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  https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/30/sports/baseball/yordan-alvarez-astros-world-series.html This article is about the parents of Houston Astros baseball player, Yordan Alvarez. His parents had not seen him play for six years, and they are now able to attend and watch him play regularly. In this article they used photos of Alvarez playing baseball and photos of his parents. What I liked about this article is how they took a major event going on right now, the World Series, and found a unique way to highlight the event and an individual player’s story. One thing I can take away from this is how many ways you can approach a story. It does not always have to be just stating the facts, there are many stories within a story.  https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/28/football/qatar-socceroos-lgbtq-world-cup-spt-intl/index.html This article is about how the Australian men’s national soccer team criticized Qatar, the upcoming World Cup hosts, on the poor treatment of migrant workers and the rec...

  Athletic Trainer Behind The Scenes Athletes are expected to perform at a high level day in and day out. The amount of stress on the body can be very difficult to maintain peak performance.  Behind the scenes you will find some of the hardest working people, the athletic trainers. They work tirelessly to ensure that athletes go into everyday feeling good and ready to compete.  Trisha Shannon, assistant athletic trainer at North Dakota State University, is in her fifth year working with the women’s soccer team.  “I enjoy helping people get back onto the field after an injury. I applied for every division one soccer job there was. I played it (soccer) as a kid and that’s what I worked in grad school.” Shannon said.  Shannon has helped hundreds of athletes throughout her career in athletic training, including two current NDSU soccer players, Olivia Watson, sophomore elementary education major, and Jessica Hanley, junior mechanical engineering major.  “An athl...

  I believe it is okay for the school’s account to tweet about these incidents, as long as they are made public. I would be wary about posting things that could cause someone to be embarrassed though, as I would be drawing attention to someone by tweeting about the incident. I would not have a problem tweeting the majority of incidents, because they would be public record, but I would have to think harder about posting something that can hurt someone else. They could even check with the students that are involved before posting.  I think in this situation it is completely fine to cite her source anonymously. This is a situation where the person she interviewed is not comfortable with his name attached to the story, and I think that is important to respect. Because of the content that the story focuses on, I think it is understandable that people would not want to be connected to a topic as difficult as documentation status. One thing she could do is attach a statement that cla...

  It is hard to find a student at North Dakota State University who doesn’t live for bison football. While the team is the pride of Fargo, there are many other teams that represent the herd that don’t quite get the same level of attention.  The NDSU women’s soccer team has athletes from across the country that come to compete for the green and gold logo on the front of the jersey.  Loretta Wacek, sophomore, is a construction management major from St. Paul, Minnesota. She came to NDSU, to continue playing soccer and pursue a further education.  “Since I grew up in a larger city, coming to Fargo I felt that I was in a city that wasn’t too small nor too big, the school and city feels small enough where I know I can make valuable connections while also getting out of the small circles if needed.” Wacek said.  Olivia Watson, sophomore, is an elementary education major here at NDSU. She grew up in Moorhead, Minnesota, about a ten minute drive from campus.  “The c...

  https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/03/sports/soccer/us-soccer-abuse-nwsl.html Who- National Women’s Soccer League, players, coaches, owners, and executives What- Reports about abuse of players in women’s soccer are coming to light When- Article published October 3rd, 2022, reports date back years Where- Across the United States Why- Reports of abuse have been ignored by people in power around women’s soccer How- Reports have been ignored or not taken seriously So What- This is important because abuse is not tolerated anywhere, especially when it is a power dynamic between coaches and players  What’s Next- The athletes want to feel safe and protected by those that are in power, so they are using their voices now to hopefully never see these things happen again https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/03/us/hurricane-ian-florida-recovery-monday/index.html Who- Florida residents What- The death toll from Hurricane Ian is rising When- October 3rd, 2022 Where- Florida, mainly in Lee County Why...

  “The ends justify the means” is a phrase that people often use to give reason to why they might be doing something. According to the site, Mental Floss, Machiavelli did not actually say this, he said, “One must consider the final result”. The original quote forces people to think about the end, but in no way mentions what you do to get there. There is a clear difference between “the ends justify the means” and “one must consider the final result”, even though they both are centered around thinking about the end product or outcome.  https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/68007/50-famous-misquotations-and-what-was-really-said “Money is the root of all evil” is a saying that comes from the Bible, however, this is not the full line. “The love of money is the root of all evil”, is what was really said in the text. The original quote puts an emphasis on how it is people’s attraction to money that is dangerous, not the money itself. I think that these two quotes mean entirely differen...

  Students Prepare For Fast Approaching Winter Students at North Dakota State University (NDSU) are no strangers to the winter season. While most students come from states that are notorious for the difficult season, many are not prepared for a Fargo winter.  Taylor Gasswint, sophomore, is a strategic communications major from Mankato, Minn. Coming from the midwest, Gasswint is used to the snow and cold, but is not a fan of this time of year.  “I don’t like how long it is. If it was just like a month or two it would be way more enjoyable… It’s too long, genuinely more than half a year is what it feels like.” Gasswint said.  Similar to Gasswint, Katilynn Herout, junior, is an English major from Minn. What they have in common, neither enjoy the Fargo winters.  “I am a pure summer girl, I love spending time in like 90 degree weather, so when it’s like negative 10 here I really hate it.” Said Herout. Even though the season may not be their favorite, they can still f...