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.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
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?
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?
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
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.
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.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
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.
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.
"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.
Monday, September 13, 2010
improved lede
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.
favorite lede
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.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
meeting story
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
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
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
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.
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.
"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.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
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.
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.
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