One of the perks of winter break is the free time I have to watch random TV shows. Last night, with absolutely nothing watchable on, I tuned in to ABC News’ “What Would You Do?” (No relation to the 1990s Marc Summers-hosted show on Nickelodeon, unfortunately.)
The show places actors in everyday situations and sees how [...]
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November 4, 2008
Offbeat: A running blog on watching election coverage
Early afternoon: Buses, vans, cars, tricycles and more are lined up in front of the Vaughn Center to take people to the church downtown where people registered to vote with UT addresses must go. Maybe an exaggeration on all the modes of transport, but I heard people were giving rides. Accuracy is overrated.
5:59 p.m.: Polls [...]
November 2, 2008
New Favorite Hobby: Reading JuicyCampus
A writer from the St. Petersburg Times contacted me about the way people at UT use JuicyCampus.com and I had, until that point, barely even looked at the site.
I began to read through the gossip site’s UT page. There were accusations of a girl falling through a door, a discussion about the best sorority on [...]
October 10, 2008
Speaking Anonymously
Too many people have a blatant misunderstanding of the use of anonymous quotes. At The Minaret we weigh the decision to use quotes anonymously or not heavily and at length.
Sources that request anonymity should be granted it when putting their names to a quote can put them in danger, either physical, with their jobs, or [...]
October 9, 2008
On Recent Coverage
The past few weeks have certainly been interesting. We have covered more news than I have seen in my entire Minaret career. There have been arrests, rearranged leadership, new organizations, political visits and more. We have seen it all.
We have drawn little serious criticism until an issue was released this morning. In this weekly release, [...]
October 9, 2008
An Invitation
I welcome and invite you to take a behind-the-scenes look at The Minaret, the student newspaper at The University of Tampa.
This blog will address concerns, questions, comments and more involving our coverage of the UT community.
We will discuss editorial decisions, choices, mistakes, corrections, rejected stories and more. If there is ever a question about what [...]
