Sunday, October 18, 2015

Washburn students lack interest in attending football games.


The lack of participation from students at football games has the stands looking like a morgue.
Going to Washburn for four years now I have started notice a trend at the football games. Every year the first football game always starts off with a full student section. There are people with painted chest and full of Washburn spirit. But with every home game after the crowd dwindles until homecoming the stand will be filled once more. The only section that seems to stay consistent is where all the alumni sit. Those old people who never seemed to miss a game since they graduated 20 years ago. The Greek life usually last the longest but in the end they seem to dissipate also.
The hill where all the fraternities and sororities sit usually starts off the year with all of them showing their letters and filling the hill. Though you can see they have tons of school spirit, it tends to die off. After a while it seems that they all stay outside and tailgate or not even show up.
In the years past, the cheerleaders use to rotate and cheer to the student section during a quarter but with lack of participation the cheerleaders don’t go to the other side of the field anymore. This restricts the cheerleaders from also interacting with the band. The band has always been the loudest people in the stands.
With homecoming being this coming week there is hope to have the stands full so the crowd could cheer the team to a victory. The cheerleaders love more than anything to cheer for the students of Washburn University. There also seems to be a correlation to how many people attend the games and if Washburn wins.

15 comments:

  1. I really like this story a lot. Just make sure all your verb tenses match and you use the right tense of the verb. For example, in the fourth paragraph, the cheerleaders used to rotate.

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  2. Good story. However, it's kind of choppy there are punctuation issues. C'mon Justin!

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  3. I really like this article. I wouldn't call alumni "those old people." Some people may take offense to that. I have not been to any Washburn games. Does the lack of participation/ attendance happen to every event or just football?

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  4. The first paragraph change notice to noticing and make chest plural. But good job Justin! Great article.

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  5. I think its good, but i wouldn't use the "I" tense. I would either quote yourself, or write it in 3rd person. Other than that, it is a very interesting article Justin Braun. #GoTeam

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  6. Great article and a very relevant topic to our university. School spirit is something that our school definitely lacks and I hope to see change. I would take the period out of your headline and put a comma after "But," that's all I see, though. Good job!

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  7. A little too opinionated to be journalistic. Try using less biased words, if you can. Also try to eliminate unnecessary words. Good job, and I agree with everything you mentioned.

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  8. Good point in your story but a lot of little errors make it hard to read. Like chest should be chests

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  9. Your headline would still be good if you deleted "attending." This story is very interesting and relevant to the student population. However, delete yourself from the story. Talk about it from a student's perspective, but don't use the word "I."

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  10. Be more objective, don't insert yourself into the story. You probably shouldn't refer to the alumni as old people either :) Other than that, it's a relevant topic!

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  11. Love the topic because everyone who goes to Washburn knows school spirit is lacking at times! Headline is good too and really sets the tone for the article.

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  12. True story. Take yourself out of the story and state more facts.

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  13. This is a problem on campus and I'm glad that you are bringing to everyones attention. The "those old people" really needs to be fixed.

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  14. Good topic. I agree Kelly that avoid your perosonal opinion when writing story.

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  15. Good story! Just one thing, "I have started to notice..."

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