RIP NANCY (current event quiz)

1.Police have finished the investigations of the shooting of an unarmed and naked teen. This was significant because they finished the investigations right before their 30 day deadline. According to the police chief, most cases like this take about a year to process while this one only 30 days (about a month). The three options the police have as a reaction to this evidence is to either schedule a disciplinary hearing for the officer, request further investigation, or exonerate him of any policy violations.
2.They want to vote in the elction against Trump. Obama is taking action to make it easier online to help people vote. Trump would be like SCREW OBAMA AND THE MEXICANS!!!

3.Railroad comission is struggling because they don't have enough money. They are telling conservatives that they are worried that government will take over because they don't have enough funding.
4.Obama ordered flags to be flown because some old lady died. (Nancy Regan). Michelle Obama is going to the funeral on Friday. It is appropriate that Michelle goes to the funeral because of how important Nancy was not only to her husband but America. She spent the last 15 years working on the Reagan Presedential Library.
5.The jury found that a stalker filmed a nude video of Erin Andrews. Erin's parents said that they felt terror after finding out about the video. The stalker was responsible and the hotel that had the films. The hotel says that the stalker should not be just 51% responsible because it was mostly just the stalke. I think that it was the stalker's fault and they should pay more like 80% of the $55 million.
 6.Now all states have to let lgbt parents adopt kids!!!!!! In Alabama a couple couldn't get kids and were denied by the Albama Supreme Court. The vote was unanimous. They skipped hearing arguments.

Reconsidering Rolling Stone's Reporting

The Rolling Stone believed their source even thought her facts were weird. Editors should always investigate more if something weird comes up. A journalist should learn that you should always double check facts and make sure your main source is reliable. Journalists should make sure to create questions to get the truth and editors need to not be so lenient with writers because many huge mistakes can be made. Rolling Stone definitely need to start straightening up their reporting so mistakes like this do't happen again. It is a mixture of editors and fact checkers not paying attention and the fact that Jackie lied.

yearbook interview with audra banks (rough draft)

Audra Banks is senior this year and throughout her four years at McCallum she has accomplished a lot. Her main activity being Ballet Folklorico she is also in orchestra, latin club, art and many more extracurriculars. Throughout all her years at Mac she says her most memorable experience was her Ballet Folklorico competition in San Antonio, "We had so much fun just hanging out and winning at our competition", she says. She won the Magna Cum Laude award for the national Latin Exam and in tenth grade she went to the sate solos and ensemble.
In her experience at McCallum she found that she was able to make friends that were completely different than her. Through her experiences with them she learned about their culture and learned she could be friends with anybody she wanted to. Even though she had many accomplishments she did have some regrets. She said that she wishes she could have tried harder sophomore year. "I wish I could go back and make better grades". She really knew she belonged at McCallum when she saw all of her old friends from middle and elementary school and they stuck together ever since. McCallum has not only given her many experiences but also influenced what she wants ti do with her life in the future. Her plans for the future are to either be a music therapist, translator or even creating a foster home for kids with disabilities.
After all of Audra's experiences at Mac she has learned a lot and bonded with many people. She is sad to leave all of those opportunities behind as she graduates this spring.

rolling stone article review

I really liked this article. It was very powerful and giving the reader all the details was really really good. The article not only informs the reader but has so much emotion as well. The article shows the reader how alive and well rape is and how much it affects women. I think the reporter did as much as he/she could because many people wouldn't respond. The article was a little long but I think that was needed to give the full story.