Words for Final Exam Week, No. 2

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Blockhead

“The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible.”  

—Vladimor Nabokov (1899-1977), Russian-American novelist (Lolita, 1955) and filler of many a blank page

• Editorial Comment: I know that “miraculous” feeling: Students with papers and finals to go are thinking: “It’ll be a miracle if I get out of this.”

• Yesterday’s WORD: Did you miss yesterday’s WORDs from writer Norbet Platt, on the calming effect of putting pen to paper? Click here.

News from USU’s award-winning student news site, The Hard News Café
• Remembering Alan: ‘Campus literally stopped’ when art prof died, by Katie Swain
• Council reschedules Miss Millville pageant, by Tanner Simmons

• Logan man pleads guilty to controlled-substance counts, by Tanner Simmons
• Smithfield man asks city to remove snow-storage ‘doughnut,’ by Tanner Simmons 
• Court date reset for Logan man after no-show, by Paul Christiansen
• Cache Rendezvous—Aggie TV’s last show of the year, anchored by Jenna Lynn and Victoria Cardon
• Expanded Al’s Sporting Goods means sad farewell to Logan Burgers, by Jessica Sonderegger
 

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Words for Final Exam Week, No. 1

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Take a deep breath

“The act of putting pen to paper encourages pause for thought, this in turn makes us think more deeply about life, which helps us regain our equilibrium.”  
 

—Norbet Platt, writer

 
• Editorial Comment: Students! It’s not just about remembering. It’s also about thinking.


• Yesterday’s WORD: Did you miss yesterday’s WORDs from a character in novelist Jess Walter’s book, who feared the English language like an unpredictable mongrel? Click here.

News from USU’s award-winning student news site, The Hard News Café
• Council reschedules Miss Millville pageant, by Tanner Simmons

• Logan man pleads guilty to controlled-substance counts, by Tanner Simmons
• Smithfield man asks city to remove snow-storage ‘doughnut,’ by Tanner Simmons 
• Court date reset for Logan man after no-show, by Paul Christiansen
• Cache Rendezvous—Aggie TV’s last show of the year, anchored by Jenna Lynn and Victoria Cardon
• Expanded Al’s Sporting Goods means sad farewell to Logan Burgers, by Jessica Sonderegger

• A-TV News—A bad dog bite, True Aggies, woman gives birth on her lawn, weather, spring football & more, anchored by Courtney Robinson and Kelton Wells
• ‘Beat the Boot!’—commuters, renters clash with city on parking policies, by Katie Swain 
• ‘Caring for America’—Feminist scholar describes underappreciated caregivers, by Jessica Sonderegger
• Art, Music, Theater courses will cost more under new tuition plan, by Katie Swain 
• Same-Sex Marriage: Even in Utah, love will find a way, by Emily Landeen, A-TV News
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Untamed English

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‘Woof!’ she observed

“He had never really mastered English, but he’d studied enough to have a healthy fear of its random severity, the senseless brutality of its conjugations; it was unpredictable, like a cross-bred dog.” 

—Pasquale Turis, character in novel by Jess Walter, Beautiful Ruins

• Editorial Comment: It’s final project week. I think a grumpy dog wrote this term paper.

• Yesterday’s WORD: Did you miss yesterday’s WORDs from radio host Garrison Keillor, on the sunny brilliance of books? Click here.

News from USU’s award-winning student news site, The Hard News Café
• Cache Rendezvous—Aggie TV’s last show of the year, anchored by Jenna Lynn and Victoria Cardon

• Expanded Al’s Sporting Goods means sad farewell to Logan Burgers, by Jessica Sonderegger

• A-TV News—A bad dog bite, True Aggies, woman gives birth on her lawn, weather, spring football & more, anchored by Courtney Robinson and Kelton Wells
• ‘Beat the Boot!’—commuters, renters clash with city on parking policies, by Katie Swain 
• ‘Caring for America’—Feminist scholar describes underappreciated caregivers, by Jessica Sonderegger
• Art, Music, Theater courses will cost more under new tuition plan, by Katie Swain 
• Aggie journalists best in region with 20 excellence awards, by Kelton Wells
• Same-Sex Marriage: Even in Utah, love will find a way, by Emily Landeen, A-TV News

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Poet May Swenson, Utah Original

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Sunshine

“One reads books in order to gain the privilege of living more than one life. People who don’t read are trapped in a mine shaft, even if they think the sun is shining.” 

—Garrison Keillor, writer, speaks tonight at Utah State University in honor of poet May Swenson’s 100th birthday

• Editorial Comment: It’s spring—read a book.

• Yesterday’s WORD: Did you miss yesterday’s WORDs from Google executive Eric Schmidt on the liberating power of the Internet? Click here.

News from USU’s award-winning student news site, The Hard News Café
• A-TV News—A bad dog bite, True Aggies, woman gives birth on her lawn, weather, spring football & more, anchored by Courtney Robinson and Kelton Wells
• ‘Beat the Boot!’—commuters, renters clash with city on parking policies, by Katie Swain  
• ‘Caring for America’—Feminist scholar describes underappreciated caregivers, by Jessica Sonderegger
• Art, Music, Theater courses will cost more under new tuition plan, by Katie Swain 
• Aggie journalists best in region with 20 excellence awards, by Kelton Wells
• Same-Sex Marriage: Even in Utah, love will find a way, by Emily Landeen, A-TV News
• Elizabeth Smart tells USU crowd of her ordeal, by Shayna Marcure• Spiked! USU journalists create fitting award to honor ‘curmudgeon’ 

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Google This

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The Freedom Infection
 

“Countries that have the Internet already are not going to turn it off. And so, the power of freedom, the power of ideas will spread, and it will change those societies in very dramatic ways. North Korea is the last stop; it’s the one country that’s never had the Internet, where it’s been blocked, in my view, very harshly by the government. All they have to do is turn it on a little bit, and they can’t turn it back. Once the ideas are in, you cannot kick them out.”

—Eric Schmidt, Google executive chairman and coauthor with Jared Cohen of The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business, 2013 (Listen: “Google Execs Say, ‘The Power of the Internet is Underrated,” National Public Radio, April 23, 2013)

• Editorial Comment: The classic toothpaste tube conundrum.

• Yesterday’s WORD: Did you miss yesterday’s WORDs from New York Times media critic David Carr on CNN’s rush to report on the breaking Boston Marathon bombing story? Click here.

News from USU’s award-winning student news site, The Hard News Café
• ‘Beat the Boot!’—commuters, renters clash with city on parking policies, by Katie Swain • ‘Caring for America’—Feminist scholar describes underappreciated caregivers, by Jessica Sonderegger
• Art, Music, Theater courses will cost more under new tuition plan, by Katie Swain 
• Aggie journalists best in region with 20 excellence awards, by Kelton Wells
• Same-Sex Marriage: Even in Utah, love will find a way, by Emily Landeen, A-TV News
• A-TV News: Gas prices, hate crimes, and walk-a-mile in her shoes, anchored by Emily Landeen and Jenna Lynn
• Elizabeth Smart tells USU crowd of her ordeal, by Shayna Marcure
• Spiked! USU journalists create fitting award to honor ‘curmudgeon’ 

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The Fog of News

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C-N-Ooops
 

“[W]hen big news breaks, we instinctively look to CNN. We want CNN to be good, to be worthy of its moment. That impulse took a beating last week. On Wednesday at 1:45 p.m., the correspondent John King reported that a suspect had been arrested. It was a big scoop that turned out to be false.” 

 

—David Carr, media reporter, “The Pressure to Be the TV News Leader Tarnishes a Big Brand,” The New York Times, April 21, 2013

• Editorial Comment: Collossal News Nincompoops.

• Yesterday’s WORD: Did you miss yesterday’s WORDs from Tom Brokaw on the death of USAToday founder Al Neuharth? Click here.

News from USU’s award-winning student news site, The Hard News Café
• NEWS FLASH: Hard News Café repeats as 2013 best independent student news website in Intermountain West.
• ‘Beat the Boot!’—commuters, renters clash with city on parking policies, by Katie Swain
• ‘Caring for America’—Feminist scholar describes underappreciated caregivers, by Jessica Sonderegger
• Art, Music, Theater courses will cost more under new tuition plan, by Katie Swain 
• Aggie journalists best in region with 20 excellence awards, by Kelton Wells
• Same-Sex Marriage: Even in Utah, love will find a way, by Emily Landeen, A-TV News
• A-TV News: Gas prices, hate crimes, and walk-a-mile in her shoes, anchored by Emily Landeen and Jenna Lynn
• Elizabeth Smart tells USU crowd of her ordeal, by Shayna Marcure
• Spiked! USU journalists create fitting award to honor ‘curmudgeon’

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Life & Death of an S.O.B.

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Al Neuharth, newspaper man, 1924-2013
 

“To the end of his life, he was a contrarian in how he tweaked the journalistic establishment, dressed in his flamboyant wardrobe. Al often said (his early failure with a South Dakota sports newspaper) was a humbling and instructive experience, which he didn’t forget as he moved up the executive chain at Gannett and became a newspaper baron. It was a wonderful American life, from a poor family on the Great Plains to the infantry in World War II to the heights of American journalism.”

—Tom Brokaw, former NBC News anchor, on the death of USAToday founder Al Neuharth

• Editorial Comment: It may have been the “MacPaper,” but Neuharth’s USAToday changed journalism.

• Reactions here. NYTimes obit. USAToday obit.

• Yesterday’s WORD: Did you miss yesterday’s WORDs from writer Stephen King on the importance of reading to writers? Click here.

News from USU’s award-winning student news site, The Hard News Café
• NEWS FLASH: Hard News Café repeats as 2013 best independent student news website in Intermountain West.
• ‘Beat the Boot!’—commuters, renters clash with city on parking policies, by Katie Swain
• ‘Caring for America’—Feminist scholar describes underappreciated caregivers, by Jessica Sonderegger
• Art, Music, Theater courses will cost more under new tuition plan, by Katie Swain 
• Aggie journalists best in region with 20 excellence awards, by Kelton Wells
• Same-Sex Marriage: Even in Utah, love will find a way, by Emily Landeen, A-TV News
• A-TV News: Gas prices, hate crimes, and walk-a-mile in her shoes, anchored by Emily Landeen and Jenna Lynn
• Elizabeth Smart tells USU crowd of her ordeal, by Shayna Marcure
• Opinion: Do women have to leave Utah to achieve equality? by Jessica Sonderegger 
• Spiked! USU journalists create fitting award to honor ‘curmudgeon’
• Walk your own walk, says USU alum in her book, ‘Ballerina Boots,’ by Dani Hayes

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