plan to work with the WSUstudy abroad program to dis-cuss places to stay as well asthe living cir-cumstances theywill need to planfor.CrewmemberKelsey Lynchbelieves thisdocumentaryand awarenessproject will bebeneficial forWSU students.“We want tobring the youthof our schooltogether to support the youthin Africa who are commonlyimpacted by Malaria,” Lynchsaid.

See “Africa” Page 5

By Danielle Gilbertson

Vice President of SpecialProjects Adam Wallberg isplanning a trip to Africa thissummer to tape a specialdocumentary on Malaria.“I wanted to do somethingwith the talent and power of Cable 8,” Wallberg said. “Iknow that we all have thecapability and power to takethese talents outside of theschool.”Wallberg facilitated theidea to create this productionwhich will take place inKenya and will cover the im-pacts of Malaria. With thehelp of four other membersincluding Kelsey Frederic,executive producer of SpecialProjects, and crewmemberKelsey Lynch, the team plansto conquer three demograph-ics within the region.“We want to shoot in themost com-mon citiessurround-ing Kenyawith highpopula-tions, andthe capitalwhich isNairobi,as well asthe mostwestern-ized cit-ies,” Wall-berg said.The team is still in the proc-ess of funding their trip toAfrica, but they hope to re-ceive grants from the GatesFoundation. In addition, they

By Kelsey Carey

Tired of the same old sit-com TV shows with pointlessplotlines and middle-agedcelebrities playing highschool students?If you are, the solution iscloser than you think. The sixepisode show,

Garage Film

,is a representation of over-coming one’s fears and goingfor something that may seemunattainable.The main characters Alex,Chris and Lacey played byDanny Vogt, Ethan Unlandand Molly Sabia have beengiven an assignment to makea feature-length film with thegoal of it being entered in afilm competition. While film-ing their movie, both leadmen simultaneously findthemselves falling in love

See “Garage Film” Page 5

Cable 8

Goes Global

Garage Film

Inspires Viewers

The P.L.U.G.E.

NOVEMBER 2009WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY

CABLE 8

SHOWSFALL 2009:

Inside the LinesGet Hooked Up!The MixAlways On TheMovieVideo UndergroundWazzu CribsCook’s CuisineGarage FilmStudio 41

INSIDETHIS ISSUE:

Senior Spot-light

Alumni Let-ter

ManhattanCorner

Always On The Movie

The Miz

Africa Trip

Garage Film

PAGE 2

Senior Spotlight: Megan Erwin

By Danielle Gilbertson

CFO and PersonalManager of

Cable 8

Productions MeganErwin had an interestin the news ever sinceshe was a child, shesaid.Her outgoing person-ality and powerfulpublic speaking skillsbegan during her yearsin high school whileshe participated intheater classes.Erwin has fulfilledthe position of CFOfor two years. Her in-volvement with Cable8 Productions startedher freshman year atWSU.“When I came to myfirst visit at WSU Iknew that this was the placewhere I wanted to be,” shesaid. “They had one of thebest communicationschools in the na-tion, and I wantedto be a part of it.”During her tour atWSU, Erwin wasfirst introduced tothe

Cable 8 Produc-tions

by a WSUstudent.“I was told that Cable 8was a place for students toget involved with televi-sion, and I thought that thiswas a great idea,” she said.“I knew right away that Iwanted to get involved withit.”Erwin’s career with

Ca-ble 8

began while she wasthe moderator for the show,

Taking on the Issues

. Hersophomore year she becamea crewmember on the showand she later became theproducer.Erwin has hadexperience withboth productionand broadcastingand hopes to pur-sue a broadcastcareer after col-lege.“Whether it be onthe air or produc-ing I see myself at a localnews station after college,”she said. “I want to be inthe Seattle area either pro-ducing or on a televisionshow. I love television and Ihave always wanted to be apart of it.”Erwin encourages fresh-man to get involved withthe program because shebelieves that it has made asignificant impact on herlife and has guided her fu-ture in broadcasting.

THE P.L.U.G.E.

“With Cable 8,you don’t just learn by watching, you learn by doing.”

Monique Dugaw

Former Cable 8 Anchor,Reporter, Producer,Photographer, President and General Manager

Alumni Letters

By Monique Dugaw

Former

Cable 8

Anchor, Reporter,Producer, Photographer, Presidentand General Manager

When it comes to learning,there is nothing more valuablethan hands-on experience. Run-ning a camera, writing scripts,producing television shows, andbalancing budgets – I was able todo all these things and muchmore by being a part of

Cable 8Productions.

The knowledge that I gainedfrom writing, producing andbeing in front of the camera whileworking with

Cable 8

was in-valuable in under-standing and ex-celling in my first job as a news-caster at the toprated NBC stationin Boise, ID.I now direct and manage allcommunications and publicevent and maintaining a bal-anced budget I practiced whilewith

Cable 8

stillprove to help me,even years downthe road.With

Cable 8

,you don’t justlearn by

watching

,you learn by

do-ing

. Along withhard work, that“

doing”

is whathelped to propel my career intohigh gear.

The Manhattan Corner

PAGE 3WASHINGTON STATE

By Yevgeniya SolodovnikovaCable 8 Advisor

While

Cable 8 Productions’

season is taking its normalcourse and new episodes are beingproduced and aired, the

Cable 8

Executive Board is getting into aspending mode with deals, wishlists and quotes. This year’s execstake on a huge and very ambitiousproject – the construction of a newmonitor bridge in the control roomof Studio A.Last week,

Cable 8

execs andadvisors had two meetings regard-ing this project.First, we met with Don Petersfrom Educational and Public Mediaat WSU. Don designed the controlroom and was the Project Managerwhen

KWSU

was building a newhigh definition facility in Studio B.We also met with Brad Fisher fromDiversified Systems, a system inte-gration company that specializes indesigning and building broadcastfacilities. At these initial meetings,we presented our vision of the fu-ture control room as well as dis-cussed other equipment needs of theorganization.In addition to the new monitorbridge,

Cable 8

will be looking intopurchasing a wireless microphonesystem for the studio, wireless IFBsystem and cameras for the fieldproductions, and automation for24/7 operation. Final Cut edit sta-tions and a server are also on ourwish list.All these projects promise hardwork and excitement. And eventhough it may take more time andmoney than expected to accomplishall of them, we rolled up oursleeves and got down to business.Meanwhile, we started seeingearly benefits of

KWSU

’s mergerwith the Murrow College.

KWSU

donated three nitrogen filled pedes-tals to Studio A. One camera madeit to a new pedestal last week.Finally, we can all enjoy newsanchors sitting straight up (and nottilted!) on Camera 1. The other twocameras will, hopefully, getmounted on the new pedestals nextweek. Additionally,

Cable 8

mightbe able to use the analog-to-digitalconverter and some other pieces of equipment from

KWSU

in the newcontrol room.On a side note, I am going to LosAngeles in November. I will beattending a five-day faculty seminarfull of presentations and interac-tions with studios, production com-panies, networks and their produc-tion and programming people. I amvery excited about this trip and willreport back to you about it in one of the issues of theTake care!

by Jamie Renberg,

Cable 8

’s

Always on the Movie

featuresreviews on newreleases, trail-ers, and DVDs.Bieber said theshow also in-cludes seg-ments on Hol-lywood enter-tainment like

aswells as the latest ce-lebrity gossip. Addi-tionally, it providesadvice on how to getthe perfect movie experience.DVD reviewer Erik Hokanson

By Courtney Goss

Well, it’s that timeof year again. Theleaves are falling, thecold brisk air is settlingin, and it’s just abouttime to bundle up inevery clothing item youown just to leave thehouse. With that said,what is there to do inthe winter when goingout doors is obviouslynot an option?

Cable 8

has the perfect solution.Produced by Kayla Bieber and directedsaid his job on theshow is “to rent themovie, watch it andthen inform the view-ers of what the moviesabout, a little about theactors and if he recom-mends it or not.”This show is ex-tremely helpful in de-ciding which movies to spend moneyon and which ones you should just by-pass.

Always on the Movie

airs everyMonday at 8:30 p.m. Tune in and stayupdated on this season’s newest enter-tainment!

Always on the Movie

Offers Useful Advice

“Cable 8 will be looking into purchasing a wireless microphone system for the studio, wireless IFB system and cameras for the field productions, and automation for 24/7 operation.”

Yevgeniya Solodovnikova

Cable 8 Advisor