User:KaylaUO

I chose my first article, Breakdancing, because of it's major appeal to me. I am taking a breakdancing class here at the UO and have been doing Breakdancing for a little over 4 months now. I love everything about the art of breaking and am working on coming up with my b-girl name. What this article focuses on is how Breakdancing began and it's transformation from the streets to the mainstream. It attempts to incorporate the different techniques of Breakdancing: TopRock, DownRock (or also called Footwork), and Powermoves. The article highlights the musical aspect, the fashion, the stage scene, battling, gender inequalities, and much more. What I see lacking is a few minor things. One would be noting a famous Breaker by the name of "Frost Freeze" who actually created the Suicide; which is noted in the article, however what is left out is the creator of the move. I feel it is important to note Frosty, because of his most recent passing and all that he had done for Hip Hop as well as Breakdancing. RIP "Frosty Freeze". I would like to add a picture of "Frosty Freeze" and then make a link to his actual page (which is actually a pretty short article as well). [] I would also like to look through the page and try to offer my help with the page as far as references that need to be there.

My second article happens to be on a sport that I was involved in all 4 years of High School and I felt I would at least know if something in their happened to be misunderstood or plain left out. The sport I am talking about is Cheerleading. While it is usually viewed with negative connotations for all those affected by the stereotypical girls who look down upon others and make fun of various people, I was not one of those and I think people ought to know that everyone involved in Cheerleading should not be looked at with the same stereotypical view. With that off my chest, I looked throughout the article and noticed that although there was a lot written on the sport, nothing was really said about the core positions that make up a stunt team. I want to take the time to edit that part by adding it, because I think it will do more justice to the already fine-tuned sport. []

My third article comes straight from my own hometown. Baker City, OR is where I live and Baker High School was where I spent a large amount of my education. I thought Wikipedia didn't have a page on my High School, but low and behold there was one, and boy did it need editing and expanding as well. I feel confident that I was very involved in my High School and so I feel a bit of confidence with editing the article. I would like to add some more events that have occurred at the school that are not noted on the page, as well as various information about the history of Baker High School. []

My fourth article happens to be on the University I attended my Freshman year of College. The school is Eastern Oregon University (known as EOU from know on) and while I was there I was a member of EOU's Summit Dance Team and I feel that while the page does a great job of including other sports at EOU, it did not include the Summit Dance team. I want to just first list the name of the team on the page and then put some characteristics about the team such as performances and provide a link to EOU Summit Dance Team webpage on the EOU website. []

My final article is going to be a different sort of editing than the other four. It comes from the article on the New York Times bestselling author Lee Strobel. Specifically, I would like to expand on one of his newest books The Case For The Real Jesus, because I am reading the book right now and believe that I could add more insight directly from the pages of his book to give more of a taste as to what this book is all about. I may end up making a link to a kind of sub page on the book as opposed to inserting it in the page. I have been a Christian for most of my life, or at least since I was 6 years of age, and am always full of questions and believe that this book is great for those in this current era to explore themselves. I know that religion is a controversial issue so I am not going to go on and boast my own personal views to the page, but rather to put verifiable evidential text straight from the source. 

EDST 114~WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE EDITING~

-Adding A Section- School Fight Song "Here's to the Purple and Gold, The colors of our Bulldogs bold, We've got the pep to keep them winning in style, We know our teams a cinch to win by a mile. Here's to our brave Baker clan, There heroes every man, We'll raise our voices up to the sky, To honor Baker High!"

-Adding to a Section- History The current Principle: Jerry Peacock The current Vice Principle: Ben Carr Student activities: Theater, Athletics, Cheerleading, Choir, Band, Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), National Honor Society (NHS), Student Government, Dawg Pound (Pep club), Yearbook.

-Adding Images- Next to the Mascot heading:  Caption: This very large picture of our proud mascot the Bulldog is found in the common area of the High School, across from the "Senior Stage"-

Next to the Intro:  Caption: This is a picture of the front of Baker High and the picture is taken at an angle from the faculty parking lot on 2500 E Street- Sources: Baker High School official Website-