Passive voice excersice.

1. Rubber coated bullets were fired into the crowd by police in riot gear.

1. Police fired rubber-coated bullets into the crowd.

2. Later in the day, the employees were informed of the layoffs by the boss himself.

2.  The boss informed the employees of the layoffs later in the day.

3. With five seconds left, a three-point shot was missed by LeBron James.

3.  LeBron James missed a three-point shot with five seconds left.

4. Participants in the survey were asked about their changes in political affiliation.

5. Tall buildings and mountain roads were avoided by Raoul because he had such a fear of heights.

5. Raul avoided tall buildings and Mountains because he had a fear of heights. 

6. The bill is being considered by the Legislature.

6. The Legislature is considering the bill. 

7. The tiny island has been destroyed by the earthquake.

7. The earthquake destroyed the tiny island. 

8. The class is reading the book.

9. An experimental operation was performed at the hospital yesterday.

9.

10. The wheat field was covered by debris from the downed airliner.

10. Debris from the downed airliner covered the wheat fields. 

Yasmin- Sunnyside

I would interview Yasmin. There are so  many misinformed sources out there that are misinformed on her age and other such things. Although she is young, this accident is surrounding her and she can still express emotions and should still have enough cognitive function to express her emotions about the accident. It may not be extremely fluent or give us an in depth look but it would let us know how she feels. In example if she said she was scared but happy to see her parents. It adds emotion and personality to the story.
However, I fully see the disadvantages in asking her questions at such a young age. She may not know how to answer them.

Post Secret INFO sheet

Summary: 

Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 7:00 pm Frank Warren gave a presentation on his website Post Secret. He shared his thoughts on secrets and showed the audience secrets he was not allowed to publish in books. arren spoke over suicide prevention and the importance of realizing our secrets. Audience members were allowed to share and ask questions. The presentation was followed by a book signing. Warren will be speaking at Gonzaga on the 13th.

Outline:

I.                What happened?

•         Frank Warren presented Post Secret live. 
•     Free to Cougar card holding WSU students, $5.00 for general public
•     Students shared and emotions were constant through the speech.

II.                Why

•          promotion of Post Secret and suicide awareness. 

III.             What Else?

•          He will be in Spokane and Tacoma as well.

IV.              Finish

•             Post Secret can relieve pain and suffering and let you see that of other. it makes us aware to the many human emotions, secrets, and lies around us every day. visit www.postsecret.com

 Sources:

1.     Frank Warren (no interview just speech quotes) 

2.     Gabe Miller

Student at Spokane Community College

gabriel13miller@gmail.com

1-425-223-1014

3.     Eric Desmarais

WSU  Student

eric.desmarais@email.wsu.edu

Post Secret in Pullman

A Gamut of emotions filled Beasley Coliseum Sunday night as students and the general public gathered to see Frank Warren creator of the Post Secret website.

Post Secret is a project started by Warren in 2004. Warren asks complete strangers to send him their secrets anonymously with no restrictions on the content. He then posts these secrets to his blog for everyone to read. Since Post secret gained popularity he has also published five books and had Post Secret appear in a music video by the rock band The All American Rejects.

Secrets are sent to Warren at his home address on an array of materials including fast food bags and even a potato.

Except for occasional laughter at a funny secret or one of Warren’s jokes the large crowd filling Beasley Coliseum was quiet. Warren shared some of his favorite post cards with the audience ranging from marriage proposals to confessions of peeing in the shower, to which Warren himself admitted.

Warren also showed secrets that had been banned from his five Post Secret books. Usually banned due to nudity or depictions considered crude by his publishers, one was written on a picture of a woman’s breast. 

“I enjoyed seeing the banned secrets, it was like being let in on a little secret of our own, just for us.” Said Eric Desmarais a Washington State University Sophomore.

Tomorrow night Warren will be visiting Gonzaga University in Spokane However this showing is not open to the public. Gabe Miller a student at Spokane Community College used this opportunity to visit his girlfriend in Pullman and see the presentation. “It was better than I expected and I would definitely see it again.” Said Miller, “I feel he is the type of speaker that mixes things up so no two speeches are the same.”

Warren also covered suicide prevention and told the audience that the best way to know whether someone will kill himself or herself is to ask them directly. “There are two kinds of secrets,” Warren said, “those that we keep from others and those that we keep even from ourselves.

At the end of the presentation Warren opened the floor to the audience. Brave audience members lined up at two microphones and one by one confessed their secrets. The audience clapped and encouraged as some speakers cried and others expressed anger. “I didn’t speak, but I have never felt more supported by complete strangers.” Said Miller.

Warren thanked people for sharing and acknowledged their stories whether humorous or tragic.

“The children most broken by the world, are the adults most likely to change it.” Warren said before leaving the stage to sign books.

Warren’s presentation in Pullman was so popular that it had to be moved from the CUB senior ballroom to Beasley Coliseum to accommodate.

Warren will be in Washington for two more days and then will be moving on to other states in his live spring tour that ends in April. Post Secret books can be found in the Compton Union Building Bookie and the website is updated every Sunday. -CMM

Homecoming practice- No More Royalty

There will not be homecoming royalty this year ending a tradition that dates back to 1907 at Washington State University.  "Students just aren’t interested in the homecoming royalty anymore.” said PanHellenic Vice President of Programming, Susan J. Wells.

Comma Splice

1. “We just buy and sell real estate she said. It is what we do, but the market doesn’t dictate the price,” 

 2. In 2007, while the average income in Washington was $55,628, the average income for Whitman County was $36,438.

3. Going green took on new meaning this year when WSU Waste Management announced dramatic changes to the recycling program in an effort to save money across the university. The city plans to follow suit.

4. “Take a little out of athletics, take a little from the library, and save the rest of the money,” Jones said.


5. Dan is using an emerging dairy trend, he installed an anaerobic digester two years ago.

6. He entered the three-mile race yesterday morning but does not have any shoes.

Mike Wallace Tips.

Mike Wallace Interview Tips:

He asks hard questions, questions that may agitate the interviewee

Reading direct quotes and asking about the validity of these quotes

He is not afraid of personal questions, “you” questions.

Ie: “How did you feel?”  “How did you react?”   it evokes emotion.

He has a calm demeanor. Not showing emotion on one side of the argument or the other.

He repeats questions with different wording, or asks similar questions.

He tries to decipher what the interviewee is saying and rewords it back to them in a question format.

Peer Sentence Correction

1. The improv group is preparing for its next production.

2. Recent budgets cuts have not had an enormous effect on the program.

3. The band has been touring for six months.

4. Angel Nava, The arts and programming advisor for student Involvement said participants can listen to the artists’ description of their sculptures.

5. Everyone had a great time at the rally!

6. More than 150 people attended the festival Sep. 14-16.

7. Eric W. Hoffman is a clinical assistant professor in the Edward R. Murrow College of Communications.

8.  “It’s always great seeing such a wonderful turn out each week” He said.

9. The festival is sponsored by the Pullman Chamber of Commerce and is now in its third year of operation.

9.2 The Pullman Chamber of Commerce sponsers the festival now in its third year of operation.

10. “I love shopping in this kind of environment," she said. "it is much better than inside a grocery store,”

Quick Write- Gov. Gregoire Speech.

An audience of 100 Supporters of gay marriage gathered in Olympia Washington today to hear Governor Christine Gregoire announce the bill for legalization of same sex marriage in Washington State. Gov. Gregoire admitted to having struggle with the decision due to her practiced religion but revealed that by coming to this decision she felt better than she had the last seven years. The audience remained quiet as Gov. Gregoire spoke on the rights of everybody as an equal citizen including same sex couples and their families. “It is time, it is the right thing to do and I will introduce the bill to make it happen.” Said Gregoire