Journalism 132

I would talk about what went on during the last day of class but that seems somewhat redundant because everyone else who didn’t do a blog will talk about that.
I’m going to sum up the class, throughout this school semester I have learned what a blog was. Unlike many people, the word blog was a new one; I didn’t know what it meant, or what the point of one was. I can’t say that I truly like the idea of bloggers but many people seem to enjoy giving their opinions even if some of it may be false information.
This class taught students how to use different search engines, how to use the library more effectively, why news papers seem to be outdated, how to write straight to the point papers, AP style writing, how to use databases and research engines, how to find answers online under time constraint, and a variety of other things I cant seem to remember
Overall grade for this class is a B, a slightly above average grade. I enjoyed learning all of the things stated above. The only down fall to this class…. it was early, I’m not talking about five in the morning early but it was nine in the morning early. Now I understand nine in the morning may not seem to be early for many people but when you have a night job, then come home from work and do home work until two in the morning, nine does seem a bit early.
I would suggest anyone who hasn’t taken this class view his website: SGreene, under class 132 are some really great sites listed. Like Slashdot, drudge report, democracy now, and a few others.

      So things have finally wrapped up for the year in Professor Greene’s journalism 132 class, but not before we had one final guest speaker. The friendly advertising professor of SJSU, Mr. Clyde Lawrence, came for a visit last Wednesday, May 10th. As soon as he walked through the door he begged for forgiveness and jokingly asked to please not be torn apart by my fellow classmates when they wrote about him on our class blog. He lives in Santa Cruz, and a bizarre bomb scare on Highway 17 had caused him to be late. Well do not worry Mr. Lawrence; I have nothing even remotely damaging to write about your visit! He was by far the most engaging speaker of the semester. Even when the electronic supplement part of his lecture failed to work, he kept a lively conversation going. He gave me a whole new outlook on advertising too. I have always despised pop-ups, commercials, and junk mail, but Mr. Lawrence actually said something that made me re-evaluate those feelings. He said, “Advertising is the means that supports first amendment rights.” It was one of the first things he announced to the class upon his launch into advertising talk, and it was a thought that had never before crossed my mind. Yet, he is exactly right because the media is the public’s main source for breaking news that affects them. If advertisement companies didn’t bring in the media’s revenue, then what other support would the media have? And the answer is probably not much of any. So thank you Mr. Lawrence for persuading me to see ads in a whole new and respectable light.

     To move onto another exciting, yet much less important, event that happened in class last Wednesday was the amazing gymnastics performance that I pulled off in front of the class! As some of you may or may not already know, I am on the gymnastics team here at State, and have been for 4 years. I also did club gymnastics for another 12 years before that. Prof. Greene is aware of this information, and so he has been promising the class all semester that I would do a flip for them before school was out. So in our very last class session, I demonstrated a back handspring, and I think it was a hit with the crowd! (Do not forget that is 10 extra credit points toward my final grade Prof. Greene!) Anyway, everyone seemed pretty impressed, but the stunt made me realize that not nearly enough people know about SJSU Gymnastics on this campus. Because if they did, the very simple back handspring I did would not have been so impressive after all. And this is truly a shame because the gymnastics team is one of the top athletic programs at SJSU, both academically and athletically speaking! We are ranked 29^th in the country, and finished a school best and very respectable 4^th place at the NCAA Regional Championships this past April. And now even though I regretfully have to retire, as my 4 years of eligibility have come and gone, I vow to make it my duty to publicize this team whenever possible in the future. I want to ensure that these young women receive the support and credit that they so rightfully deserve for years to come. Anyway, as dead day is now up on us, I would like to wish everyone good luck with finals. After today, I am completely done with school. Yes, that is right, I am graduating in less than two weeks, and it is quite an amazing feeling. While this semester was a breeze for me overall, with only 8 units total, it has not always been so easy. And now as I graduate, I can say that all of that hard work has paid off. I cannot wait to celebrate the end of a tremendous four years with all of my friends and family who have seen me through my college journey. For those of you who still have more schooling to go . . .remember to enjoy it while it lasts because, as cliche as this sounds, the time really does fly by, and you do not want to miss out on anything great. So get involved with campus and with your friends and classmates, and when you have a chance next spring, go take a peak at the gymnastics schedule (it will be posted soon) and try to catch a meet or two in the 2007 season. I will most definitely be at all of their home and local meets, so give me a shout out if you see me there!

 Congratulations to the class of 2006 . . . we are out of here!

~Adriane

So the semester is over. Thank goodness. I really thought I was going to drown. You know its really difficult growing up. However, I won’t be leaving school for to long. If I want to finish school before I become an old lady I better go to this thing people call “summer classes.”

So this lady, Debra Griffith, came to discuss the issues arising from plagiarism at San Jose State University. Now there was this one girl from probably Jour. 132B who maybe wanted to get extra credit. However, I don’t think this was the case. She had some issue with Debra Griffith, which should have been discussed in Debra’s office. Its not my or Debra’s fault that her friend *ucked up. Everyone should know that if you don’t go be the rules, you pay the consequents. Not that plagiarism is really a concern to me, but how hard is it to follow the rules. If you want to plagiarize than don’t get caught.

 So everyone enjoy your summer and the beautiful sun. Hope to see some of you next semester in Jour 165. Until then SJSU, this is Janett Madrigal, Update News!!!

Our last session of Journalism 132 ended with a bang, or a thud, rather. Debra Griffith spoke to our class about her job punishing violators of San Jose State’s academic integrity policy.

I don’t care about the plagiarizers, cheaters and underage drinkers mentioned in the policy. Demons really do exist, but they are the ticket scalpers of the world.
Radiohead are playing two concerts at Berkeley’s Greek Theatre in June and tickets went on sale Sunday. They sold out within two minutes.

Sure, I was one of the lucky ones to get a ticket for both shows. But I am furious about how many tickets ended up in the hands of those who are now selling them on eBay for two, three times the face value. Where is the chief judicial officer for the concert industry?

Many music lovers either do not get tickets or must pay exorbitant prices to get into concerts. How do so many tickets end up in the hands of scalpers? There seems to be a fishy arrangement between ticket sellers and scalpers. I think I smell a rat.

On a lighter note, Greene let the love flow Wednesday when he said he liked a lot of us journalism students because we are “snarky.” Right back at ya, Prof!

To quote every high school yearbook, ever: “Have a nice summer!”

-Julia Cooper

Ron here

Well I can’t wait until summer and I only have one more week of school to go.

Our “final” week consisted of two interviews.

Each class had a different interviewer and going to see the other one was extra credit.

The first class had Debra Griffith and the second class had Clyde Lawrence.

Our last hw assignment is the paper on the interview and I hop it is good though I felt that I got more from Griffith than from Lawrence but hey that’s my opinion.

In other news, the Sabres are moving on to the next round. Congrats Mr Greene.

The Sharks are in a bit of a funk right now but they’ll turn things around well they better

Well my Stanley Cup predictions are staying the same

   it would be a good matchup though I know you have your doubts about my sharks Mr Greene.

Don’t even get me started on the OIlers, I just have one thing to say

  I hate Chris Pronger…oops did I say that out loud….but really I hate his guts

My A’s are losing right now which doesn’t surprise since they suck in the first half but they’ll be strong in the second half like they always do.

The 49ers are really looking good right now and I can see them going 8-8 this season and possibly 9-7 but that’s what i’m hoping for. VD for ROY.

The Warriors might make the playoffs but that might not occur until after I’m dead

 They could suck 1 more year and get Greg Oden and I would be a happy man.

Well lets hope this weeks goes quickly and that we get finals out of the way.

Later, Ron Campos

PS- Go Sharks

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