Audio slideshow

The Lyndon state flag football league is one of the hidden treasures for students searching out a Sunday activity. With a small sign up sheet posted near sue Henry's office, word of mouth has continued to fuel and spark interest of many students that are a part of the Lyndon State College community.
The league was based off of the ever-popular AMS flag football tournament. The league was integrated nicely with a full schedule of games for Sunday mornings from 8 to noon. Intramurals Director Sue Henry was able to assign work-study students to referee the games as well.
The game is played with 8 players on the field for each team. The league became more realistic this year by changing the first down rules to be more similar to football; it was changed from a two-completion rule to gaining a certain number of yards from the line of scrimmage. Both of which had to be done within the four downs allotted.
The game is played in two halves of twenty minutes each. There are no fake plays on the extra point either. If the team says they are kicking a field goal they are obligated to kick and cannot throw or run the ball in. With the season quickly concluding, and eminent weather threatening to cover the field in snow, each team knows it is playoff time.
Playoffs are played in a two game per week format for two Sundays in a single elimination style. The final game is the championship game. With the intramural field designated a construction zone, the athletic director allowed the teams access to the soccer field.
Something appreciated by all players, "it’s awesome to be able to play since the school doesn't have a football team and now that we're on the varsity field it brings games to a whole new level." Ed Horan, a junior whose is in his third of playing, explained.
Sue Henry also offers many other intramural options.  There are other league options such as basketball, floor hockey, and volleyball.
Along with their league intramurals, there is also a weekly intramural sport offered during the weekends.  It is held on Saturdays and ranges from dodge ball to table tennis.  Residence halls on campus compete against each other to win the intramural championship.
Intramural activities are meant to be non-competitive and to promote exercise on campus.  You can contact Sue Henry at Susan.Henry@lyndonstate.edu for more information on all intramural sports around campus.

iReport critique (The good, and the un-important)

Soccer Kicks- No sound, nothing engaging about it, a kid walks at a painstakingly slow pace towards a soccer ball. This is composed as an extreme long shot, and honestly it isn't even entertainging enough to be on youtube. Not news.

Covered Bridge- iReport user who shall remain anonymous is just the absolute queen of un-newsworthy stories. First her honeymoon, now a picture of a covered bridge. Just unecessary, I really don't believe I need to say much more, Learn what belongs on a CNN website, and what belongs on a personal blog. Not news.

Hurricane Proofing The Beach- A short piece with decent content, though due its lack of technical camera use it would never be vetted by CNN. If he was really ambitious he could talk to the people who run the beach, and this could very well be news if it was done extensively and more technically.

Soundslide Critiques

Fresno State's Collegian put out an audio soundslide of the college's first Native American Pow Wow. The pictures were very gripping and colorful, as there were absolutely no filler shots. The audio starts out with traditional native american music playing and then fades to an interview with a student participating. It is pulled together really well and the images are absolutely stunning and very vivid. This soundslide was very well done.

I unfortunately watched a soundslide on a bowling team. The shots were all the same, and I understand you can only get so many bowling shots, but they could've mixed it up a little bit and tried to get creative. It was not at all engaging unlike the Native American soundslide. There was no imagination or effort with the photos at all, and that really hurt this very bland soundslide.

PHOTO GALLERY:

http://www.vermontfallfoliage.com/guestphoto.shtml

The Photo Gallery was a compilation of very beautiful photographs of Vermont's fall foliage. There is not a picture here that is not captivating, it is shot by guests and submitted, but they are all breathtaking. This is a great photo gallery that is most importantly engaging and extremely gripping and captivating. I really liked this photo gallery.

Slideshow Project

For our project were going to do an audio slideshow of a flag football game. For our sound source were going to interview one of the players and have him talk about the game and his thoughts. Our intended audience would probably be anyone thats into sports. Its in interesting story because flag football is not a division three sport. The guys are just doing it because they love the game.

Practice Soundslide

Podcast Reviews

Despite Rough Off-Season, Men’s Basketball Looks Ahead

            If you walk down the athletic hallway in between the Rita Bole gym and the theatre lobby, you will see a team picture for every varsity sports team here at Lyndon State College.  Last season’s Men’s basketball team picture has 17 student athletes in uniform, however, only two of those student athletes will be included in this season’s team picture.

            Senior guard Ben Sackett and Junior Forward Jason Gray are the only two returning players from last year’s squad which made a deep run in the NAC playoffs. Sackett led the NAC in 3-point percentage last season shooting an impressive 44 percent from beyond the arc. Gray was a second team All-NAC selection last season and was the third leading shot blocker in the NAC, and was ranked 6^th in the conference in rebounds per game. 

Last years roster included nine first-year players, none of them will be suiting up to play this year. The youth on the team combined with strong veteran leadership and made a run all the way to the NAC finals. Gritty post play from Antonio Mena, O’Bee Byrd and Jason Gray teamed up to lead the NAC in team rebounding while NAC rookie of the year Phil Warrick led the Hornets with 18.7 points per game (3^rd in the NAC).

The team’s schedule this year consists of Division 1 opponent Yale as well as attending an invitational tournament over Thanksgiving Break in Utah. The team will be filled with new faces this year, and expectations for this team are on the rise.

2 Minutes with Mike Howard