Opinion

Viewpoint: The rent is too high

Sony NXcam’s, iMac’s and Final Cut Pro; these are a few of my favorite things. I am truly thankful for the access I have to this equipment to prepare for the real world, but I will not have access to some of it after I complete this semester.

I understand classes are learning labs, especially in my major, but what about all the magic outside the class that can happen?

Here at The Call we aspire to advance with our ever-changing field of media. That means creating an online status and supplying content in various forms to our audience.

I’d love nothing more than to give readers visual aids to the stories we publish in the forms of video, but that is hard when we are restricted on equipment.

Currently, I have the ability to checkout HD cameras but, as stated before, soon I will not. Why? The most rhetorical question but honestly why is that?

I pay $116 in service and technology fees. I’ve taken the class that trains and certifies me to use this equipment. Why am I limited to a semester?

I also understand the liability that comes along with using equipment, but if I’ve followed all the steps and was trained by the professors the university trusts will teach correctly, then what’s the problem with having four-year access as opposed to one semester?

Frequently video short ideas and promos are randomly blurted out amongst my friends and I, that would appeal to the college demographics, but most times they become just visions that dance around in our heads because of the lack of access to the proper tools.

Practice makes perfect right? Well I’d like to be able to practice outside the classroom. I feel it is my right as a paying student looking to boost my resume and reel for future employers.