In an effort to extend students’ focus beyond the boundaries of campus, Student Senate launched its “Burst the Bubble” campaign. The campaign started with an info graphic posted to Student Senate’s Facebook and Twitter accounts detailing three current news stories.
“We are very excited to launch our ‘Burst the Bubble’ campaign to ensure that students are aware of what happens outside of the ‘Bradley bubble,’” Student Body President Sarah Handler said. “We’re specifically sharing one local, national and international news stories on our social media accounts every Wednesday.”
Handler, a senior industrial engineering major, said bursting the Bradley bubble has always been an important priority for her presidency and said she hopes these new stories will broaden students’ perspectives.
“This campaign started back when Sarah Handler was running for president, during which she would pass out gum strips with news facts on them,” Student Senate Chief of Staff Helen Lagerblade said. “We’ve now taken this idea and tailored it so it’s more relevant to students, and we’ve expanded its scope. It was really important for us that we actually applied what she ran on and make sure it wasn’t just another empty promise.”
This week’s stories focused on the efforts to increase minority hiring in Peoria, the nationwide effort to enact school gun laws and the death of a Qaeda cell leader due to a drone strike in Syria.
Lagerblade, a television arts and management and leadership double major, said she chooses the stories and designs the infographics.
“Choosing the stories is very difficult,” Lagerblade said. “I look for what stories are most relevant to the campus community and which are concise enough to be summarized in a paragraph. I’m trying to highlight the serious hard-hitting news, so you won’t find any light, fluffy stories in these installments. I want students to take something away with them after having read the stories.”
Lagerblade said students can offer story suggestions or give feedback via Student Senate’s social media accounts or by emailing bradleystudentsenate@gmail.com.
