Journalism 133: Prof. Craig: Working on Headlines

WORKING ON HEADLINES

Here are some story leads and nut graphs from the Spartan Daily from 10 years ago.  What would be some good headlines for these stories?

1. University police officers responded to a report of an allegedly armed and suicidal individual on San Jose State University's campus yesterday. The call came in around 4:17 p.m. and officers from both the University Police Department and San Jose Police Department responded.
   UPD Officer Michael Santos said officers found the subject's vehicle in the Seventh Street parking lot. Witnesses told officers they saw the driver of the vehicle walk onto campus. UPD sent out an alert as they began their search.
   About 15 minutes later officers located the suspect and took him into custody without any injury to him or the officers, according to an email sent to the campus community. He was loaded into an ambulance and taken away around 5:30 p.m.


2. SJSU's Black Unity Group held an emergency meeting last night in Clark Hall in response to the sentencing of three former SJSU students in a hate crime case. The students were sentenced to 50 hours of community service for forcing a bicycle lock around the neck of their black roommate, as well as taunting him with racial epithets, hanging a Confederate flag in their dorm room. The group believes that the sentence is unsatisfactory, and that it reflects university administration's larger lack of caring for Black students at SJSU.
   The Black Unity Group at SJSU is a coalition of Black student leaders and organizations designed to unite, advocate for, and support Black student life. 


3. With bombs dropping, rifles firing and people dying in the streets, most people would have a hard time keeping their composure.
   For Sara Sidner, however, such chaos is just a part of the job.
   "We were so used to hearing gunshots that, like, I could sleep through it," Sidner said.
   The CNN correspondent, currently based in Los Angeles, visited SJSU yesterday to receive the William Randolph Hearst First Amendment Award for her achievements in journalism.
   Sidner has traveled the world, covering everything from wars to triumphs to human interest stories during her many years as a reporter for the network.
   Sidner began her career working as a reporter for various news stations across the country. In 2004, she worked as the weekend co-anchor and weekday reporter at KTVU in Oakland.  Four years later, she joined CNN.


4. Fusion's nationwide college campus tour celebrating diversity made its second stop of a 33-day, 13-campus tour at San Jose State University.
   Fusion is an online news media outlet owned by Univision. The company's staff is trying spark dialogue on campus about supporting diversity through large art installations.
   A celebration of diversity and the changing face in America, "As American As" is the name of the art installation that will be displaying on each campus intending to evoke responses and support for students.
   To create the installation, Fusion hired a photographer from New York to take pictures of real people; none of the subjects in the images are models. 
   The topics represented on the panels range from social justice to LGBT rights, immigration and pop culture.


5. Sibling rivalry has a long history of breeding sporting success. From Venus and Serena Williams to Peyton and Eli Manning, there aren’t many stronger motivations than outdoing your kin. 
   Brothers Darren and Michael Tang, bowlers on San Jose State’s third-ranked team, are no exception. Last week Darren Tang, a senior mechanical engineering student, won a regional bowling title at the Professional Bowlers Association’s Sands Regency West/Northwest Winter Classic, netting a $2,000 prize.
   This is the latest in a long line of bowling success for Darren Tang and his brother Michael Tang, a sophomore psychology major, who grew up bowling together.
   

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