https://apnews.com/article/sports-europe-italy-milan-215d8ad68ddbfc88a36e06b397f21c57 – article

https://www.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/cnn-breaking-news-alert – broadcasting

Today, a man grabbed a knife from a supermarket shelf and stabbed five people, killing one and wounding four others, including Spanish soccer player Pablo Mari. After arresting a suspect of the crime, it was informed that the man showed signs of being psychologically unstable.

The celebrity from Arsenal, Mari, has been hospitalized but is not seriously hurt.

The two media cover a lot of the same stuff from the story and mentions a lot of the same details. However, there was immediately a thing that stuck out to me; the way CNN presents themselves before telling the story and how their website is mentioned in the end. Another thing I noticed is how the written article from APNews has some more detail to it. For example, the article mentions that the incident happened at a supermarket whereas the audio only mentions it being in Milan. A lot of this small details are covered in the written media compared to the audio, but they both still end up having the same message/purpose.

From what I have seen this seems to be the typical way the two media compares. Written is more detailed than audio, just like books have more details than the movie. Personally, I would probably prefer the written over audio, just because you get that ounce of extra detail.

“So, live. Live. Fight like hell.” Those words were delivered by Stuart Scott last night in a very heartfelt speech of his courageous fight against cancer.

Last night the sportscaster and anchor on ESPN, Stuart Scott, accepted the accepting the Jimmy v perseverance award. It is given to a deserving member of the sporting world who has overcome great obstacles through perseverance and determination.

Scott’s successful career was forced to take a back seat when he was first diagnosed with appendiceal cancer in November of 2007. This has been a big part of Scott’s life and he has found what he finds important in life “Every day I am reminded that our life’s journey is really about the people who touch us.”

Scott touched many people last night by his inspirational and emotional speech. It was made sure that the audience left with either a reminder or different perspective on life. It was reminded what is important in life and for Scott it is his two daughters.  He says, “I can’t ever give up because I can’t leave my daughters.” Afterwards one of his daughters joins him on stage to give a big and heartfelt hug.

Writing article 2 was a big struggle for me, mostly because of the topic; politics. This was not really a problem or concern of mine before writing the paper. However, getting the interviews included in a smooth way into the article was a bigger concern of mine. This led to that I tried giving it more thought of what quotes I should put into the article.

For the article I started off by turning in a draft and afterwards the final product. The differences between my draft and final are not that different, except I wrote added more paragraphs to the final article compared to the draft. This should of course help finish the final paper and be more effective for the reader. One specific thing I changed was my lead, it went from “Morningside University is a school affiliated with Christianity” to “With under a month left, the midterm election is coming up November 8^th and the stakes are, as usual; high.” This was to grab the attention of the reader better.

When writing the article, I put my focus to different places. I especially put more effort and focus into writing out the interviews and looking at the most important parts. Contrary, I wish I would have put a little more effort into researching politics in colleges.

After writing the paper I want to try keeping it simple. Simplicity is a thing that I can struggle with as a strategy, but I will use it in the future since it makes my articles better.

A new booster shot to target the latest version of the Omicron variant is available.

There is an urge to get people vaccinated by Halloween as a precaution for Thanksgiving.

This new shot is more advanced. It targets two versions; the original strain, and the Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5. The previous booster shot only targets the original version of the virus.

It might not be as easy getting the vaccine as it should be since many mass-vaccination clinics has closed. Luckily, it is available at pharmacies and community health centers. 

The age-criteria for this booster are 5-years old. It is recommended by doctors and immunologists that you should wait 4-6 months after last shot or infection.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/19/world/middleeast/iran-climber-elnaz-rekabi.html

Elnaz Rekabi returned to Iran as a hero after climbing without a hijab on. Her motivations, and her fate, however, remain unclear.

Since September there has been the biggest protests in a decade seen in Iran. This all started due to the subsequent death of Masha Amini, a young woman accused by the country’s morality police of wearing her hijab too loosely. 

Ms. Rekabi made global headlines on Sunday for climbing at an international tournament without a hijab, defying Iran’s strictly enforced dress codes for female athletes. She became the center of the ongoing protest movement. It is still uncertain whether her competing without a hijab act was deliberate, but she said “It happened totally unintentionally,” to the reporters.

This article is in my opinion well-written. It gives background information on the protest movement happening in Iran, so everyone is able to understand the article. Furthermore, the writer combines that with the recent news of Elnaz Rekabi. Personally, I think the article is a perfect length for this topic, since it both includes politics and sports. Overall, I think the writer made a good job keeping it interesting and relevant.

Most people have tried eating the little berry that is often used as a component for smoothies, pies, or even just as a snack.

Blueberries is a small berry that a multiple people tried eating in class today. Everyone agrees on that blueberries does not really make a sound when eating it, but the texture of it is very smoosh.

Blueberries are about to be out of season and therefore they can often be a little sour. This was also the case for the blueberries eaten in class. This was seen especially by looking at some people’s face from their squinting.

With under a month left, the midterm election is coming up November 8^th and the stakes are, as usual; high. With only half the people from ages 18-29 voting at the presidential election in 2020 the young generation does often get criticized for not getting involved in politics, which could be a serious problem for the future.  

The midterm election determines who will control Congress and this will affect the future agenda of President Biden. Only one out of three Morningside University students (all 18 and above) could explain in-depth what the midterm election is. 

Based of the three different interviews there was clearly an agreement on the lack of education on the topic politics.  The 20-year-old Sophomore, Emma Dahlhoff, says “now that we’re coming in voter-age we should definitely educate on it. It is our duty to vote and so we should know what we’re voting for.” 

There is clearly a willingness to learn more on the topic when speaking with the three women. Morningside University has so far only provided an event called “Voter’s registration day” and there are plans of having a satellite voting system. This voting system should be a help to make it easier to vote, but it might also be a way of getting students more aware of politics. In addition, Morningside has plans of making it possible for students to vote on campus. 

With only having one event at Morningside University (so far) and a few future plans, there could definitely be more attention to the topic according to Ellie Barber. Ellie Barber is a 20-year-old Sophomore majoring in Political Science and president of MCU (a club in the political science department), she says “the older population vote so much more, so it’s important for the youth to understand that their voice and their opinion makes a difference.”

A national poll released today by the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School indicates that there was a sharp increase in youth (18-to-29-year-olds) believing their vote “doesn’t make a difference” (42%.) Despite the data collected from the three interviews it seems that there is also a big amount of the youth that does not think that politics is ‘important’ enough to vote for. 

As Barber mentions, research shows that there is a gap between young adults and adults when it comes to voting. In 2016 fewer than half of Americans 18 to 29 voted in the presidential election — a gap of more than 15 points compared with the overall turnout.

Despite these numbers there is a collective agreement (from the three interviewees), that students at Morningside should be more informed. The three women are all willing to learn and grow on the topic.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/06/health/abortion-pills-barnard.html

Thursday it was announced that the private women’s college in New York City, Barnard, will begin offering abortion pills on campus next year.

It is a signal of a front from the nation’s colleges and universities to the ongoing battle of abortion after the Supreme Court decided to overturn Roe v. Wade.

It is seen multiple places in the states that it is becoming a requirement for public colleges and universities to provide abortion pills. This is for example seen in Massachusetts and California where laws are enacted to make them have abortion pills in 2023. Contrary, other schools such as University of Idaho has made it clear that the staff can get in severe trouble if they counsel patients on abortion due to Idaho’s near-total ban on abortion.

There is a lot of different approaches from school to school and it is very dependent on the laws of the states. The common thread for the schools that allows abortion pills is that they want to protect students and prepare for the extra amount of people that might come now because of the bans of abortion.

This article gives a lot of details on how the ongoing debate of abortion affects colleges and universities in the nation and how they decide to approach it. Personally, I think the article is a good way of enlightening people on the topic in a very easy and simple way. It might be a little too long in some people’s opinion since there is mentioned a lot of different colleges, but I think in this case it works to mention multiple colleges perspective.

Morningside University is a school affiliated with Christianity. So, when people are in question of their faith they can always turn to Morningside’s Director of Campus Ministry and Community Service, Andy Nelson. Like any other staff member at Morningside Nelson with have a work life and a home life that not many people might know about.

Nelson has been working at Morningside since 2018 and is a Lutheran pastor. It is made clear that even though Nelson is Lutheran, he is here to help no matter what faith a student has.

According to Nelson, the biggest part of his job is to guide or help students. He says “to help you connect with that part of yourself that is bigger than you whether that’s spiritual, religious, or philosophical.” This is done by talking to students and answering their questions, but also to practice faith by finding worship communities, and connect with different sources.

Nelson’s office is to be found at the lower level of the Olsen Student Center and has an open-door policy. This means that any person can step in at any time to talk to him about whatever is going on in their life. He tries to practice the philosophy “caring for others” and give it forward to the people he meet on his way.

Nelson has had some doubts throughout his journey of becoming a pastor, but have always found a way to get to where he wanted. He advises young people to take advantage of time to get different experiences.

When Nelson gets home from his job as a pastor a Morningside, he gets home to four kids from 2-14 years old and a wife. His family is what takes up the majority of his spare time, but when he has the opportunity he loves to sit down and read a good book.

Faith is not only a thing when he is at work but is a constant thing for him. Nelson says that faith is the most important thing in his life, but not necessarily in a practical way. Faith is something that shapes his view, it’s how he helps people and how he views death. He says “My understanding of who I am and my relationship floats from my faith.”

Target’s Chairman and CEO, Brian Cornell, informs that Target has grown a whole lot over the last couple of years. In 2021, Target grew comparable sales by12.7%, on top of record growth in 2020. The final number of sales for Target in 2021 was $104,611 million. He expects this growth to continue since they have invested in the team, strategy and capabilities.

The future plans for Target is expanding the market by opening 30 new stores per year. Right now there exist around 2000 Target stores and the plan is to get more of them remodeled where Order Pickup and Drive Up is added to the store.

Cornell also focuses on other than straight up business; families. The report says “As recently as 2017, the main potential for Target lay in our purpose: to help all families discover the joy of everyday life.” So, even though Target is a great business it is emphasized multiple times in the report that getting stuff for people is the main purpose and makes Target important.