Final leads

1. Who Lead: A Mountain View man, 24, was beaten in his apartment complex yesterday while the two unidentified men, stole the beaten mans car.

2. What Lead: An assault happened in Mountain View yesterday, as a man, who's name has not yet been released, was attacked at his apartment complex and sent to a nearby hospital.

3. Where Lead: In Mountain View, Calif., a man was beaten by two unidentified men who then fled the scene in the victims car.

4. How Lead: A Mountain View man was the a victim of an assault yesterday, as two unidentified men beat the victim repeatedly with a toilet lid.

I believe the what lead is the most important at this time since the man is unidentified and what happened is most important.

Broadcast

The Sabercats caused pandemonium last night playing the Arizona Rattlers. Armored cars, smoke machines and fireworks introduced the AFL champions at the Pavillion on Saturday night. With all the hoopla, you’d think Aerosmith or Michael Jackson was playing. The production at the beginning of the game seemed to be the highlight of the night as the Sabercats led 27-7 by halftime. Though fans seemed disinterested by the middle of the game, they kept things interesting by yelling at other fans when the ball ended up in the crowd by the opposing team. The offense did enough to keep the Arizona Rattlers fighting for victory with a score of 63-43 with Mark Greib throwing two interceptions and A.J Haglund kicking four field goals. “We did just enough offense on offense to get the win,” said Grieb. The Sabercats play the Dallas Desperados at home on March 22nd.

Sabercats Home Opener

Armored cars, smoke machines, and fireworks were present at Hp Pavillion on Saturday night. Who was playing you ask? Aerosmith? No. Michael Jackson? No. This pandemonium was caused by the one and only three time ArenaBowl champions San Jose Sabercats.
With a 63-43 win over the Arizona Rattlers, the team did not disappoint the fans who attended the home season opener.

“Before the game the crowd was just great,” said Quarterback Mark Greib. “They cheered when the trophy came out and the banner came down. It was fun for them.”

The production at the beginning of the game seemed to be the highlight of the night as the Sabercats led 27-7 by halftime.

The energy from the fans seemed to only pick-up when funny faces were shown on the big screen or fans chose to yell at another fan for keeping the ball that was tossed into the stands from the opposing team. Though there was low fan participation throughout the game, the Sabercats’ offense did enough to keep the Arizona Rattlers fighting for victory. “We came out with a lot of energy and then we had a little lull,” said Coach Darren Arbet. “We’ve just got to get better every week.”

Though the team won, Grieb also threw two interceptions. A.J. Haglund also kicked four field goals, which tied the franchise record. “We did just enough offense on offense to get the win," Grieb said.

The Spartan Vote

College students face many choices in an average day, from whether or not to attend class to which foods to eat in the cafeteria. However, with an election coming up, students now must make a decision that could affect more than just their lives at SJSU.

In recent elections, the emphasis for young adults to vote is an issue that has come to the forefront. With this, candidates have realized the importance of gaining support from the younger demographics through ads on websites, celebrity support or trying to get messages straight to their target audiences. With all of this, college students today can become bombarded with conflicting messages about candidates. So, what are the main issues that are important to younger people today?

Speaking with a few college students about what they looked for in a candidate, it seems that some students have chosen to examine a candidate’s record rather than their media prowess.

“I want my candidate to pay more than just lip service. I want them to be able to stand on their own record and not stand on an attack of someone else's,” said senior Quinten Boyd. “I want them to be recognizant of all of the nation's problems and not just the hot-button issues. A lot of elections seem to be about one or two issues while the same problems continue to plague our country.”

Though candidates are using more modern media outlets to try and gain popularity, the younger generation still cares a lot more about what they each have to offer rather than a candidate having the backing of a popular artist or actor.

“I look for a candidate that has good leadership skills, values and some sort of morality might be nice,” said junior Sarah Barret. “I look for someone who actually listens to the public and makes good changes in our world.”

As young people pay closer attention to what is going on in the world, certain topics are becoming more important to the younger generation. According to The Washington Post, topics such as abortion and the economy would be the hot topics for the current election. “…Forty percent said that they might consider changing their vote over abortion policy, but that it would depend on a candidate's views on other issues.” Although abortion seemed to be an important issue to young people, topics such as the economy ranked highest with 67 percent of the respondents.

While it may have once been appropriate to think that the youth of the nation didn't keep track of campaign issues, many college students are taking the time and effort to make informed decisions in elections. Some may even consider it a more important decision than going to class on that sunny day.

Column

"Oh he's great but..."

I don't know how many times I've heard my girlfriends say this one very sentence. Hearing it now makes me roll my eyes and sigh. What is it about girls that makes us want to find something to complain about unnecessarily when, really, there isn't a problem?

We spend days, months, and years looking for that special someone. When we find them, we're happy because it's a new relationship and it's "puppy love". However, something changes.

All of a sudden, the cute way they scratch themselves when they wake up isn't cute. Or the way they talk to us on the phone makes us want to punch them. So, instead of talking to them about it, what do we do? We try to change them into what we want them to be. Why? Didn't every after-school special we watched growing up preach that we should be ourselves and not pretend to be something we're not? Yet, many people judge them for those same reasons.

Instead of complaining about the problems that you think your man has and thinking your significant other should be perfect, take a lesson from Aretha and show a little respect for one another's quirky habits. Not only will the guy be happy, but so will you.

Idea Outline

Who-
SJSU future and and present students
Work Ability IV staff and users
Disabled Resource Center staff and students

What-
Disability on campus and resources for disabled students and how it needs to be promoted more. See what problems face students with disabilities and what can be done to fix it.

When -
In past years and in the present

Where-
SJSU Campus

Why-
Things aren't promoted enough. Students need to be more aware of services available.

How-
Plan to see how problems can be fixed and what programs can do to get more promotion about their services to students.

Fairytale Leads

Fairytale:Alladin
Direct Lead:

-Princess Jasmine marries a local street-urchin after she was saved from Vizier Jafar.

Delayed Lead:

A local street-urchin named Aladdin saves the land from Vizier Jafar as he tried to take over the country. As Aladdin saved the countries people, he also saved Princess Jasmine, who he had fallen in love with and will now be marrying.

Odd AP style

-Sit down(v) and sit-down(n. adj.) one has a "-" and the other doesn't.

-side by side and side-by-side are both used.

-"Canada goose" instead of Canadian goose.

-The word Mayanmar for the language and the people.

Two articles

#1
Who-Burlingame robbers.

What- They stole suitcases with $300,000 to $400,000 in jewelry.

When-Thursday.

Where- In the Embassy Suites parking lot.

Why-N/A

How -Four robbers, some with knives,held up two jewelers in a parking lot.

#2
Who- A twenty-three year old woman

What-She was raped.

When-Late Thursday night.

Where-In her home.

Why-N/A

How-When the man suddenly attacked and tied her up inside of her home by hiding.

Smoking Wheels and a Missing Boy

Forty passengers were evacuated from Flight 428 on Northwest Airlines at the LaCrosse, Wis. Municipal Airport from Minneapolis Minnesota on Wednesday as a landing tower employee spotted smoke near the wheels. The investigation is still pending.

A seven year old boy who had been missing for the last three years was found in Brick Township, N.J. on Monday night after a neighbor recognized the child's photo when it was shown after a movie and called the police. Police arrested the boy's mother, Ellen Lynn Conner, who now faces charges of kidnapping and interference with a custody warrant.

Lead #3 Chevy Chase

Actor and comedian Chevy Chase was appointed to the board of trustees on Sunday at Bard College in New York as he is a famous alumnus.

Airplane Crash

A crash killing all 131 passengers on board a US Air airplane yesterday as it crashed into the ground outside of Pittsburgh making it the worst air disaster the US has seen in three years.

Me, Myself and I

Love.

I think this word describes me pretty well. I don't say this because I'm that girl who watches those really lame sappy movies that no one really wants to admit they watch.(Which I am and do by the way). I say the word "love" describes me a lot because it is who I am. My name for starters is Preeti, but you can call me Preet. What's it mean, you ask? Take a guess, I dare ya! That's right, it means love.

As for my life, I seriously "heart" life. Through my short 21 years, I've grown to really appreciate it since it started out a little rough. I was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy type II at the age of a year and a half. Now, I don't want to give a whole genetics lecture about it(that's when you know me a little better!) but we'll just say it weakens most of the muscles in my body and makes me weaker as time progresses. Now before you start to cry me a river, seriously don't. Though I do think my disability is apart of my identity, I truly believe it is one of the best things to happen to me. I am one happy gimp. I try to live my life to the fullest and happiest that I can. I don't think I would be the person I am today or meet the people I have throughout my life without my disability. Besides, how else would I get awesome concert seats without a wheelchair?

As far as education goes, I am currently a college student majoring in Public Relations and minoring in Advertising. I'd like to get into promotion for something concerning music or entertainment but as of now, I'll take anything I can get in the field.

So, now I think I've told you probably more than you wanted to know about me but...

This is me.