Archive for September, 2022

Morningside Grill Masters – Story #2 FINAL

September 30th, 2022

A new club has arrived on Morningside University’s campus. “Grill Masters” is a place for food lovers to grilling enthusiasts to hone their cooking skills. The club is student-led with Tom Moss at the helm. Moss is a sophomore and highly involved on campus with various groups and activities. Moss is not the only person […]

Target 2021 Annual Shareholder Report

September 29th, 2022

In Target’s 2021 Annual Report, Brian Cornell, chairman and CEO of Target addressed shareholders. He starts by explaining Target’s growth prior to Covid-19 has allowed Target to continue to grow through the pandemic. During the difficult times they invested more into their team members. Everything Target does “speaks not to the past but the future.” […]

Jax’s Positive Classroom Experience – Interview Prompt

September 27th, 2022

Jax Neubert lives to see the days that his professor cancels class. After very little sleep the night before, Jax was not excited to be attending his classes. Hopping out of the hay and getting on his way, thinking it was just another day at Morningside University. His first class of the day, criminal justice. […]

Help Wanted: Small Businesses Suffering – News Article #5

September 26th, 2022

Help wanted: a sign that has become all too familiar for small businesses. The continued shape of the market is causing many small businesses to get creative with hiring. Goldman Sachs reported to Wall Street Journal in this article that more than one-third of small businesses said hiring challenges had worsened in the three months […]

Reflection of Story/Article #1

September 25th, 2022

I put most of my effort into writing the lead and the first two paragraphs. Figuring out the most important detail of the news story was the most time consuming. I wanted to put the most of my effort into the lead and first two paragraphs. Trying to formulate my decision and make the rest […]

Belt Cinches Around Global Food Supply – News Article #4

September 20th, 2022

Global food supplies are expected to tighten as alarms continue to sound over this years disappointing harvest. Last week the U.S. Agriculture Department lowered its nationwide corn production estimate to 13.9 billion bushels, 3% lower than its August projection, and 8% below 2021’s total. This comes after the global food supply was already tightened due […]

The Objects of Morningside – Scavenger Hunt

September 20th, 2022

This morning I approached multiple people requesting for objects out of the ordinary. The interactions and reactions I had were interesting. The first object I must obtain was a knock knock joke. The first person I walked up to and asked, stood there with a smile, laughed, and said, “sorry man, I would tell you […]

Fifteen Racehorses Dead Following Stable Fire

September 13th, 2022

At four o’clock this morning a blaze killed fifteen racehorses prior to the start of the racing season. A fire took hold of a barn outside of Norfolk Downs Race Track in Chicago. The barn had twenty-five racehorses stabled. Of the fifteen dead, thirteen of the horses were thoroughbred and two were saddle horses. The […]

Steve Jobs’ Daughter Mocks Apple’s New iPhone 14 – Final Article #1

September 13th, 2022

Apple announced the new iPhone 14 and the opinions of social media users align with the opinion of the late Steve Jobs’ youngest daughter, Eve Jobs, who mocked the company on her Instagram story. Eve Jobs posted a meme shortly after the iPhone 14 was announced. Fortune describes the meme saying that it showed the […]

Secret Service Recovers $286 Million in Stolen Covid-19 Relief Funds – News Article #3

September 12th, 2022

The Secret Service says they recovered $286 million of stolen Covid-19 relief funds from imposters who used fake identifications to qualify for aid. There was 15,000 scam accounts used. According to Otis at Wall Street Journal, the Secret Service has initiated more than 3,850 pandemic related fraud investigations. Since 2020, the Secret Service has recovered […]