Democratic presidential hopeful, Hillary Clinton, is still in the race after a successful primary night in Ohio Tuesday. Clinton is catching up to Barack Obama with 1,281 delegates, just under his 1,397. Republican hopeful John McCain is just behind the Democratic frontrunners. “Winning, winning, winning, that’s my measure of success”, Hillary said the other day. The fight continues as the nomination looms closer.
This is an important article because it incorporates all of the elements which make it newsworthy. It is timely because the race to the election is reaching the last stretch, and it is more and more critical for candidates to get delegates if they want to stay in the race to the nomination. It has prominence because all the candidates in this election are national leaders, and are vying to be our next elected president. This article also incorporates drama or conflict because Clinton and Obama have been fighting for the nomination, and at times it can get heated. Most of the nation, if they know nothing else of the presidential race, know that Obama and Hillary constantly exchange words. (Newsday, 3/5/08, p. A4-5).
My favorite article to read this week was a feature about Hofstra’s professor Eduardo Duarte and the brave actions of his two young daughters as they escaped a terrible fire at their home. Eduardo Duarte is a philosophy professor here at Hofstra, and he helps out quite a bit with the radio station, WRHU. His daughters, Katerina, 13, and Sofia, 11, called 911 and jumped out of a second story window to escape from their burning house. Sofia sustained a couple broken bones from the fall, and Katerina made it onto the roof of her porch. The Duarte family’s neighbor, Joseph Slack was an Amityville Police officer and helped respond to the blaze. Professor Duarte said, “My daughters were their own heroes.” I feel this is a touching story because a member of the Hofstra community and his family dealt with a life threatening situation and came out of it safely and happily. The story shows everyone how to handle such a close call, and shows strength and courage. It is a nice feature story. (Newsday,3/4/08, p. A4).
Schools on Long Island and nationwide have been purging their cafeterias of beef after the recent recall from a California slaughter plant. Information reached parents and the media before school food service directors told Congress Tuesday. (Newsday, 3/5/08, p. A15). Israeli forces raided Gaza Tuesday, in what defense officials said was a “pinpoint” operation aimed at Gaza militants. Eight militants and three civilians were slightly wounded. (Newsday, 3/5/08, p. A22). More than 100 activists in the streets of Moscow were detained by police as they tried to gather in demonstration of the weekend presidential election. (Newsday, 3/4/08, p. A20). NY Senator Charles Schumer accused the Transportation Security Administration of still not properly screening foreign students in many flight schools, drawing parallels to the security problems that led to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. (Newsday, 3/3/08, p. A6). Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, visited Iraq Sunday and met with Iraq’s leaders to outline his nation’s plans to consolidate economic ties with Iraq. The visit was protested by some Sunni groups that resent the influence Iran has had in Iraq in recent years. (Newsday, 3/3/08, p. A20).
