Goodbye and Thank you for a Great Semester!

Now that the semesters is officially at its end, we at FastTrack would like to extend our sincere gratitude to all of our viewers, contributors and crew members. Personally, I would like to say that this semester has been extremely rewarding on so many levels. We managed to keep our viewers up to date with the latest health news as well as keep them entertained with weather trivia and stirring meals. And that has been very pleasing for us all.

With this seasons crew preparing to disperse I wanted to say, even though we are losing each other as classmates, we will never lose each other as family. And as we each prepare to graduate, study abroad or move on from FastTrack, I hope we continue to challenge ourselves and each other. I hope that we each grab every opportunity we can to learn more, love more and live more. And more importantly, I hope we continue to cherish the time that we have spent together in and out of the studio and the work we have created.

For my friends, my family, I wish you the best in all of your endeavors and I will always hold a special respect and admiration for each of you.

With my sincerest love,
J'Nae Lee

Good luck to everyone with your final exams and congratualtions to those that are graduating this December. You all deserve it!

Entries Sought for 31st College Television Awards

Hey everyone! Please visit the following link, it may be another opportunity for FastTrack to gain more recognition and support. If you would like to make a submission please send your ideas to Pat as soon as possible. Enjoy your break!!

http://www.askcbi.org/?p=723

Open Taping Day

Hi Trackers,
You guys were AWESOME, today!!!!!!!! You all got your stuff in on time and you were focused and worked efficiently throughout the taping. Thank you so much for being such good hosts with our visitors. The kid with the orange shirt and the Caspar tie was really a hoot during the blue screen fun time!!! Many thanks to Brad for coming up with that idea!!!!
Because you worked together, so well, this week, the show was edited in record time and Harry is uploading it to YouTube tonight!!!!!! Enjoy! ( You had really good stories this week and Sam's Chili segment is GREAT!)

FastTrack page

Hey! I just wanted to let you guys know that a lot of updates have been made to the main FastTrack site, so please take a lot and share feel free to share your opinions! I hope you guys enjoy the "Discover FastTrack" page!

J

Here's the website:

Behind the Scenes Photos

I just want to let you all know that the our Facebook Fan page has new (and fairly funny) behind the scenes photos for you to view at your leisure. As I said before I had been having trouble uploading them to the main site however since most of you view Facebook more frequently I wanted to get that page finalized for you to enjoy first.

www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid55843553649

Blog Comments

Here are the links to last weeks' show. Please leave only your positive comments. If you have any direct concerns or negative comments email Pat at prochon@purdue.edu.

mms://video.dis.purdue.edu/bns/fasttrack/fasttrack091023.wmv

If you have any trouble email me directly as soon as possible. Also if your fellow classmates are having issues with the blog please assist them or have them contact me via email or facebook.

Hi Fast Track Team!
You can send in your comments on the 10-02 show anytime before class tomorrow!

Episode Critiques

As you all know Pat is requiring that everyone view the FastTrack episodes in order to help improve the show and each of our individual performances. So with that said, the blog will be used to post any positive feedback on your fellow teammates and if there are any complaints or any comments that you would prefer remain anonymous then please send those directly to Pat. Also she has emailed the preferred format to submit your comments. If you did not receive the outline from Pat, or if you had trouble opening the file like I did, email her as soon as possible! Have a good evening guys!

Fast Track 9-25-09

Hi Fast Track Team!
Post your comments on the 9-25-09 show, now!
Pat R.

Study Abroad...

In case any of you are interested in living and studying outside the States there's a Study Abroad Fair tomorrow in Purdue Memorial Mall (aka Tent City) from 10AM - 3PM. The event will be hosted by students returning from studying abroad so they can help you with any concerns you might have. But even better there will be music and FREE STUFF (you can't beat free stuff...that's always good)!

But if you want to head out next spring then you HAVE to apply online by September 15!
Here's where to apply: www.studyabroad.purdue.edu

Help Wanted: Unigo.com

Hey everyone here's a fresh announcement for anyone that's interested in building up their resume....

Unigo.com-a college guide and web magazine-is looking for a Purdue intern for this fall semester. They're looking for someone willing (and able) to commit 5-6 hours a week to the position. The chosen intern will be expected to produce and film short videos every week about college life (they'll send you a camera so no need to make a mad dash to Best Buy). Also you'll be expected to engage in their marketing efforts through social media channels as well as on-campus. You will also be able to pitch and write content for ThePrereq.com as well as Unigo.com.

The hours with this position are VERY flexible and the position its self will help you create and build up your online portfolio. But you must be RESPONSIBLE and DILIGENT in order to handle the weekly deadlines. Prior experience with video production and a strong presence on social networks is a PLUS but they will consider inexperienced candidates that are willing to learn. The internship is open to all classes and majors.

For more info on this posting you can go to the following link to see what other interns have to say about their experience.

http://www.unigo.com/aboutus/campusrep.aspx

And if you want to throw your hat in the ring send a paragraph about yourself and your resume (with or without a list of extracurricular activities) to Senior Web Editor Irene Straygina at Irene@Unigo.com


Take care and good luck!

Hey everyone and welcome back to campus! Here's a few brief announcements for you...

First up Purdue Marketing and Media is hosting student auditions for the television program "Boiler Bytes" that will be broadcast on the Big Ten Network and posted on the web to aid Purdue's marketing efforts. There are a number of spots up for grabs as either studio hosts or field reporters. If you think you're up to the task auditions/interviews will be held Monday August 31st from 4p-7p at the Steward Center room B22-D. For more info contact Executive Producer Larry Reagan via email (ldr@sandersnet.com). Also you can check out past episodes online at http://www.boilerbytes.com.


Next, for all of those aspiring journalists out there, The Exponent is looking for some fresh blood in their upcoming callout. There are paid positions in the advertising and newsroom departments-both offering real, hands-on experience in media and communication as well as in depth client interaction. If this sounds like the campus job of your dreams then shake your money maker down to room 129 of the Electrical Engineering building September 1 at 6:30pm. If you have any questions or just want more details on Exponent life you can contact Editor-in-Chief Mikel Livingston at 765-743-1111 ex. 207 or email him at editor@purdueexponent.org.

Those are tonights updates, be sure to log on to FastTrack News on facebook.com and web.ics.purdue.edu/fasttrack for extra crew updates and campus postings. Continue to enjoy the first week of classes!!!!

J

Sexual Assault Awareness Month-Introduction

The month of April has been designated Sexual Assault Awareness Month (S.A.A.M). The goal of S.A.A.M is to educate individuals in order to help prevent sexual violence in America.

Here are a few statistics to help illustrate the prevalence of sexual assault:
- 1 out of every 6 American women will be the victim of attempted or completed rape in their lifetime.

- Of all female rape victims minority women are more likely to be victims compared to their White counterparts. (34.1% Native American, 24.4% Mixed Race, 18.8% Black women vs. 17.7% White women)

- Roughly 1 out of every 33 American men have been victims or completed or attempted rape.

- The majority of rape victims are under the age of 30. (80% under 30, 44% under 18 and 29% between 12-17)

In addition to this victims of sexual assault are:
- 3x more likely to suffer from depression.
- 6x more likely to suffer from post-traumatic stress.
- 13X more likely to abuse alcohol.
- 26x more likely to abuse drugs.
- 4x more likely to contemplate suicide.

In next Friday's post we will present you with different forms of sexual assault as well as more of the long term effects.

Fast Track Sports Music

Here's some pics of myself, Don, and my roommate Jordan Swartzentruber taken yesterday while we were making music for the sports segment to be played underneath Eric's highlights.

We recorded by taking Jordan's amp>Mixer>Mac>Garageband. All of the guitar parts ended up being performed by Jordan. I programmed the drums by sampling Nine Inch Nails songs and manipulating them. Don was massively helping in engineering.

WELCOME TO THE (BLOG) JUNGLE!

Hey, cyberweb! Welcome to the blog for Fast Track, Purdue University's student-produced weekly newsmagazine. What is FT? Let me explain!

Fast Track is a weekly newsmagazine produced by Communications and Film/Video students from Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN. We create all of the content in the show, run all of the cameras, audio and anchor all of the segments. We cover all sorts of stories, from hard news, to features, to weather and sports.

Here's our most recent show. When the people behind Fast Track aren't showing their blogging prowess over here, we can be found over at www.youtube.com/fasttrackpurdue. Subscribe to us! We're fantastic.




On this blog, we're hoping to not only increase our dominance of the internet, but give you, the reader, a backstage pass to Fast Track and what goes into making a TV show this week.

I'm Phil, the editor of the blog. To check out my other stuff, you can head over to...

www.givememyremote.com and search for Philboy
www.thescreenrider.com
philwrighthouse.blogspot.com
www.twitter.com/philwrighthouse

My e-mail, if you ever need to reach me or anyone on the show is philwrighthouse@gmail.com.

MORE IMPORTANTLY...the Fast Track website is web.ics.purdue.edu/fasttrack. Check it out for more general information, old videos from our archives, information about all of the people who work on the show (who will, incidentally enough, be all of the bloggers on here) and more. There, or on the YouTube Channel, you can also check out Fast Track Te Informa, the Spanish-langauge version of Fast Track.

I hope that you enjoy all of the things we have planned for this blog and keep on the lookout for new content really really soon!