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On a warm sunny Tuesday here on Frostburg State University, three students on the campus were interviewed about stories that are interesting and stories that do not get much attention.  The first student, James Ball Jr., from Baltimore, Maryland was asked what current or recent news story most interests him? The Freshman student quickly starts talking about the Peyton Manning release from the Colts. Ball states, “Peyton Manning is the most pivotal player in NFL history and he redefined the art of the playbook with no huddle.” He goes on to say, “He is the chief constituent in the success of the Colts in recent years; Peyton Manning’s release is both shocking to fans and detrimental to the Indianapolis franchise.” When asked what stories he thinks does not get much exposure, he talks about the United States drone killing fifteen people in Pakistan. Ball states, “The Unites states exploit their powers by taking advantage of developing nations.” Without hesitation he goes on to say, “The US feels that because of their omniscient and omnipresent military force, they can forcefully attack nations that provoke them even in the slightest capacities.”

Josh Sparks a junior majoring in Accounting from Sykesville, Maryland laughs immediately when the first interview question was asked. He talks about a six grade basketball team’s assistant coach bit the other team’s coach’s ear, because they were the loosing opponent. Sparks says, “It’s unique and doesn’t happen every day.”  After asking Sparks what stories he thinks are under-reported, he sits there with a peer-pressured look saying, “I don’t know any stories that are under-reported because they are UNDER-REPORTED.” After being pressured about having to think of at least one story that is under-reported, he finally thinks of something! Sparks talks about how the defense spending is being cut heavily, and how it’s the wrong thing to do when the United States are constantly sending troops to different countries.

 Imena Debarros a Business Administration major with a concentration in Marketing is currently a senior attending Frostburg State University. Her interest were quite different then some of the other students on the campus. The story that most interest her is Snooki from the reality television show, Jersey Shore, being pregnant.  When asked why that interests her so much, she smiles and states, “I watch the show and thought it was not surprising that she’s pregnant and it’s funny.” Debarros thinks there are not many stories that are being under-reported, because if it’s under-reported she would not know about it all. She quickly thinks of something she most recently heard about that she thinks might not be getting much exposure, and says the father that is receiving coupons under his daughter’s name with a bunch of baby products. After hearing the story, she find out that the problem was that Target’s marketing research were watching what people were buying and sending them coupons relating to their items. She states, “ Companies are getting out of hand with privacy.”