Echo Chambers vs. Independent Thinking: Trust or Verify?
Words: 895 816During midterm season last October, my roommate Sarah declared she was voting against a campus housing referendum because three seniors on our floor said it would raise dorm fees. I had read the actual proposal that morning while waiting for my shower turn, and it mentioned no fee increases at all. When I pointed this out, she shrugged and said the seniors knew better since they had been here longer. The referendum failed by thirty votes, and two weeks later […]