Communication Department

Dear Dean David V. Powers,

This is a letter in response to the issue of keeping the Communication and Journalism Department autonomous, but with cuts to certain areas of the department.

You may think that the journalism field is slowly dying and that a the Communication and Journalism department is in jeopardy of becoming a useless department on its own, however, you must agree with me when I say that the advantages of having a communications department provide us students with an enormous range of opportunities. The communication department is split between journalism, strategic, PR, and others and with all these various majors, students have found mass opportunities in the real world, especially online opportunities.

So, I propose this solution to keeping the department autonomous and expanding the realm of online journalism and communication in the department. You should know that the majority of internships and jobs that communication majors get are through online companies and internet based communications.

To re-state, my proposal is to keep the department as is, but an expansion is crucial. Journalism majors especially need to keep our print journalism classes to gain knowledge of feature and profile writing. However, there are classes that seem to overlap each other and therefore i would compromise to the cut backs of certain classes in print journalism. However, a more expanding online journalism wing would be desirable and effective in preparing journalists and other communication majors for jobs and internships.

Tuition

One solution, and it is expressed in the Seattle Times article, is to lower the salaries of top administrators. Even in a struggling economy, some deans make over $300,000 and the University is more than capable of capping them off at a certain level. Also, lowering the Presidents compensation package will help the cost of tuition not go up.

Letter to Landlord

Dear Michael,

As or landlord I feel I must repeat the letter I sent to you three months ago for the problem seems to be getting worse. As I hope you recall, our house had been broken into early in the morning in January. The man who entered the house through one of the windows in the living room had busted out the screen from the outside and slid the window open. He had believed that everyone was gone from the house, but I was the only one there and had to walk out in the living room as he was holding a computer, my wallet, and an ipod. I asked him to put them down and leave, and thankfully that is what he did. As you know, the police did come and make a report and I attached a copy of that to you in the last letter.

I am writing to you again because a similar situation almost happened last week. A woman who somehow was able to open the gate to the stairway walked up and tried to open the door. All of us were inside and wondered why the door was being played with and when we looked outside we saw a homeless woman trying to get in. I write this because you did not respond to the last letter or the phone call made by Christina. I would like to again inform you that we take every precaution to lock our windows and doors, but are continuously feeling we need more safety. We hope, as our landlord, you can provide that safety with perhaps bars over the window or a new lock on the front gate. Please respond to this letter as it is the third time we have attempted to get a hold of you on this issue.

Sincerely,

Mathew

WW8: Sarah Palin Opinion

Sarah Palin is absolutely everywhere, even though she has barely stepped foot out of the United States. This being a former vice presidential nominee and a supposed “world negotiator.” Well, it seems the world has taken notice and Palin has no need to leave her fame hungry, pistol swinging, red, white, and blue America.
To get straight to the heart of the Palin issue, we must begin with her incredible appeal to America. She is a balls out, over voiced, critical, and prudish woman. However, this is a good thing. Appealing to mainly the southern ladies and gents of working class America whom really need a leader who can fight for the rights of the everyday American. The everyday American being those who “are all about family, faith, and freedom,” as she so happily put it on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno just last week.
Palin doesn’t only appeal to those Americans sitting on their front couch drinking beer and cleaning their gun collection. No, she appeals to those who absolutely despise her as well. Democrats and republicans alike hate Palin. According to republican ----, Palin is “a complete embarrassment to our views for a better country. Those who believe in freedom and American values will not make a mockery of their own political party.” Strong words, but nothing compared to what democrats throw at her on a daily basis.
Thanks to Fox News’ need to lean even further to the right in their reporting, they have brought on new correspondent Sarah Palin. A wise choice for those looking for a new hilarious facebook quote to put above Jessica Simpson or an excerpt from textfromlastnight.com. The thing is, Palin appeals to her haters because no matter what, they cannot get enough of her. She is like a slithering worm in the rain. Even though you cut her in half, she keeps moving divided into even more creations.
So again, to summarize the heart of the Palin issue is quite simple. She truly is a hardworking American who truly does believe in faith, family, and freedom. Her personal life as of late already has enough information for Going Rogue Again. A fitting title because Mrs. Palin is going to be around for a very long time. For the haters, and I include myself in this group, they get to have more fun with Palin and those crazy things that comes out of her mouth. Hey, I read the book, granted my free wheeling independent Alaskan mother purchased it, but I thought the pictures were great. A true Alaskan and a true American. Hate her or not, you won’t find anyone better.