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Media Blog Project 1 Option 2-What kind of culture is television reflecting back at us today? This question had me stumped until I watched the season finale of the show I have been watching. See, I don’t have cable tv to watch actual tv series. I watch YouTube channels where I skip the commercials but there’s one show I watch that has some of the best commercials. That show, you probably guessed already, is NFL Football. Like a tv series, there is an opening weekend which coincidentally starts in the Fall. The season goes for 18 weeks. There is a game on Thursday Night, two on Sunday, one on Sunday Night and one on Monday Night. There are commercials during the games. They mostly focus on men with beer, body wash, cars and food. I noticed that as the season went along it started to shift to be more inclusive of women when it came to advertising. Bringing something to women who watch football, commercials to keep them watching ads that encourage empowerment, college from home, wine, fu...

  Photo Courtesy of Albany Transit website HEADLINE: Lowering Costs and Stress on the Linn-Benton Loop BYLINE: Mike McReynolds Congratulations on taking the big step of furthering your education. Taking the first steps towards becoming an adult can be stressful, but don’t be scared. If you have a car or some other form of transportation, you know the cost it entails maintaining and fueling that vehicle so you can get to your classes on time. Here is one way to relieve that stress with an alternative to driving.    The Linn-Benton Loop is a fareless transportation service between Albany and Corvallis, running Monday through Friday. It starts at 6:55 a.m. from LBCC. There are three different routes to choose from that may fit your schedule and location. The Loop picks up and drops off near the Benton Center as well as the OSU campus in Corvallis.  You will be getting tons of advice in college. Some good, some bad. Now comes mine. After starting college again following ...

  10 Questions with Majestik De Luz Do you seem to be just going through the motions? Trying to get to your classes on time. Making sure you put everything you need in your backpack for that day. Stressing so much over one class’s homework that you get behind on all the work in your other classes?  What you need is some help coping. Someone to be your champion that will help you be successful in this next stage in your college life. That is the big difference between high school and college.  LBCC has a whole department dedicated to academic success coaching. You can find these amazing people on the second floor of Willamette Hall. Right next to the math tutors.  We sat down with one of their newest coaches, Majestik De Luz. She came to LBCC after graduating from Pacific University in Forest Grove with a bachelor's degree in psychology and philosophy. She is enrolled at Oregon State University and will earn her master's degree in applied ethics alongside a certificat...

  HEADLINE: Need Help? LBCC Has a Place for You BYLINE: Mike McReynolds Feeling the stress of finals looming over your head? Having anxiety over your grades and don’t know how you're going to improve them? There is plenty of help available on LBCC’s Albany campus. The college’s Learning Center, located above the library in Willamette Hall, has tutors for whatever field of study you might need help in. LBCC also recently added a Tech Room with someone there to help.  If you don’t know where to go once you get to the Learning Center, go to the help desk which is located against the back wall.  The Math Café, also in Willamette Hall, has excellent helpers as well as a coffee machine, charging ports to plug in your devices, and comfortable chairs and couches. There’s a tutor for almost every major for you to get help from. They even offer study skills coaching in the same area. Maybe you’re just feeling generally stressed out and need a quiet place to relax and get back o...

  What do you consider your THREE main sources of information? This can be a platform (e.g. Instagram, Facebook, TikTok) and/or media sources (e.g. New York Times, Fox News, Huffington Post). Why are these your "go-to" sources of information? Second, how reliable do you consider these sources, and WHY?               The three main sources of information are in this order:               YouTube- Pro Democracy channels                Google Chrome- Local Now( KEZI CHANNEL 9 out of Eugene)               Facebook- Groups like Corvallis Happenings     The main reason these are my "go-to" is mainly because I can access all of them on my phone. I have double-checked each source before I started relying on them                Given what you know about or have learned about ...