Me with the News

While being at DU I have basically been out of the loop when it comes to the news. Being so focused on school and friends I rarely get time to pay any attention to what is going on in the world. Often I find myself wondering what news events are currently happening but usually I don't look it up because there is always something going on here. Back home when I would come down to eat breakfast my parents would always have the Today Show on so I would get some information about events going on in the country but that is not the case while I have been away at college. The only real news I have received while being here at DU is  mostly from the New York Times or from the radio in my car. I really like the  New York Times online because in my opinion it has the most wide variety of news articles and they are so easily accessible. If I want to learn something about the national budget being approved, all I would have to do is type in the search bar National Budget and hundreds of articles would come up. Also, because the New York Times is such a well know and respected paper I feel that all the articles that I am reading are true and fact checked. The other way I get the news, on the radio, provides me not with the little stories but only the most pressing ones. I don't drive much therefor I only get some news this way but it is usually a very important topic. For example, when hurricane Sandy was hitting the east coast I had no idea that it was happening. I only found out that this major event was going on because I heard about it on the radio in my car. College in a way has kept me from the news, while yes I know about the large events like hurricane Sandy, I know just about nothing else about our country and I really need to start trying to read and watch the news more often so I can be well informed about what is happening in the country.