This article is interesting because I never thought as video games an outlet to reform these views, especially for kids at a young age. It discusses how toys are marketed to kids and is not diverse. Toy companies typically market to white children first, then to boys and girls, and color-coded in isles of blue and pink. This company is different and reaches more people. This is definitely a topic of interest, because of the movement of the representation of diversity, and the idea of going against gender norms in entertainment and in the professional workplace.

The audience for this article is definitely a younger crowd, being on Mic.com, a website of news for millennial’s. I was a good length, but longer normally than the articles found on Mic.com. It contains 3 pictures for reference, and to break the article up. I didn’t love the lead, think that they could have made it shorter, and more to the point. Most of the information I think wasn’t as important, and could have been moved down lower in the article.

https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/golden-retriever-who-saved-arizona-woman-from-snake-bite-named-dog-year/be9oZOPL1FlvaaxrMsueBP/

This story I clicked on because it sounded really cute. This story is newsworthy to others I would think because of the same reasons, it is unusual but adorable. This story features a 6-month old puppy that saved his owner from a snake bite and was awarded the first ever, Milk-Bone Dog of the Year Honor. The audience I would think is dog lovers, and people that enjoy heartwarming news, and millennials. I believe the link to this article was on Reddit, which is a site that many millennials use. I think that the lead was very effective, straight to the point. It was a nice short article with interviews from the dog owner and discussed the Milk-Bone award. I wish they went more in detail of how long they have had the puppy, even though he is only 6-months old, just more backstory about the puppy. I do like that they featured the post from Milk-Bone, to show the award and Todd, the puppy.

https://mic.com/articles/192068/a-global-poop-study-finds-plastic-microplastics-in-our-bodies-and-doctors-are-concerned#.RyHhRYa04

This article grabbed my attention because the title sounded funny, and I am curious about the impacts of using plastic for everything. This article was relevant and of importance, as well as an odd way to discuss the situation. It is relevance because just about everyone is around or uses plastics every day, and it is important because it discusses that it probably has an effect on our health. It was odd because the study was conducted by examining poop.

The audience is anyone who is concerned about health and the environment. It seemed to have a point of view of an observer, reporting the information and facts to us, giving us information about what doctors say. I did not like the lead. I liked the initial first sentences, but it was too long. I think they could have moved the second report lower in the article, or could have summarized it more. I think the author should move the quote “This is the first study of its kind and confirms what we have long suspected….” up to the second paragraph.

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/nasa-s-fermi-mission-energizes-the-sky-with-gamma-ray-constellations

You may want to look to the skies the next clear night for constellations of modern characters and superheroes.

Nasa declares New unofficial constellations to celebrate the ten year anniversary of Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. These include characters from modern myths, such as Little Prince, TARDIS from “Doctor Who”, Godzilla, Star Trek, U.S. Enterprise, and Hulk.

Julie McEnery, the Fermi project scientist explained “Developing these unofficial constellations was a fun way to highlight a decade of Fermi’s accomplishments.” This telescope has mapped about three thousand gamma-ray sources. This is ten times the number known before its launch and comparable to the number of bright stars in the traditional constellations.

Elizabeth Ferrara, who led the project,  says “For the first time ever, the number of known gamma-ray sources was comparable to the number of bright stars, so we thought a new set of constellations was a great way to illustrate the point.” The other 21 constellations include famous landmarks across the globe, and scientific ideas or tools,  such as Schrodinger’s Cat.

This telescope, officially called Fermi’s Large Area Telescope or LAT, has been scanning the sky each day. The telescope measures sources of the highest-energy light, gamma ray’s. The energy this telescope picks up comes from pulsars, nova outbursts, the debris of supernova explosions, gamma-ray bubbles, supermassive black holes, and gamma-ray bursts. These are important to map out and monitor because some of these are the most powerful explosions in the cosmos.

Those Students and Alumni were up at 8 am Wednesday, October 3^rd to help serve over 80 Siouxland organizations. Omicron Delta Kappa National Honor Society organized Into the Streets where students in group and departments sign up to help different agencies around Siouxland. This year was unique because they had the biggest turnout, and Alumni were able to participate.

Emily Widman, a senior has participated the last four years. “My favorite part about Into the Streets is seeing so many students there in the morning making a difference in one day.”  Widman explained later that she was excited that Alumni were able to participate and that she would definitely go as an Alum with Campus Ministries again.

This year, Widman was able to help with the Salvation Army to move boxes and sort clothes. She liked seeing so many students with her participating, and making a difference This event has taught Emily service-mindedness. It is important that Morningside sets aside a whole day for this event because it shows the significance of volunteering, and that Morningside cares about the community.

Maggie Ganley, a senior, has participated in Into the Streets for the last three years with AOII, the sorority on campus. This year, they went to East Middle School to do crafts and board games, and dancing with the Special Ed kids. She enjoyed being able to give back, and participating with her fellow sisters. “I do really like the bonding aspect.” This event creates an atmosphere for students to help others, but also to enjoy time with their friends and classmates.

This event was organized by seniors Maddie Dotzler and Nic Madsen, and has been in the works since May with 15 other committee members. Dotzler says “I think the most enjoyable part was seeing everyone on that day when we finally had all the shirts figured out, and the support that we get from the community when we call places and, and the thank you from the organizations after, knowing that we did make a difference and that all of our students really helped the local organizations.”

Alumni were able to participate in this year, idea from Nic Madsen “I think it was a brilliant idea on his part, and it will only grow bigger and bigger.” “I hope we can get even more people to participate next year, and I would love to be one of them, “ Dotzler says.

Abby Koch, a sophomore at Morningside  was part of the committee for this event , “It was a rewarding experience for me because it is making phone calls, learning how to talk on the phone, and other leadership skills.” She volunteered with the Mass Communications Department.

Koch further discusses situations where “on the spot improvisation leadership skills to handle the situation” were needed, and she learned. Some examples discussed include missing t-shirts and correct groups not in the right location. These problems were sorted out, thanks to Koch and other dedicated members in ODK.

This event has been going on for 12 years, students arrive at Eppley, receive juice, donut, and t-shirt, and are sent out into the community until noon. It is important because it gives Morningside Students an opportunity to serve others, and look at the world from a new perspective. It helps students on the committee build leadership and teamwork skills. It also creates an atmosphere for students to bond within their sports, groups, and departments, as well as helping the Alumni stay connected.

https://mic.com/articles/191504/snapchat-voter-registration-drive#.q7XOwNmd1

http://time.com/4506506/snapchat-voter-registration/

I read this story because I saw on Snapchat that you could register to vote. Both stories focused on how this election, millennials are highly encouraged to vote, so much so that Snapchat partnered with Turbo Vote for National Voter Registration Day to encourage its users. they both were very short stories, the video on TIME.com was only 30 seconds long, and the article on Mic.com was only a couple of paragraphs.

Both the videos and the articles lead focused on why Snapchat partnered, giving an introduction on the significance of the day. The video was a voice over with pictures and videos, showing the use of snapchat, and what the form looks like to fill out on the app.  The article took this story a step further to show a picture of the snapchat filter made for Voter Registration Day, and quotes from Jennifer Stout, Snapchats global head of public policy. The article gives more description from the Snapchat press release, and statistics of the ages of their users.

I really liked the use of a video in the broadcast story, they are able to show more of the typical use of snapchat. I really liked how in part of the video, they split the screen in to make it look like many videos from phones right next to each other, emphasizing the ability and use of snapchat.

900+ Morningside Students and Alumni were up at 8 am Wednesday, October 3^rd to help serve over 80+ Siouxland organizations. Omicron Delta Kappa National Honor Society organized an event called Into the Streets where Students from all sorts of groups and departments sign up to help different agencies around Siouxland.

This event is important because it gives Morningside Students an opportunity to serve others, and look at the world from a new perspective. It helps students build leadership and teamwork skills, and creates an atmosphere for students to bond within their groups and departments.

Abby Koch, a sophomore at Morningside – part of the Omicron Delta Kappa National Honor Society, or ODK – helped to organize the event.“It was a rewarding experience for me because it is doing phone calls, learning how to talk on the phone, and other leadership skills.”

Koch further discusses situations where t-shirts were missing, and a group not at their location. she required “on the spot improv leadership skills to handle the situation” These problems were sorted out, thanks to Koch and other dedicated members in ODK.

Maggie Ganely, a senior, has participated in Into the Streets for the last 3 years with AOPii, the sorority on campus. “This year, we went to East Middle School and hung out and did crafts and board games and dancing with the Special Ed kids.” She enjoyed being able to give back and participating with her fellow sisters. “I do really like the bonding aspect.” This event creates an atmosphere for students to help others, but also to enjoy time with their friends and classmates.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/03/us/non-voters-midterm-elections.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

With the elections coming up, I found this article interesting and was curious. The audience I would say is Americans, voters, and people who will choose to not vote. The lead is interesting because it introduces the point of view of someone who used to be a frequent voter who felt it was her civic duty to vote, and why she doesn’t feel this way anymore.

It is newsworthy because elections are coming up, and it is interesting to people to hear negative opinions of why they won’t do something, especially if it was something the person once felt very strongly about in a different way. Americans also tend to click on stuff “Why most probably won’t…”, they want to be in the loop and know why others won’t probably vote.

This is also interesting, because this election is important, because it is for positions that last a while, and will make an impact, especially with the allegations in the news about one of the candidates.

I did think this article was quite long, but it is nice to have different viewpoints of different people throughout the article, including opinions, but also historians analyzing the norms of society that seem to be changing, but I think there were too many viewpoints and didn’t need that many opinions. I also think they needed to say in the lead that the focus of voters asked were in West Virginia, and many of the citizens that were not historians interviewed were just from West Virginia and that this article claiming “Most Americans” might not have accurately represented the rest of America based on the interviews conducted.

Pastor Andy Nelson is the newest full-time hired campus Chaplain for Morningside college, and his job is Director of Campus Ministry and Community Service. Last year, he was the campus Chaplain for Morningside part-time and has been the Campus Chaplain for the University of South Dakota as well. He is married to Dr. Jessica Pleuss who is a psychology professor here at Morningside College.

When asked what students often times come in to chat about he replied “Discernment, where a student is headed and vocation, or what is next in life.” His job as the campus chaplain means that he is there to help students with their spiritual and faith lives. He enjoys when students drop by and chat, and loves when his office is full of students.

He works with many different students, with a range of worldviews, many denominations, and people that do not believe in religion or particular faith. One of the challenges he has come across with working with students of ranges of faith is “the different definitions of contemporary worship and a pattern of worship that is meaningful for students” according to Pastor Andy.

Working with students has also reminded him of his college experience. He says “understanding what we are interested in, and finding what we are willing to give time for and would like to learn more about” has reminded him of how busy college students are. When asked about his most memorable college experience, he describes the different close relationship he made with friends, his experience of studying abroad in China, and meeting his wife while studying abroad.

What brought him to Morningside, was that his wife Dr. Jessica Pleuss was hired in 2012 as a Developmental Psychology Professor. He worked as a Campus Chaplain at the University of South Dakota as well and was hired part-time here at Morningside after Kathy Martin retired for the second time.

In class, I had the opportunity to analyze the characteristics of the following processed desserts.  The chocolate cake Twinkie I tried had a spongy, soft, chocolate cake texture. The cake was moist, porous, and had a cocoa smell. The Twinkie tasted like a cheap chocolate cake and had a fluffy creme center. I expected maybe a vanilla flavor inside but didn’t seem to have a strong flavor.

The Dark Chocolate Pirouline was a different experience. The outside was a striped crunchy, sugary crispy straw-like shell. The center from end to end was a creamy dark chocolate. The dark chocolate filling was rich and had a slight cocoa smell.