March 5, DECLARE YOUR MAJOR DAYI'll bet you've already guessed what I want you to do with it!
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM, 6th Street Annex Gym
Play the Game of Life, win prizes (gas cards, etc), refreshments, work with admission representatives from Lisle and Springfield Campus.
March 5 is Wednesday, so we'll spend the class time covering the event. There should be more to write about this time, what with all the breathless excitement about majors! So I want you to give me 750 to 1,000 words. At least three live interviews. Find a way to make it hang together. Due in class Friday.
How do you write up something like this that may, just maybe, lack focus? Here's a hint: Pick an angle. Focus on it. Don't just say "SCI/Benedictine had a 'declare your major day' Wednesday." That's boring! Focus on a student, on one of the people staffing card tables, something, anything. Ask them some questions. Write down the answers. "Work the edges of the crowd," as somebody likes to say in class (what does he mean by that)? Find something everybody else isn't writing about. It's a perfect occasion for the "Newsweek lede." Focus on one detail, write it up and let that writeup lead into your nut graf. (And the nut graf is where you mention "Declare Your Major Day.") See if you can find one of the event sponsors, faculty, administration, anybody who can give you some background on DYMD. Ask them some questions. Write down the answers. Got the pattern? By now it should be second nature to you.
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