Biography Proposal

Tori Oberst has overcome adversity at a young age. She tore her ACL and sprained her MCL playing basketball for an AAU league.  She was unable to participate in sports for over a year and had to learn how to walk again.  All aspects of her life became difficult, including taking a shower, navigating the house, and enjoying vacations.  She had to spend her vacation at the beach on crutches.  Sports is Tori's life.  She is very involved with basketball, volleyball, and track.  Not being able to participate in these activities for over a year has been very hard for Tori.  Tori now is able to be fully involved in sports again, but the process of getting back into the swing of things has been a difficult journey for her.  She once was an all star basketball player, but since she was not able to play for over a year, she had to start from the bottom again and prove herself worthy to her team.  Being a teenage girl and having to go through high school and start over again with sports is not an easy challenge to accomplish.  She felt separated from her peers at school and had to prove to them that she could still be an all star player.  Tori was not willing to let an injury stop her from participating in sports, so she overcame this hurdle in her life, and worked hard to get back to where she was before her injury happened.

Tori Oberst taking the shot

Light Up Night

The 55th Annual Light Up Night in Pittsburgh occurred on Friday, November 20.  Light Up Night occurs every year and is something that the citizens of Pittsburgh look forward to.  The festivities of Light Up Night include fireworks, bands, the lighting of the tree, ice skating in Market Square, and much more.  This event is a great way to spend time with loved ones in the city to kick off the holiday season.  Every year the event seems to get bigger and better and Light Up Night this year did not dissapoint.  Even though the Macy's in downtown Pittsburgh is closed, they still put up their Christmas window display that people were able to enjoy and share with their families.  Whatever festivities you participate in, Light Up Night is a yearly tradition that people of all ages can enjoy.

The Christmas tree in Market Square by PPG Place.

Information Tagged Video Proposal

The 55th Annual Light Up Night celebration in Pittsburgh is being held on Friday, November 20.  This event is newsworthy and relevant to college students at Slippery Rock because a lot of Slippery Rock students attend this event.  It's also newsworthy because it is an event that is held every year in the City of Pittsburgh that is designed to kick off the holiday season.  Hundreds of people attend this event, and the crowds seem to grow every year.
At this event, I would plan to take pictures and videos of the various activities occurring, such as musical entertainment, the lighting of the tree, the fireworks display, and anything else that seems to be significant.
For this event, I would like to incorporate a map showing where each event takes place in the city to allow the story telling of Light Up Night to be clear for the viewer.  A map will allow the viewer to understand how spread out the events are and what occurred where.
I plan to interview a college student (not necessarily a Slippery Rock Student, though that would be ideal) for a one-on-one interview explaining why they chose to attend Light Up Night and what they think of the event as a whole.  If possible, it would be interesting to get an interview with one of the workers of Light Up Night (either a business owner, restaurant employee, or even a police officer, etc.)  If I can get one of these types of interviews, I think it will add to the story of Light Up Night by explaining how many people are drawled into the city for this event.  For example, a police officer would be able to explain how crazy the city is during this event and a business owner would be able to tell me how much more business they receive because of Light Up Night.
This event is huge for the City of Pittsburgh, and is a newsworthy because it happens yearly and brings in a lot of people.

SRU Food Show

The SRU food show in the Smith Student Center took place on Wednesday November, 4. The event began at eleven in the morning and went to two in the afternoon.  The purpose of the event was to find new food that would appear on campus in  places like Boozel.  Vendors from different companies set up tables and readily handed out food to students in hopes that they would win their vote.  This event is held yearly and many students look forward to it for the obvious reason, getting free food.  This event is also a great way for students to socialize and to meet new people.  It's also a great way for students to learn about vendors by talking to them.

List of vendors at the 2015 Food Show in the Smith Student Center.

People walking around the 2015 Food Show and talking about what they like or dislike.

                
                                           People exploring the vendors at the SRU Food Show.


The event was a great way for students to get out of their comfort zone and to try new foods.  All the food was free and it was a great way to taste test new things from companies like the following:

• Pepsi
• Concept
• Vie Di France
• EFD Associates
• Schneider's Dairy
• Ritchie Marketing
• Acosta 
• Key Impact
• Asm/ Waypoint
• Great Lakes Cheese
• Sirna And Sons Produce
• Schwebel Baking Company

              
                                         An EFD Associates explaining what the event is about.

After students explored the vendors, they were encouraged to vote for their favorite vendor by tweeting at @SRUDinning.  This event was a great way for students to have a say as to what foods they would be eating on campus.  The vendor who gets the most tweets wins and will be able to have their product in the dinning hall.


            
                       SRU faculty member explaining the importance of the food event.

The vendors were eager to talk to students in hopes that they would vote for them.  The vendor from Vie Di France was really passionate about his pastry dish he was serving and was more than happy to talk to students in hopes that he would win their vote.  He served a chocolate croissant pastry dish that he hopes to see appear in Boozel.  This was my favorite vendor and he had the best food!  Other vendors like Schneider's Dairy served chocolate eggnog that tasted like a chocolate milkshake.  Schneider's explained how this would be a good seasonal beverage to have in Boozel.

The vendor from Vie Di France talking about his pastry dish.

Whatever vendors get the most votes will appear in Boozel.   This event is important because students get to have a say in what they eat.  Get to voting so that you can eat what you want in the dinning hall!