Idea: Getting more affordable student apartments around campus.
Who: On-campus residents, students who live off-campus (some that do not live walking distance from the school), landlords
What: How students can find more affordable ways to live around the school.
When: all the time
Where: apartments around campus
Why: There’s restrictions for students who live in campus especially as they get older.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Friday, February 22, 2008
Lead 5
Pipe fitter
Immediate identification lead: Duane La Chance suffered third-degree burns at a Springfield Municipal Power Plant yesterday.
Delayed identification lead: A pipe fitter suffered third-degree burns yesterday when he was installing new pipes on the roof of the power plant when he accidentally touched a power line carrying 15,000 volts.
Car accident
Immediate identification lead: James W. Cunning, 20, and Wayne Clay, 19, were involved in a collision yesterday on U.S. 63, north of Blue Ridge Road.
Delayed identification lead: Two teenage boys collided yesterday when Wayne Clay, crossed the center line and struck James W. Cunning's vehicle. Cunning is in satisfactory condition at Springfield Hospital.
Immediate identification lead: Duane La Chance suffered third-degree burns at a Springfield Municipal Power Plant yesterday.
Delayed identification lead: A pipe fitter suffered third-degree burns yesterday when he was installing new pipes on the roof of the power plant when he accidentally touched a power line carrying 15,000 volts.
Car accident
Immediate identification lead: James W. Cunning, 20, and Wayne Clay, 19, were involved in a collision yesterday on U.S. 63, north of Blue Ridge Road.
Delayed identification lead: Two teenage boys collided yesterday when Wayne Clay, crossed the center line and struck James W. Cunning's vehicle. Cunning is in satisfactory condition at Springfield Hospital.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Fairytale
The Lion King
Direct- Simba returned to the kingdom to claim his throne yesterday after defeating his Uncle Scar.
Delayed- After the death of the King, Simba ran away to start a new life. Years after Simba ran into his childhood friend Nala who told him that his Uncle Scar took over the kingdom and has destroyed it, which led to Simba's return to defeat his uncle and take over his rightful place as king.
Direct- Simba returned to the kingdom to claim his throne yesterday after defeating his Uncle Scar.
Delayed- After the death of the King, Simba ran away to start a new life. Years after Simba ran into his childhood friend Nala who told him that his Uncle Scar took over the kingdom and has destroyed it, which led to Simba's return to defeat his uncle and take over his rightful place as king.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
AP Style
Four AP style rules:
1. heavenly bodies: Capitalize the proper names of planets, stars, constellation, but moon and sun aren't capitalized.
2. island: Capitalize island or islands as part of a proper name; lowercase island and islands when they stand alone.
3. mix up (v.) mix-up (n. and adj.)
4. side by side, side-by-side: They walked side by side. The stories received side-by-side display.
1. heavenly bodies: Capitalize the proper names of planets, stars, constellation, but moon and sun aren't capitalized.
2. island: Capitalize island or islands as part of a proper name; lowercase island and islands when they stand alone.
3. mix up (v.) mix-up (n. and adj.)
4. side by side, side-by-side: They walked side by side. The stories received side-by-side display.
Friday, February 8, 2008
5 W's - Inverted Pyramid
First Article:
http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_8209600
Police: Gunman who killed LA SWAT officer had mental problems
LOS ANGELES - The gunman who fatally shot a SWAT officer and three members of his own family suffered from "significant mental health problems" and had a juvenile criminal record, authorities said today.
Edwin Rivera, who was killed by a sniper as he attempted to flee the house hours later, first showed mental health issues when his mother died about a decade ago, said Deputy Chief Gary Brennan.
"These began shortly after the death of his mother when he was 10 or 11, and have become progressively worse," Brennan said.
Rivera had a juvenile arrest record dating to 2001 and had been arrested for driving without the owner's consent, grand theft and assault with a firearm, Brennan said. He was convicted of the latter charge and had served probation.
There was no evidence Rivera was a gang member, but police had been called to the house five times in one year for minor disturbances. There was also a drive-by shooting at the house in August 2006, Brennan said, but no one was injured.
Who: Edwin Rivera
What: Rivera killed his father, sister, brother, and Randal Simmons, a SWAT officer.
When: Wednesday
Where: middle-income neighborhood in San Fernando Valley
Why: suffered from "significant mental health problems"
How: problems began shortly after his mother died and have become progressively worse
Lead: Edwin Rivera suffered from "significant mental health problems" killed his father, siblings, and a SWAT officer Wednesday, in San Fernando Valley.
Second Article:
http://www.mercurynews.com/education/ci_8196945
Ravenswood and teacher who told students he was gay settle sex discrimination suit
After two years of litigation, the Ravenswood City School District has struck a settlement with a former fifth-grade teacher who alleged he was forced to quit after telling students he was gay.
The settlement amounted to a year's salary, or $41,000, for 29-year-old Emmit Hancock and brought a close to the sexual discrimination lawsuit he filed in October 2005.
"It traumatized me," said Hancock, who has been a stay-at-home father the past two years. "They really made it seem like the parents were really upset with me."
Hancock said that after paying legal fees, he received about $18,000 from the settlement reached a couple of months ago.
Mark Davis, an attorney for Ravenswood, said the settlement assigns no guilt or responsibility to the school district.
He said the district settled for two main reasons: Uncertainty about the time and cost of a trial and the difficulty of bringing in some primary witnesses who have left the district, and in one case the country.
The district would have probably prevailed in a trial, Davis said, because Hancock's initial claim for several hundred thousand dollars was thrown out by an arbitrator last summer.
Davis alleged that Hancock simply wasn't cutting it as a first-year teacher. The Menlo Park resident resigned in February 2005.
Who: Emmit Hancock
What: filed a sexual discrimination law suit
When: October 2005
Where: Ravenswood School District
Why: was forced to quit after telling students he was gay
How: claimed school officials hardly let him teach until Principal Robin Miller asked him to resign.
Lead: Emmit Hancock filed a sexual discrimination law suit in October 2005, when he was forced to quit after telling stuents he was gay.
http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_8209600
Police: Gunman who killed LA SWAT officer had mental problems
LOS ANGELES - The gunman who fatally shot a SWAT officer and three members of his own family suffered from "significant mental health problems" and had a juvenile criminal record, authorities said today.
Edwin Rivera, who was killed by a sniper as he attempted to flee the house hours later, first showed mental health issues when his mother died about a decade ago, said Deputy Chief Gary Brennan.
"These began shortly after the death of his mother when he was 10 or 11, and have become progressively worse," Brennan said.
Rivera had a juvenile arrest record dating to 2001 and had been arrested for driving without the owner's consent, grand theft and assault with a firearm, Brennan said. He was convicted of the latter charge and had served probation.
There was no evidence Rivera was a gang member, but police had been called to the house five times in one year for minor disturbances. There was also a drive-by shooting at the house in August 2006, Brennan said, but no one was injured.
Who: Edwin Rivera
What: Rivera killed his father, sister, brother, and Randal Simmons, a SWAT officer.
When: Wednesday
Where: middle-income neighborhood in San Fernando Valley
Why: suffered from "significant mental health problems"
How: problems began shortly after his mother died and have become progressively worse
Lead: Edwin Rivera suffered from "significant mental health problems" killed his father, siblings, and a SWAT officer Wednesday, in San Fernando Valley.
Second Article:
http://www.mercurynews.com/education/ci_8196945
Ravenswood and teacher who told students he was gay settle sex discrimination suit
After two years of litigation, the Ravenswood City School District has struck a settlement with a former fifth-grade teacher who alleged he was forced to quit after telling students he was gay.
The settlement amounted to a year's salary, or $41,000, for 29-year-old Emmit Hancock and brought a close to the sexual discrimination lawsuit he filed in October 2005.
"It traumatized me," said Hancock, who has been a stay-at-home father the past two years. "They really made it seem like the parents were really upset with me."
Hancock said that after paying legal fees, he received about $18,000 from the settlement reached a couple of months ago.
Mark Davis, an attorney for Ravenswood, said the settlement assigns no guilt or responsibility to the school district.
He said the district settled for two main reasons: Uncertainty about the time and cost of a trial and the difficulty of bringing in some primary witnesses who have left the district, and in one case the country.
The district would have probably prevailed in a trial, Davis said, because Hancock's initial claim for several hundred thousand dollars was thrown out by an arbitrator last summer.
Davis alleged that Hancock simply wasn't cutting it as a first-year teacher. The Menlo Park resident resigned in February 2005.
Who: Emmit Hancock
What: filed a sexual discrimination law suit
When: October 2005
Where: Ravenswood School District
Why: was forced to quit after telling students he was gay
How: claimed school officials hardly let him teach until Principal Robin Miller asked him to resign.
Lead: Emmit Hancock filed a sexual discrimination law suit in October 2005, when he was forced to quit after telling stuents he was gay.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Smoking Wheels and Missing Boy
Smoking Wheels
Forty passengers were evacuated from a Northwest Airlines jet, when a landing tower employee spotted smoke near the wheels. This took place at the LaCrosse, Wis., Municipal Airport Wednesday, following a flight from Minneapolis.
Missing Boy
A 7-year-old boy whos been missing for three years was found Monday night, when a neighbor recognized the child's picture shown after the movie Adam: The Song Continues. Police arrested the boy's mother, Ellen Lynn Conner, 27; she faces charges of kidnapping and intereference with a custody warrant.
Forty passengers were evacuated from a Northwest Airlines jet, when a landing tower employee spotted smoke near the wheels. This took place at the LaCrosse, Wis., Municipal Airport Wednesday, following a flight from Minneapolis.
Missing Boy
A 7-year-old boy whos been missing for three years was found Monday night, when a neighbor recognized the child's picture shown after the movie Adam: The Song Continues. Police arrested the boy's mother, Ellen Lynn Conner, 27; she faces charges of kidnapping and intereference with a custody warrant.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Chevy Chase Lead # 3
Actor and comedian, Chevy Chase was appointed to the board of trustees Monday at Bard College in New York for being a famous alumnus.
Monday, February 4, 2008
Air Crash
All 131 passengers were killed on a US Air airplane crash Sunday outside of Pittsburgh making it the worst air disaster in the past three years.
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