http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/03/us/kentucky-rowan-county-clerk-kim-davis-denies-marriage-license.html?_r=0

In Rowan County Kentucky, county clerk of courts Kim Davis is facing some backlash after not issuing license to same-sex couples. She is not alone however, many former or current government employees argue that government employees should not be required to recognize same-sex marriage because it goes against their religious beliefs.

Ms. Davis garnered national attention Tuesday when she ignored court rulings and denied marriages licenses to gay couples. Ms. Davis’s lawyer is part of a group called the Liberty Counsel. The Liberty Counsel was founded by Mr. Staver in 1989. This counsel includes 10 lawyers who have had many of cases over the years fighting for the evangelical christians. Same-sex marriage has been a major issue since the rule that same-sex marriage is legal in all 50 states. They believe that homosexuality is “against God’s will” and “rooted in fractured emotions.”

• sport: track/mid distance
• where do you work: bath and body works & campus security
• grade: junior class of 2017
• hometown: rock rapids Iowa
• high school: Central Lyon high school
• major: social behavioral science
• siblings: 1 brother 2 sister
• living: off campus 
• extracurricular: student government executive
• favorite show: grey anatomy is favorite show
• age: 20 years old (June 3, 1995)
• favorite music: hip hop and country 
• where do you see yourself after college: graduate school for criminology 

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Tori Figge is a junior here at Morningside College. She was born on June 3, 1995 in rock rapids Iowa. She is the middle child of the family, she has 1 brother and 2 sisters. The main reason she came to Morningside was the family ties that she had with the school. For instance her brother graduated from Morningside and her uncle is on the board and so on. The other reason she came was for the track team. She is a mid distance runner, so she sticks with the 400 & 800 ad sometimes the 600. So you can say she is a fast one. When she’s not on the track you can find her making important decisions because she is a student government executive for the school. She stays really busy with school because she is an social behavioral science major. After a long day of school and practice and being all executive and what not you can find her binge watching Grey’s Anatomy on Netflix or jamming out to hip hop and country music. After she graduates next year she sees herself going to graduate school for criminology. She is not yet sure where she wants to go for graduate school yet.

What’s your definition of objectivity?

not being bias about a certain topic

Why be objective?

you don’t want to just say your opinion on a topic because what if someone did not agree with your view and they want to see the other side of the topic

How do you do it?

Factual or proven information only when you are writing.

-neutral

-unbiased

-no emotions

-fair & balanced

total objectivity is impossible

Article: “Is Journalism Obsolete?”

In this day and age waking up to a cup of coffee while you read the newspaper in the morning is a thing of the past. Instead you see people on their new tablets or phones surfing the web to find the latest gossip on celebrities or to find the newest information on the stocks. With technology becoming more and more advanced you are abel to do more things from your phones, tablets or laptops. Remember always asking your parents for the comic section when you were a kid? Well now you can just download an app to see funny comics or go to a website to see funny videos or pictures. Another thing you will notice is how instead of people saying, “Oh did you read that article in the newspaper about how so and so went to jail?” the more common thing you will hear nowadays is, “did you see what so and so tweeted?” or “did you her post on Instagram?”

There is nothing wrong with the fact that hardcopy newspapers are starting to become extinct. It actually gives each and everyone of us the opportunity to become journalist. We can finally share our opinion or view on a subject and have be public so people around the world can discuss it with us. For example if you tweet something about politics saying you agree or disagree with a candidate then you are starting a debate by stating your view and leaving it for other people to elaborate and sate their view.

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