Dalton Thomas explains life in the Morningside area during the COVID19 Pandemic.

“Football” was the first thing that came to Thomas’ head. “We couldn’t attend college or professional football games and a good amount of college programs cancelled their program for the whole season.” Dalton films for the Morningside football team so he was still able to get a little bit of his football fix but was still a lot different. Another notable restriction was eating at the on campus cafeteria because it was a limit on how many people could eat there at a time. This point brings a positive which was that the Mustang Grill now allows 7 meal exchanges a week vs the 2 from before Covid. Lastly the limitation of having class in person, some people preferred virtual learning whereas others thought it was dumb and they weren’t getting a fair value for the tuition paid. In conclusion Mr. Dalton Thomas was able to provide multiple and valid fears, restrictions, limitations, opportunities, disappointments about Covid 19 last year.

While debating on who to find or who to flag down on campus I remembered that my friends got a new roommate named Beaus Wilke. Since I didn’t know Beau before hand I thought he would be a good subject for the interview.

Initially when asked to interview Beau was quoted in saying, “I really wasn’t expecting to be interviewed today.” After that I got straight into the interview I made sure to ask his favorite inspirational quote which was, ” if you’re not first, you’re last.” Although this quote was from a Will Ferrell movie Beau said, “I know it is a goofy movie but the quote is true because everything in life is a competition.”

Picture of me and Beau Wilke Below.

Timeline of Gabby Petito Case

Gabby Petito and her boyfriend Brian Laundrie went on a camping trip throughout the Teton and Yosemite area. On this trip police were called multiple times and the couple appeared to be fighting. When Brian Laundrie returned from the trip Gabby was nowhere to be seen. The article outlines the timeline of the disappearance of Gabby Petito.

This story has is very newsworthy in the last few weeks in the development of the stories and evidence building in the case of Gabby Petito. The article is very detail oriented with very accurate dates and descriptions. It is a little lengthy and could los e the viewers attention.

It is lead effectively considering it is supposed to look like a timeline and it does just that. It is relaying facts and doesn’t have a point of view. I do not believe that any part of the article is missing of lacking in information.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/16/us/gabby-petito-timeline-missing-case/index.html

Number one high school in the nation plays football game against a team that doesn’t exist.

Many are aware of the circumstances of Bishop Sycamore and what they have done and high school football. Essentially, Bishop Sycamore started a high school football program with no high school curriculum and no official roster to check the age or verify the legitimacy of all of the players.

According to CBS sports the new Bishop Sycamore head coach said, “We do not offer curriculum. We are not a school. That’s not what Bishop Sycamore is, and I think that’s what the biggest misconception about us was, and that was our fault. Because that was a mistake on paperwork.”(CBSSports)

In the same article Bishop Sycamore claims to be a charter school, which would make them the only one in Ohio. The problem with this is that no Ohio school board has recognized them as a school or a charter program. 

Bishop Sycamore play two games int the 2021 season before people realize that they may not be a legitimate program. Everyone came to this realization when they played a game against the number one high school in the nation, IMG Academy.

During the game announcers could not find names on the roster provided for some and maybe even most of the Bishop Sycamore roster. Bishop Sycamore lost very badly to IMG Academy 58 to 0. The high school game was aired live on ESPN and that is where people realize that Bishop Sycamore is not a real school. One of the funniest things initially brought about when Bishop Sycamore was discovered was that their first head coach had an arrest warrant and it was initially rumored that some of their players were well over 20. (ESPN)

Bishop Sycamore is under scrutiny besides not having a legitimate high school curriculum and facing allegations of having players well over a high school age, was that they played two games in the span of three days. This is very uncommon in the football world because football games take a while to recover from, it was unsafe and healthy for the players to be playing in two games in such a short amount of time.

According to ESPN their record last season before getting caught as a school with no curriculum 0-6. They were outscored in 2020 by a score of 342 to 49 by all of their opponents. 

Although many accusations and negative light has been shown on Bishop Sycamore they still have a head coach and a football program. With their new coach who isn’t being arrested for warrants, he has plans to keep Bishop sycamore growing and help his players play college football. Many teams have withdrawn from scheduled games against Bishop Sycamore recently and that will hurt Bishop Sycamore’s players chances at getting recruited to colleges. (USA Today)

The situation is very weird and it’s pretty unprecedented in the football world which made the story interesting.

Sources

Chris Bengel Sep 7. (2021, September 7). Bishop Sycamore Football CONTROVERSY: ‘we do not OFFER curriculum, we are not A School,’ new head coach says. CBSSports.com. Retrieved September 20, 2021, from https://www.cbssports.com/general/news/bishop-sycamore-football-controversy-we-do-not-offer-curriculum-we-are-not-a-school-new-head-coach-says/. 

ESPN Internet Ventures. (2021, August 31). Ohio-based high school football team BISHOP sycamore FACES questions about legitimacy. ESPN. Retrieved September 20, 2021, from https://www.espn.com/high-school/story/_/id/32119688/ohio-based-high-school-football-team-bishop-sycamore-faces-questions-legitimacy. 

Reyes, L. (2021, September 2). Bad checks, Christians of FAITH, opponents backing out: What we know about BISHOP SYCAMORE. USA Today. Retrieved September 20, 2021, from https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/highschool/2021/09/02/bishop-sycamore-what-we-know-ohio-school-under-scrutiny/5693948001/. 

Behind-the-scenes stories of Oklahoma, Nebraska and college football’s greatest game

This story is newsworthy come this weekend. The Nebraska and Oklahoma football teams are about to play since 2010, the rivalry was one of the most storied in all of college football. “Over a period of about 30 years there, the Nebraska-Oklahoma game determined the Big Eight championship and had national championship implications,” said the great football coach Tom Osborne.

This article is very well written and covers a lot of history between the Oklahoma and Nebraska football teams. Its audience is all fans of college football and more specifically Oklahoma and Nebraska fans. Yes, this article is lead very effectively and has a purpose. I don’t believe the artlice is missing any important information, if anything the article has a little too much information.

Crazy Christians protest Evolution

At Backwater University, in biology class the professor explained the science of evolution the the class. After hearing of these teachings of the Ever-Faithful Church of the Living Water decided to protest the University. With only 25 protestors the group tried to stop the teaching of evolution.

The Professor and the University didn’t comment on the issue at hand.

A car collision, East of Sioux City has one 65 year old dead and 3 more rushed to the Sioux City General Hospital.

At 11 am on of Sioux City on Hwy. 28 Moyer Quick was killed after his collision with 17 year old Randy Radin. Moyer Quick was changing lanes when the accident happened and now 3 more are in the hospital. Moyer’s wife survived the crash and is one of the few injured passengers.

Yesterday, in Sioux City, a ban on hand held radar guns was put into effect.

This is due to state troopers developing cancer over the years due to exposure announced by Adam Smith the spokesperson. The ban will be issued right away for 70 radar guns and officers will now use mounted detectors on the vehicle. The issue may be temporary after this new situation is now under review. 

For the second news review I chose another article with Covid-19 as the focal point. This article is titled, “LA School System is expected to issue a vaccine mandate.” This became noticed when Biden took to the press Thursday and explained his plans about vaccinatiing the LA area and its school age children.

This story is newsworthy because it deals with Covid-19 which is a never notable thing int the news, along with that is making vaccines mandatory I think the the mandatory vaccines are the real attention grabber in the article. I think that its notable because allot of people would freely choose to not take the vaccine but now, if you have a kid and are in the LA area they have to get the vaccine to got to school.

The article is very well written and is lead very effectively as are most articles that are Witten by The NY Times. It has a 3rd person point of view in the article and I don’t believe any critical information was missing. In conclusion, In LA Biden is expected to issue a back to school vaccine mandate which will not be popular with many people and it is the first time in the Covid-19 era that I have seen something like this happen.

https://t.co/rJaQ0imT5N?amp=1

I chose an article from the NYTimes titled, “When will the Delta Surge End”. This story starts by explaining the duration that Coivd already made. Along with the facts that cases are at an all time high and deaths are now again on a steady incline. The article also notes the struggle countries like Britain and India are having with spikes that came with the delta variant. Some sources indicate that although the delta variant is slowing down we could see spikes in the United States in September possibly.

The artifice explained that people in school are office settings will be very likely to notice the surge. Although fall and the gathering of people will bring rise to greater number of Covid cases, simple things like masks and distance should be able to thin the numbers. The delta variant is more infectious then the base of Covid-19 which will make the upcoming health procedures interesting.

This article is newsworthy because Covid-19 effected the year 2020 very dramatically so all viewers should remain weary of the delta variant. I believe that the the article was very well written by the 3 authors and they provided multiple facts and expert opinions on the topic. The audience was for member of the United States to be aware that Covid spike may be back shortly. In conclusion this article was very informational and written effectively for the viewer to understand.