Students and the News
By Kate Molander
For
many college students, the news is no on the top of their “to watch” list. Some
students can’t find the time to watch the news or just don’t want to bother
with it. The news can be a difficult thing to watch, but it is a necessary
component to understand the world we live in. Senior Jenna McGoogan, Fine Arts
Major at Frostburg State University, said, “I don’t really keep up with the
news around here but the Kony story is what I’ve been hearing most about.” McGoogan
added that this story first caught her attention because pictures and comments
on the Kony situation were continually popping up in her Facebook news feed.
Katie Ecker, a junior Psychology Major
at FSU, noticed that she has been seeing a lot of stories that are a few years
old and recently began resurfacing. Stories like, “news on the trial for the
hate crimes of the Rutgers University suicide scandal.” Eckers feels that the
news needs to also give more attention to some of international stories: “I
feel like everything going on in Africa, like disease and such, is
under-reported.”
Some college students have started
feeling the pressure of graduating and finding jobs in this economy. Richard
Zimmerman, a senior Business Administration Major at FSU, has been paying close
attention to the economic aspects of the news. He has been interested in “the
fact that people are debating whether or not the economy will grow or enter
another depression. It relates to my ability to get a job after I graduate.”
There are, however certain types of news
that may catch a student’s interest enough that they decide to tune in.
McGoogan recalls a story that really caught her interest when she was working
as an intern at a newspaper in her hometown: “I heard this story about a cop
who stabbed two firefighters while he was on a ‘journey to meet Jesus.’ I don’t
think that was reported enough.” Zimmerman stated that he felt more that
information about business and our government was under-reported. “I think in
general all news media needs to push for more transparency in business and
government meaning more exposure of all their activities, which helps prevent
poor ethics.”
Regardless of what really interests the
average student, it is becoming more and more important for students to tune in
to the world around them and pay attention to the news.
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