Sunday, November 8, 2015

Washburn University had no response to the request to cancel classes for Royals parade (EDIT)




The Royals baseball team celebrated their 2015 World Series Championship win with a 2.3 mile parade beginning at noon on Tuesday, Nov. 3rd in Kansas City, Missouri

For the first time in 30 years, the Royals brought home the crown. Schools and business all over the Kansas City area were closing down to allow students, faculty and staff the opportunity to celebrate this historical win.

When approached via Twitter by students asking Washburn to allow for the day off, Washburn had no reply.

"Favorite or retweet this to get @WashburnUniv to cancel classes for the parade tomorrow. Everyone else is... #TookTheCrown #BeRoyal," tweeted by Colby Taylor, a Washburn student.

According to 42 Action News, more than 30 school districts closed to attend the victory parade. This included colleges such as Johnson County Community College and the Metropolitan Community Colleges.

Most students were not surprised by the lack of response by Washburn though and believed it was a long shot to ask in the first place.

Aaron Childers, a Washburn student, made a tweet about the possibility of Washburn canceling classes. "2 yrs ago Washburn was the only university in Kansas not to close because of 3ft of snow. They're not closing tomorrow early."
The beauty of college though is that one does not need permission to skip class. Many students played hooky for the day to be one of 800,000 people to attend the victory parade. Cars were abandoned on the side streets and in the middle of the highways. Some people walked more than 10 miles just to reach the end of the parade at Union Station. Two people even pretended to be media journalists and were able to walk in the parade to meet Salvador Perez and get a hand on the World Series trophy.

People were willing to jump through hoops to attend and be a part of the Royals celebration. Students from Pittsburg State University, Mid-America Nazarene University, Emporia State University, the University of Kansas and Kansas State University were pleading for the day off with no luck.

Despite the lack of response from Washburn about canceling classes, they did show the live-viewing of the parade in the lower-level of the Union so students could watch and enjoy the celebration.
 


13 comments:

  1. Great story. In the second paragraph I would say "closed down" instead of "were closing down." In the next paragraph, I would just say "tweeted" instead of "tweeted by." Otherwise, everything is cool.

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  2. I agree with Kelly that this is a great story. You forgot the period at the end of the lead. Also, the headline is long. I would try and shorten it so it's not as wordy. Awesome job!

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  3. Great story! The only recommendations I would make would be to change "schools and business," to schools and businesses in the second paragraph to agree. The headline is also wordy, like Kara mentioned, and would change it so to is not in it twice.

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  4. I agree with Kelly. But other than that, a good story J-Dawg... #gangster

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  5. I still love this topic for a story because I am a Royals fan! However, I think the headline is way too long. You could shorten it by saying "WU classes continue despite Royals parade." I would look back over your paragraphs and see how you split and distributed the details and make sure it makes sense. You don't want to have one-sentence paragraphs and then a four-sentence paragraph later on - aim for consistency.

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  6. I would shorten the headline, it seems a bit long, and there is a missing period at the end of the lead, but other than that, this was a good article! Well done!

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  7. I was questioning your spelling of "hooky", but it turns out it can be spelled "hooky" or "hookie" or even "hookey"

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  8. Very good topic! the headline can be shorter

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  9. Great article. I saw the first paragraph last sentence needs a period. Good job though!

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  10. Great edits. I would fix headline. Its a little too long.

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  11. I think that this edit is a little wordy. Try to keep it simple and to the point so that you don't lose the reader's attention. I think that the editing corrections that you made were great! Good job!

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  12. There should be a period after Missouri. I absolutely love this article.

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  13. Wonderful story! I agree with others, the headline is a bit long.

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