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You are out of state, nothing is familiar to you. You know nobody but the people you are with. You have a task to do, and sixteen hours to complete it. Then your time is up. “I loved it,” said Aaron Mauss, a former student, reflecting on his past years involved with the show. The class is broadcast journal   ism,   taught by Mr. Crawford in the white building. “They go into it thinking it’s an easy A,” said Crawford. Cougar Connection was a student produced show which was aired every Wednesday after the morning announcements. The show is around ten minutes long, and when walking into a home   room   one could see a majority of students paying attention to it.   The cougar connection staff cover things that are happening around our school: things stirring up controversy, sports, clubs, etc. They even produce a special episode in       which they take the time to film       and edit at a conference which this year will be held in Florida. The sweet sixteen is a special part of the conference that gives students sixteen hours to come up with an idea for a show, shoot, and       edit it. Throughout a normal week       at school, during class and outside       of class, they film, edit, put it all       together and then have it air the morning after putting an unlimited amount of time into the show. Cougar Connection was a piece of our school that students loved. However, last year, the year of 2007-2008, it was cut due to the       lack of participants signed up.   due to the lack of participants       signed up. “I was disappointed that a program that has had success wouldn’t be continued,” said Crawford.       “I was super upset!” Mauss said,       regarding the cancellation of cougar connection his senior year of high school.       Mauss, along with many other       former staff members of the show were devastated when they heard that it would be discontinued that year. Everything that had gone on in the previous years: the drama, building up cougar connection, getting the funds to run the shows, obtaining more money to purchase new equipment, the awards that they had won during the trips to California, and getting the student body excited to watch it every Wednesday morning, all went to waste.       Cougar Connection is back, and   tion staff hopes that once this year is over with, there wont be anymore hassles. The staff hopes that       more students will sign up to take       this life changing course.       “Make it count,” Mauss said; giv   ing   advice to upcoming staff members, “It’s worth it.” ]]> Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:18:16 GMT