Final current events i am so tired :)

1. The Labay family wants to demolish an old house with historic value that belongs to them and is too expensive to repair and is adding to their taxes. The Labay's are in the right. It's their house and if it's costing them unnecessary money. If they want to demolish their own property then let them do that? I honestly don't see the problem. Chairman Scott Marks proposed a compromise, "One possibility might be subdividing the lot to preserve the home while allowing development on the other portion." I guess this makes sense, but I still think they should be able to do what they want with their property. 

2. UT and A&M have agreed to compete for the contract to operate one of the nations nuclear weapons labs. The University of New Mexico is also a part of this partnership. The partnership is in place because people think that for some reason it's a good idea to get more knowledge and know-how about a weapon that has killed thousands of people. It's unnecessary and a waste of our time. I hate weapons and everything associated with them. This is just like America to do. I am angery.

3. Cosby is back on trial for drugging and raping women. I think that the judge needs to keep an unbiased approach to this trial. They should not have told Cosby "good luck". You can't have a fair trial when the judge is clearly biased. Cosby's lawyers refused the use of old complaints and things of the sort on the basis that it was outdated and that the persecution should just call the women in as witnesses. I don't really agree with that. It doesn't matter how old the complaint is, it still matters and anything no matter how long ago needs to be brought up. I think this story needed to be on the front page. I know that sexual assault has been getting more attention lately, but it still isn't enough. People of all genders are being harassed daily and terrible things are happening, and we need to get rid of the opinion that the woman was asking for it, and victim blaming as a whole, and you do that by talking about it, no matter the media. The story has proximity and controversy, which always merits front page placement. 

4. The school board at the former Robert E. Lee Elementary has decided to change the name to Russell Lee as asked for by students and the parents involved in the school. Russell Lee was a pretty big photographer, and started the photography dept. at UT. That name was chosen because he lived in the neighborhood and was important. A compromise was made for the kindergarten hall to be named Bettie Hall, for the first Black kindergarten teacher at Lee. There was only one dissenting vote, by Paul Saldana, so it was a little bit awkward. I am very much in favor of the name change. We don't need to praise and commemorate confederate generals who condoned slavery and the thought that poc are inferior. 

5. There are a lot of sexual assault charges and arrests in the football program, and the University President Ken Starr is said to be getting fired because of all of this controversy. I don't know if there is really anything you can do except educate people about rape culture and what comes with that messed up way of thinking. You can't predict who is going to be a rapist, but if the person does have charges on them for that, don't let them into your school. They will be a danger to potential victims. 

lmao im sorry we're all a hot mess

Vocabulary

Principals of design:

1. Dominance: visual entry point for the page
2. Contrast: the use of opposites in size, shape, weight, and color or tone
3. Balance: Pages that are balanced can be folded in half vertically, each half mirroring the other
4. Unity: using consistent internal and external margins
Teaser: eye catching graphic element
Flag: Name of newspaper on page one
Folio: Type at the top of an inside page giving newspapers name, date, and page #
Byline: The reporters name
Jumps: To continue a story on another page
Story Divider: Lines between stories to separate them
Screens: Pattern of gray dots to create gray ares
Infographics: Slag for any informational graphic; any map
Masthead/Staff box: Block of info
Bastard Measure: Any non standard width for a column of text
Raw Wrap: Text that extends into a column alongside its headline
Reefer: Line or paragraph, often given graphic treatment
Wild Art: Photo that doesn't accompany any story
Pull Quote: Another name for liftout quote
Ears: Text or graphic elements on either side of a newspapers flag
Banner: Wild headline extending across the entire page
Kicker Headline: Small, short, one-line headline, often underscored, placed above larger headline
Tripod Headline: Headline that uses a big bold word or phrase and 2 smaller line of deck squaring off alongside
Hammer Headline: Headline that uses a big bold word or phrase for impact and runs a small wide deck below
Modular Design: Design system that views a page as a stack of rectangles
Text Wrap: Text that wraps around image
L-Shaped Text Flow: L-shaped article with an image in the L's blank space
U-Shaped Text Flow: U-shaped article with an image in the U's blank space 

i am angery

I hate the Dress Code :)

         The dress code, while necessary, is ridiculous. The fact that girls can't wear shorts or tank tops or anything showing tummy at all is the dumbest thing i've ever heard. Not only that, but it's only reinforced in the bio sex female population for the most part. The dress code is harmful and teaches kids to be ashamed of their bodies and natural things like shoulders for god's sake."I think it really messes with how you feel about yourself because you are treated as something shameful and bad." says Skel Gracie, a McCallum freshman.  Teachers and administrators use the dumbest excuses, too. They tell girls that they're distracting the male teachers and kids in the class, which is so disgusting I don't even know how to respond. If a teacher is getting aroused looking at a 14 year old girl in shorts and a tank top, then he is a danger to students. It's not the kids fault that the teacher is nasty. The same goes for piercings. At McCallum, the rules for that are a lot more lenient and you can pierce what ever you want and do what ever you want to your body, but it's not like that for a lot of other schools. Some schools only allow ear piercings and nose studs, and sometimes the ear piercings are only for girls which makes no sense. Some schools also don't allow for unnatural hair colors or really any expression of any kind. The dress code is meant to hinder self expression and body confidence and positivity and I won't stand for it. 

other high school newspapers

1. I like the Arapahoe Herald the most because it's pretty simple and just very aesthetically pleasing to me. 

2. The Arapahoe Herald grabbed my attention first for the mentioned reasons. 

3. Sexual Assault: Something has to change because it's blunt and to the point which is probably the best approach to this particular topic. 

4. There are 2 stories on the first page. 

5. A lot of the front pages have a few pictures and some stories that go onto different pages. 

6. The size of the photos might differ and they might have a table of contents

7. These were pretty similar to the around the world ones. 

I love Hamilton!!!11! (front pages of the world)

Newspaper things

my favorite front page is The Washington Post, because it's simple and there is more article than photography which is good. My favorite headline is "In Turkey, the long, lethal reach of ISIS silences critics." I'm very interested in these things because it's relevant to me. These are people with lives and families and it's just kind of scary how this is going to effect all the victims who want to get away from them. 6 stories are on the front page. A lot of the pages have a big picture in the center, a horizontal small article at the very top and two or three small columns that go to other pages in the margins. The photo on this front page is pretty big and the text is pretty small in comparison. 

oh yeah my dude

Current Events?????

1. The 20 dollar bill is going to be changed from Andrew Jackson to Harriet Tubman. Lew at first wanted it to be Hamilton to be taken of, but after the hit Broadway musical Hamilton people became adamant that the hero of the musical would stay. Images of women are also going to be added to the back of the 10 and 5 dollar bills, but only on one side so we can keep the good people already on there. 

2. Flint Michigan arrested 3 city officials for tampering with evidence and misconduct regarding the water crisis. Neil Rockind said that it's rare because "it's very hard to find a similar case where people are charged just for being personally bad or neglectful of their job." The three men were charged for knowingly and willfully misleading the higher ups about the problems withe water, failing to order anti-corrosion stuff for the water, and tampering with the evidence. The mayor has said that they're going to drink the tap water for 30 minutes straight to prove that it's safe. Yeah no that's not going to help. The citizens of Flint have already proved that it's not safe to drink, so why would you do this? Why not just fix the problem??

3. Clinton and Trump both won the primaries and got almost all of the delegates needed to get the nomination. Although...a bunch of people who were going to vote for Sanders couldn't vote because the "machines were faulty" so I mean, it was a little bit rigged but whatever it's not like i'm pissed or anything ahahaha. Trump needs 392 delegates to be the republican nominee and Clinton needs 453 delegates. Sanders streak was halted by Clinton and Trump said that it's obvious that they are going to be the two nominees so everyone else should just give up. 

4. A teachers union is suing the Texas Education Agency because the tactics they're using to evaluate the teachers is dumb and complicated and unnecessary. AISD is only using 10% of test scores for evaluation instead of 20%. A value-added model attempts to measure a teachers effectiveness by tracking the improvement of an individual students' test scores over time. 

5. Volkswagen is going to announce the deal that they made to pay U.S customers. about 1 million dollars involved. The CEO said that the compensation will vary considering the newer cars are fine. The company has been polluting the roads even more by not doing emission tests on the cars, and they're probably going to have to pay for that. It's going to be a lot of money lmao. 

6. Surfing dog catches waves in Port Aransas!!!

oh my goodness, a pupper. Two surfers got a dog after their daughter died and taught the sweet pup how to ride a wave, he's so talented ahhhh. Soon after they saw another talented beautiful dog and adopted that one too and taught her to surf. Im so proud! I chose this article because everyone likes dogs and I like dogs so very much. I couldn't just pass up this article! It would have been blasphemy.  

ahahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Best Day in Sports 

      When my dad was younger and I was in elementary school, he played soccer. He was on a team called the Grackles, and whenever he had a game me and my mom would go down to the field and watch my dad play. It was a really good time for me, I met new people and I got to see my dad having fun and being active. Back then he didn't drink as much and was honestly a little happier. Those games hold some of the best memories of him that I have. When he would jog over after a game beaming and hugging me and my mom so tightly that we couldn't breathe. Cheering for him from the shade with sweat dripping into our eyes and hats to cover our faces. He was so vibrant on the field and I wish he still played. He's always so stressed and nervous now, and I think playing soccer was probably one of the things keeping him optimistic and happy. I miss that part of my dad more than I can articulate, and I want him back so badly.