Author Archives: l.susan

The Problem With Orlando’s Public Transport

This weekend as I was coming back home I had to take the Lynx bus from downtown Orlando to UCF. I was appalled when I noticed how disorganized this bus line is. I took the 104 bus whose last stop …

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FCAT: Why it Does Not Work

Let me be clear. I am not against standardized testing. In fact, I think it is a necessity in order to keep students motivated as well as to keep track of the health of the educational system and the rate …

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2014 FIFA World Cup: The Ideal Final

When people talk about the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2014 in Brazil, they are often caught discussing who the the potential winner would be. But what about the stuff in between? For example, what would be the ideal matchup for …

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As 2014 Arrives, Formula 1 Ushers Itself Into a New Era

It is obvious many people that ever hear the term “Formula 1” can relate it to motor racing, because F1 is the fastest and most technologically involved motor sport in the world. It is the sport where the most skilled, …

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An Alternative World

In the article Expressing My Inner Gnome: Appearance and Behavior in Virtual Worlds, Lam and Riedl explore the “role-playing” behavior of gamers. The authors go on to mention the video games: World of Warcraft and Second Life. A game …

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Put your computer to work!

Computers have definitely saved workers a lot of time and hard work. However, computers are not identified as being “labor savers” as they were originally intended. When I think of a computer, I think of social media, homeWORK and news. …

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Where are the editors?

Newspapers are put in a tough spot. How do editors get their story out before others and be able to spend the time needed to critique it?

In The Quality-Control Quandary, Stepp focuses on newspapers progression of losing their …

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Seeing is Believing… A Picture Says a Thousand Words

“…We try to strike a balance, delivering not only what readers want to see but also what they need to see”, says David Walters, the Miami Herald’s deputy editor-photos and video, in the article Too Graphic? There is a fine …

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Ask not what you can do for your country, but what Public Interest can do.

A Vaster Wasteland by Newton N. Minow is such an appropriate article for this time of year and more specifically for this 2012 presidential campaign. Minow recalls the beginning of the presidential debates on television are their short hiatus until …

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How Legit is Accountability Journalism?

There was a time before I went to college that I thought wikipedia was a reliable online source. After reading The Reconstruction of American Journalism by Leonard Downie Jr. and Michael Shudson, it has come to my attention that the …

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