Student Contest Multimedia

Emporia State University students set out to find how locals feel about the national debt and how the problem can be fixed.

I and fellow classmates, Cliff T. and Erin Ferguson, spoke with three volunteer students who had things to say on the current issues with the Nation's current finnacial choices. All three students were asked randomly and without forewarning to prepare answers.

Interviews with 3 current college students on some important questions regarding America's debt

Emporia State students hit the streets interviewing America's Heartland on their views on the economy, Social Security, and the national debt. One camera to view them all, nine students to find them.

It’s amazing to see and hear the similarities and differences we find over different generations.

I wondered how many people actually knew what the national debt was. How can we, as a nation, fix something that not everyone knows or thinks they don't need to know?The first half of the video are answers to my question - what is the national debt. The last half of the video is an exploration of ideas on how we can pay down the debt.