Disaster Porn by Alana Davis, Julia Amberg, and Sara Rabot Three students from Howard Good’s spring 2010 Media Ethics class delve into the issue of the media’s coverage of disastrous events such as 9/11 and the earthquake in Haiti. Using the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Code of Ethics, the […]
Justin McCarthy
College kids love to party. The average student has seen or tried it all. Drugs and alcohol are an escape. Some drink to forget their social embarrassment. Others take drugs to fit in. Some do it to run away from everything. But a night of debauchery can easily turn into […]
I was so excited, I practically threw my ID at him. It was my very first purchase of an alcoholic beverage at a bar. Legally, I mean. And I wasn’t paying for it. “What do you want?” my friend, Roy, said, removing a $20 bill from his wallet. “Something strong. […]