Voices of Hope

Last Friday, Apple Valley’s Eastview High School hosted an all day sing-a-thon called "Voices of Hope" in its performing arts center. It started at 8am and had non-stop singing until midnight. The goal was to raise $25,000 toward the Angel Foundation, an organization helping families battling cancer. This event had many musical styles and performances. Each performer donated 10 dollars each to sing.
What was unique about this event was that it was all created and organized by Eastview's very own Women's Chorale. One of the students in the choir's mother is struggling with pancreatic cancer, so the choir wanted to use the power of singing to make a difference. “All of us have been touched by cancer one way or another, so the girls thought it was important to their gift of singing toward something that really affects all of us”, said Eastview's Choir director Judy Sagen, who was a big organizer of the event. "When words fail, music speaks", was a phrase she felt really connected to the event and cause.
Many widely known groups and Eastview alumni came back and performed. Brooke Killgariff, Eastview alum and this year’s “Miss Twin Cities” emceed throughout the day and performed a few songs. The professional boy-band, Select Three, appeared, and all of the Eastview choirs performed and had many of its students involved in solos and duets. Even the faculty got involved. There were appearances by teachers, secretaries, foreign language classes, and even the Eastview cooks. Finally, the up and coming band Ferris, Apple Valley’s hometown band, closed the show in front of lots of cheering fans. With so many people performing in the event, it ran even later than midnight. The last group ended at around 12:30am.
“I liked being involved with Voices of Hope because it was a fun way to help out not just our Eastview community, but families fighting cancer everywhere”, said choir senior Jessica Zelenak. “On top of our schoolwork and lives outside of school, we worked really hard on this event. Some of us who are in Chamber Singers came to school at 5:30 a.m. that Friday when we appeared on the 6 o’clock WCCO morning news show. It was really early but it was so worth it in the end.” With that kind of drive and passion toward the event, it was sure to have been a big success; and it was. Since donations and money are still coming in, the total amount raised has not yet been calculated. This goal however, is hoping to be achieved by a combination of performance fees, participant/corporate sponsorship, audience ticket sales, a choir clinic for elementary school students, and food sales. The students also made buttons, T-shirts, and other merchandise to go toward the goal. Either way- if the goal of 25,000 dollars was reached or not, it is no doubt that this life-changing experience really made a difference for families who are struggling with cancer in their lives and is sure to become an annual tradition at Eastview.

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Last Friday, Eastview High School hosted and all day sing-a-thon called "Voices of Hope" in its performing arts center. It started at 8am and had non-stop singing until midnight. The goal was to raise $25,000 for the Angel Foundation, an organization helping families battling cancer. This event had choirs, solos, duets, and many other musical styles. Each performer donated 10 dollars each to sing.
What was unique about this event was that it was all created and organized by Eastview's Women's Chorale. One of the students in the choir's mother is struggling with Pancreatic cancer, so the choir wanted to use the power of singing to make a difference. "When words fail, music speaks", was a phrase said by Eastview's Choir director Judy Sagen.

Law and Ethics Notes

Five freedoms in First Amendment:
1. religion
2. speech
3. press
4. assembly
5. petition

Tinker Standard: peace armbands. Supreme Court recognizes that the First Amendment protects on-campus student speech (not counting unlawful or physically disruptive speech)

Fraser Standard: speech by class president. Can censor student speech that is vulgar/indecent even if it doesn't cause a "material or substantial disruption" (students)

Hazelwood Standard: newspaper. Supreme Court significantly reduces the level of First Amendment protection provided to MOST school-sponsored student media at public high schools (teachers) can censor student speech when it is neg to the image of the school

Frederick Standard: bong hits for jesus. Can censor student speech when it is negative to the image of the school. They represent the school

Libel: Publication of a false statement of fact that seriously harms someone's reputation

Notes: What is Journalism?

Define “Journalism” in 1-3 sentences:
Current events that are newsworthy that are published or broadcasted to an audience


List and describe the six criteria of newsworthiness.
1. Timeliness: is current, around the time when it matters the most

2. Proximity: How close you are to it

3. Significance: Events that matter/are significant

4. Prominence: Celebrities, historic figures

5. Unusualness: Events that are rare

6. Human interest: Feel good stories


What are the advantages of print journalism?
1. Much more control over what news you get

2. More tangable, easier to archive

3. Much more indepth, more space for more information


What are the advantages of broadcast journalism?
1. Audio+Visual=Better connection to audience

2. Much more current, can broadcast something live

3. Can correct errors/change information

Why has online journalism (convergent media) become so popular?
All 6 characteristics of newsworthy, internet is free, more convenient, up to minute

Alaina's advertisement

Studying Advertising

1. One main news storie is the Macaroni and Cheese one. There is increased marketing spending in the company, despite missing analyst expectations in its earnings report. Earnings fell 72%, which Kraft blamed on taxes, restructuring costs, and commodity hedges.
Another was the article on the recession affecting celebrity retailers. Numerous retailers are going bankrupt and taking celebrity brands down along with them.

3-4. One 'Special Report' shows the top 50 brands of the year and the brains behind them. For example, "Biggest Loser" products are big hit because it's based off of a hit TV show that inspires people to take on healthy lifestyles and lose weight. plus with a new year, it's the perfect time to be selling these products.

5. Bob Garfield hated a Planters commercial. The commercial had an Ugly Betty-ish girl with a unibrow turning heads all day because she uses mixed nuts as fragrance. I thought it was very funny and had a beginning middle and end. You would be confused until it all made sense in the end.

Superbowl Ads

The 2nd Dorito commercial was where the chips gave a man superpowers. The target audience was probably geared more toward men because it shows the guy making the wind tear a woman's clothes off.

The Castrol commercial showed "grease monkeys" making a man king. I was also geared toward men because it's a product that would interest more men than women.

The Bud Light commercial catches the audience's attention because it features Conan O'Brien making a fool out of himself. Target audience would be younger adults to teenagers, because he hosts a late night show, which young adults watch.

The Pepsi commercial compared but also showed the similarities between 2 generations. It featured young sounding hip music combined with clips of familiar people/movies which catches attention. The target audience of this ad would include almost everyone- because almost everyone drinks Coca-Cola.

The eTrade ad showed 2 babies talking. It catches the audience's attention because of comedy. Target audience could be anyone who thinks babies talking/singing is funny. But eTrade is insurance so probably more adults.