final current event quiz

1.There is an old pharmacy and a family owned house. They having been fighting with the city since 2003. I think the pharmacy is more important because it is one of the few landmarks of the past that are still up and running in Austin. One suggestion of compromise is "subdividing the lot to preserve the home while allowing development on the other portion".

2. Both colleges are going to be working in the nation's nuclear weapons lab. They are also going to be working with University of New Mexico, the Boeing Co. and the Battelle Memorial Institute. I think that it is interesting that the two rival schools are working togther but I am against nuclear weapons so I don't really think it is ok.

3. There is a new case of sexual assault and there is enough evidence to move forward as well. I do agree with the judge. The lawyers say something about the district attorney general promising to never prosecute Cosby. I think all their arguments are stupid. I think the only reason this is on the front page is because of Cosby being a celebrity and the fact that this happened before not to long ago. I think that there could be more important news on the front page but it's also a topic that people want to hear about.

4.Lee Elementary will now be named honoring Russell Lee instead of Robert E. Lee. Now the school won't be celebrating a confederate leader anymore. There was also a suggestion that the school will just be Lee. Saldana wanted to rename the school Bettie Mann Elementary. He voted against the new name because he said that that is defeating the purpose of even having a new name. I didn't go there but I think confederacy should not be honored so I think that was a good idea to change the name.

5.Most rumors are saying that Ken Starr will be fired. The nature of this situation is honestly disturbing considering how many of those men have committed sexual assault. I think that Starr and all the football players that were offenders should be arrested.

vocab

Folio: the page numberByline: text that identifies the writer of a storyJump: text that identifies where a story is continuedStory Dividers: the lines between different stories so the reader can separate them from each other Screen: shaded areaInfographic: a graphic that provides facts or information like a chart or graphMasthead/ staff box: the names of the publisher, editor, and other important peopleBastard measure: the one thing on a page that's different to create varietyRaw Wrap: text that extends into a column along the headlineReefer: text/graphic that refers to a story elsewhere in the paperWild Art: a photo that doesn't accompany any storyPull Quote: a graphic treatment of a quote pulled from the storyEars: the white space on either side of the flagBanner: a wide headline extending across the entire pageKicker Headline: short, one-line headlineWicket Headline: a headline that consists of two or more lines of a secondary headline above one or more lines of a primary headlineTripod Headline: a headline with a primary headline on the left covering two lines, next to lines of secondary headlineHammer Headline: a headline style that features one or more lines of primary headline above one or more lines of a secondary headlineModular Design: a design system that views a page as a stack of rectanglesText Wrap: text that wraps around an imageL-Shaped Text Flow: L-shaped article with an image or something in the bend of the L

ACL Lineup

 Recently the 2016 ACL Lineup came out including Radiohead, Mumford and Sons, Kendrick Lamar and many more bands and artists. There are lots of opinions of this lineup and some are positive and some are negative.
Mamie Seiler, a freshman at McCallum, has a family owned root beer business which has a stand at ACL. She had many opinions on the subject. Seiler is pretty disappointed with the lineup. She believes that the lineup should be targeted more towards the millennial generation. Mamie only recognized a few of the bands when the lineup came out but said she is excited to get to know some new music. 
Many students think that ACL should broaden their lineup and have a more diversified group. It has been noticed that the artists this year are mainly directed to white people. Liz Epperson, a freshman at McCallum says that "ACL should stop trying to be Coachella and stick with local bands". There is a lot of talk that majority of the groups performing are targeted towards a white audience. This year is the 15th anniversary of Austin City Limits and many people are disappointed by the lineup. Some people say there is "not enough hype bands". It is also noticed that prices in tickets have gotten very high are not very affordable. When the festival first started one day passes were $25 and now they are $90.
On the other hand some people think that ACL is broadening their horizon with new artists. There are also students that are excited for the lineup. People are happy to see more indie bands coming instead of rap groups. 
The ACL lineup is very important among native Austonites because it is one of the biggest festivals beside SXSW in Austin. 

Newspaper Design Continued -- Other HS Papers and Vocabulary

1. Le Journal because it's very classy.
2.Le Journal has a very pretty name and I like the cover the best because its not ugly.
3."Inside clayton's drinking culture" because it sounds kind of dumb
4.just one about "the study drug"
5.they are all really low quality pictures and just relevant to that school
6.different fonts and types of art/pictures and different weird article inside
7.they all are unique but also all kind of similar

current 6.1

1. Harriet Tubman is going to be on the $20. This will affect the musical show, Hamilton. 

2.A city employee might of contaminated water and did nothing about it. This is rare because the person who did this was a morally wrong and also just straight up bad at their job. They made the mistake because they could save money.  They also tampered with the evidence. For the next month they will be testing the water to make sure its good.

3. Clinton and Trump have big wins from New York and are going to continue campaigning. Clinton has 81%. Pennsylvania, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Delaware, and California are all having primaries.Trump says that the other candidates are being bought. Clinton's win stopped Sanders streak.

5. Volkswagen had to pay $1 billion for cars that cheated on emission tests. It depends on each car specifically. They have to pay $20 billion for violation of the clean air act. 

6. A dog was surfing in Port A at the the "Bow Wow a Bunga". The dog was 60 pounds. The festival is for dogs that need to be adopted. 

I like dogs. This article stood out to me because of the picture of the surfing dog because that is kind of weird. I like that they are giving dogs homes.

Intro to Newspaper Design

1. I like The Sun because it has a cute name and the lay out is more modern.
2. "Jewel of the Environment"
3. They all have big titles, picture and politics
4.they all have different fonts

current events 5.2

1.  It has been revealed that Haruka Weiser was sexually assaulted and strangled. The sources are police officials and it was unnamed because they weren't authorized. I think they shared the information because the police thought that the public should know. This story is significant because of the proximity.

2. Hired.com found that 69% of the time, males receive more money than women at the same tech company. Hired.com gives people an opportunity to get an insider view of the tech industry online while seeking jobs, as women have lower wage expectations. One cause that they state for this salary inequity is that women undersell themselves, which makes employers think they can get away with paying them less. I think that it is unfair.

3. The  North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory's order changed  the part of the law that used to not allow anti discrimination protections. The ACLU criticized the order. Paypal said that they would not build their global center there, the National Basketball avocation said they could move the game from Charlotte. Deutsch Bank said they are stopping a project that could have brought 250 jobs to the state. Bruce Springsteen said he isn't going to have a concert in the state. They are all acting out to prove that the governors executive order needs to abolish the whole law. 

4.The number of child suicide bombers used by Boko Harum has gone up 11 times in the past year. :-( A terrible consequence of this trend is the children dying. Terrorism experts are rejecting the term suicide because the children don't want to die they are being forced to. Boko Harum is a terrorist group in Nigeria which only attacks "soft targets" versus Al-Quaida which will attacks harder targets. They aligned themselves with Al-Quaida. They are motivating people with money.

6.This article is different because the reader gets to know his opinion a little better and it is numbered, which is weird. I thought it was kind of boring so maybe the author could write a little bit more of a shorter and a little bit more interesting.