Podcast Outline

Erica Parker & Dave Bourassa Podcast

Topic- Student Excuses

Lamest-weirdest- best

Student vs. teachers

Departments:

Visual Arts: Phil Parisi

Writing: Dan Williams

Social Science: Stroki

Math: Kevin Farrell

Text component: What is LSC’s policy on absences?

Other:

-most common

-our favorites

In class writing

Superintendent Schmidt proposes school manual revisions.

Springfield Board of Education debate making changes to school manual.

Springfield Board of Education voted 5-2 to approve the new manual changes proposed by Superintendent Max Schmidt.

"This is the first time the manual has been revised in 20 years", stated Schmidt, "It's overdue, There have been several changes in the law and the mores that we must recognize". Janet Biss, who opposes the changes being made debated that, "These rules were good enough for my generation; they're good enough for students now".

Changes made were that teachers could not use physical punishment on students, teachers must report all violations of school policy to the building principal, students convicted of using any kind of drug will be suspended for no more than 20 days, and all students found with drugs in school will be turned over to juvenile authorities. 

Website Comparision

For my Website Comparison assignment I chose two Savannah, Georgia news stations:


WSAV3
www.wsav.com

Savannah Now
www.savannahnow.com


After looking at both sites these are the results I came up with:

WSAV3:

• Seems to be all headlines, so subheadings to "hook" you into the story. All grey color scheme as well. No way to distinct different categorized stories from one another.
• Slideshow seems to be the main attraction of the page
• Video and slideshows seem to more of a focus than actual written articles
• Local & National categories, clearly labeled, no hierarchy of one from another 
• Seems to have the larger staff because of more local and national coverage

Savannah Now

• Clear headlines and subheadings to get you interested, blue/grey color scheme, headings in blue, updates in red.
• Limited video and slideshows
• Actual written articles seem to be the main focus
• Seems to be more strictly local news
• Almost no sign of National News besides in subcategories located near bottom

Writng Exercise

Man charged with assault after accidentally shooting friend in Albany, Vt.

 

 

Vermont State Police and Vermont Department of Fish and Game have charged Conrad Masse, with four separate counts after hunting accident leaves friend wounded. 

 

 

After undergoing a joint investigation Vermont State Police and Vermont Department of Fish and Game have charged Conrad Masse, 76 of Craftsbury, with Aggravated Assault, Shooting from the Road, Having a Loaded Rifle in his Vehicle and Not having proper display of permits for bear hounds, following a hunting accident in October 2013.

Masse is to appear in the Orleans Superior Court on February 28th, 2014. 

Masse and Wayne Goff, 58 of Wolcott were using GPS to track two bear hounds that they had released on the trail of a bear on Urie Rd. in Albany, VT. Masse drove his truck with Goff as a passenger to Urie Rd. in an attempt to get in front of the bear being pursued by dogs.

When the bear crossed the road Goff exited the vehicle to wait for the bear as Masse drove approximately 541 feet down the road. Masse then opened fire with a Remington .30-06 and fired at least three shots.

One round struck the bear, the second round struck a tree, the third round struck Goff in the midsection hitting his pelvic area. Goff was transported to North Country Hospital then later transferred to Dartmouth Hitchcock where he was released and is in stable condition.

Barton Man dies when Chevrolet drives through Central Restaurant.

Annie Coulter, 82, of Barton lost control of her Chevrolet on Depot Street in Lyndonville today, driving into Central Restaurant. John Barker, 59, of Concord, who was uninjured during the incident, collapsed and died of a heart attack. 

John Barker suffered a heart attack and died after witnessing an out of control vehicle crash into Central Restaurant.

While traveling southbound on Depot Street in Lyndonville, Annie Coulter, swerved to avoid hitting a pedestrian and experienced brake failure, sending her crashing into Central Restaurant.

Barker was inside the restaurant at the time of the incident and received only minor cuts from flying glass . but as Barker tried to help Coulter out of her vehicle, he expressed concerns of chest pains and soon collapsed and died of a heart attack.


http://www.autoblog.com/2013/08/16/chevy-cruze-brake-recall/