Archive for March, 2010

Mar 31 2010

Washington Capitals Web Package

Posted by nplum in Uncategorized

I decided to cover a package that is within an article on The Washington Post’s web site about the Washington Capitals and their three-game skid.

There are five lateral tools that accompany this article.

  1. A video from Washington Post Live with Tarik El-Bashir talking about the Capitals’ six remaining games on CSN.
  2. A link to a Q and A with staff writer Thomas Boswell inviting readers to ask Boswell questions about “the NCAA Tournament, March Madness, Nationals Spring Training, Stephen Strasburg, the rest of Major League Baseball, the Caps, Redskins and his latest columns from Spring Training.”
  3. A link to Tarik El-Bashir’s “Capitals Insider”,  a blog that deals with inside information about the Washington Capitals.
  4. There is a comment section that accompanies the article allowing readers to comment on the article.
  5. There is a widget within the article that takes the reader to links to the article showing who is blogging about it.

I liked the video accompanying the article and the link to the Capitals Insider. I thought these were good ways to give readers more information about the team in different mediums.

I wouldn’t have clicked on the Q and A, but that’s because I don’t ever look at Q and A’s because I don’t find them interesting or insightful.

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Mar 01 2010

Revised Stovall 5.10

Posted by nplum in Uncategorized

Drinking at fraternities has become a serious problem: three students at the local Alpha Beta Zeta fraternity were admitted to a local hospital Sunday morning with alcohol poisoning.

Press Martin, from New Hampshire, Al Amalek, from Tennessee and Rob Smith, from Fairfax, were the three students admitted. Martin and Smith were released Monday morning, but Amalek is listed in critical condition.

According to the university, the three students were seen at the ABZ fraternity house and multiple witnesses confirmed they were consuming alcohol. “Based on that we are suspending the fraternity and all its activities on campus,” a university representative cited.

According to Jan Mize, a representative from the university’s public relations department, a suspension like this typically lasts for one year.

“Any fraternity in which the members have alcohol will be immediately suspended,” university president Harvey Smithville said. “A second offense within a year will result in the banning of that fraternity for five years.”

Interfraternity Council president Bart Addison agrees with the president’s stance on alcohol. “I am shocked that this incident has occurred. I believed that everyone was adhering to the University’s policy,” Addison said.

However, Addison disagrees with the president’s decision to punish the entire fraternity. “I do not believe that the entire fraternity should be held responsible for the actions of a few,” Addison added.

Because of these recent incidents, the university is considering increasing police patrols of fraternity houses on the weekends.

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