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I just read “UNC’s Forgotten Minority” by Corrie MacLaggan which brought up a interesting fact about minorities on college campuses. I was reminded that a minority is not always race and ethnicity but it can also be where people are from and the communities where they grew up.
I think it was a very compelling story because of the personal stories that were told about specific students attending UNC. Adding the personal element to the story made it much more interesting to read because I found myself identifying with the students. It was almost as though MacLaggan was appealing to readers that could find themselves as a “different” kind of a minority somewhere.
I personally can identify with this story coming from a small town to a big city to attend college. St. Joe’s is a college very much on the small scale but it is still a culture shock to come here from a little town in Virginia. I think when you can find something to identify with in a personal interest story it makes it that much more compelling to read.
I think to make it better I would take it one more step further and find out what those specific students are doing at the university. The specific students make the story and therefore should be the main focus of the story. Also the length for me was a little too much I found myself getting tired of reading. About half way through I wanted to hear more about the students that I was introduced to at the beginning of the piece. I wanted more of a conclusion to wrap the piece all together as well.
