Wac is, well, wack

This week the Griffon News ran an editorial (click here) on how ‘WAC’ it is for the Western Activity Council to be so late in the spring semester and how they have not release who is going to playing at the spring concert. (A day after we published, WAC did release who the performers were: Young Joc and Rick Ross)

We at the Griffon News have been talking for a month or more about how they have not gotten a performer and we trying to figure out a way to bring this to light. Ultimately we did and editorial on it.

WAC’s president was not happy about our editorial but it was something that we need to inform the school on.

Usually the announcements are months in advance to build up excitement and to promote it. In our case, its two weeks in advance, which is cutting it down to the wire.

This is a case where we have to bite the bullet in order help fix a problem. Our editorial most likely did not effect the announcement but it provides good information on what was going on.

MIAA tourney

Last Thursday, the women’s basketball team made it into the first round of the MIAA tournament in Kansas City, their second in a row. They were in seed 8 and their opposing team is seed 1.

This story was happening outside of our normal news cycle since it was two days before spring break but there is always a chance of them winning, of them going further in the tournament, and ultimately winning (slim they may be but still a chance) but still newsworthy since we have a website.

Read the how the game went here: http://griffonbasketball.blogspot.com/2008/03/miaa-tournament-championships.html

But, there is a difference, no matter how well the Griffon News (or other journalistic venues) reports on the games, no words in our paper could accurately express how much the referees can change the game, how the players are frustrated, or how they are tired struggling with an aggressive and physical opposing team. Some writers can come close, but not all the way.

For that experience, one must actually be at the game, hear Jill Johnson yell out commands, see Yanique Jarvois struggling because of sickness, or see Chemia Woods go against opponents who are taller and bigger than her but still holding her ground.

Journalism comes close but being there is always difference.