Strike Press Release, May 20th - 2013
NEWS: Strike Magazine is ecstatic to announce that it will be returning this September, with some changes. Strike Magazine will be printing a monthly newspaper publication.
The quality and magic behind Strike will now be available on a monthly basis, on a schedule. Partnering with local businesses, Strike will be available at dozens of local hotspots, and of course, it will be free!
Needless to say, Strike has had to expand operations to manage a monthly publication. So, if you are a writer who is interested in submitting to be published in Strike, please refer to this application.
In 2012, Strike was praised for becoming a high quality publication entirely under students. In 2013, Strike will continue to offer the same content and quality, every month.
Over this summer, Strike will be announcing our business partners where Strike distribution will be available. As of this update, we will also be accepting new staff applications and content submissions.
We are thrilled to be returning on a more regular basis, and we hope our readers are as excited as we are.
Strike is back!
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Monday, May 20, 2013
Meet Tenzing, Our Official Red Panda
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As of this week, Strike Magazine is a proud supporter of the Red Panda Network to aid in the effort in conserving the rapidly fleeting territory of the majestic red panda in India.
Thus, we have chosen to adopt Tenzing, an adorable creature under the protection of the Red Panda Network. For more information regarding adopting your own red panda, visit www.redpandanetwork.com.
Together, we can help save the red panda!
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As of this week, Strike Magazine is a proud supporter of the Red Panda Network to aid in the effort in conserving the rapidly fleeting territory of the majestic red panda in India.Thus, we have chosen to adopt Tenzing, an adorable creature under the protection of the Red Panda Network. For more information regarding adopting your own red panda, visit www.redpandanetwork.com.
Together, we can help save the red panda!
Sunday, January 13, 2013
A Letter To Our Readers - Strike In 2013
To the readers of Strike Magazine,
First and foremost, let me personally thank you. Strike was a massive success in 2012. We published our fall and winter forty page publications, launched a beautiful new website with Foglight Studios, (If you haven't seen it yet, check it out here!!) significantly grew our staff, and our readership and following in the community massively increased. None of that could have happened without awesome readers like you.
So what's in store for Strike Magazine in 2013? I thought I would outline these in a series of segments instead of a large body of text, as follows:
Strike Print
After lots of mulling it over and discussions, Strike has decided to cease the quarterly print publication cycle in 2013. Now, this doesn't mean Strike will not print in 2013, but we are exploring new avenues of print, possibly a yearly publication? Stay tuned!
Online
Ceasing the quarterly print cycle, Strike will be refocusing efforts to our beautiful new home on the internet. We plan to be releasing articles just like this on a near-daily basis going into the new year! All the same content, just online!
New Staff
As always, new staff and new contributors are always welcome at Strike in 2013. The process to become involved has been significantly streamlined this year, simply head on over to this page on the Foglight website to read the guidelines and apply!
Strike's parent company, Foglight Studios, is also taking new staff. You can apply on the same page linked above. Foglight is an even larger effort and activity devoted to film and music!
Community Involvement
Strike will also be allocating quite a bit of time and resources going into 2013 in aiding our local community. Our first community project will launch within the next month, please stay tuned for how to be involved! (Once again, the best way to get involved is join a division of Foglight, again, see this page.)
With that said, thank you for your support in 2012! Please stay tuned to Strike in 2013, and spread the word! If you love an article or Strike in general, share our pages online, share articles, comment on them, get involved! If you read a short story that intrigues you, let us know! If you read a review you disagree with, let us know too! All it takes to comment here on the website is a Google account!
Strike will continue to serve you through more avenues than ever going into 2013. We look forward to another amazing year!
Best Regards,
Brett Stewart, Editor & Publisher
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Strike Online 2.0 Released!
Happy New Year! Strike is proud to present the release of Strike Online 2.0, a new strikemagazine.net built into the Foglight website. Head on over to strikemagazine.net for the new experience!
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Announcement: Strike Online 2.0 To Be Released on Dec. 22
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| It's like AOL 2.0, but absolutely nothing like it either. In fact, Strike 2.0 is freaking awesome. And it's not a fire hazard. |
The new Strike Online is also built with community in mind. Strike will be accepting more writers, and there will be many social networking options to be involved with the publication on the website.
The change has been in the works for three months now, and the release is highly anticipated. Strike has quadrupled its server sizes and plans to host a vast amount of content going into 2013 with their association with Foglight Studios. (Details later this week)
So with that said, enjoy our temporary website, and on December 2nd Strike 2.0 will be active!
Monday, August 13, 2012
Katie Ledecky and the Future for USA Swimming
by Brian Heissenbuttel
In the
London Olympics, several young and promising athletes made their debut. The
most famous among these new athletes is Colorado native Missy Franklin, who won
four gold medals and set a new world record in the women’s 200 backstroke. However,
another young swimmer from the United States who is also young and extremely
talented.
Her name is
Katie Ledecky. She is 15 years old and a Maryland native. Ledecky’s specialty
is distance swimming. Her only event in the 2012 Olympics was the 800-meter
freestyle, where she embarrassed the field, beating the silver-medal winner
Mireia Belmonte Garcia by 4.1 seconds. She also beat Great Britain’s Rebecca Adlington
by 6 seconds, who set a world record in Beijing in 2008. Ledecky was 0.53
seconds away from breaking this record.
The one
record she did break was the American record, set by Janet Evans eight years
before Ledecky was born.
With Ledecky
being so young, I have no doubt she will break Adlington’s record in Rio de
Janeiro and may break her own record in the 2020 Olympics.
Between
Franklin, Ledecky, and all the other young swimmers that will debut in the 2016
Olympics, the United States swim team has a very bright future.
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Women's Badminton Players Disqualified for Intentionally Losing Games
by Brian Heissenbuttel
Every
Olympic athlete’s dream is to take home the gold. Most athletes will do
anything win the competition. We cheer them on as they train by weight lifting,
distance running, and practice on the field or court for hundreds of hours
every month. But eight female badminton players from South Korea, China, and
Indonesia have resorted to intentionally losing matches to gain better
positions in the elimination rounds.
China’s Wang
Xiaoli and Yu Yang, South Korea’s Jung Kyun-eun, Kim Ha-na, Ha Jung-eun and Kim
Min-jung, and Indonesia’s Meiliana Jauhari and Greysia Polii were all
disqualified from the London Games for fixing matches.
When the
footage is analyzed, it is obvious that both teams are trying to lose in both
games. The serves are shot directly into the net, and the ones that barely make
it over are hit straight down. I am driven to believe that is the first time
everyone in a badminton stadium has booed all the players.
This occurrence
has positioned several teams, including Canada, in the elimination round with a
chance to take home medals.
There are mixed opinions about whether or not the teams
should be disqualified, so here are the links to the highlights. Decide for
yourselves.
South Korea vs. Indonesia - http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/badminton/badminton-highlights-kor-vs-ind-controversy.html
China vs. South Korea - http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/badminton/highlights-badminton-players-try-to-throw-match.html
Sunday, July 29, 2012
A Viewing Guide to the Olympic Sports You Probably Didn't Know About
by Brian Heissenbuttel
As we know,
the 2012 Olympic games are underway. While most people will be paying attention
to the bigger sports such as swimming and volleyball, there are 33 other sports
being played during these next 17 days. Thanks to NBC, many of these events
will be broadcasted on NBC, CNBC, MSNBC, the NBC Sports Network and other
channels.
Note: No events being broadcasted between 12:00 am –
6:00 am will be listed, most people will be sleeping then.
Badminton – This sport involves two or four players standing
on opposite sides of a 5’ tall net hitting a rubber object called the
“shuttlecock” with rackets.
Event
|
Date
& Time (MT)
|
Channel
|
Men’s
Doubles:
USA
vs. Malaysia
|
Sunday,
July 29
11:50
am – 12:15 pm
|
NBC
Sports Network
Comcast
ch. DTV ch. 603
|
Men’s
Doubles:
USA
vs. Japan
|
Monday,
July 30
1:45
pm – 3:00 pm
|
MSNBC
Comcast
ch. DTV ch. 356
|
Men’s
Qualifying
|
Tuesday,
July 31
9:15
am – 10:15 am
|
MSNBC
|
Semifinal
Matches
|
Thursday,
August 2
2:00
pm – 2:30 pm
|
MSNBC
|
Men’s
Singles:
Semifinals
|
Friday,
August 3
12:30
pm – 1 pm
|
MSNBC
|
Mixed
Doubles:
Final
|
Friday,
August 3
1:45
pm – 2:15 pm
|
MSNBC
|
Women’s
Singles:
Gold
Medal Match
|
Saturday,
August 4
9:15
am – 10:00 am
|
MSNBC
|
Women’s
Doubles:
Gold
Medal Match
|
Saturday,
August 4
11:45
am – 12:30 pm
|
MSNBC
|
Men’s
Doubles:
Gold
Medal Match
|
Sunday,
August 5
1:00
pm – 1:30 pm
|
NBC
Sports Network
|
Equestrian: This sport involves riders and horses, and has
three main events: Dressage, Eventing, and Jumping. Each of those three test
the riders and horses differently.
Event
|
Date
& Time (MT)
|
Channel
|
Eventing
& Dressage
|
Sunday,
July 29
12:15
pm – 1:00 pm
|
NBC
Sports Network
Comcast
73 DTV 603
|
Individual
& Team Eventing
|
Monday,
July 30
6:15
am – 10:45 am
|
NBC
Sports Network
|
Individual
Jumping
|
Tuesday,
July 31
7:15
am – 8:45 am
|
NBC
Sports Network
|
Team
Dressage
Qualifying
|
Thursday,
August 2
11:30
am – 12:30 pm
|
MSNBC
Comcast
65 DTV 356
|
Team
Dressage
Qualifying
(cont.)
|
Friday,
August 3
10:30
am – 11:30 am
|
MSNBC
|
Jumping
Qualifying
|
Saturday,
August 4
1:30
pm – 2:30 pm
|
NBC
Sports Network
|
Team
Jumping
Final
|
Sunday,
August 5
12:30
pm – 1:00 pm
|
KUSA
Comcast
9 DTV 9
|
Team
Jumping
Final
(cont.)
|
Monday,
August 6
11:00
am – 11:45 am
|
KUSA
|
Team
Dressage
Final
|
Tuesday,
August 7
8:45
am – 9:30 am
|
NBC
Sports Network
|
Individual
Jumping
Final
|
Wednesday,
August 8
9:00
am – 9:45 am
|
KUSA
|
Individual
Dressage
Final
|
Thursday,
August 9
7:00
am – 9:00 am
|
MSNBC
|
Handball: A sport where two teams of seven throw a heavy ball
around a court and try to score on the other team.
Event
|
Date
& Time (MT)
|
Channel
|
Women’s
Handball:
Spain
vs. Denmark
|
Wednesday,
August 1
2:30
pm – 3:00 pm
|
MSNBC
Comcast
65 DTV 356
|
Men’s
Handball:
Serbia
vs. Denmark
|
Thursday,
August 2
12:30
pm – 2:00 pm
|
MSNBC
|
Men’s
Handball:
Sweeden
vs. Iceland
|
Thursday,
August 2
3:00
pm – 4:00 pm
|
MSNBC
|
Men’s
Handball:
Denmark
vs. Norway
|
Friday,
August 3
2:15
pm – 4:15 pm
|
MSNBC
|
Women’s
Handball:
Denmark
vs. France
|
Sunday,
August 5
3:15
pm – 4:00 pm
|
MSNBC
|
Women’s
Handball:
Quarterfinal
Game 1
|
Tuesday,
August 7
9:30
am – 10:00 am
|
NBC
Sports Network
Comcast
73 DTV 603
|
Women’s
Handball:
Quarterfinal
Game 2
|
Tuesday,
August 7
11:45
am – 12:45 pm
|
NBC
Sports Network
|
Women’s
Handball:
Semifinals
|
Thursday,
August 9
10:00
am – 11:30 am
|
MSNBC
|
Men’s
Handball:
Semifinal
Game 1
|
Friday,
August 10
10:00
am – 11:30 am
|
MSNBC
|
Men’s
Handball:
Semifinal
Game 2
|
Friday,
August 10
2:30
pm – 4:00 pm
|
MSNBC
|
Women’s
Handball:
Bronze
Medal Match
|
Saturday,
August 11
12:00
pm – 1:30 pm
|
NBC
Sports Network
|
Women’s
Handball:
Gold
Medal Match
|
Saturday,
August 11
1:30
pm – 3:30 pm
|
NBC
Sports Network
|
Men’s
Handball:
Bronze
Medal Match
|
Sunday,
August 12
5:45
am – 7:00 am
|
NBC
Sports Network
|
Men’s
Handball:
Gold
Medal Match
|
Sunday,
August 12
8:45
am – 10:45 am
|
NBC
Sports Network
|
Rowing – A sport with individual and team events where the
athletes use specialized boats and oars to race other boats over a variety of
distances.
Event
|
Date
& Time (MT)
|
Channel
|
Qualifying
Events:
Men’s
& Women’s
|
Sunday,
July 29
2:40
pm – 3:00 pm
|
KUSA
Comcast
9 DTV 9
|
Qualifying
Events:
Men’s
& Women’s
|
Monday,
July 30
9:30
am – 10:00 am
|
KUSA
|
Quarterfinals:
Men’s
& Women’s
|
Tuesday,
July 31
10:15
am – 10:45 am
|
KUSA
|
Quarterfinal
Events &
Semifinal
Events
|
Tuesday,
July 31
1:00
pm – 1:30 pm
|
KUSA
|
Semifinal
Events &
Medal
Events
|
Wednesday,
August 1
3:45
pm – 4:00 pm
|
KUSA
|
Semifinal
Events &
Medal
Events
|
Thursday,
August 2
1:20
pm – 2:00 pm
|
KUSA
|
Medal
Events:
Men’s
& Women’s
|
Friday,
August 3
9:30 am – 9:45 am |
KUSA
|
Medal
Events:
Men’s
& Women’s
|
Friday,
August 3
2:45
pm – 3:25 pm
|
KUSA
|
Medal
Events:
Men’s
& Women’s
|
Saturday,
August 4
2:45
pm – 3:15 pm
|
KUSA
|
Synchronized Swimming: A sport where teams from each country
perform a routine in a swimming pool. Judges award points for the best
routines.
Event
|
Date
& Time (MT)
|
Channel
|
Duet:
Qualifying
|
Sunday,
August 5
8:00
am – 9:50 am
|
NBC
Sports Network
Comcast
73 DTV 603
|
Multiple
Sports: Including Synchronized Swimming
|
Monday,
August 6
8:00
am – 1:00 pm
|
Telemundo
*DTV
407
|
Duet:
Qualifying
|
Monday,
August 6
11:45
am – 12:15 pm
|
KUSA
Comcast
9 DTV 9
|
Duets
& Free Routines:
Preliminaries
|
Monday,
August 6
2:00
pm – 2:30 pm
|
KUSA
|
Multiple
Sports: Including Synchronized Swimming
|
Tuesday,
August 7
7:00
am – 3:00 pm
|
Telemundo
|
Duet:
Finals
|
Tuesday,
August 7
2:00
pm – 2:45 pm
|
MSNBC
Comcast
65 DTV 356
|
Multiple
Sports: Including Synchronized Swimming
|
Thursday,
August 9
8:00
am – 2:00 pm
|
Telemundo
|
Team
Event: Qualifying
|
Thursday,
August 9
8:00
am – 8:45 am
|
NBC
Sports Network
|
Multiple
Sports: Including Synchronized Swimming
|
Friday,
August 10
8:00
am – 4:00 pm
|
Telemundo
|
Team
Event: Finals
|
Friday,
August 10
11:30
am – 12:30 pm
|
KUSA
|
* Telemundo not available on
Comcast
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