***This news report is fake, so please do not hold anything I write against me. I have no idea what procedures the MoE have set up concerning dorm beds for exchange students. This is just an article where I practice writing an editorial and two news pieces like how a reporter would; you know, giving-information-while-giving-A-LOT-OF-personal-opinion and that third-person-viewpoint-type-of-prose.
There is actually a big difference between writing for the news and writing for, well, something else. This is why I decided to try out the 'news-prose' (at least, that's what I call it). This is an editorial; to be honest, I'm pretty proud of it. I think I've totally nailed the sarcastic tone, but probably need to work on sharpening my witty humor. Oh well.
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In April, the school board announced the number of beds available for students - that was where it all begin. Students were outraged by the number that had plummeted drastically compared to last year. However, when the student council went to file a complaint, the reply given to them was: "This is all done according to the procedures set by the Ministry of Education". Apparently, somewhere in the law book is a line that says exchange students must live in the school dorms. The school said that in order to accommodate the ever-increasing number of exchange students, the spots for native students had to be reduced.
A student at the school asked this question: Does Ministry and the school have its priorities mixed up? Perhaps, to them, native students are lower in the pecking order than foreign ones. It seems that providing native students a cheaper, safer place to stay is less important than letting exchange students live in comfort in the dorms. Yes, sacrificing the rights of the future pillars of this country to please those who may very well be the ones firing missiles at us is a very smart thing to do indeed.
In order to draw attention to this issue, the students decided to sign petitions in protest. Yet, even if the school administration decided to yield to the students' pleas, what of the higher-ups? Don't forget they're the ones with the deciding vote. Therefore, it is proposed that the protests should not only be limited within the school. Other universities have the same problem, and every student should stand up for their rights. Different schools should join together to file a complaint against the Ministry. The government may be able to ignore the students of a single school, but they can't overlook all the students in all the schools in Taiwan. We should pressure them to change this absurd law. It is only through doing thus that us students have a chance to change the system once and for all.
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NTCU Table Tennis Team excels
Saturday, May 03, 2017
TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Our very own School Table Tennis Team made itself known when the members took second place in the group competition section in the National Mu-Duo Competition of Sports (more commonly known as Mu-Duo Bei) on Friday.
The competition, which took place in National Ping-Tung University of education on May 1st to 2nd, is a nation-wide sports competition for students of Teacher's Colleges. Mu-Duo Bei, now in its 26th year, holds competitions for four types of sports: Table tennis, basketball, badminton and volleyball .
T, a student in the English Department of NTCU and a member of the School Table Tennis Team, says the table tennis team is honored to have received such an award.
"It was a hard battle," She said, "But we won in the end."
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TCU Student Victim of Hit-and-Run
Thursday, May 01, 2017
TAICHUNG, Taiwan- A student of NTCU Department of Fine Arts was presumably ran over by a van while crossing the street.
Police say the culprit is yet to be found.
The accident took place at approximately 03:20 Tuesday morning on Wuchuan road. The student, left bleeding on the pedestrian crossing, was found by an elderly couple on their morning walk.
She had been lying there for two hours before she was found.
A van, a Chery Q22, was caught on cameras as it sped through the intersection of Wuchuan - Chongang road. Police say the owner of this vehicle may be the culprit.
"There are no surveillance cameras where the accident took place." Liao Ting, the officer in charge said, "We can only guess it was the van that crashed into her. As the accident happened in the early hours, there are no witnesses either."
Liao said the student was still conscious and talking when the ambulance arrived. However, she went into a coma upon arriving at the National Taichung hospital and is still in critical condition.
"We are doing all we can to help her." Her doctor said.
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