What should a news source do?

A news source should at least do what it sounds like: give out news. It should inform the public of what is happening when, where and how. Depending on what kind of news source it is, it should be local or national. This way, people will be able to figure out what is happening with the country as well as where their own home is.
I feel the media is doing a good job of this. Newspapers cover a good portion of everything that is happening locally and nationally. If a person wants to only look into certain topics, a magazine will go more in depth of the topic and give more examples. Print media is important no matter what.
I will not say, however, that print media is the only way to receive news. There is always the internet, gatherings, and by word of mouth. It would not b the end of the world if print media was lost over time. People will have found new ways to gather information, and the new ways will probably be just as informative as they are now.
Even though non-print information is useful, I guess I'm just old fashioned when I prefer to read a hard copy of something. Even though I am a computer nerd, I would prefer to get away from the screen when I am going to read something like news. Nothing like a Sunday morning when I'm scanning the paper over a bowl of Cherrios.

Recieving News

Receiving news is an important part of many people's lives. However, I don't really pay attention to it at all. I'm that one person who has their head in the sand most of the time. It's been especially like that for college because I don't receive a daily newspaper and I don't have a T.V. There is always online sources, but I don't go to any news websites. When I do see some news, whether passing a T.V., picking up a stray paper, or seeing a caption on the internet, it could be about anything. If it sounds interesting and worthwhile, I will read it. For instance, if a major flu epidemic is anywhere in the title, I will look into it. However, if it says who is the new Miss America, I don't even bother.
Since I'm in college now, I'm more interested in the newspaper written by USC because it is explaining what is happening on campus. Overall, I guess I'm more interested in the local news of where I am situated because I like to know what is happening around me.

Medical Menagerie

There should be a museum dedicated to all medical history because medical treatments have played big roles in everyone's lives. From Shaman, to priests, to doctors, there have been many people who were praised and worshiped for their medical advice all over the world. Everyone in the world has wished at some point to remove some form of pain or to cleanse their body, from using plants to snake oil to chants and to amputating arms. Since everyone has a connection with medicine, shouldn't it be given its own museum? It would delve into many different cultures and show how medical treatments have changed over the course of history in all continents and many different countries.

Page Museum: La Brea Tar Pits

About a couple of months ago, I went with my parents to the Page Museum: La Brea Tar Pits. It was just a last minute family field trip before they left for Arizona. The trip was surprisingly informative and fun. There was a black gate around the entire grounds and a pathway led to the entrance of the main building. To the left of the pathway, visitors got to see an actual bubbling tar pit fenced off. There were statues of animals in it to act as if they were caught by the tar and doomed to die. It was pretty cool to see an actual tar pit when one only hears of them with dinosaurs and other extinct creatures.
With my curiousity peaked, my family set off for the main building where black animal prints lead the way. The building was circular with an atrium in the middle. This way, the visitor would be able to see the entire museum by just walking in one direction. Pretty simple and easy to navigate.
Along the way, there were models and skeletons of the animals that were found in these specific tar pits. One amazing part was the collection of over 100 skulls of Dire Wolves that had fallen in the sticky tar and never surfaced again. By showing actual skeletons, the museum made it more interesting to learn about the animals that died in the tar pits.
In order for people to see what it was like to be in tar, there was a case with tar in it and the visitors could pull up on handles that descended into the black goo. Judging by the height, it was direct more at little kids, but it was interesting none the less!
Near the end of the circle, there were scietists who were behind glass and they were cleaning up actual bones of a mammoth. They were in a labratory that was set up so that visitors could stop and watch and they had signs posted next to bones on the window sill that explained what was going on.
The museam did a very good job of getting information across in facinating ways. They showed skeletons, tools to dig them up, and other models that got information effectively across.
They even allowed the visitors to walk to the actual excavation sites to see how the bones were removed. It was all interesting, and very entertaining, expecially for those interesten in archaeology and other fields related to that.