Yesterday President Artman held a forum about the financial budget for the next school year. This was sort of an emergency meeting to calm nerves and to set stories straight. Viterbo is a private school, which means we receive no federal/state funding. Amazingly, our school, unlike some other private schools, is not going through a financial crisis of its own. I am happy to hear this, since I know that some schools are thinking about closing, cutting faculty, and having a hard time to help the students on scholarship and loan to continue their education. I am a student on scholarship and lucky for me, my loan company has not pulled out for the sake of saving their own asses.
This is important for me not only because now I can rest assured I am financially supported still in the economic downfall of this great country (hint of sarcasm) but that this is my first very important article I've written for the paper. Kudos to me! I am very excited, I bought a voice recorder just for this event and I felt like true reporter when I sat down in the President's office for a private interview. I very much enjoyed this and that moment will always be a very important moment in my life. It may seem minuscule to someone else, but since I normally write about tutoring offered at the learning center or who won an award, a story like this, an important story that answers many a person's questions...well it is very important to me.
Great you got to cover this story! Well done you on your first major reporter-style assignment! Exciting stuff!
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