1. The Pope's speech held heavy on liberal stances, but in particular he urged that money not lead the decisions of humanity. This was a pope's first speech to Congress, and by nature, extended to the whole nation. He addressed very often-spoken issues, and it seemed to be a very modern speech. However these issues have also plagued us since the nation had begun. The death penalty, for example has been hard-fought over."He was invited by House Speaker John Boehner, a proud Catholic Republican from Ohio"
2. At the UIL state executive committee hearing, a broad difference of opinions exist in quarry that the incident was triggered by racial slurs. Mack Breed has been banned from coaching in a UIL-sanctioned activity until he attends a hearing, while the students have been placed in alternate school for 75 days before they can return. Motheral said he was frustrated that the three main accused didn't appear before the hearing.
3. The leveling action of a sixth-grade teacher from Maplewood Elementary has sparked protests from more than 5 dozen parents who gathered in front of the school Thursday morning. This action was started in an attempt to relieve over-crowded 3rd grade classrooms. However this action has cramped 6th grade into only one class of 30 students whom have varying needs. A similar protest at Bryker Woods was successful last Friday.
4. A democratic official asked the attorney general his opinion if the new "open carry" taking effect on Jan. 1 will allow holstered firearms to be carried on school and other district properties. Whitmire said that school should have the ability to ban open carry in outdoor areas, and they are banned inside school buildings, but as an alternate interpretation, he says parking lots, sidewalks, and driveways are not considered a part of premises that ban guns. Paxton offices have 180 days to offer a non-binding legal opinion.
5. President Obama and Vladimir Putin will be meeting in New York for a discussion on the Syrian war. The president believes it is his duty to try to progress relations with Russia and to attempt to stabilize the region. The article covered some of the issues well, although I felt the dumbed-down wording was a bit hard to read.
EXTENDED RESPONSE:
The obituary details his accomplishments in life, what he was most famous for, how he affected everyone, and highlighted some of his great moments. As a very well-known figure, this obituary detailed his life, and extensively reported on the details of his career, childhood experience, and achievements. However, input from his family, like many obituaries was few and far-between.
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Obituaries seem to be a straightforward way to understand if a reporter can accurately collect information, however they do seem to be a very hard topic to write upon. I as a student might get quite bored very quickly if I wasn't a fan of that person.
Friday, September 25, 2015
Thursday, September 17, 2015
Current Even Quiz 2
1B: The presidential debate gave a prime-time stage to long shots, in which they wouldn't be overshadowed by Donald Trump. Trump, as a billionaire businessman has been taking the lead as a candidate, and is backed by his major wealth. His stance is so unorthodox, people are arguing, trying to shake him rather than talk about the country.
2: The CIA director came to UT yesterday to release 2.5k daily briefs given to John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson. A larger trend of openness in the government led to the release of these documents. The CIA has now made the documents available on its website. "The collection of the President’s Daily Briefs detail the most crucial security concerns of a nearly eight-year span in the 1960s."
3. Human rights groups were outraged when Hungarian security unleashed water cannons and tear gas on the asylum-seekers. Greek authorities also report that refugees are walking, sailing, and all sorts to come in. With the erection of a razor-wire fence at Hungary, refugees also seek treks through cornfields to Croatia, where landmines dot the landscape.
4. A Muslim boy was detained from bringing a home-made clock to school to show his Engineering teacher, because it was on sight, determined to be bomb-like. School officials searched him, and defended themselves by saying it looked "suspicious in nature", and that things like that shouldn't be brought to school. President Obama tweeted that he stands with Ahmed, and gained more than half-a-million tweets afterward with similar responses. 'This spring, the Irving City Council endorsed one of several bills under discussion in the Texas Legislature that would forbid judges from rulings based on “foreign laws”' This is brought to discussion as if building a bomb would be the reaction of foreigners to the establishment.
ESSAY QUESTION:
I learned of this story first in this class. Social media coverage is likely to be more biased than the traditional newspaper. There may be more people commenting on it, but the paper makes all the effort to get the facts correct, and merely tell what happened, instead of inciting the chaos that is the internet. If I were the managing editor of this story, it would likely be near the front, but nearer to the front. Racial/religion discrimination is nothing new, however it is a story of a young creator whom has been taken to custody for the edginess of our country. It's a story of the police corruptness, questioning a child without his parents, and being treated inhumanely for his harmless creation.
2: The CIA director came to UT yesterday to release 2.5k daily briefs given to John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson. A larger trend of openness in the government led to the release of these documents. The CIA has now made the documents available on its website. "The collection of the President’s Daily Briefs detail the most crucial security concerns of a nearly eight-year span in the 1960s."
3. Human rights groups were outraged when Hungarian security unleashed water cannons and tear gas on the asylum-seekers. Greek authorities also report that refugees are walking, sailing, and all sorts to come in. With the erection of a razor-wire fence at Hungary, refugees also seek treks through cornfields to Croatia, where landmines dot the landscape.
4. A Muslim boy was detained from bringing a home-made clock to school to show his Engineering teacher, because it was on sight, determined to be bomb-like. School officials searched him, and defended themselves by saying it looked "suspicious in nature", and that things like that shouldn't be brought to school. President Obama tweeted that he stands with Ahmed, and gained more than half-a-million tweets afterward with similar responses. 'This spring, the Irving City Council endorsed one of several bills under discussion in the Texas Legislature that would forbid judges from rulings based on “foreign laws”' This is brought to discussion as if building a bomb would be the reaction of foreigners to the establishment.
ESSAY QUESTION:
I learned of this story first in this class. Social media coverage is likely to be more biased than the traditional newspaper. There may be more people commenting on it, but the paper makes all the effort to get the facts correct, and merely tell what happened, instead of inciting the chaos that is the internet. If I were the managing editor of this story, it would likely be near the front, but nearer to the front. Racial/religion discrimination is nothing new, however it is a story of a young creator whom has been taken to custody for the edginess of our country. It's a story of the police corruptness, questioning a child without his parents, and being treated inhumanely for his harmless creation.
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Current Event Quiz 1
1. The University of Texas is under fire for hiring two student graduate assistants back in 2012. They committed a high profile hate crime, and violent assault against a gay man in Austin. The UT officials say that federal law forbids exposure of confidential student information. UT performs extensive background checks, but in unlike what they claimed in the paper, they didn't restrict the actions of these hires until this topic was brought to light.
2. On Tuesday, with the prompts of riot and protest, the city of Baltimore decided on a $6.4 million dollar settlement for the critical injury of a son in police custody. The mayor told the paper that it is in the best interest of the city to heal the wounds caused, and not to callously spend taxpayer money later in damages.
3. Vice Chancellor Sig-mar Gabriel announced that the refugees coming from war torn countries is only increasing, and is escalating into a humanitarian crisis. Some observers have criticized Germany's generous benefits for alluring more and more refugees. In turn, Germany announced a reduction in cash handouts during initial processing. However the larger crisis is the war spreading across the Middle East in countries like Iraq and Syria. Germany has led the way to mitigate the human damage by accepting 500,000 refugees a year, and taking a lion's share of the refugees in Europe.
4. Texas senator Ted Cruz invited Donald Trump to his anti-Iran nuclear deal rally. Cruz says the invitation was only to draw attention to the intentions of this catastrophic deal. "Where ever Donald goes, the media follows in droves," as said. Trump has never been held in office, so he's not one of Cruz's "standard targets."
5. Hillary Clinton apologized on Tuesday for the use of a private email account as secretary of state. Two Republicans in congress are provoking the former Clinton aide to testify by providing him legal immunity. Co-mingling is principally, to mix and blend. Clinton is trying to hide the truth behind careful words. That's just what Clinton's allies are doing too, in so-far refusal to disclose information, and only quoting her actions were "a mistake", which she strongly pushed, herself. As well, She was slow to admit that using a private server as a secretary of state was against the law.
6. Two John Jay high school students were suspended after knocking down, and spearing a game official. Northside school district officials said he told players "This guy needs to pay for cheating us." The prompt from this action is still under investigation.
SHORT FREE-RESPONSE ESSAY:
The story on page A4 tells of Clinton's apology and cover-up for the use of a public server as secretary of state. She is quoted to use phrases like "a mistake", and "be transparent as possible", and it talks about the attempts to give her allies legal immunity to testify.
This story really entices the currency value. Hillary has been under fire for quite some time, and the media has been all over it. Hillary is running for president, so it's imperative to know about the candidates.
The story uses a lot of quotes from Hillary, emphasizing, her side, but also considering the actions of her allies and members of Congress. It was a well-reported story that outlined her actions in a concise and informative manner.
2. On Tuesday, with the prompts of riot and protest, the city of Baltimore decided on a $6.4 million dollar settlement for the critical injury of a son in police custody. The mayor told the paper that it is in the best interest of the city to heal the wounds caused, and not to callously spend taxpayer money later in damages.
3. Vice Chancellor Sig-mar Gabriel announced that the refugees coming from war torn countries is only increasing, and is escalating into a humanitarian crisis. Some observers have criticized Germany's generous benefits for alluring more and more refugees. In turn, Germany announced a reduction in cash handouts during initial processing. However the larger crisis is the war spreading across the Middle East in countries like Iraq and Syria. Germany has led the way to mitigate the human damage by accepting 500,000 refugees a year, and taking a lion's share of the refugees in Europe.
4. Texas senator Ted Cruz invited Donald Trump to his anti-Iran nuclear deal rally. Cruz says the invitation was only to draw attention to the intentions of this catastrophic deal. "Where ever Donald goes, the media follows in droves," as said. Trump has never been held in office, so he's not one of Cruz's "standard targets."
5. Hillary Clinton apologized on Tuesday for the use of a private email account as secretary of state. Two Republicans in congress are provoking the former Clinton aide to testify by providing him legal immunity. Co-mingling is principally, to mix and blend. Clinton is trying to hide the truth behind careful words. That's just what Clinton's allies are doing too, in so-far refusal to disclose information, and only quoting her actions were "a mistake", which she strongly pushed, herself. As well, She was slow to admit that using a private server as a secretary of state was against the law.
6. Two John Jay high school students were suspended after knocking down, and spearing a game official. Northside school district officials said he told players "This guy needs to pay for cheating us." The prompt from this action is still under investigation.
SHORT FREE-RESPONSE ESSAY:
The story on page A4 tells of Clinton's apology and cover-up for the use of a public server as secretary of state. She is quoted to use phrases like "a mistake", and "be transparent as possible", and it talks about the attempts to give her allies legal immunity to testify.
This story really entices the currency value. Hillary has been under fire for quite some time, and the media has been all over it. Hillary is running for president, so it's imperative to know about the candidates.
The story uses a lot of quotes from Hillary, emphasizing, her side, but also considering the actions of her allies and members of Congress. It was a well-reported story that outlined her actions in a concise and informative manner.
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
RESEARCH SCENARIO, PART 2
This paper has good research backing it, however, the manner it's presented takes away all interest. I can observe an attempt to create suspense, but it falls short immediately when a witness says that creationism was only being compared to evolution on a page. As well, the article dragged on by mismatching subjects, or dragging on a story that should have been only one page long. There is a bit of conflict between the controversial, but proven statement that creationism shouldn't be taught in schools and classic literature, however, the boring tone they write it in hurts their interest integrity as well. Unfortunately at the end, there is a mention of challenging churches to pit their religion to science. This would have increased the conflict, and would have been a much more worthy article to write about.
RESEARCH SCENARIO, PART 1
To gain sufficient information for a story, interviews with people whom have witnessed the passing of the content you wish to ascertain are the backbone of research. Of course, the event's subjects aren't always reliable, and perceive a subject differently. To more accurately use them, ask questions that pertain to the background or necessity of the subject in question instead of their opinion. Citing likely sources, especially the ones that were mentioned in interviews can help a story. Within the confines of science, a little more research is needed to report reliably. Up-to-date published books are generally more accurate than online sources. It's imperative to manipulate the instigator of the incident (If there is one available) into being more comfortable telling you their side.
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