Narrow your scope, keep it local

Between the pandemic, controversial elections, racial justice movements, climate crisis, economic crisis and the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, there’s a lot going on in the world right now. As such, lots of students around campus are talking about national issues and many of the letters we receive are related to these national issues. Let’s keep it local, CSB/SJU.

Discussing issues strictly at the national level alienates us from our own local interests. Conversations and change happen at the local level and build up to national change, not vice versa. Localizing national news and finding how these high-level stories affect people in our community restores humanity to politics and news.

Writing is the eternal art. Work created thousands of years ago is still readable to modern readers. Now more than ever, the writing we create as a community can spread across the globe and exist through time. We as a CSB/SJU community are the only people equipped to discuss this time and place as it truly is, and the only people who can preserve its history. Taking advantage of that opportunity is a genuine shot at immortality.

Next time a national issue comes to mind, consider how it reflects upon our localized community. What small ripples from the national wave trickle into our community pool?