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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 Chelsea Boozer
Taking University of Memphis courses from a computer rather than a
classroom may take less mobile effort, but is significantly more costly.
Online courses are at least $20 more than on-campus courses. Comparing a
course load of 15 credit hours, students taking only online courses
pay nearly $1,500 more each semester than on-campus students. ...
I helped this new staff reporter track down the state documents and sources for this story, which began when I visited this facility and saw the boil orders. She's been studying radio for three years and I think this story is not bad for her third written piece, especially since we reported, wrote and edited it all in two days.
By Emily Creasia, edited by Jayme Fraser
The water system at Lubrecht Experimental Forest...
By Chelsea Boozer
According to several signs recently posted across campus, most University of Memphis students don't drink alcohol during the week. However, these signs don't display statistics or the fact that most students have imbibed within the past year.
The signs read, "Most U of M students report they consume zero alcoholic drinks in an average week."
When asked their opinion on the signs, several students said they were unsure of its claim. Four of seven who...
by Chelsea Boozer
Students who don't purchase required course materials by the first day of class may want to do a price comparison before turning to the on-campus bookstore. Researching textbook costs for six freshman-level courses – a total of seven books – The Daily Helmsman found prices varied among online seller Amazon.com and the three textbook stores on or near the University of...
By Mitch Smith
Volleyball and wrestling fans have purchased more than 19,000 hot dogs in the NU Coliseum since the beginning of 2008.
But the Coliseum's two concession stands haven't been inspected in that time period and apparently not for several years prior, which one food safety advocate said could put fans at risk of illness.
By UNL senior staff, Kiah Haslett
Every year, the senior staff at University of Nebraska-Lincoln pick a topic to explore various ways for the student body as a special project. They have a budget for travel and special publication. This year, the staff picked UNL's move to the Big Ten and the school's lack of preparation for that move.
Haslett was a head editor on the project, and she helped craft story ideas and edit from start to finish. She also wrote one of the stories....
By Riley Johnson, edited by Kiah Haslett
Despite the bankruptcy of Sbarro, a pizza chain, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Union location will remain open. Haslett and Johnson localized the story by explaining the company's balance sheet and financial position, the changing relationship between UNL and the restaurant, and the company's and students' reactions to the news that...
By Hailey Konnath, edited by Kiah Haslett
Haslett looked up the federal student loan default rate (called the cohort default rate) for the University of Nebraska Lincoln and found it was extremely low (less than 2 or 5 percent). Konnath did discover, however, that the window for defaults is changing. While the change won't affect UNL...
