Favorite/least Favorite Assignment

My favorite assignment for Mcom 100W is "In my humble opinion column."

The assignment allowed me to expression on an issue that I feel strongly about.

I wrote a story on Donald Trump because of the way he has been as the president of the United States.

I enjoyed searching for what Trump had said in the past because he said a lot of things that he should not have said. 

My least favorite assignment was "My Obituary" assignment where I had to think about how I die. 

I did not like it because I do not like thinking about death. 

I wrote it as a goal that I can reach in terms of my accomplishment that I hope to achieve some day but I hope I do not get lung cancer. 

Overall the class was challenging and hard at times.

On some days I thought why I had to do this but after taking the class I can say that it was needed to develop my writing skill. 

Final Sidebar Rough Draft

Electronic cigarette comes in many types and names.

The American public knows the electronic cigarette as a device that will help people to quit smoking.

As a college student, I have seen how the electronic cigarette has influenced on college campuses.

"I smoked cigarettes socially. I've only smoked cigarettes a couple of time ever since after I got the Juul" said Kimeberly Su, a 20 year-old UC Davis student.

Smoking cigarettes is a terrible habit.

We have all learned through school and media, the effects on a human body.

But once one starts to use cigarettes, it is not easy to quit.

Electronic cigarettes has been found to be the most effective tool for quitting conventional cigarettes since its emergence. 

The short time electronic cigarettes have been available for consumers, the statistics have shown as the best alternative to quit conventional cigarette.

Besides research, I believe that this is true because I am also an electronic cigarette user.

I used to used to smoke cigarettes and smoke marijuana, most times at the same time.

It was not until I saw a video on the effects of cigarettes on a human lung that I decided to quit.

But like anything else, quitting something entirely was not easy and I constantly went back to smoking.

During the third year at San Jose State, I started to notice a trend.

A trend in a form of electronic cigarette.

The most common brand that I started to notice was the Juul.

The Juul is a thin USB memory stick shaped device that lets the users get a hit of nicotine in vape form by just sucking on it.

One of the attribute that attracted me to the Juul was how simple the device is.

"The sleek design, easy to take care of and maintain,” Su said. 

The design is perfect for those who would like to keep the product as low-key as possible. 

I carry it everywhere. 

The fact that I can inhale vape and have vaporized smoke come out of my mouth is a very similar activity to smoking. 

Proudest Achievement

"We will send you an email regarding your background check. Please get back to us as soon as possible so we can have you come in and do the paperwork," said the hiring manager at Apple over the phone. 

As I hang up the phone I danced and shouted "Yes." 

This was a phone call that I have been waiting for six months. 

I saw a position opening at the Apple store on website Handshake in May of 2017.

I thought about applying for this position back in May of 2017, but I did not think I had enough experience to apply. 

I made it my goal to join Apple by the end of 2017. 

I joined AT&T's sales team in June of 2017.

The AT&T sales team required me to sell its services door-to-door. 

In the sweltering weather, I knocked over 75 doors a day, three times each.

We were out six days out of the week to go out and work from 12 p.m. to 9 p.m.

My feet often got blisters from speed walking around the neighborhood three times. 

The job was commission based so if I did not make a sale, I did not make any money. 

About half of the days that I was out there, I did not make a sale. 

Most neighbors gave me a disgusted look and tried their best to get me off their property. 

I constantly got rejected and was told to get off the property. 

Some even cursed and yelled at me for knocking on their door.

The job taught me how to interact with people in the best way possible under the grueling condition and to be optimistic during the worst times. 

There is nothing more nerve-racking than being in a stranger's house at 9 p.m. trying to close the sale to get some money before the day ends. 

I wanted to give up and quit after two weeks but I had to keep going in order to get enough experience to apply for Apple.

I stayed with AT&T for four months.

It was the toughest four months that I had endured in my life. 

I applied to Apple in November of 2017 and interviewed for the job. 

The interview was a group interview with four interviewees and two interviewers. 

I felt confident as I sat among the rest of the interviewees. 

Doing door-to-door was the hardest thing I have done in my entire life. 

The pressure I felt during the interview at Apple was nothing compared to door-to-door. 

I felt confident as I left the interview. 

I got the phone call from Apple on the same day that I got my interview. 

I have achieved a goal that I was chasing for six months. 

It was one of the hardest four months that I had to live through.

Employment with Apple and the four months that I worked for AT&T is the proudest achievements that I have accomplished so far. 

Favorite/least favorite class

Copywriting taught by John Delacruz was a class that I enjoyed getting criticism.

Each day we would go in and work on a copy assignment that has been assigned to us.

Throughout the semester, we worked on three to five copies and to turn them in at the end of the semester.

The reason why this class was my favorite was that of the constructive criticism professor Delacruz would tell me on my assignment every single time that I saw him in class.

It was great for me because I got to learn how to write copies and to accept criticism so that I can improve on my work.

Some comments he made were "That does not make sense" and "What is that? Start all over again."

Despite the countless criticisms professor Delacruz had on every single one of his students, he was a fair grader.

If he has seen that you have actually listened to the advice and did your best, he would grade what you deserved.

Professor Delacruz was honest with his students.

If he thought your work is garbage, he will tell you that it is garbage.

I enjoyed this class because I do not need someone telling me that I am doing good all the time because that does not help my development.

An Art History that I took in my second year taught by Elizabeth Consavari was the worst class I have ever been in.

When someone addressed her as a professor, she would say, "Please refer me as Dr. Consavari."

Consavari's monotone voice and her bland lectures can put anyone who drank a five-hour energy drink to sleep.

She darkened the room to show her power points to make it even harder for students to stay awake.

Powerpoint slides with words that filled the entire slide were shown for an hour and 15 minutes straight.

The only thing I learned in that class was how to sleep without looking like I was sleeping.

SJSU Commencement Feature Story

The 2018 Commence Ceremony speaker of SJSU will be Barack Obama.

Former President Barack Obama decided to come to SJSU after learning the school as one of the most diverse schools in the nation.

Obama's decision to come to SJSU is to talk about one of the most important characteristics he believes that all people should have.

Obama said, "I believe in one universal trait that one must have in order to succeed. It is to have humility."

Obama was born in Hawaii and worked his way to become a lawyer then a politician in 1996.

The former President Barack Obama was in office from 2009 to 2017.

Obama is known in our recent times as a first African American president who is a great leader of our country who is a strong advocate for social change and equality.

"It was not that hard to get Obama to our ceremony. When I made the phone call, I was nervous that he would not answer but he did" said President Papazian.

Mary Papazian has been the president of SJSU since July 2016.

Papazian values our school's diversity and the support the people show on our campus.

Papazian said, "When Obama agreed to speak at our ceremony I was delighted. I asked him what he will be talking about and he said 'humility.'"

It is the first time a former president of the U.S. will come to our campus to do a commencement speech.

Bill Smith, a student working at the Event Center learned the speaker at the Commencement Ceremony could not hide his excitement.

"I cannot wait to see Barack Obama at our school. Anything he says will have a deep effect on our lives. The graduating students in May, including myself, is extremely fortunate to have someone like him to talk to us as we take the next step of our lives." said Smith.

The guest ticket for the ceremony will be online, be sure to get your ticket as soon as possible.

The guest ticket for this year's Commencement Ceremony is expected to fill quickly.

The Commence Ceremony will take place in the Event Center on campus on Wednesday, May 23 at 5 p.m.

Dream Job

My dream job is to become a creative director.

Creative directors dictate the copy and layout directions.

I believe from what I read and from what I heard, the most important attribute of a creative director is persistence, creativity and flexibility.

Creative directors need to understand their audience.

One of my strength is listening.

As a Taiwanese citizen who migrated from Japan to the U.S., I learned to listen to others carefully.

Because I listen to others carefully, I start to hear and see what is common in a group.

Then I start thinking of a tagline that relates to a group that catches attention.

I believe my understanding of psychographics and persistence will guide me to a role of a creative director.

In my copywriting class at San Jose State University, the class average was a B.

Getting a B in the class was not hard but getting an A was.

I was one of the few students in the class who got an A.

In the copywriting class, I learned to be persistent and flexible.

Constantly writing and rewriting.

Finishing a copy and rewriting the copy from scratch again because the professor did not like the final product.

San Jose State University is teaching me beyond the technical aspects of a career I dream of.

San Jose State University is guiding me in the right direction in career and life.

What I am seeking for in my career is a balance between salary and enjoying my work.

I love writing copy.

I love money.

Money is a necessity and copywriting is my passion.

If I can get paid above average in Bay Area as a creative director, I would consider it as my dream achieved.

Student Trend Features

Questions:
1. Identify the trend in each story
2. Which story appeal to you more and why?
3. What is your favorite quote from each story? 

Example No. 1
1. Mobile Tickets
3. “They are mine and I can keep them forever if I wanted to,” Walker continued. “While it’s easier to use a mobile ticket, there’s no beauty in it.”

Example No. 2
1. Emotional Support Animal (ESA) and Service Animal (SA) 
3. Caring for an animal, gives the owner that much more responsibility when living life. “Bay reminds me that I can’t give up. Although we live at home with my parents, Bay is my dog,” Orellana said. “Being in charge of her reminds me that I have to stay healthy for her. Whether that is taking my medication or eating a meal, I know I have to keep going for her."

2. The mobile ticket story appealed to me more because I go to sports events and the electronic tickets makes peoples' lives easier. The mobile ticket story also presented both sides of the argument. Is mobile ticket better or paper ticket. In the ESA and SA's story, it was too emotional for me. I personally don't believe in needing emotional support from an animal. I had pets before and I understand the emotional support people get from their pets are great. I just think people should higher emotional intelligence to deal with their own emotions rather then using an animal for their own purpose. 

Japanese internment memorial

The Japanese Internment Memorial made of bronze spanning 12 feet long shows the history from the beginning of the Japanese internment to the end of the internment.

The story starts from the left side of the sculpture.

On the top left, there are seven paragraphs describing the immigration before the war.

Right below the paragraphs, there are 26 Japanese family symbols.

The story begins right after the paragraphs and the symbols.

There are three lines of barbed wires running across the sculpture.

Beneath the barbed wires, there are mountains.

The very first thing we see at the beginning of the story is the Taiyo Maru N.Y.K. Line.

Next to the boat is what seems like an immigration office where 15 Japanese women are walking across a bridge from the office to the dock.

Right below we see a glimpse of the Japanese immigrant's lives.

In a one-room house, there are women and children in the house dining.

Their shoes are left outside as they enter the house.

Beside the house, we see men in overalls carrying shovels inside the back of a truck.

In the next section on the right, there are two cars.

One car sitting there with a man peaking in.

The other car delivering boxes of fruits.

The women pick and organize the fruits in a different set of boxes.

There is a tent where kids play and adults rest.

There is a farm where man is escaping the land and women picks the vegetables off the ground.

Above the farm, there are two sumo wrestlers wrestling as a woman and a child makes mochi next to the wrestlers.

As the sculpture goes on there are two men in trench coat tapping on a shoulder of a Japanese immigrant who is kneeled on the ground.

One of the two men in trench coat carries a badge.

The next piece of the sculpture shows a family burning the Japanese flag as the father is about to throw a doll in the fire.

Two buses and two cars are surrounded by Japanese immigrants who are packed and ready to leave.

The facial expression of the Japanese immigrants shows the misery.

At the end of the sculpture on the right side writes "Executive Order No. 9066" followed by the description of the order.

Frank D. Roosevelt's name appears on the bottom right of the description.

Below Roosevelt's name is another set of 26 family symbols.

On the narrow side of the sculpture says "INSTRUCTIONS TO ALL PERSONS OF JAPANESE ANCESTRY Living in the following Area:"

Followed by a list of areas and list of instructions.

Below the instructions is a map of the West side of America and the locations of the camps as well as a list of the camp's names.

On the other side of the sculpture starts with "HYSTERIA OF WAR" on the left side followed by four paragraphs below.

Below the writing another 26 family symbols.

On this side of the sculpture begins as the Japanese immigrants are getting dropped off from the Hern Pacific train to their campsites.

Here families and friends are saying their goodbyes as some are dropped off and some are taken to a different location.

There is an American soldier with a rifle twice the size of the other people on the sculpture.

Above the train shows small one-room shacks where the Japanese immigrants lived.

American soldiers with rifles point and guide the Japanese immigrants to their specific areas.

The Japanese immigrants in the camp are building buildings for themselves as American soldiers stand on a tower and monitor the Japanese immigrants.

There is a shack without walls named Mess 24 where the Japanese immigrants eat on bleachers.

To the right of Mess 24 is another tower where American soldiers monitor.

On the right, we see six Japanese soldiers.

The soldiers are wearing a uniform and a helmet as they held a rifle close.

They were huddled up near a fire where they make soup.

Above the soldiers, hundreds of crosses cover the field.

Four men salute to the American flag a man is carrying

Group of children is studying on their desks and drawing.

Another group of children is outside playing baseball and volleyball.

Right below we see the Lincoln Memorial and Americans huddled up around hundreds of people around a desk.

The last of the figures show two Japanese immigrants bowing with each other as another man packs their car and others waving goodbye inside the internment camp.

On the very right side of the sculpture titled "CAMP LIFE AND POST-WAR" followed by five paragraphs of description.

Below the description is the last set of 26 Japanese family symbols.

My Obituary

Yoshi Wang, a former Apple employee and owner of Dreamland Boxing Training Center passed away at 80.

After a year-long fight against lung cancer, he decided it was time and died as he held his wife's hand.

A first-generation Asian American who came to the U.S. with his family for better lives and opportunities.

Wang was known for his generosity and humbleness who were liked by many people.

In his early years, he was seen as a failure among many.

Wang may not have had the talent but he had dedication.

His ambition to become a multimillionaire drove him in his early 20s to search for opportunities.

Just as he was searching for opportunities, he met his lifelong mentor George Bongco at Dreamland Boxing Training Center.

Bongco was a senior technical sourcer at Apple.

One night Wang was casually talking about the recent job he got at the Apple Store, Bongco took an interest in Wang.

As a sourcer, Bongco actively searched for candidates who can work beside him.

Bongco saw the fire in him as a boxer and believed that he would apply the same mentality as a sourcer.

Bongco offered Wang the opportunity to work with him if he completed his intensive month-long boot camp with Bongco.

Without hesitation, Wang agreed and finished the training.

Right after graduating from San Jose State University Wang had a full-time job as a technical sourcer at Apple.

Wang spent 30 years with Apple and became the VP sourcer at the age of 28.

Like Bongco, Wang mentored many throughout his career as a sourcer to give opportunities to others.

Wang became an owner of Dreamland Boxing Training Center at the age of 32.

Despite many suggesting to turn the gym into a for-profit organization, he kept the words of his predecessors to keep it a nonprofit organization for the community.

Beyond his accomplishments, his sense of humility was always felt with his warm smile.

Final feature resources

1. Aj Hoang. He is an e-cigarette user as well as tobacco and marijuana smoker. It would be interesting for me to ask what is the need for e-cigarette if he is already smoking tabacco and marijuana. 

2. Joey Brett. Brett does not smoke tabacco or marijuana. I would ask what got him into using e-cigarette.

3. Kimberly Su. Su used to smoke tobacco but decided to use e-cigarette. Su has since quit smoking tobacco and now smokes e-cigatette. 

4. Gian Luca Vandenburg. Vandenburg smokes both tobacco and e-cigarette. I would ask him why smoke both products. 

https://academic.eb.com/levels/collegiate/article/e-cigarette/544339

https://search.proquest.com/docview/1045925729?accountid=10361&rfr_id=info%3Axri%2Fsid%3Aprimo

Final feature trend feature ideas Submit Assignment

1. Electronic cigarettes/vaping products
     - AJ Hoang
     - Joey Brett
2. Marijuana legalization
     - Matt Daniel
     - Nate Azule
3. Protein powder among college students
     - Ernesto Rodriguez
     - Dane Murphy

SJSU Statue Descriptive Feature

Standing 23 feet tall, the Olympic black power statue celebrates the pair of San Jose State University alumni track and field legends.

On the first place pedestal stands Tommie Smith.

On the second place pedestal, a quote is written.

On the third place pedestal stands John Carlos.

"FELLOW ATHLETE AUSTRALIAN PETER NORMAN STOOD HERE IN SOLIDARITY TAKE A STAND"

The statues are made of fiberglass over a steel framework covered colorful in ceramic tiles.

The pedestal made of concrete with the number one being the tallest, two being the second and three being the shortest.

The base color for the tile is dark blue imitating the color of their uniform with an accent of red and white symbolizing the American flag.

Smith's uniform is zipped up.

Smith is looking down with his eye eyes closed as he raises his fisted right hand with a black glove to the sky.

On his left-hand holds a two by five tiles of oak leaves with a brown framing about it.

On the front of Smith's uniform just below the chest is numbered 307 with a white base and blue numbered ceramic tile.

Green tiled lanyard wraps around his neck with a metal at the bottom of the lanyard just above the numbers.

Just behind Smith is a left Puma shoe colored black and white.

Carlos with wide open eyes has an intense expression on his face as he stares the back of Smith.

Carlos' goatee shines as the sunlight hits.

He raises his fisted left hand with a glove and a band wrapped around his wrist.

Carlos has his jersey unzipped, separating the numbers 25 and nine left and right.

Around his neck are a green lanyard with a medal at the end reaching just above his chest and another lanyard colored green, red and yellow going down to his waist.

On the back of Carlos' jersey are the numbers 259.

Like Smith, Carlos has the left side of his Puma shoe in black and white.

Trend features to read

Bye Facebook, hello Instagram: Users make beeline for Facebook-owned social network

1.People are moving from Facebook to Instagram. Facebook has been one of the most popular social media platforms in the 2000s. Recently, Cambridge Analytica that retains data about Facebook users used users' data to build profiles of American voters to help Donald Trump's campaign. Compared to Facebook, Instagram is focused on visual communication. The posts consist of snapshots and concise text. Many people are moving to Instagram because it is much simpler. 

2. The trend is happening now because peoples' data was leaked through Facebook. People are losing trust and are deactivating their Facebook accounts. 

Sensing their moment, Florida students balance school and activism planning the March for Our Lives

1. Student's point of view on gun control and what they are doing to change the laws. It is only the third month of 2018 and there have been 17 school shootings America. The most recent shooting that occurred in Parkland Flo. was the catalyst of the "March for Our Lives." The movement is lead by high school students who have to juggle school work and a political movement. 

2. The trend is happening now because school shootings in America have become an unfortunate part of our culture. School shootings happen nearly every month but it shouldn't be that way. The last school shooting in Florida ignited students' to change gun laws to make schools safer. 

3. I found the Bye Facebook, hello Instagram: Users make beeline for Facebook-owned social network more interesting. The story affected me on a personal level because I am an advertising major and I find the information about how people are moving away from Facebook to Instagram useful. People moving towards to Instagram is a trend that I have been seeing and thought about. The March of Our Lives did interest me but it does not affect me on a personal level. 

In My Humble Opinion

Donald Trump the 45th President of the United State is a controversial figure as a politician and as a person.

A man known for his business accomplishments and no political experience has stunned the 2016  Presidential Election.

In the past, throughout the campaign and his time in office, Trump has made vulgar comments about women, immigrants and other countries.

Trump's policies and his actions may be seen as the right effort to make this country better for many but to me, his nasty personality makes nearly anything that he does as a negative impact to our country.

The lack of empathy and aggressive personality Trump possesses makes him unfit to be the president.

"And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything."

"Grab 'em by the p***y. You can do anything."

Those were direct quotes from Trump in 2005.

These are the words our current president of the U.S. use to describe what he can do to women.

I understand we talk in slang when talking in a private setting but I have never heard anyone say what Trump said.

Demeaning comments are not the only thing Trump has done against women.

Trump has a history of sexual assaults dating back from the 1980s.

More than a dozen of women came forward to make the allegation against Trump.

I cannot wrap my head around the fact that a man who demeans women to this extent can hold office at the highest level of our country.

On Jan. 11, 2018, Trump made this comment about immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador, Africa and their countries.

"Why are we having all these people coming from s***hole countries come here?"

This comment was made during a discussion in the Oval Office about protection of immigrants.

Our country is built by immigrants.

These immigrants migrated for protection and better lives.

Trump does not have the empathy to understand what the immigrants are going through and he is not trying to either.

Trump's ego drives him to do what he believes is right and what he wants to do with the country.

He could care less about women, immigrants nor other countries.

The only concern Trump has is to "Keep America Great" in his definition.

America is a democracy.

A president who aggressively pushes his ideas beyond others is not fit to be a president of our country.

Letter to the editor

It is a good day for our country to see our Justice System doing right.

The seven-year sentence of "Pharma Bro" Martin Sherkeli reveals the value we have in the Justice System and our country.

The lives Sherkeli destroyed by increasing the life-saving drug and deceiving the investors cannot be forgotten.

Sherkeli was in a position where he could have made the lives of the suffering better.

Yet the greed of a Sherkeli used the power he had to do the wrong. 

Now he must suffer the consequences.

I hope this case stands as an example of the consequences of an unethical business and deter others from doing the same.

YOSHI WANG

NPR Interview analysis

Terry Gross, the host of "Fresh Air" gave a brief description of her interviewee Marka Mazzetti.

Marka Mazzetti is the Washington investigations editor for The New York Times.

He earned a 2009 Pulitzer Prize for his report on Iraq and Afghanistan and Washington's response. 

Mazzetti is also the author of the book "The Way of The Knife" about secrets between the CIA and the Pentagon after 9/11.

The interview went over the questions surrounding the Trump administration, Russian investigation and the relationship between the media and the government. 

For example, Gross asked, "Can we break down what's going on now in terms of who's investigating who?"

Mazzetti responded with only facts known to him and the public. 

What I did find interesting was the way Mazzetti responded to the questions. 

To a question concerning who Trump is listening to when it comes to advising, Mazzetti responded "Right. Or he might be getting input from other people. He might be getting input about analysis or intelligence collection from other sources that the CIA or other intelligence agencies don't quite, you know, they don't know what the sources are. You know, the question is who is telling the president what?" 

This is the way Mazzetti responded, neutral and stuck to the facts. 

There were no inadequate answers from Mazzetti. 

Mazzetti took his time to answer all the questions from Gross. 

The pace Mazzetti and the frequent pauses made it seem like Mazzetti was speaking carefully. 

From the conversation Gross and Mazzetti had, I learned that the relationship between the two is open. 

Gross answered specific questions that are deep and challenging.

Even though the topic of conversation was a serious one, the two laughed and giggled several times throughout the interview. 

The question that revealed the relationship between the two and the manner of Mazzetti's answer is the following.

“what impact is President Trump's accusations about the press having on you personally in your life as a reporter?” said Gross.

Mazzetti responded, "...I guess what I'm saying is that the - you can't ignore that we are in this unprecedented climate now where the White House and the president himself actively questions the role of the press and has declared them enemies. That is the truth." 

The last question of the interview is where I realized the tone of the interview and the characters of Gross and Mazzetti. 

The two has a very open relationship where they were able to ask the challenging questions without consequences and Mazzetti is an intelligent person who thinks before he answers.