Thursday, April 15, 2010

News Leads

Father Was A Spy, Sons Conclude Without Regret

Who: Robert and Michael Meeropol and their parents Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.

What: Robert and Michael Meeropol find out about their Father being a spy and beeing executed.

When: 1953

Where: New York

Why: For sharing information with the Soviet Union and Michael and Robert decide to announce their true identities and clear their parents name.

How: Their parents were framed, so a guy helped protect their innocence.


Lead: They were the most famous orphans of the cold war, only 6 and 10 years old in 1953 when their parents were executed at Sing Sing for delivering atomic-bomb secrets to the Soviet Union.

New Lead: Six year old and ten year old Robert and Michael were famous orphans after the cold war, their parents were executes for sharing bomb secrets with the Soviet Union in 1953.



Unrestored copy of first superman comic book for sale

Who? Stephen Fisher, the book owner

What? Collectors of action magazines and fans get to bid on an unrestored copy of the first superman comic book.

When? Thursday and Friday.

Where? USA

Why? The book owner held on to the comic book until it was worth more money and now that it
is worth a lot he is ready to sell it for the highest bid.

How? The book was put in the owners mom's basement and remained there till it was worth a lot and the value increased.


Lead: After being hidden away for years, a copy of the original "Action Comics No. 1" comic book, featuring Superman and friends, will make a comeback -- to the tune of about $400,000, a comic expert told CNN Thursday.

New Lead: On Friday, fans and collectors of comic books can start biding for a unrestored copy of the first superman comic book.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

News Elements

Proximity: Next Fall the band 'Slayer' will come to play a concert in Austin.

Prominence: Johnny Knoxville got arrested yesterday night for breaking into an Ice cream truck at 4 in the morning.

Timeliness: The weather today will hit the 100 degree mark !

Oddity: Last week a cat with 6 legs was born. The odd thing about this is that appearently the 2 additional legs are fully funktional and the cat will not have to have them removed.

Consequence: Officials say that this summer will be the hottest that Texas has ever seen.Temperatures will be over 110 degrees from May until August.

Conflict: A 82 year old woman is sueing her 79 year old younger sister for 1.5 million dollars after she won about 3 million dollars in las vegas.The older sister says that they always split their winnings but now the younger sister refuses to share.

Human interest: Yesterday evening a man hit ran in front of a car and got hit by it.The man did not seem to be injured because he got up and started running again.Two streets down he got hit by a bus and broke his right leg and his shoulder.Appearently the man robed a nearby gas station which was the reason for his hurry.

5W1H

Who?-The people in California that support the marijuana legalization.The situation affects everyone living in the state California over the age of 21.

What?-People are trying to get marijuana legalized in California.The state is in the process of making marijuana legalized and checking the pros and cons of making it legal.

When?-They are predicting that legalization of marijuana will be completed by the end of 2010.

Where?-This will happen in the state of California.

Why?-Because a lot of people want marijuana legalized and people are starting to see that it isnt really that bad for you.

How?-This will happen when the courts say yes to make marijuana legal.It wont cost anything it will just bring the state more money if they tax marijuana.I personally think that this is a good start in legalizing marijuana worldwide.

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Interview with Karina Lozano

1. Excited and honored
2.Teachers , Students that helped
3.Outgoing , weird , happy
4. -
5.Math
6. UT Arlington
7.Human Services , Social Services
8.I want to give other students a chance
9.They were proud
10.Cheerleading , working
11.Sometimes
12.Kinda
13.Hostess
14.No
16.Yes
17.Yes
18.Yes , sleeping late
19.No
20.Go to school , Do your work

Monday, April 5, 2010

Student of the Month Interview

1.How do you feel as the student of the month?
2.Do you want to thank anybody?
3.Describe your Personality.
4.Who is your favorite Teacher?
5.What is your favorite subject?
6.Where do you plan going to college?
7.What will you major in?
8.Will you try to be student of the month next month?
9.How did your friends and family react?
10.What are your hobbies outside of school?
11.Do you enjoy going to school?
12.Did your parent force you to learn and be a good student?
13.Do you have a job?
14.Does your social life affect your work in school?
15.How is your relationship with other students?
16.Do you respect your teacher?
17.Have you ever cheated on a test?
18.Have you ever been tardy?Why?
19.Do you have good attendance?
20.Do you have any tipps for other students?

School uniforms

1. I would propably try to get an interview with someone in the school board who decided on uniforms.
I would also interwiew someone who this will affect , a student at my school maybe.
And I would interwiew a student from another school where they already have to wear a uniform.


2.
1. Do you think that school uniforms district wide are a good idea?
2.What changes would you hope the uniforms would bring?
3.How do you think the school uniforms will affect the students work?
4.How does the school uniform policy work?
5.Do you think school uniforms are actually necessary?
6.In what ways do you believe the school uniforms will help?
7. Who will design the uniforms?
8.Is that influence a positive or negative one?
9.Do you think that school uniforms limit students in any way?
10.Do you believe that this policy will create a better learning environment for students?
11.How do you feel about schools that do not have an enforced uniform policy?
12. How do you think this will affect the parents having to buy the uniforms?
13.Should it be up to the parents to decide?
14.Would it be a good idea to have uniforms for teachers?Why or why not?
15.Do you think that uniforms will affect the students individuality?
16.Where will the students buy the uniforms and about how much will they cost?
17.Who will decide on the colors?
18.Do the school uniforms have any influence on the students life outside of school?
19.Do you think that this will increase the school unity?
20.Do you think that there might be more rivalty between the schools?