Archive for October, 2017

Shooting Broadcast Exercise
Tuesday, October 24th, 2017

After a day of happiness came a day of pain. The day after Richard and Laurette Brunson’s wedding, Richard shot Laurette in the abdomen. A neighbor, Walter Corse, said “I heard the sound of the shot, or I think I did. It was kind of a pop, pop, pop.” He then says one of Laurette’s […]

Science Scavenger Hunt
Tuesday, October 17th, 2017

A loud chirp and a large shockwave disrupt our universe, finally answering questions astronomers have been wondering for years. In the past week, thousands of astronomers, such as those involved with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO, announced their findings from a collision between two dead stars in the Hydra constellation that occurred in […]

E-Sports on Campus (Story #2 FD)
Tuesday, October 17th, 2017

Morningside College recently became one of the newest schools to join the E-Sports community and even added it to their sports teams roster. For non-gamers in the world, watching when players are yelling at a computer screen or constantly clicking a mouse button during gameplay, these games don’t seem all that appealing. However, gamers know […]

E-Sports on Campus (Story #2 RD)
Tuesday, October 10th, 2017

Morningside College recently became one of the newest schools to join the E-Sports community. In Fall of 2016, Morningside’s E-Sports team got its start when the first students involved spent a day in what is now known as the Nexus, a long room originally used for extra storage but is now home of the gaming […]

Media Comparison Exercise
Monday, October 9th, 2017

In 1997, the spacecraft named Cassini was launched into space where, for the next twenty years, it would make its way to and around Saturn. This year, in 2017, Cassini was given final directions to fall through Saturn’s atmosphere while sending final signals and sights of Saturn’s surface. In the article by Ashley Strickland on CNN.com, she tells […]

News Comment #6
Monday, October 2nd, 2017

In the vox.com article “Why London is banning Uber from its streets” written by Zeesham Aleem, the lede used is quick and to the point. It creates a kick in the gut, so to say, about what the article is about and creates interest as to what the article will continue to talk about from that […]

Observation Exercise
Monday, October 2nd, 2017

This room is longer lengthwise than it is widthwise. It has several rows of tables that fill the room, complete with computers on top and tall gaming chairs behind each set. There are windows along the right side of the room when entering, covered by horizontal blinds to filter the sun out of the players’ eyes. Along the […]