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CSPA Workshop

CSPA Workshop reaches successful end

Rich Hammond
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The classroom is quiet and the Lassen Hall crickets are lonely. The 57th annual CSPA Workshop is over, and 24 new graduates are now part of the large extended family. Congratulations to all who completed the 13-day workshop at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, thrived in its intense environment and, hopefully, made some lifelong friends. Here's the list of students who accumulated the most points during the workshop:

 

First place: Sam Adams, 2,777 points (92.9 percent)

Second place: Stephen Nichols, 2,759 points (92.3 percent)

Third place: Paige Cornwell, 2,718 points (90.9 percent)

Fourth place: Matt Hanlon, 2,710 points (90.7 percent)

Fifth place: Nathan Packard, 2,695 points (90.6 percent)

Sixth place: Kate Huh, 2,691 points (90.0 percent)

Ralph Alexander Award: Matt Hanlon

Millie Alexander Award: Paige Cornwell

 

The Multimedia Project

Allison Acevedo
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The CSPA students are currently working on a multimedia project in different groups. Nicole Vargas (multimedia instructor) has created such a great emphasis on how important multimedia is and is going to be. The internet is taking over, so with multimedia projects and working online, we can all help make the future of journalism successful. We are learning how to share stories and dating through using Flash, Google Earth, Photoshop, and many other programs.

This learning experience will benefit us all, not only now, but also in the future.

Here is a slideshow of the groups working on their projects:

 



Check back tomorrow and see what else is going on at the CSPA workshop!
Last Updated ( Monday, 21 July 2008 13:08 )
 

In the beginning ...

Jim Wolcott
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It started in 1950 when William Randolph Hearst was still in charge of the Los Angeles Examiner. He wanted his sports section to be the paper of record for prep sports in Southern California. Hearst beckoned his track and field writer, journeyman journalist Ralph Alexander and asked him to assemble a band of high school writers who would cover their team's sports in exchange for meal money and a byline in the Examiner or the Los Angeles Herald Express, the afternoon Hearst paper in town.

Alexander did not have to be encouraged. He and his wife, Millie, had a strong affinity for helping kids. They had adopted Kathleen when she was a toddler to give her a better chance at success in life, and Ralph frequently mentored high school writers.

Thus began the Scholastic Sports Association.

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 16 July 2008 14:15 ) Read more...
 

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