SPJ: Videos and skits from 2008 Lucille’s Ball
Here are some of the highlights from the 2008 holiday party and faculty roast on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008. This year, Lucille’s Ball was held at Teachers College [the event is named for Lucille, Joseph Pulitzer’s daughter]…
- VIDEO: “Sree in my inbox” by Sonia Moghe, starring Matt Katz & Adi Narayan
- VIDEO: “Election Night Spoof” by Dan O’Donnell, Franz Strasser, starring Devin Dwyer and the broadcast majors
- VIDEO: “Oh You Lucille’s Ball” by Collin Crowell, with reporting by Ali Fenwick and Mark C. Burns
- VIDEO: “What’s Your Name, What’s Your Concentration?” by Matt Katz, Ko Im, Jeremy Herb
- SCRIPT: “New Media Mindset” by Keith Staskiewicz and Alex Lowther - the full, uncensored version, with Prof. Klatell
- FACULTY SONG: Lyrics of “I’m Dreaming of a Good Student” by Prof. Rhoda Lipton, et al
VIDEO: “Sree in my inbox” by Sonia Moghe, starring Matt Katz & Adi Narayan
VIDEO: “Election Night Spoof” by Dan O’Donnell, Franz Strasser, starring Devin Dwyer and the broadcast majors
Election Night Spoof from Franz Strasser on Vimeo
VIDEO: “Oh You Lucille’s Ball” by Collin Crowell, with reporting by Ali Fenwick and Mark C. Burns
[Learn about the origin of the historical film used by Crowell]
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VIDEO: “What’s Your Name, What’s Your Concentration?”
Lyrics and lead vocals by Matt Katz
Vocals by Ko Im
Lead guitar by Jeremy Herb
[NOTE: This is the video from rehearsal; they performed the song live during the faculty roast]
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SCRIPT: New Media Mindset by Keith Staskiewicz and Alex Lowther - the full, uncensored version, with Prof. Klatell.
Download the PDF of the script
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FACULTY SONG: We’re Dreaming of a Good Student
- written circa 1998 by Professors Rhoda Lipton, Carole Agus, Craig Wolff, et al
We’re dreaming of a good student
Just like the ones we used to know
Where the work’s enriching
And there’s no bitching
And no excuses, don’t ya know
We’re dreaming of a good student
Who doesn’t yell or scream or whine
Where the work submitted is fine
And you don’t have to edit every line
We’re praying for a real deadline
Like when you hand it on time
And you get the facts right–without a re-write
And word lengths are close to what’s assigned
We’re dreaming of a lede and nut graf
Statistics and some context, too
Where there’s attribution by you
Where at least some facts are vaguely true
We’re dreaming of a good student
For whom good writing is knack
Journalistic skills they don’t lack
And who’ll never turn out to be a hack
We’re all grateful that we got to know you
You’ll all turn out to be just fine
You have guts and soul and you shine
And we think that your class if just divine
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your dreams turn out all right
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