Slice-of-life

A Life-Changing Week in the Amazon Jungle

Trip filled with first experiences allows Abby to break free from her anxiety

Learning how to cope with anxiety by trying new things

At age 18, Abby Harari decided to step put of her comfort zone and travel

to Peru with a volunteer team. Abby lived in

Cusco, Peru from August to December and

although she had a great experience

volunteering, there was one week that

changed her life forever.

During her stay in Peru, Abby and

ten of her closest friends from her volunteer

house decided to do jungle conservation

work in the Amazon Jungle, something that

none of them have ever done.

As an anxious person, Abby was

Abby Harari on the quad at UMD
Photo by Allie Palazzolo
hesitant, but she put her fear of the unknown

aside and went on the trip to the jungle, not

knowing the impact it would have on her life.

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During her stay in the Amazon Jungle, Abby had many first experiences. Her trip

started off with a six-hour drive along the side of a windy mountain, which she found

terrifying.

We were basically holding on for dear life. There was about two feet
between the edge of the road and the thousand foot drop to the bottom of the
mountain, said Abby.

When the drive was finally over, they were at a river

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looking at their lodge on the other side. They wondered how
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After making it safely across the river, Abby

approached her lodge. It was just a row of cots under a roof with no walls to

protect them from the hundreds of bugs in the jungle that would be extremely

painful, and sometimes even deadly, if they bit you.

After settling into their home for the next 7 days, they began their jungle

conservation work. Abby planted seeds, monitored the plants and chopped down

the invasive bamboo in the area. The bamboo was dangerous to the jungle

because it killed the other plants in the area.

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During her stay in the jungle, Abby realized that

she often takes everyday luxuries for granted. She said

with confidence, After living for a week with no

mirrors, electricity or cell- phone service, and having to

shower in waterfalls with biodegradable soap, I really

began to appreciate everything I have. Abby and her friends showering in a

waterfall in the Amazon Jungle
The trip was eye opening for Abby, it is the Photo Source: Abby Harari
reason she is not afraid to try new things and also

taught her how to deal with her anxiety by herself. Abbys mom, Debbie Harari said, Abby

came home from her trip to the jungle a new person. I could see that she was less anxious about

college, and I think its because that experience taught her that she could overcome any new

situation life threw at her.

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 Person-on-the-street

SEO: University of Maryland students concerned about their safety

Students want to feel safer on campus
UMD Police Department may not be doing their job effectively

University of Maryland students are concerned about their safety on campus. For the

most part, students feel safe walking around campus but think the University of Maryland

Police Department can do more to protect students on campus.

Various resources are available to ensure that students are safe around campus such as

blue light emergency phone stations. Stations are available so if a student finds him or herself

in an uncomfortable situation on campus, they can easily

see the blue light and use it to call the police.

This idea is good in theory says concerned

sophomore, Riley Loskot, but it wouldnt help if

someone came up to me on campus at night and the blue

light is a hundred feet away. What would I do then?

When asked how safe he feels on campus at night,

Sophomore accounting major, Gary Sandler said

Sophomore biology major Riley
Loskot expresses her concerns about
confidently, I feel pretty safe and think I would be able
blue light emergency phone stations.
to defend myself if need be. Photo by Allie Palazzolo

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Safety resources available to students

The overall crime rate in College Park is 37 percent higher than the national average

according to areavibes.com. UMD alerts, which is a mass notification system, keeps students

updated on daily crimes. The alerts consist of urgent messages, sent by email and text message,

to students to inform them of potential dangers on campus such as crimes, fires and weather

reports.

While the alerts provide necessary information regarding crime, some students dont

feel any safer because of them.

I usually hear about a crime that occurred from a friend

before I even get the alert said junior finance major Zach

Shaffer. I feel like the alerts are sent just so it looks the

department is doing something, they dont really give students

direction on how to stay safe in the situation so whats the

point?

Sophomore criminal justice major Nicole Nowak,

disagreed with Shaffers opinion on the alerts. She argued, I think

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opinion on the UMD alert
theyre effective. They keep students updated and let us know what
system.

Photo by Allie Palazzolo areas in College Park are unsafe so we can avoid them until the all

clear is given.

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For the most part, students feel safe on campus but would like to see some

improvements made in the future. Freshman Carly Zdankowski hopes for an increased police

presence on campus not only to stop current crimes, but also to prevent them from happening

in the first place.

I like to study in the library, its where I get the most work done, but I always leave

before sunset because I dont want to walk back to my dorm in the dark, Zdankowski said.

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 Speech/Meeting Coverage

SEO: Gala held to instill confidence in Girl Scouts

Guest speaker inspires Girl Scouts to live more confidently
Katherine Joshi shares what she gained from her time as a Girl Scout

Kappa Delta is a sorority whose platform is built to instill confidence in young

women. On April 23, Kappa Delta hosted their first Gala for the Girls in the Colony

Ballroom of Stamp from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Girl Scouts from various troops in the area, ages

12 to 17, attended the event.

The Gala consisted of a dinner, guest speaker, raffles and performance by an a

cappella group. The Galas purpose was to honor all of the Girl Scouts hard work and

empower them, showing them that they can achieve anything they put their mind to.

Katherine Joshi, English Professor at the

University of Maryland and guest speaker at the Gala,

talked about how her experiences being both a Girl Scout

and member of Kappa Delta helped her overcome her

childhood awkwardness.

Joshi was nervous for her speech but allowed

herself to open up and be vulnerable in order to inspire the

Girl Scouts.

Katherine Joshi explains how

she became confident
Photo by Allie Palazzolo

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Inspiring confidence

According to a study conducted by the Dove Self-Esteem Fund, 62

percent of all girls feel insecure or unsure of themselves. Joshis speech is

relatable to the young Girl Scouts who experience some of the self-esteem issues

that Joshi, and many other young women feel.

Joshis speech takes the audience on a journey through her life as she

shows the Girl Scouts the various events that gave her confidence and the

valuable lessons she learned from them.

She starts her speech by talking about how difficult it was for her to meet

new people and how awkward she felt when she did. Becoming a Girl Scout

allowed Joshi to practice talking to new people even though she was outside of

her comfort zone. Joshis passion while speaking sparked interest among the Girl

Scouts who began to lean forward in their chairs and listen intensively.

I have gained confidence that empowers me to

always believe in myself and trust that I can do I have gained

anything I challenge myself to. The wonderful thing confidence that
empowers me to
about learning this, while in a group of other young
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women who were around my age, going through similar myself
experiences and figuring out the world at the same time
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is that it allowed me to see the power in numbers.

The power in female friendship, I hope this is something you all are discovering as

well, Joshi said.

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Looking to the future

When asked how she thinks the Gala promotes confidence, Joshi replies,

Having all the young women in the same room and seeing them supporting each

other for all the hard work they do for their community and being apart of

something bigger than themselves will definitely give them a confidence boost.

Hannah Eisenbeis, a Girl Scout that attended the Gala is excited for her

future. I consider myself pretty shy and awkward so listening to the speaker talk

about how she was able to overcome that made me feel confident that Ill be able

to overcome it too she exclaimed.

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 Radio

SLUG: BANK INCIDENT

WRITER: ALLIE PALAZZOLO :20
AIR DATE: MAY 3, 2017 :7 LINES
NEWSCAST: 6 PM

OFFICER MESS OF THE CHUCKTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOT

DAVID C. JEFFERSON TWICE IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE CHUCKTOWN

BANK.

MESS APPROACHED JEFFERSON AND THATS WHEN JEFFERSON

TURNED AND POINTED HIS SHOTGUN AT MESS. JEFFERSONS WOUNDS

ARE CURRENTLY BEING TREATED AT MERCY HOSPITAL.

JEFFERSON HAS VARIOUS CHARGES AGAINST HIM BUT THE

INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING.

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Television

SLUG: Bank Incident W/R: AP CAST: 6 PM RUN TIME (inc. SOT): 1:30

A-V DIRECTION/TALENT COPY/SOUND CUES-TIME

ON CAMERA- STUDIO EARLIER TODAY, CHUCKTOWN
ANCHOR ALLIE PALAZZOLO
POLICE OFFICER MESS SHOT A MAN

TWICE IN SELF DEFENSE.

TRACK PACKAGE: THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AT 11:45
ANCHOR VO
(B) ROLL TAPE OF CHUCKTOWN THIS AFTERNOON IN THE PARKING LOT OF

BANK PARKING LOT
(SOUND UNDER) THE CHUCKTOWN BANK.


REPORTER ALLIE STAND-UP OFFICER MESS SAW THE SUSPECT,

DAVID C. JEFFERSON, APPROACHING THE

BANK WHEN HE ASKED HIM TO TURN
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AROUND.

JEFFERSON WHIRLED AROUND AND

QUICKLY PULLED A SHOTGUN FROM A

FLOWER DELIVERY BOX AND RAISED IT

AT OFFICER MESS. IN AN ACT OF SELF-

DEFENSE, MESS SHOT JEFFERSON TWICE.

CUT TO SILENT/SOUND UNDER _______________________________________
INTERVIEWEE SUPER:
JEFF NAGGLER, WITNESS AT THE SOT/BITE (:15)
SCENE IN: So Im sitting over there and...
OUT: ...running up towards him.
ROLL INTERVIEW ______________________________________
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ANCHOR VO (B) ROLL TAPE OF
MERCY HOSPITAL
STUDIO ANCHOR ALLIE
PALAZZOLO
SUPER: ALLIE PALAZZOLO
(B) ROLL IMAGE OF DAVID
JEFFERSON
SUPER: DAVID C. JEFFERSON
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EMTS ARRIVED ON THE SCENE
AND TREATED JEFFERSONS WOUNDS.
HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO MERCY
HOSPITAL WITH A POLICE ESCORT.
JEFFERSONS WOUNDS INDICATE
THAT HE WAS HIT TWICE, ONCE IN THE
LEFT SHOULDER AND ONCE IN THE
RIGHT THIGH.
JEFFERSONS SHOTGUN, ALONG
WITH HIS WALLET AND A 1995 CHEVY
CAPRICE REGISTERED TO HIM WERE
RECOVERED AT THE SCENE.
JEFFERSON HAS SEVERAL
CHARGES AGAINST HIM. SOME INCLUDE
UNLAWFUL USE OF A FIREARM,
ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON,
ASSAULT ON A POLICE OFFICER,
ATTEMPTED MURDER, OPERATING A
MOTOR VEHICLE WITH EXPIRED
LISENCE TAGS AND POSSESSION OF
CANNABIS. THE INVESTIGATION IS ON-
GOING.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
REGARDING THE INCIDENT, PLEASE
VISIT, http://www.dbknews.com/.
News/Feature Release

Liz LaFortune
Undergraduate Academic
Advisor
201 Turner Hall
College Park, MD
Email: llafortu@umd.edu

NEWS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 3, 2017

CONTACT: Allie Palazzolo, a.palazzolo234@gmail.com, 516-306-6478

UMD FALL MINORITY ENROLLMENT INCREASES

COLLEGE PARK, Md. The University of Marylands hard work has payed off as we

see a big increase in minority enrollment for this fall.

This university has taken a significant step forward, said President Wallace

Loh. Our many efforts of recent years are beginning to produce the desired results.

Over the last year we have seen:

Enrollment of black students increase from 34 students to 678

Enrollment of American Indian students increase from 46 students

to 204

Enrollment of Asian students increase from 44 students to 565

Enrollment of Hispanic students increase from 28 students to 452

The minority enrollment has increased 8.7 percent this fall, in a year when overall

campus enrollment grew less than 1 percent. The increase in minority students is a

gratifying sight for the many students, faculty and administrators who have worked for

it, said President Loh. We still have more to do. This is only the beginning.

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Undergraduate
Academic Advisor
201 Turner Hall
College Park, MD
Email: llafortu@umd.edu

NEWS FEATURE RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 3, 2017

CONTACT: Allie Palazzolo, a.palazzolo234@gmail.com, 516-306-6478

IS AMERICAN SOCIETY ADDICTED TO TESTS?

Hanson explores consequences of tests commonly used in business and education

COLLEGE PARK, Md. In todays society, we get tested constantly. We get tested on

things such as our intelligence, integrity, and aptitude. F. Allan Hanson, professor of

anthropology at the University of Maryland, explores the hidden consequences these tests

have on our lives in his new book, Testing Testing: Social Consequences of the

Examined Life.

Hanson says, Decisions are made about people not on the basis of what they

have done, or even what they certainly will do, but in terms of what they might do. This

is why he believes that testing that is used to predict behaviors and aptitudes should be

eliminated.

IQ tests, for example, can have unintended and undesirable consequences, Hanson

argues. Scores from IQ tests can become life sentences for children with very high or low

scores.

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 This becomes dangerous because these tests can assign people to various

categories such as genius, slow learner or security risk, where they are then treated, act

and come to think of themselves according to the expectations associated with those

categories, Hanson says.

Although he believes that tests that predict behavior or aptitude should be

eliminated, he believes that tests that measure performance are useful. Being tested on

what a student has learned in class, or the skills that are necessary to master a job is

effective because it measures progress.

Of all forms of testing, Hanson finds lie detectors the vilest. The test taker is

powerless to conceal or control anything, and the test results are often unreliable, he says.

Yet people whose character may be under public scrutiny submit to and even request

polygraph tests to establish credibility.

Because tests provide information about people, they serve as devices of power

for agencies - employers, educational administrators, insurance firms, law enforcement

agencies to determine whom to employ, to admit to college, to take on as a risk or to

arrest.

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 Crime Lab

Tweet: Officer Messi intervenes an attempted bank robbery and shoots suspect twice

#chucktownpolice

SEO Head: Chucktown bank suspect shot twice

Print Head: Suspect of attempted robbery shot twice

Officer Messi shoots suspect in bank parking lot

Officer Messi intervenes an attempted bank robbery and was quicker to pull out his gun.

Chucktown MD. - On November 8, a suspect was shot twice and arrested for the
attempted robbery of the Chucktown bank.

The Chucktown Police Department gave the following account:

The suspect, David Jefferson, exited his car and began walking towards the bank
carrying a flower delivery box.

Officer Messi approached Jefferson and began to say Excuse me when he

whirled around and quickly opened the flower box and pulled out a sawed-off shotgun.
Officer Messi responded by drawing his weapon.

At the same time, Jefferson was attempting to load the shotgun and began raising
the gun in the direction of Officer Messi. Messi stated he then fired two shots in rapid
succession at the suspect.

Jeffersons wounds indicate that he was shot twice, once in the left shoulder and
once in the right thigh. Chucktown officers arrived shortly thereafter followed a few
minutes later by Chucktown EMTs.

EMTs treated and transported Jefferson with a police escort to Mercy Hospital.
Jefferson has been charged with: Unlawful use of a fire arm, assault with a deadly
weapon, assault on a police officer, attempted murder, operating a motor vehicle with
expired license tags and possession of cannabis.

According to Jeffersons ex-wife, he had served a couple of years in prison for

assault five or six years ago. Hes a no good bum who aint worked an honest day in his
life. It dont surprise me hes in trouble again, she said.

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 Crisis Lab

SEO: Tornado tears through Chucktown

Print Head: Buildings destroyed and people injured in Chucktown due to F3 tornado

Deck: Adam Grade School and new apartment building destroyed, updates on injuries to
come

Chucktown, MD. - An F3 tornado touched down in Chucktown at 10:59 a.m. yesterday

morning. The tornado caused extensive damage and some injuries. The damages and

injuries all appear to be in an area between University Avenue on the south, Patterson

Avenue on the north, Eighth Street to west and Kid Street on east side of town. Axel

Dent, county coordinator of the Emergency Services and Disaster, said people had eight

minutes in between the siren warnings and when the tornado touched down to take cover.

Characteristics of the tornado

F3 tornado (Severe tornado)

158-200 mph winds
Remained on ground for 2 miles
Path was 2-3 miles in length
Damages in Chucktown

Houses in the affected area are mainly three-bedroom, two-bath and about 1,500
to 2,000 square feet, the average cost being $223,000 to $450,000.
Adams Elementary School which houses 275 to 350 students, K through 5 will
cost approx. $6.3 million to $12 million to rebuild.
Estimated damage of entire area is at least $10 million to $12 million.

Jerrie Potter, Principal of Adams Elementary School was in the building when the

tornado came through. I looked out the window and saw the funnel cloud heading

straight for the building. I only had time to yell out to my secretary in the next room to

take cover and I dove under my desk just as the ceiling and the walls came tumbling in

around us, she said. Survivor of the tornado, Kathryn Koffee said, Ill tell you it was

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the most scary thing thats ever happened to me in my life. I wasnt sure we were coming

out of this one alive.

For updates, visit http://www.dbknews.com/.

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