Speaker

We had a speaker today, Karen, who was a fairly renownd journalist. Her main focus was to talk about her experience at a protest in Gena, LA. I do not want to be a reporter, but I did learn alot from what she had to do as far as being one. She went to the town trying to be as open minded as she could and get all of the information she could to write the best and most accurate story. In the end, most reporters wrote stories focusing on the main, most famous speakers and did not represent the town in the light they felt was fair. We also discussed the recent murders in Denton. I knew Melanie and honestly wish people would stop reminding me everywhere I turn that she is gone. I want to say one thing though that I also said in class. We need a better system of getting our campus news. I had no idea two other girls were murdered, and maybe if Melanie had known that she might have been more careful. I know I am now, I have a new pepper spray keychain. That's something that needs to be fixed for safety sake. I know the universities main goal, accourding to my own perceptions and from the mouths of the parking dept, is what they're going to build next and not the overall safety and convenience of the people paying for it, but I think their priorities are just a bit mixed up. I can't wait to graduate. Sorry I got so angry there, your class is great.

HH