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Homer the Bear

Our beloved Homer the bear, was found dead at the Midland Zoo this morning.  Midland Zoo's third animal was found dead this morning due to unknown reasonings.

Weekly Trend Feature

1. The DePaulia trend on ASRM videos - March 4th 2019  2.  Before the internet age, students would de-stress by reading a book or watching television, but the best de-stresser is right at their fingertips as oddly satisfying videos. 3.  The majority of the videos are created by young women for young women. They are primarily uploaded as minute-long clips on Instagram while the longer or full-length videos can be watched on YouTube. Professional satisfying accounts have created web stores to sell their own ASMR products. Instagram pages like ‘satisfyingvideo,’ who have accumulated an enormous 1.5 million followers, sell the same type of slimes used in their videos on their website, satisfyingstore.com. This trend feature is on "satisfying videos" that is taking over the Internet.  1. ESPN trend on sneaker giveaway - March 18th 2019  2.  After his second preseason game with the  Boston Celtics  in 2017,  Kyrie Irving  walked off the court in Philadelphia and notic

NPR Analysis

After landing her way into Saturday Night Live, Aidy Bryant is now starring and writing in new Hulu series "Shrill". "Shrill" is a new Hulu series from the book from Lindy West's memoir, that is about a young aspiring journalist that learning to become more confident in her body. Being picked on her whole life about being overweight, she is finally putting her own experiences into this comedy series. Bryant tells Terry Gross on "Fresh Air's" that she used to let other's comments on her weight be acceptable and never defended herself. "I think for myself I always felt like people would assert things about my body or what I should want and I always smiled and said okay thank you and get through it with a smile," Bryant continues "I think instinctually even though people have said things that are hurtful to me I immediately say that's okay" Aidy has always let other's comments towards her never affect her but

News Assignment

1. a. Michael R. Quinn.     b. Michael reconsidered his position.     c. Springfield University.     d. Friday.     e. Students protesting due to intution increase 2. a. Who, What, Where and Why     b. Who, What, Where and When     c. Who, What, Where and When The best lead was the second one, it has all of the W's except why, but it has enough detail where I want to read more. It lags on being straightforward and it could be cut shorter but overall better than the other ones. I also liked the third one but they should wait to put the the details of how much it will benefit their paychecks futher in the story. 3. Students can register for class by phone beginning next semester. 4. University authorities found dynamite in freshman's dorm room yesterday afternoon during a univieristy wide inspection. 5. A fire destroyed a couple's home last night while homeowners we're away, it was believed to be from faulty electric wiring.

Speaker Feature Evaluation

“Don’t wait until…you come face to face with evil to learn this lesson,” Bridges said, “We all have a common enemy and it is evil. I refuse to believe there is more evil out there than good. There’s more good. We just have to stand up.” I love this quote, her hope is still there and has the drive to keep standing up for what is right. My overall opinion of the story is very powerful just looking at her your words, I can feel the tone in the words even if I wasn't physically there.

Lead Writing Practice

A 2.2 magnitude earthquake struck Santa Clara County this morning. Highway 9, west of Saratoga at Pierce Road was blocked for nine hours yesterday.

Cinequest Review

Amusement parks are for fun and laughs, to get away from our problems, but in "The Circle" Shila tells her niece horrible news that would change her life forever. The topic for the shorts program was called "Family for Better or Worse" that showed many shorts about many families. I liked how it was not a cliche of the loving families we see in our society; we see pain and struggle just like any other family. My favorite short from the program was called "The Circle," it was taken place at an amusement park where an aunt told her niece her mom was dying. Amusement parks are supposed to be happy, and a great time but in this short, it was not the happiest, it was very depressing. The irony of sad news at an amusement park, it showed how life is like that sometimes. In the climax of the short, the characters were in a Ferris wheel, and the aunt told her niece that her mother was dying. The aunt told her that "life is like a cycle, and it is goi