Journal 5

Word of the week: trochanter. "The scientists noticed that the fleas sometimes jumped with trochanters and tarsi both planted on the Styrofoam." Webster's New College World dictionary defines it as the second segment from the base of an insect leg. Origin: Gr trochantēr < trechein, to run. Merriam-Webster's says basically the same, Greek trochantēr; akin to Greek trechein to run with a first known use in 1615. The writer is using the word when discussing a disagreement between two scientists on which part of the leg fleas use to jump.

Catch of the week:
"Florida State (18-7, 8-3) committed eight turnovers in the opening eight minutes, and the Cavaliers led by four with just fewer than 10 minutes remaining in the first half despite the Seminoles' best player, forward Chris Singleton, having tallied 11 points."
It should be less than, because minutes refers to an amount of minutes, not the individual minutes themselves.

Headline of the week:
Student Body President candidates against block tuition

Confusing, confusing, confusing. I had to read the headline at least two or three times to grasp what it was trying to convey. 

I would have gone with something else. Like, Unite, Progress can agree on one thing: block tuition.

Students understand there is only two parties, and most everyone apart from the administration is against block tuition, so that doesn't need to be in the headline.

Passage of the week:

"Craig Grant smiles, crooked teeth beneath his white handlebar mustache. He offers a rough hand with dirty nails, nods, looks away. Like he's trying to be personable but it doesn't come easy."This comes from a feature about the Caboodle Ranch in Madison County by Leonora LaPeter Anton of the St. Pete Times. I saw the ranch featured on the Colbert Report and Anton's account provides a greater background that I found compelling.