Greta Thunberg is a 15 year old girl from Sweden, who is speaking on behalf of Climate Justice.

Her speech starts by saying that most people think that Sweden is a small country that does not matter, but she has learned that you are never too small to make a difference. Greta does not care about popularity or what people think about her, she just cares about the planet.

She claims that people are being ignorant and stealing the future lives of children like her, saying that this is a crisis and it can’t be solved unless it is treated as such. She says that we cannot ask world leaders to care, because they will continue to ignore us, and it is up to us as people to solve this problem ourselves.

The speech ends by her saying that the world is running out of time. Change is coming, and whether people like it or not, the real power of change belongs to the people.

Article #2

Big Ten Cancels Football Season, Now It’s Back!

On August 11^th, the Big Ten Conference issued a statement postponing the 2020-21 fall sports season with concerns of the health and safety of athletes within the conference due to COVID-19. Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren made the announcement, also saying that the decision was a very tough one to make, but at the end of the day there was too much uncertainty regarding the virus at that time.

Fast forward about a month later, on September 16^th, the presidents and chancellors of each respective team within the Big Ten held a vote to return to competition within the Big Ten. That vote was unanimous in favor of resuming the Big Ten football season, and it now seems like the conference is more certain in regard to COVID-19.

The season will officially kick off on October 24^th, and will consist of 8 league games in the same number of weeks, and will end with a conference championship game on December 19^th. The conference championship date is a very big deal on a national scale. The College Football Playoff selection day takes place on December 20^th, which gives the winner of the conference a very good chance to compete for a championship on the national level.

After conducting a few interviews as well as looking at a national scale on social media, it seems as if most people have the same reaction to the announcement: They are just glad that the season is going to be played. As a diehard Nebraska fan myself, the general reaction on social media has been very positive towards the announcement. Even after the schedules for each team were announced, husker fans claimed they “could care less” whether they went 0-8 or 8-0, they are just excited to watch their favorite team play on Saturdays in 2020.

Adam Holtorf, a former offensive lineman at Kansas State University (and actually was recruited by Nebraska) thought that all conferences resuming play again is progress. He said that he is “glad to see that people are starting to get back to normal life, and a fall football season is a step forward in that aspect.” Holtorf also found humor in the entire situation, saying: “If I am being honest, it was funny seeing the national reaction to the season getting postponed,” but he is glad that they went back on what they said and decided to resume the season.

Current University of Nebraska-Lincoln and diehard Nebraska football fan, Caleb Mohnike was elated that the conference is resuming play, saying: “I was extremely happy with the decision to resume the season in the Big Ten. It would have been very unfortunate if they did not at least give it a shot.” I then went on to ask Caleb about what his thoughts were on allowing fans into the stadiums, and he answered saying: “As a student at UNL (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) and a season ticket holder, I would obviously like to go to every game.” He is willing to not go to any game this year if it means the Huskers and the rest of the Big Ten are able to have a full season.

One of the most interesting quotes from an athletic perspective regarding the Big Ten coming back was from Collin Hill. Collin is an avid Iowa State fan, and does not really have any connection to the Big Ten, which made his interview even more interesting. He thought it was “very good for the schools, fans, but most importantly the players.” “Seeing other conferences playing football and having it go relatively smoothly shows that the Big Ten can do it as well.” Hill went on with the athlete perspective, saying “The players train and practice year-round, and they deserve to play just like the other conferences do.” I think people seemed to overlook the players when it came to making the initial decision to cancel the Big Ten Season. As we wait for games to resume October 24^th, we will soon see if the decision made was the right one.

2011 Morningside College graduate Steven Postolka returned to his former school to speak to students on Tuesday.

Originally from Sioux Rapids, Iowa, Postolka now works for the city of Sioux City as a lawyer. When asked about his current job, where he has been working at for a few years now, he said: “I love the people I get to work with and have a great job.” He wants to stay in Sioux City because he genuinely does enjoy his job, but also said that an opportunity to work for the state in Des Moines would be difficult to turn down.

Steven says that the most difficult part of his job is dealing with people and working with others. Sometimes his job is difficult when it comes to satisfying both parties, because one party may have unrealistic wants from a case. Sioux City gets sued around 10,000 times a year however, so there are sure to be some more difficult and easier cases within those as well.

Another perk of Steven’s job in Sioux City is having a set wage. He even said he is getting paid more for doing less work due to COVID-19 issues. Comparing that to his previous job, he was making a set amount per case rather than in total. It is safe to say that his work in Sioux City has worked out for him well, and this is just another story of a former Mustang being successful in the real world after college.

https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/eisenberg-what-the-mnf-loss-to-chiefs-means-for-ravens

This article on the Baltimore Ravens website talks about their recent loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. The whole purpose of the writing is to tell fans that this one loss is not the end of the world for our team. The writer explains that they very obviously weren’t the better team on the field, but that doesn’t mean that they can improve until they get another shot at the Chiefs. The article ends by saying essentially that if that was the wake up call for the Ravens, they must be awake now (meaning they will play better in upcoming weeks).

I think this article is very good. The overall reaction from fans after a loss is almost always negative, especially after getting embarrassed on Monday Night Football the way they did. An article like this that stays optimistic is exactly what fans who are down in the dumps after a game need to stay positive about the season. The writer pointed out the issues the team needed to fix, but stayed optimistic the entire time which is also a good look for the Baltimore Ravens website.

https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/college/acc/university-of-miami/article245846650.html

This article is about the football game last Saturday between the Miami Hurricanes and the Louisville Cardinals. The article starts by talking about how fun the team looks this year, and includes a quote from their head coach talking about how excited the team was tonight while giving props to Louisville for being a good team. The writer then gives off some individual stats, including notable performances form both teams. After that, the writer finishes off with an in depth game summary, including many notable plays.

I think this article is a very well written one. I really like when a local paper for one team includes the stats for both teams. I am also a fan of how they included a recap of every big play, which gives you a very good summary of the game if you did not watch it. I also like sports articles when they include quotes from a coach or player, which this article did. This is about as good as it gets as a sports recap in my opinion.

https://ragincajuns.com/news/2020/9/12/football-louisiana-stuns-no-23-iowa-state-31-14-in-ames.aspx

This article talks about the upset victory the University of Louisiana-Lafayette had on September 12th against Iowa State in Ames, Iowa. The Rajun’ Cajuns won the game 31-14, which shocked many as the AP 23rd ranked Cyclones were the favorite to win. The article goes over a game summary explaining the major plays and stats that went on during the game, including a punt return and kickoff return for touchdown for the Cajuns that ended up resulting in a win for the team.

I think this article is very well written. Coming from the ULL site, most articles could be biased. However, this article seems very unbiased, and even notes the scoring plays from the Cyclones. If one was not able to watch the game but wanted a brief recap of the game, this article is a perfect example of what someone would be looking for.

In my interview with Jacob Murphy regarding the approach to the COVID-19 virus at Morningside College, one thing was clear: he wasn’t necessarily thrilled with how the college has handled everything so far.

Jacob thinks that the school is handling it poorly, but he says he seems like they are trying to even “do too much” at times. He said: “The school is trying to control everything, when in reality they aren’t really controlling anything.”

He was also unhappy with the quarantine policy at the school. Jacob is not a fan of the rule of mandatory quarantine if you have been exposed to someone who has tested positive, even if you are wearing a mask. He later goes on to say “if we are having to quarantine while wearing masks in class, what is the point of wearing masks?”

1. Which part of the process for paper #1 did you put the most effort into? Which part of the process do you wish you had spent more time on?

I think the part I put the most effort into was revising my article. It was hard for me to be able to cut down some of my paragraphs and also implement more research to give more information to the reader.

I wish I spent more time researching beforehand.

2. What was the *most* difficult part of writing this paper?

As I somewhat stated in question 1, the hardest part was revising my paper. I had a difficult time figuring out what to take out of my article to make it more condensed, even when I thought everything in my first draft was relavent to the topic.

3. What was the biggest problem you encountered in writing this paper, and how successful were you in solving that problem?

The biggest problem I had was involving more than one source into the article. I would read one source and want to include everything into the article, but then I would read the next source and want to do the same thing.

The NBA season has been well underway, and there has not been any COVID-19 cases within the league in the isolated “bubble” where players live and play 24/7.

The National Basketball Association decided to resume their season on July 30 from Orlando, Florida in a bubble where players and staff of the organization are not allowed to leave. There has been zero positive COVID-19 tests in the campus at Walt Disney World.

These players had to adhere to multiple rules before entry into the bubble. Everyone coming to the bubble had to quarantine seven days prior to coming to the Orlando Bubble. They must be cleared by a physician to show they have zero risks to their health for COVID, and have not shown symptoms of the virus. Testing upon arrival is also required to enter the bubble, as well as regular testing throughout their stay in Orlando.

According to NBC Sports, there has been 341 players from the league tested regularly for COVID-19 since the bubble period has started. The NBA has proven that even during a pandemic, their system is working and may be the only way that sports are going to work until the global pandemic is over.

Even once the season started, some players left the bubble to deal with personal, family, or other matters. However, none of this has impacted the safety of the players inside the bubble. The next step in the process was allowing family members to join the players at the bubble, starting on August 30.

The NBA players were allowed one family member, spouse, or close friend into the bubble. With over 360,000 confirmed COVID cases in the state of Florida, per Yahoo Sports, both the players and their families are considered safer inside the bubble than they would be outside of the bubble.

Comparing the Orlando bubble to other leagues, the MLB (Major League Baseball) has decided to continue travels for their teams, and have ran into problems with teams getting infected throughout the season. This has caused games to be postponed, and teams to take multiple weeks off to quarantine due to players being infected by COVID. In an ESPN article, San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich said “I think it’s a great example for our country” when talking about the NBA bubble.

The league has proven that a bubble atmosphere has worked out better than any other situation so far during the pandemic. While there is still games to be played, and a playoff finish between the remaining teams, this has shown that the bubble is far better at keeping stability than any other situation. This will be interesting to watch upcoming fall leagues such as the NFL, and see their approach to the matter.

https://sports.yahoo.com/nba-announces-zero-positive-covid-19-tests-as-resumption-of-play-looms-221830030.html

https://www.nbcsports.com/northwest/portland-trail-blazers/nbanbpa-reports-no-new-positive-covid-19-cases-nba-bubble

https://www.nbcsports.com/northwest/portland-trail-blazers/nbanbpa-reports-no-new-positive-covid-19-cases-nba-bubble

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29601861/nba-extends-streak-spotless-covid-19-testing-orlando

It is a rather chilly, Sunday night at the Mustang Grille. There is a decent amount of people here considering the fact that it is 9:30 p.m. There is a group of men’s soccer players gathered around the largest table in the room. They are quietly having conversation while some are eating, some are on their laptops, and some are sitting at the table either waiting for their food, or not eating at all. There is another group of four boys, presumed to be baseball players based on their Morningside Mustang caps that three of them are wearing. There are a few students at the grille sitting by themselves. One girl by herself is typing away on her laptop while sitting at the bar area in the grille. Another girl is eating what appears to be chicken tenders while looking at her computer screen, possibly studying or doing homework. There are two workers on hand currently. Both of them are males, and both of them are wearing blue shirts with the Sodexo logo on them. One worker is taking the orders of people who show up sporadically. The other worker is making the food and bringing it up to the front counter. Whenever he finishes an order, he calls out the name of whoever ordered the food into a microphone. His voice sounds very deep and almost intimidating on the loud microphone.