Excercise 3.5, 3.7, 3.8

3.5 Using the Stylebook 3
1. The United States is sometimes not the best for U.S. products.
2. Upward, Labor, Avenue, cupfuls, eyeing
3. The Republican differed from the Democrat many times in the debate.
4. Drs. John Smith and Mary Wilson preformed the operations.
5. good will, USS Eisenhower, cigarette, mid-America
6. He said he was neither a communist nor a member of the Communist Party.
7. After her surgery, she had to wear a pacemaker
8. "What a hare brained scheme!" she exclaimed.
9. pre-emt, speedup, 55 mph, hooki.
10. The Mafia, was responsible for the murder.

3.7 Using the Stylebook 5
1. The 25-year-old man wept as he left Hattiesburg, Miss.
2. This Nov. 10 will mark our anniversary.
3. Do not park the car on Rodeo Drive. Instead, park it at 12 Davies St.
4. They spent $130 to buy a new set of nose rings.
5. Smoots moved to the North because the people there were so nice.
6. At 7 p.m. Tuesday, the rodeo will begin in the Town Square.
7. On Tuesday, the terrorists blew up their home at 123 Melrose St.
8. Twenty-two seamstresses were needed to mend the prom dresses.
9. About 5 percent of the professors have lost their hair.
10. After 2 feet of snow fell at his home in columbus, Ohio, Jones decided to leave.
11. Miss Smith bet $50 that her brother weighed more than a 1964 Chevrolet.
12. Guy Reel, the governor of California, set his trailer on fire Sept. 1.
13. A fire began at 3325 Mcdonald Drive. when an oven full of rutabagas exploded.
14. During the 1970s, everyone wore bell-bottom blue jeans to church.



3.8 Using the Stylebook 6 
1. In August 1985, Davies rented a rutabaga stand in Augusta, Ga.
2. Pomerantz tied the beehive to Senator Gramm's cowboy hat.
3. About 1,200 Easter rabbits were killed in the explosion at Big Dave's Bunny Warehouse, located at 2525 Hackensack Drive.
4. In the 1980s, Davies left the Midwest and moved to the Loire Valley in France.
5. Smoots brought two cups of coffee to the governor.
6. About 8 percent of the cantaloupes have been stuffed with rutabagas.
7. Jones bet $40 that his roommate had hidden the sandwich.
8. The three university professors share a house at 613 25th Ave.
9. After 2 feet of snow fell at his home in Columbus, Ohio, Davies decided to leave the Midwest and move to the South.
10. On Dec. 11, all classes will be canceled.
11. On Tuesday morning, the mayor skipped her aerobics class.
12. Davies drove 2 million miles in his old Toyota Corolla before it blew up.
13. Dr Kildare said he had filed a malpractice suit against Marcus Welby.
14. At 8 p.m.the evening, Governor Jim Guy Tucker of Arkansas will give a short speech in front of the Gorgas Library.

Current News Assignment: Local

Lynchburg man faces 20 child porn charges 
Chad William is facing charges for twenty accounts of child pornography. William has already once been convicted with such a charge, and was found in possession of the content while on probation. William is being held at Blue Ridge Jail without bond until his trial takes place.

More information: here

Lt. Gov. candidate Northam visit Lynchburg 
Lt. Gov. candidate Ralph Northam paid a visit to Lynchburg this past Tuesday night. The democratic hopeful spoke to over a 100 people where he spoke on abortion and women's rights in the state of Virginia. Elections for the race will be held in November.

More information: here

Presbyterian Homes & Family Services 10k grant
The SunTrust Foundation gave a ten thousand dollar grant to the Presbyterian Homes and Family Services. The money will be put towards the new Way to Work program, which helps families in need pay for car repairs and buy vehicles. SunTrust is excited about the partnership and the way that Way to Work will help families in the Lynchburg area.

More information: here

Exercise 2.7 & 2.9

2.7 Punctuation 2

1. Nobody knows the trouble I've seen, nobody knows but Jesus. 

2. The responsible reporter, one who is scrupulously honest, will still encounter problems. 

3. Abraham Lincoln died on April 15, 1865 after being shot while attending a play at Fords Theater. 

4. My son was born on Nov. 15, 1980. It was a Saturday so I didn't get to go to the football game. 

5. Why don't you come over to my place?

6. Writing for the mass media take much skill, perseverance and hard work. 

7. Wow, I couldn't think of any place better to eat, myself. 

8. According to my professor, the world is absolutely, positively flat and you should never forget it. 

9. Where are the carpenters, where are the bricklayers and most of all, where are the gardeners when we need them the most? 

10. "I couldn't come to class today," Jan said, "because I had the flu" 

11. Joe got a new computer, which set his parents back a good bit, and he's been dying to tell everybody about it. 

2.9 Writing Problems 

1. Gilligan was so charmed by the desert isle that, he decided to marry the movie star. 

2. Like that nice professor said, "We should always study for our exams." 

3. The cantaloupe-throwing contest was canceled due to adverse weather. 

4. Rushing to the sight of the crime, the prosecuting attorney was horrified at the grisly murder scene. 

5. The criminal eluded police by hiding under a Toyota Corolla. 

6. Feigning illness, the President refused to make a trip to Tilsa. 

7. Morgan canceled the funeral service after the dead man turned out to be alive. 

8. Less than 100 pumpkins were piled in Smith's car. 

9. Hurricane Bubba ravaged the Gulf Coast, causing $10 billion in damages. 

10. The dancing troupe refused to buy their tights at a wholesale. 

11. The restaurant owners upped the price if rutabagas by 100 percent whenever Mark Arnold came to town. 

12. The journalists cannon of ethics prohibits taking gift from any sources.

 

Interview: Jasmine Johnson

Jasmine Johnson is not only a devoted servant as a Resident Assistant at Liberty University, she has also spent her years at the insitution learning and growing in her relationship with Christ. As a family and child development major and a youth ministryminor she had the incredible opportunity this summer to serve and hone into those skills as a youth ministry intern at a local church in her hometown in Duchess County, New York.

As an intern her responsibilities were widespread she explains, “I was put to work on anything that needed to be done.”

The most random thing she had to do was make glow in the dark bubbles.  How do you make glow in the dark bubbles you may wonder? It entails a lot of bubbles, glow sticks, and mixing them together.

“My first thought was what? do I really need to crack open a hundred glow sticks, but it ended up actually being really cool” Johnson explained.

Her other regular weekly responsibilities included mentoring middle school girls, leading a small group of young women, and planning youth events to ensure a sense of community within the youth group. She says she grew in her walk with the Lord through the process, but she also fine tuned her relationship building skills with not only young adults in the youth group, but their parents who looked to her for knowledge of what the ministry she was part of was about.

Miss Johnson did not just wither away working all summer, and she readily admits the highlight of the summer was visiting Miami, Florida with her family. While there her family stayed on a resort and spent time together. Her favorite part of the trip was laying out on the beach and soaking up the vitamin D from the sun.

What is good writing?

     When I sit down and think to myself what is good writing, the first thing that comes to mind is something that catches my attention and engages my mind. When I sit down to read a book, look at a news article, or even scroll through my twitter feed I am looking to be engaged in what I am reading. The first step to good writing is to write something that engages your reader. What is so wonderful about the written language and the creative process of writing is that anyone can find a piece of literature they can engage in. Different writers have different styles, and different readers appreciate those different styles. I would not say that a writer who aims to please a specific audience is a bad writer, but I would argue that it is not good writing. Good writing is a piece of literature that can catch the attention and engage the masses. They can write pieces that influence others and could implement change. Their thoughts, ideas, or even just evidence they present will be something more than just a small audience reads. Writers who have mastered how to do this well excel in their industry and in their craft.