These stories were written by students for their JRN 101H class. They are reported stories about the lives of other students on campus.
As the sun set upon Miami University's campus, Matthew thought to himself, “Why here?”
Why pick a college over 2,000 miles away from home? Why pick somewhere where he would have no friends from high school? Matthew loved San Diego. San Diego State was a great option, he liked the school after all. Why a random school in Ohio?
Well, he knew it was in Ohio, but at his graduation party, he never corrected anyone who told him how much fun he would have on the beaches of Florida. After visiting so many colleges, none of them felt right, none of them had that spark he was looking for.
Until he visited Miami.
He liked that he didn’t fit in here.
He liked that he looked a little out of place with his beachy, almost homeless-looking style.
He liked that there were no big, 300-story metal buildings.
He liked that he would not have to wake up to city traffic and construction noise every morning.
But most importantly, he liked that he felt seen. On his first visit, professors asked about his interests, and they asked about his opinions. People cared about who he was, and he was not just a cog in a big machine or just one in a million students.
People cared that he loved surfing and connected him to opportunities nearby so he did not feel too far from home.
People cared that he loved baseball and that he had a huge baseball card collection, something the likes many of us have never seen before.
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People cared that he loved cinema so they asked him about his movie interests and invited him to join a film critique club.
For once, people cared about Matthew, and that was all he could ask for.
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