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(continued from page 1) individuals who contribute to that community everyday. It is a group of students who have truly made a place for themselves.
So how are we as students expected to learn and become the successful members of society this school wants us to be when we are refused help in a classroom experience? Let me explain. . . as many of you may know there has been a great deal of controversy surrounding The Exchange and the work it has done this year. And the problems have only gotten worse. We have had members of the Franklin Pierce faculty and staff refuse to speak to a freshman journalism student because he was writing an article to be submitted to The Exchange. In another instance, a member of The Exchange staff was ignored by a member of the FPC staff while trying to get photographs for an Exchange article.
So it is disheartening when the success of journalism students is hindered by faculty and staff. How can this institution say it is promoting the success of its students when it refuses to participate in the success of its students?
Dr. Michael Bell stated in a letter to the editor for the Pierce Arrow, "The Exchange in an intentional teaching environment. It is a remarkable, cutting edge attempt to bring the real world of convergent journalism into the classroom while recognizing that the task of the classroom is to teach."
I do not want anyone to think that I am writing this as an advocate for The Exchange. That is not the case. I am a concerned journalism student, and it is my duty as a journalist to get the facts out there. The Exchange is an idea, a vision that gives students the opportunity to gain experience that will put them on the forefront of the media industry when they graduate.
Dr. Bell said in his response to the Pierce Arrow editorial "Writing for the Exchange is not just a classroom exercise to be published anywhere, it is an essential component of a planned learning moment of the highest order and the finest quality. It is a measure of what we do best at Franklin Pierce; it is an evidence of why our faculty have earned national recognition."
The goal of The Exchange is not to create conflict in the journalism program. It is to give students the experience of working for a converged publication. Its purpose is to help students learn and grow as journalists, allowing them to make mistakes in the comfort of a classroom.
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