<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="'times new roman', serif">Greetings,</font><font face="'times new roman', serif"></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="'times new roman', serif">I am contacting you as a genuinely interested
student journalist working hard on an in-depth article about the March 4 Day of
Action that took place across the country. I am the deputy news editor at The
Badger Herald, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s premiere daily student
newspaper. You can view all my work for the newspaper by typing “Kyle Mianulli”
into the author box <a href="http://badgerherald.com/search/" target="_blank">here</a>. </font><font face="'times new roman', serif"></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="'times new roman', serif">My aim for this article is to pull together the
strings of action that took place March 4 from all over the country into a
unified account that accurately represents and personifies the larger movement.
This is something I have not seen effectively accomplished in the national
press, and is something I think is vital to the movement. Ambitious? Yes. Worthwhile? Absolutely. Your help in
achieving this is integral. </font><font face="'times new roman', serif"></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="'times new roman', serif">Some of you may have heard from me already. But, because
there were over a hundred movements all over the country, rather than try to
contact people individually, I am sending this e-mail to people listed on the </font><span style="color:#4D2286"><font face="'times new roman', serif"><a href="http://www.defendeducation.org/?page_id=244#WI" target="_blank">defendeducation.org contacts and events page</a></font></span><font face="'times new roman', serif">. If you can think of anyone that could
offer a valuable perspective or information that would not have been listed here, I strongly
encourage you to forward this e-mail to them. </font><font face="'times new roman', serif"></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="'times new roman', serif">As a leader in this day of action, you would be
doing a tremendous service to the cause and students all over the country if
you took a couple quick minutes to answer as many of the questions below as
thoroughly as possible. Your participation is completely voluntary and I assume
the right to use your full name in the article to cite any information you
provide. If you get figures or information from any other source, please
specify and provide a link to it if possible. </font><font face="'times new roman', serif"></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="'times new roman', serif">I usually strongly prefer a conversation over the
phone whenever possible. If you find this cause important and worthwhile I
encourage you to give me a call at either of the numbers listed at the bottom
of this e-mail in addition to your e-mail response. I am working on a deadline, so please respond as quickly as you are able to. </font><font face="'times new roman', serif"></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="'times new roman', serif">I fully intend to produce a story of real and lasting importance. Though ambitious, I truly believe this endeavor has the potential to develop
into something quite remarkable. The more responses I get, the more powerful I
think the article will be. I genuinely look forward to hearing from you.</font><font face="'times new roman', serif"></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="'times new roman', serif"> Thanks so much,</font><font face="'times new roman', serif"></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="'times new roman', serif"> </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="'times new roman', serif">Kyle Mianulli</font><font face="'times new roman', serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="'times new roman', fantasy"><br>
</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="'times new roman', -webkit-fantasy"><span style="text-decoration:underline">Questions:</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="'times new roman', serif">What is your full name and title? (i.e. How would
you like to be cited in the article?)</font><font face="'times new roman', serif"></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="'times new roman', serif">What school are you affiliated with, and what is
your role in that school? (i.e. student, faculty, professor etc.)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="'times new roman', serif">What type of
demonstrations took place on your campus the day of March 4?</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:24.0pt;text-autospace:none"><font face="'times new roman', serif"></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="'times new roman', serif">How many people participated?</font><font face="'times new roman', serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<font face="'times new roman', fantasy">What role did you play in organizing and executing the movement?</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="'times new roman', serif">What particular grievances at your school motivated
the action?</font><font face="'times new roman', serif"></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="'times new roman', serif">What was the response from law officials? Were
there arrests?</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="'times new roman', serif">What was the response from
those you directed the action toward? Was there a response from school
administrators? Legislatures? Community members?</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:24.0pt;text-autospace:none"><font face="'times new roman', serif"></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="'times new roman', serif">As specifically as you can define it, what is the
cause you are fighting for?</font><font face="'times new roman', serif"></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="'times new roman', serif">What results do you hope to see at your particular
institution?</font><font face="'times new roman', serif"></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="'times new roman', serif">What results do you hope to see on a national
level?</font><font face="'times new roman', serif"></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="'times new roman', serif">In your own words, what is the underlying issue uniting
these movements across the country? </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="'times new roman', serif">Do you have any future plans for further
demonstrations or action at your institution or elsewhere?</font><font face="'times new roman', serif"></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="'times new roman', serif">What was the most interesting or remarkable thing
that happened during or as a result of the action that took place on your
campus? <span style="font-family:'times new roman', -webkit-fantasy">What is the best personal story/account you have heard?</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="'times new roman', serif">Do you have any pictures of the events on your
campus? If so, please attach them along with who they should be attributed to should we choose to run them in
any form?</font><font face="'times new roman', serif"></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="'times new roman', serif">Do you have anything at all you would like to add?</font><font face="'times new roman', serif"></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'times new roman', -webkit-fantasy">If you have any additional comments or advice about how to further pursue and focus this story, don't hesitate to share.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="'times new roman', -webkit-fantasy"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="'times new roman', -webkit-fantasy">Thanks again</font></p>
<font face="'times new roman', serif"><br>-- <br>Kyle Mianulli<br>Deputy News Editor<br>Badger Herald<br>Office: (608) 257-4712 x113<br>Cell: (612) 280-9252<br>e-mail: <a href="mailto:kmianulli@gmail.com" target="_blank">kmianulli@gmail.com</a></font><br>