1. There are bright lights and a still silence is in the room. Its 6:30 on a Tuesday night and I am in the Student athlete Study hall. Reading an article I am soon interrupted by my teammate snoring. We have only been in for a half hour and fellow wrestler is passed out cold in front of his angel computer screen. I realized he is exhausted from practice, as was I, but it was only 6:45, I knew there had to be more to the story. “He decided to go to bed last night a 2am” someone whispered across the room, hearing his snore. This really affected him dramatically. His day was long and it started out with a 6:15 morning workout, then class, then practice at 3, and then finally study hall. It was way too much for a body to handle without the rest needed, the night before. Only get roughly four hours of sleep makes it harder to tackle on the day. It seems the day has finally caught up to him and he laid face first on the keyboard with his mouth wide open and drewling. What a shame it was to watch a teammate suffering his school work and athletics, and overall performance because of a facebook addition he had that is keeping him up night after night. He needs someone to coach him through this and set his priorities straight. He was moody the whole day and his body is showing sign and symptoms of sleep deprivation. He is flush red in the face, his eyes look like purple punching bags and he can barely keep them open to speak.
2. “it’s a problem that been around for a long time and will be around for a long time, everyone knows they need more sleep but getting it is the tough part.” Jahn Beavers (junior/Business major)
“Yes, I think academic success is proportional to sleep.” Brandon Phillips (freshman/DUS/student athlete.)
“When I hit that snooze alarm I wish I could just go back to sleep forever” Justin Ortega (sophomore/197 pound starter for PSU’s wrestling team.)
3. An average of 63% of college students do not get enough sleep, according to a recent study done by the national sleep foundation. www.stateuniversity.com/.../Sleep-Deprivation-A-Common-Occurrence-for- College-Students.html,
According to the HealthTree, teenagers are actually at risk of developing depression from their lack of sleep. They say stress is the leading cause of sleep deprivation. Teens that aren’t getting the right amount of sleep are 3 times more likely to be depressed than a student who is getting all their sleep. http://www.healthtree.com/news/research-and-development/teens-may-need-more-sleep-to-combat-depression/,
Sleep is something all our bodies need, in order to keep everything, including your vital organs functioning properly. About 8 to 10 days is the high limit one person can stay awake before experiencing signs of pain, hallucinations, and overall perception. Although they do say with 1 to 2 night of recovery sleep that person is fine. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=how-long-can-humans-stay,
A study done by the journal of adolescent health says that only 30% of students sleep at least 8 hours a night. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/160265.php,
4. The research I want to conduct further is the effects of Thon, and what it does to its dancers. Interviewing people during and after this event will help give me insight into what kind of effort these people are putting out. I want to know how long it will take the average college student to recover from dancing for 46 hours with a tight college schedule. Do students want help with managing their sleep? Or do they think the problem is incurable. Is facebook and the internet playing a huge factor in the lack of sleep.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Monday, February 7, 2011
journal 5 "Frank Sinatra has a cold"
Part 1
1. The writer explains Sinatra in depth on his ultra pressured life. The man with the voice, and without that voice a miserable person. Frank had a cold. He was no ordinary man and at the time was more famous than anyone. His posse consisted of a few men and good older looking women. He was very distant and this is what made the story different from others. How would Gay get the info on Sinatra? Readers were very intrigued to find out, just by the title brings you in, “Frank Sinatra has a cold”.
2. He has a few ladies and kids to go along with. He is still considered single and doesn’t let his age stop him. His life looked glamorous but because frank took his job so seriously he was under a lot of pressure to sound great all the time, He did not enjoy it as much. If and when frank did a show with Nbc, he had cold. He felt his performance was so bad he did not want to go back on the air until fully recovered.
3. Yes. There are certain scenes that bring the reader into depth of Sinatra’s personality. The setting is a great way; Gay showed how frank would act in public and the difference of having a cold to go along with it. There is a description of him at a bar along side with many of his friends, him not doing much but looking off into the distance. He is very well dressed as always but not too flashy. The crew of his delegates knows frank is not himself. The sit and watch him as he sulks and drinks at the back of the bar.
4. Gay was in a dilemma when trying to Frank. The man had a cold and was not even willing to strike a conversation with his closest friends. Although there are many personal observations of frank the only real interviews are from his friends and closest people of the man with the voice. I feel the writer described frank very well with observation and what other close people knew about him. The ideas were concrete and gave a realistic feel on how frank would act in situations, “what he was like, as an overall person”. Although I do feel the writer leaves you guessing to what frank would really say at certain times.
5. He gives you the information he received from the many countless hours of observing frank. Also his family and friends give Gay what they feel is the truth on the man and his wonderful voice. He wants you to have the idea of Franks life and personality but leaves it open to you for further insight to look at frank and say you could really know the man. The pressure of his voice makes him very different from the average man.
Part 2
Gay Talese’s magazine story of Frank Sinatra has a cold, written to profile Frank Sinatra for Esquire, it inspired many. In the Fifty minute long interview Gay insights us into his life of journalism. How he is able to get information from his profile people. He goes to his life as a child and explains how he was an ultimate eavesdropper. Listening to the conversations of his mother in her dress shop in south jersey really inspired him. He said the number one thing to getting to know your subject is trust, which his mother had with all her customers. Next you needed patience and time. Nothing will come too quickly and with time you earn trust. The way to keep up your observations and progress is to write it all down at the end of the day. Whatever gay remembered he wrote down from that day on his subject. Any person he has ever wrote a story on he still is in contact with today. Gay brings up his days of getting into college and knowing the right people to luckily get into Alabama. He refers to the different ways in which his mother and father talked of the war around themselves verses when speaking to their clients and customers. This inspired Gay to learn what his subject really wanted to hear. He knew if he gained the trust of their friends he could eventually gain the trust of them and get valuable information he need to make his story work. The way he does this is through time. You cannot get trust from your clients without time and patience. I felt the interview was helpful to me so I know how to approach my subjects and not rush things.
1. The writer explains Sinatra in depth on his ultra pressured life. The man with the voice, and without that voice a miserable person. Frank had a cold. He was no ordinary man and at the time was more famous than anyone. His posse consisted of a few men and good older looking women. He was very distant and this is what made the story different from others. How would Gay get the info on Sinatra? Readers were very intrigued to find out, just by the title brings you in, “Frank Sinatra has a cold”.
2. He has a few ladies and kids to go along with. He is still considered single and doesn’t let his age stop him. His life looked glamorous but because frank took his job so seriously he was under a lot of pressure to sound great all the time, He did not enjoy it as much. If and when frank did a show with Nbc, he had cold. He felt his performance was so bad he did not want to go back on the air until fully recovered.
3. Yes. There are certain scenes that bring the reader into depth of Sinatra’s personality. The setting is a great way; Gay showed how frank would act in public and the difference of having a cold to go along with it. There is a description of him at a bar along side with many of his friends, him not doing much but looking off into the distance. He is very well dressed as always but not too flashy. The crew of his delegates knows frank is not himself. The sit and watch him as he sulks and drinks at the back of the bar.
4. Gay was in a dilemma when trying to Frank. The man had a cold and was not even willing to strike a conversation with his closest friends. Although there are many personal observations of frank the only real interviews are from his friends and closest people of the man with the voice. I feel the writer described frank very well with observation and what other close people knew about him. The ideas were concrete and gave a realistic feel on how frank would act in situations, “what he was like, as an overall person”. Although I do feel the writer leaves you guessing to what frank would really say at certain times.
5. He gives you the information he received from the many countless hours of observing frank. Also his family and friends give Gay what they feel is the truth on the man and his wonderful voice. He wants you to have the idea of Franks life and personality but leaves it open to you for further insight to look at frank and say you could really know the man. The pressure of his voice makes him very different from the average man.
Part 2
Gay Talese’s magazine story of Frank Sinatra has a cold, written to profile Frank Sinatra for Esquire, it inspired many. In the Fifty minute long interview Gay insights us into his life of journalism. How he is able to get information from his profile people. He goes to his life as a child and explains how he was an ultimate eavesdropper. Listening to the conversations of his mother in her dress shop in south jersey really inspired him. He said the number one thing to getting to know your subject is trust, which his mother had with all her customers. Next you needed patience and time. Nothing will come too quickly and with time you earn trust. The way to keep up your observations and progress is to write it all down at the end of the day. Whatever gay remembered he wrote down from that day on his subject. Any person he has ever wrote a story on he still is in contact with today. Gay brings up his days of getting into college and knowing the right people to luckily get into Alabama. He refers to the different ways in which his mother and father talked of the war around themselves verses when speaking to their clients and customers. This inspired Gay to learn what his subject really wanted to hear. He knew if he gained the trust of their friends he could eventually gain the trust of them and get valuable information he need to make his story work. The way he does this is through time. You cannot get trust from your clients without time and patience. I felt the interview was helpful to me so I know how to approach my subjects and not rush things.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Journal # 4 party school
The hour long radio broadcast of the # 1 Party school, definitely portrayed the idea that Penn state is without a doubt the school for drinking and its location in state college doesn’t help. I feel it was bit overblown but well documented. The interviewing of several local residents made it seem as if their lives were centered on keeping the house safe from loud drunken crowds of college students parting from Wednesday to Sunday until the early am hours. The evidence shows that partying at Penn state is basically part of the curriculum. There was a lot of interaction between the reporters and students who were local crazed night goers seeking the ultimate college experience. Reality is something different and there is only so much to say about what the average college student is expected to do. Penn state may be widely recognized for its drinking and overall love for their school. It is expected that college students will drink. Though many of them who do are still able to maintain a healthy lifestyle and balance of school work and play. The non partiers at penn state are closely numbered to the amount that do drink. The rudiment of school and club filled activities shy them away from drinking and into doing more productive things. Although if you want to party here it is very easy, agreed. There is also so many other fun things to do here and around stat college. The investigator seemed to have dwelled on the fact of the only fun is going to some sort of party/ tailgate. Almost every night there is an event and or club meeting. The hub offers many late night activities to do for fun without causing mayhem in the streets of downtown late night. Although this so called mayhem the store owners and delivery boys brought up is not what you would normally think of. State college is also ranked the safest metropolitan area in the U.S. “I wonder why” it because the so called mayhem is not crime and destruction, it is happy valley spirit. Many of the students feel where they are, is the best place to be, so the show it, especially on the weekends. The spirit is filled with singing down Main Street with a large number of people you may barely know but all are a part of one thing, which is We are Penn state. The scares of death from drinking and the loss of Joe Dado have opened the eyes of Penn states board. They know they will not be able to stop drinking and the in state college, but want to help. The president of the school joked about how penn state is ranked top for almost anything which is very true, and partying just came along with those other great achievements, such as athletic and academic successes. Overall the town has a tradition of having fun, while representing the lion. Drinking is a long time thing that just is a part of the lifestyle for many. Working and success come along with hard earned respect and honor, but we know that everyone needs a break sometime.
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