Twitter Sources:

http://twitter.com/#!/redbox
http://twitter.com/#!/steam_games
http://twitter.com/#!/blockbuster

Anecdotes and Evidence

"Social Media Monitoring of Athletes on the Rise"

Evidence: 

While colleges have long monitored their athletes’ comments, the rise of social media – and Twitter and Facebook in particular – have raised new concerns for major college sports programs.  Several universities have hired a private company to monitor the social media websites of their athletes.

"The Pac-10 conference does not have a policy for social media, but it allows individual universities to enact their own policies. At the University of Washington, head coaches set their own policies for social media, according to a UW source."

Anecdote:

“Guess What?” wrote Thomas, who has more than 13,000 Twitter followers. “It’s freaking snowing in this GHOST town man… Damn!”

It was a harmless comment, but by game time on Jan. 30, students at Washington State University had read the Tweet, and were ready to heckle the Husky point guard throughout the game. After the Cougars’ 87-80 win, several logged onto Twitter and sent messages back to Thomas.

 

News Trends Exercise

     WA food stamp increase: 27.7%
      National food stamp increase: 19.8%

1.) 13.1% increase WA population
      WA has grown faster than the USA.
      $58,081
      $52,029
       3.9% African-Americans, vs. 12.9% nationwide

2.) Whitman County Population:  42,689
      4.8% increase from 2000 - 2009
      44% in Whitman had Bachelor's Degree or higher
      $39,691 in 2008
      23.7% below poverty line in 2008

3.)
     a.) 2004:

Political Story Outline

Vincent Duerme

J305 – Section 2

Story 3: Political Story Outline

3/6/2011

I. THE BEGINNING

            - House Bill 1166 passed.

- The Bill “prohibits a person under the age of twenty-one from being charged or prosecuted for seeking medical assistance for someone experiencing alcohol poisoning.”

II. STRUCTURE AND BODY

-          Background of the Bill – History, Details, etc.

-          Timeline of bill – First readings, hearings, voting, etc.

-          Focus on why it’s relevant – WSU > college students > alcohol.

III. SUPPORTING MATERIALS

-          Quotes from House Representatives Liias, Goodman, Roberts.

-          Quotes from WSU students 21+ about the bill, since it’s relevant to them.

-     Supporting research, facts: Other states laws similar to this one.

IV. THE KICKER

-          Summarize, mention when it was passed, how many votes.

-          Quote

Math Quiz

1.) $7,885
2.) 83% passed.
3.) Mean Salary   =  $67,500
     Median Salary = $40,000
     The Median Salary is more accurate.
4.) Both are right. One percent of five percent is 20%, a 20% increase.
5.) a.) -25%
     b.) 33%
6.) 10.7%
7.) Mean:   $790,600
     Median: $129,000
8.) 3 Slices each.
9.) Pullman:   .732%
     Spokane: .251%


10.) 150,000