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The seventh annual Scripps Daywas held Tuesday, Oct. 2. Thisyears theme was Challenges and

Innovation: The Future of Scripps. OUhad the privilege of hosting many speak-ers from the Scripps Howard Founda-tion and the E.W. Scripps Company whopresented in classes and special sessionsabout Scripps and their jobs in the differ-ent elds of communication.

Among the speakers were Chip Ma-haney, senior director of local opera-tions of the new digital division for theScripps Company; Andy Alexander,one of this years Scripps Howard vis-iting professional;, and Interim Dean ofthe Scripps College of CommunicationScott Titsworth.

In the Future of Media class, Mahaneytalked to students about the current chal-lenges local TV news faces and whatmay be possible solutions. Mahaneysays, We live in a world in which weare never alone, were never bored, andwere always informed. He urged thestudents to build an online presence be-cause the people you connect to throughtechnology will allow you to be the rstinformed on breaking news.

In a special presentation to studentsand other Scripps professionals, AndyAlexander, former ombudsman for theWashington Post, introduced the ScrippsInnovation Challenge. Alexander shared,The most important commodity in me-dia today is innovation. The challenge,which begins in January and is open toall students regardless of major, givesthe students the opportunity to solve in-novation problems submitted by mediaprofessionals.

The Scripps Innovation Challenge isfunded in part by money earmarked forinnovation within the Scripps HowardFoundations $15 million donation from

2006. The top prize of $10,000, secondplace prize of $5,000 and 5 additionalawards of $1,000 will be given out whenwinners are chosen during Communica-tions week in March.

Scripps Interim Dean Scott Titsworthspoke about the Future of the ScrippsCollege of Communication. Titsworthoutlined what is expected to come fromthe Scripps College in the coming years,including a plan for Sustainable Learn-ing, a vibrant community space and anew image.

Titsworth focused on the study abroadopportunities for Scripps students, theoutstanding extra and co-curricular ac-tivities available, and the new Scrippsbuilding currently being constructed onUnion and College which is set to becompleted in 2014.

Concluding the day was a panel dis-cussion with 5 Scripps professionals,moderated by Alexander. The panel in-cluded Alyssa Roll, User Experience/Interface Designer for the E.W. ScrippsCompany; Chip Mahaney; Jessica Rap-paport, Vice President for Marketing atThe E.W. Scripps Company; MichelleFerrier, an associate professor at ElonUniversity and a Scripps EntrepreneurialInstitute attendee; and Valerie Miller, thecorporate Communications manager forthe E.W. Scripps Company.

The panel urged students to workon their brand now to get ahead of thecompetition and rene their innovativethinking skills because media is chang-ing so rapidly. The professionals alsoemphasized how important basic read-ing and writing skills are to a journalistas well as publishing their own contentrather than only reading others work.Mahaney comments, Publish some-thing daily. Build a record. Make your-self memorable.

JSchool celebrates Scripps once againReporter | Erin Davoran

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Te down-low on the presiden-tial debate ... page 5Te Marching 110 utilizes thepower of multimedia ... page 2

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Many professionals took the time to visit Scripps at this years Scripps Day. | Daniel Rader

uesday, October 9- Te Homecominge table 4th oor o Baker, 12- 3 p.m.- Blood Drive, 5th oor o Baker, 12. - 6 p.m.- Homceoming Court, Baker Lounge, 5 p..m- Everything You Need to Know About the Op-

posite Sex, Memaud, 8 - 9 p.m.

Wednesday, October 10- Te Homecoming Steering Committee table 4thand 3rd oor o Baker, 12. - 3 p.m.- Blood Drive, 5th oor o Baker, 12 - 6 p.m.

Tursday, October 11- Te Homecoming Steering Committee table 4thand 3rd oor o Baker, 12 - 3 p.m.- Alden Librarys 4th Floor, tribute OHIOs his-tory, 12 - 7 p.m.- Yell Like Hell, College Green, 5:30 p.m.

Friday, October 12- Te Homecoming Steering Committee table 4thand 3rd oor o Baker, 12 - 3 p.m.- Alden Librarys 4th Floor, tribute OHIOs his-tory, 12 - 7 p.m.- Bobcat Gol Outing, 9 a.m. registration- Pie Your Bobcat Court, Baker 4th oor, 11 a.m.- 1 p.m.- Historical Hayride at the Ridges. Te Ridges,5:30 - 8:15 p.m.- Alumni Awards Gala 2012, Baker, 5:30 p.m.- 3rd Annual Bobcat Alumni Big Band Jazz Jam,Casa, 4 W. State Street, 9:30 - 12:00 a.m.- Alumni Band 2012 Homecoming Parade Regis-tration

Saturday, October 13- FREE reats with the University College eam,9:15 - 10:15 a.m.- Alumni Coee Hour, Front Room, 9:30 a.m. -10:30 a.m.- Homecoming Parade: Better Tan Te Best Ever10 a.m.- Scripps Reception, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.- Bobcat Bash, 11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.- OHIO vs. Akron ootball game, 2 p.m.- Historical Hayride at the Ridges. Te Ridges,5:30 - 8:15 p.m.

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The Power

Reporter | Camilee Rose Smith

Its 10:02 p.m. on a Tursday evening. You have just winto the James Hall lobby, and nothing out o the ordinseems to be happening, but the question is: have you evthought about what youre actually seeing?

You discover what looks to be a normal evening or ckids: people on their phones, watching V, and in genehanging out. You smell the delicious pancakes being maby hall council members, and you eel a slight chill becasomeone le the door propped open again. People are tplaying ping pong, and studying, among other things.

However, i you look closer, youll notice nearly everyin the room is plugged in in some way. Most people wnotice this, because it has become a normal part o ever

society, but in taking a closer look, you fnally come to with how much technology is actually in the room.

Sitting in ront o the V are eight individual studenteleven technological devices. Any math teacher could tthat the explanation to this equation just doesnt exist, bin this day and age, these situations are happening at evsecond o the day.

Among these devices are smart phones, laptops, a atV, and even a Kindle Fire. When asked what they cousibly be doing with all o these contraptions, many studreplied, multitasking. Tis word seems to defne our gtion. People are not only used to technology and usinitems at the same time but struggle without it. Wheth

students are doing their homework, or using these creaa medium or communication, one o the most popularthis technology, the students say, is social media.

Social media is transorming the way we receive newreshman journalism major, Brad Friedman. People likmedia because they see their riends as a credible sourcknow them and they trust them. Students are constant

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ise to famePhotography | Daniel Rader

o Facebook, witter, and Skype and dont orget texting.other avorite is Youtube. Statuses, tweets, and videos arestant news, and theyre constantly making it on the news.ome o the most recent news has included a new hit,ngnam Style by South Korean rap sensation Psy. In a mat-o three months, this song has risen to almost 400 millionws on Youtube and caused a massive ripple o excitementommunities throughout the world, including here at Ohioversity.ew weeks ago, the Marching 110 swept Athens with theirion o Gangnam Style, doing Psys signature dance moves,impressing the large crowd on Parents Weekend. Tat

ht, a video o the Marching 110 giving their energetic inter-

ation o Gangnam Style hit Youtube and soon went viral.hin a day o the post, the video had received more than,000 views.

Te night that the video was posted, many students sharedith all o their riends on Facebook and tweeted it to theirowers. Matt Albani, a reshman in the Scripps School ommunication was shown the video by his neighbor downhall who was in the Marching 110. I thought it was prettyl, Albani said.

Te act that it was up in so little time aer the perormancean impressive aspect o the video.

sy, Gangnam Styles creator, even tweeted at the Marchingsaying Let me say the MOS OUCHING SCENE o

ngnamStyle Ohio University Marching 110.ll o these impressive eats would not have been possiblewerent or social media. Its all part o our daily lives, and

dents will not be putting down the technology anytimen. Tese online sources o communication are going totinue to rame the way people interact, especially on everyege campus across the nation.


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ScrippsCalendar

Mon. Fri.Thurs.Weds.Tues.AWC @ 6 p.m.Sing Tao 101

SPJ @ 5p.m.

Scripps 111

Let the Homecom-

ing celebrations

begin!

RTDNA meeting

@ 7 p.m. at the

RTV building in

room 375.

Car Van Anda: Still in motion

B

ecause of the change from quarters to semes-

ters this year, many students were skeptical

about whether or not the Carr Van Anda Pro-gram would remain at Scripps.

Director of the school, Professor Robert Stewart,

said the school was not sure if it were going to keep

the Carr Van Anda because the tracks under semes-

ters allow more exibility. But, in the end, Scripps

decided to keep the program.

Overall, the Carr Van Anda Program allows students

to create their own journalism sequence. Students in

the program take the seven core journalism courses

in addition to a sequence of journalism courses toadd up to at least 25 credit hours.

Students interested in the Car Van Anda Program

must be juniors with at least a 3.0 accumulative GPA

to apply. Students must also have approval from

their advisor and the director of the school in order

to pursue a Carr Van Anda. A formal application is

required.

Although less than ten students currently participate

in the Carr Van Anda Program, Professor Stewart

said he has always been an advocate for it. He be-lieves it is extremely benecial especially for stu-

dents who have dual majors, such as those studying

journalism and visual communication.

This past years top graduating senior for the Carr

Van Anda Program, Sarah Holt, said in a short video

on YouTube, Specically out of the Carr Van Anda

I got the opportunity to make my own major, to pick

and choose things that Im interested in, and to for-mulate my own way in journalism. And it was so

much fun, and it was really interesting and I found a

career that I can make using different things I chose.

So, I think it was a real freedom through the Carr Van

Anda Program to tailor-make my own experience at

the Jschool.

Holt blended broadcast classes as well as public re-

lations for her Car Van Anda. The top graduating

senior in the 2010 program was Bethany Williams,

who knew she wanted to do something with lm andjournalism. Therefore, she chose to focus on docu-

mentary lmmaking. She took classes such as audio

production, photography and personal documentary.

The program is named after a man of the name Carr

Van Anda. Van Anda entered Ohio University at age

sixteen in 1880 and attended for two years. He went

on to have an extremely impressive journalism ca-

reer which included working at several publications.

In 1904, he stated his renowned 21 year career at the

New York Times, at which he served as managingeditor. He passed away in 1945.

In 1968, Ohio University established the Carr Van

Anda Award for the highest distinction in journalism

in his honor. It recognized students who repeatedly

achieve high journalistic standards.

Reporter | Elizabeth Harris

PRSSA Meet-

ing @ 6 p.m. in

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The rst debate of the 2012 presidential election Wednesdaynight did little to enlighten viewers, and seemed unlikely tosway many undecided voters.

It went something like this: President Obama: Youre ly-ing, Romney: No, Mr. President youre lying. Clearly captivating.

In an age in which the media has reached almost all facets of life,neither candidate conveyed any new positions, or memorable zing-ers, that the American people have not heard before. At least viewerswere spared the predictable platitudes and clichsAmerica, Jesus,Freedom-- so humorously parodied by actor Will Ferrell in the movieThe Candidate this past summer.

TV ad placements are picking up around the country especially inbattleground states such as Ohio and neither candidate attempted togo beyond their basic ad pitches. While the average college studentmay not own a television, we have been subjected to political adver-tisements while browsing YouTube even while watching the most re-cent adaptations of the current hit song Gangnam Style.

Perhaps the most entertaining moment occurred when RepublicanMitt Romney blatantly told moderator and PBS anchor Jim Lehrerthat he would cut NPRs funding to reduce the trillion dollar decit but, more importantly, that he love[s] Big Bird.

Apparently, love hurts.Throughout the course of the evening, Big Bird (the beloved Sesa-

me Street character) trended on Twitter -- more so than ObamaCare (aterm President Obama has since come to accept) or the federal decit.

Please Mitt, we can forgive you for trashing universal health care, wejust want Sesame Street back!One of the most reported aspects of the debate was that modera-

tor Jim Lehrer seemed more like a fond elderly uncle at Christmasthan a respected journalist in charge of a major national debate. Lehrerspent most of his time looking ustered, hardly getting in a word andfrequently being interrupted by the candidates. Lehrers lackluster per-formance made Elmo look like the Cookie Monster. (what??)

Aside from Romneys repeated smirks and Obamas suppressedsmiles, they were able to make some casual attacks on each other,mostly without much merit or evidence. Romney told a story abouthow his ve sons often fought, but no matter how many times theyrepeatedly said something, it did not make it true. If only the formergovernor could learn from his own exhortations.

Despite his persistent accusations that the president has taken $716billion dollars from Medicare, the facts do not support that claim. Thismoney is projected savings from payments to providers that will noteliminate health care eligibility, but rather help pay the cost of thoseinsured through ObamaCare.

President Obama has received a great deal of criticism about hisfailed attempts to reduce to decit and Romney couldnt resist pil-ing on. Romney criticized Obama for his failure to help implementthe plan of the bipartisan Simpson-Bowles commission to reduce thedecit.

However, Romney failed to mention that his running mate Paul Ryanwas a member of that commission who refused to support that sameplan. In this instance, the debate was more misleading than deceitful.

Despite these dishonest claims, Romney amiably stated, As presi-dent, I will sit on day one actually, the day after I get elected Ill sitdown with leaders. Obama retorted by saying, followed with laugh-ter, I think Governor Romneys going to have a busy rst day, be-cause hes also going to repeal ObamaCare.

These light quibbles may have kept the debate mildly entertaining,but despite mixed reviews of each candidates debate performance,they seemed scripted and without real conviction.

While Romney did make an uncharacteristic joke about Obamacelebrating his 20th wedding anniversary with him, he still seemedrobotic. He did excel in one department, his hair. As Alec Baldwins

character says on the TV show, 30 Rock, real men dont have hair thatmoves.President Obama was not as charismatic as usual, at times seeming

more defensive than combative. Oddly, he failed to seize upon Rom-neys recent remark about 47 percent of Americans being victimswho are dependent on the government something that has been aprominent point in the Presidents recent advertisements.

Debates are opportunities for candidates to speak specics abouttheir plans, but vagueness and distortion unfortunately characterizedmost of the evening. One area of ambiguity came when Romneyspoke not of tax cuts, but tax relief.

I [will] also lower deductions and credits and exemptions Romneysaid regarding reducing tax rates.

The issue with this plan is that by limiting deductions combined

with a reduced tax rate more income would be available for taxation.Ultimately, most taxpayers would be paying nearly the same amountas they are under the current tax system.

Romney often denied the independent studies Obama cited regard-ing his nancial and health care plans. While some independent stud-ies may dispute assumptions in Obamas plans, other groups withstrong inuence such as AARP and the nonpartisan Tax Policy Cen-terfavor them.

Lets be fair to Romney, Obama was not as aggressive as he could,or should have been. The Republican candidate already has partici-pated in a number of debates with his unsuccessful GOP rivals, whichmay have given him an edge with his delivery and ease at the podium.His preparation showed as he jabbed and sparredalbeit predictably with the President, who sometimes seemed to struggle to remember

his talking points.Debate summary: Romney had many vague ve-step plans, someof which conicted with his previous speeches. Obama did not comeoff forcefully enough and seemed a little out of practice. This equatedto an often dull debate, which led some longing for a pinch-hit ap-pearance from Bill Clinton to liven up the auditorium, as he did at theDemocratic convention. At least Clinton can talk about arithmetic inan entertaining way.

The stream of Tweets made the debate most entertaining. USA To-day tweeted: Big Bird for president? Journalist Rick Reilly tweeted:I know what to buy Jim Lehrer for his birthday -- a clock. Apparent-ly, in the Twitter world, including journalists, Big Bird and Jim Lehrermade the biggest impression.

Reporter | Charles Dornfeld

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