STD Press Release

Justin Riray
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STD Press Release
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For Immediate Release
KILL DATE: May 31, 2009

Contact: Justin Riray
San Jose State Journalism Student
925-818-8936

SJSU HEALTH SERVICES - STD PREVENTION PROGRAM

SAN JOSE, Calif. (April 20, 2009) - San Jose State University is expanding testing hours for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Health service director, Ellen Jones, said the college is launching an aggressive information program about STDs and how to prevent their spread.

The program includes lectures in the dorms by health service personnel, an hour-long movie available to professors to show in class, and the distribution of pamphlets about STDs and their symptoms.

According to the health service report, the number of STDs reported in the four years prior to the latest results was 20.

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The on-campus report, so far this year, has 50 reported cases near the end of the fall ‘08 semester and could reach 100 by the end of the school year.

The latest university health service report discussed STDs: genital herpes, body lice, venereal diseases, and Chlamydia, which is a bacterial parasite that usually produces no symptoms but can lead to sterilization in women if left untreated.

Jones said: “There are some students on this campus who didn’t even know the [names] of their sexual partners.”

The university is doing its best to keep students safe; do your part by being checked regularly.

STD tests on campus are free of charge and the results are confidential.

According to the report, City College, in San Jose, has recorded 100 STD cases on campus since the beginning of its school year.

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Fact Sheet

Contact: Justin Riray
San Jose State Journalism Student
925-818-8936


What: Prevention of an STD breakout

Where: San Jose State University and City College

When: 2008 to 2009 school year

Who: College students attending the two schools

Why: To keep students safe and prevent the spread of STDs, especially on campus.

How: Information program on STDs and their prevention.

STD News Story

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Campus STD Breakout

San Jose State students may be unaware that they have been infected with a sexually transmitted disease (STD).

Chlamydia is a bacterial parasite that usually produces no symptoms, making it almost impossible to find without being checked. The disease can lead to sterilization in women if left untreated.

Other STDs such as herpes, body lice, and venereal diseases have been found on campus.

SJSU’s rate of new STD cases is increasing. In the four years previous to 2009, there were only 20 reported STD cases on campus. This semester has already filed 50 cases, that could become 100 by the end of the school year.

Ellen Jones, the health service doctor says, “There are some students on this campus who didn’t even know the name of their sexual partners.”

This STD outbreak has the college launching an aggressive information program about STDs and how to prevent their spread.

Jones says that the school is expanding its hours for STD testing from 9 a.m. to 5 a.m., Monday through Friday. The tests are free and the results are confidential.

The program also includes lectures in dorms by health service personnel, an hour-long movie for professors to show in class.

According to the report, City College has recorded 100 cases on campus this year.

Scholarly journal article summary #1

Justin Riray
Mass Com 100w - MW 1:30pm-2:45pm
Scholarly journal article summary #1
Pakman7JR@hotmail.com
Word Count: 273

Educational Psychology

A recent criticism psychology and educational psychology claims that these disciplines face an epistemological dilemma. Analytic knowledge theories of educational psychology are necessary truths.

Royce said that there were three ways to classify the way we gain knowledge: personal experience, rationalizing, and metaphors. All knowledge gained can be classified under these three epistemologies, which are methods of acquiring knowledge. Subject could be almost completely under one method, or could be an equal balance of more than one.

Professor James T. Sanders of the University of Western Ontario does not completely agree with Royce, but wants to use Royce’s idea as a device form explaining some issues about the relationship of psychology to education.

The most common stereotype of educational psychology is mostly made up of empiricism, which is the belief that facts are gathered from experience or experiment.

The characterization of educational psychology bring preemptively empirical fact-gathering is connected with a stereotyped view about how psychology does, or should, contribute to education. This is why teachers, basically, teach students only facts.

Egan taught that certain claims can be reduced to logical, analytic truths by substituting synonymous phrases for one another. He points out that if we say we believe that more intelligent people learn faster than less intelligent people; the claim is plainly analytic. The claim can be seen as true if we concur that by “intelligence,” we mean, “the speed of learning.”

Educational psychology beliefs from half a century ago put education in danger by being based upon either true or false ideas. On the contrary, educational psychology is more about rationalizing. There is more to learning than correct and incorrect ideas.


Educational Psychology, James T. Sanders
http://www.jstor.org.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/stable/pdfplus/1495352.pdf

Japanese Internment Vignette Descriptions

The first vignette I chose is the bus they are all loaded into before arriving at the internment camp.

I can feel the pain of losing everything and the anxiety of being shipped to a prison town like a filthy criminal. Its so stuffy; they must be suffocating from each other's breath. Everyone has that same gut wrenching feeling. They are angry at the world, or they are at peace in accepting their unfair fate. No matter what will happen they find some consolation in being together, like sharing the death of a loved one, except no one has died ... yet. Why is this happening? They search their consciousness for the answer, but realize it does them no good.


The second scene I picked is the one where the tower guard looks down upon the families in the camp.

There is an unspoken bond of compassion between the guard and the family. He doesn't want to be there. He is just doing is job. The family doesn't want to cause any problems. What else can a slave, threatened by death do? The guard hopes the best for the family, yet all he can do is watch ... he knows this is what he is meant to do ... nothing but watch, and shoot to kill. Hopefully not. The family looks up at him, thankful that he does not mock or hurt them. Both sides feel very alone despite the shared experience. They are on opposite sides. Neither of them lose their humanness.

EXTRA CREDIT: Journal 5 - Drinking Coffee Elsewhere

Justin Riray
Mass Com 100w - MW 1:30pm-2:45pm
Journal Writing #5 - Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
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Word Count: 242

A Slice of Life in Drinking Coffee Elsewhere

I love Packer’s technique. It is so personal; I just got sucked into the book. Honestly, I hate reading, but the way she wrote out the descriptions and emotions of her characters, especially, Dina, gave me that Cannery Row feel.

She exposes the flaws of humanity through the weaknesses of her characters. The settings are very cliché; a ghetto neighborhood, an elite college university--and she blends offset characters into the picture flawlessly.

The metaphors she uses to describe Dina’s battle with her feelings about being attracted to boys and girls add an artsy element to the book.

The way all the stories either link, or share common themes, like in James Joyce’s Dubliners, makes the book one big learning experience. By reading just a few chapters from Coffee, I have evolved my mindset on people in our American society.

I researched the author and found that she grew up in the Bay Area and is a graduate of Yale. Interestingly enough, that is the university that Dina attends. It makes me wonder if she bases most of these characters’ hardships on ones that she has experienced herself; which would explain why she is so damn good at developing her stories.

Packer has helped me realize that people love reading these Chicken Soup for the Soul type anecdotes. It is the fine description of the characters in the story that get you interested and addicted.

The Way I see it

“Anyone who is capable of physical exercise should, in fact, exercise. There are so many ways that physical activity could better someone’s life. They will be more physically fit, they will look better, be more healthy, have more natural energy, and just feel better about themselves.”


“I wish religious fanatics wouldn’t be so rude to everyone that doesn’t agree with their philosophy. I am open to all theories of life and afterlife. It doesn’t bother me if someone holds a different opinion as long as they respect the world and the people on it. It seems that these hard-headed people are blind to the way the world works … it does not revolve around their experiences and thoughts.”

Similes and Metaphors - original pieces

Justin Riray
Mass Com 100w - MW 1:30pm-2:45pm
Similes and Metaphors
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Word Count: 58

Similes:
1) Dona Nichols is like a young Angelina Jolie.
2) My fastball pitch is like a smaller version of Ryu’s hadoken.

Metaphors:
1) Her heart was a broken machine in an arcade; she had been played too many times, and was often kicked when she took people’s money.
2) My member is a thigh of Chuck Norris.