He created the flesh-covered, fiendish-faced Book of the Dead – able to release any number of horrors into the world. He’s caused hair to whiten and flowers to wilt. He’s animated the deceased and runs a traveling museum of gore.
Should the public fear this seemingly powerful necromancer as he comes to visit Oshkosh Saturday? Should the masses hide away their children and lock their doors?
Sure, but only if they want to miss out on an entertaining evening of horror and intrigue.
Tom Sullivan, 50, is a special effects artist who did much of the creative effects work for the cult-classic “Evil Dead” movies. In addition he is a huge fan of the original “King Kong” and has written a comic book coming out in July called “Tom Sullivan's Books of the Dead: Devilhead Chapter One,” which is an original story that, in earlier drafts, was a prequel to “The Evil Dead.”
He is coming to Oshkosh’s House of Heroes comic shop to sign autographs and display props and pictures from the “Evil Dead Trilogy,” which includes the movies, “The Evil Dead,” “Evil Dead II” and “Army of Darkness,” all directed by Sam Raimi and starring Bruce Campbell.
The movies tell the story of Ash (Cambell), who, among other things, finds a book that releases an evil force and the undead unto the world.
In lieu of being paid, Sullivan was able to keep props from the films. Among other things, his traveling museum includes two original Books of the Dead, about 20 fan-made books, a dagger from “Evil Dead II,” lost pages, masks, gloves, stop motion puppets, photos and artwork.
“They have held up rather well considering the 25 years that have passed,” Sullivan wrote in an email interview.
Sullivan enjoys his specialized brand of notoriety and meeting fans at conventions gives him a “huge rush.”
“I have met many artists, special effects artists and others that were inspired to choose creative careers and claim it was my work that lit the fire,” he wrote.
Sullivan himself was influenced at a young age by “King Kong” and Ray Harryhausen. “Frank Frazetta in art,” he declared, after the popular fantasy artist he worshiped in high school.
Sullivan’s largest claim to fame is the book he designed for the “Evil Dead” films, a book which he is currently making replicas to sell.
“Due to a material shortage I have had to make new molds for a new cover material,” Sullivan said concerning the replicas, which should be available soon. For updates on availability, check his website, darkageproductions.com.
Although Sullivan retained the copyrights to the work he did on Raimi’s films, keeping those rights secure hasn’t been an altogether pleasurable experience for Sullivan.
“The Book of the Dead has been kind of a curse,” he explained. “To maintain the
copyright I have to stop all the rip-offs I run across or my property can become public domain.”
For example, in March Sullivan had problems with British retailer The Monster Company, which sells “a huge and diverse range of collectables through mail order and exhibitions,” according to their Web site, themonstercompany.co.uk. The company was selling an illegal replica on eBay.
“I asked them to remove it,” Sullivan said. “David Bidwell, The Monster Company owner, promised me he would not sell his book and send me one of his product. His book never arrived and he posted two new eBay auctions selling the same book. I demanded again he cease and desist, and he removed the auctions. My attorney has him on our list.”
Sullivan offers a drawing of a screaming skull to the first fan to alert him to any copyright infringement sale and encourages people to send him fan-made Books of the Dead – which he promises to include in his museum – in exchange for signed prints.
As for his work in comics, “The Horror Show #1,” an anthology of stories published by Dead Dog Comics, includes a Sullivan-written supplemental preview story for his upcoming “Devilhead” series, illustrated by Josh Medors. “The Horror Show #1” ships in July according to the publisher’s website, deaddogent.com. It will be distributed by the giant Diamond Comics, guaranteeing it a widespread readership.
“Devilhead is today an asylum for the criminally insane nestled in the wilderness of Upper Michigan,” Sullivan said. “Originally it was built in huge and opulent luxury in the 19th century to house the unfortunate relatives of America's wealthiest families. Through scandal and disrepair it is now all but shut down. A lone modern wing holds a hundred crazed souls. Into this location two characters are dumped after being found guilty by reason of insanity of mass murder. But the story starts in Iraq, 1983.”
In the past Sullivan’s other jobs included being roll-playing game publisher Chaosium Inc.’s main H.P. Lovecraft artist and producing a slew of clever covers for American Atheist Magazine.
But what lies ahead in Tom Sullivan’s future?
Although there is a remake of “The Evil Dead” currently in the works according to a November 17 story at Variety.com, there is no word if Sullivan is to be involved.
“I'd love to make the Book and Dagger,” he said. “Fans should write in and
insist on it.”
Rumors are also flying around about an “Evil Dead 4,” for which director Raimi wants to include some familiar faces.
“It'd be crazy to make that without him,” Raimi remarked regarding Sullivan in a recent interview at JoBlo.com.
“I won't do Effects work for anybody except Sam on ED 4,” Sullivan pointed out. “Any other films I make will be my own. Evil Dead 4 is something I hope happens.”
Furthermore, Sullivan recently contributed to a book entitled "Smash or Trash: Independent Film-making, The Common Sense How to Guide as Told by Movie Industry Veterans" by Robert Long II and Leanna Chamish, which has not yet been published.
He is also an actor in director Patrick Desmond's “The Absence of Light,” a New Illusions Pictures Production released last year.
“I play Dr. Corrigan, head of Research and Development for a corporation bent on influencing world events. I invent stuff for the agents. It was a blast filming.”
“An action packed thrill ride that doesn't forget story!!” reads the tagline at the low-budget film’s official site, savini.com/ldintro.html.
Soon Sullivan plans on making his own films, mostly centered in the fantasy genre he adores.
This Saturday he will be signing autographs and selling prints from 12 to 5 pm at House of Heroes, located at 407 N. Main St.
Sullivan will then host a question and answer session at 7:30 before a screening of “The Evil Dead.”
Don’t hide away your children from this master of horror and herald of decay. Like his own creative cinematic heroes, he only wants to entertain. And, besides, it is only just make-believe. Just mind his copyrights and you’ll do fine.
Friday, April 29, 2005
Thursday, April 28, 2005
the other assignment
I read the article titled “Why Harlem Drug Cops Don’t Discuss Race.”
1.) I learned from this article that racial profiling happens even to cops. The story said that dark-skinned undercover officers who are dressed in street clothes fear that they may be accidentally shot by a white officer while on the job. That is exactly what happened to black undercover officer Patrick Dorismond. He was on a buy-and-bust when a white undercover officer went in cold and ended up shooting Dorismond. Officers carry guns all of the time, even when they are not on-duty. Black officers who are off-duty could be in danger when they carry a gun.
2.) In Harlem all cops regardless of race when faced with a group of brown-skinned Dominican men assume they are drug dealers. Dark-skinned cops do not stoop to racial profiling though; they think this way because of statistics. Another memorable detail is that these narcotics officers use race to their advantage. Narcotics officers are picked (sort of like a draft) based on their appearance. A white undercover cop on the streets of Harlem would be obvious, so undercover cops are usually black, Spanish or Dominican. This means that race enters the force on day one.
3.) A story that the author mentioned throughout the article was the Diallo case of 1998. Diallo, a black man, was standing in front of his Bronx building when he was shot by four panicking white police officers. The officers went to trial and were cleared on every count. This case brought a lot of emotion to every Harlem narcotics officer, but no one talked about it. The officers were clearly divided, but they did not discuss the trial and get into issues of race because ultimately they need to get along.
4.) I think the reporter did a very good job at shedding some insights on what black narcotics officers go through working on the streets of Harlem. Often times black officers experience racial profiling. A black undercover officer “Tyrone” has to commute from Brooklyn to Harlem every day. He gets pulled over on average once a week while driving home. Other officers who spend time out on their porches enjoying a beer at times have been approached by a white man who asks, “Who’s working?”
1.) I learned from this article that racial profiling happens even to cops. The story said that dark-skinned undercover officers who are dressed in street clothes fear that they may be accidentally shot by a white officer while on the job. That is exactly what happened to black undercover officer Patrick Dorismond. He was on a buy-and-bust when a white undercover officer went in cold and ended up shooting Dorismond. Officers carry guns all of the time, even when they are not on-duty. Black officers who are off-duty could be in danger when they carry a gun.
2.) In Harlem all cops regardless of race when faced with a group of brown-skinned Dominican men assume they are drug dealers. Dark-skinned cops do not stoop to racial profiling though; they think this way because of statistics. Another memorable detail is that these narcotics officers use race to their advantage. Narcotics officers are picked (sort of like a draft) based on their appearance. A white undercover cop on the streets of Harlem would be obvious, so undercover cops are usually black, Spanish or Dominican. This means that race enters the force on day one.
3.) A story that the author mentioned throughout the article was the Diallo case of 1998. Diallo, a black man, was standing in front of his Bronx building when he was shot by four panicking white police officers. The officers went to trial and were cleared on every count. This case brought a lot of emotion to every Harlem narcotics officer, but no one talked about it. The officers were clearly divided, but they did not discuss the trial and get into issues of race because ultimately they need to get along.
4.) I think the reporter did a very good job at shedding some insights on what black narcotics officers go through working on the streets of Harlem. Often times black officers experience racial profiling. A black undercover officer “Tyrone” has to commute from Brooklyn to Harlem every day. He gets pulled over on average once a week while driving home. Other officers who spend time out on their porches enjoying a beer at times have been approached by a white man who asks, “Who’s working?”
Profile
Michael Zimmerman, dean of the College of Letters and Science and Biology professor, has had many works published, including books and columns.
Zimmerman born in New York City, N.Y. where he grew up and lived for 18 years with his sister, who is 4 ½ years older than him. He attended Lawrence High School, where he was the editor of his school newspaper.
After graduating from high school, he attended the University of Chicago where he graduated in 1974 with an associate bachelor’s degree in Geography. He than attended the University of St. Louis where he received his P.H.D in Ecology.
He is currently married to Andrea Gullickson, chair of the music department at UW-Oshkosh and has a 21-year-old and 16-year-old child.
In 1992 he came to UW-Oshkosh to become the dean of the College of Letters and Science. Before coming to Oshkosh as dean, Zimmerman was a professor of biology and the associate dean of the College of Letters and Science at Oberlin College.
“It was an opportunity to move from associate dean to dean and to move from a private institution to a public institution. It all seemed exciting at the time,” Zimmerman said.
Zimmerman said the hardest part about being dean is dealing with hiring personnel and sanctioning staff members.
Zimmerman said he had two jobs that were tied for being the worst jobs he ever had.
Him and friend were hired at KFC and fired after one day. They didn’t know that they were just replacements because two people had called in sick for the day. To top it all off, they didn’t get any pay.
“What the worst thing was watching them flip cigarette butts into the batter,” he said.
The other was a summer job where he parked cars at a beach club. His boss would rifle through Mercedes bends looking for drugs and he stole tips from the other employees. He confronted his boss on the last day of the season and got punched in the face.
In 1995 he published his book “Science, Non-Science and Non-sense: Approaching Environmental Literacy,” which helps the public make informed judgments on science.Zimmerman has also been a newspaper columnist that specializes in scientific and environmental issues.
His columns have appeared in many Op-Ed columns, including the Los Angeles Times Syndicate. He has also had book reviews published around the country. Zimmerman was also editor of the Newsletter of the Ohio Center for Science Education.
In his free time, he enjoys reading, walking, being outdoors and bird watching.
Zimmerman born in New York City, N.Y. where he grew up and lived for 18 years with his sister, who is 4 ½ years older than him. He attended Lawrence High School, where he was the editor of his school newspaper.
After graduating from high school, he attended the University of Chicago where he graduated in 1974 with an associate bachelor’s degree in Geography. He than attended the University of St. Louis where he received his P.H.D in Ecology.
He is currently married to Andrea Gullickson, chair of the music department at UW-Oshkosh and has a 21-year-old and 16-year-old child.
In 1992 he came to UW-Oshkosh to become the dean of the College of Letters and Science. Before coming to Oshkosh as dean, Zimmerman was a professor of biology and the associate dean of the College of Letters and Science at Oberlin College.
“It was an opportunity to move from associate dean to dean and to move from a private institution to a public institution. It all seemed exciting at the time,” Zimmerman said.
Zimmerman said the hardest part about being dean is dealing with hiring personnel and sanctioning staff members.
Zimmerman said he had two jobs that were tied for being the worst jobs he ever had.
Him and friend were hired at KFC and fired after one day. They didn’t know that they were just replacements because two people had called in sick for the day. To top it all off, they didn’t get any pay.
“What the worst thing was watching them flip cigarette butts into the batter,” he said.
The other was a summer job where he parked cars at a beach club. His boss would rifle through Mercedes bends looking for drugs and he stole tips from the other employees. He confronted his boss on the last day of the season and got punched in the face.
In 1995 he published his book “Science, Non-Science and Non-sense: Approaching Environmental Literacy,” which helps the public make informed judgments on science.Zimmerman has also been a newspaper columnist that specializes in scientific and environmental issues.
His columns have appeared in many Op-Ed columns, including the Los Angeles Times Syndicate. He has also had book reviews published around the country. Zimmerman was also editor of the Newsletter of the Ohio Center for Science Education.
In his free time, he enjoys reading, walking, being outdoors and bird watching.
Wednesday, April 27, 2005
ny times articles
1. I started reading the article “Best of Friends, World’s Apart.” I thought it was very interesting to learn not only how big of an issue race is in America, but also how differently the issue is looked at by different countries. The writer says that in Cuba color does not define people. In the United States, on the other hand, the color of a person skin tells them where they will live, what they will eat, how they will dress and speak, and who they will be friends with.
2. The writer included a lot of detail in this story. Some examples that especially stand out in my head are how one of the boys received a pair of white sneakers from an aunt for his birthday. The principal of the school came to the boy’s house to tell him about the political consequences that wearing the “foreign” could bring about. Another detail that I remember was how the author described a meal that the boy had had four years prior- “breaded steak with rice and beans and fried plantains.”
3. One interesting story that the author included in the article was the night that Ruiz (a black man) began thinking of race in a totally different way. Ruiz, his uncle and a few other friends left a restaurant in a red Nissan. Twenty blocks from the restaurant they were pulled over by four police cars. The officers took out their weapons, told the driver and passengers to get out of the car and frisked them. One of the officers said that he followed the red car simply because there were “so many blacks” in it. After this, they were allowed to leave.
4. This was a very good article. Although it was long, it kept my interest and presented me with many ideas that I had never thought of before. I thought that reading the two different accounts of what it is like to immigrate to America was most interesting. While Ruiz has entered into a world that is constantly criticizing him, Valdes- a white man- has had a “seamless transition,” saying that everything he could need or want is in the United States. I may sound naïve, but it was unreal to read the experiences from these two men as they describe how the color of their skin determines the experiences they have every day.
2. The writer included a lot of detail in this story. Some examples that especially stand out in my head are how one of the boys received a pair of white sneakers from an aunt for his birthday. The principal of the school came to the boy’s house to tell him about the political consequences that wearing the “foreign” could bring about. Another detail that I remember was how the author described a meal that the boy had had four years prior- “breaded steak with rice and beans and fried plantains.”
3. One interesting story that the author included in the article was the night that Ruiz (a black man) began thinking of race in a totally different way. Ruiz, his uncle and a few other friends left a restaurant in a red Nissan. Twenty blocks from the restaurant they were pulled over by four police cars. The officers took out their weapons, told the driver and passengers to get out of the car and frisked them. One of the officers said that he followed the red car simply because there were “so many blacks” in it. After this, they were allowed to leave.
4. This was a very good article. Although it was long, it kept my interest and presented me with many ideas that I had never thought of before. I thought that reading the two different accounts of what it is like to immigrate to America was most interesting. While Ruiz has entered into a world that is constantly criticizing him, Valdes- a white man- has had a “seamless transition,” saying that everything he could need or want is in the United States. I may sound naïve, but it was unreal to read the experiences from these two men as they describe how the color of their skin determines the experiences they have every day.
"The Other"-final draft
Being a petite blonde model isn't an easy task as some might be lead to believe.
This has been the case for one certain woman from New Berlin, Wis. Kimberly Wayne, a 26-year-old, 5'6" magazine model for The Willamena Agency in Flordia, has experienced a variety of situations with men and have made her a much stronger person psychologically because of them.
Wayne has lived in New Berlin her whole life. Growing up in a two-parent household in a well-developed area on the north border of New Berlin and Brookfield, Wayne was an only child. She attended St. Lukes in Brookfield from first grade until eighth grade. There she met a few male friends who picked on her for being a blonde and for wearing glasses but mainly she never had any problems keeping things under control. She did normal activities at that age like every other child at that age would do, ride bikes, rollerblade with friends, play outside and have fun in the sun.
“She was a normal girl,” said her mother Laura Wayne. “She never really did anything out of the ordinary.”
When she was in third grade, her little brother Aaron was born. When he was born, her father gave a lot more attention to her brother and less to her. This made her dislike her brother for a substantial amount of time for making her dad give him all the attention and she hated her dad for not spending time with her.
Wayne then attended Catholic Memorial High School from 1993-97. There were roughly 250 people in her graduating class out of which the girl to guy ratio was almost 4:1. She had a few boyfriends while in high school, majority of them were kind and respectful towards her.
“The rest of the guys that I knew from high school were assholes,” said Wayne. “They had no legitimate reason to dislike somebody, but they always did. They were just shallow and cared about material things rather than people’s feelings.”
At the end of her freshman year of high school, she met a star player from the hockey team and they started dating. Things went fine until their senior year, she wanted to break up with him and he felt that would happen but didn’t want it to. As time went by, their conversations began getting more and more heated and hands-on.
After while, she stopped listening to him while he was talking to her and he began grabbing her to make her listen. The situation got rough for her after that and it took a while for him to realize they were not going to be a couple.
Wayne always had entrusted friends to walk with throughout the hallways of her school during and even after they had broken up in order to ensure her safety.
"He was always good at one thing, causing a scene in public," said Wayne. "That's why I felt that it was necessary to protect myself even after the break-up."
Wayne now coaches 17-year-old men’s volleyball for the Milwaukee North Shore Volleyball program and has been coaching men for this program for seven years. She said that at first coaching men would be hard because she knew that they weren’t going to respect her as a coach because she was a woman. She decided that playing with her athletes during her practices so that they all would realize that she was highly qualified and highly adequate to perform her duties.
"As I have gotten older, I've noticed a slight change in guys behavior towards me," said Wayne's best friend Michelle Hagardy. "Being a blonde, like makes me feel like there's a certain expectation that I should live up to and it makes me fustrated at times."
Because of some of the situations that she has been involved in during her past, she has been accustomed to having to have thick skin and leave bad situations without thinking twice.
“Women are extremely competitive, shallow and envious of other women,” said Wayne. “With all those things, men are still the worst as they always lie, cheat and sometimes steal just to get ahead in anything that they can.”
This has been the case for one certain woman from New Berlin, Wis. Kimberly Wayne, a 26-year-old, 5'6" magazine model for The Willamena Agency in Flordia, has experienced a variety of situations with men and have made her a much stronger person psychologically because of them.
Wayne has lived in New Berlin her whole life. Growing up in a two-parent household in a well-developed area on the north border of New Berlin and Brookfield, Wayne was an only child. She attended St. Lukes in Brookfield from first grade until eighth grade. There she met a few male friends who picked on her for being a blonde and for wearing glasses but mainly she never had any problems keeping things under control. She did normal activities at that age like every other child at that age would do, ride bikes, rollerblade with friends, play outside and have fun in the sun.
“She was a normal girl,” said her mother Laura Wayne. “She never really did anything out of the ordinary.”
When she was in third grade, her little brother Aaron was born. When he was born, her father gave a lot more attention to her brother and less to her. This made her dislike her brother for a substantial amount of time for making her dad give him all the attention and she hated her dad for not spending time with her.
Wayne then attended Catholic Memorial High School from 1993-97. There were roughly 250 people in her graduating class out of which the girl to guy ratio was almost 4:1. She had a few boyfriends while in high school, majority of them were kind and respectful towards her.
“The rest of the guys that I knew from high school were assholes,” said Wayne. “They had no legitimate reason to dislike somebody, but they always did. They were just shallow and cared about material things rather than people’s feelings.”
At the end of her freshman year of high school, she met a star player from the hockey team and they started dating. Things went fine until their senior year, she wanted to break up with him and he felt that would happen but didn’t want it to. As time went by, their conversations began getting more and more heated and hands-on.
After while, she stopped listening to him while he was talking to her and he began grabbing her to make her listen. The situation got rough for her after that and it took a while for him to realize they were not going to be a couple.
Wayne always had entrusted friends to walk with throughout the hallways of her school during and even after they had broken up in order to ensure her safety.
"He was always good at one thing, causing a scene in public," said Wayne. "That's why I felt that it was necessary to protect myself even after the break-up."
Wayne now coaches 17-year-old men’s volleyball for the Milwaukee North Shore Volleyball program and has been coaching men for this program for seven years. She said that at first coaching men would be hard because she knew that they weren’t going to respect her as a coach because she was a woman. She decided that playing with her athletes during her practices so that they all would realize that she was highly qualified and highly adequate to perform her duties.
"As I have gotten older, I've noticed a slight change in guys behavior towards me," said Wayne's best friend Michelle Hagardy. "Being a blonde, like makes me feel like there's a certain expectation that I should live up to and it makes me fustrated at times."
Because of some of the situations that she has been involved in during her past, she has been accustomed to having to have thick skin and leave bad situations without thinking twice.
“Women are extremely competitive, shallow and envious of other women,” said Wayne. “With all those things, men are still the worst as they always lie, cheat and sometimes steal just to get ahead in anything that they can.”
problem
My biggest problem in reporting has been pacing. It's been tough to keep myself at a normal, healthy less-stressful level of consciousness. This class and simester have definitely taught me that I need to manage my time better and I've been learning along the way. Often times my mind operates at the pace of a half hour day, not realizing all the time I have at my disposal. I'm working on training my mind to multi-task with less pain and worry, so I can get proper sleep among other things. Also on my police story I had longer paragraphs and I've noticed this is a trend in other writing I've done. So I need to work on that as well.
Oh, and I just got word back from my profile source, so I'll have that done by tonight or tomorrow I'm thinking.
Oh, and I just got word back from my profile source, so I'll have that done by tonight or tomorrow I'm thinking.
what I was kind of working on-reworking the article
Mark Martin is not exactly the most personable fellow. He is short, has glasses is sometimes described as ‘kind of mean’. But hear him play piano once, and your impression of him might change.
“When Mark Martin plays piano his fingers are like liquid over the keys,” said Jeff Bollier, one of Martin’s closest friends. “His piano playing is something that can’t be described, it has to be witnessed.”
For five years now Martin has been playing with the Jazz Orgy, a popular fixture in downtown Oshkosh. Every Sunday night the band draws in a huge following to Peabody’s Ale House on Main Street.
“We were sitting in here having
Mark Martin plays piano for living, i.e., he is continuously broke, doesn’t have a car and lives in a barely furnished one bedroom apartment; but he does what he loves, and to Martin, that’s all that matters.
Five years ago Martin quit his high-paying job as an e-commerce administrator to play piano in the then-unknown jazz trio called the Jazz Orgy. Martin said that decision is one of the most defining moments of his life.
"There was a period where I literally did not see the sun for three months," Martin said. "I thought I was going to go crazy. I realized that I wasn’t doing what I loved and I wasn’t happy with my life."
The Jazz Orgy has become a fixture in downtown Oshkosh, and every Sunday night Martin can be seen jamming with the boys to a packed bar at Peabody’s Ale House on Main Street.
Martin was born on June 11, 1975 in West Bend, Wisc. He was the second youngest of seven children and attributes his love of piano to growing in a musical family.
“Everybody played music but primarily it was centered on piano,” said Martin. “I don’t even remember when I started playing. I literally have been doing this all my life.”
After graduating high school Martin attended UW-Whitewater majoring in piano music performance. After two years, he transferred to UW-Oshkosh where he met the members of his first band Revelations.
“We played jazz at St. Raphael’s church from 1998 to 2000,” Martin said. “This is how I met Andy Mertens, who rocks by the way.”
Andy Mertens is the bassist for the Jazz Orgy and is one of Martin’s closest friends.
“Mark cracks me up,” Mertens said. “When we play jazz together it’s no about the money, we do it for the kids and for love.”
“When Mark Martin plays piano his fingers are like liquid over the keys,” said Jeff Bollier, one of Martin’s closest friends. “His piano playing is something that can’t be described, it has to be witnessed.”
For five years now Martin has been playing with the Jazz Orgy, a popular fixture in downtown Oshkosh. Every Sunday night the band draws in a huge following to Peabody’s Ale House on Main Street.
“We were sitting in here having
Mark Martin plays piano for living, i.e., he is continuously broke, doesn’t have a car and lives in a barely furnished one bedroom apartment; but he does what he loves, and to Martin, that’s all that matters.
Five years ago Martin quit his high-paying job as an e-commerce administrator to play piano in the then-unknown jazz trio called the Jazz Orgy. Martin said that decision is one of the most defining moments of his life.
"There was a period where I literally did not see the sun for three months," Martin said. "I thought I was going to go crazy. I realized that I wasn’t doing what I loved and I wasn’t happy with my life."
The Jazz Orgy has become a fixture in downtown Oshkosh, and every Sunday night Martin can be seen jamming with the boys to a packed bar at Peabody’s Ale House on Main Street.
Martin was born on June 11, 1975 in West Bend, Wisc. He was the second youngest of seven children and attributes his love of piano to growing in a musical family.
“Everybody played music but primarily it was centered on piano,” said Martin. “I don’t even remember when I started playing. I literally have been doing this all my life.”
After graduating high school Martin attended UW-Whitewater majoring in piano music performance. After two years, he transferred to UW-Oshkosh where he met the members of his first band Revelations.
“We played jazz at St. Raphael’s church from 1998 to 2000,” Martin said. “This is how I met Andy Mertens, who rocks by the way.”
Andy Mertens is the bassist for the Jazz Orgy and is one of Martin’s closest friends.
“Mark cracks me up,” Mertens said. “When we play jazz together it’s no about the money, we do it for the kids and for love.”
My problems
My biggest problem in reporting was matching my busy schedule with the object/people's schedule. I tried to give myself enough time to do it, but I still found it hard to meet. I was I would of had more time with my interviewees. The other problem I had was writing some of the articles. I hd a hard time usig short paragraphs, to be more newspaper ready. They are too long. I would like to split them up, but have a hard time doing that.
reporting problem
I find that I have trouble with managing my time and fitting interviews for my stories into my busy schedule. Also, I have trouble convincing people to make time to meet with me for interviews. There are usually scheduling conflicts that make it difficult to meet.
Mark Martin
I like writing profiles. But honestly I don't think this is as good as I could have written it. It could have been better if some of my contacts were available for an interview but for the sake of having class starting in 1-minute. Voici-mon ecrive.
Mark Martin plays piano for a living, i.e., he is continuously broke, doesn’t have a car and lives in a barely furnished one bedroom apartment; but he does what he loves, and to Martin, that’s all that matters.
Five years ago Martin quit his high-paying job as an e-commerce administrator to play piano in the then-unknown jazz trio called the Jazz Orgy. Martin said that decision is one of the most defining moments of his life.
"There was a period where I literally did not see the sun for three months," Martin said. "I thought I was going to go crazy. I realized that I wasn’t doing what I loved and I wasn’t happy with my life."
The Jazz Orgy has become a fixture in downtown Oshkosh, and every Sunday night Martin can be seen jamming with the boys to a packed bar at Peabody’s Ale House on Main Street.
Martin was born on June 11, 1975 in West Bend, Wisc. He was the second youngest of seven children and attributes his love of piano to growing in a musical family.
“Everybody played music but primarily it was centered on piano,” said Martin. “I don’t even remember when I started playing. I literally have been doing this all my life.”
After graduating high school Martin attended UW-Whitewater majoring in piano music performance. After two years, he transferred to UW-Oshkosh where he met the members of his first band Revelations.
“We played jazz at St. Raphael’s church from 1998 to 2000,” Martin said. “This is how I met Andy Mertens, who rocks by the way.”
Andy Mertens is the bassist for the Jazz Orgy and is one of Martin’s closest friends.
“Mark cracks me up,” Mertens said. “When we play jazz together it’s no about the money, we do it for the kids and for love.”
After Martin met Mertens, the pair formed the Jazz Orgy. After looking for several different drummers the pair finally came across Mark Powers, a well-established percussionist in Oshkosh. Soon after the three met, the band began playing at Peabody’s Ale House.
“We were sitting at Peabody’s on a Sunday and the place was completely empty,” Martin said. “We thought that maybe if we played music there we could maybe pack that place with people on Sundays, and we did.”
Martin may not be the most personable fellow. He is short, wears glasses, and many of his friends describe him as being ‘kind of an asshole’. But Martin is well-loved by many, especially for his piano style.
“His fingers are like liquid of the keys,” said Jeff Bollier, one of Martin’s good friends. “His piano style is something that can’t truly be described though, it has to be witnessed.”
Russ Helms is a singer that sometimes performs with the Jazz Orgy. He first met Martin when he sang the song ‘Round Midnight’ with the band two years ago.
“Mark has many talents and he is one smooth bastard,” Helms said.
In the future, Martin would like to continue playing with the Jazz Orgy and tour internationally . For now, despite the lack of financial rewards that being a local musician brings , Martin said he will continue to play piano-his first love.
“Piano is the voice in which I communicate emotion and it’s the vehicle for which though travels,” Martin said. “It’s how I make little girls cry and how I make mothers cry, it’s my legacy, it’s my life, and it’s my calling.”
Mark Martin plays piano for a living, i.e., he is continuously broke, doesn’t have a car and lives in a barely furnished one bedroom apartment; but he does what he loves, and to Martin, that’s all that matters.
Five years ago Martin quit his high-paying job as an e-commerce administrator to play piano in the then-unknown jazz trio called the Jazz Orgy. Martin said that decision is one of the most defining moments of his life.
"There was a period where I literally did not see the sun for three months," Martin said. "I thought I was going to go crazy. I realized that I wasn’t doing what I loved and I wasn’t happy with my life."
The Jazz Orgy has become a fixture in downtown Oshkosh, and every Sunday night Martin can be seen jamming with the boys to a packed bar at Peabody’s Ale House on Main Street.
Martin was born on June 11, 1975 in West Bend, Wisc. He was the second youngest of seven children and attributes his love of piano to growing in a musical family.
“Everybody played music but primarily it was centered on piano,” said Martin. “I don’t even remember when I started playing. I literally have been doing this all my life.”
After graduating high school Martin attended UW-Whitewater majoring in piano music performance. After two years, he transferred to UW-Oshkosh where he met the members of his first band Revelations.
“We played jazz at St. Raphael’s church from 1998 to 2000,” Martin said. “This is how I met Andy Mertens, who rocks by the way.”
Andy Mertens is the bassist for the Jazz Orgy and is one of Martin’s closest friends.
“Mark cracks me up,” Mertens said. “When we play jazz together it’s no about the money, we do it for the kids and for love.”
After Martin met Mertens, the pair formed the Jazz Orgy. After looking for several different drummers the pair finally came across Mark Powers, a well-established percussionist in Oshkosh. Soon after the three met, the band began playing at Peabody’s Ale House.
“We were sitting at Peabody’s on a Sunday and the place was completely empty,” Martin said. “We thought that maybe if we played music there we could maybe pack that place with people on Sundays, and we did.”
Martin may not be the most personable fellow. He is short, wears glasses, and many of his friends describe him as being ‘kind of an asshole’. But Martin is well-loved by many, especially for his piano style.
“His fingers are like liquid of the keys,” said Jeff Bollier, one of Martin’s good friends. “His piano style is something that can’t truly be described though, it has to be witnessed.”
Russ Helms is a singer that sometimes performs with the Jazz Orgy. He first met Martin when he sang the song ‘Round Midnight’ with the band two years ago.
“Mark has many talents and he is one smooth bastard,” Helms said.
In the future, Martin would like to continue playing with the Jazz Orgy and tour internationally . For now, despite the lack of financial rewards that being a local musician brings , Martin said he will continue to play piano-his first love.
“Piano is the voice in which I communicate emotion and it’s the vehicle for which though travels,” Martin said. “It’s how I make little girls cry and how I make mothers cry, it’s my legacy, it’s my life, and it’s my calling.”
My Reporting Issue
My issue is in the area of scheduling. I have a VERY busy schedule, which has me working on res. life activities and classes for the majority of the week. Because of this, I am usually pre-occupied with a variety of activities later in the week (wednesday, thursday, friday) and am unable to find time to work on an article at that point.
This leads to me usually working at the last minute to get an article done. I know this class is important, it's actually one of my favorites because people here know how to give and take criticism, but I am enrolled in six other classes and they also have work to do outside of class. In addition to all of this I am graduating and trying to find a job.
If I had the option, I think I would have taken this class during a semester where I didn't have as much going on. Is there anything I can do to make things easier on myself?
This leads to me usually working at the last minute to get an article done. I know this class is important, it's actually one of my favorites because people here know how to give and take criticism, but I am enrolled in six other classes and they also have work to do outside of class. In addition to all of this I am graduating and trying to find a job.
If I had the option, I think I would have taken this class during a semester where I didn't have as much going on. Is there anything I can do to make things easier on myself?
Reporting problems
For me my biggest issue was sorting through all the info that I got from people. For example I got great quotes and incite from Paul Esllinger for my political story, but on the other end Castle did not return calls in a timely matter and worked his way around questions. It is hard then to write a fair and unbiased story with only one effective side portrayed to you. I also noticed this with Al Ackerman for my enterprise story. I know Al so I think he gave me good info but I still get those half answers from people who just don't want you to know. It is frustrating. This is rant and my issue.
reporting problem
The problem I've always had is trying to get interviews with people, that match my schedule.
Profile final
Regardless of the sport, regardless of the time, the presence of Director of Athletics Allen Ackerman at sporting events at UW-Oshkosh is constant.
Dressed in khaki’s, black scuffed loafers and a pullover with the Titan logo embroidered on the chest, fans, parents and athletes can expect to see the former college offensive lineman at Titan home games.
Ackerman received his undergraduate degree in physical education from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. While in Athens on a partial football scholarship, Ackerman lettered twice, once in football and once in track.
Ackerman taught for a year and a half at a high school before returning to Ohio to work on his masters and as a graduate assistant football coach.
Prior to accepting the position at UWO, Ackerman was athletic director at Elmhurst College in Elmhurst, Illinois for 14 years. Ackerman also spent some time coaching track and football at Elmhurst.
During his 14-year stay at UWO, Ackerman has minimized controversy and conflict and maximized the success of the athletic department and the development of its sports teams.
Ackerman’s tenure at UWO has yielded 13 of the school’s 31 Division III national championship teams.
Ackerman’s success extends past the renovation of the attitude about sports at UWO. He has also been able to successfully push for the renovation and reconstruction of its facilities.
“I think that the thing that I am most proud of at UWO is the start of the remodeling and reconstruction of the facilities at UWO,” said Ackerman.
In the summer of 2004 renovations began to makeover Titan Stadium into the “Oshkosh Sports Complex” with the installation of a new field turf surface as part of phase I of the project.
Renovation is slated to continue this spring with the installation of a new track surface to cover the paved track surrounding the field.
Shortly after the Oshkosh Sports Complex project started, construction began on a new facility, Alumni Stadium, for the UWO baseball team.
Both projects are supported solely by fundraised dollars.
Still, Ackerman has seen his fair share of conflict and headaches within the department during his tenure.
Former women’s soccer coach Scott Haywood resigned unexpectedly without explanation leaving a cloud of uncertainty around the situation
Longtime softball coach Sharon Panske was fired from her position following unrest among athletes regarding her style of coaching.
Finally, there is the seemingly endless behavior of Tom Lechnir, UWO head baseball coach for the past 13 years.
First, there were the allegations of both physical and verbal abuse from former player Eric Servais in 2001.
Then, most shockingly, there was the “base brawl” last season during the second game of a doubleheader versus UW-Whitewater. Lechnir and former Milwaukee Brewer reliever Doug Henry were identified as the two primary figures in the incident.
Through it all, building and renovating, controversy and even the loss of his wife three years ago to a battle with cancer, Ackerman has been constant in both his presence and his judgment.
“I am proud of being a part of putting Oshkosh on the map athletically and for hosting NCAA championships,” said Ackerman.
Constant is a word that speaks of progress and forward thinking.
Ackerman is constant and he is not finished. Look to the future and you see constant projects on the horizon, such as hosting the NCAA outdoor track and field championships and plans to renovate the softball team facilities.
Look to the future and you will see one thing for sure, Ackerman, cheering for the teams that he supports.
Dressed in khaki’s, black scuffed loafers and a pullover with the Titan logo embroidered on the chest, fans, parents and athletes can expect to see the former college offensive lineman at Titan home games.
Ackerman received his undergraduate degree in physical education from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. While in Athens on a partial football scholarship, Ackerman lettered twice, once in football and once in track.
Ackerman taught for a year and a half at a high school before returning to Ohio to work on his masters and as a graduate assistant football coach.
Prior to accepting the position at UWO, Ackerman was athletic director at Elmhurst College in Elmhurst, Illinois for 14 years. Ackerman also spent some time coaching track and football at Elmhurst.
During his 14-year stay at UWO, Ackerman has minimized controversy and conflict and maximized the success of the athletic department and the development of its sports teams.
Ackerman’s tenure at UWO has yielded 13 of the school’s 31 Division III national championship teams.
Ackerman’s success extends past the renovation of the attitude about sports at UWO. He has also been able to successfully push for the renovation and reconstruction of its facilities.
“I think that the thing that I am most proud of at UWO is the start of the remodeling and reconstruction of the facilities at UWO,” said Ackerman.
In the summer of 2004 renovations began to makeover Titan Stadium into the “Oshkosh Sports Complex” with the installation of a new field turf surface as part of phase I of the project.
Renovation is slated to continue this spring with the installation of a new track surface to cover the paved track surrounding the field.
Shortly after the Oshkosh Sports Complex project started, construction began on a new facility, Alumni Stadium, for the UWO baseball team.
Both projects are supported solely by fundraised dollars.
Still, Ackerman has seen his fair share of conflict and headaches within the department during his tenure.
Former women’s soccer coach Scott Haywood resigned unexpectedly without explanation leaving a cloud of uncertainty around the situation
Longtime softball coach Sharon Panske was fired from her position following unrest among athletes regarding her style of coaching.
Finally, there is the seemingly endless behavior of Tom Lechnir, UWO head baseball coach for the past 13 years.
First, there were the allegations of both physical and verbal abuse from former player Eric Servais in 2001.
Then, most shockingly, there was the “base brawl” last season during the second game of a doubleheader versus UW-Whitewater. Lechnir and former Milwaukee Brewer reliever Doug Henry were identified as the two primary figures in the incident.
Through it all, building and renovating, controversy and even the loss of his wife three years ago to a battle with cancer, Ackerman has been constant in both his presence and his judgment.
“I am proud of being a part of putting Oshkosh on the map athletically and for hosting NCAA championships,” said Ackerman.
Constant is a word that speaks of progress and forward thinking.
Ackerman is constant and he is not finished. Look to the future and you see constant projects on the horizon, such as hosting the NCAA outdoor track and field championships and plans to renovate the softball team facilities.
Look to the future and you will see one thing for sure, Ackerman, cheering for the teams that he supports.
reporting problem
My problem that I think many students have is time management. It has been hard sometimes for me to find time to do the outside work this class requires. Another problem I have had is dealing with interviewing people, because I am shy and get very nervous. I always am afraid that I will sound dumb when interviewing those I need to to get my story.
personality profile final
Standing in front of a classroom was his life for over 35 years, but after this spring semester Dr. Gary Coll will say good-bye to teaching at UW-Oshkosh.
The Cleveland native ultimately began his career in journalism after a conversation at work while he was in college. Coll worked summers in Ohio on Pepsi trucks. One day the driver posed a question to Coll regarding the newspaper. He asked why there were never any black faces in the wedding section of the paper when a large portion of Cleveland’s population was black. Coll’s interest was sparked, and he decided to take a class in journalism at Southern Illinois University where he later would receive his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees.
“I had always thought newspapers were important,” Coll said. He spoke candidly and gave off a friendly vibe as he sat with his feet up on his desk with his hands behind his head.
He went on to finish school at Ohio University where he obtained his doctorate. Coll then decided to try his hand at teaching and came to Wisconsin. He taught for a year at UW-Eau Claire to see if he would hate standing up in front of a class. He didn’t, and he came to Oshkosh to begin his career as a teacher.
While he was in the Fox Valley area, he held down jobs at the Fond du Lac Reporter and Outlook Graphics. He enjoyed a faculty internship at the newspaper where he worked as a police beat reporter and did some job shadowing. At Outlook Graphics he worked on printing presses in the stripping department. Coll seemed passionate about his work on the printing presses. As he spoke about what he did there, he showed some examples of his work and explained in detail what a printing press does.
Coll has taught 15 courses over the years at UW-Oshkosh, but his favorites remain law, history and graphics. He remarked that his love for these classes could be traced back to two of his professors, Arthur Turnbull and Russell Baird. Coll considered these men his mentors at one time, but he also mentioned that they were helpful to him socially as well.
Over the three decades he’s been at Oshkosh, Coll has accomplished many things although he failed to name his biggest one as a teacher.
“You never really know what you accomplish because you never know what got through [to the student]," he said. “Just getting through the day is an accomplishment. But you never know it mattered until you hear back from alumni.”
Coll tries to maintain ties with students he has taught. He still speaks with alumni he taught in the 1960s.
Coll founded the Northeastern Wisconsin Scholastic Press Association (NEWSPA) while teaching. This organization was created to reach out to high school journalists in the area and get them involved. He felt that NEWSPA was a way for him to serve his community. The idea originated from his alma mater that had a similar organization called the Southern Illinois School Press Association (SISPA). NEWSPA is still in existence today, but Coll is not involved with it anymore.
In addition to starting NEWSPA while at Oshkosh, Coll achieved more recognition. He headed the journalism department from 1983 to 1989. He published two books: Mass Communication Law in Wisconsin and Graphic Communications: Applying Principles. Coll also was awarded the Distinguished Teaching Award in 2003 for his hard work throughout the years. His coworkers hold him in high regards because of these accomplishments.
“He is a wonderful coworker. He has a general interest in students,” said journalism professor Margaret Davidson who has worked with Coll for 30 years. “He is very knowledgeable, and I use him as an expert in legal matters.”
Coll laughed when questioned about his most embarrassing moment in front of a class. He said that there are a lot of those, but he said that the most embarrassing thing is when he would lose track of thought during class. His students vouch for that he does sometimes falter during class.
“He’s a lot of fun and very entertaining and detailed, but he will talk about the same thing over and over again,” senior journalism student Vickie Webb said.
“I’ve learned a lot from Dr. Coll,” said junior journalism student Diana Ziino. “I noticed he gets frustrated and than stops and goes back over what he just talked about. Sometimes he is very random.”
After this semester Coll will retire from teaching. He has no big plans for the future, but he has some ideas of what he is going to do with his free time.
“I feel that there is something still left in me,” he said. “I may have neglected some things like volunteer duties. I would like to keep going. I want to make some progress in my books and bring those up to date.”
Coll said that with his free time he also wants to spend as much time as he can with his wife.
“This is the time for us to be a couple,” he said. “Although she is trying to figure out things for me to do,” he laughed.
Coll has had a fulfilling career at UW-Oshkosh, but he is sad to leave. He said it’s hard to believe he won’t be a part of it anymore.
“It just won’t be the same,” he said.
The Cleveland native ultimately began his career in journalism after a conversation at work while he was in college. Coll worked summers in Ohio on Pepsi trucks. One day the driver posed a question to Coll regarding the newspaper. He asked why there were never any black faces in the wedding section of the paper when a large portion of Cleveland’s population was black. Coll’s interest was sparked, and he decided to take a class in journalism at Southern Illinois University where he later would receive his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees.
“I had always thought newspapers were important,” Coll said. He spoke candidly and gave off a friendly vibe as he sat with his feet up on his desk with his hands behind his head.
He went on to finish school at Ohio University where he obtained his doctorate. Coll then decided to try his hand at teaching and came to Wisconsin. He taught for a year at UW-Eau Claire to see if he would hate standing up in front of a class. He didn’t, and he came to Oshkosh to begin his career as a teacher.
While he was in the Fox Valley area, he held down jobs at the Fond du Lac Reporter and Outlook Graphics. He enjoyed a faculty internship at the newspaper where he worked as a police beat reporter and did some job shadowing. At Outlook Graphics he worked on printing presses in the stripping department. Coll seemed passionate about his work on the printing presses. As he spoke about what he did there, he showed some examples of his work and explained in detail what a printing press does.
Coll has taught 15 courses over the years at UW-Oshkosh, but his favorites remain law, history and graphics. He remarked that his love for these classes could be traced back to two of his professors, Arthur Turnbull and Russell Baird. Coll considered these men his mentors at one time, but he also mentioned that they were helpful to him socially as well.
Over the three decades he’s been at Oshkosh, Coll has accomplished many things although he failed to name his biggest one as a teacher.
“You never really know what you accomplish because you never know what got through [to the student]," he said. “Just getting through the day is an accomplishment. But you never know it mattered until you hear back from alumni.”
Coll tries to maintain ties with students he has taught. He still speaks with alumni he taught in the 1960s.
Coll founded the Northeastern Wisconsin Scholastic Press Association (NEWSPA) while teaching. This organization was created to reach out to high school journalists in the area and get them involved. He felt that NEWSPA was a way for him to serve his community. The idea originated from his alma mater that had a similar organization called the Southern Illinois School Press Association (SISPA). NEWSPA is still in existence today, but Coll is not involved with it anymore.
In addition to starting NEWSPA while at Oshkosh, Coll achieved more recognition. He headed the journalism department from 1983 to 1989. He published two books: Mass Communication Law in Wisconsin and Graphic Communications: Applying Principles. Coll also was awarded the Distinguished Teaching Award in 2003 for his hard work throughout the years. His coworkers hold him in high regards because of these accomplishments.
“He is a wonderful coworker. He has a general interest in students,” said journalism professor Margaret Davidson who has worked with Coll for 30 years. “He is very knowledgeable, and I use him as an expert in legal matters.”
Coll laughed when questioned about his most embarrassing moment in front of a class. He said that there are a lot of those, but he said that the most embarrassing thing is when he would lose track of thought during class. His students vouch for that he does sometimes falter during class.
“He’s a lot of fun and very entertaining and detailed, but he will talk about the same thing over and over again,” senior journalism student Vickie Webb said.
“I’ve learned a lot from Dr. Coll,” said junior journalism student Diana Ziino. “I noticed he gets frustrated and than stops and goes back over what he just talked about. Sometimes he is very random.”
After this semester Coll will retire from teaching. He has no big plans for the future, but he has some ideas of what he is going to do with his free time.
“I feel that there is something still left in me,” he said. “I may have neglected some things like volunteer duties. I would like to keep going. I want to make some progress in my books and bring those up to date.”
Coll said that with his free time he also wants to spend as much time as he can with his wife.
“This is the time for us to be a couple,” he said. “Although she is trying to figure out things for me to do,” he laughed.
Coll has had a fulfilling career at UW-Oshkosh, but he is sad to leave. He said it’s hard to believe he won’t be a part of it anymore.
“It just won’t be the same,” he said.
Tuesday, April 26, 2005
Bryan Bain Seated on Oshkosh Common Council
He just barely made the cut in the Oshkosh primaries, coming in sixth out of 14 candidates. After months of campaigning, he became the second most popular candidate in the April elections, a significant leap for a someone who has never run for public office in Oshkosh before.
A consistently snappy dresser with glasses and a plethora of neck-ties, Bryan Bain is now one of the three newly seated members of the Oshkosh Common Council.
Bain was born in 1975 in Logan Sport, Ind. to Rick and Karen Bain. He was raised there, but his most vivid childhood memory was his first family vacation to Disney World. After graduating from Logan Sport High School in 1993, Bain enrolled at Ball State University.
In 1996 Bain and several of his friends took a road trip to Spring Break in Florida. “We had nothing, but laughs the whole way down,” said Bain, “then when we got there, everything that could go wrong did. The luxury hotel we were going to be staying at turned out to be a dive with a two-foot by three-foot bathroom.” Despite everything that went wrong, Bain regards the trip as one of his best college memories. “The night before we were supposed to leave, three of the guys we were there with decided to get matching tattoos. I had no idea where they went, I thought they had been in a car accident and we’d never see them again.”
Graduating from Ball State didn’t stop Bain from attending classes there. He began to pursue his masters degree in student affairs administration, which led to his eventual hiring as a residence hall director at the University of Wisconsin- Oshkosh. It was at UW-O that Bain would meet the woman who would one day be his wife, Amanda Kowald.
A year after she graduated, Bryan and Amanda were married and he left his job as a Residence Hall Director to work in UW-O’s Office of Admissions. After only a year there he was made an assistant director.
Then Bain decided to run for the Oshkosh Common Council. “I don’t like to be a Monday morning quarter-back,” Bain said. “I felt this was an important time period for the city.” Bain attributes his success in the general election to hard work. His post-primary election strategy focused on areas of the city which voted for candidates who had not made it into the top six. This included lots of going door-to-door by Bain himself. He also claims that William Castle never publicly endorsed him and he does not believe that any connection the two of them had not helped or harmed him in any way.
Despite all of his hard work and now being seated on the common council, Bain claims that his greatest challenge for the next two years will be building name recognition in the city so he can be reelected in 2007.
Bain hopes to gain this recognition through new initiatives which will bring Oshkosh residents and UW-O students into a more active role with city government. These Fifth Tuesday Forums, as Bain has titled them, would take place during the fifth Tuesdays of a month, which occurs about six times in any given year, in different parts of the city. The purpose of these forums is to hear about what city residents think the goals of the common council should be.
Bain will continue his job at the university, where he hopes to get students involved with city politics on a more consistent basis. With two years full of opportunity ahead of him, Bryan Bain is looking forward to the challenge of leading the city into the future.
A consistently snappy dresser with glasses and a plethora of neck-ties, Bryan Bain is now one of the three newly seated members of the Oshkosh Common Council.
Bain was born in 1975 in Logan Sport, Ind. to Rick and Karen Bain. He was raised there, but his most vivid childhood memory was his first family vacation to Disney World. After graduating from Logan Sport High School in 1993, Bain enrolled at Ball State University.
In 1996 Bain and several of his friends took a road trip to Spring Break in Florida. “We had nothing, but laughs the whole way down,” said Bain, “then when we got there, everything that could go wrong did. The luxury hotel we were going to be staying at turned out to be a dive with a two-foot by three-foot bathroom.” Despite everything that went wrong, Bain regards the trip as one of his best college memories. “The night before we were supposed to leave, three of the guys we were there with decided to get matching tattoos. I had no idea where they went, I thought they had been in a car accident and we’d never see them again.”
Graduating from Ball State didn’t stop Bain from attending classes there. He began to pursue his masters degree in student affairs administration, which led to his eventual hiring as a residence hall director at the University of Wisconsin- Oshkosh. It was at UW-O that Bain would meet the woman who would one day be his wife, Amanda Kowald.
A year after she graduated, Bryan and Amanda were married and he left his job as a Residence Hall Director to work in UW-O’s Office of Admissions. After only a year there he was made an assistant director.
Then Bain decided to run for the Oshkosh Common Council. “I don’t like to be a Monday morning quarter-back,” Bain said. “I felt this was an important time period for the city.” Bain attributes his success in the general election to hard work. His post-primary election strategy focused on areas of the city which voted for candidates who had not made it into the top six. This included lots of going door-to-door by Bain himself. He also claims that William Castle never publicly endorsed him and he does not believe that any connection the two of them had not helped or harmed him in any way.
Despite all of his hard work and now being seated on the common council, Bain claims that his greatest challenge for the next two years will be building name recognition in the city so he can be reelected in 2007.
Bain hopes to gain this recognition through new initiatives which will bring Oshkosh residents and UW-O students into a more active role with city government. These Fifth Tuesday Forums, as Bain has titled them, would take place during the fifth Tuesdays of a month, which occurs about six times in any given year, in different parts of the city. The purpose of these forums is to hear about what city residents think the goals of the common council should be.
Bain will continue his job at the university, where he hopes to get students involved with city politics on a more consistent basis. With two years full of opportunity ahead of him, Bryan Bain is looking forward to the challenge of leading the city into the future.
Reporting Problem
I think that my reporting problem is being able to get a hold of my interviewee's to follow up on original calls and emails.
Blog assignment for "The Other"
In 2001 The New York Times won a Pulitzer Prize for a series of articles called "How Race Is Lived in America." The articles can be found here:
http://nytimes.com/library/national/race/
1. Start reading the series (either at the beginning or by picking an article at random) until you come across some insight or observation that is new to you. Summarize that new insight or observation (and finish reading that particular article).
2. From the article you read, give an example of a memorable detail that the reporter included.
3. Summarize an interesting anecdote or example that the reporter included in the article you read.
4. In your view how successful was the reporter in gleaning information and portraying that information in a way that provided new insights to the reader? Explain.
http://nytimes.com/library/national/race/
1. Start reading the series (either at the beginning or by picking an article at random) until you come across some insight or observation that is new to you. Summarize that new insight or observation (and finish reading that particular article).
2. From the article you read, give an example of a memorable detail that the reporter included.
3. Summarize an interesting anecdote or example that the reporter included in the article you read.
4. In your view how successful was the reporter in gleaning information and portraying that information in a way that provided new insights to the reader? Explain.
Problem
Learning how to manage my time was the biggest problem that I encountered while trying to get reporting assignments done. As Mr. Maguire said earlier in the semester, this class is not like other courses. Reporting was more like a job, and sometimes it was difficult to fit interviews and other things into an already full schedule.
Monday, April 25, 2005
Leads
My work on attempting to find direction in the story--and a good lead
Mark Martin plays piano for a local jazz band, IE, he
is continuously broke, doesn’t have a car and lives in
barely furnished one bedroom apartment. He wouldn’t
have it any way.
Five years ago Mark Martin quit his high-paying job as
an e-commerce technician to play piano in a
then-unknown jazz trio called the Jazz Orgy, a
decision he says is one of the most defining moments
of his life.
“The job was draining, I didn’t see the sun for three
months,” Martin said. “I stopped caring about money
a,nd I just wanted to do what I love which is playing
piano.”
Soon after Mark joined
Sunday nights in Oshkosh are traditionally a quiet
night in the bars, except for Peabody’s where you can
find pianist Mark Martin and his band the Jazz Orgy
performing to packed.
The bars in Oshkosh are traditionally quiet on Sunday
nights, except for Peabody’s, where one can hundreds
of people listening to Mark Martin jam with his band
the Jazz Orgy.
find pianist Mark Martin jamming with his band the
Jazz Orgy.
Martin, who has been playing piano for his whole life,
said that he was sitting at Peabody’s one Sunday when
he and his friend had an idea.
“We decided
“I had a chance to emme
“There were about three months where I didn’t see the
sun because I worked in a windowless cubicle ,” Martin
said. “When you go that long without sunlight you go
crazy.”
Martin has been playing
Martin was born on June 11, 1975 in West Bend, Wis. He
was the second youngest of seven children.
Martin, the pianist for the popular jazz trio The Jazz
Orgy has been rocking Oshkosh with his blend of spark c
Mark Martin plays piano for a local jazz band, IE, he
is continuously broke, doesn’t have a car and lives in
barely furnished one bedroom apartment. He wouldn’t
have it any way.
Five years ago Mark Martin quit his high-paying job as
an e-commerce technician to play piano in a
then-unknown jazz trio called the Jazz Orgy, a
decision he says is one of the most defining moments
of his life.
“The job was draining, I didn’t see the sun for three
months,” Martin said. “I stopped caring about money
a,nd I just wanted to do what I love which is playing
piano.”
Soon after Mark joined
Sunday nights in Oshkosh are traditionally a quiet
night in the bars, except for Peabody’s where you can
find pianist Mark Martin and his band the Jazz Orgy
performing to packed.
The bars in Oshkosh are traditionally quiet on Sunday
nights, except for Peabody’s, where one can hundreds
of people listening to Mark Martin jam with his band
the Jazz Orgy.
find pianist Mark Martin jamming with his band the
Jazz Orgy.
Martin, who has been playing piano for his whole life,
said that he was sitting at Peabody’s one Sunday when
he and his friend had an idea.
“We decided
“I had a chance to emme
“There were about three months where I didn’t see the
sun because I worked in a windowless cubicle ,” Martin
said. “When you go that long without sunlight you go
crazy.”
Martin has been playing
Martin was born on June 11, 1975 in West Bend, Wis. He
was the second youngest of seven children.
Martin, the pianist for the popular jazz trio The Jazz
Orgy has been rocking Oshkosh with his blend of spark c
stuff
I can't copy and paste with what I have in word onto the blogger for some reason. At least I can't on the computer that I am using right now so I am going to do it in class.
-laura
-laura
Al Ackerman profile
Regardless of the sport, regardless of the time the presence of Director of Athletics Allen Ackerman at sporting events at UW-Oshkosh is constant.
Dressed in khaki’s (usually tan), black scuffed loafers and a pullover with the Titan logo embroidered on the chest, fans, parents and athletes can expect to see Ackerman at Titan home games.
Born the son of Sue and Ken in Bel Air, Ohio on January 10, 1954; Ackerman’s love for athletics could be seen early. While in high school in Athens, Ohio Ackerman excelled in track and field and football.
Following high school Ackerman attended the Ohio University on a partial football scholarship. During his stay at Ohio, Ackerman lettered twice, once in both track and football while also graduating with a degree in physical education.
After receiving his undergraduate degree in physical education from Ohio, Ackerman taught for a year and a half at a high school before returned to Ohio to work on his masters and as a graduate assistant football coach.
Prior to accepting the position at UWO, Ackerman was athletic director at Elmhurst College in Illinois for 14 year. Ackerman also spent some time coaching track and football at Elmhurst.
During Ackerman’s 14 year stay at UWO the athletic department has seen enormous success in the development of its sports teams.
Ackerman’s tenure at UWO has yielded 13 Division III national championship teams.
This success has resulted in the development of a new way of thinking at UWO, being top notch on all ends of the spectrum. One end of the spectrum that has gotten a lot of attention from Ackerman is the upgrading of the facilities on UWO.
“I think that the thing that I am most proud of UWO is the start of the remodeling and reconstruction of the facilities at UWO,” said Ackerman.
In the summer of 2004 renovations to Titan Stadium began with the installation of a new field turf surface to be used for both high school and college soccer and football.
Renovation is slated to continue this spring with the installation of a new track surface surrounding the field.
Shortly after the Oshkosh Sports Complex project started, construction began on a new facility, Alumni Stadium, for the UWO baseball team.
Both projects are supported solely by fundraised dollars.
Dressed in khaki’s (usually tan), black scuffed loafers and a pullover with the Titan logo embroidered on the chest, fans, parents and athletes can expect to see Ackerman at Titan home games.
Born the son of Sue and Ken in Bel Air, Ohio on January 10, 1954; Ackerman’s love for athletics could be seen early. While in high school in Athens, Ohio Ackerman excelled in track and field and football.
Following high school Ackerman attended the Ohio University on a partial football scholarship. During his stay at Ohio, Ackerman lettered twice, once in both track and football while also graduating with a degree in physical education.
After receiving his undergraduate degree in physical education from Ohio, Ackerman taught for a year and a half at a high school before returned to Ohio to work on his masters and as a graduate assistant football coach.
Prior to accepting the position at UWO, Ackerman was athletic director at Elmhurst College in Illinois for 14 year. Ackerman also spent some time coaching track and football at Elmhurst.
During Ackerman’s 14 year stay at UWO the athletic department has seen enormous success in the development of its sports teams.
Ackerman’s tenure at UWO has yielded 13 Division III national championship teams.
This success has resulted in the development of a new way of thinking at UWO, being top notch on all ends of the spectrum. One end of the spectrum that has gotten a lot of attention from Ackerman is the upgrading of the facilities on UWO.
“I think that the thing that I am most proud of UWO is the start of the remodeling and reconstruction of the facilities at UWO,” said Ackerman.
In the summer of 2004 renovations to Titan Stadium began with the installation of a new field turf surface to be used for both high school and college soccer and football.
Renovation is slated to continue this spring with the installation of a new track surface surrounding the field.
Shortly after the Oshkosh Sports Complex project started, construction began on a new facility, Alumni Stadium, for the UWO baseball team.
Both projects are supported solely by fundraised dollars.
rough draft personality profile
Michael Zimmerman, dean of the College of Letters and Science and Biology professor, has had many works published, including books and columns.
When born, grew up.
Zimmerman attended the University of Chicago where he graduated in 1974 with an associate bachelor’s degree in Geography. He than attended the University of St. Louis where he received his P.H.D in Ecology.
In 1995 he published his book “Science, Non-Science and Non-sense: Approaching Environmental Literacy,” which helps the public make informed judgments on science.
Zimmerman has also been a newspaper columnist that specializes in scientific and environmental issues. His columns have appeared in many Op-Ed columns, including the Los Angeles Times Syndicate. He has also had book reviews published around the country.
Zimmerman is also past editor of the Newsletter of the Ohio Center for Science Education.
When did he move to Oshkosh?
Quotes from friends.
Zimmerman currently lives in Oshkosh and is divorced from his wife.
When born, grew up.
Zimmerman attended the University of Chicago where he graduated in 1974 with an associate bachelor’s degree in Geography. He than attended the University of St. Louis where he received his P.H.D in Ecology.
In 1995 he published his book “Science, Non-Science and Non-sense: Approaching Environmental Literacy,” which helps the public make informed judgments on science.
Zimmerman has also been a newspaper columnist that specializes in scientific and environmental issues. His columns have appeared in many Op-Ed columns, including the Los Angeles Times Syndicate. He has also had book reviews published around the country.
Zimmerman is also past editor of the Newsletter of the Ohio Center for Science Education.
When did he move to Oshkosh?
Quotes from friends.
Zimmerman currently lives in Oshkosh and is divorced from his wife.
personality profile
I have no info on Rebecca Katers and I don't have I enough for a rough draft.The only time I can meet with her is Wednesday, and that may be a little late. I may choose not to do this article.
B-info for Brian Bain
Brian Bain was one of the final six candidates in the common council race, but only bearly. He was 6/6 and occupied the final spot. Months later in the actual ellection, Bain was the second most popular candidate.
Bain graduated from Ball State with a degree in Student Admin., which he used to get into housing at Oshkosh for five years. Four of them with South Scott Hall and one of them with Clemans before getting married.
He married a CA from North Scott, Amanda Kowalld, then started working in the office of advising on UW-O's campus.
He became an assistant director in only a year before running for common council.
Quote sources: Amanda Bain, his campaign director and assistants, former employees and students he has advised.
Interview: Tuesday morning (darn my busy schedule)
Bain graduated from Ball State with a degree in Student Admin., which he used to get into housing at Oshkosh for five years. Four of them with South Scott Hall and one of them with Clemans before getting married.
He married a CA from North Scott, Amanda Kowalld, then started working in the office of advising on UW-O's campus.
He became an assistant director in only a year before running for common council.
Quote sources: Amanda Bain, his campaign director and assistants, former employees and students he has advised.
Interview: Tuesday morning (darn my busy schedule)
Sunday, April 24, 2005
personality profile
Darlene Buechel of Chilton has been known to whip out a purple pen and notebook from her purse in the middle of a church service to quickly jot down an idea. Though this behavior may be deemed strange by some standards, for Buechel and her family these random spurts of inspiration are a common occurance.
"The ideas come no matter what I’m doing whether it’s cutting the lawn, taking a walk or sleeping at 3 o’clock in the morning; I’ve got to stop what I’m doing and grab a pen," Buechel laughed.
Buechel has been writing for over 12 years and has had over 100 short stories and articles published. Recently, an article she wrote about growing up in Hilbert, Wisconsin with her brother and sister in the 1960's was published in the popular Reminisce magazine. Buechel was awarded $50 for her humorous story, entitled "Do Bee-Have" which will appear in the May/June 2005 issue of the magazine.
"Reminisce is a magazine in the adult market and it was a little harder for me to write for that age group," Buechel said. "Believe it or not it’s a lot easier to write using a child’s voice than an 80 year old!"
Among other short story publications in various children’s magazines, in 2004 Buechel won the First Place Prize of $50 for her juvenile short story, "The Return of the Real Granny" in the Jade Ring Contest of the Wisconsin Regional Writers Association, Inc. She received first place in the same category in 1999 and was presented with an engraved Jade ring for her accomplishments.
Buechel writes primarily for children and young adults and gears many of her stories for the 9-13 year old age group. "The Return of the Real Granny" follows the story of a girl struggling to cope with her grandmother’s onset of Alzheimer’s.
According to Buechel, the story was loosely based on her own experiences with family members who had the disease.
" I remember my kids being upset after seeing their Great-Grandpa put ketchup on Jell-O and wander around with his winter clothes on in the middle of summer," she said. "I just knew I had to write about what they were going through to help other kids understand that they’re not alone."
Buechel began writing for fun in the early 1990s and was first published in Turtle magazine in 1993, since then she has been published by various magazines and currently serves as a Field Editor for Country magazine.
Buechel admits that breaking into the writing field hasn’t been easy. A working mom with a teenage son and a 20-year old daughter, she has never had formal training as a writer and didn’t attend college.
"Many of the writers I know are college graduates, many are English majors and here I am - a mom working full time trying to compete," Buechel lamented.
Buechel often writes based on events in her life and posts them on the Heartwarmers website, a blog allowing writers to share ideas, poems, essays and stories over the internet. She tries to use humor in her writing and credits her success with patience and hard work.
While currently writing a novel for young adults, Buechel is actively involved in a couple of Round Robins for writers, in which authors share their stories with one another through the mail and receive suggestions and critiques. She plans to continue writing and hopes to maintain her level of success in the future.
"I plan to write until I’m 104 and my eyes won’t stay open and my hand is full of arthritis...and even then I’m sure I can type on a keyboard with my nose!" Darlene laughed.
"The ideas come no matter what I’m doing whether it’s cutting the lawn, taking a walk or sleeping at 3 o’clock in the morning; I’ve got to stop what I’m doing and grab a pen," Buechel laughed.
Buechel has been writing for over 12 years and has had over 100 short stories and articles published. Recently, an article she wrote about growing up in Hilbert, Wisconsin with her brother and sister in the 1960's was published in the popular Reminisce magazine. Buechel was awarded $50 for her humorous story, entitled "Do Bee-Have" which will appear in the May/June 2005 issue of the magazine.
"Reminisce is a magazine in the adult market and it was a little harder for me to write for that age group," Buechel said. "Believe it or not it’s a lot easier to write using a child’s voice than an 80 year old!"
Among other short story publications in various children’s magazines, in 2004 Buechel won the First Place Prize of $50 for her juvenile short story, "The Return of the Real Granny" in the Jade Ring Contest of the Wisconsin Regional Writers Association, Inc. She received first place in the same category in 1999 and was presented with an engraved Jade ring for her accomplishments.
Buechel writes primarily for children and young adults and gears many of her stories for the 9-13 year old age group. "The Return of the Real Granny" follows the story of a girl struggling to cope with her grandmother’s onset of Alzheimer’s.
According to Buechel, the story was loosely based on her own experiences with family members who had the disease.
" I remember my kids being upset after seeing their Great-Grandpa put ketchup on Jell-O and wander around with his winter clothes on in the middle of summer," she said. "I just knew I had to write about what they were going through to help other kids understand that they’re not alone."
Buechel began writing for fun in the early 1990s and was first published in Turtle magazine in 1993, since then she has been published by various magazines and currently serves as a Field Editor for Country magazine.
Buechel admits that breaking into the writing field hasn’t been easy. A working mom with a teenage son and a 20-year old daughter, she has never had formal training as a writer and didn’t attend college.
"Many of the writers I know are college graduates, many are English majors and here I am - a mom working full time trying to compete," Buechel lamented.
Buechel often writes based on events in her life and posts them on the Heartwarmers website, a blog allowing writers to share ideas, poems, essays and stories over the internet. She tries to use humor in her writing and credits her success with patience and hard work.
While currently writing a novel for young adults, Buechel is actively involved in a couple of Round Robins for writers, in which authors share their stories with one another through the mail and receive suggestions and critiques. She plans to continue writing and hopes to maintain her level of success in the future.
"I plan to write until I’m 104 and my eyes won’t stay open and my hand is full of arthritis...and even then I’m sure I can type on a keyboard with my nose!" Darlene laughed.
personality assignment-rough draft
Hate him or love him, he got the job and is getting it done.
Supervising volleyball camps during the summer, running long and excruciating practices, organizing pre- and post-season workout plans for the team and making his players give up their Sundays for five months for early morning fundraisers, Brian (Lumpy) Schaefer does it all for the teams that he coaches. With the recent change from an assistant coach making just over $15,500 a year under Marty Petersen to taking over as head coach of the women’s program, the 6'0", blue eyed, soft-spoken coach has set out to follow in Petersen’s footsteps. Petersen’s official retirement as head coach on Sept. 25 of 2004, left Schaefer and his assistant Jason Wheelock in complete control of an outstanding volleyball program. Schaefer was officially announced as the women’s head coach in March 2005.
“As being a freshman who plays on varsity under his coaching here, I got the sense that Lumpy has a good head on his shoulders,” said Aaron Wayne. “I don’t really know much of what he has done with teams in the past but he has done a lot for our team this year and has made several sacrifices which we all appreciate.”
“I’ve always hated preseason practices,” said Tim Weis. “Lumpy always made us run all the time, swim laps even when we didn’t want to and workout in the weight room three days a week. Some of that stuff is hard to do if you have to work to be able to stay in school.”
Schaefer was born in a two-parent household in Kaukauna, Wis. in 1971. Both of his parents worked hard to give him and his older sister an opportunity He grew up with only one sibling at home. While attending high school in Kaukauna from 1987-90, he received “B” average grades throughout his time there. To pass the time, he worked at Country Kitchen as a waiter and officiated volleyball at a local recreation center which paid for his well-rounded wardrobe, fancy hair cuts and dinner with girlfriends that he had.
Schaefer, who now lives in a quite neighborhood in the downtown Oshkosh area, got his nickname “Lumpy” his freshman year of college at UW-Oshkosh in 1992.
“My first year here, I tried out for the men’s team and the coaches had so many people trying out that year that they couldn’t remember everyone’s name so they gave us all nicknames,” said Schaefer. “They called me Lumpy because they thought that reminded them of the guy from the “Leave it to Beaver” show called Lumpy who was Beaver's friend.”
“I always thought that people called him Lumpy because he was just out of shape or slow on the court,” said former player Amanda Delgadillo.
Schaefer finished undergraduate school at UW-Oshkosh with a degree in social work. He took over the men’s volleyball program in 1996 as a graduate student in educational leadership at UW-Oshkosh as the head coach and team president from former player and head coach Jim Boos. Ever since then, he has been hard at work to attract great players to come to Oshkosh to play for him. There have been several great players who have amounted to All-American status under his coaching in the years he has been at UW-Oshkosh, some being Matt Lewin, Andrew Sederberg, Joe Daniels, Amanda Delgadillo, Christina Southerland, Jeff Thomas and more.
“I enjoyed coaching all of these players,” said Schaefer. “They all had a unique ability about them that enabled them to achieve that All-American level and help their team to win those big matches when they needed to.”
On the court, Schaefer's negative comments sometimes outweighs his awareness of the effect they have on his players' performances.
"A lot of the stuff that Lumpy says on the bench is negative and never really helps us play better," said senior setter Andrew Sederberg.
Off the court Schaefer is mellow, outgoing and easy-going as the next person.
Supervising volleyball camps during the summer, running long and excruciating practices, organizing pre- and post-season workout plans for the team and making his players give up their Sundays for five months for early morning fundraisers, Brian (Lumpy) Schaefer does it all for the teams that he coaches. With the recent change from an assistant coach making just over $15,500 a year under Marty Petersen to taking over as head coach of the women’s program, the 6'0", blue eyed, soft-spoken coach has set out to follow in Petersen’s footsteps. Petersen’s official retirement as head coach on Sept. 25 of 2004, left Schaefer and his assistant Jason Wheelock in complete control of an outstanding volleyball program. Schaefer was officially announced as the women’s head coach in March 2005.
“As being a freshman who plays on varsity under his coaching here, I got the sense that Lumpy has a good head on his shoulders,” said Aaron Wayne. “I don’t really know much of what he has done with teams in the past but he has done a lot for our team this year and has made several sacrifices which we all appreciate.”
“I’ve always hated preseason practices,” said Tim Weis. “Lumpy always made us run all the time, swim laps even when we didn’t want to and workout in the weight room three days a week. Some of that stuff is hard to do if you have to work to be able to stay in school.”
Schaefer was born in a two-parent household in Kaukauna, Wis. in 1971. Both of his parents worked hard to give him and his older sister an opportunity He grew up with only one sibling at home. While attending high school in Kaukauna from 1987-90, he received “B” average grades throughout his time there. To pass the time, he worked at Country Kitchen as a waiter and officiated volleyball at a local recreation center which paid for his well-rounded wardrobe, fancy hair cuts and dinner with girlfriends that he had.
Schaefer, who now lives in a quite neighborhood in the downtown Oshkosh area, got his nickname “Lumpy” his freshman year of college at UW-Oshkosh in 1992.
“My first year here, I tried out for the men’s team and the coaches had so many people trying out that year that they couldn’t remember everyone’s name so they gave us all nicknames,” said Schaefer. “They called me Lumpy because they thought that reminded them of the guy from the “Leave it to Beaver” show called Lumpy who was Beaver's friend.”
“I always thought that people called him Lumpy because he was just out of shape or slow on the court,” said former player Amanda Delgadillo.
Schaefer finished undergraduate school at UW-Oshkosh with a degree in social work. He took over the men’s volleyball program in 1996 as a graduate student in educational leadership at UW-Oshkosh as the head coach and team president from former player and head coach Jim Boos. Ever since then, he has been hard at work to attract great players to come to Oshkosh to play for him. There have been several great players who have amounted to All-American status under his coaching in the years he has been at UW-Oshkosh, some being Matt Lewin, Andrew Sederberg, Joe Daniels, Amanda Delgadillo, Christina Southerland, Jeff Thomas and more.
“I enjoyed coaching all of these players,” said Schaefer. “They all had a unique ability about them that enabled them to achieve that All-American level and help their team to win those big matches when they needed to.”
On the court, Schaefer's negative comments sometimes outweighs his awareness of the effect they have on his players' performances.
"A lot of the stuff that Lumpy says on the bench is negative and never really helps us play better," said senior setter Andrew Sederberg.
Off the court Schaefer is mellow, outgoing and easy-going as the next person.
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Anecdote Assign
John Sagehorn, 22, sat cross-legged in jean shorts and white dress shirt while he recanted old stories about friends and family, but mostly his father.
“My dad is horrible at life lessons,” Sagehorn said while using his fingers to emphasize the “life lessons.”
The six foot tall UW Oshkosh senior nonchalantly corrected his thickened black retro-styled eye glass frames with his right hand and scratching his lightly tanned skin and scruffy face.
His father ignored the usual practice for teaching his children how to drive. John was the first of three children to be taught.
Sagehorn made somatic gestures with his thin hands. One hand held hi RCA remote and the other waved in the air, accentuating his anecdote.
“He’d tell my brother and sister that they didn’t need to look both ways when making turns or that they had to wear seatbelts,” shaking his head in remembrance.
To regulate the car’s speed he’d tell me not to break when going down hill that ended in going up a hill again. I thought it dumb advice as usually and never thought twice about it, until I was driving down a hill.
“That experience with my dad got me thinking about where else this lesson could be applied, academically. When starting a new semester -- going down hill – you cannot brake because your work will buildup and you’ll find yourself from then on in an uphill battle for the remaining semester,” Sagehorn verbal pondered.
This one time he actually gave me some good advice,” his eyebrow jumping up in modest excitement, “well, that and to stay away from farm machinery.”
“My dad is horrible at life lessons,” Sagehorn said while using his fingers to emphasize the “life lessons.”
The six foot tall UW Oshkosh senior nonchalantly corrected his thickened black retro-styled eye glass frames with his right hand and scratching his lightly tanned skin and scruffy face.
His father ignored the usual practice for teaching his children how to drive. John was the first of three children to be taught.
Sagehorn made somatic gestures with his thin hands. One hand held hi RCA remote and the other waved in the air, accentuating his anecdote.
“He’d tell my brother and sister that they didn’t need to look both ways when making turns or that they had to wear seatbelts,” shaking his head in remembrance.
To regulate the car’s speed he’d tell me not to break when going down hill that ended in going up a hill again. I thought it dumb advice as usually and never thought twice about it, until I was driving down a hill.
“That experience with my dad got me thinking about where else this lesson could be applied, academically. When starting a new semester -- going down hill – you cannot brake because your work will buildup and you’ll find yourself from then on in an uphill battle for the remaining semester,” Sagehorn verbal pondered.
This one time he actually gave me some good advice,” his eyebrow jumping up in modest excitement, “well, that and to stay away from farm machinery.”
Best worst nursing professor
Hawk says the biggest difference between her best and worst professor is the best professor listens to her and her classmates.
Brent MacWilliams after every clinical has a group discussion where they discuss what was done well and what can be improved upon. This makes MacWilliams Hawks favorite professor.
“He teaches what you’re actually going to do in practice,” Hawk said. “He listens to us and gives good feed back.”
Tammy Chapin a first year professor at UW-Oshkosh professor doesn’t listen and isn’t professional in the classroom, Hawk said. Hawk is her worst professor describes Chapin.
“She doesn’t know how to teach,” Hawk said. “Nursing professors are not taught how to teach.”
Hawk has Chapin for Pharmacology a class were Nursing students learn about drugs and their uses, actions and classifications.
Hawk complains that Chapin teaches about the diseases and not the drug.
Hawk stands at about 5 and a half feet tall has blue eyes, dirty blonde hair and spoke with a soft voice.
Interview
Mike Sohasky
Miles Maguire
Setting forth on foot searching for a candidate to interview in attempt to find some real “beef” on real people I found myself bored while walking through Reeve Union.
My highly anticipated interview may be nothing more than interviewing a tanned-up, muscle-bound frat boy on his environmental standpoint. I am sure he would have had something good to say.
As soon as I gave in and lost all hope I found my muse. Sitting cross-legged and looking very astute at small round table I saw Tony Palmeri.
Palmeri associate professor at the University of Oshkosh, local media critic and once candidate for 54th Assembly District Seat for the Green Party was scoping out the crowd of students lined up to get haircuts by struggling young beauticians.
I didn’t approach Palmeri directly. I wandered around circling the area trying to gather n my head some sort of question to ask a man who has wrote and published more articles on environmental politics and our governor who is known as “Toxic Jim” than I have collected baseball cards in the years 1987-1992.
What was I going to say to Palmeri, a sometimes out-spoken political activist who would eat whatever I said for breakfast?
I hit him the question, “what was the funniest thing that had ever happened to you?”
Palmeri sat there thinking and trying to come up with a good story that would blow my socks off. Well at least that is what I thought. I thought he would tell me about a story how he and Ralph Nader shared joint and went Allman Brothers reunion only to run into two conservatives, who they later got in a bar fight with.
However, nothing like that would come out of Palmeri’s mouth. He told me some story about how on his wedding day he and the rest of his family were supposed to go to his house to take pictures with his dog name “Pugsly”. He continued this boring story, while I gave a couple of fake laughs and asked a few dumb questions, just enough for him to finish this horrid story.
He ended his story by telling me his parents had dead-bolted his house and the dog was locked inside and the whole wedding party was locked out of the house. “The dog was going crazy,” Palmeri said with a laugh. I was laughing too. Not for the same reason.
I had my story and a bright idea hit me. I was going to interview someone else. I needed some contrast from this horrifically sad interview. So, I interviewed a student who was working in the visitor center of the union.
The girl who goes by the name Kim Zellermeyer accepted to speak with me and answer my question, “What was the funniest thing that has ever happened to you?”
She told me a hilarious story about when she was camping in the Superior National Forest and had to take a leak, but was too tired and lazy to leave her tent. I had no idea where this was going. Finally, she left the tent and wandered out in the wilderness to due her duty. However, she heard someone following her and yelled for them to stay away. But the noise kept following her. She was angry that someone would be so rude to not let her urinate in peace.
Zellermeyer angry grew because she had he pants down to her ankles and didn’t appreciate the company. She heard the sound right behind her and turned around only to see a moose towering over her.
She freaked out and ran off into the trees with her pants down to her ankles screaming for help. She ran for 20 minutes until she was positive the moose was not behind her.
Good thing for Zellemeyer she got away, late August is the prime time for mating season for male bulls.
Now there is a difference in stories. Exactly what I wanted. This lead me to the conclusion that even the most hard core liberals can’t compete with the youth of America. Palmeri has something to learn about telling stories. He better be equipped next time he is asked that question otherwise he will lose his sense of credibility in the eyes of the young men and women who look to him for Green Party representation.
Long live the wild stories our Americas’ teens.
Miles Maguire
Setting forth on foot searching for a candidate to interview in attempt to find some real “beef” on real people I found myself bored while walking through Reeve Union.
My highly anticipated interview may be nothing more than interviewing a tanned-up, muscle-bound frat boy on his environmental standpoint. I am sure he would have had something good to say.
As soon as I gave in and lost all hope I found my muse. Sitting cross-legged and looking very astute at small round table I saw Tony Palmeri.
Palmeri associate professor at the University of Oshkosh, local media critic and once candidate for 54th Assembly District Seat for the Green Party was scoping out the crowd of students lined up to get haircuts by struggling young beauticians.
I didn’t approach Palmeri directly. I wandered around circling the area trying to gather n my head some sort of question to ask a man who has wrote and published more articles on environmental politics and our governor who is known as “Toxic Jim” than I have collected baseball cards in the years 1987-1992.
What was I going to say to Palmeri, a sometimes out-spoken political activist who would eat whatever I said for breakfast?
I hit him the question, “what was the funniest thing that had ever happened to you?”
Palmeri sat there thinking and trying to come up with a good story that would blow my socks off. Well at least that is what I thought. I thought he would tell me about a story how he and Ralph Nader shared joint and went Allman Brothers reunion only to run into two conservatives, who they later got in a bar fight with.
However, nothing like that would come out of Palmeri’s mouth. He told me some story about how on his wedding day he and the rest of his family were supposed to go to his house to take pictures with his dog name “Pugsly”. He continued this boring story, while I gave a couple of fake laughs and asked a few dumb questions, just enough for him to finish this horrid story.
He ended his story by telling me his parents had dead-bolted his house and the dog was locked inside and the whole wedding party was locked out of the house. “The dog was going crazy,” Palmeri said with a laugh. I was laughing too. Not for the same reason.
I had my story and a bright idea hit me. I was going to interview someone else. I needed some contrast from this horrifically sad interview. So, I interviewed a student who was working in the visitor center of the union.
The girl who goes by the name Kim Zellermeyer accepted to speak with me and answer my question, “What was the funniest thing that has ever happened to you?”
She told me a hilarious story about when she was camping in the Superior National Forest and had to take a leak, but was too tired and lazy to leave her tent. I had no idea where this was going. Finally, she left the tent and wandered out in the wilderness to due her duty. However, she heard someone following her and yelled for them to stay away. But the noise kept following her. She was angry that someone would be so rude to not let her urinate in peace.
Zellermeyer angry grew because she had he pants down to her ankles and didn’t appreciate the company. She heard the sound right behind her and turned around only to see a moose towering over her.
She freaked out and ran off into the trees with her pants down to her ankles screaming for help. She ran for 20 minutes until she was positive the moose was not behind her.
Good thing for Zellemeyer she got away, late August is the prime time for mating season for male bulls.
Now there is a difference in stories. Exactly what I wanted. This lead me to the conclusion that even the most hard core liberals can’t compete with the youth of America. Palmeri has something to learn about telling stories. He better be equipped next time he is asked that question otherwise he will lose his sense of credibility in the eyes of the young men and women who look to him for Green Party representation.
Long live the wild stories our Americas’ teens.
anecdote
Sitting calmly at his computer in his room in Breese Hall, Eric Strelitzer (name purely coincidental) explained what a professor had said to him at a recent banquet.
With a neatly trimmed reddish beard and multiple jackets hanging on the back of his chair, he rocked and surfed the web while he told his tale, looking up sporadically.
There had been a film festival the night before the banquet he attended. Upon the festival's ending, its winners received comments from the judges. One of Strelitzer's professors was a judge and he noticed that she did not put any comments about his film.
At the banquet the following day, Strelitzer said with a laugh that he asked her why she didn't write any comments.
"You got those back?" she had questioned and suddenly became upset and anxious. Apparently she did not know participants would be receiving the scoring sheets and wrote some "pretty harsh things."
Strelitzer said he had told her "It's not that big of a deal," yet she was agitated, mentioned she needed a drink and rushed over to a participant who was there to whom she had given harsh comments.
With a neatly trimmed reddish beard and multiple jackets hanging on the back of his chair, he rocked and surfed the web while he told his tale, looking up sporadically.
There had been a film festival the night before the banquet he attended. Upon the festival's ending, its winners received comments from the judges. One of Strelitzer's professors was a judge and he noticed that she did not put any comments about his film.
At the banquet the following day, Strelitzer said with a laugh that he asked her why she didn't write any comments.
"You got those back?" she had questioned and suddenly became upset and anxious. Apparently she did not know participants would be receiving the scoring sheets and wrote some "pretty harsh things."
Strelitzer said he had told her "It's not that big of a deal," yet she was agitated, mentioned she needed a drink and rushed over to a participant who was there to whom she had given harsh comments.
Anecdote
If there's one thing a pizza delivery guy hates, it's getting stiffed or scammed by customers.
Andy Colemon, a lanky, Garth look alike from "Wayne's World," is a pizza delivery guy for Dominos in Plymoth. He explained that it gets to you every once in a while when people try to scam you.
He said that he use to let managers take care of the complaints, but now that he's assistant manager, he has to deal with them.
"I usually give them whatever they want," Coleman said.
As he sat on his couch wearing a t-shirt and wind pants, he got into a story about a lady who called and complained that her pizzas didn't have enough sauce and that the pizza tasted like a "cracker with sauces." He handled the situation by giving her the option of getting three free pizzas, later that night or by mailing her a postcard for three new ones. When the lady insisted on having them that night, he told her it would take 30 to 45 minutes. But, because the lady got on his nerve, he waited to send them until all of his stuff was done. Needless to say the pizza didn't get there for an hour and a half.
Andy Colemon, a lanky, Garth look alike from "Wayne's World," is a pizza delivery guy for Dominos in Plymoth. He explained that it gets to you every once in a while when people try to scam you.
He said that he use to let managers take care of the complaints, but now that he's assistant manager, he has to deal with them.
"I usually give them whatever they want," Coleman said.
As he sat on his couch wearing a t-shirt and wind pants, he got into a story about a lady who called and complained that her pizzas didn't have enough sauce and that the pizza tasted like a "cracker with sauces." He handled the situation by giving her the option of getting three free pizzas, later that night or by mailing her a postcard for three new ones. When the lady insisted on having them that night, he told her it would take 30 to 45 minutes. But, because the lady got on his nerve, he waited to send them until all of his stuff was done. Needless to say the pizza didn't get there for an hour and a half.
Granny-Panties and Other Embarrassments of M. J. Lynn
For many people, college is a time of social awkwardness, which often leads to embarrassing moments that last a lifetime.
M. J. Lynn is one such person.
As a junior at the University of Wisconsin- Oshkosh, Lynn has had three years worth of embarrassing moments, which most people cringe at. Though one would not think it by looking at her athletic figure, Lynn is a bit of a klutz.
Last week she was walking outside and ran into a tree, making her fall on her butt. “When I walk I read, because, ya know, I get bored” said Lynn. Lucky for her, only one person was around and he didn’t see her.
Last semester Lynn was producing a television show as part of Titan TV 66, called Reel TV. “We were doing this spontaneous behind the scenes look at the show, but it was scripted,” said Lynn. “Since I was co-producing I had to act and I completely botched and forgot my lines.” According to everyone involved, including her co-producer, she screwed the entire show up.
Of course not all of her embarrassing incidents was her fault. During her first semester in school she was the victim of a prank, which she considers her most embarrassing moment. “I was walking down the hallway in my dorm,” Lynn began. “Out of no where, Nick comes up and pulled down my pants.” According to Lynn there were quite a few people in the hallway at the time and they all got a good laugh out of it. “The worst part,” Lynn said, “was that it was laundry day and I was wearing my “granny-panties. I just wanted to jump under my covers and hide forever.”
Though radiantly beautiful, sporting a relaxed demeanor and a snappy dresser, Lynn has had her share of embarrassment that she feels she will never live down. It is important to note that we all feel like this at one point or another; even though we might feel like we are the only ones who have ever had out hideous laundry-day-undergarments exposed to the world. Just remember, there are a lot of people with “granny-panties” out there and in ten years, no one is going to remember you for that single fleeting moment, in the middle of your dorm hallway.
M. J. Lynn is one such person.
As a junior at the University of Wisconsin- Oshkosh, Lynn has had three years worth of embarrassing moments, which most people cringe at. Though one would not think it by looking at her athletic figure, Lynn is a bit of a klutz.
Last week she was walking outside and ran into a tree, making her fall on her butt. “When I walk I read, because, ya know, I get bored” said Lynn. Lucky for her, only one person was around and he didn’t see her.
Last semester Lynn was producing a television show as part of Titan TV 66, called Reel TV. “We were doing this spontaneous behind the scenes look at the show, but it was scripted,” said Lynn. “Since I was co-producing I had to act and I completely botched and forgot my lines.” According to everyone involved, including her co-producer, she screwed the entire show up.
Of course not all of her embarrassing incidents was her fault. During her first semester in school she was the victim of a prank, which she considers her most embarrassing moment. “I was walking down the hallway in my dorm,” Lynn began. “Out of no where, Nick comes up and pulled down my pants.” According to Lynn there were quite a few people in the hallway at the time and they all got a good laugh out of it. “The worst part,” Lynn said, “was that it was laundry day and I was wearing my “granny-panties. I just wanted to jump under my covers and hide forever.”
Though radiantly beautiful, sporting a relaxed demeanor and a snappy dresser, Lynn has had her share of embarrassment that she feels she will never live down. It is important to note that we all feel like this at one point or another; even though we might feel like we are the only ones who have ever had out hideous laundry-day-undergarments exposed to the world. Just remember, there are a lot of people with “granny-panties” out there and in ten years, no one is going to remember you for that single fleeting moment, in the middle of your dorm hallway.
Anecdotal report
The typical blonde you might say. 5' 6", long blonde hair, pearly white teeth, deep blue eyes and an amazing outfit to compliment it all. Her name, Kim Wayne and this is what she told me:
When Kim was a senior in high school at Catholic Memorial High School, she and her lilttle seven-year-old brother were involved in a highly aggressive game of hide-seek and tag. When the game started on that cold night on New Years Day in her three-story, four bedroom home, her hyperactive little brother cornered her between the kitchen table and some chairs.
"Tag.......you're it," he said. After chasing him back and forth around the house for what seemed like days, Kim finally caught up with the 5'3" rascal in the basement and pinned him down.
"Tag......, now you're it," Kim yelled. The two chased each other for a while until Kim unexpectedly took a drastic spill in the living room as she took a righthand turn too fast and ended up breaking her foot in two separate places.
The next week school started again and Kim was supposed have her foot in a "L" shaped cast but she decided she didn't want to wear it because she wouldn't have been able to wear her boots as a pair that she had just gotten for Christmas to school to show her friends.
She ended up wearing the cast against her will and her foot recovered as expected.
When Kim was a senior in high school at Catholic Memorial High School, she and her lilttle seven-year-old brother were involved in a highly aggressive game of hide-seek and tag. When the game started on that cold night on New Years Day in her three-story, four bedroom home, her hyperactive little brother cornered her between the kitchen table and some chairs.
"Tag.......you're it," he said. After chasing him back and forth around the house for what seemed like days, Kim finally caught up with the 5'3" rascal in the basement and pinned him down.
"Tag......, now you're it," Kim yelled. The two chased each other for a while until Kim unexpectedly took a drastic spill in the living room as she took a righthand turn too fast and ended up breaking her foot in two separate places.
The next week school started again and Kim was supposed have her foot in a "L" shaped cast but she decided she didn't want to wear it because she wouldn't have been able to wear her boots as a pair that she had just gotten for Christmas to school to show her friends.
She ended up wearing the cast against her will and her foot recovered as expected.
Anecdote-Interview
Mark Breckheimer adjusted his Les Stumpf Ford employee name tag and smoothed his black hair as he and his coworker Aaron walked into the office just in time to catch the tail end of their bosses’ telephone conversation.
"I don’t give a damn what you have to do...just get it done!" Chuck Thompson, the easily provoked Rental Manger slammed the phone into the cradle and glared at his employees.
Mark and Aaron anxiously waited for the verbal lashing they knew was coming. Chuck ran his fingers through his gray hair, cracked his knuckles and motioned the two men forward. Mark, usually more comfortable cracking jokes than carrying on a conversation, nervously shuffled his feet on the plush carpet and shoved his hands deep into the pockets of his blue work pants while Aaron arrogantly lounged on the arm of a leather chair.
"Well guys," Chuck began in a stern voice that made Mark cringe and avert his eyes, "we just received some news from the Vice President of the company."
Mark raised his eyes and pulled his hands from his pockets in protest, ready to explain away whatever mistake he was accused of making. He noticed a smirk playing at the corner of Aaron’s mouth and confused, looked to Chuck for an explanation.
"Well..." Chuck started, meeting Mark’s stare. "Congratulations guys...we all received a raise for this quarter!"
Aaron and Chuck clapped Mark on the back and began laughing hysterically.
"Man, we got you so good!" Aaron laughed, happy to have finally tricked the "ultimate prankster."
"I don’t give a damn what you have to do...just get it done!" Chuck Thompson, the easily provoked Rental Manger slammed the phone into the cradle and glared at his employees.
Mark and Aaron anxiously waited for the verbal lashing they knew was coming. Chuck ran his fingers through his gray hair, cracked his knuckles and motioned the two men forward. Mark, usually more comfortable cracking jokes than carrying on a conversation, nervously shuffled his feet on the plush carpet and shoved his hands deep into the pockets of his blue work pants while Aaron arrogantly lounged on the arm of a leather chair.
"Well guys," Chuck began in a stern voice that made Mark cringe and avert his eyes, "we just received some news from the Vice President of the company."
Mark raised his eyes and pulled his hands from his pockets in protest, ready to explain away whatever mistake he was accused of making. He noticed a smirk playing at the corner of Aaron’s mouth and confused, looked to Chuck for an explanation.
"Well..." Chuck started, meeting Mark’s stare. "Congratulations guys...we all received a raise for this quarter!"
Aaron and Chuck clapped Mark on the back and began laughing hysterically.
"Man, we got you so good!" Aaron laughed, happy to have finally tricked the "ultimate prankster."
anecdote assignment
Lindsay and I went to Fletcher and spoke with some guys. I asked if they had any funny stories. A sophomore with a blue sweatshirt and blue striped cap on was playing around on the computer. Another sophomore boy was lying on his bed doing some homework and was constantly chewing on a pen. The guy with the hat told us that there is this guy named Dave in their dorm who does not really drink a lot, but when he does he ends up passing out and “rolfing.” Dave went out drinking and came home. He went up on his loft and passed out. During the night he rolled off his loft and fell on the coffee table that is placed under his loft. The guys we talked to took pictures of him and tried to post them on collegehumor.com. Another funny story they had to tell was when someone in their dorm tied a kid’s door to the fire alarm so it would go off when he opened the door. It did not work though, because the string broke.
anecdote
Sarah and I went to Fletcher Residence Hall. We walked onto the first floor and didn't have any luck in finding our stories. We went up to second floor and got lost trying to get back outside. A young male dressed in a red t-shirt and jeans with a white and red baseball cap asked us if knew where we were going after we walked around the hallway, bumping into a corner. We told him that we just wanted to leave and as he told us how to get out, we started asking him questions. He then took us into his friend's room.
Two other males were in the room. I asked one of them what their funniest drunken moment was. The male, about age 20 with brown hair, brown eyes and an olive complection, said that he had many. He stopped doing his math homework and leaned against his two blue pillows sitting against the wall. He had on a plain gray sweatshirt and jeans with a black belt. He was not wearing socks and he was biting on a blue pen.
The male said that, although he does not remember, his neighbors across the hall have said that on two different occasions he has walked into their room after an evening of drinking, pulled down his pants and "pretended" to urinate. He said that he does not remember either of these instances and that he probably just did it for "shits and giggles." His neighbors just tell him to get out and escort him back to his room.
Two other males were in the room. I asked one of them what their funniest drunken moment was. The male, about age 20 with brown hair, brown eyes and an olive complection, said that he had many. He stopped doing his math homework and leaned against his two blue pillows sitting against the wall. He had on a plain gray sweatshirt and jeans with a black belt. He was not wearing socks and he was biting on a blue pen.
The male said that, although he does not remember, his neighbors across the hall have said that on two different occasions he has walked into their room after an evening of drinking, pulled down his pants and "pretended" to urinate. He said that he does not remember either of these instances and that he probably just did it for "shits and giggles." His neighbors just tell him to get out and escort him back to his room.
Profile
Physical Description
Dress: Dirty white Vans with light blue trim, Dark Stonewashed jeans, Light blue t-shirt with dark blue ringer neck Ecko T-Shirt with white t shirt under it.
Hair: brownish hair with lighter reddish highlights( natural red)
Other: small diamond studded earrings with light makeup on her face
description: very intentive to conversation, inflexion in the voice shows her emotion, smile is common throughout the conversation
Anecedote
The girl that I interviewed spoke about her realization that she may be bi sexual for the first time in her life.
"I felf OK after watching the KIngs. It is not that it turned me. I just made me realize adn think a lot about things."
Dress: Dirty white Vans with light blue trim, Dark Stonewashed jeans, Light blue t-shirt with dark blue ringer neck Ecko T-Shirt with white t shirt under it.
Hair: brownish hair with lighter reddish highlights( natural red)
Other: small diamond studded earrings with light makeup on her face
description: very intentive to conversation, inflexion in the voice shows her emotion, smile is common throughout the conversation
Anecedote
The girl that I interviewed spoke about her realization that she may be bi sexual for the first time in her life.
"I felf OK after watching the KIngs. It is not that it turned me. I just made me realize adn think a lot about things."
profile example
“The boys were halfway across a snowfield when the German airplane appeared. Their rifles, clumsily camouflaged, were sticking out of their backpacks.
They stood frozen as the plane buzzed in tighter and tighter circles around them, wondering if they should run for the only possible shelter, a large boulder in the middle of the field.
It might finally have been curtains for the Kavli boys, Fred and Aslak.
"If we'd run, we would have been done for," Fred Kavli, 77, recalled recently, his head thrown back as he communed with memories of an adventurous youth in wartime Norway. "That was very dangerous, yah," he said, recalling expeditions to steal fuel oil from the Germans.
Mr. Kavli survived his boyhood, much to the retroactive relief of scientists worldwide.”
This is a multi-paragraphed lead and a combination of a couple of the categories discussed in class. It combines the “individual in a dramatic moment” from history with a quote and then connects it to the present by saying that Fred Kavli will affect the scientific community.
The main point, even though it’s a fairly long and diverse article, is that Kavli is a retired engineer and businessman who is now a philanthropist and intends on setting up his own version of the Nobel Prize.
There really isn’t one thing that could be called the nut graph, but this comes close I suppose:
“A year ago, Mr. Kavli stood up in front of a group of the nation's scientific elite at a dinner at the Carlyle Hotel in New York and announced that he was in the process of spending $75 million to endow 10 scientific research institutes, all bearing his name, at colleges around the country and the world.”
The article makes good use of scenes and dialogue.
The article talks of photos lining a hallway in the guest wing of his house. It reads:
"Here he is on a motorcycle trip with his brother, lounging with a pair of young women.
Asked about the women, Mr. Kavli smiled shyly, the points of his cheeks flushing red. "Those are some girls," he said." It's a nice use of dialogue that helps you picture what the man is like.
His physical sense is described in words such as "reserved demeanor," and sets a scene where he's silent, sitting in a chair and thinking of the future. Specifically, the article never really describes his physical attributes, but his mannerisms it seems are fairly well represented by the writer.
They stood frozen as the plane buzzed in tighter and tighter circles around them, wondering if they should run for the only possible shelter, a large boulder in the middle of the field.
It might finally have been curtains for the Kavli boys, Fred and Aslak.
"If we'd run, we would have been done for," Fred Kavli, 77, recalled recently, his head thrown back as he communed with memories of an adventurous youth in wartime Norway. "That was very dangerous, yah," he said, recalling expeditions to steal fuel oil from the Germans.
Mr. Kavli survived his boyhood, much to the retroactive relief of scientists worldwide.”
This is a multi-paragraphed lead and a combination of a couple of the categories discussed in class. It combines the “individual in a dramatic moment” from history with a quote and then connects it to the present by saying that Fred Kavli will affect the scientific community.
The main point, even though it’s a fairly long and diverse article, is that Kavli is a retired engineer and businessman who is now a philanthropist and intends on setting up his own version of the Nobel Prize.
There really isn’t one thing that could be called the nut graph, but this comes close I suppose:
“A year ago, Mr. Kavli stood up in front of a group of the nation's scientific elite at a dinner at the Carlyle Hotel in New York and announced that he was in the process of spending $75 million to endow 10 scientific research institutes, all bearing his name, at colleges around the country and the world.”
The article makes good use of scenes and dialogue.
The article talks of photos lining a hallway in the guest wing of his house. It reads:
"Here he is on a motorcycle trip with his brother, lounging with a pair of young women.
Asked about the women, Mr. Kavli smiled shyly, the points of his cheeks flushing red. "Those are some girls," he said." It's a nice use of dialogue that helps you picture what the man is like.
His physical sense is described in words such as "reserved demeanor," and sets a scene where he's silent, sitting in a chair and thinking of the future. Specifically, the article never really describes his physical attributes, but his mannerisms it seems are fairly well represented by the writer.
Rafael Nadal
Lead:
It would have been entirely logical if Rafael Nadal had grown up to be a precocious soccer star. As a child, he was a promising striker, and soccer remains the sport of the masses in Spain and on Nadal's home island of Majorca.
He also had an excellent role model in the family, his uncle Miguel Angel Nadal, a fine defender with an imposing physique; he was a fixture on the Spanish national soccer team and had a long, successful club career before retiring this year.
But at age 12, Rafael Nadal chose a different game, and tennis will never be the same because of it.
This lead is obviously multi-paragraph. I don't know if it fits into the categories discussed in class because I wasn't in class. But I do think that it was written very well. It really conveys a point across to the reader that Nadal had a different path in life, so maybe he chose the sport for a reason. It intrigues the reader and makes, me at least, want to read more.
The main point of the story is talking about how Nadal is a budding tennis star and prospects for what he will be doing in the world of mens tennis in the future.
Nut graph:
He has yet to match the early work of prodigies like Bjorn Borg, Mats Wilander, Boris Becker, Michael Chang or Pete Sampras, who all won Grand Slam singles titles as teenagers. But at 18, Nadal is already making a habit of winning tournaments, and when the French Open begins May 23 at Roland Garros stadium in Paris, he will be on the very short list of favorites - if he can stay healthy this time.
The writer does a very good use of describing scenes:
Example taken directly from the article
But watching him whip bold shots and track down the best efforts of others is, for the moment, one of the better spectacles in sports. During a week of mourning the death of Prince Rainier III, Nadal's vitality in Monaco was an upbeat counterpoint on the red clay that best suits his slashing topspin forehand and great footwork.
This proves that obviously the writer researched his subject well, and indeed knows a thing or two about tennis.
Dialogue:
The dialogue in this story was awesome! I think the reason why it worked so well is because he made it flow with the article very nicely.
Anecdotes:
The use of little facts really relays what the write was trying to get across. This is a young tennis who has potentially a great future ahead of him.
Some anecdotes I found interesting:
(taken directly from the article)
In 2002, Nadal was just 15 when he beat the Paraguayan veteran Ramon Delgado in the opening round of the ATP event in Majorca. A year later, he was ranked in the top 50 in the world, and by 2004, he and Moya were the leaders of the Spanish Davis Cup team that defeated the United States in the final in front of record crowds in Seville.
Here is another interesting use of an anecdote and dialogue.
The only storm clouds have been injuries. The most serious was a stress fracture in his left ankle last year that kept him off the Tour for nearly three months. It also forced him to miss nearly all of the 2004 clay-court season, including the French Open.
"Of course that's been hard for me, because I had high hopes of doing well there," Nadal said. "Those are tough moments, but you have to keep working and staying positive, so when your time does come, you're prepared."
I don't know if the article really tells the reader how this person appear physically. Besides the anecdote about Nadal's injuries, the reader doesn't know much about how he is built or how he plays (just that he wins a lot). He does seem like a very humble person though.
It would have been entirely logical if Rafael Nadal had grown up to be a precocious soccer star. As a child, he was a promising striker, and soccer remains the sport of the masses in Spain and on Nadal's home island of Majorca.
He also had an excellent role model in the family, his uncle Miguel Angel Nadal, a fine defender with an imposing physique; he was a fixture on the Spanish national soccer team and had a long, successful club career before retiring this year.
But at age 12, Rafael Nadal chose a different game, and tennis will never be the same because of it.
This lead is obviously multi-paragraph. I don't know if it fits into the categories discussed in class because I wasn't in class. But I do think that it was written very well. It really conveys a point across to the reader that Nadal had a different path in life, so maybe he chose the sport for a reason. It intrigues the reader and makes, me at least, want to read more.
The main point of the story is talking about how Nadal is a budding tennis star and prospects for what he will be doing in the world of mens tennis in the future.
Nut graph:
He has yet to match the early work of prodigies like Bjorn Borg, Mats Wilander, Boris Becker, Michael Chang or Pete Sampras, who all won Grand Slam singles titles as teenagers. But at 18, Nadal is already making a habit of winning tournaments, and when the French Open begins May 23 at Roland Garros stadium in Paris, he will be on the very short list of favorites - if he can stay healthy this time.
The writer does a very good use of describing scenes:
Example taken directly from the article
But watching him whip bold shots and track down the best efforts of others is, for the moment, one of the better spectacles in sports. During a week of mourning the death of Prince Rainier III, Nadal's vitality in Monaco was an upbeat counterpoint on the red clay that best suits his slashing topspin forehand and great footwork.
This proves that obviously the writer researched his subject well, and indeed knows a thing or two about tennis.
Dialogue:
The dialogue in this story was awesome! I think the reason why it worked so well is because he made it flow with the article very nicely.
Anecdotes:
The use of little facts really relays what the write was trying to get across. This is a young tennis who has potentially a great future ahead of him.
Some anecdotes I found interesting:
(taken directly from the article)
In 2002, Nadal was just 15 when he beat the Paraguayan veteran Ramon Delgado in the opening round of the ATP event in Majorca. A year later, he was ranked in the top 50 in the world, and by 2004, he and Moya were the leaders of the Spanish Davis Cup team that defeated the United States in the final in front of record crowds in Seville.
Here is another interesting use of an anecdote and dialogue.
The only storm clouds have been injuries. The most serious was a stress fracture in his left ankle last year that kept him off the Tour for nearly three months. It also forced him to miss nearly all of the 2004 clay-court season, including the French Open.
"Of course that's been hard for me, because I had high hopes of doing well there," Nadal said. "Those are tough moments, but you have to keep working and staying positive, so when your time does come, you're prepared."
I don't know if the article really tells the reader how this person appear physically. Besides the anecdote about Nadal's injuries, the reader doesn't know much about how he is built or how he plays (just that he wins a lot). He does seem like a very humble person though.
Personality Profile
LEAD : VATICAN CITY -- The man considered by many to be the second-most powerful figure in the Roman Catholic Church for more than two decades was usually able to walk the streets of Rome unrecognized, occasionally approached by tourists who figured the round-faced fellow in a cassock could give them directions.
- I don't think that the writer uses any of the examples given in class for the lead. He more or less gives you a sense of what his life was like before being pope.
NUT GRAPH:
Rising from wunderkind theologian to being a pope's most influential adviser, the new Pope Benedict XVI has long had a high professional profile. His reputation for intellectual acuity and sharp stances stretched through much of the Catholic world.
- I believe the writers main point is show in this paragraph. It tells how he rose to become Pope and tell of him having a high professional profile. The paragraph enables him to go on about the Pope's life.
The writers doesn't really portray his physical details, but give good details on his life and mannerism. He more or less touched on how the Pope came to be from his childhood. He gave details on where he was born, what others had to say abuot his mannerism. What the Pope did up until the time of being pope, all the way from when he was a little kid.
I believe he uses anecdotes, he more or less embodies other stories into the story, about his childhood, etc.
- I don't think that the writer uses any of the examples given in class for the lead. He more or less gives you a sense of what his life was like before being pope.
NUT GRAPH:
Rising from wunderkind theologian to being a pope's most influential adviser, the new Pope Benedict XVI has long had a high professional profile. His reputation for intellectual acuity and sharp stances stretched through much of the Catholic world.
- I believe the writers main point is show in this paragraph. It tells how he rose to become Pope and tell of him having a high professional profile. The paragraph enables him to go on about the Pope's life.
The writers doesn't really portray his physical details, but give good details on his life and mannerism. He more or less touched on how the Pope came to be from his childhood. He gave details on where he was born, what others had to say abuot his mannerism. What the Pope did up until the time of being pope, all the way from when he was a little kid.
I believe he uses anecdotes, he more or less embodies other stories into the story, about his childhood, etc.
Class Prep- April 20
"Student Winners Follow the Famous"
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/19/books/19scho.html?pagewanted=all
Alternative Lead:
"In 1932, a senior at Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn won second prize in a writing contest for a story called "Life - From Behind a Counter," about working in his father's grocery store. "
"The story ends with a salesman telling the boy, 'vat you see in vun day, und vat you hear in vun day from dese people - you can write a leetle book about.'"
"I nodded - only I thought, 'I could write a big book,' " wrote the 18-year-old author."
"The storyteller was Bernard Malamud, who would write many big books and win many awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for 'The Fixer.'"
The lead is multi- paragraph. It fits into the "A sense of history" type lead that we discussed on Monday. It takes readers back to a specific event that happened at an earlier period in time. I also think that the lead could fit into "The individual in a dramatic moment," however, the story has a different focus.
The main point of the story was about the Scholastic Awards, which began in 1923 with seven literary entries, and since then have attracted thousands of students to apply for one of the $10,000 scholarships and possible national recognition. The article touches on the fact that after Sept. 11, students were submitting disturbing literary works that dealt mostly with depression, however, art work and stories of that type are becoming more rare. The availablity of information is changing what teenagers are writing about.
I think that the nut paragraph is the fifth paragraph of the article:
That early notice for the future literary star came from the Scholastic Awards, begun in 1923, when the contest sponsor, the Scholastic Publishing Company, received seven original writing submissions. This year, 200,000 middle school and high school students entered, along with an additional 50,000 competitors in the photography and art categories, for the national prizes now known as the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.
I think that the writer makes good use of anecdotes. There are many different places in the story where the writer tells the different stories of various people who have won the award and what it has done for their future. It allows readers to get the sense that this award is very important to many students.
The story begins by describing Bernard Malamud, a storyteller who received many awards including the Pulitzer Prize. Although the lead makes it seem as though the story is going to be describing the life of Malamud, the writer does not go into very much physical detail about him.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/19/books/19scho.html?pagewanted=all
Alternative Lead:
"In 1932, a senior at Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn won second prize in a writing contest for a story called "Life - From Behind a Counter," about working in his father's grocery store. "
"The story ends with a salesman telling the boy, 'vat you see in vun day, und vat you hear in vun day from dese people - you can write a leetle book about.'"
"I nodded - only I thought, 'I could write a big book,' " wrote the 18-year-old author."
"The storyteller was Bernard Malamud, who would write many big books and win many awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for 'The Fixer.'"
The lead is multi- paragraph. It fits into the "A sense of history" type lead that we discussed on Monday. It takes readers back to a specific event that happened at an earlier period in time. I also think that the lead could fit into "The individual in a dramatic moment," however, the story has a different focus.
The main point of the story was about the Scholastic Awards, which began in 1923 with seven literary entries, and since then have attracted thousands of students to apply for one of the $10,000 scholarships and possible national recognition. The article touches on the fact that after Sept. 11, students were submitting disturbing literary works that dealt mostly with depression, however, art work and stories of that type are becoming more rare. The availablity of information is changing what teenagers are writing about.
I think that the nut paragraph is the fifth paragraph of the article:
That early notice for the future literary star came from the Scholastic Awards, begun in 1923, when the contest sponsor, the Scholastic Publishing Company, received seven original writing submissions. This year, 200,000 middle school and high school students entered, along with an additional 50,000 competitors in the photography and art categories, for the national prizes now known as the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.
I think that the writer makes good use of anecdotes. There are many different places in the story where the writer tells the different stories of various people who have won the award and what it has done for their future. It allows readers to get the sense that this award is very important to many students.
The story begins by describing Bernard Malamud, a storyteller who received many awards including the Pulitzer Prize. Although the lead makes it seem as though the story is going to be describing the life of Malamud, the writer does not go into very much physical detail about him.
profile story sample
http://www.jsonline.com/enter/books/apr05/319598.asp
Lead
Jane Fonda has a new gig. Again.
The Oscar-winning actress, activist, exercise guru and former retiree is in a two-month period of hawking her memoir, "My Life So Far." This requires the author to share the embarrassing, sad and often navel-gazing stories from her book time and time again.
The lead is alternative to the journal sentinal because it is multiple paragraphs. Normally the story is news is presented in the lead. In this case the lead sentence develops the readers interest in the second paragraph. By doing this you gain the readers curiosity.
I dont think that this lead fits any of the examples but it is effective as stated earlier.
The main point of the story is Jane Fonda's reemergence into the public light after she "retired". The story then sheds light on her life.
I had trouble finding a paragraph that was a "nut". Not sure where is missed on that
The article goes more into describing Fonda's life and the feelings she had about things versus actual physical description. It used words like glamerous and beautiful. It describes her as a sex symbol after "Barberella". It also takes you into her life now as a grandmother.
Lead
Jane Fonda has a new gig. Again.
The Oscar-winning actress, activist, exercise guru and former retiree is in a two-month period of hawking her memoir, "My Life So Far." This requires the author to share the embarrassing, sad and often navel-gazing stories from her book time and time again.
The lead is alternative to the journal sentinal because it is multiple paragraphs. Normally the story is news is presented in the lead. In this case the lead sentence develops the readers interest in the second paragraph. By doing this you gain the readers curiosity.
I dont think that this lead fits any of the examples but it is effective as stated earlier.
The main point of the story is Jane Fonda's reemergence into the public light after she "retired". The story then sheds light on her life.
I had trouble finding a paragraph that was a "nut". Not sure where is missed on that
The article goes more into describing Fonda's life and the feelings she had about things versus actual physical description. It used words like glamerous and beautiful. It describes her as a sex symbol after "Barberella". It also takes you into her life now as a grandmother.
Profile Assignment
Write out the lead.
ROME, April 19 - The man who has become Pope Benedict XVI was a product of wartime Germany, but also of a deeply Roman Catholic region, Bavaria.
As the Nazis strengthened their stranglehold on Germany in the 1930's, the strongly Catholic family of Joseph Ratzinger moved frequently among villages in rural Bavaria.
"Unemployment was rife," he wrote in his memoir, "Milestones." "War reparations weighed heavily on the German economy. Battles among the political parties set people against one another." His father, he wrote, was a determined anti-Nazi.
The Roman Catholic Church, Cardinal Ratzinger recalled, was his bulwark against the Nazi regime, "a citadel of truth and righteousness against the realm of atheism and deceit."
But he could not avoid the realities of the day. In an episode certain to be scrutinized anew, Joseph Ratzinger was briefly and unenthusiastically a member of the Hitler Youth in his early teens, after membership became mandatory in 1941, according to a biography by John L. Allen Jr., who covers the Vatican for The National Catholic Reporter.
In 1943, he and fellow seminarians were drafted. He deserted in 1945 and returned home, but was captured by American soldiers and held as a prisoner of war for several months, Mr. Allen wrote.
Analyze the lead: Is it one paragraph, or multi-paragraph? Does it fit any of the categories we discussed in class? If so, which one? If not, how would you describe it.
This multi-paragraphed lead most closely ressembles the "Knocking down the straw man" lead. The author here paints a picture of the new pope based of his background, allowing the reader to draw there own conclusions about what type man he is and pope he'll be, then goes it goes into the the facts surrounding this.
What is the main point of the story? Does that main point appear in a “nut� or summary paragraph?
I think that it is pretty evident what the main point of this article is about, even within the first paragraph.
Which paragraph comes closest to being a nut graph? Write it out.
Along his way to the papacy, he built a distinguished academic career as a theologian, and then spent nearly a quarter century as Pope John Paul II's theological visionary - and enforcer of strict positions on doctrine, morality and the primacy of the faith.
Which of the following techniques does the writer make good use of: scenes, dialogue, foreshadowing, and anecdotes. Describe how one of those techniques is used.
The author of this article made, I think, great use of scenery to write this profile. The desciptive usage of the Nazi backdrop and WWII landscape help the reader achieve a sense of origin and direction.
How well does the reporter convey a physical sense of the person profiled? What details are included?
The reporter leads with a quote that begins the description of the Pope: from childlike qualites to calm demeanor, fearsome reputation to dry sense of humor. “He is a diminutive man with deep-set eyes and white hair, and speaks Italian - the language of the Vatican - with a strong German accent. Unlike John Paul, he had little time for sports or strenuous activity, other than walks in the mountains.”
ROME, April 19 - The man who has become Pope Benedict XVI was a product of wartime Germany, but also of a deeply Roman Catholic region, Bavaria.
As the Nazis strengthened their stranglehold on Germany in the 1930's, the strongly Catholic family of Joseph Ratzinger moved frequently among villages in rural Bavaria.
"Unemployment was rife," he wrote in his memoir, "Milestones." "War reparations weighed heavily on the German economy. Battles among the political parties set people against one another." His father, he wrote, was a determined anti-Nazi.
The Roman Catholic Church, Cardinal Ratzinger recalled, was his bulwark against the Nazi regime, "a citadel of truth and righteousness against the realm of atheism and deceit."
But he could not avoid the realities of the day. In an episode certain to be scrutinized anew, Joseph Ratzinger was briefly and unenthusiastically a member of the Hitler Youth in his early teens, after membership became mandatory in 1941, according to a biography by John L. Allen Jr., who covers the Vatican for The National Catholic Reporter.
In 1943, he and fellow seminarians were drafted. He deserted in 1945 and returned home, but was captured by American soldiers and held as a prisoner of war for several months, Mr. Allen wrote.
Analyze the lead: Is it one paragraph, or multi-paragraph? Does it fit any of the categories we discussed in class? If so, which one? If not, how would you describe it.
This multi-paragraphed lead most closely ressembles the "Knocking down the straw man" lead. The author here paints a picture of the new pope based of his background, allowing the reader to draw there own conclusions about what type man he is and pope he'll be, then goes it goes into the the facts surrounding this.
What is the main point of the story? Does that main point appear in a “nut� or summary paragraph?
I think that it is pretty evident what the main point of this article is about, even within the first paragraph.
Which paragraph comes closest to being a nut graph? Write it out.
Along his way to the papacy, he built a distinguished academic career as a theologian, and then spent nearly a quarter century as Pope John Paul II's theological visionary - and enforcer of strict positions on doctrine, morality and the primacy of the faith.
Which of the following techniques does the writer make good use of: scenes, dialogue, foreshadowing, and anecdotes. Describe how one of those techniques is used.
The author of this article made, I think, great use of scenery to write this profile. The desciptive usage of the Nazi backdrop and WWII landscape help the reader achieve a sense of origin and direction.
How well does the reporter convey a physical sense of the person profiled? What details are included?
The reporter leads with a quote that begins the description of the Pope: from childlike qualites to calm demeanor, fearsome reputation to dry sense of humor. “He is a diminutive man with deep-set eyes and white hair, and speaks Italian - the language of the Vatican - with a strong German accent. Unlike John Paul, he had little time for sports or strenuous activity, other than walks in the mountains.”
Spit [alternitive lead assignement]
BALTIMORE - Unlike the rest of us, David Wong enjoys talking about spit.
He likes to speak of its texture, color, scent and sociology. Spend a few hours with him and one learns that saliva is the lubricant that makes food and language possible and that at certain Greek weddings, celebrants spit on the bride and groom for good luck.
If Dr. Wong, 50, the associate dean for research at the U.C.L.A. School of Dentistry, is singular in his conversation, it is because he has seen the future, and it is spit.
This story has a three paragraph lead which culminates in a fourth paragraph nut-graph. It combines irony with knocking down the straw and curtain raising. This is a very unusual story.
The main point of the story is that this dentist has found a way to analyze saliva that could benifit people. This is clearly outlined in the nut.
At his laboratory, Dr. Wong has been investigating the molecular content of saliva, with the hope of developing a whole new category of tests for diagnosing human diseases.
Claudia makes good use of anecdotes in her story, bringing in the old Greek marriage tradition to bring some humor to the American reader.
The downfall of this story is that it relied on a photo on the right of the screen. There weren't a lot of descriptive details about the person being profiled.
He likes to speak of its texture, color, scent and sociology. Spend a few hours with him and one learns that saliva is the lubricant that makes food and language possible and that at certain Greek weddings, celebrants spit on the bride and groom for good luck.
If Dr. Wong, 50, the associate dean for research at the U.C.L.A. School of Dentistry, is singular in his conversation, it is because he has seen the future, and it is spit.
This story has a three paragraph lead which culminates in a fourth paragraph nut-graph. It combines irony with knocking down the straw and curtain raising. This is a very unusual story.
The main point of the story is that this dentist has found a way to analyze saliva that could benifit people. This is clearly outlined in the nut.
At his laboratory, Dr. Wong has been investigating the molecular content of saliva, with the hope of developing a whole new category of tests for diagnosing human diseases.
Claudia makes good use of anecdotes in her story, bringing in the old Greek marriage tradition to bring some humor to the American reader.
The downfall of this story is that it relied on a photo on the right of the screen. There weren't a lot of descriptive details about the person being profiled.
Profile Example
Headline: " Armstrong to dismount for good after Tour de France"
Lance Armstrong's storybook racing carrer will end after this July's Tour de France.
Armstrong, 33, whose back-from-cancer life story made him a global hero, said Monday that he will attempt to win a seventh Tour.But win or lose, that race will be be last as a competitive cyclist.
This lead could be defined as the individual in a dramtic moment. Obviously Armstrong and his supporters are highly anticipating the Tour de France and with news of retirement more emotion is going to build.
The lead is multiparagraphed. The first sentence of the lead is more news like you would see in other publications, but it develops into a story when you reach the nut graph. It talks about the reasons why Armstrong is deciding to retire and why the Tour de France is his last race of his carrer.
I think the lead fits the example if an individual in a dramatic moment.
The main point of the article is Lance Armstrong retiring, which gives reasons why and quotes from him. He held a press conference Monday to announce his retirement.
In an interview before he made the official announcement at a news conference in Augusta, Ga. one day before Armstong begins the defense of his 2004 title in the six-tage Tour de Georgia-the six-time Tour de France winner told USA Today that he could no longer tolerate being seperated from his kids.
I think this is the nut graph, because it is the fifth paragraph down and seems like it sums up the article or atleast gives the most info in one article that would tie the story together. The article goes on talking about Armstongs accomplishment and his fight with testicular cancer.
Lance Armstrong's storybook racing carrer will end after this July's Tour de France.
Armstrong, 33, whose back-from-cancer life story made him a global hero, said Monday that he will attempt to win a seventh Tour.But win or lose, that race will be be last as a competitive cyclist.
This lead could be defined as the individual in a dramtic moment. Obviously Armstrong and his supporters are highly anticipating the Tour de France and with news of retirement more emotion is going to build.
The lead is multiparagraphed. The first sentence of the lead is more news like you would see in other publications, but it develops into a story when you reach the nut graph. It talks about the reasons why Armstrong is deciding to retire and why the Tour de France is his last race of his carrer.
I think the lead fits the example if an individual in a dramatic moment.
The main point of the article is Lance Armstrong retiring, which gives reasons why and quotes from him. He held a press conference Monday to announce his retirement.
In an interview before he made the official announcement at a news conference in Augusta, Ga. one day before Armstong begins the defense of his 2004 title in the six-tage Tour de Georgia-the six-time Tour de France winner told USA Today that he could no longer tolerate being seperated from his kids.
I think this is the nut graph, because it is the fifth paragraph down and seems like it sums up the article or atleast gives the most info in one article that would tie the story together. The article goes on talking about Armstongs accomplishment and his fight with testicular cancer.
Tuesday, April 19, 2005
Pope profile
ROME, April 19 - The man who has become Pope Benedict XVI was a product of wartime Germany, but also of a deeply Roman Catholic region, Bavaria.
This is a historical lead that goes on for several paragraphs to discuss the new pope's childhood in Nazi Germany. It includes his brief time as a member of Hitlers youth movement.
"Along his way to the papacy, he built a distinguished academic career as a theologian, and then spent nearly a quarter century as Pope John Paul II's theological visionary - and enforcer of strict positions on doctrine, morality and the primacy of the faith."
This is the nut graph, which did not appear until the 6th paragraph. I thought this was successful because any ties to Nazi Germany is going to draw a reader in.
He makes good use of scenes describing the new popes child hood in Nazi Germany. His expierence in battles and when he viewed death camps.
The writer could have done more to describe his physical features he mentions his deep eyes and white hair. However, he did a good job describing his intelligence, which I think in this case is more important. The new pope was an educator, he has earned his doctorate and that he speaks 10 different languages including excellent English.
This is a historical lead that goes on for several paragraphs to discuss the new pope's childhood in Nazi Germany. It includes his brief time as a member of Hitlers youth movement.
"Along his way to the papacy, he built a distinguished academic career as a theologian, and then spent nearly a quarter century as Pope John Paul II's theological visionary - and enforcer of strict positions on doctrine, morality and the primacy of the faith."
This is the nut graph, which did not appear until the 6th paragraph. I thought this was successful because any ties to Nazi Germany is going to draw a reader in.
He makes good use of scenes describing the new popes child hood in Nazi Germany. His expierence in battles and when he viewed death camps.
The writer could have done more to describe his physical features he mentions his deep eyes and white hair. However, he did a good job describing his intelligence, which I think in this case is more important. The new pope was an educator, he has earned his doctorate and that he speaks 10 different languages including excellent English.
personality profile example
I read a personality profile from the LA Times titled, “Upholding the Letter of the Law: 28 Years in Court.
Lead: “Christine Olson vividly remembers the day in court 16 years ago when Richard Ramirez, on trial for 13 counts of murder, looked lavishly at her feet and licked his lips.”
I think that this story has a multi paragraph lead. The rest of the lead reads,
“’You’re sick,’ the court reporter mouthed at the man called the Night Stalker, now on California’s death row.”
“Not all Olson’s memories from nearly three decades as an employer of the Los Angeles County court system are sick, though. During the Ramirez trial, the 55-year old San Diego native met her husband-to-be, a bailiff assigned to security duty for the defendant.”
I think this lead is an example of the individual in a dramatic moment because it sets the scene of her in the middle of a trial of a killer.
The main point of the story is that Olson is retiring after 28 years of work as a court reporter. This information appears in the nut graf, which is the fourth paragraph.
“With many farewell wishes, Olson retired after 28 years of being a fly on the wall at some of Los Angeles County’s most infamous criminal trials.”
The author makes good use of setting the scenes. Olson has been present at some big court room settings such as the Night Stalker, the Rodney King beating and the O.J. Simpson trial. He illustrates her career and how she got there. He spends a little time touching upon what Olson will be doing after retirement. The author also uses a lot of quotes from Olson, which added to the story.
The author does not present Olson in a physical sense like her appearance, but he did capture her personality through the use of quotes.
Link: www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-olson18apr18,1,3959743.story?ctrack=1&cset=true
Lead: “Christine Olson vividly remembers the day in court 16 years ago when Richard Ramirez, on trial for 13 counts of murder, looked lavishly at her feet and licked his lips.”
I think that this story has a multi paragraph lead. The rest of the lead reads,
“’You’re sick,’ the court reporter mouthed at the man called the Night Stalker, now on California’s death row.”
“Not all Olson’s memories from nearly three decades as an employer of the Los Angeles County court system are sick, though. During the Ramirez trial, the 55-year old San Diego native met her husband-to-be, a bailiff assigned to security duty for the defendant.”
I think this lead is an example of the individual in a dramatic moment because it sets the scene of her in the middle of a trial of a killer.
The main point of the story is that Olson is retiring after 28 years of work as a court reporter. This information appears in the nut graf, which is the fourth paragraph.
“With many farewell wishes, Olson retired after 28 years of being a fly on the wall at some of Los Angeles County’s most infamous criminal trials.”
The author makes good use of setting the scenes. Olson has been present at some big court room settings such as the Night Stalker, the Rodney King beating and the O.J. Simpson trial. He illustrates her career and how she got there. He spends a little time touching upon what Olson will be doing after retirement. The author also uses a lot of quotes from Olson, which added to the story.
The author does not present Olson in a physical sense like her appearance, but he did capture her personality through the use of quotes.
Link: www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-olson18apr18,1,3959743.story?ctrack=1&cset=true
Profile example
The lead:
With his first film, "Primer" (New Line, 2004, 77 minutes, PG-13, $27.95), writer/director/actor Shane Carruth (also composer, editor, production designer and occasional cameraman; his parents did the catering) pulled off the near impossible. He created a heady science-fiction parable about time travel with only a single, fleeting special-effects shot.
The lead is one paragraph long. It does not fit into one of the categories that we discussed in class. It follows the curtain raiser/scene setter lead example the best out of all of them.
The main point of this article, that much of the hard work Carruth chalks up to his own inexperienceis is found in the second and third graph of the story.
This paragraph is the closest to the being the nut graph: Much of the hard work Carruth chalks up to his own inexperience. He recorded the sound improperly and had to work overtime to fix his mistakes. He also realized too late that he shot too little footage, forcing two years of fine-tuning when it came time to edit the film on his home computer (on one of the DVDs two commentary tracks, he acknowledges that some scenes showing him muttering "cut" actually made it into the movie).
The write makes good use of scenes in this article.
The article describes how Carruth wants to be done with low budget filmaking.
The reporter does a good job a relaying the details that show factual evidence of who the person is by stating where the person lived, what things he had done in his past, something about his parentsl and more.
With his first film, "Primer" (New Line, 2004, 77 minutes, PG-13, $27.95), writer/director/actor Shane Carruth (also composer, editor, production designer and occasional cameraman; his parents did the catering) pulled off the near impossible. He created a heady science-fiction parable about time travel with only a single, fleeting special-effects shot.
The lead is one paragraph long. It does not fit into one of the categories that we discussed in class. It follows the curtain raiser/scene setter lead example the best out of all of them.
The main point of this article, that much of the hard work Carruth chalks up to his own inexperienceis is found in the second and third graph of the story.
This paragraph is the closest to the being the nut graph: Much of the hard work Carruth chalks up to his own inexperience. He recorded the sound improperly and had to work overtime to fix his mistakes. He also realized too late that he shot too little footage, forcing two years of fine-tuning when it came time to edit the film on his home computer (on one of the DVDs two commentary tracks, he acknowledges that some scenes showing him muttering "cut" actually made it into the movie).
The write makes good use of scenes in this article.
The article describes how Carruth wants to be done with low budget filmaking.
The reporter does a good job a relaying the details that show factual evidence of who the person is by stating where the person lived, what things he had done in his past, something about his parentsl and more.
personality profile
I plan on doing my personality profile article on professor Gary Coll. I could not find much information on him from the web sites on the assignment sheet. I do know that he joined the faculty of UW-O in 1969 and teaches history and graphic arts. He also has published two books: Mass Communication Law in Wisconsin (1996) and Graphing Communications: Applying Principles (2001).
Monday, April 18, 2005
Newspaper Example
Profile Article: A Grafitti Legend Is Back on the Street
"He arrived on foot, and on time, wearing heavily grease-stained beige overalls and boots. He seemed to be in his late 30's or early 40's, with thinning light brown hair. He had the windburned eyes and blackened fingernails of an ironworker, along with the vaguely feral intensity of someone on the lam."
I think that this lead best represents the use of an "individual in a dramatic moment." The author wants to tell the story of a man who has drastically changed his lifestyle and begins by focusing on his past - when he was at a crucial time in his life. The first paragraph holds the most description, though I think that the lead likely is meant to include the second paragraph as well.
The main idea of the story is that of a former grafitti artist and criminal who has transformed his life and his art, reinventing himself as a "legitimate and law-abiding sculptor." This main idea is found in the nut graph:
'"But he hardly looked like the kind of shadowy revolutionary figure who had once declared that his goal was to 'tear the city to pieces and rebuild it.' Now, he says, smiling weakly, 'I stop at stop signs; I pay taxes; I get up and go to work and get a paycheck.'"
The writer makes good use of "scenes" in that he is able to capture the physical characteristics of Revs as well as the mood and descriptions of his grafitti. He includes details such as Revs' tone of voice, physical features including his blackened finger nails and thinning hair. The author also captured the character's resentment and anger and at the same time his desire to change his image and maintain anonymity in his work.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/18/arts/design/18revs.html?
"He arrived on foot, and on time, wearing heavily grease-stained beige overalls and boots. He seemed to be in his late 30's or early 40's, with thinning light brown hair. He had the windburned eyes and blackened fingernails of an ironworker, along with the vaguely feral intensity of someone on the lam."
I think that this lead best represents the use of an "individual in a dramatic moment." The author wants to tell the story of a man who has drastically changed his lifestyle and begins by focusing on his past - when he was at a crucial time in his life. The first paragraph holds the most description, though I think that the lead likely is meant to include the second paragraph as well.
The main idea of the story is that of a former grafitti artist and criminal who has transformed his life and his art, reinventing himself as a "legitimate and law-abiding sculptor." This main idea is found in the nut graph:
'"But he hardly looked like the kind of shadowy revolutionary figure who had once declared that his goal was to 'tear the city to pieces and rebuild it.' Now, he says, smiling weakly, 'I stop at stop signs; I pay taxes; I get up and go to work and get a paycheck.'"
The writer makes good use of "scenes" in that he is able to capture the physical characteristics of Revs as well as the mood and descriptions of his grafitti. He includes details such as Revs' tone of voice, physical features including his blackened finger nails and thinning hair. The author also captured the character's resentment and anger and at the same time his desire to change his image and maintain anonymity in his work.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/18/arts/design/18revs.html?
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