final story!!!!!

PRESIDENT OBAMA SERVES UP A HEALTHY HELPING OF NUTRITION
10-15-10
By: Lauren Madeja
President Obama signed the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act on Monday, launching a complete overhaul of nutrition in America’s schools.
The $4.5 billion measure will increase funding for school lunch programs across the country, allowing them to include more fresh and healthy foods in meals. The act also gives government more control over nutrition standards in schools, requiring them to follow health guidelines drafted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Barack and Michelle Obama have both been very passionate about solving the growing problem of childhood obesity in America. The first lady recently launched her own childhood fitness program in schools called “Let’s Move”, which provides resources for students and parents to lead a healthier lifestyle.
The goal of these programs is to promote healthy living from early childhood in order to make nutrition and fitness a priority in the lives of the next generation of children. Understanding the need for continued support in this issue, many colleges and universities have created programs to further students’ understanding and appreciation of healthy living.
Washington State University has made great strides in the campaign for healthy living in everything from food to fitness. Chelsey Woods, the Registered Dietician for WSU Dining Services says the goal is to make it as easy as possible for students to fit nutrition into their busy lives.
“Eating healthy on campus is a big concern for many students because they often do not know where to begin,” Woods said. “Our EatWell program in dining halls is the perfect start.”
Part of the EatWell program is creating 500 calorie meals which are both healthy and satisfying. Dining halls also label the healthy options in each food area, so it is simple for students to eat a well balanced meal. Dining services has even created the NetNutrition website, where students can find nutritional information for all the food served at dining halls, as well as ingredients, so students can know exactly what they are putting in their bodies. Woods even makes herself available for weekly discussions called “Dinner with the Dietician” that are free for all students.
“I want to be a resource for students who are passionate about being healthy but just need a little help getting there,” Woods said.
Woods is not alone in the campaign for healthy living at WSU. Brad Stewart, the fitness and Wellbing coordinator for UREC has been hard at work planning workshops designed to teach students about UREC’s eight dimensions of wellbeing, focusing on nutrition and fitness. The workshops, which include Mindful Eating, Happiness through Nutrition and Physical Activity, and Mood Foods, will encourage students to take charge of their health and live a well balanced life style.
“College is a great time to start habits that will keep you healthy for the rest of your life,” Stewart said. “You come here for an education, and how to be healthy is one of the most important things to learn.”
Stewart also recognizes that lack of time is one of the main reasons students don’t take care of themselves. UREC has put out a “30 minutes to Wellbeing” program on their website which details quick and easy ways students can stay healthy, such as effective 30 minute workouts and nutritious 30 minutes recipes.
WSU nutrition student Anissa Garcia plans to use her education to continue implementing health and fitness programs in schools.
“My mom was a lunch lady at out elementary school and she hated that she had to serve kids so much unhealthy food,” Garcia said. “Now I can have the influence to turn that around.”
Garcia said she was inspired both by her mother and the excellent nutrition programs being implemented at WSU. Her education here, along with many others, will hopefully bring a better future in health and nutrition for many generations of schoolchildren.

Contacts: Chelsey Woods: (509) 335-4785
Brad Stewart: (509) 335-7101
Anissa Garcia: (509) 432-9867

Background on Interview:
I interviewed Brad Stewart who is the fitness and Wellbeing coordinator for UREC. He told me about all the new workshops UREC has been planning to teach students about fitness and health. They used to do more broad general nutrition workshops, but they realized that students are looking for really specific details about health and nutrition, so they have created brand new workshops for this year. They also have a lot of information online if you can’t attend a workshop, for example the 30 minutes to wellbeing information about how to implement health into a busy lifestyle. They are also do a Wellbeing Fair at which they will have many nutrition and fitness experts will give students information about living a healthy lifestyle.

secret

I have this weird habit of making sure there is always at least two pieces of silverware in each silverware compartment in the dishwasher because otherwise they will be lonely.

edit peers

1. Beat Officer Chris Engle, who wrote Felt’s citation, agrees minors drinking will remain an issue in Pullman, and beat officers are important in helping control underage drinking.

2. According to the data, WSU reported no homicides, two aggravated assaults, and several other incidences.

3. “If it was not for financial aid,” Smith said, “then I would have had a much harder time getting my bachelor’s degree, not to mention my master’s.”

4. Though the university is losing money, it are also receiving applications from more potential students, Jones said.

5. The Whitman County housing market experienced a 31 percent decrease in home sales in the past year. (Shorten by five words)
Home sales decreased 31 percent in Whitman County in the past year.

6. As a 22-year-old student at Seattle University, Stephanie Marie didn't know the risk associated with unprotected sex. (Correct and shorten by three words.)

7. The Washington State Liquor Control Board is banning the caffeinated malt-liquor beverage Four Loko from shelves Nov. 18. (Combine into one sentence and cut any unnecessary words.)

8. Despite criticism for lack of effectiveness, legislators uphold their belief that the ban on cell phones while driving will eventually lower accident rates.

9. Police said they do not know who attended the party last month.

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FDA letter

November 29, 2010
The Food and Drug Administration

10903 New Hampshire Ave
Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002
Dear ,
Pursuant to the state open records law, Wash. Rev. Code Secs. 42.56.001 to 42.56.904, I write to request access to and a copy of Documents of communication between Phusion Projects and the FDA concering Four Loko ingredients from 2008 to present. I request that all fees be waived because I am a student.. If your agency does not maintain these public records, please let me know who does and include the proper custodian’s name and address.
I agree to pay any reasonable copying and postage fees of not more than $10. If the cost would be greater than this amount, please notify me. Please provide a receipt indicating the charges for each document.
As provided by the open records law, I will expect your response within five (5) business days. See Wash. Rev. Code Sec. 42.56.520.
If you choose to deny this request, please provide a written explanation for the denial including a reference to the specific statutory exemption(s) upon which you rely. Also, please provide all segregable portions of otherwise exempt material.
Please be advised that I am prepared to pursue whatever legal remedy necessary to obtain access to the requested records. I would note that violation of the open records law can result in a fine — payable to me — of up to $100 for each day that I am denied access. Litigation costs, including reasonable attorney fees, may also be awarded. See Wash. Rev. Code Sec. 42.56.550(4).
Thank you for your assistance.
Sincerely,




Brier C Gabriel
445 NE Maple Street
Pullman WA
Washington State University

503 740 2270

Demographics story

WSU STAYS COMMITTED TO GOING GREEN
11-16-10
By: Lauren Madeja
Over the last couple of years, “going green” has been integrated into becoming a large part of American culture, and WSU is doing everything possible to keep up.
Last Wednesday, ASWSU senate approved a resolution to establish a “Cougar Green Fund”, which would be used for various sustainability projects across campus. The fund would be paid for by an optional $5 fee students can choose to pay at registration.
ASWSU senator Christina Turner was a big supporter of the new sustainability efforts in the senate meeting.
“We really want to be leaders of the green movement here at WSU, and this fund could open up so many possibilities for us,” Turner said.
Turner has been passionate about the environment for years, which is one of the reasons she ran for ASWSU senate.
“I really appreciate all the efforts WSU has already taken to become more sustainable, and I wanted to help make even more of a difference,” Turner said.
This green fund is in fact just one of the many things WSU has done to embrace green culture. Earlier this year the bike sharing program “Green Bikes” was introduced on campus, allowing students the opportunity to using biking, rather than driving, as a primary source of transportation. If expanded and utilized, this program will cut down on carbon emissions in Pullman not to mention supporting a healthier lifestyle for students.
WSU Wellbeing also recently launched their campus-wide “Set the Trend” campaign which encourages students to “Be Crimson. Go Green.” The program offers a variety of resources to students who are interested in contributing to a clean environment, including green consulting, eco-adventures, and environmental workshops.
WSU student, Nick Nordal, who participated in one of the Wellbeing eco-adventures was amazed by the experience.
“We hiked a trail picking up trash along the way and learning about the eco-systems in the area, and at the top we got to go mountain climbing,” Nordal said. “It was so cool to learn about where we were and help out the environment while still doing something fun.”
One of WSU’s biggest sustainability projects is the food and recycling program conducted by Dining Services. Dining services strives to use as many local and seasonal ingredients as possible, as well as products from sustainable suppliers. They have created several popular dishes based solely around ingredients produced from the Palouse, such as lentil chili and Palouse chocolate lentil cake. They use only local wheat and fresh produce, which not only cuts emissions from transportation, but also supports local farmers.
General Manager of the Hillside Café, Jeff Wold, is one of WSU’s greatest assets in the process of going green. Wold is responsible for establishing WSU’s relationship with the alliance of local sustainable farmers, Shepherd's Grain Flour and Legume, from which Dining Services gets all of their flour and other products.
“Sustainability is so important on such a large campus,” Wold said. “My goal is to teach these young minds the importance preserving the environment so they can go out in the world and do something about it.”
Wold is also responsible for first implementing the excellent recycling and composting system at the Hillside Café and leads training programs for students on how to recycle and compost foods properly.
WSU caught on quickly to the nation-wide “go green” phenomenon, and with new programs like the “Cougar Green Fund” constantly being implemented, the university should become a leader in sustainability.

Contacts: Christina Turner- (757)814-6972
Nick Nordal- (425) 283-9434
Jeff Wold- (509) 335-3561

zehm lead

There is no investigative finding of criminal actvity on the part of the involved officers in the violent arrest and later death of Otto Zehm, according to a report by a Spokane detective.

a. there is no address or phone number for me but there is one for Lauren Dilette Madeja: 2016 Medford Rd Ann Arbor, MI 48104

b. again, no phone number for me but you can call Lauren D. Madeja at (734) 973-2049

c. my myspace and facebook showed up as well as several websites where articals were published about my swimming and swim coaching

3. something surprising on addictomatic is there were swimming videos which I thought would be of me which would be really creepy but then they were of someone named Magdalena Madeja

2. the administrative contact for wsu1812 is Butch cougar

3. 755 NE Campus Ave
Pullman, WA 99163
US

4. 509-335-4200

5. President Floyd

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Feature

Academic Advising at WSU Needs Some Advising Themselves
By: Lauren Madeja
Apparel design student Lauren Barr stares off into the distance as her professor drones on and on about the textural differences between silk and satin, wondering how she will get through a fifth year of school. This should be Barr’s senior year at Washington State University, but due to poor academic advising, she will have to stay an extra year to graduate in her major.
“My parents are furious they have to pay for an extra year of school when I could have done it in four,” Barr says. “But there’s nothing I can do, I wasted tons of credits because my advisor didn’t know what she was talking about.”
The problem arose when Barr’s apparel, merchandising, and textiles advisor put her on the apparel merchandising track instead of Barr’s intended major of apparel design. So while she should have been taking sewing and fitting classes, Barr was taking classes in economics and accounting.
“I thought it was strange that I would have to take those math classes for design,” Barr said, “But my advisor told me all AMT majors had to take those classes.”
When Barr was switched to a different advisor in her sophomore year, she found out she had been taking those classes for nothing, putting her way behind in her actual major. Now, because of limited classes and the tight schedule apparel design majors have, she will be spending a fifth year at WSU.
Barr is not alone in her frustrations with the academic advising at WSU. Many students have been left misled and uniformed by incompetent WSU advising, causing them to take unnecessary classes, graduate late, and even drop out of school. In fact, student dissatisfaction with academic advising has gotten so bad in the last five years that the school is revising its advising program by looking into what is wrong with the system and what could be better.
It turns out there is a lot wrong with the system, according to a report provided by the academic advising committee at WSU, which reveals there are no proper guidelines set out for advising and even worse, no formal training required for advisors. The report shows that any faculty member is permitted to advise students, even though they have no proper training or prior advising knowledge.
This shocking revelation definitely explains why there has been so much inconsistency in advising at WSU, but the explanation makes the situation even more disturbing. Not only are the people advising students at WSU not qualified to do that job, they didn’t even get the chance to be. The report shows that many teachers at WSU are required to be advisors as part of their teaching career, but these teachers know nothing about advising and don’t care much about it either.
Students’ reactions to this information were very powerful. Junior communication major Erin Leong was not surprised advisors had no training, and yet astounded WSU has let that system fly for so long.
“It’s ridiculous that I pay thousands of dollars to come to this school and they can’t even have professional advisors to help me graduate on time,” Leong said. “World class face to face? I don’t think so.”
Leong also had a bad experience with her advisor, who didn’t inform her of all the required classes she needed to take in order to certify in communication. Leong will have to stay an extra year just like Barr because she wasn’t able to certify on time, through no fault of her own.
“When I used to talk to my advisor I assumed she knew what she was doing so I never questioned what she told me,” Leong said. “Now I wish I would have.”
Faye Vowell, an academic affairs consultant who wrote a report on advising at WSU found yet another problem with the advising system. With an advising appointment required to take students’ holds off before they can register for classes, advising has become a rushed process seen by both students and advisors only as a means to an end, instead of an in depth discussion.
“We are not sending students the right message when we equate advising with
getting their holds lifted,” Vowell said.
Vowell says that advisors should play an important role for students in making very important academic and personal decisions in college, and WSU has lost that definition of advising. She suggests that the school rethink what advising means and how it can affect students’ lives.
The Faculty Senate Academic Affairs Committee at WSU has just recently proposed plans to revise academic advising which will require staff to undergo training and provide them more advising knowledge and guidelines. Though the proposal should have come years ago, hopefully it will prevent future students from meeting the same fate as Lauren Barr, Erin Leong, and so many other WSU students who were wronged by poor academic advising.


Contacts: Lauren Barr- 206-922-6196
Erin Leong- 206-669-3183
Faye Vowell- vowellf@wnmu.edu

"What stories aren't being covered?"

I interviewed police officer Don Heroff after a presentation he gave at the CUB about alcohol use and abuse and how to stay safe in Pullman. He had a lot of ideas about stories that aren't being covered that were actually related to his presentation. During the presentation, someone asked if you can get a DUI for driving while high. Later he told me he wished more people new that you definitely can get a DUI for being under the influence of any drug while driving, not just alcohol. He said DUIs for drugs other than alcohol have been skyrocketing in Pullman, and most times the perpetrator is argumentative because they don't think they should be getting a DUI if they aren't drunk. But he says most of these unorthodox DUIs are not covered in the media for some reason. He thinks they should be covered more so that people will be more aware they can get in trouble for driving under the influence of anything so that they won't do it anymore. He said a lot of people think it's safe to drive high, or on other drugs, but driving under the influence of anything is dangerous and can get you put in jail and he wants people to know that.
I think I could definitely make a story out of this. It's very interesting because it's true that most DUIs you hear about are for driving drunk, so you don't really think about the consequences of driving high on other drugs. It is definitely relevant to WSU students and people on Pullman because obviously alcohol and drug use is prevalent on most college campuses. Also, I think many students who use drugs would be interested to know this because a lot of them probably didn't know you could get a DUI for driving high and hopefully it would make them think twice about doing it.

homelessness

lede/most interesting sentence

If you’ve ever wished you could pick up toothpaste, cereal, and a bottle of Smirnoff vodka all in one stop, your wish may be coming true soon.

A CITY DIVIDED: INITIATIVE 1100 AND 1105 CAUSING A STIR IN PULLMAN
BY: LAUREN MADEJA
If you’ve ever wished you could pick up toothpaste, cereal, and a bottle of Smirnoff vodka all in one stop, your wish may be coming true soon. With the November vote of Initiatives 1100 and 1105 coming up, people across Washington have been inundated with strong arguments from both sides of the issue. The initiatives, if passed, would both privatize liquor sales in Washington State, shutting down state run liquor stores and making hard liquor available in grocery stores.
Voters in Washington have been influenced by many different sources, which are all passionate about the initiatives for very different reasons. For example, Costco has contributed $642,000 to efforts to pass the initiatives. If passed, Costco would rake in huge profits from hard liquor sales, along with many other grocery stores who are hoping the initiatives will pass.
On the other side of the spectrum, many beer companies are opposing the initiatives because the sale of hard alcohol right alongside beer in grocery stores would majorly decrease the amount of beer people buy. People may choose beer over hard alcohol now because it’s easier to get, but when they are both easily accessible, beer profits will be hurt. Companies such as the Beer Institute has donated large sums of money in opposition to the initiatives.
While many of these messages in the media have been focusing on how I-1100 and I-1105 will affect Washington financially, not a lot of focus has been put on safety which is an issue that can’t be ignored in Pullman. Liquor sales in Pullman are some of the highest in the state, and one can only imagine how much more they would skyrocket if hard liquor was available at local grocery stores.
The passing of these initiatives could create so many new liabilities to students in Pullman. Having hard alcohol sold in any grocery store means it’s easily accessible whether it’s during the day, or at two in the morning. Although beer and wine is already sold in grocery stores, those beverages have much lower alcohol contents than most hard alcohols, making hard alcohol much more dangerous.
Senior WSU student Nick Miller thinks students would take advantage of hard liquor being sold in grocery stores.
“I’d be at Dissmore’s to make myself a PB&J and I could just pick up a bottle of vodka on the way out,” Miller said. “I just don’t think it sounds like a good idea.”
The hours restrictions of state liquor stores somewhat limit the consumption of hard alcohol since you can’t get it past 7 p.m. If students were able to run out to the grocery store and get hard alcohol at any time during the night, that could cause a whole new set of problems.
In California, where liquor sales have already been privatized, there were 1,509 drunk driving fatalities in 2008. In the same year in Washington, there were only 225 drunk driving fatalities. Hard alcohol being much more easily accessible in California could have definitely contributed to the excessive deaths there. If Washington had the same accessibility to hard alcohol there could be a major rise in drunk driving, especially in Pullman.
Another issue this initiative could bring about is the price of hard liquor. As of now, hard alcohol is pretty expensive because of the state tax mark up and the lack of competition since it is all controlled by the state. But with these initiatives, the state tax would be gone, or lessened, and prices of hard liquor would become competitive since it would be sold in almost every grocery and convenience store. With hard alcohol being so much cheaper, people would be able to afford much more, and therefore drink much more. To many college students in Pullman, this would seem like a great thing, but in reality it could mean kids drinking much more hard alcohol, putting themselves and others in danger.
Not only could there be dangers with people over 21 buying hard alcohol, but there would also be huge liabilities for underage kids getting their hands on hard alcohol. Grocery stores already have issues with people stealing beer and wine, and with hard alcohol on their shelves they would have even more problems. This is extremely dangerous because kids who don’t have experience drinking could steal hard alcohol from the grocery store and over drink. Since hard alcohol is so much stronger than anything sold in grocery stores now, this could send a lot of kids to the hospital or worse.
Madeline Gregory, a cashier at the popular WSU campus corner store Bob’s, says having hard alcohol sold in their store would cause a huge theft problem.
“We already have people coming in here all the time either openly running out with beer or trying to slip it out when it’s busy and I’m not paying attention,” Gregory said. “If we sold hard alcohol anyone could just come in and try to steal it, and I know people would.”
This would also make it easier for kids to not only steal alcohol, but also illegally purchase hard alcohol. As of now, underage kids can’t even enter a liquor store to even get the chance of buying or stealing liquor. But if liquor was sold in any grocery store or convenience store, any kid could walk in, and there is a much more likely chance that the cashier will either not ask for an ID, not properly check an ID, or not detect a fake ID.
Gregory says that this would be one of her greatest concerns if the initiatives passed.
“Here at Bob’s we are very careful about checking IDs and not selling alcohol to anyone who is too drunk,” Gregory said. “But I know a lot of places don’t care who they’re selling it to, if they’re under 21, if they’re wasted, it doesn’t matter because it’s a sale, and that’s what scares me.”
Junior accounting student Kayla Anguin agrees that small convenience stores and grocery stores are much more lax about the sale of alcohol than liquor stores.
“That’s how I got my alcohol in highschool, the guy at 711 never asked for my ID,” Anguin said. “I was just buying beer then, but it’s crazy to think kids could get away with buying hard alcohol that way now.”
There is obviously a lot more to think about than meets the eye when it comes to voting on I-1100 and I-1105. Voters have been hearing mostly about big financial affects this will have on the state, but here in Pullman there are much more personal reasons to be wary of these initiatives passing. With the safety of students and others at risk, let’s hope Washington voters can see through big company influence and think about what is truly important.

Sources: Nick Miller- 509-954-6704
Madeline Gregory- 253-973-5201
Kayla Anguin- 425-238-0060

Outline:
Lede: If you’ve ever wished you could pick up toothpaste, cereal, and a bottle of Smirnoff vodka all in one stop, your wish may be coming true soon
Point 1: Different sides of big picture/ big companies backing sides
Point 2: The more personal affects it would have on Pullman
Point 3: Accessibility to hard alcohol in Pullman is dangerous to students.
Point 4: Could lead to more instances of drunk driving
Point 5: Will lead to more theft/ illegal purchase of hard alcohol
Point 6: Hoping voters will think about personal risks instead on big financial picture

A little math to stretch your brain this morning (Note: The following numbers have been fabricated. Don't trust 'em.)

1. Last year, your business spent $83,000 for computer upgrades. This year, it will spend 5 percent less. How much will it spend this year?
$78,850

2. The AP Style quiz was taken by 177 students. Twenty-three failed. What percent passed?
87 percent

3. A college’s budget increases from $100 million to $120 million. What's the percent increase?
20 percent

4. a. Times are tough on College Hill. Your pizza budget has been cut from $200 to $150. What was the percent decrease?
25 percent

b. Bonus! You win $50 in a local pageant. Your pizza budget just jumped from $150 to $200. What was the percent increase?
33 percent

5. Last year, your property tax bill was $1,152. This year, it rose to $1,275. What’s the percent increase?
11 percent

6. Research funding at WSU increased 40 percent this year to $218 milllion. What was the funding last year?
$156 million

7. Joe Smith wants to build a 2,500-square-foot house for him. The builder tells him it will cost $112 a square foot to build. How much will the house cost?
$280,000

8. Desperate for revenue, the government decides to increase the tax on beer. The tax was 5 percent. But now it's jumped to 6 percent.

a. What’s the percent increase? 1 percent

b. What’s the percentage increase? 1 percent

9. Let’s say someone wants to establish a University District. To gain support, he/she needs to establish that safety is a problem in the area. So, Pullman had 183 assaults last year. Spokane had 502. Spokane has 200,000 people. Pullman has 25,000. How do we compare those two numbers? Is the average person more likely to be assaulted in Spokane or Pullman? (Again, not real figures.)
Pullman: for every 1,000, 7 will be assaulted
Spokane: 2 assaults for every 1,000 people

10. Five houses sold in your neighborhood for the following prices: $225,000; $207,000; $3.2 million; $129,000; $192,000.

a. What’s the mean price? $790,600
b. What’s the median? $207,000

do ask do tell

I would not publish this article because there just isn't enough solid proof yet. You could get in trouble for libel for publishing this at this point because all it is is rumors stemmed from one person who doesn't have much credibility. This blogger could be making the story up for a number of reasons, and you don't want to publish something that could turn out to not be true, because that could majorly damage your own credibility. If you just waited for a while and tried to find some proof either way, it would be a much more powerful story because you could use facts instead of just speculation. Not only would it be a better story, but then you also wouldn't have to worry about a libel suit or damage to your credibility.

Correct the following sentences. If the sentence is already correct, write “correct.”



1. He looked through the door, but he did not see anyone inside the church.




2. "We could wait to see if anyone else comes or we could go back home," she said.




3. Reed, a graduate of Washington State University, was elected Secretary of State in 2000.




4. The organization paid the speaker $1,000, but its officers were unable to attend the event.



5. According to Washington state law, bars will become smoke-free on Feb. 15.



6. He saw Karen and they had coffee.



7. The bales are then sold to a processing center in Tacoma, Wash., which ships them to Moscow, Idaho.



8. It was raining so we stayed home.



9. Later he phoned again.



10. This will end up having an effect on consumers, she said.



11. He introduced the speaker to Floyd, Moos and Wulff.




Appositions, hyperbatons and non-restrictive relative clauses: We don't need to remember the names of these grammar tools. But let's look at how they can help us form shorter descriptive phrases. In other words, squish these two sentences into one.

1. Sam Reed spoke at the Honors College on Wednesday, Sept. 22. Reed is a graduate of Washington State University.

Sam Reed, a graduate of Washington State University, spoke at the Honors College on Wednesday, Sept. 22.

2. The concert will be held on Friday night. The concert is part of WSU's Homecoming Weekend.

The concert, which is part of WSU's Homecoming Weekend, will be held on Friday night.

3. President Elson S. Floyd promised he would lobby legislators in Olympia. Floyd is frustrated by cuts to higher education.

President Elson S. Floyd promised he would lobby legislators in Olympia because he is frustrated by cuts to higher education.

The WSU Student Entertainment Board held a meeting last Wednesday to plan WSU's 103rd Homecoming. Though many of the favorite homecoming events are coming back, there is one big change in that there will be no homecoming king and queen this year. Student interest in homecoming royalty has gone way down in the last couple years, and students are itching for new events.
“There could be more successful events,” said Susan J. Wells, Panhellenic Vice President of Programming and Development. “Students just aren’t interested in the homecoming royalty anymore. It’s time for a new tradition.”
It seems WSU is actually one of the last schools to end the homecoming royalty tradition. Only 10 percent of current campuses have homecoming royalty, down from 96 percent in 1959.
In any case, the all popular tradition of the lipsynch competition will still be setting the week off right on Sunday at 7pm. The theme this year is "Enough quack, it's a Cougar attack!", so excpet to see some friendly duck and cougar rivalry.

speech story

STUDENTS ATTEND WILL KEIM SPEECH FOR HAZING PREVENTION WEEK
By: Lauren Madeja
Thousands of WSU students filled Beasley Coliseum Sunday night to end National Hazing Prevention Week right with a speech given by Will Keim. Keim’s hilarious yet moving speech emphasized that life is a gift, and by abusing yourself and others through hazing you are wasting that gift.
“The one mistake you make that drives me crazy is when you take your life for granted,” Keim told the audience.
He then told the students ten things he wanted them to do in order to make sure you don’t take it for granted and waste it doing things like hazing. Among these ten things were to become scholars, to serve the community, to be people of character, and to find something you love to do, all very important things to think about for college students trying to find their way in the world.
Keim explained that hazing can occur at any time in life, not just in college, so if people don’t learn and embrace those ten points early then hazing can affect anyone.
“This stuff hazing starts with bullying in elementary school,” Keim said. “It evolves from bullying to hazing in college and goes into the workplace as harassment.”
Keim’s illumination of how hazing can follow you in every aspect of your life really seemed to have an impact on students. Junior education major, Lauren Krippaehne, who plans to teach elementary school said the speech gave her new insights about the important role she will have as a teacher.
“I never thought about the fact that hazing can start so early,” Krippaehne said. “You always wonder where that bully who picked on you in school ended up, and now I see that a good majority of them are the ones hazing on college campuses. I want to make sure a kid never leaves my class as a bully.”
Sophomore nursing major Justine Ramsey was also inspired by Keim’s words.
“It’s cool that instead of just telling us not to haze, he put an interesting spin on it by telling us how to make ourselves better people in general,” Ramsey said of Keim’s speech. “He knows that if you are a good person you don’t need to be told not to haze because you just won’t do it.”
This speech was organized as the last event of a whole week of activities included in the National Hazing Prevention Week. This week is put on each year by WSU Panhellenic not only to spread awareness about hazing, but to show the campus and the community that WSU students do not support or participate in hazing activities. Some of the other unity building activities included in the week were a free showing of the movie “College” and a Walk of Remembrance to honor the victims of hazing.
Will Keim was no doubt chosen to close such an important week because of his astounding life experience in the subject. Keim admitted in his speech that he himself was hazed as a young fraternity member when he was in college. Since then has become an extremely successful intellectual, publishing several books, speaking at thousands of schools and conferences nationwide, and even founding his own personal empowerment company, The Character Institute. Keim said that even though he succeeded in life, it was despite being hazed instead of because of it, and he wants the world to know there are much better ways to spend your valuable time.
“You get about 25,000 days in life, from birth to death,” Keim said at the end of his speech. “How could you waste any of this precious limited time hazing or being hazed?”
Hopefully those who were in that room never waste that precious time on hazing again.


Outline: Will Keim’s Speech
Lede: Thousands of WSU students filled Beasley Coliseum Sunday night to end National Hazing Prevention Week right with a speech given by Will Keim
Point 1: Will Keim spoke about not taking your life for granted and the ten points to become a better person.
Point 2: Keim then spoke about how hazing starts in elementary school, then continues on to college and adulthood.
Point 3: Introduction of student interviews and quotes.
Point 4: National Hazing Prevention Week background.
Point 5: Will Keim background and ending quote. “You get about 25,000 days in life, from birth to death,” Keim said at the end of his speech. “How could you waste any of this precious limited time hazing or being hazed?”

Contacts: Will Keim- speaker
Lauren Krippaehne- student 206-948-1589
Justine Ramsey- student 360-909-2471

Questions for the speaker:
1) What are some positive team building activities you would suggest as an alternative to hazing to groups who claim hazing builds comradery?
2) What did you learn from your own personal experience with hazing and how did it affect your life?
3) What made you want to be an inspirational speaker and empower people for a living?

Comma splice? Yes or no. If it is a comma splice, fix the sentence.

1. “We just buy and sell real estate. It is what we do but the market doesn’t dictate the price,” she said.

2. In 2007 while the average income in Washington was $55,628, the average income for Whitman County was $36,438.

3. Going green took on new meaning this year when WSU Waste Management announced dramatic changes to the recycling program in an effort to save money across the university. The city plans to follow suit.

4. “Take a little out of athletics, take a little from the library and save the rest of the money,” Jones said.


5. Dan is using an emerging dairy trend; he installed an anaerobic digester two years ago.

6. He entered the three-mile race yesterday morning; however he does not have any shoes.

Many families are hoping for relief from the recent WSU budget cuts and rise in tuition, but according to District 9 Sen. Mark Schoesler there will be no relief until the economy is turned around.

43 percent of amphibian species worlwide are in decline, according to Andrew Storfer, an associate professor at the WSU school of biological sciences, who blames the decline on habitat destruction, invasive species, and especially climate change.

Interesting lede

Daily Evergreen:

"Pick-up hits student on Colorado Street"
A WSU student was hospitalized after being struck by a pick-up truck at the intersection of Colorado and Monroe Street Tuesday evening.

It's a good lede because it's local, it hits close to home.

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The WSU chapter of the Association for Women in Communication started the year off right at their first meeting last Tuesday with news of being nationally recognized as the Most Outstanding AWC Student Chapter.

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Members of the GLBTA community at Washington State University insisted at their meeting on September 31 for the campus to become more gender-neutralized, and for starters, in the bathroom.

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The Association for Women in Communication Make Their Mark
By: Lauren Madeja
September 12th, 2010

Pullman—The WSU chapter of the Association for Women in Communication started the year off right at their first meeting last Tuesday with news of awards and aspirations of more to come.
The AWC president Erin Smith began the meeting by informing new members and reminding old members of the great honor they received by being granted the Outstanding Student Chapter award at the national AWC conference last October. The award is given to one chapter per year and is based on high quality, visible programming, fundraising activities and special community involvement.
The purpose of this announcement, according to Smith, was to show new and potential members how devoted and involved the WSU chapter of AWC is, and to keep returning members motivated to achieve excellence.
“The Outstanding Student Chapter award is a great honor,” Smith said, “We worked hard to deserve it and we wanted to show that we are very passionate about AWC.”
The women of the chapter did work hard for their award in fact, by putting on networking programs including job shadows and guest speakers at meetings, organizing fundraising auctions, and getting involved in community service such the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life.
Smith’s idea to quickly hook potential AWC members with the announcement of this award seemed to work. Alex Moji, a potential member at the meeting was very impressed.
“This is the first meeting of the year, so I thought I would just check it out,” Moji said. “But once they talked about the award and I saw how excited all the officers were about it, I knew I wanted to be a part of it.”
Though returning senior Erin Olson already knew about the award, she didn’t mind hearing about it again.
“I just get proud every time we talk about it,” Olson said, “Out of all the chapters in the nation we are the most outstanding. It makes me want to do even more.”
And the AWC will be doing more, much more in fact this year. They already had plans to set out an informational table at the WSU Student Involvement Fair at the CUB last Friday to inform students of the benefits AWC can have in their careers and lives. They were also invited to volunteer at the WSU Foundations Annual Gala September 24th at Beasley.
“We want to do as much as we can this year,” Smith said about their plans for the year. “We want to get our name out there on campus, get more people involved, and go for another award at the next conference.”
The next national AWC conference is October 2011 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. According to Smith, the WSU chapter has high hopes they will be recognized again if they continue on the same path. The WSU chapter has been recognized nationally nine times for excellence, including being named Outstanding Chapter of the Year five times in the last ten years.
With all of the devotion and drive shown at the meeting, it looks like the WSU chapter of the AWC will be going far.



OUTLINE
Lead: The WSU chapter of the Association for Women in Communication started the year off right at their first meeting last Tuesday with news of awards and aspirations of more to come.
A. Details of award: what it was, how they got it.
B. Purpose of announcement: attract potential members, inspire old ones.
C. Reactions of potential members and existing members (quotes).
D. Plans for this year and the future.

CONTACTS
Erin Smith: President of WSU AWC awccougars@yahoo.com
Alex Moji: Potential new member of WSU AWC 425-635-8840
Erin Olson: Member of WSU AWC

What happened: The Seattle Public Libraries are being closed down for a week and 30 city employees are being laid off. 13.3 million budget cuts
Why did it happen: Seattle is in a bidget crises and has had major budget shortfalls the past couple years.
Reactions: City employees are holding an "informational picket" outside of city hall to protest the budget cuts and believe the city needs to boost spending instead of cutting services.

Four boys age 7 to 11 drowned when a group of seven boys plunged through thin ice.It was the worst local Merrimack River tragedy in nearly a century. 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.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. 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.Because of the steep embankment, rescuers were forced to use ladders to bring the children up off the river to the waiting ambulances.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.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. Police said the four dead boys were trapped under the ice at least 10 minutes. 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," Francis said. "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."
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.

Passive sentences often slow down and confuse readers. Rewrite the following to eliminate the passive voice:



1. Rubber coated bullets were fired into the crowd by police in riot gear.
Correction: Police in riot gear fired rubber bullets into the crowd.


2. Later in the day, the employees were informed of the layoffs by the boss himself.
Correction: The boss himself informed the employees of the layoffs later in the day.


3. With five seconds left, a three-point shot was missed by LeBron James.
Correction: LeBron James missed a three-point shot with five seconds left.


4. Tall buildings and mountain roads were avoided by Jim because he had such a fear of heights.
Correction: Jim avoided tall buildings and mountain roads because of his fear of heights.


5. The bill is being considered by the Legislature.
Correction: The Legislature is considering the bill.


6. The practice of covering up mistakes has been pursued by the government.
Corrections: The government has pursued the practice of covering up mistakes.


7. The car crash was reported by the officer at 1:30 a.m. Monday morning.
Correction: The officer reported the car crash at 1:30 a.m. Monday morning.


8. The tiny island has been destroyed by the earthquake.
Correction: The earthquake detroyed the tiny island.


9. A new law was enacted to fight crime.
Correction: The mayor enacted a new law to fight crime.


10. The candidate was abandoned.

Marbella Gun Control

There were mixed feelings last night at the Marbella City Hall where a public hearing was held to discuss Mayor Gregory Heep's executive order regarding gun control on city property.
Heep issued the order two days ago that would prohibit firearms on all property owned by the city of Marbella, including parks and community centers. The order included directions for all city officials to report back within 30 days with a plan to implement the gun-free policy.
This order is in response to a shooting last year in which three people were injured at the Marbella Center's Northwest Wheatberry festival.
Mayor Heep issued a statement saying, "The reason for this executive order is clear, the city’s parks, community centers and events are safer without guns. We can’t wait for another incident, another innocent victim. We need to act, and we call on the Legislature to pass common-sense guns laws.”
But not everyone in Marbella agreed with the Mayor's statement at the public hearing last night. Keri Calendar, a west Marbela resident, feels the gun law is inflicting on her constitutional rights and leaving her feeling unsafe.
"I have the right to protect myself, whether it’s at home or in public," Calendar claimed.
Carla Worthington, whos daughter was blinded by a shooting at the Marbella Public Library supported the order.
“It’s madness to bring guns to public gathering places. It only invites disaster," Worthington said.
Many others spoke at the hearing, including Walt Hostetler, the executive director of the Committee to Keep and Bear Arms and State Senator Laurie Well-Shanks.

gorilla video

The white team passed the ball 14 times AND I saw the gorilla!

"You're the editor"

My story about housing sales dropping should be on the front page because it is news that directly affects people locally, and therefore something people need to know about. Some of the other stories are important, but none affect the local public in such a way that this issue does. The fact that housing sales are way down also relates back to the bigger picture of our struggling economy, and that is something that should be on most people's mind right now because it affects everyone, whether you're looking for a job, trying to sell your home, or just struggling to make ends meet.

AP quiz practice scores

A-1: 70%
A-2: 76%
A-3: 66%