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News Story:

University Takes Action Against STDs

The University Health Center reported that sexually transmitted diseases have been on the rise on campus; this semester, there have been 50 cases of STDs reported. It went on to say that the number of cases could rise to over 100 by the end of the school year.

Ellen Jones, university's Health Service Director, says that the school is doing all it can to prevent the spread of more STDs by preparing to implement informational programs to educate the student population. This program would include the distribution of informational pamphlets, available movies for professors to show in class, and lectures in the dorms by health service personnel.

The program will seek to teach students about the dangers of sleeping around. Jones states, "It seems much easier to have sex with people than to talk about having sex. There are some students on this campus who didn't even know the name of their sexual partners."

The STDs that the report focused on were genital herpes, body lice, venereal diseases, and chlamydia, a bacteria which has no symptoms but can lead to sterilization in women if untreated.

Press Release:

University Preventing Spread of STDs

San Mosey's University Health Center is doing all it can to prevent sexually transmitted diseases on campus after a recent report surfaced that stated that the diseases were on the rise.

The Center has decided the best way to combat the rise of genital herpes, body lice, venereal diseases, and chlamydia is to create and implement a program wherein students would have the much needed information on prevention of these diseases. This program would include lectures given in dorms by health center personnel, informational pamphlets being passed out on campus, and educational movies to be shown in class at professor's discretion.

Ellen Jones, the University's Health Service Director, is at the forefront of this aggressive launch. Jones describes, "It seems much easier to have sex with people than to talk about having sex. There are some students on this campus who didn't even know the name of their sexual partners." This program would help students talk about the facts and know how to prevent more disease being spread.

There are currently 50 cases of STDs reported on campus for the year, with that number rising to 100 at the end of the year.

Copy Edit the World #3

Again, this Copy Edit the World comes from SJSU Alpha Phi's official website. And again, it is from the same section from our President. She says, "Alpha Phi allows collegiate women to dedicate themselves to an Organization that was founded on the ideals of service, scholarship, and sisterhood." First of all, the word "organization" should not be capitalized. Secondly, there should not be a comma after the word "scholarship."

Copy Edit the World #2

I am just finishing up my term as Alpha Phi's Vice President Marketing here at San Jose State. As VPM, I implemented the use of a website--something we never had before I took this position. I had our President write a little blurb about her experiences; however, now I see that there are a few mistakes in her section. She states, "Having been a member of this House for almost 4 years now, I have watched multiple women grow and mature because of the opportunities and privileges Alpha Phi has to offer." She should have spelled out the word "four" instead of use the number.

Copy Edit the World

Perez Hilton is notorious for causing mischief in the celebrity world--his blog reports on the latest "news" in Hollywood and beyond. He is one of my guilty pleasures as he makes so much fun of some of the most revered stars--he is never afraid to call it like it is, and his writing can be extremely witty. However, sometimes there is too much "news" to proofread every post he makes; thus, some mistakes can be found on his website. One of these mistakes comes from a story about the list of Barbara Walter's 10 Most Fascinating People for 2009 being released. It states, "In no particular order, they include Kate Gosselin, Sarah Palin, Adam Lambert, Brett Favre, Tyler Perry, and Lady Gaga." There does not ned to be a comma after Tyler Perry.

IMHO-Abortion

Imagine yourself as a teenager; you were surely reckless, selfish, immature, and greedy. You could barely keep track and take care of yourself—your hormones were all over the map, you were being pulled in a million different directions, and you could hardly deal with things that were thrown your way. Now imagine going through your teen years with a child: scary to ponder, right?

For too many teens today, this is an unhealthy reality. The Women’s Health Channel reports on its website, “Approximately one-third of young women in the United States become pregnant during their teens. More than 80% of teen pregnancies are unintended and unintentional” (Women’s Health Channel). Imagine if these pregnancies could be avoided; countless children (both being new parents and as newborns) would be saved. A teenager cannot provide a proper living situation for a newborn; teenagers are children themselves, and thus cannot take care of another child 24/7. This is one of the major reasons as to why a woman’s right to chose an abortion should continue to be a legal right—if the mother cannot properly provide an engaging and established environment for a child to grow up in, than a child is not being given a fair chance in the world.

In no way should abortion be a go-to solution for a woman once she learned she is pregnant; a decision like this is life-altering, and should be thought over relentlessly. It is not a quick fix for the situation, and it should not be used as a birth control method. Again, let me repeat: IT IS NOT A QUICK FIX FOR THE SITUATION! This is where people can become crazed over this topic; so many girls use it as a birth control method, that they become desensitized to it. Abortion should be looked at as serious and potentially life-changing result of a somber mistake.

Taking away a woman’s right to choose would be taking her civil rights away; it is her own body, and the government cannot control what she does with it. Once the government decides that they are able to take that decision away from a woman, what’s next? Many pro-life supporters fail to realize that abortion could possibly be in the unborn’s best interest; many are unable to properly care for a child, and abortion is the only option.

Memorial

Thousands of people were stripped of their belongings, taken from their homes, and forced into camps where they were fed little food and made to do hard labor for extensive hours; it was hell on earth given from one country of human beings to another race of human beings. Beginning in 1942, the American government decided to gather all citizens and aliens of the Japanese nationality and move them to camps along the west coast.

As a result of the Japanese bombings at Pearl Harbor in late 1941, President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066—a document that prevented people of Japanese decent from going within 50 miles of the west coast, and moved people to internment camps set up mostly in the west. These camps were horrific—little food was available to eat, medical attention was hard to find, and people were given the bare minimum. Psychologically, they were beaten up and forced to live in forsaken cities with little to no material goods. However, the government thought that they were doing the right thing—they rounded up all potential enemy threats and put them together so they could not communicate with outside sources. This, they thought, would prevent another bombing like Pearl Harbor and save countless American lives.

San Jose had a Japantown during the time of the interment camps—however, as expected, the town was empty as the Japanese cleared out to the camps across the nation. SJSU’s own Men’s Gymnasium was a place where people of Japanese decent could come register for the internment camps.

Ruth Asawa was one of the Japanese people who were put into a camp. As a teenager, she was relocated to a camp with her family where they were given virtually nothing and treated poorly. However, because of her experiences she was able to become a renowned artists, creating fountains, sculptures, and other art pieces around the world. Many of her works are on display in various areas of the bay area. One of these pieces is the Japanese American Internment Memorial Sculpture, which was created in 1994 and is made of bronze. This piece is local to San Jose—it can be found on 2^nd Street outside of the Federal Building.

This art piece depicts the hardships that the Japanese people had to go through—from immigration issues years ago to recent times, Asawa shows tough times and emotions. One of the most interesting scenes from this piece of art is about the Japanese in the military. It depicts a family in a tiny house getting the news that their child has been killed—the family members react sadly to the news. This piece is particularly striking—Asawa uses bas-relief and high relief to show depth and dimension in the story. The military man has no emotion as he reads the family a letter, but the three family members sitting in their kitchen are visibly upset—they look sullen and sad, and they don’t look at military man. In the internment camps, it became an option to escape by signing up for military jobs—thus, seeing a scene like this in an internment camp was not entirely bizarre.

Another amazing scene from this work shows a family burning their belongings. It looks like the men are burning all the family has—material objects, documents, etc. the woman behind them is distraught—her hands shield her face as she cannot bear to watch her belongings go up in flames. It was not uncommon to see families do this; it was a familiar occurrence as it was an easy way to get rid of objects that families could not physically carry with them to internment camps. A lot of important family information was lost because of this, but it was necessary, as they did not want anyone else to know their valuable information. This piece truly shows raw emotion, even though one of the characters is hiding her face—however, her hidden face portrays exactly how beside herself she was at the time.

I highly doubt that today’s society would let anything like this happen again today. Although there are issues of people’s freedom’s being taken advantage of now, I don’t think that the public would stand to let their government blatantly take hostage of so many people. America has learned from her mistakes, and nothing to this extent will happen again.