Student Life In The Hawkeye

Because I am already used to the routine of the past two years on staff, I am excited to use my Girl Scout leadership training and meticulous eye for detail to elevate our small paper. Admittedly, The Sentinel is not the most well-known publication on campus, and our staff is ready to expand our readership and better inform our students. While the macroscopic implications of the world of journalism are important to both democracy as a whole and to me personally, I also find joy in the small things, like tweaking the tracking of text on InDesign until it is perfectly aligned or discussing with my fellow editors the best way to eventually put our paper online. Though I confess I rarely read newspapers in print, it is extremely rewarding to put something tangible to an intangible concept, one of free speech and global

The topic I choose to do my term project on was looking at college as a subculture. The definition of subculture is a cultural group within a large culture. These groups often have similar beliefs or interests. Everybody who attends college and be put into a category of a subculture.

School Life in the 1950’s was harder than today because the facilities were few and inadequate. Teachers were stricter and corporal punishment was still in use. They had fewer subjects and wealth, discrimination, sexism and racism meant they could only do certain subjects.

Joining the newspaper discourse community was one of the greatest achievements in my high school career and that was only possible by gaining intellect about the community, securing my place on the team by proving myself, and by continuing to learn from my experiences.

The realization that I was unequivocally now a graduate student occured to me when I was sitting across from the counselor that I was interviewing for this project. The feelings I experienced beforehand were both excitement and anxiety. I felt nervous about being a guest at a high school and interviewing a seasoned counselor. However, I was thrilled about learning from a veteran in the field and having the freedom to ask the questions that I wanted to know.

Good Evening Everyone! I am McCall Radavich with USA Today. Although I am currently located in New York, I was born and raised in Arizona. At a very young age, I found my passion in writing and photography. I have literally been writing my story for as long as I can remember. When it came time for college, I chose one of the best journalism schools in the United States, the University of Iowa. I started small, taking pictures for the school’s newspaper, The Daily Iowan. I soon worked my way up to being an Opinions Writer, then a Metro Reporter, and finally my senior year, an editor. After graduating with a double major in journalism and geography in 2005, I got a yearlong internship with National Geographic. You know how you look back on moments of your life and think, that’s when it all changed? Well, that was it for me. That was my moment, the year I found myself. Writing isn’t an easy thing. Actually, I would say writing is the hardest thing a person can do, putting your self on display for any and all to see. Writing is the truth, and the truth hurts. I had always thought that was what I did when I wrote, tell the truth, but that wasn’t the case. I hadn’t learned how to write without boundaries until that summer, when I had no other option. I hadn’t known how to write like everything was on the line, because I had never had anything to lose. Now, it’s the only way I write. It is the only way I can. When my year was up, I didn’t know what to do with

I agreed with Dees when he said that as journalism students we have a big piece of the pie, the First Amendment. As journalists we are given freedom of the press and can use our freedom for the betterment of all people. I agree that journalists can play a role in shedding light on major issues.

At Roanoke Valley Early College we expect the best for all students and teachers. And we want what’s best for all our students because we know that they are all capable of graduating with a high school diploma, associate’s degree in their choice and/or certificate (optional). We also want our students to be able to achieve all goals that they aspire to and be able to go to college, of their choice or have a career they would want to pursue right out of the early college that they would love to do. The teachers that instruct will do what is expected out of them to make sure that each student is receiving the information given, make sure that every student understands each lesson, and let students be a part of the learning process by participating

Writing daily started to become habitual during Wu’s junior year. Prior to this, Wu had no intentions of pursuing or having any involvement in journalism. As a matter of fact, He devoted much of his time as an underclassman involved in his school’s Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) program. However, it didn’t take long for him to realize that he didn’t want to pursue a career involved with STEM.

"Journalism isn't just writing," Clara said to the student audience, describing the 'wide scope' of tasks in her typical day. From flicking through social media, keeping up with gossip, and compiling opinions on a recent trend, Clara has a range of articles to present to her readers.

In the article, a student in Brookville, NY asks about the behaviors of water—specifically, why it would become a sphere in space when it doesn’t have a shape. The author answers this by giving her a thorough explanation. She states that unlike liquids on Earth, which are content with staying at the “bottom of a glass”, liquids in space react differently in the nearly weightless environment of the space shuttles. Molecules in liquid water are mutually attracted towards one another, but, they do not mind breaking this bond. According to the author, that is the reason liquid water can take the shape of vessel it’s poured into. However, the water molecules at the surface are only attracted to other water molecules below them and sideways to them

On November 22, 2015, in the Niche at Mount St. Mary’s University from 9 pm to 10. I conducted an observation of the students in the Niche, those who walked in and those who were already there. Students tend to stay with people they feel comfortable with, have the same characteristic as them, do the same thing as them or some students prefer to be alone. In today society, technology is everywhere and everyone has it.

Though newspaper I met older students, many of whom are still my mentors and some of my closest friends. Being in journalism, pushed me far out of my comfort zone. I have interviewed everyone from the janitor responsible for the first floor restrooms to the superintendent. I have given presentations to audiences of over three hundred people. I have planned field trips, meetings, and interviews. The Heritage Journalism Department has shaped me into the leader

Besides my journalism classes, I have written for the Daily Iowan as both a metro reporter as well as a reporter on their Ethics and Politics Initiative. Mostly I write short form, informative articles, but I’ve always wanted to dabble in opinionated articles as well.

In the summer of 2011 after persuading my father that journalism was my passion and not nursing, I enrolled in Price George’s Community College. For two years, I studied Public Relations and Journalism. I learned about the power of free speech and free media. I gained respect for the First Amendment; the bedrock for Watergate. Here, anyone could share their opinion no matter how unpopular. This was new and fascinating considering the restrictive nature of my free press in my home country. So the more I learned, the more intrigued I became.