Other high school newspapers

1. I actually enjoyed the newspapers that had the entire front page with a picture and the major headline upfront, so one that really caught my eye was "NW Passage" and "Odyssey" just because I like the pictures and how they seem very realistic, and what you could vision high school like.
2. The "Odyssey" grabbed my attention immediately, because I like to watch basketball games a lot and I loved how the picture captured that a lot and how it was very true to the sport.  
3. My favorite headline was from the "NW Passage" and it said "The Homework Headache", I was really interested in it because as a high schooler myself I can relate to it very much
4. I am going to say that my favorite was "NW Passage" even though I have two favorites, but it only had about 3 stories on the front page, but it showed where you can find them like a table of context instead of actually having the stories on them, which I thought was pretty neat. It was a news magazine.
5. Most newspapers have a large photo with a big headline on the front, yet they are all unique in their different ways.
6. Some of the photos are drawn, others are taken, and some are cartoons. Other magazines actually look more like city news papers with the stories on the front page. All of the headlines were bold but had some cool twist to them, some had cool fonts and others had little doodles coming out of the letters. Very neat!
7. Actually they are pretty similar as the ones we see around the world yet they seem more interactive and artsy, which I guess was done to make the newspaper more appealing and eye catching to the teenage eye,

BROADSHEET
https://issuu.com/shsverve/docs/verve_vol_xv_iss_2_nov_2014
https://issuu.com/theview/docs/february_2014_issue
https://issuu.com/ruskin_high_school/docs/ee_issue3_feb2012_master
TABLOID
https://issuu.com/susannewell/docs/the_northridge_reporter_may_2014
https://issuu.com/themicrochip/docs/sept.2013
https://issuu.com/slhsspotlight/docs/february2014_final
NEWSMAGAZINE
https://issuu.com/megmortiz/docs/2014_feb_schs
https://issuu.com/smnw/docs/issue03combined
https://issuu.com/smeharbinger/docs/issu6

Front Pages of the World

1.  I like the ones in Asia, specifically in Tokyo, Japan the one named, Asahi Shimbun. It seems completely different from all of the other ones. It seems to be horizontally formatted and it has a lot  less pictures on the front page and a ton of information, even though i thought it would have had a ton of adds and color since japan seems like such a lit up country.
2.    I liked the ones in India, even though i cannot understand it just seems really cool, the text and the type of writing they have is very neat and complex that it attracts my eye. It kind of awesome on how they might see it as boring and when they see an American news paper its the coolest thing.
3.   I am not sure how many stories it has because it is in a different language but by counting bold phrases and boxed information i am going to say about 5-7 stories.
4.    What they have similar is the bold headlines and usually a main picture.
5.    Difference placement of articles next to the pictures.

Column Assigment

On April 21, the Houston Rockets defeated the Golden State Warriors 97-96, on Game 3 of Round 1 in The Playoffs.

The 6-foot-3, 190-pound Stephen Curry, star of Golden Gate, out for an ankle injury, the Warriors suffered a one point loss.

"It was what we planned" said head coach of the Rockets, "we were playing with a purpose", after tonight's home game. Even though they lost the last 2 games of the 7 game series, the Rockets pushed through, to only give the ball to James Harden. "I missed a lot of easy shots.." Harden said at a press conference after game 3, with an outstanding 35 point game Harden still gives credits to his team saying, "...total team effort."

"It wasn't enough, we had too many mistakes throughout the course of the game.." said Steve Kerr, head coach of the Golden State Warriors. With having a lot of outstanding individual performances, the loss of not having Curry on the court with the team was evident. "We have to play better as a team whether Steph is here or not..." continued Kerr, "...we should perform at a high level." Since missing their right hand man, the Warriors did not have a very great night, including lots of turn overs, shot missed, and basketballs dropped.

"We've got to eliminate some of the mistakes we made." says Kerr as his finishing statement. The Rockets walked of the court with a win under the belt, as the Warriors went on to practice. It has been predicted that Steph Curry should return for game 4, if pain is completely gone. 

Current Events 6.1

1.    Treasury Secretary Jack Lew on Wednesday announced the most sweeping and historically symbolic makeover of the US currency in a century, proposing to replace the salveholding Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill with Harriet Tubman, the former slave and abolitionist, this will change the currency by adding not just presidents on money but also other important historical figures. Using a Broadway rap musical about the first Treasury secretary, might delight a fan base instead of upsetting them, this will more likely make others support this idea to change the currency in order to see the musical. The idea of having women on the $5 and $10 bills seems really exciting to me because they are the most used therefore we can see them more, however exciting does not mean i support it. I think they should pay women the same amount of money as men then add them on money to show that men and women have equal rights. The fact of having Harriet Tubman on the 20, i support. The idea of having people who changed our country for the good should have the spot on the currency.

2.    The first criminal charges stemming from the Flint, Michigan, water crisis were filed Wednesday, as two state officials and a city employee were accused of offenses including covering up evidence of lead contamination. Neil Rockind, said that this news was rare because it is very had to find a casee where the people who are being charges for just being personally bad at their job, without there being some sort of corrupt intent involved. The mayor plans to fill a few jugs with filtered Flint tap water this week and pledge to drink the water for 30 days to show it is safe. I don't think this will really work, if they had a bigger "celebrity" do it, it might infulece more people but really i do not think it will actually have an affect.

3.   Clinton and Trump campaigns are invigorated by the big wins on Tuesday in New York. Clinton now has 81% of the delegates she needs to clinch the Democratic nomination that eluded her 8 years ago. Trump strengthened his lead in the Republican race, but he is still far from in the clear. On Tuesday the round of primaries in Pennsylvania. A familiar argument that Trump made was on Wednesday, he said that the statewide winner gets 17 delegates outright and the rest are up for grabs. Clinton's win in New York, a state she represented in the Senate for 8 years, halted Sanders' recent string of victories and put her in a stronger position heading into the next contests.

4.   A Texas teachers union sued the head of the state education agency Wednesday over a new evaluation system that ties teachers' scores to students performance on standardized tests. The lawsuit form the TSTA seeks to block the Texas Education Agency from implementing the system, which bases at least 20 percent of teachers' marks on "student growth measures" and is scheduled to take effect on July 1. AISD is adopting its own system that uses standardized test results in a more limited fashion. 10% of the teacher's evaluation will be based on campus wide test results, not the scores of each teacher's students. The union is concerned that the new standards will encourage school districts across TX to evaluate teachers based on statistical analyses known as value-added models, which attempt to measure teacher effectiveness by tracking the improvement of individual students' test scores over time.

5.   Volkswagen makes a deal to pay US customers. The US government and private lawyers have reached a deal for the automaker to spend just over $1 billion to compensate owners about 600,000 diesel-powered cars that cheat on emissions tests, according to a person on the briefed matter. Others might receive more money than others form the German automaker because if the Clean Air Act violations. They still have to make payment because they need to help Volkswagen pay their debt from the violations. It is the tip of the iceberg because it is a lot of money they have to pay and they will more likely only get a few bucks back.

6.   Memphis has the Blues       Top of C1

    This story is about Round 1 of the seven game series to see who moves up the playoffs, Spurs or Grizzlies. The writer concludes at the fact that the Spurs might have a slight slip that can lead the grizzlies into the playoffs. It was saying that the Spurs are getting really easy games to the playoffs that subs have only really played 5 minutes less than there starting line. Spurs are resting to have more energy for bigger games. I kinda have to disagree with some of this article being such a good Spurs fan;) However this is perfect, I loved the way the article included both sides of the teams points of view, and how there was not much opinionated stuff on it. It had good timeliness and proximity. This article was VERY IMPORTANT to add in this quiz because it is about the SPURS!!!!

Best Day in Sports

      August 21, 2015

As everyone was on the edge of their seat, others on both feet and kids standing on chairs, history had been made.

Waking up, behind the passengers seat of a 3 hour drive from Austin to Houston, we were offered to go and see the astros Game against the LA dodgers with my grandparents, whom i haven't seen in months. A great event on a gloomy and rainy day, thought anxious me. Waiting outside the west gate for my grandparents to arrive, my family and I  stood under the balck tarp to prevent getting wet from the rain. Chewing gum while waiting , evidently ran out of the strong mint flavor, as I  walked at a fast pace to the nearest trash can I could see to spit it out. When  walking back, a nice couple who seemed a bit upset for missing some of the game, decided to turn and give me a pair of tickets, because their friends didn't show up soon enough. As I ran to show my mom, I noticed the seats where close up to the field and freaked out. I could not wait to see my grandpa, considering i had a pair of two tickets in the box seats to see his favorite team play.  I was extremely happy to find out that my family encouraged the idea of me sitting with my grandpa up front in the box seats, once he arrived, we all hugged and ran inside the stadium since the game had already started. I never told my grandpa about the tickets until he thought we were actually going to see the game from the very far spot. Once he sat down, my mom revealed the news. The man that walks the slowest in the family, stood up and ran down the stairs as if the titanic was occurring all over again and then i led him to the seats. Once i showed him the box seats we received, the biggest smile appeared on his face. He had mentioned that it was the closest seat he has ever gotten to the field, including the times he sat right in front of the TV. We watched the game for a while and around the 6th inning when the dodgers were batting my grandpa and i went to get concessions. As we were walking around my grandpa was a bit surprised that the stadium was still a bit full, "Usually people start leaving because the game is predictable", it was obvious that the astros were going to win but we did not know why people were staying. Until we noticed that once the we came back the dodgers were up to bat again, we had only been gone for about 10-15minutes and my grandad then saw the board and pointed out, that the pitcher has a possibility of hitting a "no hitter". As a soccer player, i did not understand and until my grandpa explained everything to me. Watching pitch by pitch go by slowly everyone was on the edge of their seats, others on two feet and kids standing on chairs. Until, the pitcher needed the last strike out to complete a pitchers dream, i remember the stadium being dead silent and everything went slow motion. As everyone saw and realized the ball in a glove, the crowd jumped up and down and everyone was celebrating along with the team. I had just witnessed the first  "no hitter" in 22 years in the minute maid park, and i watched it history occur with a very special man in my life. Once  we finished watching the game and taking pictures we found our way back up the far seats where my parents, grandmother and brother were sitting. As soccer fans my grandpa also had to explain what had just occurred, my parents laughed and realized that they were extremely late to understand what just happened in front of their eyes. As everyone left the field we stayed to watch the fireworks and enjoyed the scene from the far seats. Twas' the best day in sports.

Mike Wise//Column Assignment

Model:  https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/wizards/marcin-gortat-is-the-smiling-soul-of-the-washington-wizards/2014/12/11/3f615b10-817d-11e4-9f38-95a187e4c1f7_story.html

I feel like this represents  Mike Wise because....

• the use of quotes in his writing is either story based or hardly any, and this one is story based
• lost of description 
• he tends to use the game as the example of the players skill instead of the skill being what makes the player
• he tends to give a lot of physical description 

Current Event Quiz 5.2

1.    Today the recent news was that the student killed on campus appears to have been sexually assaulted and was the victim of strangulation, based on the preliminary evidence gathered by detectives. This is all according to several law enforcement officials familiar with the investigation, they are more likely left unnamed for safety reasons. I think that they provided this information to maybe hint the idea that she was not just shot for no apparent reason but that maybe she was aware that she was in danger but did not let anyone know. Many news values play apart in this including, timeliness; because if someone were to talk about this until everything was resolved and done no one would really care since it happened a long time ago, proximity; the idea that we live in Austin were the incident happened makes not just UT students more aware but everyone this also ties with impact. This is also really rare, to have a murder case happen on UT campus, making it one of the reasons many people freak out which also ties with emotion and human interest.

2.    Technology employers are frequently offering women lower salaries than men for the same jobs at the same company, according to a new gender wage gap analysis done by this jobs site. Hired.com helps connect tech employers with job seekers through a process that involves reviewing and accepting job offers, the company has an insider advantage point to study the gender wage gap. They are able to do this because this site has access to not only salary offers being extended to job candidates, but it know the "salary expectations" that the job seekers get. The causes of this inequity through this article is the idea that these jobs are downgrading women and making them think that they aren't as capable as men are by giving them a less salary. It doesn't really change my view on technology companies that are making these hires because I am not really looking for a job, but by being a girl,  I do appreciate that these sites show that we get payed less.  They did seem to promote the site a lot, I agree with you. The site's name seems to pop up a little too many times, I feel like the author could have taken the article through a different route and focused on other different sources rather than just Hired.com.

3.   North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory, whose state has been the subject of withering criticism since its Legislature passed a law limiting bathroom use by transgender people and eliminating anti-discrimination protections for gay and transgender people, on Tuesday retreaded from this full-throated defense of the measure. ACLU responding by basically saying that the McCrory's actions were poor in effort and attacking the LGBT community. Because of the gov. actions, PayPal, said that it would abandon plans for a global operations center in the state, the NBA suggested that it could move its 2017 all star game to Charlotte, and Deutsche Bank said it was putting on hold a project that would have brought 250 jobs to the state, even Bruce Springsteen canceled a show in NC because of the actions that the gov. took. They might explain the gov. executive order as stupid and not showing that the US is a free country for those who just want to be themselves.

4.   The number of child suicide bombers used by the Islamic extremists of Boko Haram has increased from four to 44 in a year with devastating consequences in communities that now see children as threats. Because of this 75 percent of children have been girls, and they say that children are victims and not perpetrators. This is been a terrible because they are putting the future in danger. Terrorism experts call these suicide attacks and not bombings for the reason that since involving children has become a commonplace and communities are starting to see children as threats. Boko Haram has aligned itself with al-Qaida and together they want to create an Islamic caliphare in Nigeria which is Africa's biggest oil producer. According to Mercy Corps, the reason many people join it is because of the unemployment and financial motivation and to get the youth farther ahead economically.

5.     I decided to read the "Plenty of buzz about Connally's trip to state" on C1.
   I really liked this piece it did justice to the situation, its so exciting to see an Austin school make it to the finals, especially since i once got to play against the Connally girls soccer team. I liked how they included a lot about their standings however the title really focuses on them getting the same haircut, but the it only really talks about it in the first paragraph.

6.    By scrolling down through this  think i would shorten it and i would first cut number 8 because in my opinion it is kind of useless and a scrap since its has really nothing to do with the rest of the points, however a lot was written about current rankings and big wins, along with a few quotes to support his prediction. 

Sport Story// draft

      August 21, 2015

As everyone was on the edge of their seat, others on both feet and kids standing on chairs, history had been made.

Waking up, behind the passengers seat of a 3 hour drive from Austin to Houston, we were offered to go and see the astros Game against the LA dodgers with my grandparents whom i haven't seen in months. A great event on a gloomy day. Waiting outside the west gate for my grandparents to arrive we stood under the tarp to prevent getting wet from the rain. As i was chewing gum, which evidently ran out of the strong mint flavor, i walked at a fast pace to the nearest trash can i could see. When spitting my gum out, walking back, a nice couple who seemed a bit upset for missing some of the game, decided to turn and give me a pair of tickets, because their friends didn't show up soon enough. As i ran to show my mother, i noticed the seats where close up to the field and freaked out. I could not wait to see my grandpa, considering i had a pair of two tickets in the box seats to see his favorite team play.  I was extremely happy to find out that my family encouraged the idea of me sitting with my grandpa up front, once he arrived, we all hugged and ran inside the stadium since the game had already started. I never told my grandpa about the tickets until he thought we were actually going to see the game from the very far spot. Once he sat down, my mom revealed the news. The man that walks the slowest in the family, stood up and ran down the stairs and i led him to the seats. Once i showed him the seat the biggest smile appeared on his face. He had mentioned that it was the closest seat he has ever gotten to the field after watching baseball for a long time. We watched the game for a while and around the 6th inning when the dodgers were batting my grandpa and i went to get concessions. As we were walking around my grandpa was a bit surprised that the stadium was still a bit full, "Usually people start leaving because the game is predictable", it was obvious that the astros were going to win but we did not know why people were staying. Until we noticed that once the we came back the dodgers were up to bat again, we had only been gone for about 10-15minutes and my grandad then saw the board and pointed out, that the pitcher has a possibility of hitting a no hitter. As a soccer player, i did not understand and until my grandpa explained everything to me. Watching pitch by pitch go by slowly everyone was on the edge of their seats, others on two feet and kids standing on chairs. Until, the pitcher needed the last strike out to complete a pitchers dream, i remember the stadium being dead silent and everything went slow motion. As everyone saw and realized the ball in a glove, the crowd jumped up and down and everyone was celebrating along with the team. I had just witnessed the first no hitter in 22 years in the minute maid park, and i watched it history occur with a very special man in my life. We finished watching the game and taking pictures we found our way back up the far seats where my parents, grandmother and brother were sitting. As soccer fans my grandpa also had to explain what had just occurred, my parents laughed and realized that they were extremely late. As everyone left the field we stayed to watch the fireworks and enjoyed the scene from the far seats. Twas' the best day in sports.

NFL Story Response

I feel like this situation has many factors. However, it was very close between both the article and the NFLs passage explaining themselves. What seems the most "sketchy" to me was the fact that they had former NFL participant move to working with a tabbaco company. To then later find out that the only other reason they contacted him was because of someone in Washington DC. Even thought it had been a couple years since that worker left. Why would they contact them just once after several years. In my opinion there is a lot of loop holes, however I think used that argument to make my decision to let the Times keep it. You can never go wrong with records that the times more likely used.