News Feature Story Proposals

Snail, drug use.

A group of students and professors in the College of Veterinary Medicine are currently working on experiments which measure the effects on memory of snails that are subjected to methamphetamine. The conclusions from these experiments may expand revelations on human drug addiction and relapse rates. When covering this story I would want to know how a simple experiment with a snail could be relevant to drug addiction. Furthermore I would want to know how these conclusions could help people fighting addiction. I would want to talk to students or professors who are conducting these experiments and drug experts who may see why these experiments may be helpful to their line of work.

Friends of Bahia Street

A while ago for the Daily Evergreen I covered a group which had just started up called Friends of Bahia Street. This group supported a larger group, Bahia Street International which raised money and resources for young women and girls living in poverty in Salvador, Brazil. The aim was to provide these adolescents with education which would empower them to become successful when they were older and help them escape poverty. Friends of Bahia Street was started by a junior at WSU who had witnessed the poverty first hand while on a mission trip. To cover this story I would talk with the president and possibly the advisor and others involved in the group. I would also want to talk to a representative from Bahia Street International. To make this story up to date I would want to find out what specific actions Friends of Bahia have completed to raise funds and what future events they have coming up. I would also want to report on their progress from their start up until now.