Multimedia Project #2- Part 2

Having a significant in college doesn't have to be a distraction, for some students it can be beneficial but they still face the plethora of potential partners that college brings.

International student Fernanda Nobre from Brazil,  who is new to Michigan University's Campus said that her boyfriend is very understanding about her school work.

"For me, it's good because my boyfriend always helps me and understands when I have to study a lot of have a lot of things to do," said Nobre.

Sergio Polimante, international student also from Brazil said that his girlfriend of seven years, is not a distraction to his studies.

"In my situation, I think my relationship was really good to my studying because if I am with my girlfriend, I won't do a lot of partying or drink a lot," said Polimante.

Nobre and Polimante make it a point to stay faithful to their partners, despite the distance.

Nobre said that even back in Brazil, she and her boyfirend don't live in the same city so it is difficult because she misses him, but she does not take interest in other guys.

"For me, it’s not difficult. Sure sometimes I see guys and I say ‘Oh that’s beautiful. Ok! Bye! I don’t care’ I want just my boyfriend,” said Nobre.

Polimante said, "Yes, it’s difficult. I have to avoid certain situations. In seven years, I have never stayed with another person, just her. I think it’s because I avoid certain situations,"

He said he would rather abstain from certain predicaments that could turn to infidelity than to test his ability to stay faithful and fail.

 

Multimedia Project #2-Preview

Studying for a degree isn't the only thing college students leave home to do.

Building new romantic relationships is common among college students. However, in such an atmosphere it may be difficult to sustain a relationship, due to lack of focus on school itself, or simply because college offers too many options.

For Michigan State University junior Jonathan Brooks, a relationship during his college years is not ideal, because it interrupts with his studies.

"I literally missed a whole exam because I was sleeping with my girlfriend," said Brooks.

Dr. Steve McCornack, an interpersonal communication professor at MSU said that college break ups usually peak around finals week.

Some students would rather enjoy the options that college brings, rather than limit themselves to one person.

"This is a really rare time in life in which you’ll have more exposure to more possible partners all of whom have a lot in common with you value wise, intellectually," said McCornack.

There is also the diversity factor, in which there are people from all over the country, from different religious and cultural backgrounds that students wouldn't normally have been exposed to.

Blog New Media #1 Review

Scandal viewers certainly got answers to the question “Who got shot?” within the opening seconds of last night’s episode.

James Novak, White House press secretary and husband of Cyrus Beene, White House Chief of Staff was shot and killed at the gun of Jake Ballard.

Ballard was recently appointed to be command of secret government agency, B-613 and has the duty of protecting the Republic by any means necessary.

When it was brought to Ballard’s knowledge that James Novak had been working on a story that would expose the truth behind the death of the vice president’s husband, he took brutal and drastic measures.

Assistant U.S. Attorney David Rosen was the only person left alive at the scene and was ordered by Ballard to wrongly convict an innocent “suspect” for the murder of Novak.

Ballard’s response to Olivia Pope’s refusal to go along with the story that Novak was carjacked, was “Bad things happen to good people all the time,” warning her to stay out of it.

Pope now plans to team up with Rosen to take down B-613.

Blog New Media #1 Preview

Olivia Pope and her gladiators are back for another exciting episode of the primetime phenomenon, Scandal. The last episode left viewers wondering who was  “#WhoGotShot.”

In the last seconds of last week’s episode Jake Ballard, the new head of B-613 fired his gun, leaving viewers to find out who the victim was.

Two important characters to the show, Assistant U.S. Attorney David Rosen and White House Press Secretary James Novak are speculated to possibly be victims.

Rosen and Novak were meeting  to discuss some sticky business they got into regarding the homicide of Vice President Sally Langston’s husband.

There was a lot of deception and lies surrounding that homicide as well as the uncovering of the truth about what happened.

Someone may have to pay the price for their curiosity now!