Ian Deas For President

Ian Deas is a 21 years old junior from Charleston, South Carolina who attends Winthrop University. Ian Deas decided to come to Winthrop University because it was in state. Ian Deas chose Winthrop University over any other state university because it reminded him of his high school. He loves the teacher/student ratio because the professors know you on a more personal level to help you out with anything you need help with. At Winthrop University Ian Deas is involved in the Gamma Beta Phi Honors Society, Ronald E. McNair Scholarship Program, and Winthrop Eagles Stem Scholars. Ian Deas decided to run for student body president because he loves Winthrop University. He noticed while serving in the student body vice-president position that there was a lot of thing that were not accomplished so he decided to try and get them done as the student body president now. He wants to get the student body more involved with the student government process. Ian Deas is a brother of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated. Ian Deas became a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated in the spring of 2012. Ian Deas wanted to become a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated because of the rich history that it has. His family also guided him in the direction of becoming a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated. Ian Deas favorite part about being in this fraternity is the relationship with other brothers especially his line brothers. Ian Deas spends some of his time in the lab because of his major in Biology and minor in Chemistry. He chose the Biology major because he is interested in Medical Sciences and he feels being a Biology major and minoring in Chemistry will prepare him for the subject matter he is going into when he graduates. Ian Deas likes to study 12 hours a week in the computer lab. After a long day in the office for the student body president Ian Deas, he tends to get in touch with multiple friends of his to go to the gym. While heading to the gym, he may be handling other business on his phone with his line brothers and or girl friend. Once Ian gets to the gym to meet up with his friends, they all converse about what they just finish doing or other things that they have to get done. After going to the front desk in the West Center and receiving a basketball from the receptionist that is working at that time, Ian Deas and his friends then head to the basketball court for a little fun time before dealing with studying and homework. In the gym Ian Deas works on his balling techniques with some of his friends and also his ball handling skills. When Ian Deas is not in the gym with his friends then he is out and about spending time with his Girlfriend, Aubrey Arnold. There are multiple activities that Ian Deas like to do with his girlfriend such as going to the movies, going out to eat, or surprise picnics at Winthrop Lake. Ian Deas is a wonderful friend, brother, son, boyfriend, coworker, classmate, and an overall great person.

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People probably think of journalism as just writing stories and reporting news with major ideas. Telling stories is something most journalists love to do in their job field. They love storytelling. Now that the different multimedia ideas have upgraded today, journalists have upgrade their storytelling with multiple great formats such as audio, text, videos, pictures and more. Your audience tends to pay more attention to the story with such great formats. This particular video informs us of a young child feeling afraid to inform his parents that he is being mistreated at school by his own teacher. At six years old and in kindergarten, the child was molested and taken advantage of by his own teacher. This story consists of photos, audio and text at the same time and that will the stories more interesting and easier to understand. The photos were in the story to give you a hint of what exactly was going on with the child throughout his struggle. The photos can be worth a thousand words by themselves. The photos speak volume to its audience. Photos or multiple of them has the ability to convey stories to those that view them. The photos are used to convey emotion, mood, and messages. The photos capture the essence of a written story. The photos beginning the story put the rest of the images into context. Those photos introduce important characters in the story. In this particular story the picture of the boy shows that he is an important character throughout the story. They photos in the middle of the story show what happens but also explores the themes and ideas. The ending photos are the ones you want to leave with the audience to show them how the ending of the story turned out. The audio was added to the story to let you know more about the photos. Using the audio adds the details of the photos. Great audio conveys great information to the audience. Great audio relays facts to the audience while adding details to the story. The audio was used to convey narrative. The text was used for those who did not understand the pictures and the audio. The text in this specific story was used to catch the audience’s attention. The text was also used to tell you what was going to happen in the story before telling the story. These events are all important when telling a story. Here is a link to learn more.

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Headlines, Blurbs, and Leads

Ketch Dewalt
MCOM 226

1. Headline: Health Department Suspends Bakery License
Blurb: Hoping that the problem a year ago of found cockroaches, mice droppings, flour beetles and health problems in the Kalani Bros. Bakery would be corrected, more problems arises.
Lead: Health inspectors arrived last Friday, a fourth time at the a bakery on Moore Street: the Kalani Bros. Bakery to suspend the bakers license.

2. Headline: No new fees, no new growth
Blurb: The county will stop granting any new building permits, roads and schools will become overcrowded, and police and fire protection will deteriorate.
Lead: County officials will be revealing their report at a press conference at 9 a.m. today on how new people moving to the county should be required to pay for the expanded services they want.

3. Headline: New law affects all students
Blurb: Vending machines at public schools will undergo a major change, replacing junk food with healthier food.
Lead: Today, the governor signs the law prohibiting the sale of junk food at public schools.

4. Headline: City policeman life saved by bullet-proof vest
Blurb: Thomas E. Richardson almost lost his life if he was not protected by his bullet-proof vest.
Lead: Last night, Thomas E. Richardson almost lost his life after receiving an anonymous phone call about a suspicious person loitering behind a restaurant at 640 Aloma Avenue.

5. Headline: Innovative program saves lives
Blurb: Innovative program called "Project Reassurance" saves three lives.
Lead: Each day, elderlies of the program calls Dorothy Morovchek, a clerk, and two aides at the police department between 7 and 9 a.m.

6. No cornea transplants without relatives consent
Blurb: If you are blind or going blind then you may have to wait longer to receive cornea transplants.
Lead: There is a decision issued today saying that medical examiners can no longer remove corneas from the eyes of the deceased without the permission of relatives.