The Sentinel, the KSU
newspaper, has articles group into various categories: news, opinion, arts
& living, and sports. After viewing several pages of the archives from the
news and opinion sections, it seemed to me that three major topics have been
talked about a lot lately. These are having guns on campus, known as campus
carry, politics, and celebrating our multicultural atmosphere at KSU. Issues
regarding campus carry abounded in both the news and opinion sections of The
Sentinel. Articles read “KSU professor arrested for protesting campus carry” to
“We are law-abiding citizens concerned with personal safety and the
constitutional right to bear arms.” It seems that this issue is a vary dividing
one at KSU. Politics is another hot topic, which is not surprising since the presidential
election is coming up in a few months. There does not seem to be any particular
stances that are held widely among KSU students from looking at the various
articles. Finally, topic of the school’s multicultural atmosphere seems to be another
thing popularly talked about. Some examples of articles are “Summit unites
Chindian culture” and “KSU honors Black History Month with “50 Shades of Black.”
The major concerns of the
KSU community, as discovered from the news and opinion section, seem similar to
concerns of all university students in or near Atlanta. All Georgia
universities are dealing with the new laws passed for carrying guns on campus.
Pretty much all students are concerned with politics right now because of the
upcoming presidential election. Celebrating diverse student populations is a
topic of interest for almost all universities near or in Atlanta.
The other sections of the
Sentinel, the sports and arts & living sections, talk about other concerns
more specific to the KSU community. Students obviously are concerned about how
KSU’s sport teams are doing and the arts & living section discusses various
concerts, movies, and festivals going on in the area that KSU students could be
interested in.
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