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Lyndon state: Why i Came here

Lyndon is a rare example of a college that is in the middle of nowhere but has strong programs that attract students from across the country. The television studies department, soon to become electronic journalism arts, is one of the few professional programs that draw these students.
Aaron Kormos, a sophomore at Lyndon, transferred here from the University of Connecticut at the start of this year to pursue his degree in TVS. Going into his freshman year at UConn, he was undecided as to which major he would choose. After taking a few general education courses, Kormos decided the path he wanted to follow was a concentration in television production. UConn did not offer this degree, so the college search began again for Kormos, this time as a transfer student.
Kormos found advice in his friend Tyler who was a student at Lyndon at the time. Tyler recommended LSC to him because it is one of a select group of colleges in the country to offer this program. Kormos decided that Lyndon appeared to be the right place for him. Kormos says he is quite pleased with the small class sizes and personable relationships he has with his professors.
One of those professors, Meaghan Meachem, a graduate of LSC, has similar feelings about the college. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Television Studies, and finished her education by receiving a master’s degree in Web communication.
Meachem has now returned to Lyndon as a member of the faculty. This is her second year as a professor here and she decided to make her return to the campus because of her familiarity with the school and love for the TVS program.
Television Studies is not the only professional program that excites students about the college. The Atmospheric Science major also brings students into the school from across the country. One freshman this year, Meaghan Fried, made the trek from the state of Montana to attend this education institution.
The ATM department is considered one of the best in the country, and the school’s student chapter of the American Meteorological Society consistently wins chapter of the year for their work putting on the Northeastern Storm Conference.
The Exercise Science department is another one of the strong and unique offerings at Lyndon. Exercise Science was recently certified by CAAHAP (the commission on accreditation of allied health programs) and NSCA (The National Strength and Conditioning association). LSC is one of only five colleges in the country to have both certifications for their exercise science program.
In spite of Lyndon’s small size and relative lack of recognition from people outside of the area as a high quality college, students are frequently pleased with their experience there.

Newspaper video critique

The first newspaper website I looked at was USAtoday.com. I found that their video offerings were very organized and well presented. On the home page they have a tab for video that brings you to their video page. Once there it offers tabs along the top that include news, sports, travel, and so on. When you click one of these it leaves the layout the same and brings up a section of videos, each category having sub-categories. so if you want to look at NFL videos you can go to sports, then NFL on the right and it will bring up only videos pertaining to the NFL. I liked this layout a lot, it was easy to use and you can find exactly what your looking for fast. Here's the link to USA Todays video page.

The second one I looked at was washingtonpost.com. This was much more confusing and not helpful at all. After i finally found the video page ( it was under the news tab when you rolled over it) I found it very cluttered. The first problem was that it was labeled photo/video. Then once there you had to click video in another place to get to the video page. Then when you finally reach the vido page it is cluttered and not very organized. There are no previews of the video so you have to go by what the headline says and if it says video next to it. Overall it was not laid out well and was not very user friendly. Here's the link to their video page.

iReport critique

when i looked at iReport.com there were some things i liked and some things i didn't. Overall i thought it was a good site and laid things out nicely. The only part I didn't like was how the menu bar was underneath the original CNN.com menu. I like the idea of the site as it lets you see what is interesting to the people living in our country. The news is just a generalization of what is important while this site lets users take control. From what i can see the differences between the videos actually aired on CNN and the ones that aren't is that the ones that are have a relevance to the country and are thought out and not just a stupid article written by somebody messing around.

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