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Introduce the concert coming ( Who What When and Where)
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Student Entertainment board questions and answers:
Q1: Why did the entertainment board choose Three 6 Mafia?
Q2: What other concerts does the SEB have lined up?
Q3: How is the SEB going to handle crowd control and substance use?
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2 other sources: People who are going to attend the concert:
Q1: Why did you buy tickets for the concert?
Q2: Who are you going with?
Q3: Are you familiar with the groups music?
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Chopped and Skrewed
Four boys age 7 to 11 drowned when a group of seven boys plunged through thin ice in the Merrimack River.
Dead are William Rodriguez, 11, of 292 Howard St.; Christopher Casado, 7, of 18 Jasper Court; Mackendy Constant, 8, of 7 Clinton St.; and Victor Baez, 9, 46 Bernard Ave.
Surviving the incident were Francis Spraus, 9, 14 School St.; Christopher's brother Ivan Casado, 9, 18 Jasper Court; Jaycob Morales, 10, 4 Winslow Place.
The seven boys finished their snack run from the Lawrence Boys & Girls Club to Hanson's Market yesterday afternoon, a sudden urge to slide around prompted 11-year-old William Rodriguez to dash for the serene expanse of river ice.
"Willie said he wanted to go down to the river, to slide on the Ice," survivor Ivan Casado said. “We tried to stop him.”
The ice was one to two inches thick where they ventured off the river bank. Four inches is considered the minimum to support more than one person, and river ice may not be safe even at that thickness because of currents and other factors.
It was a playful impulse that ended with his plunge through the ice, setting off an ill-fated rescue attempt that deteriorated into a mass of desperate children clinging to each other in 35-degree water.
"My legs started to get stiff, and I had a freezing headache," Francis said. "I was hanging on to Christopher, but he started to slip under. I tried holding on to his hand, but it was like he let go."
Lawrence and Andover firefighters equipped with ice rescue suits arrived and after a search of the area where the boys went in, found the four remaining boys under the ice, 25 feet from shore in 15-20 feet of water.
Because of the steep embankment, rescuers were forced to use ladders to bring the children up off the river to the waiting ambulances.
Members of the state police, Lawrence Police and Merrimack Valley dive teams entered the 38-degree water and conducted an area search to be sure no one was left behind.
Police said the four dead boys were trapped under the ice at least 10 minutes.
Ivan and Francis were released from the hospital last night, and recalled the story from its quiet start.
It was the worst local Merrimack River tragedy in nearly a century.
Dead are William Rodriguez, 11, of 292 Howard St.; Christopher Casado, 7, of 18 Jasper Court; Mackendy Constant, 8, of 7 Clinton St.; and Victor Baez, 9, 46 Bernard Ave.
Surviving the incident were Francis Spraus, 9, 14 School St.; Christopher's brother Ivan Casado, 9, 18 Jasper Court; Jaycob Morales, 10, 4 Winslow Place.
The seven boys finished their snack run from the Lawrence Boys & Girls Club to Hanson's Market yesterday afternoon, a sudden urge to slide around prompted 11-year-old William Rodriguez to dash for the serene expanse of river ice.
"Willie said he wanted to go down to the river, to slide on the Ice," survivor Ivan Casado said. “We tried to stop him.”
The ice was one to two inches thick where they ventured off the river bank. Four inches is considered the minimum to support more than one person, and river ice may not be safe even at that thickness because of currents and other factors.
It was a playful impulse that ended with his plunge through the ice, setting off an ill-fated rescue attempt that deteriorated into a mass of desperate children clinging to each other in 35-degree water.
"My legs started to get stiff, and I had a freezing headache," Francis said. "I was hanging on to Christopher, but he started to slip under. I tried holding on to his hand, but it was like he let go."
Lawrence and Andover firefighters equipped with ice rescue suits arrived and after a search of the area where the boys went in, found the four remaining boys under the ice, 25 feet from shore in 15-20 feet of water.
Because of the steep embankment, rescuers were forced to use ladders to bring the children up off the river to the waiting ambulances.
Members of the state police, Lawrence Police and Merrimack Valley dive teams entered the 38-degree water and conducted an area search to be sure no one was left behind.
Police said the four dead boys were trapped under the ice at least 10 minutes.
Ivan and Francis were released from the hospital last night, and recalled the story from its quiet start.
It was the worst local Merrimack River tragedy in nearly a century.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Cutting Words
1. Published: There were no hotels open by the time the storm hit. (11 words)
Tighter: (7 words) no hotels were open when the storm hit.
2. Published: For those patients in whom the cancer has spread from the pancreas, as was true in Doe's case, there is no cure. (22 words)
Tighter: (11 words) Pancreatic cancer can not be cured, as in Doe's case.
3. Published: Students enroll for their convenience and flexibility. Since their computer is their classroom, students don't have to live anywhere near campus. And since the classes are tailored for working adults, they are offered during the evenings and on weekends. (39 words)
Tighter: Students enroll for their convenience and flexibility. The don't have to live near campus since their classes since they are offerred during the nights and weekends.
4. Published: Doe is not married. (4 words)
Tighter: (3 words) Doe isn't married.
5. Published: He now practices with the law firm of Doe, Roe, Woe and Hoe. (13 words)
Tighter: (12 words) He practices with the law firm of Doe, Roe, Woe and Hoe.
6. Published: "The board took advantage of an opportunity to expand the incentive to remediate students in science and social studies," board President John Doe said at a meeting at the Olympia School for the Deaf and Blind. "It's apparent that the Remediation and Recovery program has been very successful with respect to English and math."
Several superintendents of local school divisions had complained to state education officials that some of their schools were being penalized for letting their students retake SOL tests they had failed. (85 words)
Tighter: (59 words)The board took advantage of an opportunity to expand the incentive to remediate students in science and social studies," board President John Doe said. Several superintendants of local school divisions complained that their schools were penalized for letting students retake SOL tests.
7. Published: That conviction was overturned by an appeals court. (8 words)
Tighter: (6 words) Appeals court overturned the conviction.
8. Published: He has been endorsed by many law enforcement officers in the district. (12 words)
Tighter: (5 words) Law enforcement officers endorsed him.
9. Published: Roe also utilizes film sessions to study other teams' punters. (10 words)
Tighter: (8 shorter words) Roe watches films to study opposing punters.
10. Published: In last year's presidential election, voters living in the seven localities that make up the district cast 62 percent of their ballots for Republican George W. Bush. (27 words)
Tighter: (18 words) 62 percent of voters living in the seven localities cast there votes for for George W. bush in last year's presidential election.
Tighter: (7 words) no hotels were open when the storm hit.
2. Published: For those patients in whom the cancer has spread from the pancreas, as was true in Doe's case, there is no cure. (22 words)
Tighter: (11 words) Pancreatic cancer can not be cured, as in Doe's case.
3. Published: Students enroll for their convenience and flexibility. Since their computer is their classroom, students don't have to live anywhere near campus. And since the classes are tailored for working adults, they are offered during the evenings and on weekends. (39 words)
Tighter: Students enroll for their convenience and flexibility. The don't have to live near campus since their classes since they are offerred during the nights and weekends.
4. Published: Doe is not married. (4 words)
Tighter: (3 words) Doe isn't married.
5. Published: He now practices with the law firm of Doe, Roe, Woe and Hoe. (13 words)
Tighter: (12 words) He practices with the law firm of Doe, Roe, Woe and Hoe.
6. Published: "The board took advantage of an opportunity to expand the incentive to remediate students in science and social studies," board President John Doe said at a meeting at the Olympia School for the Deaf and Blind. "It's apparent that the Remediation and Recovery program has been very successful with respect to English and math."
Several superintendents of local school divisions had complained to state education officials that some of their schools were being penalized for letting their students retake SOL tests they had failed. (85 words)
Tighter: (59 words)The board took advantage of an opportunity to expand the incentive to remediate students in science and social studies," board President John Doe said. Several superintendants of local school divisions complained that their schools were penalized for letting students retake SOL tests.
7. Published: That conviction was overturned by an appeals court. (8 words)
Tighter: (6 words) Appeals court overturned the conviction.
8. Published: He has been endorsed by many law enforcement officers in the district. (12 words)
Tighter: (5 words) Law enforcement officers endorsed him.
9. Published: Roe also utilizes film sessions to study other teams' punters. (10 words)
Tighter: (8 shorter words) Roe watches films to study opposing punters.
10. Published: In last year's presidential election, voters living in the seven localities that make up the district cast 62 percent of their ballots for Republican George W. Bush. (27 words)
Tighter: (18 words) 62 percent of voters living in the seven localities cast there votes for for George W. bush in last year's presidential election.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Event THREE 6!!! MAFIA!!!!
Three 6 Mafia Concert
Address:
304 Compton Union Building
Pullman, WA 99164-4107
Phone:
(509) 335-3503
E-Mail:
wsuseb@gmail.com
Address:
304 Compton Union Building
Pullman, WA 99164-4107
Phone:
(509) 335-3503
E-Mail:
wsuseb@gmail.com
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Passive or Active
1.Kim Murphy of the Los Angeles Time earned the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting for her converage of the Soviet Union.
2. Police in riot gear shot rubber bullets into the crowd.
3.The downed airliner covered the area with debris.
4. The police chief said three officers attended the rally.
5. The senator shut any ray of hope to reach a budget compromise.
6. The tennis club was holding a meeting at 6:30 p.m.
7. The officer reported the car crash at 1:30 a.m. Monday morning.
8. Half of the class failed the exam.
9. The committee is conisdering the bill.
10. The accusations troubled the governor.
2. Police in riot gear shot rubber bullets into the crowd.
3.The downed airliner covered the area with debris.
4. The police chief said three officers attended the rally.
5. The senator shut any ray of hope to reach a budget compromise.
6. The tennis club was holding a meeting at 6:30 p.m.
7. The officer reported the car crash at 1:30 a.m. Monday morning.
8. Half of the class failed the exam.
9. The committee is conisdering the bill.
10. The accusations troubled the governor.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Homicide
Pullman and Moscow fire departments were alerted to an apartment fire at 1172 S. Columbia Avenue on Wednesday, January 14, 2009. Four victims were found in the residence. Each victim was found shot. Two of the victims were taken to Pullman Medical Center.
Janice L. Carothers, 13, and Samantha M. Jones, 17, were pronounced dead due to the gun shots. The two other victims, whos names have yet to be identified, were found shot and killed in the apartment.
Whitman County Prosecutor’s Office, Chief of Detectives, Tony Anderson, has formed a special task force to handle the case. The investigation remains ongoing.Whitman County Sheriff’s Office is offering up to a $10,000 reward Chief of Detectives, Anyone with information should contact the Prosecutor's Homicide Squad.
Janice L. Carothers, 13, and Samantha M. Jones, 17, were pronounced dead due to the gun shots. The two other victims, whos names have yet to be identified, were found shot and killed in the apartment.
Whitman County Prosecutor’s Office, Chief of Detectives, Tony Anderson, has formed a special task force to handle the case. The investigation remains ongoing.Whitman County Sheriff’s Office is offering up to a $10,000 reward Chief of Detectives, Anyone with information should contact the Prosecutor's Homicide Squad.
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