Coug football now hovers around Pullman.

9. There have been talks of taking away the money used for free parking at the Student Recreation Center, Whitmore said.

10. The Education Abroad Offices at Washington State University will hold its semi-annual education abroad fair from 10:30 a.m. until 3 p.m on Wednesday, Sept. 2. The fair will be located outside of Terrell Mall, where a huge portion of students walk to get from class to class.

11. More than 22,000 fans piled into Martin Stadium in Pullman, Wash. to watch the Cougars take on the Stanford Cardinal.

12. 18-year-old Kaitlin N. Norton, a freshman agricultural education major from Enumclaw, has been waiting for this game for a long time. Though she has always gone to Cougar games in Seattle, this will be Norton’s first game at Martin Stadium.

13. Entertainment, drink specials, and giveaways welcomed back the twenty-one-and-over crowd.

14. “I want to keep it exciting. I have been with Stubblefields a long time, and sometimes you just have to try a new position,” said Goldfinger.

15. Registration for this and for future events is through the University Recreation’s web site.

Outline of "When Animals Go AWOL"

I. Animal Escapes (Immediate news)
- how many? how often?
- how severe?
- specific examples

II. Public Image Problem
- how zoos are addressing it
- other PR issues zoos are dealing with

III. History of problem
- previous repsonses
- pressure from animal rights groups

IV. Reponses
- media
- policymakers
- activist groups
- public

V. Zoo's Reponse
- disclosure
- data of event (provides context)

Tragedy On Ice (exercise)

It was the worst local Merrimack River tragedy in nearly a century.

Four boys age 7 to 11 drowned when a group of seven boys plunged through thin ice.

As seven boys finished their snack run from the Lawrence Boys & Girls Club to Hanson's Market yesterday afternoon, a sudden urge to slide around prompted 11-year-old William Rodriguez to dash for the serene expanse of river ice.

It was a playful impulse that ended with his plunge through the ice, setting off an ill-fated rescue attempt that deteriorated into a mass of desperate children clinging to each other in 35-degree water.

Lawrence and Andover firefighters equipped with ice rescue suits arrived and after a search of the area where the boys went in, found the four remaining boys under the ice, 25 feet from shore in 15-20 feet of water.

"I threw the rope out once and it landed too far away, so I threw it out again, and again it was too far for them to reach," said Jacques Fournier, a retired maintenance worker.

The ice was one to two inches thick where they ventured off the river bank. Four inches is considered the minimum to support more than one person, and river ice may not be safe even at that thickness because of currents and other factors.

Because of the steep embankment, rescuers were forced to use ladders to bring the children up off the river to the waiting ambulances.

Members of the state police, Lawrence Police and Merrimack Valley dive teams entered the 38-
degree water and conducted an area search to be sure no one was left behind.

Police said the four dead boys were trapped under the ice at least 10 minutes.

Dead are William Rodriguez, 11, of 292 Howard St.; Christopher Casado, 7, of 18 Jasper Court; Mackendy Constant, 8, of 7 Clinton St.; and Victor Baez, 9, 46 Bernard Ave.

Surviving the incident were Francis Spraus, 9, 14 School St.; Christopher's brother Ivan Casado, 9, 18 Jasper Court; Jaycob Morales, 10, 4 Winslow Place.

Ivan and Francis were released from the hospital last night, and recalled the story from its quiet start.

"Willie said he wanted to go down to the river, to slide on the Ice," Ivan said. “We tried to stop him.”
"He was in the middle of the river," Francis said, Ivan finishing the sentence: "Then the ice broke and he fell down in the water.”

"Then we all fell in," said Francis. "I thought I was going to drown."

"My legs started to get stiff, and I had a freezing headache," Francis said. "I was hanging on to Christopher, but he started to slip under. I tried holding on to his hand, but it was like he let go."

The catastrophe left four boys dead, their families crushed and rescue workers shaken following an afternoon of fighting a river of broken ice, the steep mud-covered bank and driving rain.

Active vs. Passive

Active vs. passive
Would you change the following sentences? If not, why not? Rewrite those that need clarification.

1. The students quickly learned the points of the lecture, but they also forgot them quickly.

2. The boss himself informed the employees of the layoffs later in the day.

3. LeBron james missd a three-point shot with five seconds left.

4. The survey asked participants about their changes in political affiliation.

5. Raoul avoided tall buildings and mountain roads because he had such a fear of heights.

6. The Legislature is considering the bill.

7. The government has pursued the practice of covering up mistakes.

8. The class is reading the book.

Edit for brevity and clarity.


1. He wandered the streets.

2. The suspect sprinted across the yard.

3. The war refugees sought a haven across the border.

4. The mayor said he opposes an independent counsel to investigate the complaints.
“It would infringe on the autonomy of the City Council," he said.

5. A police spokesman reported five shootings Saturday night, three of which were in Central Park.

6. The reporter said he had covered wars in 18 countries during his 30-year career.

7. The project is funded by state and federal grants.

8. She earned a degree in journalism from Cal State Fullerton

9. The police chief said the department had abandoned the use of stun guns due to the fact that their use resulted in lawsuits.

10. A reporter’s typical day consists of meeting with editors, interviewing sources and writing stories.

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Headline:
Gym Class Heroes Concert at WSU in October

Summary:
The band Gym Class Heroes will be performing at a concert hosted by the WSU Student Entertainment Board on October 18. The concert will be held in the CUB Ballroom and tickets are expected to sell quickly.

Story:
The WSU Student Entertainment Board is hosting a concert featuring Gym Class Heroes on Sunday, October 18, at 7 pm in the CUB Senior Ballroom.
Tickets for the concert are available at the Cougar Card Center on the ground floor of the CUB beginning on Tuesday, September 8th. The cost is $25 for students (with a Cougar Card) and $35 for the general public. Tickets are general admission only. Doors open at 6 pm.
Gym Class Heroes is a popular American rap rock band best known for the popular singles “Clothes Off” and “Cupid’s Chokehold”. This is the first time Gym Class Heroes have performed in Pullman. The opening act will be announced at a later date.
The announcement that Gym Class Heroes would be performing at WSU received a very positive response, says SEB Concerts Programmer Annie Brooks.
“We’re very excited. The posters aren’t even finished yet and already we’ve seen a ton of interest,” Brooks said.
This concert is the second of many events organized by the WSU Student Entertainment Board (SEB), a student group that organizes free or affordable events on campus, this year.
“It’s hard to find a band that a lot of students listen to that also fits well with our budget, and this event happens too early in the year to put out a student survey to gage interest,” said Brooks. “Then one day “Cupid’s Chokehold” came on the radio and I thought, ‘That’d be cool’”.
Tickets for other concerts held in the CUB Ballroom have sold out in as little as two days, said Brooks, so students should get their tickets as soon as possible.
The SEB Concerts Committee also organized Cougfest, an outdoor concert featuring The White Tie Affair that occurred during the first week of classes this fall. The event was unusually well attended and is considered a big success by the Concerts Committee.
Tiffany Snyder, a SEB Street Team member, attended the SEB Flogging Molly concert last year in the CUB Ballroom. Snyder says the CUB Ballroom is an excellent place for a concert.
“The acoustics are amazing because of the size of the room. Plus it’s really cool to see the transformation from the typical ballroom into the full venue with the stage and everything, “ Snyder said.
The CUB Senior Ballroom can accommodate fourteen-hundred audience members when it set up with a concert stage. There is standing room only at the concert, which means that in a room the size of the CUB Ballroom, every guest will have a good view.
At a concert that will be mainly attended by college students, safety is always a top concern for SEB. Brian Shuffield, associate director for campus programming, says that the Gym Class Heroes concert will be very safe because the CUB Ballroom is easier to control than outdoor events such as Springfest,
“We have a way to see people coming in, so the CUB Ballroom gives us a lot more opportunity to enforce safety at our events,” Shuffield said.
For more information about the Gym Class Heroes concert and to learn about upcoming events, visit the SEB website. .

This article was written by Bailey Nelson.
bailey_nelson@wsu.edu

Contact info:
Annie Brooks
annabelle@wsu.edu
(360) 903-1348

Tiffany Snyder
tiffany_snyder@wsu.edu
(509) 339-5676

Brian Shuffield
shuffield@wsu.edu