STUDENT CLUB AND ORGANIZATIONAL EXPENDITURES

WHO: Clubs and student organizational expenditures, specifically the highest to the lowest

WHAT: Understanding of who gets what (from the highest budget to the lowest) and on what bases?

WHEN: The beginning of each semester

WHERE: The College Campus, the Student Involvement Office, the Student Government and electives of the highest and lowest spending clubs.

WHY: To detail and compare the individual club expenditure, the overall budget of the clubs, how they are spent, on what basis are these awarded and what about the money left over at the end of the year?

SO WHAT: The amount budgeted for the clubs on campus is well over $300,000 which is paid for by students, how is the money spent and why are so many clubs not maximizing the

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Radiation All Around Us

Who: Residents of Fukushima, Japan. TEPCO (Tokyo Electrical Power Company), Local and Central Japanese gov, 160,00 resident ordered to evacuate. Hiroshi Saito (71) & Wife, Terue (68) as the primary source. Nobuyoshi Ito, a farmer, as a secondary source.

What: Daiichi nuclear plant explosions. Radiation levels post March 2011. Pollution and invisible contamination of homes, rich farm land, and forests. A desperate government trying to lower levels of microsieverets per year/hr and re-occupy evacuated areas.

Where: At resident Hiroshi's home, outskirts of Minamisoma. Minamisoma is the an unrecovered city near the power plant.

When: March 2011 up to present.

Why: The natural disasters of March 11, 2011 effect the plant. Why people haven't returned is because of the high radiation levels.

How: The events of March 11th, led to a power surge, effecting the cooling and control systems of the plant.

So What? Costs hundreds of millions of dollars + to clean. There are many refugees still. Are governments and companies doing enough? Estimated $50 billion U.S dollars to fix. And this does effect our lives, we are exposed to radiation every day and we don't think twice because we still have everything but those residents in Japan lost it all.

Fan Violence

Who? A fan was killed after the Giants and Dodgers game.

where? AT&T Park in San Francisco, California

What? The Fan was stabbed to death due to fan violence between two rival teams.

When? September 25, 2013

Why? Fan Violence is dangerous, last year a man was almost beaten to death. Ironically, this was the same match-up the fan was beaten to death.

So what? People shouldn't kill each other over a game, it's disturbing to see these events holding as a fan myself.


http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/man-killed-outside-dodgers-giants-game-092613

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Man-Stabbed-to-Death-at-Dodgers-Giants-Game-in-San-Francisco-225332042.html

How Diverse is our campus?

    I wanted to explore the demographics of our campus, to see how diverse we are compared to how diverse we were a few years ago.

 Who: I will see how diverse our campus is by looking at the different ethnic groups.

 what: i want to know how diverse our campus is today.

Where: i will at the demographic of the Westchester community college campus.

Why: As a perspective student two years ago the diversity of the campus mattered when i applied. I would like to know how diverse we are becoming and why or why diversity is decreasing.

So what: Their are many benefits to having a diverse campus http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/professors-guide/2009/08/12/why-does-diversity-matter-at-college-anyway and sometimes the diversity of a campus could be the deciding factor of whether a perspective student applies or not.

No Chess on Campus?

Discover the dangerous World of on Campus Chess

Is WCC worried about marauding gangs of chess players taking over our campus?  Is the violence of the chessboard what is causing the campus rampaging in today world?  Being brought up with powerful Kings and Queens tearing down walls of pawns and toppling the bishops.  Why does WCC have rules against chess on campus?   On our student center walls are notes saying we are not allowed to play board games, including chess on campus.  1^st off when was the last time you saw someone with a board game under their arm and second off wouldn't we rather our students were focused on a strategy game then just sitting around?

Fashion Week Sports Report: Athletic looks are the winners at Milan spring shows

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/26/fashion/the-fashion-week-sports-report.html

Who- Vera Wang was on to the sports trend back in New York. Marc Jacobs also had the right shoes for it with his Teva style Sandals.

What- Athletic looks are the winners at the Milan Spring shows. One unifying theme of the Milan collections was that it was all over the place which was sports. Athletics mesh fabrics showed up in insets on the back of dresses or layered underneath them; and variations of modified tracksuits appeared in surprising numbers. A W magazine editor named Giovanna Battaglia had showed up on a Saturday in a Bogetta Veneta show in a Junya wannabe dress that would have been great for running a marathon.

When- The show took place on a Monday.

Where- Milan

Why- I think the event took place to show people a different side of the fashion world. I also think it took place to show people that its ok to have your own style, be unique  and set your own trends even if their considered popular.

So What- Frida Giannini of Gucci made a statement saying that tracksuits can go from day to evening. The Actress Blake Lively who attended the show borrowed Look number 38 for the party the next night. She said that she thought it was cool because it looked very evening but comfortable.

Todd Helton Retiring!

Topic for Story: The Career and Retirement of Todd Helton

Who: Todd Helton 1B Colorado Rockies
What: He is retiring at the end of the year; a look-back at his career achievements.
Where/When: 16 years playing first base for the same Colorado Rockies.
Why: He is one of my favorite players and although other 2013 retirees may be stealing the spotlight, this guy deserves a share of it.

So What?: Even though they don't have so much of a long history, Todd Helton is probably the name you will always think of when someone mentions the Colorado Rockies and is probably the best ball player in their franchise's history.


Todd Helton career batting

Helton's 1st HR

Todd's 2,500th hit