With blazers, ties, and dresses ready to go for a live recording at a news station, CSPA students get to say, “Eat your heart out, Barbara Walters!” What an amazing last assignment to the CSPA class of 2011! We were nervous at first, but thanks to a great production team, writers, and practice we...
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Archive for July, 2011
Channeling Barbara Walters
Cal Poly CSPA tip for students
From asdfasdf Even though it is the last few days: for those CSPA students (even future students) who hate smelly, crowded bathrooms, I have a solution for you! 1.Head to the usual downstairs bathroom under class, make a left and go down the spiral staircase to the lowest floor. 2.Keep walking until you...
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Just a small town girl
From the small town of Fresno, California comes actress, model, and aspiring journalist Gabi Cruz. This girl is a triple-threat at sixteen years old. She has been modeling for three years and is currently with an agency called NEXT. After being approached by a modeling agent at the mall, Cruz gave the agency a...
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The Power of Words
From newspaper I had to block out the slurs but trust me, it was hard to censor these words because they have so much power and send the message of this article so perfectly. CSPA student Layne Diener wrote an opinionated article for her school newspaper the Raven Report. This is my favorite article...
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Stanliness should be a word in the dictionary
Today our beloved CSPA instructor Stan Kelton said the most heart warming thing about giving some money for food to fellow CSPA instructor Rich Hammond: “I have some money for you guys and I’m going to give it to uncle Rich.” It sounded like my dad was talking to me when I was a child....
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The Paranoia Chronicles – Roommates
Roommate situation at CSPA Expectation: Reality:
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Miley Cyrus and Larry Welbourn, it’s pretty cool
After noticing CSPA instructor Larry Welbourn’s passion for the word “cool,” it soon began to resemble SNL’s Vaneesa Bayer impression of Miley Cyrus. Watch this video and notice the connection. Yep, it’s pretty cool
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“This is Lady GaGa, and she’s here!”
During a class on Opinion/Editorials yesterday CSPA instructor Jay Berman mentioned the struggle of getting the world’s attention on important news stories such as catastrophes like plane crashes, when Lady GaGa has a new outfit walking down the streets of New York. We can cover both, because it is important to people....
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CSPA in need of Dexter Morgan?
CSPA instructor Larry Welborn told students about a story he wrote of Linda Cummings’ mysterious death in 1974. He found some evidence of the reported suicide being staged by Louis Wiechecki who murdered a woman with the same rope used to hang Linda. Wiechecki left jail on parole for his first murder. Years later the suspected...
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One of many reasons to love CSPA – approved by Oprah
One of the best parts of CSPA is that it is held in the happiest city with the lowest depression rate: San Luis Obispo! In one of the final episodes of The Winfrey Show, Oprah (a.k.a. Jesus) had Jenny McCarthy cover the 4 main reasons why SLO is such a happy city –...
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