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Stuart Scott, an ESPN sports broadcaster, gives powerful words to motivate those who are fighting a tough battle while accepting the Jimmy V. Perseverance Award.

Stuart Scott received the Jimmy V. Perseverance Award last night in the NOKIA Theatre in Los Angeles, California. While receiving this award, he felt like he had a duty. Twenty-one years ago, Jim Valvano stated, “Don’t give up, don’t ever give up.” Stuart now believes that after receiving this award that it is his responsibility to live by those words. It also helps him battle with his battle through cancer which he has had since 2007.

“You beat cancer by how you live, why you live and in the manner in which you live, ” stated Scott.

Scott believes that it’s about the journey and what you make of it. It doesn’t have to be just yourself who battles the cancer, it can be your friends and loved ones too. He emphasizes how his journey has not been a solo venture, and that it requires support to battle.

“I can’t ever give up because I can’t leave my daughters,” Scott adds.

Scott states that the best thing he has ever done is be a dad. He expressed his love to his two daughters and believes he wouldn’t be where he is today without them. As he concluded his speech, his youngest daughter came up and gave him a hug, while the huge audience applauded in the background, filled with emotion.

I chose to do a media comparison on how Hal Steinbrenner is planning to keep Aaron Boone as the Yankees manager. I got the print article from the Associated Press and the video from the New York Post.

Both of the media types use Hal Steinbrenner in their lead. This is because he is the one who makes the decisions for the Yankees since he is the chairman and managing general partner of Yankee Global Enterprises, which owns the New York Yankees. The video version of the story uses a quote as the lead to get the topic introduced while the print version does not. Then, the print version goes on to talk about some details on other teams and injuries, while the video version focuses more on Boone and the Yankees GM, Brian Cashman, and if they are coming back together or not.

Both the print article and the video are fairly short. The print version has a little bit more detail. The video version is like a conversation with some analysts all talking about the same topic.

The print version uses many quotes from Hal Steinbrenner himself and then the video uses some quotes citing the content from the Associated Press which is the print article.

I noticed that the role of sound and video portrayed a different kind of mood. For example, I read the print version first and then found a video about the topic. The print version seemed more informative with quotes while the video version mixed in facts as well as the reporter, Andy Martino’s opinion on the issue. The video seemed a bit more subjective to me.

One thing I found interesting was that the article under the video didn’t really follow what the video had to say. The video was much more specific which must’ve meant that they felt like the information they covered was the most important.

Print : https://apnews.com/article/mlb-sports-new-york-yankees-aaron-judge-ca5dc9ba6ec0dd769c3ce49e0a63ac84

Video : https://nypost.com/2022/10/26/yankees-make-decision-on-aaron-boone/

Man shoots wife on wedding day after she threw a plate of macaroni salad at him.

Richard and Laurette Brunson were married on the front porch of their home Saturday. About 30 relatives and friends attended the wedding

Following the ceremony, Richard shot Laurette with a .22 caliber handgun after she threw a plate of macaroni salad at him.

Walter Corse, one of their neighbors, had this to say about the incident… (insert audio)

The couple had been living together for four or five months before the wedding. The bride had 3 children who were there to witness the incident.

Marilyn Corse, Walter’s mother, also had some feelings about what happened… (insert audio)

According to hospital officials, Mrs. Brunson was shot in the abdomen, but is now in satisfactory condition.

The Yankees Have No Answer for an Ageless Astros Ace.

In order for the Yankees to win the American League pennant, they are going to have to beat Justin Verlander, who is in the running for the Cy Young Award this year. Verlander may go down in history as one of the best pitchers ever, even after coming back from Tommy John Surgery on his elbow.

In Verlander’s first face off against the Yankees in the ALCS, he struck out 11 over 6 innings and recorded the win.

“He’s not only physically strong, which you can see, but he’s mentally strong,” said Astros Manager Dusty Baker.

Jameson Taillon, the Yankees starting pitcher who faced Verlander, gave his best effort, trying to keep things close, but he couldn’t outlast Verlander.

The Astros manager hands the ball to left-hander Framber Valdez to face the Yankees for game 2 of the ALCS Thursday night to try and repeat the outcome.

This is news because of timeliness. Post-season baseball only happens once a year so everyone is paying attention. This is also news because of proximity. Fans in New York and Houston might be interested in their home teams during the MLB playoffs. Lastly, this is news because of human-interest for all of the everyday baseball fans who watch baseball on TV and who attend the games in person.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/19/sports/baseball/yankees-astros-alcs-game-1-score.html

Doctors are turning away potential patients with disabilities.

A professor of medicine at Harvard has heard from patients with disabilities that “healthcare is substandard”

A recent study was conducted consisting of many doctors and specialists divided into three focus groups. The names of the doctors and physicians are left anonymous to try and get them to admit that they treat patients with disabilities differently.

Many doctors had a lot to say about patients in wheelchairs, saying their offices didn’t accommodate a scale to weigh them.

Communication disabilities were also seen to be a problem. One doctor said they were losing money every time they saw a deaf patient because they had to hire a translator.

Patients with disabilities were then interviewed confirming that all of those things are true.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/19/health/doctors-patients-disabilities.html

The pirouettes reminded me of my childhood when we would get the cereal straws where you would drink milk through them creating chocolate milk. The straw was very crumbly and easy to bite into. The chocolate in the middle was very soft and melted in your mouth. Eating just one made me want to grab a 2nd and a 3rd pirouette. Initially, the straw doesn’t look appetizing and looks very plain. But I’m sure everyone would say it tastes the exact opposite when taking a bite.

The new Monte Mustang made his debut with the Morningside Dance Team last Saturday during halftime of the homecoming football game.

Sophomore, Sina Diaz, was in charge of the choreography for this new dance. She didn’t originally volunteer because she is still an underclassmen and she felt that one of the upperclassmen would want to step up, but instead, her teammates egged her on and told her that she needed to do it.

The idea to bring Monte into this dance was brought to her attention by her dance coach, Erin Baker. Sina had plans of having someone perform a solo during the dance, so adding Monte to the mix worked out perfectly.

Diaz emphasized that the practices went very well. A lot of the dancers were down on themselves from the previous weeks, so having this fun dance really changed their mood and allowed them to have fun.

“Monte was surprisingly very easy to teach, he picked up the choreography really quick. Although he wasn’t swaggy at first, he definitely practiced because he came back and he knew what he was doing,” Diaz explained.

Diaz felt that the performance went really well. Lots of people came up to her and gave her great feedback saying that it looked like it was a lot of fun.

The hardest thing she had to battle was making the dance to fit everyones needs and to make sure Monte would mesh well with the rest of the dancers.

Monte the Mustang stated, “When I’m in the costume, my arms don’t bend and move the exact same, nor does my head, so it just takes a second to make a change so that it looks normal.”

Diaz’s teammate, Samantha Snyder, a junior all-conference dancer, really enjoyed dancing with Monte and changing it up. She was very confident in Sina’s ability to choreograph a hip hop dance that suited everyone needs.

“Obviously Monte has a lot of school spirit, and we do too as the Morningside University Dance Team, so we kind of shared the common interest of wanting to please all of our fans,” stated Snyder.

It wasn’t only the dance team that was pleased with their performance, the fans loved it too.

Carter Ades, a Morningside student who saw the performance at halftime, had nothing but good things to say about this performance.

He stated, “I thought it was impressive to see how well coordinated they were, they looked to be in mid-season form already, and the addition of Monte was fun and added to the performance.”

The Morningside University Dance team is now getting ready to tackle their upcoming competition season.

With His 62nd Home Run, Aaron Judge Stands Alone in A.L.

Aaron Judge has passed Roger Maris’ and Babe Ruth’s American League record for home runs.

Last Thursday Aaron Judge beat Ruth’s record and tied Maris’ record. Five games later, he finally belted his 62nd home run of the season to beat Maris’ record.

“It’s a big relief,” Judge said of hitting the home run after the chase and all the attention focused on him. “I think everybody can finally sit down and watch some ball games.” (NY Times, 2022)

Judge struck out in his next at bat, later exiting the game.

Judge had bet on himself early in the season. He turned down a 213.5 million dollar deal with the Yankees. After this incredible season, he has increased his value for next season.

This is news because it is a new record in Major League Baseball, which does not happen often. It interests people who like baseball because no one has ever hit 62 home runs in the American League before. It’s newsworthy because it consists of human-interest, and it’s odd. Baseball fans would love to read about this and of course it is odd because it has never happened before.

Andy Nelson, the Morningside University Campus Chaplain, came into COMM 208 class to talk about his life and what he does for a living.

As a Campus Chaplain, he gives a pitch to prospective students, letting them know that their faith is important, and that they can continue to follow it, even when they come to college.

Nelson helps and supports any type of faith one would like to continue at college. He provides the resources needed to connect with specific religions and worshipping communities.

Nelson emphasized the ability to express any religion you want here at Morningside, which made him recall the First Amendment rights we have posted outside of our classroom here in the library at Morningside. He thought that it was a great thing to have posted so that everyone would always have a subtle reminder.

Some of the things he does to help students is host worship services and help others get connected with worshipping communities of their interest.

Nelson knew he wanted to connect with college students because that is the group of people he did his seminary training with, and he really enjoyed it. Morningside was his destination because his wife was working here, and a Campus Chaplain position opened up so he applied.

His road to being a chaplain and pastor was sort of back and forth. He recalled when he was in college that he called his parents saying,

“I think I want to be a pastor!”

What he didn’t know was that his mind was going to change several times before he decided to stick with it.

A piece of advice that Nelson had for his younger self was to take a break between his student life and his real job. He wanted to avoid getting burnt out and wanted a better transition from student life into the real world.

If he had to have a different occupation, he would want one, defined by Nelson, where it is easier to “see what you have added to the world.”

This doesn’t mean he doesn’t see that as a pastor though, it is just a little harder to understand and wrap his head around. With more experience, Nelson mentioned it is easier to see what he is adding to the world.

Faith is the most important thing in Nelson’s life. He mentioned that everyone has a different perception of faith so it may not be the most important for them, but many factors contribute to why it is the most important thing in his life.

“It shapes how I view the world.” Nelson states.