1. The fire could be a farm accident or an intentional violation of the burn ban. At 10:30, displaced residents were allowed to return to their properties. 64 homes were destroyed, 4,600 acres burned, and hundreds of millions of dollars will be lost for damage costs. The interviews gave more feeling to the story because you hear from people who were hurt by the fires.
2. Math and social studies textbooks are digital. These are cheaper and will help students with their computer-dependent futures. The Robertson family had trouble using it, so they bought a geometry textbook. Mellisa Prepster said there is more content she can get out of the digital textbooks. The Eanes and Leander districts made devices available to each student. I don't like the online textbooks because it has been hard for me to use. I think it would be a good story for The Shield.
3. Justin Trudeau was elected for Prime Minister. This will bring a Liberal into power unlike the conservative people before him. Canada will be a more compassionate and constructive voice.
4. Alan Guckian is up for the 2016 Music Educator Award for bringing his band program back after almost being closed by the state. He is a semifinalist, one out of 25. If he wins, he will put the award on a mantle next to his wife's Oscar.
5. Shaka Smart is trying to get the players to play as a team. To do this, he is trying to make the game more fun.
Thursday, October 22, 2015
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Final Draft Journalism Assignment
Most sports fans in Austin have found themselves in the difficult position of choosing where their loyalty lies: Houston or Dallas. An Austin option, even though it would be welcomed, has never seemed like a real possibility.
Austin is the largest city in the United States without a major professional sports team, and that will not change in the foreseeable future. According to Lance Aldridge, executive director of the Austin Sports Commission, no talk of expanding or relocating to Austin has been made within the major four leagues (NFL, MLB, NBA, or NHL).
Austin is the largest city in the United States without a major professional sports team, and that will not change in the foreseeable future. According to Lance Aldridge, executive director of the Austin Sports Commission, no talk of expanding or relocating to Austin has been made within the major four leagues (NFL, MLB, NBA, or NHL).
The continuous growth in Austin the past years is a good sign for future teams coming here, but the effects of our growth won’t kick in until further down the road. “While we are now the 11th largest city in the country, so much of our growth has been so recent,” Aldridge said. “This means we’ve missed out on larger growth opportunities for most leagues.”
One growth opportunity that Austin hasn’t missed out on, though, is Major League Soccer (MLS). “There is a lot of talk behind the scenes regarding a MLS franchise launching here in town,” Aldridge said. “This will only happen if we first are able to build a new multi-purpose facility to accommodate a potential team. This facility would need to seat a minimum of 18,000 and will also be used for high school football and several other sports.”
A current soccer team in Austin is the Austin Aztex, a member of the United Soccer League, a less popular league than the MLS. In a USL News Release on October 2, 2015, the USL announced that the Austin Aztex have gained permission to skip the 2016 season because they don’t have a stadium that meets the USL’s standards. The flooding of House Park, the Aztex’s old stadium, has slowed the team’s search for a new location. The development of a new stadium will take place in 2016 and the Aztex are expected to return in 2017. How the city goes about finding a new stadium may affect whether or not an MLS team in Austin will happen. If a new stadium is built, and it follows the MLS protocol as well as the USL’s, Austin would be a step closer to hosting a MLS team. So while Austin most likely won’t be one of the teams in the ‘24 by 2020’ goal the MLS has set, it could be a viable option for further expansion of the MLS.
A current soccer team in Austin is the Austin Aztex, a member of the United Soccer League, a less popular league than the MLS. In a USL News Release on October 2, 2015, the USL announced that the Austin Aztex have gained permission to skip the 2016 season because they don’t have a stadium that meets the USL’s standards. The flooding of House Park, the Aztex’s old stadium, has slowed the team’s search for a new location. The development of a new stadium will take place in 2016 and the Aztex are expected to return in 2017. How the city goes about finding a new stadium may affect whether or not an MLS team in Austin will happen. If a new stadium is built, and it follows the MLS protocol as well as the USL’s, Austin would be a step closer to hosting a MLS team. So while Austin most likely won’t be one of the teams in the ‘24 by 2020’ goal the MLS has set, it could be a viable option for further expansion of the MLS.
Other reasons why Austin appears to be out of the picture for a major professional sports team are because of proximity to other sports franchises and UT. Since DFW, which has a team in all of the four major leagues, Houston, which has a team in three, and San Antonio, home of the Spurs, are all so close to Austin, supporting a team would be difficult. UT gives another problem for any pro sports thinking about Austin. “We have also been fortunate to have the largest and arguably most successful collegiate program in the country,” Aldridge said. “Therefore we’ve been labeled as a college town for better or worse.”
So, for now, fans in Austin will still be wearing Cowboys or Texans jerseys. But there are still many other sporting events in Austin people may be interested in. In addition to UT athletics, Austin is home to some minor professional teams. The Texas Stars, the Austin Spurs, and the Round Rock Express, are all minor league teams. The Austin Aztex, and the Austin Aces, a team in World Team Tennis, a league where tennis players play in a team format, are a couple of teams in less popular leagues. Austin is also a home to auto racing and the X-games is big for many in Austin. “There’s a big community of people that do that stuff,” said Trent Huffaker about the X-games. A freshman at McCallum, Huffaker said he likes seeing the X-games in Austin rather than a major professional sport.
Despite there not being a MLB, NFL, NBA, or NHL team in Austin, we still have many sporting events the people of Austin can enjoy. Lance Aldridge agrees. “While I wish we were fortunate enough to have a pro franchise, we all need to be proud of what we have as the Round Rock Express are arguably the most successful MLB franchise in the country and the Austin Spurs are very successful as well!”
Friday, October 9, 2015
Current Event Quiz 2.1
1. The perk is that members of the parks and recreation board get two VIP passes for one weekend of ACL. Tom Donovan received the passes and the Austin Parks Foundation is defending this by saying it is for work purposes. Rick Cofer and Don Zimmerman declined to use the passes because they felt uncomfortable about doing it. Sabine Romero said it was okay for them to accept the tickets in an email. Ann Kitchen used the passes and Ora Houston gave them away. I don't see a problem with giving the members passes. If they want to go they should be allowed to because it might help them in their jobs, but if they don't, they shouldn't be allowed to give them away.
2. Oklahoma implemented a stay of all death-penalty executions because the wrong drug had been sent to the execution. Texas is trading drugs used in executions, and in Montana a judge has stopped all executions. Midazolam is a sedative that is used, but it is now considered to be unreliable. Without midazolam, it is harder to carry out executions.
3. Benjamin Netanyahu has barred ministers from visiting a holy site. He told police to stop members of parliament from going to the holy site. He hopes this will stop violence and unrest. Members of Parliament didn't listen to the decision. Muhanad Halabi, a law student at Al Quds University was killed after killing two Orthodox men in Old City.
4. Svetlana Alexievich won the Nobel Prize for Literature yesterday. She is famous for works about female Russian Soldiers in World War 2 and the Chernobyl disaster. This is a rarity because her work is mainly non-fiction. She blends literature and journalism. She looks to the future thinking she has much more work ahead of her.
5. Professor Emertius Daniel S. Hamermesh has decided to stop teaching at U.T. next fall. The Statesman reporter found out about this when the Daily Texan got a copy of a letter sent to the U.T. president. Hamermesh is the first professor to have decided to leave because of the concealed carry law. He also quit because he has opportunities to work elsewhere.
Free-Response - Reigning After Delay:
The Astros beat the Royals 5-2 in the opening game of their AL Division Series. Colin McHugh only allowed four hits in six innings and the relievers didn't give up a run.
The extra sections are different because it goes in-depth on not as important matters. The Statesman is including them in the electronic edition because the paper is limited in how much is included. I think it makes the paper better because lots of people care about the content in the extra section or find it interesting. I think it makes the electronic edition better.
2. Oklahoma implemented a stay of all death-penalty executions because the wrong drug had been sent to the execution. Texas is trading drugs used in executions, and in Montana a judge has stopped all executions. Midazolam is a sedative that is used, but it is now considered to be unreliable. Without midazolam, it is harder to carry out executions.
3. Benjamin Netanyahu has barred ministers from visiting a holy site. He told police to stop members of parliament from going to the holy site. He hopes this will stop violence and unrest. Members of Parliament didn't listen to the decision. Muhanad Halabi, a law student at Al Quds University was killed after killing two Orthodox men in Old City.
4. Svetlana Alexievich won the Nobel Prize for Literature yesterday. She is famous for works about female Russian Soldiers in World War 2 and the Chernobyl disaster. This is a rarity because her work is mainly non-fiction. She blends literature and journalism. She looks to the future thinking she has much more work ahead of her.
5. Professor Emertius Daniel S. Hamermesh has decided to stop teaching at U.T. next fall. The Statesman reporter found out about this when the Daily Texan got a copy of a letter sent to the U.T. president. Hamermesh is the first professor to have decided to leave because of the concealed carry law. He also quit because he has opportunities to work elsewhere.
Free-Response - Reigning After Delay:
The Astros beat the Royals 5-2 in the opening game of their AL Division Series. Colin McHugh only allowed four hits in six innings and the relievers didn't give up a run.
The extra sections are different because it goes in-depth on not as important matters. The Statesman is including them in the electronic edition because the paper is limited in how much is included. I think it makes the paper better because lots of people care about the content in the extra section or find it interesting. I think it makes the electronic edition better.
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