1)
In 2006 there were four hate crimes reported in Pullman, WA. In 2007 there were zero hate crimes reported in Pullman, WA. In 2008 there were no listings for Washington State University or for Pullman WA.
2)
a: Nealey, Terry R received the most donations. The amount in donations was $182,246.
b: The first company is Avista Corp with $1,600 and the second company is Wal-Mart with $1,600.
c: Donations to Republicans was the political party that received the highest amount from Forestry and Forest products.
d: Donations to Democratic was the political party that received the highest amount from Lobbyists and Public.
3)
Virtual Reality: http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=y6ofAAAAEBAJ&dq=patent+application+%22Virtual+Reality%22
Portable Personal Computer: http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=nC0oAAAAEBAJ&dq=patent+application+%22Portable+Personal+Computer%22
Automobile: http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=E9lrAAAAEBAJ&dq=patent+application+%22Automobile%22
Cordless telephone handset: http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=UNMoAAAAEBAJ&dq=patent+application+%22Cordless+telephone+handset%22
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Frontline
After watching the Frontline it was ridiculous to see what they were saying about how the news is reported. They did a segment on the Daily Show and how it was intended to be a show that made fun of the news but ended up being a show that got many viewers. The producer of the show said it was sad that Americans thought of this show as an actual news program, that was not what it was meant for. The show was meant to be funny and it ended up being something that people watched instead of actual news.
I do watch this show because it is funny. For me it is more enjoyable to watch the Daily Show instead of actual news because it does make fun of it but you are still get the news stories but just in a different light. This also makes me think of SNL and the Weekend Update. I watch that just to see what is going on in news because I do not like to watch it on TV. SNL also gives news stories that were on that week but they make fun of it too.
The part about the blogging and how that became such a huge thing did not surprise me. The girl that ran that show became huge with just her desk and background of a map. They were using home-made things to produce this blog and it became such a success that she got her own spot on a show. If someone can go out and make a homemade news blog and get viewers like that then think what anyone can post blogs about. Its like the guy that goes around making up fake news stories and how much coverage he got with that. It just shows how much ridiculous news is made and how much gets coverage.
They did a really good job overall with the Murrow aspect of news reporting and showing the different angels that the public sees news as. I enjoyed watching the Frontline episode and seeing what they say about America and there views on the news.
I do watch this show because it is funny. For me it is more enjoyable to watch the Daily Show instead of actual news because it does make fun of it but you are still get the news stories but just in a different light. This also makes me think of SNL and the Weekend Update. I watch that just to see what is going on in news because I do not like to watch it on TV. SNL also gives news stories that were on that week but they make fun of it too.
The part about the blogging and how that became such a huge thing did not surprise me. The girl that ran that show became huge with just her desk and background of a map. They were using home-made things to produce this blog and it became such a success that she got her own spot on a show. If someone can go out and make a homemade news blog and get viewers like that then think what anyone can post blogs about. Its like the guy that goes around making up fake news stories and how much coverage he got with that. It just shows how much ridiculous news is made and how much gets coverage.
They did a really good job overall with the Murrow aspect of news reporting and showing the different angels that the public sees news as. I enjoyed watching the Frontline episode and seeing what they say about America and there views on the news.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Farewell to Chief Weatherly
“The day my car broke down, was the day I knew I wanted to be in the police force,” William T. (Ted) Weatherly, Jr. the Chief of Pullman Police said. Weatherly has given his heart and soul to the city of Pullman for 31 years. The end of June he will bid his goodbyes to the beloved Pullman Police Department.
Weatherly was a Texas born man. He grew up there before joining the Marine Corps when he was 18 years old. Weatherly said that he always saw himself doing something bigger and better than going right off to college. Weatherly was released from the Marine Corps January 6 1964. He received his bachelor’s degree from California State University and his master’s from University of Southern California in criminal behavior.
The day that decided his future started off like any other day recalls Weatherly. He was trying to make a decision of continuing with the Marine Corps or heading a different direction. Weatherly driving through Los Angeles had a sudden car malfunction and ended up breaking down in the middle of a Los Angeles road. An off duty Los Angeles police stopped and assisted Weatherly with his car. In the midst of the roadside confusion, the police offered Weatherly a ride and some dinner. “That was the first police that showed me his passionate side of his work,” Weatherly said. After that encounter Weatherly said that his mind was made up. “I took the test and was offered a job on the spot in the Santa Ana California Police force,” Weatherly said.
“Santa Ana is known for its gang rate being high and drive-by shootings daily,” Weatherly said. “You could wonder why someone would want to put themselves through this just for a job.” That is exactly what Weatherly did every day for his passion of being a police. He never wanted to settle for anything less than great in his job field. Weatherly wanted to advance from being a Junior Lieutenant at Santa Ana to Captain. He had tested for Captain there and was given a no in return. Weatherly soon realized that if he wanted to succeed, he could not stay in California. “There was no advancement for me there and my family and I needed a change,” Weatherly said.
Weatherly and his wife decided to start looking for a new place to call home. They had narrowed their search down to five cities; Auburn, Olympia, Coeur d’Alene, Lewiston and Pullman. “We liked the fact that the northwest had four seasons,” Weatherly said. He said for how much they enjoyed the sun; it would be nice to see the other parts of the weather. They were looking for a town that they could call home and continue raising their children at. After looking at the community and the sensing the good atmosphere, the city of Pullman won hands down. “I couldn’t ask for a better community to live in,” Weatherly said. Weatherly and his family moved to Pullman, WA in 1979.
“When I came to Pullman they were in high demand for police,” Weatherly said. “Washington State was just getting their title as a ‘party school’.” He liked the challenge of living in a college-based town. He said the town wasn’t bad; it was the mixture of youth and alcohol that became the disturbance. “I wanted to educate young people about their life from home and about dealing with alcohol abuse,” Weatherly said. “My goal moving here was to turn the party school image of WSU into a perspective university.” His passion and dedication for this town is what drives the police force in their effortless work to keep Pullman safe.
After reminiscing when he first arrived in Pullman, Weatherly suddenly gets a very warm smile. He asks if he could share a little something extra about Pullman that not many college students would know or appreciate. He brings up a slide show of Pullman in the 1980’s. Weatherly isn’t just passionate about being the Chief, he is passionate about the history of Pullman. He shares where the first Police Department was located and how different the town looked thirty years ago. Weatherly said, “The exact day that I declared the new Police Station in Pullman was April 26th 1986.”
Weatherly was not just a cop when he was on duty, he was an educator. Washington State University student Sarah Bridges realized this early on in her education. “I was driving pretty fast down stadium way last year when I got pulled over,” Bridges said. “You here about all the bad stories with the Pullman police and how the only thing they want to do is pull over any kid they want. I was prepared when the cop walked up to my window and asked for my papers but I got a huge shock when after handing them to him I received a lecture,” Bridges said. “The cop lectured me about the dangers of speeding and why I should take precaution. I never thought twice before about speeding, especially in Pullman.” “I didn’t notice until later that I actually got pulled over by the Chief of Police,” Bridges said. Weatherly doesn’t do his job because he has to or because he wants to pull people over, he does it to make Pullman a better place.
It is not 1986 anymore and the Chief of Police is no longer in his 40’s as when he arrived in Pullman. Weatherly will be turning 70 this year, and he said “I do not want to be 70 and still a cop, I want to relax and spend the rest of my years with my wife.” Weatherly will be retiring in the end of June and stepping down from the Police force. Weatherly said, “June is a good month to retire; it’s the quietest time of summer and it lets my successor get the feel of the town before school starts back up.”
Weatherly has a to-do list of what he would like to accomplish once he is retired. He doesn’t plan on sitting around all day and watching Jeopardy. Weatherly said, “I have been taking piano lessons for the past couple years and want to continue learning new music and studying the history and art of other types of music as well.” He has also taken up learning French as a second language at WSU and would like to study other languages like Latin and Spanish as well. Weatherly and his wife want to plan a yearly trip. “We want one big extravagant vacation every year that is just ours,” Weatherly said. He said that the first trip won’t start until next year and they are hoping that it will be a Mediterranean cruise.
Weatherly said that he is not sad about retiring at the end of June. He doesn’t have a single regret in his pass that led him to becoming Chief of Police for Pullman. Weatherly said he will continue living in Pullman with his wife and will enjoy his retirement every day to its fullest. Weatherly said, “I am excited to see Pullman continue to thrive and grow for the next thirty years.”
Weatherly was a Texas born man. He grew up there before joining the Marine Corps when he was 18 years old. Weatherly said that he always saw himself doing something bigger and better than going right off to college. Weatherly was released from the Marine Corps January 6 1964. He received his bachelor’s degree from California State University and his master’s from University of Southern California in criminal behavior.
The day that decided his future started off like any other day recalls Weatherly. He was trying to make a decision of continuing with the Marine Corps or heading a different direction. Weatherly driving through Los Angeles had a sudden car malfunction and ended up breaking down in the middle of a Los Angeles road. An off duty Los Angeles police stopped and assisted Weatherly with his car. In the midst of the roadside confusion, the police offered Weatherly a ride and some dinner. “That was the first police that showed me his passionate side of his work,” Weatherly said. After that encounter Weatherly said that his mind was made up. “I took the test and was offered a job on the spot in the Santa Ana California Police force,” Weatherly said.
“Santa Ana is known for its gang rate being high and drive-by shootings daily,” Weatherly said. “You could wonder why someone would want to put themselves through this just for a job.” That is exactly what Weatherly did every day for his passion of being a police. He never wanted to settle for anything less than great in his job field. Weatherly wanted to advance from being a Junior Lieutenant at Santa Ana to Captain. He had tested for Captain there and was given a no in return. Weatherly soon realized that if he wanted to succeed, he could not stay in California. “There was no advancement for me there and my family and I needed a change,” Weatherly said.
Weatherly and his wife decided to start looking for a new place to call home. They had narrowed their search down to five cities; Auburn, Olympia, Coeur d’Alene, Lewiston and Pullman. “We liked the fact that the northwest had four seasons,” Weatherly said. He said for how much they enjoyed the sun; it would be nice to see the other parts of the weather. They were looking for a town that they could call home and continue raising their children at. After looking at the community and the sensing the good atmosphere, the city of Pullman won hands down. “I couldn’t ask for a better community to live in,” Weatherly said. Weatherly and his family moved to Pullman, WA in 1979.
“When I came to Pullman they were in high demand for police,” Weatherly said. “Washington State was just getting their title as a ‘party school’.” He liked the challenge of living in a college-based town. He said the town wasn’t bad; it was the mixture of youth and alcohol that became the disturbance. “I wanted to educate young people about their life from home and about dealing with alcohol abuse,” Weatherly said. “My goal moving here was to turn the party school image of WSU into a perspective university.” His passion and dedication for this town is what drives the police force in their effortless work to keep Pullman safe.
After reminiscing when he first arrived in Pullman, Weatherly suddenly gets a very warm smile. He asks if he could share a little something extra about Pullman that not many college students would know or appreciate. He brings up a slide show of Pullman in the 1980’s. Weatherly isn’t just passionate about being the Chief, he is passionate about the history of Pullman. He shares where the first Police Department was located and how different the town looked thirty years ago. Weatherly said, “The exact day that I declared the new Police Station in Pullman was April 26th 1986.”
Weatherly was not just a cop when he was on duty, he was an educator. Washington State University student Sarah Bridges realized this early on in her education. “I was driving pretty fast down stadium way last year when I got pulled over,” Bridges said. “You here about all the bad stories with the Pullman police and how the only thing they want to do is pull over any kid they want. I was prepared when the cop walked up to my window and asked for my papers but I got a huge shock when after handing them to him I received a lecture,” Bridges said. “The cop lectured me about the dangers of speeding and why I should take precaution. I never thought twice before about speeding, especially in Pullman.” “I didn’t notice until later that I actually got pulled over by the Chief of Police,” Bridges said. Weatherly doesn’t do his job because he has to or because he wants to pull people over, he does it to make Pullman a better place.
It is not 1986 anymore and the Chief of Police is no longer in his 40’s as when he arrived in Pullman. Weatherly will be turning 70 this year, and he said “I do not want to be 70 and still a cop, I want to relax and spend the rest of my years with my wife.” Weatherly will be retiring in the end of June and stepping down from the Police force. Weatherly said, “June is a good month to retire; it’s the quietest time of summer and it lets my successor get the feel of the town before school starts back up.”
Weatherly has a to-do list of what he would like to accomplish once he is retired. He doesn’t plan on sitting around all day and watching Jeopardy. Weatherly said, “I have been taking piano lessons for the past couple years and want to continue learning new music and studying the history and art of other types of music as well.” He has also taken up learning French as a second language at WSU and would like to study other languages like Latin and Spanish as well. Weatherly and his wife want to plan a yearly trip. “We want one big extravagant vacation every year that is just ours,” Weatherly said. He said that the first trip won’t start until next year and they are hoping that it will be a Mediterranean cruise.
Weatherly said that he is not sad about retiring at the end of June. He doesn’t have a single regret in his pass that led him to becoming Chief of Police for Pullman. Weatherly said he will continue living in Pullman with his wife and will enjoy his retirement every day to its fullest. Weatherly said, “I am excited to see Pullman continue to thrive and grow for the next thirty years.”
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Media Hype
1) I do not think it is ever ethical to alter a photograph or video that accompanies your news reporting. The story about the student being placed in the photograph to make it look more ethnic was ridiculous. It is almost like well duh do they not think that they will not be caught and someone will say hey I was never there. There is a dove commercial that I think about with this and how they distorted the model so much that it didn’t even look like her when it came time for the billboard. The fact that things go on like this is appalling.
2) The news media should not adjust their news reporting for a hype story. The shark attack story, “summer of the sharks” was insane for how much coverage that got. The fact that 20/20 said that summer wasn’t even the worse they have seen was crazy. I was scared that year to go swimming in the ocean and I was not even in the same ocean that the shark attacks where at. I was in Mexico and I was scared, it is sad now that the media hype of that story affected me so much and I was not even near the attacks. They then continued to say that previous years have been much worse but bigger news issues beat of them for coverage.
3) I am not a hundred percent sure what exactly this is saying about journalist excepting junkets from PR firms but it does not sound like something that Edward Murrow would approve of in his journalist standards. I have heard of the word junkets and I thought that was what they do when a big movie is coming out and they have a junket for it promoting it. I think that accepting anything like the name freebies is never a good thing. Nothing is ever free; something always comes with a price.
4) I think that the Fat Squad fooled everyone because we are so gullible to what we hear or read. We will believe anything that we hear without asking ourselves first if it is even remotely true. I think that the media wanted to believe stories like this ridiculous because they had something to occupy their time that week. The media was slow with stories and this seemed like some miracle thing going on. These weird people going around stalking people and telling them not to eat. It is almost laughable that they did believe any of the nonsense that this group did. I think that the internet news media is more likely to fall for pranks because the internet can be updated within seconds, while television can only have so many breaking news stories before people start to change the channel. With the internet people are logging on constantly to check facebook, twitter or email and any of those ways news can reach millions of people faster than television sometimes.
2) The news media should not adjust their news reporting for a hype story. The shark attack story, “summer of the sharks” was insane for how much coverage that got. The fact that 20/20 said that summer wasn’t even the worse they have seen was crazy. I was scared that year to go swimming in the ocean and I was not even in the same ocean that the shark attacks where at. I was in Mexico and I was scared, it is sad now that the media hype of that story affected me so much and I was not even near the attacks. They then continued to say that previous years have been much worse but bigger news issues beat of them for coverage.
3) I am not a hundred percent sure what exactly this is saying about journalist excepting junkets from PR firms but it does not sound like something that Edward Murrow would approve of in his journalist standards. I have heard of the word junkets and I thought that was what they do when a big movie is coming out and they have a junket for it promoting it. I think that accepting anything like the name freebies is never a good thing. Nothing is ever free; something always comes with a price.
4) I think that the Fat Squad fooled everyone because we are so gullible to what we hear or read. We will believe anything that we hear without asking ourselves first if it is even remotely true. I think that the media wanted to believe stories like this ridiculous because they had something to occupy their time that week. The media was slow with stories and this seemed like some miracle thing going on. These weird people going around stalking people and telling them not to eat. It is almost laughable that they did believe any of the nonsense that this group did. I think that the internet news media is more likely to fall for pranks because the internet can be updated within seconds, while television can only have so many breaking news stories before people start to change the channel. With the internet people are logging on constantly to check facebook, twitter or email and any of those ways news can reach millions of people faster than television sometimes.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Pet Adoption, a Lifetime Commitment
Ever thought about saving a life? Are you interested in a long-term commitment? These two questions should be considered when adopting a rescue animal.
The thought of adopting an animal could come from a heart-warming television commercial or from an advertisement on the internet showing homeless pets. Either attraction is an attention getter for anyone who is a devoted animal lover.
For Washington State University student, Danielle Phelps she thought of adopting a puppy through animalshelter.org. Animalshelter.org is in association with the Northern Idaho Animal Rescue (N.I.A.R.) in Lewiston, Idaho.
Phelps went online to their website and searched through the different dog breeds to find the one she wanted. Phelps then contacted N.I.A.R through email on the puppy she was interested in. This was the easy part of the process.
“There were a million and one questions that I needed to answer, who knew adopting a puppy would be this ridiculous,” Phelps replied to the application that was sent to her by N.I.A.R. Phelps described the process as adopting a child instead of trying to adopt a puppy.
The questionnaire portion of the application was the tedious part. N.I.A.R was concerned about one thing, and that was making sure that their animals were going into the perfect home, described Phelps.
Some of the key facts that N.I.A.R wanted to know, Phelps describes is if there will be a fenced in yard, training for the animal, other pets in the household or children and the most important question they were concerned with was whether or not the animal will be fixed.
Foster parent for the Seattle Animal Shelter, Madeline McCarthy said that these long adoption processes are not uncommon. McCarthy said it is standard protocol for each family to go through an interview process in order to adopt a pet.
“My job as a foster parent is to raise the kittens that have been left behind and care for them until I find a proper home,” said McCarthy. “Seattle Animal Shelter does it this way so no animal has to grow up in a cage.” McCarthy’s specialty is caring for cats.
McCarthy conducts the interview process the same way as Phelps received the application questionnaire. McCarthy said she asks the same million questions about the interviewee’s lives.
McCarthy uses tactics while interviewing families. While she is asking the questions she waits to see how long the response takes and what their facial expressions may be. “This shows whether or not they are lying to us by how long it takes them to answer a question,” McCarthy said. “We can tell when someone is trying to paint a perfect picture for us and when someone is trying to tell the actual truth.”
McCarthy and the Seattle Animal Shelter know that families will do anything for a pet, and some even going as far as lying about their living conditions. The interview process they hope will help weed out the good from the bad with families. McCarthy said they know they can’t find out about each of their families lives but they do their best in trying to ensure their pets are being put to a safe home.
The process for adopting a rescue animal is tedious but the reward is greater in itself. Phelps can only describe the feeling of getting your new pet for the first time as receiving this huge gift that you know will change your life.
The thought of adopting an animal could come from a heart-warming television commercial or from an advertisement on the internet showing homeless pets. Either attraction is an attention getter for anyone who is a devoted animal lover.
For Washington State University student, Danielle Phelps she thought of adopting a puppy through animalshelter.org. Animalshelter.org is in association with the Northern Idaho Animal Rescue (N.I.A.R.) in Lewiston, Idaho.
Phelps went online to their website and searched through the different dog breeds to find the one she wanted. Phelps then contacted N.I.A.R through email on the puppy she was interested in. This was the easy part of the process.
“There were a million and one questions that I needed to answer, who knew adopting a puppy would be this ridiculous,” Phelps replied to the application that was sent to her by N.I.A.R. Phelps described the process as adopting a child instead of trying to adopt a puppy.
The questionnaire portion of the application was the tedious part. N.I.A.R was concerned about one thing, and that was making sure that their animals were going into the perfect home, described Phelps.
Some of the key facts that N.I.A.R wanted to know, Phelps describes is if there will be a fenced in yard, training for the animal, other pets in the household or children and the most important question they were concerned with was whether or not the animal will be fixed.
Foster parent for the Seattle Animal Shelter, Madeline McCarthy said that these long adoption processes are not uncommon. McCarthy said it is standard protocol for each family to go through an interview process in order to adopt a pet.
“My job as a foster parent is to raise the kittens that have been left behind and care for them until I find a proper home,” said McCarthy. “Seattle Animal Shelter does it this way so no animal has to grow up in a cage.” McCarthy’s specialty is caring for cats.
McCarthy conducts the interview process the same way as Phelps received the application questionnaire. McCarthy said she asks the same million questions about the interviewee’s lives.
McCarthy uses tactics while interviewing families. While she is asking the questions she waits to see how long the response takes and what their facial expressions may be. “This shows whether or not they are lying to us by how long it takes them to answer a question,” McCarthy said. “We can tell when someone is trying to paint a perfect picture for us and when someone is trying to tell the actual truth.”
McCarthy and the Seattle Animal Shelter know that families will do anything for a pet, and some even going as far as lying about their living conditions. The interview process they hope will help weed out the good from the bad with families. McCarthy said they know they can’t find out about each of their families lives but they do their best in trying to ensure their pets are being put to a safe home.
The process for adopting a rescue animal is tedious but the reward is greater in itself. Phelps can only describe the feeling of getting your new pet for the first time as receiving this huge gift that you know will change your life.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Second Story Ideas
First idea for a news story is still the Bad News that I introduced last time. I think it will be very interesting write about and interview people. I stopped watching the news because it is always depressing so hearing the facts on why this is such a popular trend will be good to know.
Second idea is from the heart. It is about adopting rescue dogs and the whole process that you have to go through. It is not like going to a shelter and just picking any dog that you want. You have to send in a request for a rescue dog and then go through a whole interview process. I want to know more about it and get the facts. I think anyone who is interested in getting a pet would be curious to know. And it is a good way to get the word out that these animals need help.
Second idea is from the heart. It is about adopting rescue dogs and the whole process that you have to go through. It is not like going to a shelter and just picking any dog that you want. You have to send in a request for a rescue dog and then go through a whole interview process. I want to know more about it and get the facts. I think anyone who is interested in getting a pet would be curious to know. And it is a good way to get the word out that these animals need help.
Special Leads
New York Times
Obama to send up to 1,200 Troops to Border
Los Angeles- President Obama will send up to 1,200 National Guard troops to the Southwest border and seek increased spending on law enforcement there to combat drug smuggling after demands from Republican and Democratic lawmakers that border security be tightened.
I think that this lead works great. It is a narrative lead that tells you what the story is about but also has some elements of a summary lead. It is summarizing what the rest of the article is about and what Obama is doing but then it tells this picture about sending the troops in. The lead could improve by saying what Southwest boarder they are sending troops to because that part did confuse me a little bit.
The Seattle Times
'Top Kill' another BP gamble
HOUSTON — As BP prepared Tuesday for its most ambitious effort yet to stop the torrent of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, company officials emphasized the procedure known as a "top kill" had never been tried so far underwater, that it might be delayed again and that it might not succeed.
Both of these are a little wordy to what we were taught in class about the 35 to 40 words. It is not a first lead story so there are not hard hitting facts. Its a on going summary lead. Since there have been so many stories about BP you cant really call it a second day lead story but it does have the characteristics of one. It is updating you in what is going on with BP and what they are now calling "top kill". It does not summarize the whole story, it just gives a brief part of what a top kill is.
Obama to send up to 1,200 Troops to Border
Los Angeles- President Obama will send up to 1,200 National Guard troops to the Southwest border and seek increased spending on law enforcement there to combat drug smuggling after demands from Republican and Democratic lawmakers that border security be tightened.
I think that this lead works great. It is a narrative lead that tells you what the story is about but also has some elements of a summary lead. It is summarizing what the rest of the article is about and what Obama is doing but then it tells this picture about sending the troops in. The lead could improve by saying what Southwest boarder they are sending troops to because that part did confuse me a little bit.
The Seattle Times
'Top Kill' another BP gamble
HOUSTON — As BP prepared Tuesday for its most ambitious effort yet to stop the torrent of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, company officials emphasized the procedure known as a "top kill" had never been tried so far underwater, that it might be delayed again and that it might not succeed.
Both of these are a little wordy to what we were taught in class about the 35 to 40 words. It is not a first lead story so there are not hard hitting facts. Its a on going summary lead. Since there have been so many stories about BP you cant really call it a second day lead story but it does have the characteristics of one. It is updating you in what is going on with BP and what they are now calling "top kill". It does not summarize the whole story, it just gives a brief part of what a top kill is.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Second Day Lead
Angela Melissa Norton has now been missing from her home for 24 hours. Maria L. Norton, her mother, issued a statement asking for anyone with information to come forward. Police are still questioning the neighbors and the baby sitter.
Friday, May 21, 2010
Construction on Daggy Hall
Daggy Hall is under construction this summer for roof and gutter repairs that have been having problems throughout the recent school years. This construction is not in relation to the previous budget cuts of the Theatre Department.
Brown Contracting is the company involved with the construction on Daggy Hall this summer. They were unable to follow through with making a comment.
Washington State University Facilities Operations, Timothy L. Rundquist said, “Daggy Hall the last several years has been leaking and forming ice in places around the building that have become hazardous for pedestrians.” He also continues to say, “A leaking roof also leads to deterioration of a building itself. Thus, the reason for the project is to preserve the building and extend its life, and to make the area around it safer for building users.”
Rundquist continues to inform that the work itself includes new shingles on sloped portions of the roof, new ethylene propylene diene monomer, which is a type of roofing rubber. The EPDM will be on the high, flat roof over the stage fly loft with new gutters all the way around. He says that this roof should last between 30 and 50 years with normal maintenance efforts.
The reason that the construction is taking place now, instead of before the budget cuts were made is due to student activity said Rundquist. Daggy Hall is on the edge of campus and gets an excessive amount of foot traffic and has garage parking. He concludes that the upgrade of the building is to ensure safety to the students and the incoming and outgoing traffic of the garage.
The construction of Daggy Hall is in no correlation with the Theatre Department being canceled last fall of 2009 due to the budget cuts. Many students have been angered with the budget cuts and are now questioning why the building is being fixed now if it is no longer in existence said Professor Ray Pritchard of the Theatre Department. Pritchard said that students don’t know that Washington State University has two budgets; one that determines budget cuts and another that is involved with campus building maintenance.
Pritchard said that the inside of Daggy Hall was upgraded last year with almost half a million dollars into the project. He said, “Jones Theatre received new seats, the interior was repainted and a state of the art lightning system sound reflecting panels was put in.” and “the green room that is used by theatre students was also gutted and painted and refurbished.” All of these advancements in the Jones Theatre were made weeks prior to the budget cuts.
“That it is ironic that they did all this work on Jones Theatre, yet their department was still cut,” said Pritchard. His feeling is that the money that was used for advancements to the theatre should have been used instead to keep the department alive.
The Theatre Department does not know of any other department at WSU that will be moving into the building. The Speech Department is also located in Daggy Hall and is being relocated to Spokane. The Interior Design Department is the only department left in the hall that has not been cut. There has been no word from them if they are staying in the building or relocating to a different area.
Pritchard said that even though the Theatre Department has been cut, in fall 2010 and spring 2011 classes will still be offered. The class will not be as largely based as they had been previous years with a wide variety to choose from. The classes being offered will focus more on letting students who need to finish up their major or minor in Theatre. Other theatre classes will still be offered, but not the variety that was seen before the department was cut.
Pritchard does reveal that the Theatre Department had a meeting with the Provost, who is in charge of the main WSU Pullman branch, on Tuesday May, 18th to further discuss the life of the Theatre Department. The shutting down of theatre has not been finalized and fights for it to stay open will still continue next school year.
Daggy Hall construction is still undergoing and does not have a definite time-line of when it will be done. The Theatre Departments hopes that the new roof and gutters helps by fixing the problems, allowing for a better building in the future.
Contacts:
Timothy L. Rundquist
Architectural Supervisor, A&E Services
WSU Facilities Operations
(509) 335-9076
Ray A. Pritchard
Instructor, Acting
Theatre and Dance
Daggy Academics 316
(509)-335-2715
Thursday, May 20, 2010
International News
I really like how Russia Today’s front page was set up. The square blocks that you had to click on to navigate your way through the site where a fun and easy way to get the news. It did not seem anything like the New York Times or even the Daily Evergreen in the formal news way. It had more of a laid back feeling and almost a GO GREEN feeling in the front page as well. BBC World News I have actually watched on television before and been to this site a couple times. I like this site and how it represents the news. It does a good job of giving world news and also news that goes on in their country as well. The website was very easy to navigate through as well. Press TV instantly reminded me of a copy-cat site of the New York Times just because the first thing you see on the main page is a picture of the White House. I don’t know why that reminded me of it but it did. This site was the formalist of all of them. It had a good lay out, a little boring to look at but it got to the point of the news it was trying to share with the public.
Al Jazeera English does not seem like a controversial site to me personally. I could understand where the concerns are with the news that they broadcast and that they are located in the Middle East, but it does not seem like they are harming anyone. I read the other stories that were given on whether or not they should be allowed in the U.S, and I think it should be. I think that if they can keep their stories under-wrap and not try to talk about issues that could cause a huge up roar, then I think that cable companies should agree to have their channel. It’s understandable that they say no because we do already have so many different networks that offer news constantly throughout the day. The question is if they do get through to U.S networks, will they continue to broadcast how they do or will they change tactics and start showing stories that they feel the public needs to see to understand the Middle East struggles. I’m not a big news watcher in the first place for the exact reason that I don’t want to always see stories about the war and about conflicts in the Middle East. I truly change the channel and find something else to watch.
1. I think that they internet will help promote their good nature image because there is not much about terrorist attacks or stories in the Middle East. When opening the site, the front page is filled with world news, not just news in the U.S and not just news in the Middle East. They are offering a wide variety of news articles and videos to watch from. I think that having the broadcast be in English does give them a good upper hand in trying to win over the cable companies.
2. Like I said earlier in the paragraph above. I do think that they should be offered in the U.S. I think that getting cable companies to accept them though is completely another story. Companies are so afraid to let something like this in to their companies that can be seen as something so controversial.
3. The news that they broadcast is world news in a sense. There are stories that I did not see in the New York Times today when I read it. A couple articles were similar in the New York Times like Al Jazeera online, but they were more in depth and discussed worldly facts rather than comparing it to something in the U.S. Yes, some of their stories do have something to do with terrorist attacks or they discuss the Middle East but all together it focuses more on what is going on around them.
4. The Code of Ethics is a very nice list to be followed. I truly don’t know if they have followed that just by listening to a few short videos and reading two articles. It seems like they are doing a good job on delivery a world view of the information and showing a clear knowledge of the facts. There has not been any mention in any of the articles I read if they were wrong and they had to correct themselves. Maybe if I spent a couple hours looking through things I could find more evidence to support their code of ethics, but for the first glance it looks fairly news worthy. Their number six though about trying to do news without being biased is a nice thought but as everyone knows almost impossible. A biased opinion is going to slip out somehow, even if not intended to sound like it.
Al Jazeera English does not seem like a controversial site to me personally. I could understand where the concerns are with the news that they broadcast and that they are located in the Middle East, but it does not seem like they are harming anyone. I read the other stories that were given on whether or not they should be allowed in the U.S, and I think it should be. I think that if they can keep their stories under-wrap and not try to talk about issues that could cause a huge up roar, then I think that cable companies should agree to have their channel. It’s understandable that they say no because we do already have so many different networks that offer news constantly throughout the day. The question is if they do get through to U.S networks, will they continue to broadcast how they do or will they change tactics and start showing stories that they feel the public needs to see to understand the Middle East struggles. I’m not a big news watcher in the first place for the exact reason that I don’t want to always see stories about the war and about conflicts in the Middle East. I truly change the channel and find something else to watch.
1. I think that they internet will help promote their good nature image because there is not much about terrorist attacks or stories in the Middle East. When opening the site, the front page is filled with world news, not just news in the U.S and not just news in the Middle East. They are offering a wide variety of news articles and videos to watch from. I think that having the broadcast be in English does give them a good upper hand in trying to win over the cable companies.
2. Like I said earlier in the paragraph above. I do think that they should be offered in the U.S. I think that getting cable companies to accept them though is completely another story. Companies are so afraid to let something like this in to their companies that can be seen as something so controversial.
3. The news that they broadcast is world news in a sense. There are stories that I did not see in the New York Times today when I read it. A couple articles were similar in the New York Times like Al Jazeera online, but they were more in depth and discussed worldly facts rather than comparing it to something in the U.S. Yes, some of their stories do have something to do with terrorist attacks or they discuss the Middle East but all together it focuses more on what is going on around them.
4. The Code of Ethics is a very nice list to be followed. I truly don’t know if they have followed that just by listening to a few short videos and reading two articles. It seems like they are doing a good job on delivery a world view of the information and showing a clear knowledge of the facts. There has not been any mention in any of the articles I read if they were wrong and they had to correct themselves. Maybe if I spent a couple hours looking through things I could find more evidence to support their code of ethics, but for the first glance it looks fairly news worthy. Their number six though about trying to do news without being biased is a nice thought but as everyone knows almost impossible. A biased opinion is going to slip out somehow, even if not intended to sound like it.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Examples of Summary Leads
Suicide Bomber Hits U.S. Convoy in Afghanistan
New York Times
KABUL, Afghanistan — A man driving a Toyota minivan crammed with explosives steered into an American convoy Tuesday morning here, killing 18 people, including five American soldiers and one from Canada. At least 47 people were wounded, nearly all of them civilians caught in rush-hour traffic.
Noble acquitted in hit and run
Daily Evergreen
A Moscow man was acquitted last week of injuring two pedestrians on the WSU campus last December in a hit-and-run.
Renton Police looking for suspect in shooting Saturday night
Renton Reporter
Renton Police are looking for a suspect in a shooting at about 11:20 p.m. Saturday in the 2500 block of Edmonds Avenue Northeast.
Renton power outages caused by a beaver
Renton Reporter
Beavers are the prime suspect of a power outage that affected about 350 people Saturday.
New York Times
KABUL, Afghanistan — A man driving a Toyota minivan crammed with explosives steered into an American convoy Tuesday morning here, killing 18 people, including five American soldiers and one from Canada. At least 47 people were wounded, nearly all of them civilians caught in rush-hour traffic.
Noble acquitted in hit and run
Daily Evergreen
A Moscow man was acquitted last week of injuring two pedestrians on the WSU campus last December in a hit-and-run.
Renton Police looking for suspect in shooting Saturday night
Renton Reporter
Renton Police are looking for a suspect in a shooting at about 11:20 p.m. Saturday in the 2500 block of Edmonds Avenue Northeast.
Renton power outages caused by a beaver
Renton Reporter
Beavers are the prime suspect of a power outage that affected about 350 people Saturday.
Monday, May 17, 2010
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Friday, May 14, 2010
Three Pitches
First Idea: Bad News
Go to Komo 4 News online and start reading the pages, notice any trend that is started to set in, might get a feeling of depression that runs through you. This feeling is not anything new to the public reader. The very first article on Komo’s news page is about a killing list that was leaked at a school, scroll down even more and you will find the sports. Articles on sports should be thrilling and exciting to read, but somehow even the articles on sports are nothing happy about. The articles include the Mariners loosing and a bad review about Griffey. Stories like these are just a few that pop up before the end of the scroll bar. Komo online is not the only problem, just watching their news broadcast audience’s get a feeling that the world is an awful place. Komo’s leading story is not on the happy tiding of local women, it is about mass murders across the seas or killings in the local area. The “Big four” have also been subjected to this behavior or reporting hard-hitting depressing news. CBS, NBC and FOX all have been doing this for years now. This media outlet is directed towards anyone who watches the news, reads a newspaper or has access to the internet. First source to be interviewed is Chris Rose, a former Komo 4 News employee. She would be able to give insight on why this trend has become so popular in news television. The second source is Charlene Emory; she is a student at WSU and is a major in Broadcast News Journalism. She would give her opinion on how this affects her career in going into the news business.
Second Idea: Construction on Daggy Hall
The big story across campus has been the budgets cuts that have made to countless departments at WSU. Two of the departments that have been cut are located in Daggy Hall; speech and theatre department. The two departments have been told that they will not be continuing at WSU after this upcoming school year, although construction has been taking place on the Hall. Questions arise walking by the hall on why these remodels are happening now after the department has already been cut. Is another department moving in to the hall? Why was this not done at the beginning of last year before budget cuts were made? If the school doesn’t have money for these departments, than how do they have money for construction? The media outlet for this would be students, faculty and the Pullman community. First source interviewed would be Ray Pritchard, a theatre professor. He is still here during the summer so he could give an insight on what he has been told by the President and the construction company on what is going on. His reaction on why construction is starting now, after his department was already cut. The second interview would be the company that is doing the construction on Daggy Hall. Interview one of the workers on the scene and have them tell what exactly they are doing to the building and why they are being requested upon now and not earlier in the year.
Third Idea: 12 to 12 cancelled
The Daily Evergreen ran two articles in March and April about the twelve to twelve sorority requirement tradition being cancelled. This tradition of binge drinking the day after bid day on Saturday has been a Greek community tradition for years. Not only do sororities participate in the all day even but also fraternities do as well. The articles in the daily evergreen discussed how this would benefit the Greek community by making requirement week safer for the girls. Women in different sororities were interviewed that agreed with this new rule being activated. Many Greek affiliated students were outraged though that just because seven women were hospitalized it meant taking away the loved tradition. Certain sororities feel that just because these mistakes were made by these seven girls that not all sororities should be at fault. Taking this angle on the story is allowing for the girls involved in the involved to tell their side. This media outlet would be the Greek community, students at WSU and the Pullman community. The Pullman community was involved immediately after 911 were called. Leeza Whalen was one of the girls hospitalized last Sunday during 12 to 12 and she will be the first source. Hearing what her side of the story is and how she led herself to drink into the hospitalized will represent the other girls who also went to the hospital that day. The other source interviewed is Sarah Bridges. She is in Leeza Whalen’s sorority and her view on why sororities should get punished will be the topic. She will be able to share how it feels to be part of one of the sororities that had to go through the embarrassment of that day and also how she feels about every sorority being affected after her ‘sisters’ actions.
Go to Komo 4 News online and start reading the pages, notice any trend that is started to set in, might get a feeling of depression that runs through you. This feeling is not anything new to the public reader. The very first article on Komo’s news page is about a killing list that was leaked at a school, scroll down even more and you will find the sports. Articles on sports should be thrilling and exciting to read, but somehow even the articles on sports are nothing happy about. The articles include the Mariners loosing and a bad review about Griffey. Stories like these are just a few that pop up before the end of the scroll bar. Komo online is not the only problem, just watching their news broadcast audience’s get a feeling that the world is an awful place. Komo’s leading story is not on the happy tiding of local women, it is about mass murders across the seas or killings in the local area. The “Big four” have also been subjected to this behavior or reporting hard-hitting depressing news. CBS, NBC and FOX all have been doing this for years now. This media outlet is directed towards anyone who watches the news, reads a newspaper or has access to the internet. First source to be interviewed is Chris Rose, a former Komo 4 News employee. She would be able to give insight on why this trend has become so popular in news television. The second source is Charlene Emory; she is a student at WSU and is a major in Broadcast News Journalism. She would give her opinion on how this affects her career in going into the news business.
Second Idea: Construction on Daggy Hall
The big story across campus has been the budgets cuts that have made to countless departments at WSU. Two of the departments that have been cut are located in Daggy Hall; speech and theatre department. The two departments have been told that they will not be continuing at WSU after this upcoming school year, although construction has been taking place on the Hall. Questions arise walking by the hall on why these remodels are happening now after the department has already been cut. Is another department moving in to the hall? Why was this not done at the beginning of last year before budget cuts were made? If the school doesn’t have money for these departments, than how do they have money for construction? The media outlet for this would be students, faculty and the Pullman community. First source interviewed would be Ray Pritchard, a theatre professor. He is still here during the summer so he could give an insight on what he has been told by the President and the construction company on what is going on. His reaction on why construction is starting now, after his department was already cut. The second interview would be the company that is doing the construction on Daggy Hall. Interview one of the workers on the scene and have them tell what exactly they are doing to the building and why they are being requested upon now and not earlier in the year.
Third Idea: 12 to 12 cancelled
The Daily Evergreen ran two articles in March and April about the twelve to twelve sorority requirement tradition being cancelled. This tradition of binge drinking the day after bid day on Saturday has been a Greek community tradition for years. Not only do sororities participate in the all day even but also fraternities do as well. The articles in the daily evergreen discussed how this would benefit the Greek community by making requirement week safer for the girls. Women in different sororities were interviewed that agreed with this new rule being activated. Many Greek affiliated students were outraged though that just because seven women were hospitalized it meant taking away the loved tradition. Certain sororities feel that just because these mistakes were made by these seven girls that not all sororities should be at fault. Taking this angle on the story is allowing for the girls involved in the involved to tell their side. This media outlet would be the Greek community, students at WSU and the Pullman community. The Pullman community was involved immediately after 911 were called. Leeza Whalen was one of the girls hospitalized last Sunday during 12 to 12 and she will be the first source. Hearing what her side of the story is and how she led herself to drink into the hospitalized will represent the other girls who also went to the hospital that day. The other source interviewed is Sarah Bridges. She is in Leeza Whalen’s sorority and her view on why sororities should get punished will be the topic. She will be able to share how it feels to be part of one of the sororities that had to go through the embarrassment of that day and also how she feels about every sorority being affected after her ‘sisters’ actions.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Huffington vs. Drudge
My first thought when I read the Drudge page was that I was kind of bored. Nothing on there really excited me. It was the same font and with little pictures. Yes, some of the title were catchy and made me want to click on them to see what the story actually was but it was nothing super special. The Huffington repot on the other hand was immediate interest. The very first big bold title with the explosive picture was enough to wrap me in. In times today, you can’t go wrong with bringing up topics on the war. For how much I am against it, I still get interested in what is going on over there. The Huffington knows exactly what readers want. It has big bold catchy titles. The stories are a mix of news and a splash of celebrity gossip. I mean honestly how interested are people on whether or not someone didn’t wear underwear on a talk show. It seems silly to be news worthy, but sadly this is what the people want to read about. It seems as though the Drudge report also knows how to show case their news and get their stories out, but just in a different blander way. It’s not a bad thing how they represent each other and the news stories, it just seems like they aim towards a different demographic. I don’t know if my thinking is correct or even close to what the online articles are, but it seems like Drudge knows what it’s talking about and has hard hitting news, they just go about showing it on their page differently than Huffington does. Huffington also has well sources articles but I still get the vibe that it focuses more on how much they can get their readers to click on each story. That may be why some have such catching title like the one where gossip girl wears no underwear when really it’s just a ploy to have you click on the story and it really is nothing special. There is a huge thing that I like about Huffington is that a lot of their stories are videos. I like reading about the news, but being able to watch interviews and news stories online makes me feel like I am right there in the action.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
The truth in Ecuador
You hear a story on the news and instant reactions come with hearing it. Lately for me it has been, okay so whats the real truth? I was in Com 265 last semester and we watched this piece about Enron and how they were telling the information in their own way to make sure that they did not seem like they were doing anything wrong. In reality though they were become bankrupt by millions of dollars and having scandals all over the place. We were also shown the movie about FOX news and how they are not all as cracked up as they should be. It was crazy to see what was actually cut out of news broadcast and how they made it seem like a totally different story in order to get what they wanted you to see.
Right after watching the 60 minutes I thought if this was the whole truth or if this was just one biases look at the story. I know that 60 minutes is supposed to be a credible source and that they want you to believe everything you see on there is true, but in hindsight they make you see what they want you to believe. They are able to cut out put together different pieces to make it look a certain way when they air it. They made you feel sympathy for the people of Ecuador, which after what happened you feel like you should feel bad. This was my first reaction after watching the segment about Ecuador and Chevron.
Then we watched the second video and my entire opinion changed about 60 minutes. I dont know if it was right or not but it did certaintly change. After watching Chevrons version of what happened it was easy to see that they didnt really have any hard facts like 60 minutes did. When they interviewed people, they called themselves "experts" and it was only Chevrons "experts". How are we supposed to know if they are really experts, we should just believe it because they tell us to. At least with 60 minutes they interviewed the farmer who talked about the pollution ruining his fields and what not and then they interviewed the Indians that lived in the lands and also the head lady for Chevron. Oh and by the way who I wanted to slap in the face when she was on 60 minutes.
I am not sure who is right in this story and what really happened over ten years ago but it seems like 60 minutes was able to deliver hard-hitting facts racther than just out-lashing and saying its not their fault like Chevron did. When they did their side of the story it just made me more irritated by the situation for how they presented their information. I don't know if my feelings would have been different if I had watched their side first and then watched 60 minutes, but all in all I still feel that Chevron should take blame for what has happened in Ecuador.
Right after watching the 60 minutes I thought if this was the whole truth or if this was just one biases look at the story. I know that 60 minutes is supposed to be a credible source and that they want you to believe everything you see on there is true, but in hindsight they make you see what they want you to believe. They are able to cut out put together different pieces to make it look a certain way when they air it. They made you feel sympathy for the people of Ecuador, which after what happened you feel like you should feel bad. This was my first reaction after watching the segment about Ecuador and Chevron.
Then we watched the second video and my entire opinion changed about 60 minutes. I dont know if it was right or not but it did certaintly change. After watching Chevrons version of what happened it was easy to see that they didnt really have any hard facts like 60 minutes did. When they interviewed people, they called themselves "experts" and it was only Chevrons "experts". How are we supposed to know if they are really experts, we should just believe it because they tell us to. At least with 60 minutes they interviewed the farmer who talked about the pollution ruining his fields and what not and then they interviewed the Indians that lived in the lands and also the head lady for Chevron. Oh and by the way who I wanted to slap in the face when she was on 60 minutes.
I am not sure who is right in this story and what really happened over ten years ago but it seems like 60 minutes was able to deliver hard-hitting facts racther than just out-lashing and saying its not their fault like Chevron did. When they did their side of the story it just made me more irritated by the situation for how they presented their information. I don't know if my feelings would have been different if I had watched their side first and then watched 60 minutes, but all in all I still feel that Chevron should take blame for what has happened in Ecuador.
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