Goal for staff: Make each day your masterpiece. You have to apply yourself each day to becoming a little better. By applying yourself to the task of becoming a little better each and every day over a period of time, you will become a lot better. Only then will you be able to approach being the best you can be.

Goal for editors & advisor: Define success for those under your leadership as total commitment and effort to the team's welfare. Then show it yourself with your own effort and performance. Most of those you lead will do the same. Those who don't should be encouraged to look for a new team. — John Wooden

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Week 12: April Showers?

Price of Perception: a great read from the NYTimes about the cost/price of college tuition. Where's the MA angle in this story?

Keep Your Thumbs Still When I'm Talking to You: Another gem from the NYTimes. Does this ever happen to you or friends? Where's the MA angle in this story?

One more post this month and then we're in the final month!
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Article Ideas

Same rules as the last time. Publication date will be late-May. Please keep that in mind when coming up with ideas.

Please post 6-7 ideas for the second edition of the year. You must have at least one article idea for each section (News, Sports, A&E, Features, Op/Ed, Center Spread). Be sure to read the other ideas BEFORE you post your own. You can elaborate on another person's post (with a citation, of course). Include an article idea for each section. Be specific and format each idea as such:

Article Idea:
Must interviews (be specific ... "students" is fairly obvious and somewhat lame):
Why will people want to read this:
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Sunday, April 10, 2011

Edition 8: Staff work

Here's all the information you need to know about our first two layout days.
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Week 11: April arrives

1. From Newsweek: The Great College Road Trip. And you thought you were the only one obsessed with this topic. Nope. It's gone mainstream. What are your thoughts on this profile? Does the Holland family represent a broad spectrum of people or does this play to privileged folks (keep in mind the soaring costs of such an adventure)? Where's the MA angle in this (and move beyond the copy cat idea).

2. From the Wall Street Journal: How to Get a Real Education at College. Another great piece of satire from Scott Adams. What are your thoughts on this thoughts? What's his thesis? And is there an MA angle in this piece?
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Monday, March 21, 2011

Week 10: The Last March Post

1. A great read from the NYTimes, suggested by Charlotte Lobdell. What are your thoughts on this topic? How about the structure ... is this well written and reasoned?

2. The Hunter Becomes the Hunted: A phenomenal piece about a terrorist hunter in Iraq. This is another solid profile piece that gives a great perspective on a nation at war and a man trying to fix things. How is this a compelling a story? How does the author made the mundane exciting?

3. An excellent commentary from Grant Hill about a recent incident that's been all over the news and March Madness. Share your thoughts on his response. It's a pretty hot topic
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Sunday, March 13, 2011

Week 9: more of March

Do you know this guy? I think so. What are your thoughts on this piece as a profile and story? Does the tone match the content?

Is this argument a good one? Some would say the wealth disparity in this country is the cause of the troubles mentioned. Level out the amount of money a family takes home, and things will get better.

Share your thoughts and insights!
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Friday, March 11, 2011

Overheard

Share the funny yet appropriate things you hear around campus. Please do not include attribution.
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