In My Life

Before February of my senior year, I didn’t know how to cry. I prided myself on my thick skin and lack of emotion. Videos on Facebook of…

How I Learned to Love the Bike

By: Shane Byler

-September 14, 2016

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We’ve pow-wowed in a stranger’s house, then fought in the basement. We’ve wrestled drunk in Big A’s kitchen, then took turns kissing his monitor lizard on its…

What is Trap Music?

As the latest pop culture obsession, trap music has bursted onto the mainstream music scene. Known to have an electronic signature sound full of heavy bass, 808s, tics, synths and snares, trap music is often mistaken for dub step or EDM (electronic dance music). Trap music is actually a sub…

JMC 3023 syllabus

Feature Writing, Fall 2016

JMC 3023 schedule

Feature Writing, Fall 2016

The Methods of Writer and Journalist Arvind Dilawar

September 11, 2016

A Story Behind the Story

“I’m a really, really terrible bassist.”

Story behind the story: Schedule, assignment and rubric

Key dates

Wednesday, Aug. 24: Launch assignment and set into groups by due date
Sunday-Monday, Sept. 11-12: Round 1 due (Ethan Barton, Shane Byler, Kathryn Lynn, Dustyn Rappe) 
Sunday-Monday, Oct. 9-10…

Remembering the man you didn’t know

It’s a pretty normal California afternoon.

Q&A: Schedule, assignment and rubric

Key dates

Monday, Sept. 26: Launch + be familiar with reading list + interview Part I
Wednesday, Sept. 28: Interview Part II
Monday, Oct. 3: Final version posted to Medium. (no peer review)