Kyle strusz's feature:
1. What are some areas that could use more detail? Why?
Who are your favorites and why do you watch.
2. What additional sources might the author use? Does the lead involve you in the story?
Ask some other people why they like golf, the lead does involve you in the story quite a bit.
3. Does the story contain a well defined scene (a detailed description of someone doing something or something happening)? What is it? If not, make a suggestion for a scene that might work.
Yes, very well described sceanes of the masters tournement.
4. What would you like to see or hear more of? Less of? Include, any other suggestions you have for improvement.
More about the different tournements, otherwise it was a great feature story.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Editorial: College Tuition/whats the best option?
For many high school seniors college is the next step in their education, But more and more it is becoming a very costly next step as the average yearly cost of a state college is around $30'000,example: the nations #1 ranked school is Harvard (also ranked #1 in cost for a public college) and its tuition this year is $36'173 .It's even more if you want to go to a private college (example: University of southern California).The most expensive college in the country is Sarah Lawrence College located in New York, It goes for a total cost of $54'000 a year. Many people overlook of feel "Above" going to community college for 4 years or even 2 then transferring. The yearly cost of a community college is way less at around $6'000 a year and if you just go for the first 2 years and get your basic classes done and then transfer if it still about a third of the cost for basically the same education. Granted that many kids can get grants or scholarships but unless you play sports you will still have to pay for a big chunk of that.
Tuition seems to be rising every year with no end in sight. Tuition rose 6.6 percent last year and has raised an average of 4.2 percent each year for the last 10 years. 10 years ago average tuition was around $25'000 now it is above 30'000. Between 1981 and 1995 college tuition rose by 274 percent and now many colleges don't let students enroll for the next semester until they have paid for the previous semester. At Spelman college in Atlanta almost 500 students are so far behind on bills that they are unable to register for the next semester. However Blackburn college is cutting tuition by %15 and getting rid of many merit scholerships, "we spent way too much time figureing out scholerships and taking the used car approach to many of those things and not enough time on programs" said Miriam Pride, president of the college. Many colleges are also increasing the price of books and book rental fees. What has changed so much to see such a dramatic rise in tuition costs? Many experts say that the big reason is population, if everybody could afford to get in then it would be way overcrowded and raising the minimum requirements seems unfair and unrealistic to many schools. In the 2008 National report card on higher learning, every state except for California received an "F" in affordability. So how can you make the most of your college money?
Many believe that the fastest solution is to take student loans, but those can come back to bite you later and it's best not to have all of that hanging over your head. Others believe that the government should give tax breaks to college students to help with the money troubles, but all those people who aren't would end up having to pay for it and they don't like that so that idea must go out the window. College grants are also huring the economy, the money comes fromthe government or the taxpayers and that is not good for and economy already in a recession. So the one choice that many people agree on is community college, The tuition is less, the population is less, you save money on food and most likely you will be living at home so you can save a lot when you don't have to pay for a dorm and because most allow you to transfer after 2 years you can still finish at a 4 year university. Community college can also be good for those who maybe struggled a little bit in high school, but there can also be something said for spending the entire 4 years at the same school, you get used to the environment, meet people and some might say that a full 4 years at a state school is more impressive, but because of all the previous examples community college seems like the best option to save money on college and still get a very high education.
Tuition seems to be rising every year with no end in sight. Tuition rose 6.6 percent last year and has raised an average of 4.2 percent each year for the last 10 years. 10 years ago average tuition was around $25'000 now it is above 30'000. Between 1981 and 1995 college tuition rose by 274 percent and now many colleges don't let students enroll for the next semester until they have paid for the previous semester. At Spelman college in Atlanta almost 500 students are so far behind on bills that they are unable to register for the next semester. However Blackburn college is cutting tuition by %15 and getting rid of many merit scholerships, "we spent way too much time figureing out scholerships and taking the used car approach to many of those things and not enough time on programs" said Miriam Pride, president of the college. Many colleges are also increasing the price of books and book rental fees. What has changed so much to see such a dramatic rise in tuition costs? Many experts say that the big reason is population, if everybody could afford to get in then it would be way overcrowded and raising the minimum requirements seems unfair and unrealistic to many schools. In the 2008 National report card on higher learning, every state except for California received an "F" in affordability. So how can you make the most of your college money?
Many believe that the fastest solution is to take student loans, but those can come back to bite you later and it's best not to have all of that hanging over your head. Others believe that the government should give tax breaks to college students to help with the money troubles, but all those people who aren't would end up having to pay for it and they don't like that so that idea must go out the window. College grants are also huring the economy, the money comes fromthe government or the taxpayers and that is not good for and economy already in a recession. So the one choice that many people agree on is community college, The tuition is less, the population is less, you save money on food and most likely you will be living at home so you can save a lot when you don't have to pay for a dorm and because most allow you to transfer after 2 years you can still finish at a 4 year university. Community college can also be good for those who maybe struggled a little bit in high school, but there can also be something said for spending the entire 4 years at the same school, you get used to the environment, meet people and some might say that a full 4 years at a state school is more impressive, but because of all the previous examples community college seems like the best option to save money on college and still get a very high education.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
6 editorial questions
1. What is a problem/issue that our entire student body (our school, community, country, etc.) faces today? The cost of college tuition to students and parents.
2. What is your view/position on the problem or situation?
College tuition is way too much these days for students and families.
3. What would you like to achieve with your editorial? (What is the desired result?)
Inform people about the rising costs and the ways to avoid overpaying for an education.
4. How will you persuade your audience to adopt your viewpoint as theirs? List at least 4 persuasive points.
1- Community college is just as good.
2-2The first 2 years is just the same stuff, you can transfer.
3-Going away is overrated
4-Because the sports team is good it doesn't garenntee a good education.
5. How will you motivate your readership to action in your conclusion?
Inform them on the steps to take to get the most out of this editorial.
6. How will your editorial serve a public purpose?
It will inform people on how to make the most out of the money they have saved for college.
2. What is your view/position on the problem or situation?
College tuition is way too much these days for students and families.
3. What would you like to achieve with your editorial? (What is the desired result?)
Inform people about the rising costs and the ways to avoid overpaying for an education.
4. How will you persuade your audience to adopt your viewpoint as theirs? List at least 4 persuasive points.
1- Community college is just as good.
2-2The first 2 years is just the same stuff, you can transfer.
3-Going away is overrated
4-Because the sports team is good it doesn't garenntee a good education.
5. How will you motivate your readership to action in your conclusion?
Inform them on the steps to take to get the most out of this editorial.
6. How will your editorial serve a public purpose?
It will inform people on how to make the most out of the money they have saved for college.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
cover story: The economy, how it got so bad and if it will get better.
This is one the the biggest crisis's in our nations history. We as a country have been in debt for the last few years but when the words "Depression" and "Recession" started to be brought into the conversation it really started to dawn on people that this was bad and not just a passing problem. On September 27, 2000 the government announced a 122 billion dollar surplus for the year 1999 and for the year of 2000 the national deficit rose to a Record high 370 billion (surpassed by every year up till now and it will be higher this year).Now many might would equate this with the clinton to bush transition but i want to figure out if it did change so much because a new guy moved into that nice house on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue or if the problem goes way deeper and involves more people, bad decisions and greediness.
One of the biggest issues that led to the bad economy is the fall of the housing market in 2007. Because of the billions of dollars in unpaid mortgages many investment banks (such as bear sterns) began to lose money and rumors that the bank would fail and bear sterns stock went from $171 to $57 a share very quickly which then led to a merge of bear sterns and JPMorgan. Within the next few months three of the biggest investment banks in the world (Fannie mae, Freddie Mac and lehman brothers) all declared bankruptcy. Within 24 hours of the lehman brothers bankruptcy the stock market crashed and all around the world credit markets froze. In response to this Congress would pass a $700 billion dollar bailout plan. The secratery of treasury Timothy Geithner's decision to loan money to all of these investment banks was "possibly the most irresponsible and destructive decisions in US history" says nobel prize winning economist Paul Krugman.
Many people believe that the first decsions that led to the economic down turn was the descion to go to war. Wars cost alot of money that the US already did'nt have and that started to increase the national debt dramatically. Now finding a job is the hardest thing to do with employers not hiring anyone because a paycheck decreases their profits.They people who has taken the brunt of the heat from the public is the ceo's of the big companys who are seen as greedy and manipulative so the public blames them, but thats good because its always good to have a publis scapegoat. So i know that many people dony agree with the new economic stimulus plan but according to most it seems like the only way to get out of this mess.
One of the biggest issues that led to the bad economy is the fall of the housing market in 2007. Because of the billions of dollars in unpaid mortgages many investment banks (such as bear sterns) began to lose money and rumors that the bank would fail and bear sterns stock went from $171 to $57 a share very quickly which then led to a merge of bear sterns and JPMorgan. Within the next few months three of the biggest investment banks in the world (Fannie mae, Freddie Mac and lehman brothers) all declared bankruptcy. Within 24 hours of the lehman brothers bankruptcy the stock market crashed and all around the world credit markets froze. In response to this Congress would pass a $700 billion dollar bailout plan. The secratery of treasury Timothy Geithner's decision to loan money to all of these investment banks was "possibly the most irresponsible and destructive decisions in US history" says nobel prize winning economist Paul Krugman.
Many people believe that the first decsions that led to the economic down turn was the descion to go to war. Wars cost alot of money that the US already did'nt have and that started to increase the national debt dramatically. Now finding a job is the hardest thing to do with employers not hiring anyone because a paycheck decreases their profits.They people who has taken the brunt of the heat from the public is the ceo's of the big companys who are seen as greedy and manipulative so the public blames them, but thats good because its always good to have a publis scapegoat. So i know that many people dony agree with the new economic stimulus plan but according to most it seems like the only way to get out of this mess.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
my theme statment,sources and questions
1. Theme Statement: with the struggling economy affecting almost everbody, i want to figure out how it got to this low point and how or if we will be able to fix it.
Sources:
1.my mom(democratic view)
2.my dad (ind and republican view)
3.mr.anderson (evhs teacher)
4.evhs student (TBD)
5. evhs student (TBD)
Questions:
1.in your opinion, what events or decisions led to this poor economy
2. Who are the people you feel are to blame for this
3.what steps do YOU think should be taken to improve the economy
4.what steps do you think THE GOV. will take to fix it, agree or disagree, why?
5. On what things, if any, are you cutting back on
6. How is the economy effecting you, economicly and personally
7. whats the hardest thing to deal with during this tough economy.
Sources:
1.my mom(democratic view)
2.my dad (ind and republican view)
3.mr.anderson (evhs teacher)
4.evhs student (TBD)
5. evhs student (TBD)
Questions:
1.in your opinion, what events or decisions led to this poor economy
2. Who are the people you feel are to blame for this
3.what steps do YOU think should be taken to improve the economy
4.what steps do you think THE GOV. will take to fix it, agree or disagree, why?
5. On what things, if any, are you cutting back on
6. How is the economy effecting you, economicly and personally
7. whats the hardest thing to deal with during this tough economy.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
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