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Jheryl Porter

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What’s up with Hanson?


A student’s take on their quarantine in the apartments


Student opinions on the presidential debate


The shift of campus culture due to covid


What’s up with the academic buildings closing early?


What’s up with having two different cover testing processes?


What’s up with the residence hall living rooms not having overhead lights?


What’s up with the attic?


What’s up with the pod?


Petition to bring Subway back on campus

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  1. Post by Sarah Brinson
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    Hanson!! I am also confused about Hanson and would love to know more. 

    I am terrified of Hanson so...

  2. Post by Glenny Brock
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    Man o man! What is up with Hanson? I hope you'll do that first. I have heard it will be torn down, but is that true? And is Hanson co-ed? Previously it was all men. Has it ever been renovated? Did I tell you guys that there used to be a cigarette machine in the Hanson basement? I think it was the last one on campus.


    You know I am in favor of "Scenes from a Quarantine" stories. The challenge is to find a unique angle or slant.

    What's up with the Attic and what's up with the Pod may be two questions in a single story. I have no idea, so I'd really need you to tell me.

    A general caution about "student opinions on..." Sometimes survey stories are hard to pull off b/c it can be tough to get enough useful data. That is, if you can do a campus-wide poll or a team-wide poll or a class-wide poll or an organization-wide poll, you'll get some info, but the peril is veering into random opinions. Think about your audience (including yourself!). Whose opinions on the presidential debate matter to you? That is, you can't talk to everyone on campus, so who would you choose?

    And about Subway. What if your lede was something like, "I miss Subway so much that I considered starting a petition to bring back the on-campus sandwich shop, which closed on TKTK and has been replaced by TKTK. This is just one of TK changes that resulted in the [disappointing hellscape/beautiful plethora]  that is currently campus dining..." Then you can make it a broader food story of which Subway is just a small part. Ultimately I think that's more interesting than a list of names of people who miss sandwiches. smile

  3. Post by Lucas Lamb
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    Walking past Hanson the other day, I noticed they had fenced off the outside area near the doors. Do isolated students get outside time? Has someone tried to sneak into Hanson? Are the renovations adequate? Will people want to live in it after this year?
    I've heard strong opinions of students wanting the Mexican restraunt to return to the attic. Would students get sandwiches or Mexican food more often? Which one is the true student favorite? Why was the ramen place such a flop?
    What does campus culture consist of this year? Have freshmen gotten the BSC experience they wanted this year? What did campus culture consist of in a regular year? Is the desire to create a normal BSC campus culture responsible for larger student gatherings?
  4. Post by Sarah Wilkes
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    Please do the academic buildings closing early. It makes no sense to me and harshly affects senior projects, especially us art majors who needs the resources to do our work. I'm pretty sure I was lied to and told that they have a company come "spray" the inside of buildings, which is why they have to lock them up. I've never seen anyone spraying anything (or smelled anything, for that matter.)
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