Big on politics
Perspectives from schools hosting *the* debates, gender roles in wildlife crime and a university president testing positive for the coronavirus.
Happy Friday! This work is absolutely amazing, so I hope you take some time to look through these incredible pieces. Before you scroll, a short reminder that my Diversity & Inclusion report is available here. Happy reading!
News
The Vice Presidential Debate: The Golden Tickets
Ivana Martinez and Kayleigh Silverstein, The Daily Utah Chronicle, University of Utah
Martinez and Silverstein outline how students at the University of Utah, which is hosting the vice presidential debate on Oct. 7, can acquire tickets to the event. A sentence that caught my eye: “If a student tests positive for COVID-19 or is not able to attend the debate, they are not able to transfer or sell their ticket to anyone else. “
Pence expresses support for military, cadets at VMI
Sophie Kidd and Grace Mamon, The Ring-tum Phi, Washington and Lee University
Kidd and Mamon’s article is well-rounded, as they balance coverage of Vice President Pence’s speech with cited fact-checks. They also include the opinions of protestors who expressed their distaste at the event.
Features/A&E
City Deficit Could Close Warrensburg Animal Shelter
Skye Melcher, The Muleskinner, University of Central Missouri
Melcher describes how the difference of $90,000 dollars can make or break an animal shelter in their local community. They also cover the implications of the shelter closing and the groups attempting to save the establishment.
Mission Tiki Drive-In is having a moment
Sebastian Ibarra, The Campus Times, The University of La Verne
Ibarra describes how a local drive-in movie theater is experiencing a cultural revival. Their article talks about how movie-goers are finding community and entertainment while maintaining social distancing policies.
Sports
Professors share thoughts on opening sports stadiums for voting
Gail Grady, The Trinitonian, Trinity University
Grady’s article covers the positive effects that using sports stadiums as polling stations may have on voter turnout. Their article has perspectives from political science and sports media professors on historical movements to increase accessibility to voting and whether or not stadiums make a marginal difference.
Terry Porter: ‘Allowing players or student athletes the ability to express their opinion is important’
William Seekamp, The Beacon, The University of Portland
Seekamp interviews Terry Porter about racial tensions, student athlete activism and Black men’s interactions with law enforcement. Something interesting I learned from this article: the “Russell Rule, a new West Coast Conference (WCC) regulation requiring that all member schools include a minority candidate as a finalist for all athletic director, senior administrator, head coach and full-time assistant coach positions.”
Opinions
To Honor Audre Lorde’s Vision for Hunter College, We Must Rename Hunter West
Alexis Fisher, Diana Kennedy and Jada Shannon, The Envoy, Hunter College
Fisher, Kennedy and Shannon make the case for renaming a building after an incredibly influential graduate of their school: Audre Lorde. Evidence they used in the argument includes unpublished notes from Lorde herself, which detail how traumatic her experience at Hunter was as a Black student.
Kuntzman: CWRU and Cleveland Clinic should not host an in-person presidential debate
Caroline Kuntzman, The Observer, Case Western Reserve University
Kuntzman advocates for prioritizing student health and safety over their university hosting a presidential debate, citing concerns of the coronavirus potentially spreading. Kuntzman’s argument includes how two universities who were initially supposed to host rejected the offer.
Audio
Mask Diplomacy with Brian Wong
Multiple hosts, Hopkins Podcast on Foreign Affairs, Johns Hopkins University
In this episode, a few unnamed hosts have a conversation with Rhodes Scholar elect Brian Wong, who discusses China’s PPE protocol, how cultural differences play into how mask-wearing is perceived and how China is establishing itself as a global leader in the pandemic’s mitigation efforts.
Aalayna Green about Gender Roles in Wildlife Crime
Chelsie Boodoo and Daniel Puentes, Impact 89FM, Michigan State University
Boodoo and Puentes discuss the intersections of conversation criminology, natural resource management, and gender with Aalayna Green, an MSU senior who has conducted research on how gender roles present in meat trafficking in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Broadcast
Vision News Network: September Edition
Sarah Lawson and Marissa Avnaim, VNN, Belmont University
The news packages in this 14-minute broadcast include a student-run online Rock The Vote concert, how staff made their virtual welcome week engaging for new students and how theater students are moving their performances online.
Talking Points—Transition of Power
Natalie Fahmy, CitrusTV, Syracuse University
Analyst Natalie Fahmy covers the doubt President Trump has expressed in the legitimacy of the voting system. Fahmy analyzes the implications of the refusal of a peaceful transfer of power and cites the FBI Director’s conflicting remarks.
TK: Student journalists covering presidents who test positive
The Observer, Notre Dame’s student newspaper, covered the breaking news of University President Fr. John Jenkins testing positive for the coronavirus.
Of course, most eyes in the nation will be on the White House and how D.C. reporters are verifying Trump’s tweet. Seeing that the White House is a tad bit inaccessible to the everyday person, watching similar coverage done by student journalists may be worth your time. Here’s a link to the story in case the tweet doesn’t work.
Thank you so much for reading! I truly hope you enjoyed the work of these student journalists; I leave every newsletter crafting session inspired. If you have any campus media you’d like to pitch to me, feel free to drop a hello in my DMs. They’re always open.
Signing off,
Alex