Read, hog, or die!

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Seems Pretty Simple 

“Can I be blunt on this subject? If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.” 

—Stephen King, writer and author of On Writing: A memoir of the craft, 2000

• Editorial Comment: Don’t bother me, I’m reading.



• Yesterday’s WORD: Did you miss yesterday’s WORDs on the role of social media in reporting the Boston Marathon bombing? 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!
 • 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
• Annual Braveheart Run will benefit 5-year-old Melanie Clawson, by Grady Smith
• Opinion: Do women have to leave Utah to achieve equality? by Jessica Sonderegger
• Spiked! USU journalists create fitting award to honor ‘curmudgeon’
• Opinion: Confessions of a recovering Facebook junky, by Jessica Sonderegger
• AARON the computer creates constantly changing art at USU museum, by D. Landon Graham
• Gallery Walk a great opportunity to stroll, enjoy the arts, by Jonathan Larson
• Smithfield mayor hopes new homes will attract more families, by Tanner Simmons
• 68 years after Auschwitz, survivor explains why she forgives the Nazis, by Dani Hayes
• JCOM department honors its best & brightest, announces $30K in scholarships
• Walk your own walk, says USU alum in her book, ‘Ballerina Boots,’ by Dani Hayes

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Pacific Seastacks

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#BostonMarathon

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Twitter Blast 
  

“[I]nformation about the blasts spread more quickly on social media than through traditional news outlets. ‘I was first notified to the event by my daughter, who was on Twitter, and that was before it came out on CNN,’ said Anthony C. Roman, president of a security consulting firm in New York. . . .

“That way of instantly spreading information far beyond the affected area also builds an online community around such events that can cross state and national borders. On Monday afternoon, #BostonMarathon quickly became a trending hashtag on Twitter.

“‘If I’m here in Washington DC, and I’m on Twitter and can demonstrate my empathy, it helps create this idea of resolve or community solidarity with people who are there on the ground in a way that uni-dimensional media doesn’t do,’ said [Bill Braniff, Executive Director of the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Response to Terrorism]. . . . 

“‘I get a greater sense of unity—the we is a much bigger we,’ he said.”

—Dan Gilgoff & Jane Lee, “Social Media Shapes Boston Bombings Response: Twitter and Facebook created national response, may help authorities,” National Geographic, April 15, 2013. Image: The image of Bill Iffrig, 78, of Lake Stephens, WA, who fell as he was passing the blast site, 15 feet from the Marathon finish, went viral. Story.

  
• Editorial Comment: I heard the news today, oh boy.

• Yesterday’s WORD: Did you miss yesterday’s WORDs in celebration of National Scrabble Day? Click here.

News from USU’s award-winning student news site, The Hard News Café
• Opinion: Confessions of a recovering Facebook junky, by Jessica Sonderegger
• AARON the computer creates constantly changing art at USU museum, by D. Landon Graham
• Gallery Walk a great opportunity to stroll, enjoy the arts, by Jonathan Larson
• Smithfield mayor hopes new homes will attract more families, by Tanner Simmons
• 68 years after Auschwitz, survivor explains why she forgives the Nazis, by Dani Hayes
• JCOM department honors its best & brightest, announces scholarships
• Walk your own walk, says USU alum in her book, ‘Ballerina Boots,’ by Dani Hayes
• A-TV News—USU’s Lund Hall comes down, learning languages, weather, sports and more, anchored by Courtney Robinson and Jason Borba

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W-O-R-D-S

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WORDnote: Saturday was National Scrabble Day. Did you know there are 101 2-letter Scrabble words?

S-C-R-A-B-B-L-E

“Aunt Mercy put down her tiles, one at a time. I-T-C-H-I-N.
 
“Aunt Grace leaned closer to the board, squinting. ‘Mercy Lynne, you’re cheatin’ again! What kinda word is that? Use it in a sentence.’

“‘I’m itchin’ ta have some a that white cake.’

“‘That’s not how you spell it.’ At least one of them could spell. Aunt Grace pulled one of the tiles off the board. 

“‘There’s no T in itchin.’”

—Margaret Stohl, coauthor, the Beautiful Creatures series

  
• Editorial Comment: The best Scrabble play I ever saw was Q-U-I-X-O-T-I-C on two triple word spaces.


• Related: “National Scrabble Day: A Poem So You’ll Know All 101 Two-Letter Words,”
by David Bukszpan


• Yesterday’s WORD: Did you miss yesterday’s WORDs on reading, from authors Louisa May Alcott, Jorge Luis Borges, David Foster Wallace and other writers without three names? Click here.

News from USU’s award-winning student news site, The Hard News Café
• 68 years after Auschwitz, survivor explains why she forgives the Nazis, by Dani Hayes
• JCOM department honors its best & brightest, announces scholarships
• Walk your own walk, says USU alum in her book, ‘Ballerina Boots,’ by Dani Hayes
• A-TV News—USU’s Lund Hall comes down, learning languages, weather, sports and more, anchored by Courtney Robinson and Jason Borba
• Grant White’s subdivision finally approved by Paradise council, by Dawn Otterby
• Millville man gets out of jail early thanks to job offer, by Dawn Otterby 
• Chicken coop fire lights up the night; no birds or humans hurt, by Paul Christiansen 

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Bookish

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Writers on Reading

“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”—Jane Austen (1775-1817)

 “Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”—Mark Twain (1835-1910)

“She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.”—Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888)

“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” —Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986)

“I do things like get in a taxi and say, ‘The library, and step on it.’” —David Foster Wallace (1962-2008)

• Editorial Comment: These people are superheroes.


• Yesterday’s WORD: Did you miss yesterday’s WORDs from childen’s book author Arnold Lobel, on his piles of books? Click here.

News from USU’s award-winning student news site, The Hard News Café
• A-TV News—USU’s Lund Hall comes down, learning languages, weather, sports and more, anchored by Courtney Robinson and Jason Borba
• Grant White’s subdivision finally approved by Paradise council, by Dawn Otterby
• Millville man gets out of jail early thanks to job offer, by Dawn Otterby 
• Chicken coop fire lights up the night; no birds or humans hurt, by Paul Christiansen
• A-TV News—Seagull poop, the Beav, lightbulbs & spring showers, anchored by Kelton Wells & Jason Borba 
• Logan temple incident ends in suspect’s arrest on FTA warrant, by Jonathan Larson
• Richmond envisions more modest homes for old and young, by Shayna Marcure

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Read on

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Books to the Sky

“My pile of books is a mile high.
How I love them! How I need them!
I’ll have a long beard by the time I read them.”

—Arnold Lobel (1933-1987), author, Frog & Toad series and other children’s books

• Editorial Comment: A good retirement plan.






• Yesterday’s WORD: Did you miss yesterday’s WORDs from Milwaukee Journal Sentinel publisher Keith Spore on newspapers’ annoying widgets? Click here.

News from USU’s award-winning student news site, The Hard News Café
• Millville man gets out of jail early thanks to job offer, by Dawn Otterby 
• Chicken coop fire lights up the night; no birds or humans hurt, by Paul Christiansen
• A-TV News—Seagull poop, the Beav, lightbulbs & spring showers, anchored by Kelton Wells & Jason Borba 
• Logan temple incident ends in suspect’s arrest on FTA warrant, by Jonathan Larson
• Richmond envisions more modest homes for old and young, by Shayna Marcure



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Arcata Plaza







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Bad Business Model

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Annoying Widgets

“Unlike any other business, newspapers make widgets they know will annoy or enrage someone.”

—Keith Spore, president & publisher, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2004 

• Editorial Comment: Keith and the Annoying Widgets—a great name for a band.




• Yesterday’s WORD: Did you miss yesterday’s WORDs from writer Stephen King, on writing, feathers, fear and magic? Click here.

News from USU’s award-winning student news site, The Hard News Café
• Millville man gets out of jail early thanks to job offer, by Dawn Otterby 
• Chicken coop fire lights up the night; no birds or humans hurt, by Paul Christiansen
• A-TV News—Seagull poop, the Beav, lightbulbs & spring showers, anchored by Kelton Wells & Jason Borba 
• Logan temple incident ends in suspect’s arrest on FTA warrant, by Jonathan Larson
• Richmond envisions more modest homes for old and young, by Shayna Marcure



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Arcata Plaza







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Fly, Dumbo!

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Fear & Feathers

“I’m convinced that fear is at the root of most bad writing. If one is writing for one’s own pleasure, that fear may be mild. . . If, however, one is working under deadline—a school paper, a newspaper article, the SAT writing sample—that fear may be intense. Dumbo got airborne with the help of a magic feather; you may feel the urge to grasp a passive verb or one of those nasty adverbs for the same reason. Just remember before you do that Dumbo didn’t need the feather; the magic was in him.”

—Stephen King, writer and author of On Writing: A memoir of the craft (2000) 

• Editorial Comment: Swish and flick. Magic indeed.

• Yesterday’s WORD: Did you miss yesterday’s WORDs from British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who died Monday, on “the U turn”? Click here.

News from USU’s award-winning student news site, The Hard News Café
• A-TV News—Seagull poop, the Beav, lightbulbs & spring showers, anchored by Kelton Wells & Jason Borba 
• Logan temple incident ends in suspect’s arrest on FTA warrant, by Jonathan Larson
• Richmond envisions more modest homes for old and young, by Shayna Marcure
• ATV News—I-15 highway shooting, Baby Animal Days, body found in Logan River & more, anchored by Jenna Lynn and Emily Landeen  
• ‘Justice and equality’—supporters of same-sex marriage rally in Logan, by Jessica Sonderegger

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