NORTH CAROLINA -- As impeachment dominates the headlines, Spectrum News decided to visit a college class to get student's thoughts on the process.
- Davidson Professor Susan Roberts's class on Congress moved the section on impeachment to the beginning of the semester
- Roberts says students must remember where they are getting their news about the trial
- The students also split off in small groups during class to discuss an article about impeachment they brought to class and they all have a wide range of perspectives
Davidson Professor Susan Roberts's class on Congress moved the section on impeachment to the beginning of the semester.
On Tuesday morning, she spent part of the class talking about the fundamentals. Roberts says students must remember where they are getting their news about the trial.
“You need to pull back a little bit and not get into your echo chamber…because everything you see about impeachment is going to be framed,” she tells the class.
The students also split off in small groups during class to discuss an article about impeachment they brought to class and they all have a wide range of perspectives.
“I was shocked to see an impeachment trial,” says Davidson freshman Jack Guernsey. “I talked to parents, grandparents about stories of when they lived through it growing up, and it almost seemed like a bad dream they way they talk about it.”
“I think it’s a good exercise that we are taking the words and actions of our political leaders seriously, and if they deserve consequences, they are having those consequences,” says Davidson College Senior Katie Boyette.