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Cable 8 Hosts Mock News Cast for Future Coug’s

 Staff Barbe-
que Septem-
ber 19th
By Kaitlin O’Connor “It really shows off the important and incredibly
 KOMO 4 Tour
College of Communica- beneficial to those inter-
September High school future cou-
ested in the Communica-
24th gars filled Studio A on tion program.
Sept. 11th to take part in
the mock news broadcast
“It allows students to
hosted by Cable 8. A
experience what they
campus-wide event at might want to be in-
WSU Future Cougar volved in if they were to
Day is dedicated to edu- enter the program. They
cating current and pro- Raquel Marcelo instructs see a glimpse of what
spective students on eve- Future Cougs in Studio A. they would learn in
FALL 2010 rything the school has to classes and what they
SHOWS tion and all it has to of- might take into the work
offer.
fer. It also starts engag- world after school,”
Mock News 1 “Future cougar day is Adam Wallberg, Presi-
Cast ing students in thinking
really beneficial to us,” about their future and dent and General Man-
Get Lucky in 1 said Raquel Marcelo, opportunities,” Marcelo ager of Cable 8 said.
Pullman
CFO and Personnel said. See “News Cast” Pg 5
Surface 3 Manager of Cable 8. This kind of exposure is

A Chance to Get Lucky in Pullman

Controlled 3
Chaos

Lab Rats 4

By: Prashant Verma Cable 8’s first live game “We are going to target
Senior Spot- 2 show Get Lucky in Pull- different audiences,
light For the first time in man allows the commu- reaching out to fraterni-
twenty-four years of ex- nity to participate in their ties and sororities, and
istence, Cable 8 will be favorite past and present getting them to come and
doing a live game show game shows, such as: support the Greek sys-
with a live studio audi- Price is Right, Family tem, Choir members and
ence for the entire com- Feud and Minute to Win
munity to participate in. It. See “Game Show” Pg 4
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Senior Spotlight: Courtney Ramsey
By: Taylor Brooks
Courtney Ramsey, news
broadcasting major, first
got involved with Cable
8 as a freshman to gain
experience in her field.
“I was mostly interested
in talent,” she recalls,
“but wanted to be knowl-
edgeable in supporting
areas as well,” said Ram-
sey.
With that in mind she
engaged herself in a vari-
ety of positions as a crew
“This position is member, producer, and
talent on The Mix.
personally
rewarding, “I am excited about my
new position, I feel it fits
because the
my interests best,” Ram-
projects we do sey said.
can really help
This year, as the Execu-
the community.” tive Producer of Special
Projects, Ramsey will be
working closely with the
director and technical
producer to plan and co-
ordinate campus events.
“My job is to essentially
brainstorm ideas for
events and decide which
projects to do,” Ramsey
said.
THE P.L.U.G.E.
like crew. But it is
She will then work to good to get involved in
finalize times, locations, any area to gain experi-
and resources and serve ence even if it is not
as the main contact per- your first choice.”
son.
Courtney believes that
Already in a similar po- involvement is the best
sition on the Pahellenic way to get your foot-in
Council, Ramsey knows -the door somewhere
she will enjoy working and can end up leading
with groups and bring- you to bigger and bet-
ing people together. ter things.
“This position is per- “You never know if
sonally rewarding, be- you will like something
cause the projects we do until you try it and
can really help the com- every situation is an
munity,” Ramsey said. opportunity to learn
and to grow,” Ramsey
One of the first ap- said.
proved projects this
year is the Homecoming Ramsey certainly em-
Lip Sync, with many bodies the motto of
other events to follow. living life to the fullest
and taking advantage
Ramsey would love to of the opportunities
be involved in sports
that come her way
broadcasting as a as a
reporter. However, she
recognizes that it may
not happen right away
and looks forward to
working elsewhere di-
rectly after graduation.
“A lot of people come
to Cable 8 thinking they
want to do one specific
thing, like talent, so
they ignore other areas
WASHINGTON STATE
Cable 8 Introduces New Adventure Show
Are you ready to explore
the Pacific Northwest
through the eyes of a wild
road trip produced on Ca-
ble 8’s new show Surface?
Surface is a new show for
Cable 8 premiering on
Sept. 27th.
It’s an investigative show
that scours the Pacific
Northwest looking for the
weird and the entertaining.
Alex Usinger, the director
Don’t Let Chaos Catch You
By Jordana King
April Fools’ Day is the
only day of the year desig-
nated to ruthless prank-
pulling. Cable 8’s new
comedy show, Controlled
Chaos, will attempt to pull
commercial-free pranks
365 days a year.
Controlled Chaos is Cable
8’s version of MTV Punk’d
including the director and
creator Brady Bonser as
WSU’s Ashton Kutcher,
assisted by producer,
David Peat who prank
crew members and WSU
students such as the celeb-
rity victims on MTV.
of Surface, describes the
new show as,
“An adventurous show that
explores the peoples and See “Surface” Pg 6
Controlled Chaos took the
plunge this summer as
Bonser and Peat began
working side-by-side pre-
paring quite the list of
practical jokes that cur-
rently await daily broad-
cast segments this semes-
ter on Channel 8 from 9
p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
“If our viewers are going
to have half as much fun
watching the show as we
do making it, then it’s well
worth it,” said Peat, head
of productions.
In addition, Bonser and
Peat have set up “how-to”
videos to replace tradi-
tional commercial seg-
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places you would never expect.”
This inventive program takes its
viewers to festivals, extreme
sporting events, and anywhere
else in the Northwest Usinger
and his small team decides to
go.
“The team likes to keep things
simple. much can change on the
road,” Usinger said.
ments and give viewers the
chance to witness anony-
mous crew members of
“If our
Controlled Chaos as they
prepare and assemble each viewers are
prank.
going to
“Anonymity makes it bet-
ter,” said Peat. “It keeps have half as
them intrigued.”
much fun
Expect a random appear- watching the
ance by Cable 8’s anony-
mous prankster as he show as we
roams WSU’s campus as a
mascot and promoter of do making it,
Controlled Chaos, said
then it’s well
Peat.
worth it”
You could be next on the
chaos list.
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WSU students
gathered around the
Get Lucky in Pullman
table on the Terell
Mall to participate in
preview games for the
show such as Minute
to Win It. Students
competed for Cable 8
promotional items.
THE P.L.U.G.E.
Game Show Brings Live Audience
Continued from Page ment, something that chance of complica-
1 they could enjoy,” said tions. That is why this
Renberg. season is important for
freshmen students just the show, and if all
to name a few,” pro- The creator of the goes well for Renberg
ducer Jamie Renberg show Michael DeTerra and crew, the show
said. could become a fan
favorite in no time
So, what’s in it for and the same suc-
students? Sure, it cess will carry on
will be a lot of fun next semester and
being live on TV, forward.
but like every game
show there will be The premiere is Fri-
prizes that students day, Sept. 24th, at 8
can look forward to. P.M. The live game
along with producer show takes place in
With the help from lo- Jamie Renberg and Murrow West, Studio
cal businesses and stu- crew members have A, as the participants
dent organizations at been working on this of the show will be lin-
WSU, there will be idea throughout the ing up right outside the
promotional give away summer. door.
packages and gift cards
donated from these Doing a live game “It will be a lot of fun;
businesses and organi- show at campus atmos- it’s always fun to
zations awarded to phere is quite a chal- watch people make a
contestants on the lenge, and since it’s the fool of themselves
show that participate first one ever at Cable while participating in
and win the games. 8, there is a greater these crazy competi-
tions,” Renberg said.
“We have ideas on
prizes, we are talking Instead of watching
to all local business, these shows on your
and we want prizes that TV come participate
appeal to students. We for prizes on Friday
don’t want to give any- night.
thing small and dinky
so that students don’t
want to come back
next time around. We
would like something
that would interest
them, like in entertain-
 VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1 PAGE 5

Not Your Normal Science Lab

By Courtney Goss Lab Rats, as Arditty states, Office, where the idea of
“is a mockumentary that working in a cubicle and
The transition from high follows a group of newly selling paper isn’t the very
school to college can be an admitted college freshman appealing, Lab Rats turns
awkward, scary, intimidat- in their biology 101 class. a daunting freshman year
ing point in any col- It is a comedy classroom into a comedy.
lege student’s life. featuring an over-
You’re in a new place, “It is a bearing TA that This will be the first sea-
with new people and mockumentary addresses how to son of Lab Rats ever pro-
have a plethora of new deal with balanc- duced, and Boardman and
responsibilities. that follows a
ing life and aca- Arditty are excited to see
group of newly demics.” the characters come to life
Whether you can re-
and interact.
member those days, or admitted
Boardman contin-
you’re experiencing college ued, “ I wanted a To find out
them now, imagine
way to tie college more infor-
entering your first col- freshman in
students in. This mation about
lege science lab class. their biology
show relates to Lab Rats visit
It’s three dreadful
every students their Face-
hours long, just a few 101 class.”
experiences and book at, Lab
students and your
resembles the for- Rats on Cable
teacher is a TA.
mat of the The Office, 8, or simply
This point in every stu- which is a popular comedy tune in to
dent’s college career is that most people love.” channel 8 to watch!
what Director J.R. Board-
The purpose of Lab Rats is
man and Producer Sabin
to turn a scary and some-
Arditty wanted to reenact
what boring situation into
in a television show.
a comedy. Just like in The

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Lizzy Teitzel
Edward R. Murrow College of
Communication
Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164-2520
TO HEAR FROM YOU! Send
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http://cable8.org
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Phone: (509) 335-5219 Cable 8 Productions is a student-

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E-mail: team members write, produce,

Cable8Productions@gmail.com and direct original program-

ming.
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Surface Premiers First Season

Continued from Page 3
The show is packed with
adventures, and to accom-
plish this degree of sponta-
neity, the team packs light
on the road.
“We left with a team of
four and only a few cam-
eras, we like to keep things
simple and our schedule
open,” Usinger explains.
Simple doesn’t do the ac-
tion packed show justice.
One weekend, the cast and
crew Filmed Dave
Mathews at the gorge. The
action didn’t stop there;
they also travelled to Bum-
bershoot in Seattle and met
another Dave, the owner
of “Dave’s Killer Bread”.
The team continued their
adventure with Bumber-
shoot hip-hop musicians.
While filming various Se-
attle hip-hop musicians
they got a shot of Bob Dy-
lan performing.
The future couldn’t look
brighter for the new show
Surface. Usinger and his
crew are well on their way
to finding the most intrigu-
ingly bizarre people and
places.
Tune in to channel 8 at
9:45 to watch these adven-
tures take place.

News Cast Draws Students to Studio

Continued from Page 1
During the students were
separated into two sections
according to their inter-
ests; an on-camera crew,
and a supportive (off-
camera) crew.
“The students learn the
parts of Technical director,
Floor director, anchors,
how to use the camera and
the audio, lighting, and
recording equipment,”
Marcelo said. This event was a huge suc-
cess helping to pave the
Wallberg finished off the academic pathways of
mock news cast with a those new to the Univer-
short speech thanking the sity.
audience, educators, and
participants for their vari-
ous roles in the presenta-
tion. As our very own Ed-
ward R. Murrow once
quoted, “We cannot make
good news out of bad
practice.”

Cable 8 is dedicated to
practicing and perfecting
broadcasting, beginning in
the very simplest stages
here with our future Cou-
gars.
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Edward R. Murrow College of
Communication
Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164-2520
Phone: (509) 335-5219
Fax: (509) 335-1555
E-mail: Cable8Productions@gmail.com
Cable 8 Productions is a student-run television
station where team members write, produce,
Cable 8 Productions is a student-run television
and direct original programming. It was
station where team members write, produce,
founded in 1986 to equip Washington State
and direct original programming. It was
University broadcasting students with practical
founded in 1986 to equip Washington State
television experience on a local cable station
University broadcasting students with practical
serving the Pullman and Moscow communities.
television experience on a local cable station
serving the Pullman and Moscow communities.

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