EMU Men’s Basketball: Eagles Win, No One Watches.
Last year Eastern Michigan men’s Basketball only won 8 games, A total they are already half way to reaching, in only their 6th game. With what appears to be a much lighter schedule, the Eagles have been picked to place as high as 3rd in the MAC West, and as of now sit atop the standings at 4-2.
Their early success is met with the usual skepticism of Eastern Michigan University students, who haven’t seen a winning season from either of their two college sports teams in quite some time. Their last successful seasons were in the mid-90s when the Football team was led by Charlie Batch, and Men’s basketball made an appearance in the NCAA tournament. Which shows when you attend a Basketball or football game at the school.
Their most recent home game was a clear indication of the teams recent struggles, playing in front of an official crowd of 434 against local college Davenport University. The convocation center, in the basketball configuration is capable of holding 8,824 fans, so you can imagine the sound of the 400 in attendance echoing off the empty seats of the Convocation center.
Davenport put fear into the Eagles in the first half, springing out to an 8 point lead about halfway through the first half, and going into half time with a 5 point lead over the Eagles squad.
The Second Half was a completely different story, the Eagles jumped on all of their opportunities in the second half, putting up 47 pts in the second half. Still down by 6 in the second half with about 3:30 to go, Eastern went on a 16 point run, and didn’t allow Davenport to score another point, and won by 10. Carlos Medlock scored a game high 32 points in the game, which is a very high point total for college basketball.
If Eastern can keep a winning record, and stay in the race for the MAC title, perhaps they can begin filling up the Convocation Center, and bring some much needed excitement to Eastern Michigan Eagles Sports.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Prom-MISS
Angry students gathered with Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm (D) at a rally held on the campus of Eastern Michigan University. Monday November 23rd the Densely populated rally was attended by students eager to bring back the scholarships, which aided more than 96,000 students state wide.
The rally included several student speeches, giving their reason for being upset about the budget cut that ultimately eliminated up to $4000 dollars of student aid money per student. This cut has led many students to reconsider the school they are at, or if they should go to school at all.
Many like student Nathan Root have been forced to cut back on the amount of classes they will take per semester, and have had to double the amount of hours they work per week. This means students are falling behind academically to catch up financially, which could mean that graduation rates at 4 year universities could plummet.
Granholm gave a short speech, outlining the reasons that she herself has been fighting to bring back these funds, ever since she signed the budget cuts. Without her signature on the budget cuts, the state could have shut down, and could have unconvinced many.
The rally included several student speeches, giving their reason for being upset about the budget cut that ultimately eliminated up to $4000 dollars of student aid money per student. This cut has led many students to reconsider the school they are at, or if they should go to school at all.
Many like student Nathan Root have been forced to cut back on the amount of classes they will take per semester, and have had to double the amount of hours they work per week. This means students are falling behind academically to catch up financially, which could mean that graduation rates at 4 year universities could plummet.
Granholm gave a short speech, outlining the reasons that she herself has been fighting to bring back these funds, ever since she signed the budget cuts. Without her signature on the budget cuts, the state could have shut down, and could have unconvinced many.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
THe Reconstruction of Journalism
The Reconstruction of American journalism has been much discussed in this class, and I mostly agree that despite the changes, and the more easily accessable ways to get ideas out into public
Journalism will live on as a vital component to freedom, and a friend of democracy if the trend continues, and more and more news sites not favoring any government party, or agenda continues.
The issue of accountability has become a problem in todays citizen journalism, stories can go up and be posted without the people reading them ever knowing who posted the story, and what qualifies them to be writing it.
Journalism will live on as a vital component to freedom, and a friend of democracy if the trend continues, and more and more news sites not favoring any government party, or agenda continues.
The issue of accountability has become a problem in todays citizen journalism, stories can go up and be posted without the people reading them ever knowing who posted the story, and what qualifies them to be writing it.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
citizen journalism.
I don't like words like "buzzword",when describing citizen journalism. Buzzword makes the whole thing sounds like a fad, that will go away in a year or so. Aside from the semantics I feel this article is actually proof that citizen journalism is not just a fad. Companies are finding more ways to incorporate it with their websites, and also suggestions to how to keep the citizen journalism honest.
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