Final Story

Fraudulent e-mails concerning H1N1 from CDC – Final Story: Enterprise/News Feature
Kerry Gugliotto

Headline:
H1N1 Scam Spreads
Summary:
WSU officials warn students to be on the alert for fraudulent e-mails that refer to state vaccination programs for H1N1.
These e-mails appear to be from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and are causing malicious codes to be installed to users’ computer systems nationwide.
The CDC is unsure of the effects of the code the fake e-mail installs, Kristen Nordlund, a CDC press officer said.
Health and Wellness Services advises students to be skeptical and to use more than one source to confirm validity before entering personal information online.
“Any unsolicited e-mail that asks you to enter personal information should be questioned,” said Paula M. Adams, the communication coordinator for HWS. “In this instance, calling the CDC or checking the CDC Web site would clear up the question.”
The fraudulent messages tell users that the CDC is initiating a state vaccination program and people over 18 must create a “personal H1N1 vaccination profile” on the CDC Web site whether or not they plan on getting a vaccine.
The CDC has not implemented a state wide vaccination program that requires registration. The CDC cautions users to not open or respond to unsolicited e-mail messages, to be careful when entering personal information online and to be careful when visiting untrusted Web sites, Nordlund said.
The CDC does not send e-mails to users who have not voluntarily given them their e-mail address, and the CDC will never ask users for any personal information, she said.
Fortunately, the scam has not caused major damage, she said.
“The morning we found out about people receiving these e-mails, we put a notification up,” she said.
Three days later, WSU put up notifications on WSU’s flu guidance Web site and WSU Today, said Christopher Tapfer, a WSU emergency management coordinator.
“I have not heard whether there have been any local cases of people getting these false e-mails,” he said.
A similar fraud occurred with the anthrax scare, Nordlund said. It was the same type of e-mails that appeared to be from the CDC, and tried to get users to give out personal information.
Though the CDC is not offering a state-wide vaccination program, HWS still has about 650 doses of H1N1 vaccine left and has given out about 1,300 so far, Adams said. The vaccines are available in both shot and nasal-spray form.
Because students have requested appointments through finals week, they can now be made either online or by phone until Friday.
“The amount of vaccine that is available varies by area. We have received vaccine for WSU students because the age range of college students typically puts them into a category where they are considered at higher risk than older people,” Adams said.
All vaccines are free for students and HWS recommends that every student gets vaccinated, Adams said. There is a possibility that HWS will be able to give WSU employees and other non-students vaccines, but until then non-students can check availability with Whitman County Public Health.
Related Web sites:
http://www.cdc.gov/hoaxes_rumors.html
This article was written by Kerry Gugliotto,
kerbear732@yahoo.com
Contacts:
Christopher Tapfer
509-335-7471
tapfer@wsu.edu
Paula M. Adams
509-335-7884
padams@wsu.edu
Kristen Nordlund
404-639-7387

3 ledes

Write three (3) speech ledes based on the information provided. Translate the quotes into news ledes. Remember to attribute.


1. District 9 Sen. Mark Schoesler on potential WSU budget cuts


“Until the economy is turned around, higher education is always at risk.”

Background: WSU cut its budget by $54 million earlier this year. Tuition has increased by 14 percent since the university fiscal budget was announced last spring. It will increase by another 14 percent in the next school year.

Until the economy improves, WSU is likely to undergo more major cuts and tuition increases, District 9 Sen. Mark Schoeler said.

2. WSU President Elson S. Floyd:


“Christine [Gregoire] has told me they plan to cut higher education by $99 million. She happens to have a very different view from me on how that money should be distributed.”

Background: WSU cut its budget by $54 million earlier this year. Tuition has increased by 14 percent since the university fiscal budget was announced last spring. It will increase by another 14 percent in the next school year.

Higher education is facing cuts of $99 million in the upcoming legislative session, and many have different views on how that money should be distributed, Elson S. Floyd said.


3. Write a lede based on this background information:

Background: Andrew Storfer, an associate professor at the WSU School of Biological Sciences, spoke to the zoology club Wednesday at Eastlick Hall. He said about 180 amphibian species are extinct, and a very small amount of amphibian species actually had an increase in population. Storfer said 43 percent of amphibian populations worldwide are in decline. He listed six probable causes: habitat destruction, invasive species, exploitation, global climate change, contaminants, and emerging diseases.

Amphibian populations face threats that will likely add to the already 180 species that are extinct, Andrew Storfer said Wednesday night at Eastlick Hall.

Speech Story

Elected District 9 Representatives Discuss Budget Concerns – Speech Story
Kerry Gugliotto

Headline:
Legislators Address Budget Concerns
Summary:
Higher education will not be spared from the coming state budget cuts, Rep. Joe Schmick said on Tuesday night in the Honors Hall Lounge.
Legislative District 9 Reps. Susan Fagan, Schmick and Sen. Mark Schoesler spoke Tuesday to a crowd of about 45 people regarding budget shortfalls and other issues that will be in the legislature’s agenda this January.
“Until we get our economy turned around, higher education is always at risk,” Schoesler said.
Concerns about increased tuition came from both WSU students and Pullman residents at the meeting.
“I understand that times are difficult, but I’m hoping the budget does not cause our tuition to increase by a lot,” said Emily Tessier, a junior communication major and audience member.
The representatives responded to these concerns by saying they will know more after Gov. Chris Gregoire releases a proposal budget in mid-December.
Audience member, Celena Canode, a senior political science major said she came to the event because she was interested to hear about the state level budget problems.
“The legislative is in a difficult situation, but I would like to not see a raise in taxes on the services we expect and need,” she said.
The proposed budget will be a “shocker,” Schoesler said. He expects it to be vague and assume revenue. The state budget is projected to be more than $2 billion in the red, he said.
After the last session “tanked,” there were warnings that the current budget mess would come so it should not be any surprise, Schoesler said.
Prioritizing spending by making more cuts, not increasing taxes and creating more jobs was the representatives’ theme as they each spoke about the current budget shortfall.
“In my observation, close observation, of regulations in the last 10 years, we are spending more money than we have,” Fagan said. “State revenues have gone up, but so has spending. This makes prioritizing our money (as) one way to start fixing the budget shortfall.”
While making the budget, 70 percent of it is protected, but the other 30 percent will be looked at for cuts, Schoesler said.
Some of the cuts are expected to be made from disabilities services, prisons, economic support for low-income families, basic education, state-funded environmental, natural resource protection and higher education.
Schmick said he believes that to improve the economy, more jobs need to be created, people need to get employed and then they need to spend money.
“It sounds simple, but we struggle in this area to keep our businesses,” he said.
Fagan agreed by saying the Boeing Company and a lot of equally important smaller businesses are leaving the state of Washington, causing a lack of jobs.
“When you graduate, we want to make sure you have job opportunities,” she said.
For students to leave WSU with the potential of a career, residents need to support businesses, making the economy the No. 1 priority, Fagan said. One way to do this is to focus on the private sector.
Fagan said she will focus on this as she gets started as a representative.
“I do have a lot to learn, but I am very eager to take on the challenges that lie ahead,” she said.
Related web sites:
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Results.aspx?District=09
http://www.governor.wa.gov/priorities/budget/default.asp

This article was written by Kerry Gugliotto,
kerbear732@yahoo.com
Contacts:
Celena Canode
calenacanode@gmail.com
(360) 286–3073
Emily Tessier
(425) 213-8186
Mark Schoesler
(360) 786-7620
Susan Fagan
(360) 786-7942
Joe Schmick
(360) 786-7844
Schmick.joe@leg.wa.gov
Three questions for the speakers:
1. How will the budget cuts effect WSU students? (Tuition increase? By how much?)
2. What areas of the budget do you think should be cut and which areas should not be? Why?
3. Besides the budget shortfall, what other issues will be salient in the upcoming legislative session?

One Sentence Summary of Feature Story

Intramural sports’ consistent popularity at WSU is causing UREC officials to make improvements around campus like the $10.9 million Playfield Improvement Project.

Correcting Sentences

Correct the following sentences.


1. Even though the Seattle Sounders’ FC inaugural season ended Sunday with a 1-0 loss to the Houston Dynamo, the Sounders still have a lot to be proud of. (attribution?)

2. Tommy Sullivan was one of the many fans who were able to attend a game this year.

3. With improvement work in mind, Pullman residents are feeling the comfort of a clean, high-quality, diversified neighborhood more and more.

4. “People will come in and buy them by the case,” said Ryan Jones, a senior at WSU majoring in management operations and employee of Bob’s Corner Market for three years. “It’s not uncommon for them to run out at the warehouse. Sometimes I think they just can’t keep up.”

5. Yagiz started school with an undecided major, but after taking geology her sophomore year, she found what she wanted to study.

6. If enacted, the plan will positively affect the neighborhood of College Hill and the collegiate experience of WSU students, he said.

7. More than 60 percent of off-premise establishments provided at least one type of beer promotion.

8. A fleet of camouflage army cargo trucks sits in a parking lot, while men from the National Guard use forklifts to load supplies into the truck beds.

9. Potential employers are increasingly likely to view social-networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace when screening applicants for a position. (attribution?)

10. The biggest misconception out there is that setting your Facebook to private will protect you from allowing people to view your profile, Stefany Unda, career development program coordinator for CACD said.

11. He expects to see a number of transit systems turn (transit systems don't turn to voters...?) to voters in an attempt to gain more revenue, he said.

12. With more traffic on the Web site than in the department digital technology to be very organized and has allowed archives to out into the public sphere more.

13. “We just buy and sell real estate, it is what we do, but the market doesn’t dictate the price,” she said. “The price is the price and I haven’t seen a noticeable change.”

14. These bales are then sold to a processing center in Tacoma, Wash. for a mere $24.

15. “In five or ten years something else will be cool and texting while driving while be a primary offense, but it’s going to take a little time,” Tennant said.



Underline the subject and verb of the following sentences:

Another impact that increases the purchasing of alcohol is the premises that sell alcohol on and off the WSU campus.

The best advice the CACD can give is, do not post things that you would not want people to see.


Comma splice? Yes or no.

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

In 2007, while the average income in Washington was $55,628 the average income for Whitman County was $36,438.
No

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.
Yes

“Take a little out of athletics, take a percentage out of athletics, so a whole department doesn't have to be terminated,” Converse said.
Yes

Fake Press Release

For the first time, professionals will explore both commercial and citizen reporting in virtual worlds on April 6 at the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication, WSU, Pullman, Wash.

A partnership between Washington State University and the McCormick Foundation will gather leading technology executives and journalists to explore the recent rise of media outlets and distribution within 3D virtual world spaces.

"These emerging 3D spaces offer fascinating new opportunities for storytelling. And as the traditional, newspaper-based world of journalism looks for appropriate new ways to provide the vital checks and balances vital to democracy, this event will provide a very significant catalyst for innovation," Erica Austin, the interim dean of the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication said.

Virtual journalism refers to the phenomena of news reporting within a 3D online space, such as Second Life or Club Penguin.

Both Second Life founder Philip Rosedale and Club Penguin co-founder Lane Merrifield will be among the 8 presenters at the event.

ThinkBalm co-founder Erica Driver, a veteran technology analyst, will present recent research findings on "The Immersive Internet."

Also, Lila King, CNN.com senior producer, will share her experiences with bringing CNN's i-Reports citizen journalism platform to Second Life.

Bernhard Drax, an award-winning virtual world reporter and musician, will share his thoughts on the future of reporting in and around the metaverse from a blogger’s perspective.

"We're excited to bring together many of the leaders in technology and journalism to discuss and explore this new media channel for storytelling. These and other emerging forms of digital news distribution offer both promise and potential for our students and for the future of journalism," Elson S. Floyd, WSU’s president said.

Edward R. Murrow College of Communication is highly regarded nationwide by educators and professionals. It is the only program in the Northwest that offers sequences in all six communication fields.

The McCormick Foundation is one of the nation’s largest charities, with $1.2 billion in assets. It is a nonprofit organization committed to strengthening our free, democratic society by investing in children, communities and country.

"The McCormick Foundation is proud to partner with Brett Atwood and WSU's Edward R. Murrow College. Our reporting institutes are designed to be timely, engaging and insightful. This event should certainly fulfill our expectations and serve as a valuable learning platform for the participating journalists," Clark Bell, McCormick Foundation's director of the Journalism Program said.

Related Sites;
www.McCormickFoundation.org.
http://communication.wsu.edu.

For a complete schedule of events, visit the event Web site at: http://communication.wsu.edu/virtualjournalism.

Examples of virtual journalism at the following links:
* CNN IReports
* New World Notes
* Los Angeles Times Article: "Fans Flock to Disney's Club Penguin Times"

Contacts:
Brett Atwood, Edward R. Murrow College of Communication 509-335-0113, batwood@wsu.edu
Maria Ortega, WSU News Service, 509-335-7209, mortega@wsu.edu


My Questions:

How has virtual journalism impacted WSU?
How has virtual journalism impacted the McCormick Foundation?
What is the future of virtual journalism?

Feature Story

Intramural Sports – Trend Feature Story
Kerry Gugliotto
kerbear732@yahoo.com
Headline:
WSU Intramural Leagues Remain Popular
Summary:
“Not many high school athletes have both the skills and drive to play at the college level,” Dmitry Babayev, a junior at WSU said. “Playing sports, being competitive and a part of a team was something I loved during high school, but thought I would have to do without in college.”
Almost every weekend Babayev puts on a uniform and plays on a team without the sacrifices of playing at the college level. This is his third year playing intramural sports at WSU.
“It is the best of both worlds,” he said. “I get to be competitive and play the sports I love while having time to be a normal college student.”
Babayev is among many to discover intramural sports at WSU. Each year 5,500–6,000 WSU students participate in at least one sport, and this has remained fairly consistent from year to year, said Dave Pearson an assistant director for the University Recreation Center in charge of competitive sports, special events and youth programs.
“WSU remains one of the largest intramural programs in the nation for a school this size and as of the last check, the second largest in the Pac-10 despite being one of the smaller Pac-10 schools,” said Jeff Elbracht, the associate director for the University Recreation Center. “Nearly 50 percent of students participate in some type of intramural activity while at WSU.”
“The program is run pretty well and there are always a lot of participants,” Babayev said.
The UREC’s current Playfield Improvement Project to improve the Valley Road Playfields will benefit intramural sport participants, Sarah Driscoll, a chair member of the UREC advisory board said.
The Valley Road Playfields are the second most utilized UREC facility and has 25,000 scheduled users, Elbracht said.
The new field will be made of field turf. This will allow it to be used year round as well as conserve the 13 million gallons of water and 450 gallons of fuel it takes each year to maintain the current playfields, Elbracht said. Usage of the fields is anticipated to double because of these improvements.
During the 6 months of construction, intramural participants will have fewer locations to play, and the board does not want to limit the amount of students who can participate, Driscoll said.
“Games are likely to run later into the night,” she said. “They might go as late as 1 a.m.”
The board met with WSU’s Service and Activity Fee Committee last month to discuss funding for the project.
“The Service and Activity Committee has recently pledged to support the project which will allow for the completion of the design and the solicitation of the formal bids on the construction project,” Elbracht said. “Once formal bids are received the request will be done to the Service and Activity Committee for the exact amount needed to fund the project.”
Including design, construction and equipment the most the project will cost is $10.9 million. The current economy may allow UREC to get cheaper construction bids, Elbracht said.
Student fees will not increase because of this project, Driscoll said.
Construction should start in June 2010 and the estimated completion date is December 2010, Elbracht said.


Related Sites:
http://urec.wsu.edu/facilities_playfield_layout.aspx
Contacts:
Jeff Elbracht
509-335-9668
Elbracht@wsu.edu
Dave Pearson
509-335-9660
Dmp54@wsu.edu
Dmitry Babayev
206-852-4324
Dmitry.babyev@email.wsu.edu
Sarah Driscoll
206-226-5225

Attribution?

Attribution?

Do the following need attribution?

1. Same-sex couples exist whether schools teach about them or not.
Attribute – statement makes and argument and is bias.

2. This raises the question, would universal health care work here, locally?
Who/what raises the question?

3. Although SB 5688 has been dubbed the “everything but marriage” bill, many people opposed to it feel that if it is approved by state voters and enacted into law it will eventually pave the way for gay marriage in the state of Washington.
Attribute, how many is many people?

4. “Tonight, in an historic vote, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would finally make real the promise of quality, affordable health care for the American people,” President Barack Obama said.
This is probably not from an interview with Obama, say where you got it – press release?

5. The ASWSU Senate is taking a stand against initiative 1033 with their newest resolution.
Attribute – “taking a stand” is bias

6. TAPOR is largely considered a financial disaster for Colorado and was suspended in 2005.
(Get rid of TAPOR - if it’s not a common acronym get rid of it.)
Make it more objective.

7. Many local citizens face the tough decision between buying insurance and putting food on the table.
How do we know this?

8. President Obama has received significant public attention for his health care bill, and residents of Whitman County are well aware of what his plan means.
How do we know this?

9. While the lighting initiative is important, Workman believes that not all the lighting requested may be necessary.
Who said that the initiative important?

10. Though only a few were positive H1N1 cases, the hysteria spread throughout the community and led to the large number of suspected cases.
Hysteria through community or media, and how do we know this?

Political Story - Edited

Kerry Gugliotto

Sen. Patty Murray included $1 million for transmission grid research and development at WSU in the 2010 Energy and Water Development appropriations bill.

The Senate passed the bill Oct. 15, by a vote of 80-17.

President Barack Obama is expected to sign the bill into law soon, Eli Zupnick, Murray’s deputy press secretary, said.

“Our nation’s transmission system is badly aged and vulnerable to disruptions,” Zupnick said in a press release. “WSU researchers are working to develop faster, more advanced technologies that will ensure the stability of the power grid.”

WSU’s specialty is creating computer and communication systems that allow the power grid to function in real time and increase efficiency, reliability and stability, said Anjan Bose, a co-principal investigator and Regents professor in the College of Engineering and Architecture.

The technology helps avoid and anticipate major blackouts as well as incorporating renewable sources of energy such as wind and solar, Bose said. The grant will be used to create a platform to simulate the behavior of the large grid to test the computer and control algorithms being developed for the smart grid.

“This platform should be running in about a year,” Bose said.

Other professors from the College of Engineering and Architecture - Dave Bakken, Carl Hauser and Mani Venkatasubramanian - will work with Bose as the other co-principal investigators for the transmission grid research and development.

“The success of efforts to upgrade the national electric grid to a so-called ‘smart grid’ depends heavily on the research being performed here at WSU by Dr. Anjan Bose and his team,” WSU President Elson Floyd said in a press release.

Last year, the professors received a similar grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, and with a team of graduate students, research associates and postdoctoral fellows, they started researching and developing this summer, Bose said. They are having the first of many meetings with the DOE on Monday.

WSU has also been working with local companies like Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc., and Avista Corp. on similar projects.

Improving the electric grid to smart grid technology is a national focus, and an initiative for the smart grid was included in the $819 billion stimulus package passed by the House of Representatives on Jan. 28.

Avista has paired with other regional partners, such as Battelle, and proposed implementing smart grid technology through the Pacific Northwest Smart Grid Demonstration Project. The project would make Pullman the region’s first smart grid community to be followed by the rest of the Northwest. The companies hope to get matching stimulus money from the DOE to pay for the total implementation cost of $178 million.

If approved, this would create benefits for students as well as Avista customers, Avista spokesman Hugh Imhof said.

Avista customers’ rates would remain the same, but new technologies, like a smart-meter, would allow consumers to better control and cut down their usage and essentially save them money, Imhof said.

“People don’t realize how much they can save by making a few adjustments,” he said.

WSU is one of the multiple partners that would participate in the smart grid project for Pullman, and the university already has a lot of interaction with Avista, Imhof said.

“We are very interested in electrical engineers because they are important for the future of power systems, so working with WSU is a great opportunity for both Avista and WSU students,” Imhof said.

three questions - feature writing

Rebekah Olden
Journalsim major
20-year-old
Yakima, WA

1. Will you describe the most interesting experience that you have been through?
Honduras (10th greade) and the Domican Republic (after senior year of high school) - youth group. Build onto a school in Domican Republic. Ran activities for the local children.
Spent two weeks at each place.

2. Will you describe the types of things are you involved with that make you unique?
Member of a show chior, The Melody Lane Singers, for 11.5 years. The program is ran through the community, her parents heard about if from a family friend when she was 5. Perform songs/scenes from well known theater shows. Traveling - all through out the United States. Including Hawaii, California, Florida and New York. Sang for governor Gary Locke. Perfromed at Disney Land and Disney World.


3. What about you makes you who you are?
Really creative and imaginative. Always making up stories - really thrilled with theater because it allows me to become a character.

The experiences from traveling have made me a more outgoing person.



A creative and imaginative personality has led Rebekah Olden through experiences that make her the outgoing person she is today.

At age 5, Rebekah olden, a 20-year-old journalism major at WSU, was put into a neighborhood show choir. Her passion for music and creative personality allowed her to put herself into the characters she plays.

The success she had with her show choir, The Melody Lane Singers, lasted for eleven and a half years.

baby comma drama!

Focus on: commas

1. We looked through the church and searched outside the building.

2. These lights would be funded by ASWSU, he said.

3. His car is black, yellow and orange.

4. Gunnell said everything is still in the early stages of planning, but he hopes the project will be underway by next summer.

5. For breakfast, he had juice, bacon and ham and eggs.

6. In July the grassroots organization, Protect Marriage Washington, turned in thousands of signatures in order to stall the bill and bring the issue to a statewide vote.

7. She was tired. We stayed home.

8. “This is not a bill for gay marriage. I just want to save some money on my taxes and live my life.”

9. Elected to the council were Mark Roberts, 19, a sophomore from Miami, Fla.; Suzanne Idley, 20, a junior from Nashville, Tenn.; and Alberto Greenberg, 21, a senior from Hartford, Conn.

10. We wanted to leave to the old house, but something held us there.

Math

Math

As we look at trends and data sets that drive our reporting, we need to establish a baseline for dealing with … math. Let’s do a quick quiz of the basics. (Credit: Poynter Institute)

1. Last year, the school spent $8,300 for office equipment. This year, it will spend 5 percent less. How much will it spend this year?

$7,885

2. The spelling and grammar test was taken by 217 students. Thirty-seven failed. What percent passed?

82.9%

3. One out of 12 students at WSU are in the Greek system. What percent are in Greek system?

8.3%

4. Bruce Springsteen was born on Sept. 23, 1949. How old will he be in May 2016?

66

5a. The former assistant manager was demoted to sales clerk. His pay was cut from $12 to $8. What was the percent decrease?

33%

5b. The sales clerk was promoted to assistant manager. Her pay increased from $8 to $12. What was the percent increase?

50%

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

10.7%

7. Joe Smith wants to build a 2,500-square-foot house for him. The builder tells him it will cost $110 a square foot to build. How much will the house cost?

275,000

8. You and your four roommates have ordered a 16-slice pizza. Because you skipped lunch, it is agreed that you should have a 1/4 share of the total. The roommates divide the remainder equally. How much does each one get?

3 slices

9. The Poynter Institute’s budget for computer programs jumped from $5,500 to $7,300. By what percent did it increase?

32.7%

10. Checkers at a grocery store earn the following salaries: $10,000, $12,500, $5,890, $16,453, $14,000. The median salary is:

$12,500

Political Story

Power Grid Grant
Kerry Gugliotto
kerbear732@yahoo.com

Headline:

Senate Passes Bill Giving WSU $1 Million

Summary:

Sen. Patty Murray included $1 million for transmission grid research and development at WSU in the 2010 Energy and Water Development appropriations bill.

The Senate passed the bill Oct. 15, by a vote of 80-17.

President Barack Obama is expected to sign the bill into law soon, Eli Zupnick, Murray’s deputy press secretary, said.

“Our nation’s transmission system is badly aged and vulnerable to disruptions,” Zupnick said. “WSU researchers are working to develop faster, more advanced technologies that will ensure the stability of the power grid.”

WSU’s specialty is creating computer and communication systems that allow the power grid to function in real time and increase efficiency, reliability and stability, said Anjan Bose, a co-principal investigator and Regents professor in the College of Engineering and Architecture.

The technology helps avoid and anticipate major blackouts as well as incorporating renewable sources of energy such as wind and solar, Bose said. The grant will be used to create a platform to simulate the behavior of the large grid to test the computer and control algorithms being developed for the smart grid.

“This platform should be running in about a year,” Bose said.

Other professors from the College of Engineering and Architecture, Dave Bakken, Carl Hauser and Mani Venkatasubramanian, will work with Bose as the other co-principal investigators for the transmission grid research and development.

“The success of efforts to upgrade the national electric grid to a so-called ‘smart grid’ depends heavily on the research being performed here at WSU by Dr. Anjan Bose and his team,” WSU President Elson Floyde said.

Last year, the professors received a similar grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, and with a team of graduate students, research associates and postdoctoral fellows, they started researching and developing this summer, Bose said. They are having the first of many meetings with the DOE on Monday.

WSU has also been working with local companies like Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. and Avista Corp. on similar projects.

Improving the electric grid to smart grid technology is a national focus, and an initiative for the smart grid was included in the $819 billion stimulus package passed by the House of Representatives on Jan. 28.

Avista has paired with other regional partners, such as Battelle, and proposed implementing smart grid technology through the Pacific Northwest Smart Grid Demonstration Project. The project would make Pullman the region’s first smart grid community to be followed by the rest of the Northwest. The companies hope to get matching stimulus money from the DOE to pay for the total implementation cost of $178 million.

If approved, this would create benefits for students as well as Avista customers, Avista spokesman Hugh Imhof said.

Avista customers’ rates would remain the same, but new technologies, like a smart-meter, would allow consumers to better control and cut down their usage and essentially save them money, Imhof said.

“People don’t realize how much they can save by making a few adjustments,” he said.

WSU is one of the multiple partners that would participate in the smart grid project for Pullman, and the university already has a lot of interaction with Avista, Imhof said.

“We are very interested in electrical engineers because they are important for the future of power systems, so working with WSU is a great opportunity for both Avista and WSU students,” Imhof said.

Related web sites:
http://cleantech.wsu.edu/projects/smart.aspx
This article was written by Kerry Gugliotto,
kerbear732@yahoo.com
Contacts:
Eli Zupnick:
202-224-2834
Eli_zupnick@murray.senate.gov
Hugh Imhof:
509-495-4264
Hugh.Imhof@avistacorp.com
Anjan Bose:
509-432-9679
bose@wsu.edu

Justice Story Rewrite

Kerry Gugliotto

Consequences of Underage Drinking in Pullman – Justice Story
Kerry Gugliotto

Headline:
Underage Drinking Costs Students Time, Money
Summary:

Ashley Musselman learned exactly how much time and money underage drinking can cost.

First, there was a $300 court fee. Then, another $300 went for a lawyer. And finally a counseling class that WSU required her to take cost her $100.

“The MIP affected me for over a year and cost me nearly a grand,” Musselman said. “But I continued to drink as a minor.”

Each fall freshman come to Washington State University excited to be free from their parents’ authority. But this new freedom often leads to partying, which results in students finding themselves answering to a new authority: the police and the university.

The day before classes began this semester, Aug. 23, the Pullman Police issued 18 minor in possession (MIP) charges, five minor exhibiting charges and one driving while under the influence (DUI) charge.

“It’s no secret that minors consume alcohol in Pullman, but the efforts made by the university as well as the police seem to be only costing these minors time and money,” Ashley Musselman, a senior at WSU said. “There are more important issues that the police should be worried about.”

On the other hand, Thomas Elhart, a resident advisor, member of the night patrol and Cougar Security at WSU believes the Office of Student Conduct, Pullman Police Department, and the WSU Police Department do a good job dealing with the issue of underage drinking.

“They are focused on the safety of students rather than just getting them in trouble,” Elhart said.

“There will always be parties and underage drinking on a college campus, but as a member of night patrol and Cougar Security, it is my job to watch for those who get out of control,” Elhart said.

Though the amount of charges and arrests related to alcohol seem to remain about the same from year to year, the fact that the police and university are so on top of underage drinking reminds students “they can only push things so far until they are reprimanded,” Elhart said.

In 2007 there were 174 alcohol arrests and in 2008 there were 175, according to the 2009-2010 Cougar Annual Security/Fire Report.

Alan Scott, a junior at WSU, learned how far he was willing to push his luck after receiving an MIP charge last spring semester.

“I was never a huge partier to begin with, but now I am even more cautious,” Scott said.

The night Scott was charged with an MIP, he had had only about 3 drinks over a period of about 2 hours, but could have been a lot smarter about the situation, he said.

“I was holding an open beer can outside of a party,” Scott said. “Now I realize that I was just asking for trouble.”

Though Scott was able to get the misdemeanor removed from his record, paying court fees and dealing with the justice system has taught him a lesson, he said.

“The process is a bit excessive, but it has prevented me from getting in trouble again.”
As long as there are parties, there will be police officers handing out MIP charges, Elhart said.

“My advice to incoming freshman is that if you are going to party, be smart about it and don’t get caught,” Musselman said.

“A lot of minors take part in drinking and partying, but they rarely think about the consequences,” Elhart said.


Related web sites:
http://adcaps.wsu.edu/default.asp?PageID=201
http://www.pullman-wa.gov/Departments/Police/Default.aspx

This article was written by Kerry Gugliotto,
kerbear732@yahoo.com
Contacts:
Alan Scott
(360) 509-2264

Ashley Musselman
(360) 990-2300

Thomas Elhart
(360) 635-1305

Telling Details

Hurricane Katrina left countless victims in New Orleans waiting for help among the damage that was left behind. Flooded streets, remains of buildings, deserted cars, lost pets and gray skies create a scene full of chaos and hopelessness. Once neighborhoods are now polluted lakes littered with house reamains and telephone poles. The military and rescue team members stand out among the wreckage, equipped to reach as many as they can, but many seem to be stuck waiting until it is their turn to be helped. Those who were affected by the disaster wait in crowds with what little they have left trying to find a safe place to stay. In this frenzied scene, those who are injured or in dire need of assistance receive help from all of those who are capable.

In Class Stuff

1. List two of the bill's sponsors.
Murray, McDermott

2. Who sponsored companion bill 1727?
Representatives Pedersen, Walsh, Moeller, Johnson, Carlyle, Quall, Sullivan, Maxwell, Roberts, Chase, Upthegrove, White, Conway, Nelson, Cody, Hudgins, Morris, Eddy, Liias, Kagi, Ormsby, Rolfes, Clibborn, Dunshee, Pettigrew, Springer, Hunter, Williams, Blake, Darneille, Goodman, Dickerson, Hasegawa, Linville, Kenney, Appleton, Van De Wege, Kessler, Santos, Sells, O'Brien, Ericks, Wallace, McCoy, Kirby, Haigh, Takko, Hurst, Seaquist, Wood, Flannigan, Orwall, Jacks, Finn, Hunt, Simpson, Driscoll

3. On what date did Gov. Gregoire sign the bill?
May 18 Governor signed.

4. How many pages in the original bill?
110

5. In the Senate Bill Report, find the names of two people who testified in support of the bill and two who opposed the bill.
Support: Senator Murray, prime sponsor; David Itemizer,
Opposed: Phillip Irvin, Margaret Reich,

6. Based on the report's synopsis of public testimony, list one argument in support of the bill and one argument in opposition.
PRO: This bill is not marriage. The over 1,138
federal rights and protections granted to married couples will still be denied to same sex
couples if this bill passes. This bill does not deny anyone their religious freedoms. No
church or synagogue or other religious organization will be required to perform a marriage
for anyone they do not want to marry. This bill does not deny anyone their right to free
speech. This bill does not change existing adoption law in Washington State. This bill will
not hurt small business. This bill is about security for families in a time of great insecurity.
CON: As a citizen I am concerned that this bill will impose a value system on our public
schools that is in conflict with my values and the values that I try to teach my children. My
husband I should be the people who provide our child with her moral compass. We don't
want our tax dollars to be used to teach our child values we don't agree with. We don't want
our child to be taught that any sexual activity is acceptable as long as it is consensual, or that
there is no difference between a man and a woman. I believe children should have a mother
and a father. If the state insists on codifying these values, we will not lose our children to the
schools, the schools will lose our children.

7. Find the fiscal note for the bill. Look at the most current estimate of cost.
1,934,304
a. What are the estimated receipts from 2009 to 2011?
606,039
b. What are the estimated expenditures during the same period?
300,000
1. Look at the committee agendas for Oct. 29, 2009. Which committee meets that day?
Higher Education (H)

2. According to the agenda, what will the committee discuss?
The Committee will engage stakeholders to better understand the connections between tuition policy, system expansion, and the use of technology in improving access, affordability, and quality of higher education.

3. Click on 'Higher Education' to get more info on this committee. Who chairs the committee?
Wallace, Deb (D) Chair

Sells, Mike (D) Vice Chair


4. Near the top of the page, click on 'Committees' to find other legislative bodies. List three other legislative committees.
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Audit Review and Oversight
Capital Budget

Finding Trends

Finding trends in local government

I. State and local

1. What’s the population of Whitman County? 41,664
2. Percent white? 86.6%
3. Percent with bachelor’s degree?44.0%
4. Median household income? 36,538
5. Persons below poverty? 26.7%

II. Drilling down into Census data: Housing

1. Find the annual construction costs for building permits for Pullman from 2004 to 2008. Report it for each individual year.

2004: 21,793,767
2005: 40,062,508
2006: 34,549,367
2007: 31,922,839
2008: 14,007,013

2. What’s the most current construction cost for 2009? (Obviously the annual report isn’t yet available so look for the most recent month.)

2009 - Until August 2009: 7,170,166

3. Write a lede based on this information.

The total amount of money spent on construction in Pullman during 2008 was more than half of what it was in 2007, this number has been declining since 2005 according to the U.S. Census Bureau, and the current construction costs for 2009 seem to be fitting the trend.


III. Federal grants and insurance

1. How much did Whitman County farmers receive in Crop Insurance?

134,236,720

2. How much did Whitman County receive in grants?

122,982,596

3. Name three of the grants.

10.001 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH-BASIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH 1,379,278
10.025 PLANT AND ANIMAL DISEASE, PEST CONTROL AND ANIMAL CARE 482,743
10.028 WILDLIFE SERVICES 30,000



IV. Health Care in Whitman County


1. Which two counties have the highest percent of uninsured people?

San Juan County, Washington - 30.0%
Whitman County, Washington – 29.2%

2. What’s the percentage in Whitman County?
29.2%

V. Population

Is Whitman County’s population growing? Let’s look at population trends.

1. Type “Whitman County population” into Google Uncle Sam. Which federal or state agency comes up first in the Google list?

2007 Data Book – Office of Financial Management Whitman County

a. What’s the total population change in Whitman County from 2000 to 2007, according to OFM?

1,960
b. What’s the natural increase?

1,324
c. Explain the difference between “total change” and “natural change.”

Natural change is the difference between the amounts of births compared to deaths. Total change includes this and the amount of people who migrate to Whitman County.

4. Go back to the Google search results for ‘Whitman County population.”

5. Choose the second result, which should take you to Whitman County page.

6. Under General Information, click on “Whitman County Overview from the Choose Washington website.” (Should be Web site, right?)

7. Under “County Data,” click on Population.

a. Based on this projection, how many people will live in Whitman County in 2025?

2025 - 46,786


Spokane City Council Agenda

2.What’s the number of the ordinance that would create a new alcohol-impact area?
ORD C34475

7. What will the ordinance do? Write a lede based on the City Council’s approval of this ordinance.

The Spokane City Council approved an ordinance that restricts alcohol sales in the downtown and east central parts of Spokane.
Whitman County Agenda

1. The Web site www.whitmancounty.org provides the agendas and minutes for the meeting of the county’s commissioners. Navigate to the commissioners’ page.
a. According to the agenda, what meeting will be held on Thursday, Oct. 15, at 2 p.m.?

2:00 p.m. – Palouse Basin Aquifer Committee meeting.

a. How many confirmed cases in Whitman County?

Whitman County has 4 confirmed H1N1 cases.
b. How many doses of vaccine will be available in Washington state?

Washington state is slated to receive 600,000 doses.

c. How many in Whitman County?

Whitman County will receive approximately 360 doses.

d. What is Dr. Moody’s suggestion on how to distribute?

Dr. Moody feels we
should wait to distribute the vaccine until there is enough injectable vaccine to offer to the majority of residents. Public Health is considering using community buildings in various locations after school and on weekends to administer the vaccines to high-risk residents first followed by clinics. These 360 doses must also be shared with local providers.

e. Write a lede based on this information.

Whitman County will receive about 360 of the 600,000 doses of the H1N1 vaccine that will be available in Washington State, and experts believe we should wait to distribute them until enough are available to vaccinate the majority of the population.

Is it libelous?

Why or why not? Post your answers to your blog.

1. “Up until the day he died, he was a brilliant writer. But the drugs made him a thief, a pimp and a liar,” said friend Karen Smith, who was with Johnson at the time of his death.

Not libelous because he is dead and it is attributed to a reliable source.

2. “Megan Fox is a man!” Headline on Weekly World News Web site

This is not libelous because she is a public figure.

3. “In my opinion, Kevin is a murdering rapist.”

If there was an attribution this might be okay. Not really an oponion statement.

Justice Story

Consequences of Underage Drinking in Pullman – Justice Story
Kerry Gugliotto


Headline:
Underage Drinking Costs Students Time, Money
Summary:
Each fall freshman come to Washington State University excited to be free from their parents’ authority, but this new freedom often leads to partying which results in students finding themselves answering to a new authority, the police and the university.
The day before classes began this semester, Aug. 23, the Pullman Police report issuing 18 minor in possession (MIP) charges, five minor exhibiting charges and one driving while under the influence (DUI) charge.
“It’s no secret that minors consume alcohol in Pullman, but the efforts made by the university as well as the police seem to be only costing these minors time and money,” Ashley Musselman, a senior at WSU said.
“There are more important issues that the police should be worried about.”
Musselman learned exactly how much time and money underage drinking can cost when she was charged with an MIP her freshman year while walking home from a friend’s dorm after consuming one or two beers. About three months after being charged, Musselman had a court date. There was a court fee of about $500. She paid an additional fee of about $300 for a lawyer, Musselman said.
The MIP was removed from Musselman’s record, but only after she paid $100 to take a class, called IMPACT, sponsored by WSU Counseling Services about drug and alcohol use as well as not being charged with any more misdemeanors for a year, Musselman said.
“The MIP affected me for over a year and cost me nearly a grand, but I continued to drink as a minor,” Musselman said.
On the other hand, Thomas Elhart, a resident advisor, member of the night patrol and cougar security at WSU believes the Office of Student Conduct, Pullman Police Department, and the WSU Police Department do a good job dealing with the issue of underage drinking.
“They are focused on the safety of students rather than just getting them in trouble,” Elahart said.
“There will always be parties and underage drinking on a college campus, but as a member of night patrol and cougar security, it is my job to watch for those who get out of control,” Though the amount of charges and arrests related to alcohol seem to remain about the same from year to year, the fact that the police and university are so on top of underage drinking reminds students “they can only push things so far until they are reprimanded,” Elhart said.
Alan Scott, a junior at WSU, learned how far he was willing to push his luck after receiving an MIP charge last spring semester.
“I was never a huge partier to begin with, but now I am even more cautious,” Scott said. The night Scott was charged with an MIP, he was not excessively drunk, but could have been a lot smarter about the situation, he said.
“I was holding an open beer can outside of a party; now I realize that I was just asking for trouble,” Scott said. Though Scott was able to get the misdemeanor removed from his record, paying court fees and dealing with the justice system has taught him a lesson, he said.
“The process is a bit excessive, but it has prevented me from getting in trouble again.”
As long as there are parties, there will be police officers handing out MIP charges, Elhart said.
“My advice to incoming freshman is that if you are going to party, be smart about it and don’t get caught,” Musselman said.

Related web sites:
http://adcaps.wsu.edu/default.asp?PageID=201
http://www.pullman-wa.gov/Departments/Police/Default.aspx

This article was written by Kerry Gugliotto,
kerbear732@yahoo.com
Contacts:
Alan Scott
(360) 509-2264

Ashley Musselman
(360) 990-2300

Thomas Elhart
(360) 635-1305

Welsh Lede

Spokane detectives R. Graves and R. Webb investigate the report that Catholic Bishop Lawrence Welsh allegedly strangled a male prostitute in Chicago.

Edit Sentences

Read your sentences and edit them. Post answers on the blog. (Five minutes)

1. The guest speaker is Kimberly Robertello a clinical assistant professor, human anatomy professor and biomechanics professor at WSU.

2. The group decided to start a voter registration drive for the Nov. 3 election. The last day to register to vote is Oct. 5.

3. “How many people are serious about going, so we can reserve hotel rooms for everyone?” Tara Wyman PRSSA President asked.

4. “It’s not always the most fun thing to do on a Wednesday night, but once I graduate I’m going to reap the rewards,” Parker said. “Nothing gets you further than contacts in the field.”

5. ASWSU representative Derick En’Wezoh, and GPSA representative Jason McConnell, wanted to share the chairman position.

6. However, with the apparent unified front, representatives proposing to go against the grain are often intimidated. …said who?

7. New ideas from Student Entertainment Board’s meeting Monday, find ways to improve participation level in Homecoming activities.

8. Joshua Hart, director of student affairs, highlighted the program's lack of volunteers and asked the executives to sign up.

Quotes

Put the quotes in the correct location. Post to your blog.

1. “Mary is trying hard in school this semester,” said her father.

2. “No,” the taxi driver said. “I cannot get you to the airport in 15 minutes.”

3. “I believe that the best time of year to visit Europe is in the spring,” Jack said. “At least that's what I read in a book entitled 'Guide to Europe.'”

4. My French professor said my accent is "abominable."

5 “Is Time a magazine you read regularly?" she asked.

6. When did Roosevelt say, “We have nothing to fear but fear itself.”?

7. “Can you believe that it has been almost five years since we've seen each other?” she asked me.

Adapted from the University of Purdue’s Owl Resources.

Justice Story Proposals

Justice Story Proposals
1. I know that the Sunday before classes at Washington State University began, some large number of like 35 minor in possession charges were given out. Because it is no secret that a lot of minors drink in Pullman - it would be an interesting justice story to write about this and how the police here.
2. I recently had a friend receive a driving while under the influence charge the morning after he had been drinking. Following him with how the justice system deals with this could be interesting.
3. In Pullman, you can now text 911 with emergencies.

Questions for Howard Berkes

1. How do you decide whether or not a story is newsworthy?
2. How do you get colorful/interesting quotes from people you interview?
3. What made you get involved in reporting?

Outline:

Lede :ASWSU meeting focused on safety campaign with a few problems.
Safety initiative: ($40,000 budget)
*SafeWalk
-promotion plans
-volunteers
-lack of callers
*Lighting
*Good Samaritan policy
Other Topics
*UREC cameras
-new issues
*Cougar Quarterly
-go green or print?


ASWSU Executive Board Meeting
Kerry Gugliotto


Headline:

ASWSU Executive Members Stress the Issue of Safety

Summary:

A safety initiative was the focus of the Associated Students of Washington State University’s executive board meeting last night.

The initiative has undergone major work this semester, and though there have been a few bumps in the road, ASWSU plans to continue pushing the issue.

“The initiative was created as a response to crime rates last year, as well as events like the shootings at Virginia Tech,” the Director of Student Affairs, Joshua Hart said. “Though they ended up not being true, the reports of assault on campus have made the initiative a main focus for ASWSU.”

Hart is spearheading the safety campaign which has a $40,000 budget and includes a new Good Samaritan policy, adding lighting around campus, the Students for Safety Banquet, and SafeWalk, a weekend on-foot chaperone program.

Unfortunately, executive members have run into problems while attempting to launch these programs.

“We need to make SafeWalk a more utilized resource,” ASWSU President Derick En’Wezoh said. “The program has been open for a few weeks and has had less than 10 callers.”

En’Wezoh asked each executive member to volunteer for SafeWalk as well as work on promoting the program. In order to make SafeWalk known, ASWSU plans to put up signs, wear shirts, hand out key chains with SafeWalk’s number and hours on them and even create a Facebook group to educate students about the program.

“It is difficult to find a balance between being fiscially responsible when it comes to advertising programs like SafeWalk and actually getting the word out there,” ASWSU Vice-President Jay Hendrickson said.

Another issue ASWSU has encountered is completing their Good Samaritan policy. This is a new to the safety initiative that En’Wezoh met with the police chief and President Floyd to discuss. The policy will allow students to hold each other accountable, and more details should be available soon, said Richard Kilpatrick, an ASWSU executive member.

“Everyone agrees it is a good policy, we are just working on the details including how liable ASWSU will be,” En’Wezoh said. “I will advocate the policy intensely and won’t stop because we need something like this at WSU.”

Another way ASWSU will make campus more safe includes improving lighting around campus so students feel comfortable walking home, Kilpatrick said. “We have planned this for awhile. We are hoping to finally put our plans into action.”

The Students for Safety Banquet will feature Steve Kardian, a well known advocate for safety on campus, Hart said. The banquet is to educate students when it comes to being safe at WSU.

Other topics discussed at the meeting include the progress of adding cameras to the Student Recreational Center and whether or not the Cougar Quarterly should be printed or be strictly and online resource this year.

As far as the Cougar Quarterly goes, ASWSU plans to keep it as an online resource for this quarter, Kilpatrick said.

New issues create additional hoops for ASWSU to jump through in order to get cameras up in the SRC so members can check online how busy it is before going, En’Wezoh said. “We may need to take a new course because of liability issues, member privacy issues, funding as well as creating a new time frame.”

More information on this topic is going to be discussed at the President’s Student Advisory Board meeting this afternoon at 3:30 pm.

Related web sites:
http://www.aswsu.wsu.edu/safe_walk.aspx
http://www.campuspeak.com/speakers/kardian/
http://www.aswsu.wsu.edu/presidents_student_advisory_board.aspx
This article was written by Kerry Gugliotto,
Contacts:
Joshua Hart
(360) 391-5646
Joshua.hart@email.wsu.edu

Jay Hendrickson
(509) 521-2482
jh214@wsu.edu

Derick En’Wezoh
(509) 430-7410
derick_enwezoh@wsu.edu

Richard Kilpatrick
(425) 301-0131
richardkilpatrick@hotmail.com

Pulltown Fake Meeting Story

Mayor Gregory J. Heep banned firearms on all city property, because of the shooting at a Pulltown Center festival last year that left three people injured.

“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,” Mayor Heeps said.

The order does not require city council approval, but there will be a public hearing tonight at 6 p.m. held at City Hall for comment on this controversial issue.

“We will mount a legal challenge,” said Bertrand Birch, 43, owner of a gun shop in north Pulltown. "It also opens the door to tyranny and squashes liberty."

Edit Your Peers

Help your classmates edit their copy.


1. Gym Class Heroes will perform at a concert hosted by the WSU Student Entertainment Board on Oct. 18.

2. In previous years they had cheap piercings and a hypnotist, Caron said. They will probably do this again because of the students' past enthusiasm for the events.


3. The all-day event, Head of the Spokane, will feature teams from Gonzaga University and WSU.

4. The team is off to a good start with about 40 new members to the men’s team alone, and 35 returning members who will make up the varsity roster, Williams said.

5. "Then one day Cupid’s Chokehold came on the radio and I thought, 'That’d be cool.'”

6. “I didn’t hear about the décor contest, but I bet I would win if I submitted a picture of my roommate's room,” junior Carlie Halstrom said. “maybe I will check it out.”


7. “I think it would have been cool to do something like that as a freshman," Bobson said. "I know my parents would have loved it."


8. It is official. A new year has started here at Washington State University. Classes have begun, homework is being assigned, and the spirit of Coug football now hovers around Pullman.


9. (Who it was) has been discussimg taking away the money used for free parking at the Student Recreation Center, Whitmore said.


10. The Education Abroad Offices at Washington State University, will hold its semi-annual education abroad fair on Wednesday, Sept. 2. The event will last from 10:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. outside of Terrell Mall, where a huge portion of students walk through to get from class to class.


11. More than 22,000 fans piled into Martin Stadium to watch the Cougars take on the Stanford Cardinal.


12. Kaitlin N. Norton, 18, a freshman agricultural education major from Enumclaw, has been waiting for this game for a long time. She has always gone to Cougar games in Seattle, but this will be Norton’s first game at Martin Stadium.


13. Entertainment, drink specials and giveaways welcomed back the 21-and-over crowd.

14. "I want to keep it exciting," Goldfinger said. "I have been with Stubblefields a long time, and sometimes you just have to try a new position."


15. The University Recreation’s Web Site has registrations available for this and future events.

Correcting Passive Voice

Active vs. passive

Would you change the following sentences? If not, why not? Rewrite those that need clarification.


1. The points of the lecture were quickly learned by the students, but they were also quickly forgotten.

Just as quickly as the students learned the points from the lecture, they forgot them.


2. Later in the day, the employees were informed of the layoffs by the boss himself.

The boss informed the employees of the layoffs later in the day.


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

LeBron James missed a three-point shot with five seconds left.


4. Participants in the survey were asked about their changes in political affiliation.

Participants in the survey answered questions about their changes in political affiliation.


5. Tall buildings and mountain roads were avoided by Raoul because he had such a fear of heights.

Raoul avoided tall buildings and mountain roads because he was scared of heights.

6. The bill is being considered by the Legislature.

Legislature is considering the bill.

7. The practice of covering up mistakes has been pursued by the government.

The government is pursuing the practice of covering up mistakes.

8. The class is reading the book.

This does not need to be changed.

Editing for Language

Edit for brevity and clarity.

1. He wondered the streets.

2. The suspect sprinted across the yard.

3. The war refugees sought a haven across the border.

4. The mayor said he opposes an independent counsel to investigate complaints.

“It would infringe on the autonomy of the City Council.”

5. Five shootings were reported Saturday night by a police spokesman. Three were in Central Park.

6. The reporter said he covered wars in 18 countries during his 30-year career.

7. The project is funded by state and federal grants.

8. She earned a degree in journalism from Cal State Fullerton.

9. The police chief said the department had abandoned the use of stun guns due to lawsuits.

10. A reporter’s day might consists of meeting with editors, interviewing sources and writing stories.

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WSU Crew
Kerry Gugliotto


Headline:
WSU Men’s Crew to Have First Race

Summary:
Washington State University men’s crew will start a new season with an important event Oct. 24 at the Spokane River.

The all day event, Head of the Spokane, will feature teams from Gonzaga University and WSU.

“Both the men’s and women’s top varsity boats will be racing,” said Lauren Curtis, a third year coxswain for the men’s varsity team.

There will be a lot of boats racing at the event, said Mitch Williams, the commodore or captain of the team. “There will probably be three varsity eight man boats and six novice eight man boats racing.”

Last year at the Head of Spokane, one of WSU’s novice boats lost to GU by only .8 seconds. This year they plan to build on that experience and win, Curtis said.

“Gonzaga is our biggest rival, so this is going to be a great way to start off the season,” said Mark Hoffman, a third year varsity lightweight oarsman. “This season looks pretty promising. We have a lot of potential and I can see us going far.”

To prepare for the event, the crew team has six weeks of intense practice, including both morning and evening practices for three weeks, with only Sundays off, said Williams.

“We are expecting a fast season this year and hope to medal in every event at the Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships in May, 2010,” said Williams. The team is off to a good start with about 40 new members to the men’s team alone, and 35 returning members that will make up the varsity roster, said Williams. “The squad is a lot larger this year, which will create competition among rowers resulting in fast and competitive boats that should lead to a successful season.”

Williams said last year the team put together some good races and even won the varsity four man boat for the second year in a row at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships. They hope to build on last year’s season with all of the training and new rowers they have this year.

The season is comprised of five head races, or 6000 meter races, during the fall and five 2000 meter races in the spring. Spring races make up the meat of the season, and the rowers hope to start things off right at the Head of Spokane, Curtis said.

Throughout the season, the team will travel to schools like GU, the University of Washington and Western Washington University to race. They also plan to travel to Sacramento twice and San Diego once this year for additional competition.

Crew members have to raise about 80 percent of their own funds to cover their team expenses, said Hoffman. “Our team is great because all of the rowers are on the team because they want to be, not because of scholarships. This creates a great team dynamic and brotherhood among rowers.”

“Men’s crew has been at WSU since 1970 and we take great pride in our team,” said Williams. “Each crew member is incredibly dedicated and willing to put in extra effort to make this an outstanding season.”


Related web sites:
http://www.cougarcrew.com/0910schedule.php

This article was written by Kerry Gugliotto,


Contacts:
Mark Hoffman
mark.hoffman@email.wsu.edu
(206) 856-6117

Mitch Williams
mitchellvictor11@wsu.edu
(253) 709-2502

Lauren Curtis
lauren.curtis@email.wsu.edu
(360) 509-2264

5 Questions For Randal

1. Were you interested in Bin Laden before the 9/11 attacks?
2. Was the story/Bin Laden difficult to follow?
3. How well do you think the media did covering the events of 9/11? How could it have been better?
4. Do you think something like the 9/11 attacks could or are likely to happen again?
5. If you could speak with Bin Laden, what would you ask him?

Fake Police Report

Four people were found shot to death in a Pullman apartment this morning.
A $10,000 reward is being offered by the Whitman County Sheriff’s Office for the arrest of the suspect of suspects wanted in connection with the crime.
At 7:30 am Pullman and Moscow fire departments were alerted of an apartment fire at 1172 S. Columbia Ave, said Whitman County Prosecutor Paula T. Doe. After containing the fire, officers found four victims on the first floor of the residence, Doe said.
Two of the victims were pronounced dead at the scene. Both had been shot and their bodies were severely burned. The other two victims, both female, one 17 and the other 13 were taken to the Pullman Medical Center where they were pronounced dead, Doe said.
Our preliminary information is that an unidentified person entered the apartment earlier this morning, argued with someone inside and then multiple gunshots were heard. The fire was reported shortly after, Doe said.
There were four other people in the building who escaped uninjured, but the apartment building has extensive smoke, fire and water damage.
Anyone with information about this incident should contact the Prosecutor’s Homicide Squad, Doe said.