final paper idea

for my final paper, I am going to do a localization story about how the economy has taken a toll on our local region. For example, I know someone who works for Cooper BLine and although they had a record year in 2008 sales wise, they had to do 2 rounds of layoffs. I was also going to use a lady that i know who has been employed by a bank for the past 20 years and she was recently fired and replaced by a younger, cheaper employee.

4th paper idea

i am going to write an editorial about the government bailouts and how companies such as AIG and GM are begging for these bailouts but yet GM ceo's arrive at the white house in foreign cars and AIG is holding so called business meetings at spas and how they gave their ceo's huge bonuses...

story 3 idea

for the feature story, i wanted to do a how to..how to:find the perfect prom dress for your body type. I figured that with prom season just around the corner, it's relevant. and for my three sources, I would use teens that are going to prom.

Profile/Interview Assignment

Ian Wilson, 24, is a multi-faceted art enthusiast who has survived an unimaginable
heartache to become the free spirit he is today. A junior at SIU-E, Wilson has had a long journey
to get to where he is today.

Ian began his college career at Southern Illinois University – Carbondale with hopes of
graduating as a pilot and being able to “get away from it all” every day at work. When Ian realized that flying a plane was just a great hobby of his, he had the unexpected happen; his
mother life was tragically cut short at the age of 49. After taking time from school to deal with the loss of his mother, Ian then thought that the medical field was his calling in life. After
realizing that medical school was easier said than done, Ian knew his heart was in the communications field; he is now actively pursuing a degree in mass communications with a focus
on audio and video production. In spite of all of this adversity and change, there is one thing that has remained constant in Ian’s life and that is his extreme passion and appreciation for the arts.

For Ian, being able to express his love of the arts is an irreplaceable constant in his life. Whether he is impressing his friends with his fantastic guitar skills, writing musical lyrics about almost anything and everything, taking or painting pictures, or attending a rock concert, Ian is constantly relishing his inner artist. A self-described “artsy” type, Ian said he enjoys painting “whenever and about whatever is on [his] mind.” Wilson has been playing the guitar for about 5 years and has been writing music for as long as he can remember, but when asked if he had ever performed at a venue, Ian replied, “I perform in front of friends only.” When Ian is not performing for friends, he and his friends can be found enjoying the skills of other artists; a concert junky at heart, Ian said that he doesn’t have a specific favorite genre of concerts to attend because “rock concerts are exciting with all the lights and such,” but at the same time, Ian said, “acoustic concerts are amazing.”

Ian Wilson may have a rough and tough look about him, but once one were to crack his shell, it would quickly become a realization that he is much more in touch with his inner self than one would ever know. He knows he sometimes cares about people too much, he knows that his life has been nothing short of an emotional rollercoaster, but most of all, Ian is well aware that his love for art is what keeps him going.

i am going to write my story on the relocation of the Edwardsville Gliks. I think this story will be very interesting given the fact that Edwardsville Gliks has been in its same location for over 50 years. As a GLik's employee, this story also means a lot to me and the people i work with. I will be interviewing the manager trainer for the Gliks company, an assistant manager, and a Glik's customer..

In-class writing assignment January 26,2008

Thomas Schwanke, an 18 year old freshman at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, was found this morning in a dormitory basement after apparently falling several flights down a trash chute. Although Schwanke was not found until 7:40 A.M., it is believe that the incident occurred around 2:00 A.M.

Witnesses who saw Schwanke earlier in the morning say the he had been drinking. Mary Rouse, Dean of Students, said that this incident again raises concern about alcohol abuse on campus.

Schwanke is being treated at Anderson Hospital in Maryville. Hospital officials declined to discuss his condition or the extent of his injuries.

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this is a test