An Evening with Ted Koppel

When I arrived Pruis Hall was almost full. I ended up by Stephanie from class by chance. It was very noisy before Ted Koppel came out due to the fact the place was packed. I didn’t know who Ted Koppel was other than what I had learned about him in class on Monday. I expected for it to be more of a speech he deliver. Instead we got a discussion basically about the economic situation and the every changing media. One thing I he said I thought was important is real journalism as he calls it entails editing, why something is important and context. The question and answer part was interesting I thought most of the people asking questions were commutations or journalism majors. Some of the questions I didn’t really understand what they were asking even after they explained themselves. He made a point to keep saying journalism needs to go back to being creditable and delivering the facts. So many times today news and media works on getting the story first instead of checking out if the story is true and factual. I didn’t really find the discussion to interesting but journalism is not my field of study and I rarely watch the news. One of the funniest things is when I saw two individuals fall up the stairs. Also the people leaving before the discussion was over was annoying. Even though he did mention that they could because they were going over time. Over all I did some new things so I guess that didn’t hurt.

Revising and laziness

I was really good about writing in my blog on time last semester. This semester though I have gotten lazy and put it off. I am going to work on fixing that bad habit. My opinion on peer review is that it can be helpful and times if they are going you more than its good. Really pointing out what points and themes stood out to the reader helps. Also knowing what the reader finds interesting and what they could care less about. Revising is apart of growing as a writer I think. The first draft may look nothing like the first. I find with my first draft of my papers I usually find myself throwing all my ideas and thoughts on the page. I sometimes don’t know exactly what specific thing I want to write about yet. I mean sometimes criticism may seem like an attack on you but it not really. What’s the point in writing a paper that now one cares to read.

conference/ project 2

The conference for project 1 went well. I had a clear idea of how to improve it if I choose it for my final portfolio. I was confused about project 2 and talking with Professor Neubauer cleared my confusion up. I still may to make a lot of revision after Monday but I know were to start now. I don’t think I have ever written a paper based on my interpretation of a visual. I have questioned these things before though like why does a designer choose a certain graphic for a flyer or something like that. It will be interesting to see where the other students in class choose to use as a visual. I am pretty sure I am going to use a painting from the Ball State University Museum of Art. I have been in there several times and like the some of the more abstract painting that the viewer has to interpret for him or herself.

Personality match up in class

The Personality activity in class today was interesting. I found some similaries between my partner and I. I also found some differences like she prefers to party more then me. We agreed on big things though like wanting a non-smoker and someone who respects the time needed to study throughout the week for studying. I could live with a roommate who parties as long as the party was else where I am too anal to have so many people in my apartment or house whatever it may be. I would prefer to have all female roomies and my partner didn’t mind having male roomies.

I think Ball State housing could look into giving a personality quiz when it comes to randomly putting roommates together in a dorm. No one deserves to live in such close quarters with someone they distain. You don’t have to even be friends just respect each other’s space and personal things. I got stuck my first semester with a girl who woke me up every morning by her boyfriend calling at 6:00 AM wasn’t fun at all. I got lucky this year with my new roommate who I get along fine with we are similar in some ways.