Dear University...
By: Brianne Ruddy- Editor-in-Chief

     My name is Brianne Ruddy and I am writing to you on behalf of my concern for the well-being of future majors. Since I could remember, my one desired ambition was to write. The writing field is not the most substantial one, but it is what I want to pursue professionally. I love every part of writing but the sad thing is that most colleges are cutting majors like journalism to make space for more majors that fall into the science and mathematics categories. It is an immense disappointment to students, like myself, that are unsuccessful in these fields. Isn’t that why your university and others have varieties of majors to offer students? I do want journalism to be my ideal major when I reach college, but will it still be there?
Michigan State University recently announced it is cutting its American Studies and Classical Studies degree programs, and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette is eliminating philosophy. This might not look extreme to some, but before long, most universities will be doing the same by cutting out the majors that are less “career-orientated.” Although to students who want to make a career out of say, film studies, to any university president like you, this career field looks like a pointless major to fulfill.
The University of California, Los Angeles, took a percentile poll in 1971 regarding what incoming freshman thought was essential in school: “37 percent responded that it was very important to be very well-off financially, while 73 percent said the same about developing a meaningful philosophy of life. In 2009, the values were reversed: 78 percent identified wealth as a goal, while only 48 percent were after a meaningful philosophy.” As much as being “well-off financially” sounds great, it is a disappointment to think that today, students would rather make lots of money than pursue a career that they would actually enjoy doing.My name is Brianne Ruddy and I am writing to you on behalf of my concern for the well-being of future majors. Since I could remember, my one desired ambition was to write. The writing field is not the most substantial one, but it is what I want to make a career out of. I love every part of writing and the sad thing is, is that most colleges are cutting majors like journalism to make space for more majors that fall into the science and mathematics category. It is an immense disappointment to students, like myself, that are unsuccessful in these fields. Isn’t that why your university and others have varieties of majors to offer students? I do want journalism to be my ideal major when I reach college, but will it still be there?
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