Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Week 4 (5/5) Issue Assignment

News (Contact Jay)
  • DASB Meeting (May 7 @ 3:30 p.m., Student Council Chambers)
  • P - environmental certification
  • Community college survey of student engagement
  • Admin decides to support honors program - SAM
Features (Contact Leticia)
P = pictures needed with story
  • P - Swimsuit trends
  • P - Dalip Singh Saund - April 29 @ 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. - "His life, His legacy"
  • P - DA Voices: blood drive - JIM
  • P - Open mic - Thursday May 1 @ 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. - STEVE
  • P - My story, My Homeland - Saturday May 3, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. - CATI
  • DA flea market - Saturday May 3 @ 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. - ADRIAN 
  • Movie review: Amazing Spiderman 2 - VANESSA
Sports (Contact Jeff )

  • P - Track: Norcal Championships (Friday May 2 at 10 a.m.)
  • Donald Sterling racial comments about Magic Johnson - DANEIA
  • Softball season review - CATI
  • Quick-turn around: Tennis championship result follow-up (Ojai Championship in SoCal this past weekend of April 23-27)
Opinions (Contact Harold)
  • UC wait list
  • Net neutrality - STEVE
  • Cliven Bundy ( racist rancher) - JOEY

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Week 3 (5/3) Issue Assignments

News (Contact Jay)
  • DASB Meeting (April 30, 3:30 p.m., Student Council Chambers)
  • Online tutoring through MyPortal - CATI
  • P - Meet your senators, 2/23, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. - STEVEN
Features (Contact Leticia)
P = pictures needed with story
  • P - Art & Chai Festival - Sat. April 26 @ 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (FREE!)
  • Juan Herrera poet reading - Thurs. April 24 @ 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. - JIM (+P)
  • P - Challenges of New Era (April 23, 1:30 to 3 p.m. in Campus Center)see description below
  • Music Festival Fashion - DANEIA (+P)
  • P - D.I.Y flower headbands
  • DA Voices: Cinco de Mayo - CATI (+P)
  • P - Club day photo essay - Thurs. April 24 @ 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
  • Study Abroad FHDA - London Fall 2014
Sports (Contact Jeff )
Pictures needed for ALL stories
  • P - W. Badminton vs. SFCC (April 25 at 6 p.m.)
  • P - QT - W. Badminton vs. Fresno CC (April 29 at 3 p.m.)
  • Michael Phelps comeback? - KAYLA
  • Puig, Harper, or Trout - JACOB
  • Badminton Review - BOJANA
Opinions (Contact Harold)
  • War on Solar
  • Social media fear machine 

CHALLENGES OF A NEW ERA DESCRIPTION:
Hear Dr. Richard Walker illuminate and untangle the web of data behind California's current economic, demographic, and physical transformations. Walker is professor of geography, emeritus, UC Berkeley.

He will introduce his latest publication, The Atlas of California: Mapping the Challenge of a New Era, written with Suresh K. Lodha, Ph.D. (University of California Press, 2013).

A leader of the California Studies movement, Walker focuses his research on economic geography, environment, regional and urban development, capitalism and politics, and class and race.

Walker is also the author of The Country in the City: The Greening of the San Francisco Bay Area, The Conquest of Bread: 150 Years of Agribusiness in California, and, with Michael Storper, The Capitalist Imperative: Territory, Technology and Industrial Growth.

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Week 2 (4/28) Issue Assignments

News (Contact Jay)
  • DASB Meeting (April 23. 3:30 p.m., Student Council Chambers) - JIM
  • Suprising presentation to classified senate - STEVEN
  • DASB Senate minutes - JOEY
Features (Contact Leticia)
P = pictures needed with story
  • P - Film festival (6 to 8 p.m in MCC, ThursdayApril 17th) - CATI
  • Mean Girls 10 year anniversary - DANEIA
  • P - Club Karaoke (April 17, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.) - SAM
  • P - Challenges of New Era (April 23, 1:30 to 3 p.m. in Campus Center)see description below
  • Sexual Assault Awareness (April 17, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.)
  • DA Voices - Mean Girls Favorite Quote
  • Study Abroad - program to London during Fall 2014
Sports (Contact Jeff )
Pictures needed for ALL stories
  • Softball vs. Chabot (Thursday April 17 at 3 p.m.)
  • QT - Softball vs. Mission (Tuesday April 22 at 3 p.m.)
  • QT - Baseball vs. Ohlone (Tuesday April 22 at 2:30 p.m.)
  • Tennis Review - Miami Heat, three-time champions (2012-2014)? - KAYLA
  • Badminton Review
Opinions (Contact Harold)
  • Late Show/Women - Another white male was selected to replace Letterman. Why no women late night hosts?
  • Republicans racist?/"Steve Israel"-
  • Immigration Reform
  • Twitter/Instagram - Daneia
CHALLENGES OF A NEW ERA DESCRIPTION:
Hear Dr. Richard Walker illuminate and untangle the web of data behind California's current economic, demographic, and physical transformations. Walker is professor of geography, emeritus, UC Berkeley.

He will introduce his latest publication, The Atlas of California: Mapping the Challenge of a New Era, written with Suresh K. Lodha, Ph.D. (University of California Press, 2013).

A leader of the California Studies movement, Walker focuses his research on economic geography, environment, regional and urban development, capitalism and politics, and class and race.

Walker is also the author of The Country in the City: The Greening of the San Francisco Bay Area, The Conquest of Bread: 150 Years of Agribusiness in California, and, with Michael Storper, The Capitalist Imperative: Territory, Technology and Industrial Growth.

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Week 1 (4/21) Story Assignments

News (Contact Elizabeth)
  • State colleges (CSU) raising fees - ADRIANA
  • Priority registration changes - STEVE
  • Why no .edu email addresses?
  • Admin decides to support Honors Program
  • DASB meeting - April 16 @ 3:30 p.m. - JIM
Features (Contact Leticia)
  • Incentive Program Book Store - DANEIA
  • HBO Silicon Valley Show Review - VANESSA 
  • App review - Food discount - CATI
  • Banned books library - JOEY / CHRIS(P)
  • Open mic - CHRIS (+P)
  • Sexual assault awareness month - Thurs April 10 @ 11:30 a.m.- 1:30 p.m.; Thurs April 17 main quad
Sports (Contact Jeff )
  • Baseball: vs Mission - Saturday April 12 @ Noon (P) - SAM (+P)
  • Baseball: vs. Chabot - Thursday April 10 @ 2:30 p.m.  - SAM (+P)
  • NorCal Diving Championships - Saturday April 12 (all day) (+P)
  • Badminton in season review/update - SUHER (+P)