1. The fire may have been caused by an intentionally set burn pile in violation of the county's burn ban. At 10:30 am officials allowed residents who live in the burn area to return to there homes. They have not released damage costs yet but said it would be in the hundreds of millions of dollars. The fire burned 34,000 races and 1,600 homes.
2. Schools are replacing paper textbooks for digital one in classrooms. Benefits of this change are less waste of paper and is a cheaper alternative. The Robertson's where having trouble because the online textbook was hard for them to use. They solved their problem by purchasing a textbook. Melissa Prepster likes the change with the textbooks. The Eanes district s buying sets of laptops and tablets for students to share campus wide while the Leander district purchased tablets for all the students.
I like that I don't need to take as many textbooks ho,e however I do not like the online textbook and don't think its user friendly. I think that this story is not very interesting and would not make a good story for the shield.
3. Justin Trudeau is the new prime minister of Canada. Trudeau has promised some major policy changes including legalizing marijuana, dropping out of the U.S.-led bombing campaign against the Islamic State and deficit spending to pump up the economy and rebuild infrastructure. The world will change because now Canada will not help the US bomb Islam.
4. Alan Guckian is among 25 semifinalists for a Grammy related award. The 2016 Music Educator Award from the Recording Academy and the Grammy foundation. Musician Saul Paul nominated Guckian for the honor. He was among 4,500 names selected so I would say he's pretty close to winning it. He said he told his kids they would have a pizza party if he won.
5. The new coach says the longhorns are going to succeed under smart and that they must sharpen their intellectual skills along with their athletic skills. The coach is not giving playing time to those who aren't mentally tough to bribe them to be smart.
Thursday, October 22, 2015
Monday, October 19, 2015
Freshmen vs Junior views on Pep Rallies
Pep-rallies are meant to raise the spirits of high schoolers before games, it's the one time that all the classes interact and scream to be the loudest. “I like all the classes together.” Says freshman Claire Caudill “I feel like it would be really lame without the other classes because of how scared we are.” Caudill feels like the other classes have more spirit because the freshmen are embarrassed. She enjoys going to pep rallies and thinks they are “very fun and interactive.”
Anna Addison, a junior however has a very different opinion. “They're fun sometimes, but are boring all the other times because they always do the same thing.” She doesn’t think that pep rallies do their job and pump her up for a game. Addison thinks that the games are pointless, another junior, Henry Selis agrees with her. He would prefer it if they started playing musical chairs. Both juniors like that the classes are segregated Henry says he “likes the competition between the grades.”
“The games are fun to watch because you get to cheer for your class and it's a fun competition-” says Camille Selis another freshman, “plus who doesn't want to see their friends embarrassing themselves.” She agrees with Claire Caudill and thinks that “the other classes are probably less uncomfortable and awkward than the freshman which makes their cheering a lot louder.” Camille Selis likes that the classes are segregated as well and also thinks it amps up the competition. “I like watching what all of the sports and clubs have been working on” she adds, another addition to the pep rallies is to showcase the other, less popular sports at school
The Freshmen at Mccallum generally have a more open idea about the pep rallies. This is probably because they have been to less of them. The upper class may just be sick of screaming for the football team every two weeks. It seems as though the classes like being separated, Anna Addison thinks “it makes it easier to find your friends” which is always a good thing. The freshmen enjoy the games while the juniors think they maybe aren't necessary. To conclude pep rallies maybe don’t raise the spirits of everyone of the many high schoolers but overall they seem to be doing their job.
Thursday, October 15, 2015
Story Lead
Pep-rallies are meant to raise the spirits of highschoolers before games, it's the one time that all the classes interact and scream to be the loudest.
Interviews for Story: Upper vs Lower Classmen Views on Peprallies
Claire Caudill:
Pep rallies are very fun and interactive
They are necessary, and if we didn't have them I wouldn't be motivated for games
The other classes are was more pumped then we are I think it's because we are embarrassed and we don't know what to do
I like all the classes together I feel like it would be really lame without the other classes because of how scared we are
They are necessary, and if we didn't have them I wouldn't be motivated for games
The other classes are was more pumped then we are I think it's because we are embarrassed and we don't know what to do
I like all the classes together I feel like it would be really lame without the other classes because of how scared we are
Anna Addison:
They're fun one time but are boring all the other times bc they always do the same thing.
I honestly don't care about sports and i don't think anything could makes me care about mccallums football team.
I honestly don't care about sports and i don't think anything could makes me care about mccallums football team.
They're pointless. I don't care about them.
They're fine, they don't act obnoxious or anything
I think segregated classes make it easier to find your friends. And why shouldn't all the classes be there?
Camille Selis:
The games are fun to watch because you get to cheer for your class and it's a fun competition- plus who doesn't want to see their friends embarrassing themselves
The other classes are probably less uncomfortable and awkward than the freshman which makes their cheering a lot louder
I think it's fun to have them segregated so we can cheer for our own class and it amps up the competition
I like watching what all of the sports and clubs have been working on- plus who doesn't like shortened classes
Friday, October 9, 2015
Current Event Quiz 4
1. The little known perk is the gratis weekend passes. Tom Donovan received the perk. The Austin Parks foundation says they only provide access for municipal purposes. Cofer decided to forgo the passes because he said :I don't think my presence there is worth basically an 800$ expense." Sabine Romero said that it was "ok for the mayor and council members to accept the tickets." Ann Kitchen thinks the passes are "appropriate" because its important for her office to know how the festival operates. Finally I think this is a great perk, one that personally I would definitely enjoy.
2. The state of Oklahoma started doing lethal injections because it is easier than their old way of performing executions. Texas has found their solution by trading drugs with Virginia. While Ohio and Nebraska are buying a drug no longer sold in the US from countries overseas. Midazolam is a short acting sedative. It is important because it was used in the three drug protocol, but now is unreliable.
3. The Prime Minister barred his minister from visiting a contested Old City holy site. He ordered the police to stop members or the parliament from going there. He did this because of the intensifying of the war it would no longer be safe for them to go there. They responded by saying that they would defy it by going to al-Aska on Sunday. Muhanad Halabi was shot by israli security forces. He is related to the article because he mentioned the mosque in his last Facebook post.
4. Svetlana Alexievich won the noble prize. She is most famous for her research on solders in World War II as well as the aftermath of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. It is a rarity not only because she is a woman but also because most of her work is non-fiction. Her works often blend literature and journalism. She says "much work remains ahead of me and I cannot stop now."
5. Professor Emeritus Daniel S. Hamermesh made the career decision to stop teaching. The American Satesmen reporter found this put because he told him in an interview. Hamermesh is different because many employees have threatened to leave but he is the first to actually go though with it. He is also leaving because he has opportunities to work at the University of Sydney in Austrailia and at another university in London.
FREE-RESPONSE:
Summary: The Colts have a 10-0 lead against the Texans. Andre Johnson had a touchdown in the fourth quarter. He finished with six catches for 77 yards.
Opinion: My opinion on this story is who cares. I don't understand the point, the story literally just gives som information about a guy I've never heard of scoring for teams I've never heard of. The story does cover the topic well though even though it's not like its a hard topic.
I think that the additional sections are not necessary. They don't seem like the regular sections of the paper, they seem much shorter. I think they are only in the electronic section because there wasn't enough room or they weren't important enough to get into the real paper. I don't think they make the edition more appealing because I don't really follow sports. The only people they make the electronic edition more viable for is for people who want to look up sports information and scores in a newspaper on the internet instead of just searching for it in their browser.
2. The state of Oklahoma started doing lethal injections because it is easier than their old way of performing executions. Texas has found their solution by trading drugs with Virginia. While Ohio and Nebraska are buying a drug no longer sold in the US from countries overseas. Midazolam is a short acting sedative. It is important because it was used in the three drug protocol, but now is unreliable.
3. The Prime Minister barred his minister from visiting a contested Old City holy site. He ordered the police to stop members or the parliament from going there. He did this because of the intensifying of the war it would no longer be safe for them to go there. They responded by saying that they would defy it by going to al-Aska on Sunday. Muhanad Halabi was shot by israli security forces. He is related to the article because he mentioned the mosque in his last Facebook post.
4. Svetlana Alexievich won the noble prize. She is most famous for her research on solders in World War II as well as the aftermath of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. It is a rarity not only because she is a woman but also because most of her work is non-fiction. Her works often blend literature and journalism. She says "much work remains ahead of me and I cannot stop now."
5. Professor Emeritus Daniel S. Hamermesh made the career decision to stop teaching. The American Satesmen reporter found this put because he told him in an interview. Hamermesh is different because many employees have threatened to leave but he is the first to actually go though with it. He is also leaving because he has opportunities to work at the University of Sydney in Austrailia and at another university in London.
FREE-RESPONSE:
Summary: The Colts have a 10-0 lead against the Texans. Andre Johnson had a touchdown in the fourth quarter. He finished with six catches for 77 yards.
Opinion: My opinion on this story is who cares. I don't understand the point, the story literally just gives som information about a guy I've never heard of scoring for teams I've never heard of. The story does cover the topic well though even though it's not like its a hard topic.
I think that the additional sections are not necessary. They don't seem like the regular sections of the paper, they seem much shorter. I think they are only in the electronic section because there wasn't enough room or they weren't important enough to get into the real paper. I don't think they make the edition more appealing because I don't really follow sports. The only people they make the electronic edition more viable for is for people who want to look up sports information and scores in a newspaper on the internet instead of just searching for it in their browser.
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