JACC not what expected........

JACC is a conference where community colleges from California go and learn more about journalism. There are a variety of workshops where professional people come and give seminars. Staff writers from the LA TIMES came and talked to students, and professors from different campuses also came and gave their professional insights.

Sadly to say that this JACC did not meet my standards. I did not have as much fun as I did at the State JACC. This conference lacked in the variety of workshops and the speakers that they had.

Don't even get me started on the key note speaker. Yes, the matter he was talking about was very intriguing and kept me informed, but he was so dull. It seemed like he lacked enthusiasm. I mean, if you're asked to come and speak in front of hundreds of aspiring journalists then you should be adrelanized.

There were a couple of snores among the crowd, which proved to show that I wasn't the only one who thought the speech needed to be more animated.

The only thing that I did like were the competitions I participated in. I was involved with the critical review and the feature writing. The one I enjoyed the most was the critical review. They gave us tickets to go see "Urinetown," which is by far the best play I have seen.

It made me almost pee my pants a couple of times.

A couple of the workshops were repetition of last conference, so I don't feel like I learned something new and different.

I just can't wait to attend the state convention next year, hopefully it meets my standards and more.

Marriage is for who?!

Some of my fellow TM classmates and I covered the Proposition 8 debate that was held on Cerritos Campus last Thursday.

Students and spectators filled the Teleconference room eager to listen to what each of the sides had prepared to say.

Personally, I agreed with the no side, and that was part of the reason why I voted no on proposition 8 on Tuesday.

The Yes side kept bringing up that the story that one lesbian teacher brought her small students to her personal wedding. It was part of a school field trip.

It got old after the tenth time they said it.

I felt that they had no original material and they lacked preparation when the public asked them questions.

The responses that they gave to the questions being asked didn't even relate to the question being asked anymore.

There were a lot of confused faces in the crowd.

Most of the people that were in the crowd that did agree with the proposition were much older. People (no disrespect) of a much older generation where marriage was very traditional.

But what they don't understand is that society has changed, people have con temporized, and have adapted new ideas and beliefs.

The world has evolved since thirty years ago.