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These student-written stories demonstrate watchdog journalism happening on college campuses across the United States. One hundred and fifty students from 30 different colleges participated in Campus Coverage Project over the last two years, and these articles represent some of their work. Follow the links and read the stories to find out what’s happening and to glean ideas for research and writing on your own campus.
by Alex Campbell
Campus Coverage Project, '10
Northwestern University, '11
At first glance, the numbers look impressive.
Indiana University's yearly economic impact on the state: $4.9 billion. The impact of its health programs: $6.6 billion.
And, perhaps most jaw-dropping of all: For each dollar that state taxpayers invest in IU, they receive a return of $24.91.
As IU officials presented these numbers at a press conference on Thursday --...
William Garbe
University of Dayton
The Flyer News reports that University of Dayton's Kennedy Union dining hall received a total of five public health violations in five inspections spanning Feb. 18, 2010, to Oct. 28, 2011.
"It's a very complex operation, and for us to have two [inspections] with no violations at all is kind of outstanding," Douglas Lemaster, associate director of Dining Services, said.
David Radkey,...
by Allison Prang
University of Missouri
Shannon Jewitt started receiving credit offers through Bank of America after she graduated from the University of Missouri in 2008, but she never understood why. She hadn’t provided them with her personal information or opted into offers to be solicited.
Now she knows. The university had given student directory information to the Mizzou Alumni Association, which has a long-standing contract with Bank of...
By Lindsey Cook
University of Georgia
This is follow-up reporting on international program regulations at the University of Georgia. Read the first story here.
In half of University study abroad classes from summer 2011, every student received an A, according to documents obtained by The Red & Black. Seventy-five percent of classes averaged a grade report of A...
By Frannie Sprouls
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Since the afternoon of Jan. 23, Amanda Wekesser has not been able to sleep in her own bed, access all of her clothes or complete her homework.
Wekesser is a Selleck Quadrangle resident assistant at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln whose room was infested with live bedbugs. And she wasn't allowed to tell her residents about it, she said.
"It's not fair that I'd be asked to hide this from them...
by Mac Cerullo
University of Connecticut
Jim Calhoun and Geno Auriemma are worth a lot to the University of Connecticut, between the money they bring in annually in ticket sales and the publicity their programs bring to the school. But are they worth their own weight in gold?
Not based on their annual earnings.
According to the most recently available Connecticut payroll data, Calhoun and Auriemma — head coaches of the university's men's and women...
by Lindsey Cook
University of Georgia
Since President Michael Adams joined the University of Georgia in 1997, he has emphasized global education. Now, 2,000 students — a quarter of the student body — study abroad each year.
But with rapid growth, administrators are struggling to keep up with study abroad regulation. Fewer than half of the international programs include post-trip evaluation data, according to documents obtained by The Red & Black....
Note to student journalists: This can be localized at any of your schools that have lottery scholarships.
By Chelsea Boozer
Managing Editor, The Daily Helmsman
University of Memphis President Shirley Raines is among officials opposed to a bill in Congress that they said might cause a decrease in funding for HOPE Lottery Scholarships.
A measure to legalize online poker playing in the United States has been proposed by Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tex.),...
