Journalism 133: Prof. Craig: Working on Headlines

WORKING ON HEADLINES

Here are some story leads and nut graphs from the Spartan Daily from five years ago today.  What would be some good headlines for these stories?

1. The Student Coalition for San Jose State University Accountability started a Change.org petition demanding an external, independent audit of all SJSU departments, colleges, offices and foundations in response to fraud allegations against former justice studies department chair Mark Correia in February of last year.
   An official investigation by the SJSU finance department followed. It found that Correia had used an unauthorized off-campus checking account to spend nearly $7,000 for items such as plane tickets, parking tickets, wireless phone charges and an iPad for himself. During its investigation, the university learned that the checking account was funded by student purchases of items such as department apparel, summer camp fees and convocation tickets.
   


2. Students and faculty stood beneath the welcoming shade of trees while accounting and finance professor Annette Nellen described the history of San Jose State University. 
   “We’ve actually had ‘San Jose State’ in our name since 1887,” Nellen said during the first part of her lecture. “There was a time in the early seventies when we got named ‘CSU, San Jose,’ but the alumni — everybody hated it.” 
   Nellen’s history lecture tour was held throughout campus last Wednesday.
   


3. A rare attempt at stealing San Jose State University’s One account passwords made its way through normal email security last week.
   The password attack was the result of a malware infection that latched onto the email account of an SJSU lecturer. The email sent from the lecturer’s account posed as “SJSU Admin.” The email, sent on Sept. 24, told users that SJSU.edu mail accounts were breached and users had to supply usernames and passwords to confirm new account setup by administrators.
   The phishing email warned that failure to comply with the password requests would lead to a user having his or her account disabled.
   


4. A new Spartan logo was laid across the intersection of South Ninth Street and East San Fernando on Sept. 15. The logo can be seen when walking to or away from the Student Services Center next to the 10th Street garage. 
   Measuring 15 feet across, the logo is the first step of the Associated Students of San Jose State University’s Campus-to-the-City initiative, according to SJSU’s media relations director Pat Lopes Harris. 
   “The goal is to bring Spartan pride into downtown and surrounding sections of the city so that SJSU is recognizable, not just on campus, but in the entire area,” said Mykel Jeffrey, senior political science major and A.S. director of internal affairs.
   


5. Photography enthusiasts filed into the Art Building’s Gallery 5 to view senior photography major Michael Boehnker’s “OK Photography” BFA show on Tuesday. 
   Boehnker’s show is part of the department of art and art history’s weekly Tuesday gallery showings that give students the opportunity to showcase their artwork. “Take away from it what you want,” Boehnker said. “I just want them to have fun and enjoy my pictures.” 
   The gallery’s white walls were adorned with photos conveying people as “a part of the process of creation and destruction,” according to Boehnker.
   

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