Story Spin

New downtown Santa Cruz parking fees go into effect Monday

The city of Santa Cruz will now start charging patrons 50 cents per hour or $5 per day to park in a currently free parking lot outside the Farmers Market. The benefits are that know people don't have to move their cars every three hours. The disadvantages will be that people will no long have the option of free parking. The city will bring in a revenue of about $355,000.

1. This story could have a follow up story about where this new revenue is going to go.
2. This story might then be spun into seeing if other California cities would start this process.
3. This story could then turn into a state wide process to make money and get California out of it deficit. 

Word of the Week: Word #6

Chanell Schamber

MComm 100W- T/Th 1:30 p.m.

Word of the Week #6

I encountered the word, verve when taking notes in my Journalism 61 class. 

Verbs add verve when engaging your senses in a story. 

verve |vərv|nounvigor and spirit or enthusiasm : Kollo sings with supreme verve and flexibility

My verve was seen by all when I went to the basketball game. 

Mystery Person

I have walked this earth for 46 years but I still make all the women drool. I have accomplished a lot and have been rewarded, however I hate accepting awards because I am modest and shy, only when it comes to that. I normally stay with long wavy locks to my ears that I run my fingers through for dramatic effect. My hair is dark brown but has glistening gold highlights. Facial hair is also something that seems to remain on the tip of my chin and above and below my sensual lips that also has a cigarette hanging out of it. Normally, large black frames rest a top my nose. Hats and bandanas also seems to grace my head often, I am also adored with necklaces and leather cuffs on my wrists. My rather plain t-shirts slightly show off the tattoos on my arms as well as my toned body for a middle-aged man. I was born in the south but you would never have guessed that now because I fit the stereotype of a cool-laid back Californian. I have lived a frivolous life of sex, drugs and rock n’ roll but have mellowed down now that I am married and have two kids. 

Word of the Week: Word #5

Chanell Schamber

MComm 100W- T/Th 1:30 p.m.

Word of the Week #5

I encountered the word, recluse when reading about my mystery character. 

Following a move to Florida, and his parents divorce by age 16, Depp strayed from his peers and siblings and reclused within a life of drugs and alcohol. 

recluse |ˈrekˌloōs; riˈkloōs; ˈrekˌloōz|nouna person who lives a solitary life and tends to avoid other people.

I started to recluse when my friends started to move away to college and I was still in  high school. 

Word of the Week: Word #4

Chanell Schamber

MComm 100W- T/Th 1:30 p.m.

Word of the Week #4

I encountered the word, castigating when reading a news article. 

Weeks after Florina took the Web by storm with the "demon sheep" video castigating rival Tom Campbell for not being fiscally conservative enough. 

castigate |ˈkastəˌgāt|verb [ trans. ] formalreprimand (someone) severely : he was castigated for not setting a good example.

I was castigated because I got caught cheating on my test. 

Column

Stalking is something that courts take lightly now days.

Florida woman, Alissa Blanton, filed for an order of protection against a man who had continually sent her harassing e-mails and stalked her since she was a waitress at Hooters.

The court ruled her evidence to be not enough to rule her protection, and protection is something she didn’t have when she was shot and killed in a parking lot.

I think it is incredibly sad the courts don’t take stalking and harassing behavior seriously.

Clearly they should pay more attention to these kinds of allegations because it has cost someone their life.

The man that shot and killed Blanton, turned the gun on himself, now there is no one to service justice for this crime.

Who should pay the price for her death?

I think that the courts should be held responsible for her death, because with an order of protection, maybe this poor woman’s life would have been saved.

No one’s voice should go unheard, and no ones fear should go unnoticed, this should be a lesson to all. 

Word of the Week: Word #3

Chanell Schamber

MComm 100W- T/Th 1:30 p.m.

Word of the Week #3

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I encountered the word, bemused when my JOUR 61 teacher was explaining the difference between amused and bemused.

Amused means something is funny and bemused means confused.

bemuse |biˈmyoōz|

verb [ trans. ] [usu. as adj. ] ( bemused)puzzle, confuse, or bewilder (someone)
I was bemused when I got my paper back, because I thought I did a good job.

Word of the Week: Word #2

Chanell Schamber

MComm 100W- T/Th 1:30 p.m.

Word of the Week #2

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I encountered the word, typify in a sentence I read for my sorority.

This oath typifies your desire to join Alpha Xi Delta.

typify |ˈtipəˌfī|verb ( -fies, -fied) [ trans. ]be characteristic or a representative example of : tough, low-lying vegetation typifies this arctic area.• represent; symbolize
The setting suns typifies the end of a day.