Erin S. Medley
Radio Workshop
First Assignment
>(1) Compose a 300-500 word script for a radio story or play, including
>background music and sound effects.
Up For Sale
Today Suzie realized her true friends were at home. The people who loved her at
her best and appreciated her at her worse were not at Rutgers University.
It was rejection that brought about this realization.
SONG: (Play the first few bars of Beethoven’s 5th symphony)
Rejection by the “Clique of all Cliques”--- a sorority. Suzie had sucked up to the
sisters of Gamma Phi Delta Zeta Beta something-or-another for a whole week. She went
to their house, they invited her in with their pearly whites and grilled her.
‘So, what college do you go to?’ asked Jessica #1.
‘Douglass,’ Suzie replied.
‘Do you like it?’ asked Jessica #2 (also known as Jess, Jessi , or J).
‘It’s okay. I went to an all-girls high school so it was no big adjustment,’ Suzie
declared.
‘Favorite color?’
‘Black.’
‘If chosen as Miss America what would be your philanthropy?” inquired Jessi.
‘I’d just want to save the world one tree at a time,’ Suzie answered
conventionally, teeth clasped firmly together in perma-smile mode.
Each conversation began like this and each ended with ‘I want you to meet as many
sisters as possible, but you’re so much fun to talk to I want to keep you to myself’. Then
Suzie was passed around to endure her next inquisition. The questions were routine and
Suzie’s answers were prepared. She was definitely in; she was just like them, or so she
thought. Even after all the brown nosing, they still didn’t pick her. Suzie didn’t get a
“bid”. Her auction had ended and The “Chosen Ones” had spoken.
SOUND EFFECT: (PLAY THE SOUND OF SOMEONE SAYING “GOING ONCE,
GOING TWICE, SOLD).
Suzie returned to her dorm room to find a message from her childhood friend,
Jessica:
“Hey, Suz, it’s Jess. I hope everything went well today. If you did,
congratulations. If it didn’t call me ASAP and we’ll talk. I’ll love you. Talk to
you later.”
SOUND EFFECT: (BEEP)
>(2) Write a 300-500 word radio report dealing with Rutgers students'
>opinions and feelings about the possible war in Iraq, the September
11th
>attacks, and worldwide terrorism. This will probably look similar to a
>newspaper article.
Students’ nerves are on edge at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey due to
the United State’s impending war with Iraq. For weeks, students have been voicing their
concerns on the issue through protests, rallies, petitions, and artwork.
Now that President Bush has given deadline of March 17 for the United Nations
to agree to the war, students have been voicing their concerns through larger peace
movements.
Lindsay Stover, a Douglass College junior, missed all of her classes last Thursday
so she could attend a peace rally in New York City.
“I think it is important that we let President Bush know how we stand on the
issue. We should not be going to war. Violence creates more violence,” said Stover.
Although many students are against a war with Iraq, there are some who believe
the U.S. should try to oust Saddam Hussein from his position as ruler of Iraq.
“ We should try to overthrow Saddam without war. I think Bush is an idiot…he’s
an overzealous cowboy,” said Alyse Rutkowski a Douglass College first-year.
Rutkowski, who was born in 1984, has a hard time remembering the Gulf War;
she was only six years old. But, the one thing she does remember is that her uncle fought
in war leaving her family in a state of worry and panic for months. Her roommate
Jennifer Niece empathizes with Alyse; her uncle also fought in the Gulf War.
“I think we should have done it right the first time,” said Niece.
Niece also said she is afraid of the consequences of war and its effects on the young
people in today’s American society.
As of press time, Rutgers University has not made a statement declaring where it
stands on the issue of war. The rallies and protests held on campus have continued to
happen without the interference of the Administration.