8 Year Old Boy Hero, News Story #5

The fact the story had a video with it made me like the news story that much more. They had two really good quotes, one was from a neighbor and the other from the 8 year old boy. It had all the information in the story and still kept the story short and to the point. It only took me a couple minutes to read the story and that’s the kind of news article I like to read. I had a problem with the lead. It was good but it was WAY to long! It could have been broken down into two sentences! It was like three and a half lines. I tried reading it without any breathes because there is no period to take a breath and I did it but it was hard. The lead needs to be much shorter.

Kevin Pottebaum is no stranger to Sioux City so coming back for his wife and leaving his job in Mitchell, South Dakota was an easy decision. He was born and raised in Sioux City, went to Sioux City East High School, then went to Morningside and graduated in 2010 with a major in Mass Communication and a minor in Sports Management. After graduating from Morningside he landed a job with the Daily Republic as a sports writer in Mitchell, South Dakota. He worked there for 10 months then came back to be with his wife.

He met his wife Amanda, while working at Orange Julius in high school. They went to rival high schools. Amanda went to Bishop Heelan Catholic High School. Then they went to rival colleges. Amanda went to Briar Cliff. Pottebaum played baseball in high school and college and when he came back to Sioux City, he picked it back up and continues to play baseball for the Sioux City Saint.

When Kevin and Amanda were planning their wedding they waited a week until their wedding to pick their first dance song. Because the new Matchbox 20 album was coming out and Kevin wanted to see if their new album would have a good first dance song, which it did. They picked over joyed by Matchbox 20. When Kevin told that cute little story he added

“Rob Thomas is my man crush, no one put that in your story.”

He and his wife love spoiling their two dogs. Both are three years old. Taz is a Sheba New Chow Chow mix and Riley is a Black lab border collie mix. Kevin is like a lot of newly weds he still loves being outdoors, traveling, bowling, playing baseball and yes he still plays video games.

Now that Pottebaum is back at Morningside at an employee and not a student his favorite part of his job is just watching the campus grow and change.

“It’s nice when they are paying me instead of it being the other way around.”

Kevin is the digital Communication manager, he’s in charge of social media and the college website for Morningside. He also works with PR. Pottebaum is  more of the behind the scenes guy. “Voice of Morningside”

“Working with twitter and Facebook is a lot of fun and doing it for the school I graduated from makes it more fun.”

Right now his biggest project is he is working on completely re-doing Morningside Website. Last time the website changed was 6 or 7 years ago. The website should be up by the end of this calendar year, at the latest January.

“I want it to change every 3 to 4 years so it always has that new look”

Good Morning America Story

I only read the first 8 words of the headline and I was hooked! The headline was better then the lead! Other then the story being cute and the readers kind of figuring that out as the read it I think what made it even better was the first quote was the letter the brother wrote to Santa. So it was written as if it wrote it, the spelling was how he had it and the grammar was how he had it. That direct quote brought so much more meaning and feelings to this story then any of the many quotes that were used. It just pulled all emotion out of you when reading it and you were hooked to read the rest. It was all just perfect, and made it so much better. That quote made the story. It wouldn’t have been as touching if the writer didn’t put that in the article.

Today I had to go find a person to randomly interview about the weather. So I went to Lewis Hall and interviewed one of the ladies from the Registrars office. I met a very nice lady by the name of Renee Bock. She was wearing a black and white flower top with black pants, she has light brown curly hair.

When I met her I asked her what she thought about the weather. To my surprise she actually likes this cold droopy weather. She doesn’t like the rain but she likes the cooler weather. Fall and Spring are her two favorite seasons, she said “Temperatures in the 60s and 70s is perfect.” She then proceeded to ask if I also needed a green paper clip, I thankfully said no and we both laughed.

Caitlin Fieselman

Journalism

Student-Athletes

            People are struggling everyday to be the best student-athlete they can be. From classes, to practice, to homework, and finding food and sleep at some point in between, their days are jam-packed. It’s a lot like having a full-time job.

Being a student-athlete is stressful and demanding. You have to learn to time-manage well. Some sports have “two-a-days” so that adds to the list also. Many sports require you to miss classes and social outings. The pressure of being a student-athlete means you have to be organized and responsible. Often people don’t even realize how incredibly challenging their schedule will be until they actually become a student-athlete.

On top of the regular daily routine student-athletes have, they have the struggles of keeping their grades up, making everyone proud, and playing and working to certain people’s expectations. One mistake could end everything. If you don’t practice and train right, and get hurt, they may end up never being able to play again. The consequences could be high. Most college tell you that you could lose your scholarship, would could then lead to not being about to afford college. Then what? Others don’t necessarily see the stress and pressure faced by a student-athlete who suffers an injury because other many student-athletes who get hurt are able to come back to the sport. But there are those few who are unlucky and don’t make it back to the sport.

In a “homepage story” by Southeastern Louisiana University called Being a Student Athlete is Challenging, a student said, “ being a student-athlete is challenging because you have to juggle practice, schedules and traveling for games with classes, most of us have scholarship responsibilities, so we cant afford to fall behind in our school work.”

Everyone knows what he or she needs to do to be a good student-athlete. Everyone has different ways to accomplish their goals, but everyone could end up in the same sinking boat. Still in college, but not a student-athlete anymore, having the word athlete on the end of your title name is a privilege that could be taken away with one wrong move. In a brochure by Lafayette College it says “Being a student-athlete at Lafayette College is a privilege, not a right. The rules and regulations of the department and college must be respected at all times to earn the privilege to represent Lafayette College on our athletic teams. The number one priority for student-athletes at Lafayette College is academic success, All College and NCAA regulations will be upheld to the highest level.

Very few student-athletes have a job during their season, but some do. The ones who don’t work during their sports season still have a job, to be the best they can be in their sport. Student-athletes treat their sport and classes as their job, one student athlete in an interview for Colorado University news article, What Entails Being a Student-Athlete? Indicated, he said he “spends on average 30-40 hours a week being a student-athlete,” which is the equivalent to having a normal fulltime job. Another student from Colorado University said in the same interview for, What Entails Being a Student-Athlete? “It is a big commitment but it’s worth it.”

Experiencing the stress and demands of being a student-athlete does have its benefits. There are a lot of great things that come from the hard work of being a student-athlete. For instance you build better organizational skills and you learn to better prioritize your time and responsibilities. In a University of Iowa article called Students Build Valuable Skills Juggling Academic, Sports by Fred Mims, Senior Associate Athletics Director and Director of Athletics Student Services said, “It also allows you to carry heavy mental and physical burdens that you’ll always have to do with in your everyday life. It really tests you. Bu then you figure out a way to be successful under those pressures and stressors.” It seems pretty apparent that the experiences of the student-athlete while challenging in college can teach them valuable coping skills for use later in work and life.

Caitlin Fieselman

Journalism

Student-Athletes

People are struggling everyday to be the best student-athlete they can be. From classes, to practice, to homework, and finding food and sleep at some point in between, their days are jam-packed. It’s a lot like having a full-time job.

Being a student-athlete is stressful and demanding. You have to learn to time-manage well. Some sports have “two-a-days” so that adds to the list also. Many sports require you to miss classes and social outings. The pressure of being a student-athlete means you have to be organized and responsible. Often people don’t even realize how incredibly challenging their schedule will be until they actually become a student-athlete.

On top of the regular daily routine student-athletes have, they have the struggles of keeping their grades up, making everyone proud, and playing and working to certain people’s expectations. One mistake could end everything. If you don’t practice and train right, and get hurt, they may end up never being able to play again. The consequences could be high. Most college tell you that you could lose your scholarship, would could then lead to not being about to afford college. Then what? Others don’t necessarily see the stress and pressure faced by a student-athlete who suffers an injury because other many student-athletes who get hurt are able to come back to the sport. But there are those few who are unlucky and don’t make it back to the sport.

In a “homepage story” by Southeastern Louisiana University called Being a Student Athlete is Challenging, a student said, “ being a student-athlete is challenging because you have to juggle practice, schedules and traveling for games with classes, most of us have scholarship responsibilities, so we cant afford to fall behind in our school work.”

Everyone knows what he or she needs to do to be a good student-athlete. Everyone has different ways to accomplish their goals, but everyone could end up in the same sinking boat. Still in college, but not a student-athlete anymore, having the word athlete on the end of your title name is a privilege that could be taken away with one wrong move. In a brochure by Lafayette College it says “Being a student-athlete at Lafayette College is a privilege, not a right. The rules and regulations of the department and college must be respected at all times to earn the privilege to represent Lafayette College on our athletic teams. The number one priority for student-athletes at Lafayette College is academic success, All College and NCAA regulations will be upheld to the highest level”

Very few student-athletes have a job during their season, but some do. The ones who don’t work during their sports season still have a job, to be the best they can be in their sport. Student-athletes treat their sport and classes as their job, one student athlete in an interview for Colorado University news article, What Entails Being a Student-Athlete? Indicated, he said he “spends on average 30-40 hours a week being a student-athlete,” which is the equivalent to having a normal fulltime job. Another student from Colorado University said in the same interview for, What Entails Being a Student-Athlete? “It is a big commitment but it’s worth it.”

Experiencing the stress and demands of being a student-athlete does have its benefits. There are a lot of great things that come from the hard work of being a student-athlete. For instance you build better organizational skills and you learn to better prioritize your time and responsibilities. In a University of Iowa article called Students Build Valuable Skills Juggling Academic, Sports by Fred Mims, Senior Associate Athletics Director and Director of Athletics Student Services said, “It also allows you to carry heavy mental and physical burdens that you’ll always have to do with in your everyday life. It really tests you. Bu then you figure out a way to be successful under those pressures and stressors.” It seems pretty apparent that the experiences of the student-athlete while challenging in college can teach them valuable coping skills for use later in work and life.

http://news.yahoo.com/giant-boulder-slides-onto-road-lands-man-150356982.html

CRAZY story! I didn’t believe it when I first read the headline! While made me click into it and read it all!! It was short but still had all the details in you that you needed to know. The only thing I didn’t like about it is at the end when the author put in a quote from the Summit Fire Department Captain said “he was obviously scared and in a lot of pain” I personally don’t think that was needed. Obviously if a 30 ton boulder falls on you you’re gonna automatically be scared and in a lot of pain! I think the author could have gotten a much better quote then that. But other then at the lead and writing level was good. The lead didn’t get my attention as much as the header did.

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/iphone-5s-iphone-5c-ios-expect-tomorrows-apple/story?id=20201962

The first two lines made me want to just read and read and read! The writing was done very well, for it being what could of been a very confusing article to understand and read. They talked about 4 different upcoming releases in a very short 9 paragraphs. Which is very impressive. Keeping it short and to the point helped me understand the article a lot better. This article was put together very well I don’t think they could have done it any better and kept it at the level of understanding for the average person.

Missing Michigan Teens that turns into a runaway were found safe today in Chicago Illinois, after the two were missing for two weeks. These two kids are 13 and 14! This just gives the society another reason that shows how the times have changed. At 13 or 14 years old you shouldn’t even be worrying about a significant other! They should be focusing on school and sports, at least that’s how my generation thought at that age. They ranaway together after being together for 6 months! Now-a-days 13 and 14 years aren’t virgins anymore. Now-a-days if you’re 18 or 19 and you’re still a virgin that’s weird! People are getting into relationships at such a young age and are thinking about the wrong things are their age it’s just saddening.

That’s why the pregnancy age is getting lower and lower all the time. They were living in one of the parents car for 2 weeks there’s no saying what they did! One of the parents said they could see their boy was in love with her just by how he looked at her and talked about her. Neither parents weren’t  for the relationship because of their age and how much both were into it. So at least the parents see the wrong and are trying to stop it, but parents can only do so much. Teenagers just need to learn to listen to their parents these days, its not that hard to do and parents are always right anyways!